Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA (1901-1979) The New Rick, 1927, Signed in pencil bottom right, numbered 73/75, etching, measurements 20.6 x 26.7 cm (PL), frame 44 x 54 cmIllustrated in Meyrick R. & Heuser, H. 2017, Charles Tunnicliffe Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne, Royal Academy of Arts, London, p. 75Provenance: consigned from a significant private collection of wildlife artCondition report: The etching is a work on paper, framed under glazing- not examined external to the frame. It has full margins and a clearly defined platemark. The sheet appears in good condition, no signs of any rips, creasing or folds. There are a few faint and sparsly distributed spots of foxing in the margins which do not appear to have extended into the plate. The surface appears stable. The frame is in good condition with solid joints.
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Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA (1901-1979) The Stallion, 1928, etching, bears a pencil signature after Tunnicliffe bottom right, measurements 17.2 x 22.9 cm (PL), frame 38.5 x 43 cmIllustrated on page 94 of Meyrick R. & Heuser, H., 2017, Charles Tunniclifffe. Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne, Royal Academy of Arts, LondonProvenance: consigned from a signficant private collection of wildlife artCondition report: The etching is a work on paper, framed under glazing, not examined external to the frame. It has full margins and clearly defined platemark. The sheet appears in good stable condition without signs of rips, creasing or folds and the ink is clear. There is some minor cockling to the plate but the surface appears stable. The frame is in good condition with solid joints
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA (1901-1979) The Pig Dealer, 1925, signed in pencil bottom right, numbered 75/75, etching, measurements 21 x 27.7 cm (PL), frame 46 x 51 cmIllustrated in Meyrick R. & Heuser, H. 2017, Charles Tunnicliffe Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne, Royal Academy of Arts, London, p.56Provenance: consigned from a significant private collection of wildlife artCondition report: The etching is a work on paper, framed under glazing- not examined external to the frame. THe sheet appears in good condition without any obvious evidence for rips, cfreasing or folds. It has full margins and a clearly defined platemark. There are some minor faint spots of discolouration to the lower margin which do not appear to extend into the plate. The surface appears stable. Frame is in good condition with solid joints.
Henry Gritten (1818-1873) Figures Unloading Goods at a Waterside Fortified Tower, signed and dated 1842 bottom left, watercolour, measurements 29 x 45 cm, frame 43.5 x 60 cmLabel verso for R. Stewart and Sons, PerthCondition report: The painting is a watercolour, framed under glazing, not examined external to the frame. The sheet appears well preserved, no obvious signs of any rips, creasing or folds. The paint has evidence for some varnish in areas. The paint appears generally well preserved with no obvious evidence for deterioration, there is some cracking to the paint in the forefront rowing boat and to the red top of the woman seated in the boat facing away from the viewer. There is some general ageing of the paper (yellowing) but the colours and paint condition good. The frame has general wear and tear
Air Force and Other Tankardsincluding "Gieves Ltd", plated tankard engraved "The Officers No 26 (T) Group Royal Air Force Hendon From Flight Lieutenant T C Chambers 1938" ... Pewter tankard with enamel, KC badge, GPR Regimental Association ... "Goldsmiths London" plated tankard engraved "Presented The Officers' Mess RAF Hendon by Flying Officer R C Hockey 25/11/40". 10 items.
WW2 RAF Far East Attributed Medal Group.Awarded to Flight Lieutenant Richard Peter R Sangster an equipment Officer who is confirmed as been taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese. Comprising: Medal group 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Ephemera includes his RAF release book confirming POW plus post war paperwork.Flight Lieutenant Richard Peter R Sangster was an Equipment Officer in the RAF 1940 and is confirmed a POW held in Java.
Small Selection of Various WW1 Medalsconsisting Mercantile Marine medal named "Thomas Smythe" ... Silver War medal named "318241 Pte J Smythe Tank Corps" ... WW1 Victory medal named "41613 Pte A Allan L.N.Lanc R". Together with a small number of coins including 1799 penny ... 1879 half penny.
WW2 57 Squadron Wireless Operators Medals & Log Book. .Awarded to Sergeant R. Chisholm who completed a tour of operations with 57 Squadron.Comprising: Medals. 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal. Medals loose contained in named forwarding box. ... Aircrew logbook this covering a period 7th November 1943 to 30th May 1946. 23 operations, with comments. ... Photographs, tie etc. . . . .Sergeant R. Chisholm was from Alnwick Northumberland and volunteered for aircrew starting his training on the 7th November 1943. He was posted to 57 Squadron operating the Avro Lancaster Bomber based at East Kirby. His first operation was on the 8th December 1944 the Heinbech Dam a flight of 5 hours. He returned on the 10th only to be recalled and was briefed for a third time on the 11th, when his aircraft was hit by Flak. Followed a steady flow of trips Merseburg, attacked by ME210’s, Karlsruhre Grim hundreds fighters, Ladbergen Followed back by fighters shot up our drome. His last operation was to Oslo Fiord minelaying on the 24th April 1945. He remained with 57 Squadron until transferring to 49 Squadron in November 1945. His last flight with this Squadron on the 30th May 1946.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Bogue, Welsh Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (202715 Pte. J. Bogue. 9/Welsh R.) regimental details officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (202715 Pte. J. Bogue. Welsh R.) good very fine (3) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. John Bogue was a native of Holyhead.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Eaton, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was badly gassed on 7 September 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (1797 Cpl. A. Eaton. 1/4 Y. & L.R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1797 Pte. A. Eaton. York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (200289 Sjt. A. Eaton. Y. & L.R.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 4 September 1916. Alfred Eaton was born in 1890 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment (Territorial Force) on 2 April 1908. Posted to the 1st/4th Battalion, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 April 1915, and was advanced Sergeant on 6 July 1916. He was wounded from gas poisoning in September 1916- the recipient’s own account states: ‘I was Sergeant in charge of a platoon on 7 September 1916. On gas coming I made a rush to get the men out who were sleeping and got gassed in doing so whilst in action.’ Eaton was discharged on account of his having been gassed on 11 October 1917, and was subsequently awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front Spring Offensive’ M.M. awarded to Private J. R. Orde, 1 Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), late 2nd Dragoon Guards and afterwards Reserve Regiment of Cavalry Military Medal, G.V.R. (41051 Pte. J. R. Ord. 1/Sq: M.G.C.) very fine and scarce £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 July 1918. Probably an award for the battles of of St Quentin, Bapaume, or Rosieres, March 1918. John Robert Ord was born at Wingate, County Durham, in 1891, and enlisted as 20248 Private, 2nd Dragoon Guards, on 1 September 1914. He served in France from 17 October 1915, and transferred to 1st Squadron, Machine Gun Corps, on its formation in 1 Cavalry Division on 28 February 1916. He later transferred as 20139 Private, to 13 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, and as 20248 Private, to 2 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. Sold with copied record of service and Medal Index Card confirming M.M. and 1914-15 Star trio.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. R. Dempster, 56 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, late Gordon Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (85867 Pte. J. R. Dempeter. 56/M.G.C.) note error in spelling of surname, small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919: ‘85867 Pte. Dempeter (sic), J. R., 56th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Drumblade).’ John Rose Dempster was born at Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, in 1892, and originally enlisted into the 3rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders as a Private in November 1916. He transferred to the 56th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, on its formation as part of 56th (1st London) Division, 1 March 1918. Sold with copied Attestation papers and Medal Index Card which confirms entitlement to British War and Victory Medals.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. Lyall, 226 Company, Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R (33016 Pte. W. Lyall. 226/Coy. M.G.C.).; British War and Victory Medals (33016 Cpl. W. Lyall. M.G.C.) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£360 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. One of only two gallantry awards to 226 Coy M.G.C. (M.M. also to 4485 G. R. Methven). William Lyall, from Heaton, served with 226 Coy, 30th Division in France from 31 July 1917. The War Diary for 226 Coy. M.G.C., at Reninghelst, 2 December 1917 records: ‘No. 4485 L. Cpl. Methven, G. R. and No. 33016 Pte. Lyall, W. awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct on 26 November 1917.’ He was discharged suffering from Malaria and septic GSW of chest and is named in the War Office Casualty List of 26 November 1918 as wounded.
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private W. W. Gregory, an American serving in the 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in action in October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (18950 Pte. W. W. Gregory, 4/Bn. 1/C. Ont. R.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £360-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. Wandle William Gregory was born in Mason City, West Virginia, U.S.A., on 23 June 1883. Living in Washington County, Washington and employed as a labourer, he enlisted into the 9th Battalion at Valcartier in September 1914, and served with the 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion in England and France. Wounded on 2 October 1918, with a gunshot wound to the chest, and awarded the M.M., he was discharged at Calgary in March 1919. Gregory died in March 1959; sold with research copied to disk.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant R. J. Edmonds, 21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, later Lieutenant, 43rd Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Military Medal, G.V.R. (59293 Sjt: R. J. Edmunds. 21/Can: Inf: Bn.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. R. J. Edmunds.) together with erased 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal, good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916. The recommendation states: ‘For exceptional presence of mind in extreme danger on the night of 30th October 1915, when using a “West” spring gun. The machine failed to throw the grenade which fell in the trench in which were several men. Sergeant Edmunds at once seized the grenade and threw it forward. It exploded without harming anyone as a result of his principal action.’ Robert James Emunds was enlisted into the 21st Battalion C.E.F. on 23 October 1914, and disembarked at Boulogne on 14 September 1915; to Trench Warfare School, 6 November 1915; wounded 17 April 1916, to U.K. per Hospital Ship Cambria; Temporary Lieutenant, Canadian Militia, 27 March 1916; leave to Canada, July to September 1916; attached 39 Reserve Bn., 30 September 1916; attached 6 Reserve Bn., 4 January 1917; Adjutant, Easter Ontario Regiment Depot, 16 March 1917; returned to Canada, 18 October 1917; Lieutenant, 43rd Ottawa Highlanders, 1 May 1920; Reserve of Officers, Ottawa Highlanders, 1 February 1927; still alive in March 1980. Sold with research notes.
Three: Corporal E. Merry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (2487 Pte. E. Merry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2487 Cpl. E. Merry, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private W. R. Tibbetts, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9706 Pte. W. R. Tibbetts. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) number double struck; British War and Victory Medals (9706 Pte. W. R. Tibbetts. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) traces of verdigris to Star, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Ernest Merry attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 March 1915, later transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. He was disembodied on 14 December 1918. Walter R. Tibbetts attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914.
Three: Corporal F. G. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917 1914-15 Star (16017 Pte. F. Smith. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) initial officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (16017 Cpl. F. G. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private R. G. Slaney, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2913 Pte. R. G. Slaney. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2913 Pte. R. G. Slaney. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising to BWM, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Frank Gilbert Smith was born in Bristol in 1887, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Birmingham. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Ralph Giles Slaney attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 11 September 1914 and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He became ill with ‘trench fever’ in January 1916, and was evacuated to the U.K. He was discharged medically unfit on 24 October 1916.
A fine campaign group of four awarded to Private George Dorrell, 61st Foot, late 41st Foot, who was severely wounded in the abdomen at Delhi in the action in the Kishenganj suburb in July 1857 Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (George Dorrell, 41st Regt.) fitted with a contemporary scroll-style suspension; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Geo. Dorrell, 61st Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (George Dorrell. 61st Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (Pt. George Dorrell. 61st Foot. 1857) engraved naming, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: Captain R. C. Bentley Collection, Sotheby, February 1970. George Dorrell was born at Burnham, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the 6th Foot in London on 29 August 1839. He volunteered for transfer to the 41st Foot on 1 August 1841, and transferred to the 61st Foot on 1 July 1846. He was discharged at Plymouth on 10 October 1860, having served 21 years 43 days, including 18 years 6 months abroad, of which East Indies 17 years 4 months, and Mauritius 1 year 2 months. He served in the Afghanistan campaign of 1842 (Medal); served with the Army of the Punjab in the campaign of 1848-49, present at the passage of the Chenab and in the battles of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala and Goojerat; present with Major-General Sir M. R. Gilbert’s Field Force in pursuit of the enemy to the Khyber Pass in March 1849 (Medal); served at the siege of Delhi in 1857, present at the repulse of the sorties of the 4th and 9th, severely wounded 9th July 1857. At the time of his discharge he was ‘in possession of four Good Conduct Badges and Medal for the Campaign of Afghanistan, also a Medal for the Punjab Campaign and one for Long Service and Good Conduct, has never been tried by any Court Martial and eleven times entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book, was Severely Wounded at Delhi on the 9th July 1857. George Dorrell was wounded by a musket ball in the belly in the action in the Kishenganj suburb of Delhi on the above date. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal with a Gratuity of £5 in the year 1857-58. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.
Pair: Captain H. J. Hughes, Bengal Native Infantry, attached as Interpreter to Shannon’s Naval Brigade Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Ensign H. J. Hughes 60th. Regt. Native Infantry) Regimental number corrected, fitted with contemporary adapted straight bar suspension; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Capt. H. J. Hughes, 62nd. N.I., Interr. Naval Bde.) with retaining pin soldered to clasp backstrap, nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Henry Joseph Hughes was born in 1825, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel R. R. Hughes, 62nd Bengal Native Infantry, and entered the Honourable East India Company’s service as a Cadet in the Bengal Infantry on 20 April 1842. He was promoted Ensign on 11 June 1842, and arrived at Fort William, Calcutta, on 8 August 1842. Posted initially to the 17th Native Infantry, he transferred to the 62nd Native Infantry (his father’s regiment) on 2 February 1843, and served in the Gwalior campaign during Sir Hugh Gough’s operations against the Mahrattas in 1843, being present at the Battle of Maharajapoor on 29 December 1843. Promoted Lieutenant on 17 December 1845, Hughes was appointed Adjutant to the left wing, Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment, in 1846, and was directed to take charge of the post guns at Cuttuck, Central Province, in 1848. Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Governor of Bengal in 1850, he was pronounced to have a competent knowledge of Hindoostanee in 1851 (Government Order 23 January 1851 refers). Appointed Adjutant of the 62nd Native Infantry in February 1854, and promoted Captain on 23 November 1856, Hughes served throughout the Great Sepoy Mutiny and was present with General Windham’s force at Cawnpore until the town was relieved in November 1857; he subsequently served with Sir Colin Campbell’s force during the destruction of the Nawab’s Palace at Ferruckabad in January 1858. Appointed Interpreter to the Shannon Naval Brigade in February 1858, the month after Major Maxwell was wounded, he served with them throughout the operations leading up to the capture of the Lucknow, before being appointed to the command of the Bijnore Rajpoot Levy in August 1858. He retired on 3 November 1861, and died at Madeira on 29 December 1863. Sold with copied research. For the medals awarded to General H. H. Maxwell, who preceded Hughes as Interpreter to Shannon’s Naval Brigade, see Lot 76.
Pair: Private J. T. Honor, 66th Foot, who was present at the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (787. Pte. T. Honor. 66th. Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (787. Pte. J. T. Honor. Berks: R.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £1,600-£2,000 --- John Thomas Honor was born in Bristol in 1849 and attested for the 66th Regiment of Foot at Bangalore on 9 November 1863, aged 14. He was classified as a Bandsman on 1 June 1869, and remained a Bandsman for the rest of his service. He served in India from his enlistment until 25 June 1865, and then again from 25 February 1870 to 19 January 1881, and saw service during the Second Afghan War. Honor was present at the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880, in which the Regiment suffered 10 officers and 275 other ranks killed, and 2 officers and 30 other ranks wounded, out of a total force of 20 officers and 469 other ranks- Honor was one of the survivors, and a subsequent letter to a newspaper (cutting included with lot) states: ‘I was in the same company with Mr. Honor in the 66th Foot, and, I believe, Mr. Honor was the only man who brought his musical instrument out of the Battle of Maiwand.’ Honor was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity, per General Order 52 of 1884, and was discharged on 29 December 1885, after 22 years and 51 days’ service. Sold together with two hand-written testimonials written on the occasion of his discharge; the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Service; the recipient’s original Account Book; various original newspaper cuttings written many years after the event concerning participation at the Battle of Maiwand; and a large quantity of copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in later life wearing his medals.
Three: Sergeant Richard Benson, Royal Marine Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. Benson. Corpl. R.M.A. H.M.S. “To.....line”) naming weak in parts from edge bruising; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Richard Benson. Sergt. (R.M.A.) H.M.S. Tourmaline; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, heavy pitting from star, therefore fine (3) £140-£180 --- Richard Benson was born at Raymunterdoney, Falcarragh, Donegal, Ireland, in December 1851. A clerk, he attested for the Royal Marines at Londonderry on 8 December 1871, joining the Recruit Depot at Walmer as a Private the same day. Posted to 11th Company Royal Marine Artillery as Gunner, 14 June 1872; he subsequently joined H.M.S. Charybdis, 24 September 1873, H.M.S. Swinger, 30 May 1874, H.M.S. Princess Charlotte, 6 July 1874, H.M.S. Victor Emanuel, 1 December 1874, H.M.S. Iron Duke, 1 January 1875, H.M.S. Charybdis, 27 January 1875, admitted to Hospital 1 May 1877, H.M.S. Tamar, 8 May 1877, joined 11th Company R.M.A. 26 July 1877, promoted Bombardier and joined 5th Company R.M.A, 30 January 1879, promoted Corporal and joined 13th Company R.M.A., 30 June 1880. Joining H.M.S. Tourmaline, 11 November 1881, he took part in the Egyptian operations of 1882, was promoted Sergeant, 19 October 1882, and awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 8 June 1883, joining “G” Company R.M.A. 26 November 1884, H.M.S. Shannon 7 May 1890 and “G” Company R.M.A. 6 April 1892. He was discharged to pension on 9 December 1892.
An extremely rare Egypt pair awarded to R. Paton, Civilian Servant with the Royal Engineers Balloon detachment at Suakin Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Civiln. Servt. R. Paton. Balloon Det: R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Hayward, January 1974 [when appeared without Khedive’s Star]; Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994. The medal roll for the R.E. Balloon detachment at Suakin contains the names of 2 officers, 9 other ranks and 2 civilians. Only the medals awarded to the latter two, i.e. Paton and Runyard, were named to the Balloon Detachment, all the others being named ‘R.E.’ Runyard is noted on the roll as servant to Major Templar, commanding the Balloon detachment, so it is probable that Paton, whose name is spelled 'Payton' on the roll, was servant to Lieutenant Mackenzie, the only other officer and the one who actually ascended in the balloon.
A rare campaign group of six awarded to Quarter-Master & Lieutenant F. Stevens, Royal Engineers, who served in No. 4 Balloon Section in the Boxer Rebellion Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (22379 Corpl. F. Stevens, R.E.); China 1900, no clasp (22379 Sgt. F. Stevens, R.E.) 1914-15 Star (62214 C.S. Mjr. F. Stevens, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. F. Stevens); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (22379 C.S. Mjr. F. Stevens, R.E.), number and rank officially corrected on the first, occasional edge bruising but generally very fine (6) £800-£1,200 --- Frederick Stevens enlisted in the Royal Engineers in November 1887 and gained advancement to Corporal in June 1899, on the eve of witnessing active service in 26th Fortress Company, R.E., South Africa. In the summer of 1900, however, and after being advanced to Sergeant, he joined No. 4 Balloon Section, R.E. and was embarked for North China, where he served until June 1901 and qualified for the Medal without clasp, one of just 80 such awards to the unit - the original roll signed by Lieutenant T. E. Martin-Leake, R.E., at Aldershot, in May 1902, refers. Commanded by Major J. R. L. MacDonald, and afterwards by Captain A. H. B. Hume,, 4th Balloon Section carried out a number of ascents, their equipment comparing favourably with those of our Allies similarly inclined: ‘On 12 November 1900, preparations were made for filling a balloon, and the French balloon was seen up in the distance. On 13 November, Balloon “Tugela” was filled in the Board of War Yard, temperature 31 degrees at 8.30 a.m., wind south, from calm to four miles per hour. The balloon was taken out to the south of the Imperial City, and ascents made by all officers and men up to a maximum of 1500 feet ... ’ Stevens kept his R.E. comrades in the U.K. updated with the Section’s news, writing to the Sapper on two or three occasions, and he was also favourably mentioned in Captain Hume’s official report dated 15 May 1901. Having then been placed on the Army Reserve in the rank of Company Sergeant-Major, he was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities and first went out to France in May 1915, his commission as a Quarter-Master & Lieutenant being obtained in December 1917.
Four: Chief Petty Officer C. R. Dewdney, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Centurion at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (217472, C. R. Dewdney, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (217472 C. R. Dewdney. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2174.. C. R. Dewdney. P.O. H.M.S. Centurion) contact marks, last two digits of service number worn on LS&GC, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Charles Richard Dewdney was born on 5 January 1885, at Dartmouth, Devon, and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Northampton, on 14 October 1901. He was advanced to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Magnificent, on 14 May 1902, and Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Vivid I, on 19 October 1907. He was promoted Petty Officer, H.M.S. Vivid I, on 1 November 1912, and served during the Great War in the King George V Class Dreadnought battleship, H.M.S. Centurion, in which ship he was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1918, and was promoted Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Indus, on 1 May 1920. He was shore pensioned on 4 January 1925, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Four: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer R. W. Knight, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Birkenhead at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (350749, R. W. Knight, S.B.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (350749 R. W. Knight. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (350749 R. W. Knight Sk. Bth. Stwd. H.M.S. Liverpool.) mounted as worn, toned, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Robert Walter Knight was born on 23 September 1878, at Buckland, Hampshire, and commenced his naval service as a Sick Berth Attendant at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar. He was advanced to Sick Berth Steward, Second Class, H.M.S. Marne, on 19 March 1904, and Sick Berth Steward, First Class, H.M.S. Excellent, on 15 August 1911. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Birkenhead in August 1915, and served in her at the Battle of Jutland. He was advanced Chief Sick Berth Steward, H.M.S. Birkenhead, on 1 May 1917, and was promoted Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Greenwich, on 5 August 1920. He was shore pensioned in May 1922.
Four: Mechanician F. R. R. Edmunds, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Highflyer when she attacked and sank the German armed merchant cruiser, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the coast of Northwest Africa, on 25 August 1914 1914-15 Star (K.10328, F. R. R. Edmunds, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.10328 F. R. R. Edmunds. Act. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.10328 F. R. R. Edmunds. A-Mech. H.M.S. Comus.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Fernley Robert Richard Edmunds was born on 13 April 1892, at Exeter, Devon, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 21 February 1911. He was appointed to H.M.S. Highflyer on 10 February 1914, and was serving in her when she attacked and sank the German armed merchant cruiser, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the coast of Northwest Africa, on 25 August 1914. He transferred to H.M.S. Dolphin in April 1916, and was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Victory II, on 25 May 1917, before being appointed to H.M.S. New Zealand, in July 1917. Advanced to Stoker Petty Officer on 1 May 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926. He was appointed Mechanician, H.M.S. Comus, on 4 February 1927, and was shore pensioned in February 1933. He was recalled for War service in H.M.S. Colombo (Ceres) on 15 June 1939, and was finally released from service in July 1945.
Four: Stoker Petty Officer R. Armstrong, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.1080, R. Armstrong. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.1080 R. Armstrong S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.1080 R. Armstrong. S.P.O. H.M.S. Diligence.) nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Richard Armstrong was born on 13 May 1889, at Poplar, London, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron, on 30 July 1908. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 19 February 1914, and was promoted Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Shannon, on 1 July 1915. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1923, and was shore pensioned on 29 July 1930. Recalled for War service in August 1939, to H.M.S. Pembroke II, he was discharged in November 1944.
Four: Sick Berth Petty Officer A. R. Woodman, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M.4223, A. R. Woodman, S.B.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.4223 A. R. Woodman. S.B.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.4223 A. R. Woodman. S.B.P.O. H.M.S. Victory) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Archer Robert Woodman was born on 4 January 1894 at Rotherhithe, London, and on enlistment he declared prior service with the Royal Engineers, Home Counties Brigade, Territorial Army. He commenced naval service as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant, H.M.S. Victory I, on 12 March 1912. During his naval career he served at the R.N. Hospitals at Haslar, Dunkirk (for service in Land Operations), and at Malta. He was advanced to Leading Sick Berth Attendant on 5 August 1920, and Sick Berth Petty Officer, 17 February 1925. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927. He was shore pensioned from the R.N. Hospital, Haslar on 11 March 1934, but was recalled for War service in August 1939, serving in H.M.S. Victory II, H.M.S. Cochrane, and H.M.S. Baccante, for service at the R.N. Hospital Newmarket and R.N. Auxiliary Hospital Aberdeen. He was released from service in August 1945.
Four: Leading Seaman R. S. Kenward, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.11544, R. S. Kenward, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.11544 R.S. Kenward. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.11544 R. S. Kenward L.S. H.M.S. Dartmouth.) polished, contact marks and edge bruising, therefore good fine (4) £100-£140 --- Robert Sydney Kenward was born on 24 July 1894, at Brighton, Sussex, and commenced his naval service on 13 March 1911, as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. He was advanced to Able Seaman, H.M.S. King George V, on 2 March 1914, and was appointed Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Caesar on 20 January 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 August 1927.
Four: Able Seaman A. J. Edmonds, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (216904, A. J. Edmonds, A.B., R,N.); British War and Victory Medals (216904 A. J. Edmonds, A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (216904 A. J. Edmonds. A.B. H.M.S. Sandhurst.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Albert James Edmonds was born on 20 March 1886, at Camberwell, London, and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 26 March 1901. He was appointed Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Implacable, on 20 March 1904 and Able Seaman, 15 February 1906. During the Great War he served in various ships and shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Woolwich for H.M.S. Ariel, H.M.S. Oracle, H.M.S. Columbine (Windsor), and H.M.S. Sandhurst, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1919. He was shore pensioned in March 1926, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was recalled to H.M.S. Vernon in 1939, but was invalided out of the service from the Royal Naval Hospital Invergordon, in June 1943.
Seven: Corporal R. S. Turrell, Royal Engineers, later 12th Battalion, London Regiment 1914-15 Star (1769 Spr. R. S. Turrell. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1769 Cpl. R. S. Turrell. R.E.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sergt. Ralph S. Turrell); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (558281 Cpl. R. S. Turrell. R.E.) mounted as worn in this order, nearly very fine (7) £120-£160 --- Ralph S. Turrell attested for the Royal Engineers, and served with the Royal Engineers (Transport) during the Great War in Egypt from 30 March 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 12th Battalion, London Regiment.
Three: Private F. R. Harte, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (14746 Pte. F. R. Harte. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14746 Pte. F. R. Harte. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) the Star cleaned, nearly very fine Three: Private E. Pinson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (15189 Pte. E. Pinson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15189 Pte. E. Pinson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Frederick Reginald John Harte attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War, initially on the Western Front and subsequently in Salonika. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 June 1919. Edward Pinson was born at Walsall on 20 May 1884, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Liverpool. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1915, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Fayette, St. Quentin on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. Held at Stendal Camp for the remainder of the War, he was repatriated on 26 November 1918.
Three: Private W. Briggs, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 750 officers and men killed or wounded, the greatest number of casualties to a single battalion on the first day of the Battle 1914-15 Star (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Willie Briggs) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Willie Briggs was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire, and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment in Leeds. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Fricourt. Two companies moved forward at zero hour on the left of the assault, and cleared the enemy front lines with little loss. The supporting companies, however, met heavy fire, machine-guns having been brought from the dug-outs. The Regimental history records that the latter were almost annihilated, with total casualties of 22 officers and approximately 750 other ranks, the most casualties of any Battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Briggs was amongst those killed, and is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private C. R. Cramb, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (17150 Pte. C. R. Cramb. R. Sc. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (17150 Pte. C. Cramb. R.S. Fus.) nearly very fine Pair: Private W. Flynn, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Gaza on 20 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (41182 Pte. W. Flynn. High. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Private T. Hall, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4783 Pte. T. Hall. Monmouth. R.) good very fine (7) £70-£90 --- Christopher R. Cramb attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915. He was additionally awarded a Silver War Badge. William Flynn attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Glasgow and served with the 1st/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion during the Great War in Egypt and Palestine. He was killed in action on 20 August 1917, and is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.
The 1914-15 Star trio awarded to Private N. W. Player, 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who won the D.C.M. for gallantry in the trenches near Nasiriyah, Mesopotamia, on 24 July 1914 1914-15 Star (1942 Pte. N. W. Player. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1942 Pte. N. W. Player. Hamps. R.) good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 9 October 1915: ‘For conspicuous bravery on the 24th July, 1915, near Nasiriyah (Mesopotamia). Private Player was one of the two first to enter the enemy’s trenches in advance of his Regiment, and his courage and devotion to duty set a fine example to all ranks.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1916. Sold with copied research.
Four: Major L. J. Dilliway, T.D., Essex Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (1113 Sjt. L. J. Dilliway. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. J. Dilliway.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., complete with brooch bar in its case of issue, the first three mounted as worn, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Leonard James Dilliway was born at Chelmsford, Essex, in 1887. He enlisted into the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial) on 1 January 1909, and served in Gallipoli, and later Egypt, from 12 August 1915. He was commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps on 25 October 1916, and was taken prisoner of war with 21 Bn. M.G.C. on 22 March 1918. Held at Karlsruhe, Germany, he was repatriated on 18 December 1918, and afterwards served in North Russia with Syrenforce. According to his Medal Index Card he made an application for ‘Russian Decorations’ on 19 October 1928. He rejoined the 4th Essex Regiment as a Captain in February 1930, retired from the Territorial Army in 1936 with the rank of Major, and served from late 1939 as 2nd Lieutenant with a National Defence Company and subsequently 70th Bn. Essex Regiment, May 1940; Lieutenant, 7th Essex Regiment, June 1940; T/Capt. 10 September 1940; Lieut. 15 February 1941; 1st Reinforcement Camp as Wing Adjutant, May 1941; 30th Essex Regiment, March 1942; Released August 1945.
Three: Private R. Jones, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (12875. Pte. R. Jones. Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12875 Pte. R. Jones. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private W. Temple, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (13668 Pte. W. Temple, Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16338 Pte. W. Temple. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Richard Jones attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps and was demobilised on 14 May 1919. William Temple, a native of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford in November 1914, at the age of 24, and served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently in the Mediterranean Theatre. He was discharged in March 1919.
Three: Lieutenant H. L. C. Aked, Royal Flying Corps, late West Yorkshire Regiment, who served as an F.E.2b Observer with 20 Squadron, and was forced down and taken POW after combat with the German Ace Leutnant W. Frankl at Zandvoorde, 21 May 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut: H. L. C. Aked. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. L. C. Aked. R.A.F.) VM officially renamed, generally good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Henry Leslie Cautley Aked was born in 1896, and was a native of Harrogate, Yorkshire. He was educated at Radley, and won a scholarship to study a Magdalene College, Cambridge, however he chose to take a commission in the 3/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment instead. Aked initially served during the Great War with the 1/8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 6 November 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps the following year, and after training as an Observer was posted for operational flying to 20 Squadron (F.E.2b’s) Clairmarais, France. Aked flew with Captain C. E. H. James as his pilot, and on 21 May 1916 they were escorting a reconnaissance patrol when they were engaged in aerial combat by two enemy aircraft. They were forced down by the German Ace Leutnant Wilhelm Frankl (Pour le Merite, and credited with 20 victories) at Zandvoorde. Both Aked and James were taken prisoner of war, and the former was repatriated 18 November 1918. Aked relinquished his commission in January 1919, and after the war he studied at University College, Oxford. In later life he resided at Forest Manor, Knaresborough. Aked was a well-known figure in the Bradford wool and textile trade, and was the Managing Director of Robert Aked & Son - the later being in business for over a hundred years. He died in London in March 1962. A number of documents relating to Aked are held by the University of Leeds Library. Sold with extensive copied research, including a photographic image of recipient.
Three: Captain C. H. L. Coney, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served as an R.E.8 Observer with 63 Squadron in the Mesopotamian theatre of war 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. H. L. Coney. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. L. Coney. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, VM officially renamed, generally good very fine or better (3) £160-£200 --- Charles Herbert Law Coney was born in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire in September 1889. He was employed as an Engineer prior to the Great War, and initially served with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Coney was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps as a Lieutenant, and qualified as an Observer in June 1917. He was immediately posted to 63 Squadron in Mesopotamia. Having arrived at Basra in August, the Squadron was plagued by disease and intense heat. It was not until 10 September that the first two aircraft had been assembled and were ready to fly. The Squadron’s R.E.8’s were based at Samarra, and attached to the First Indian Corps during its advance on Kirkuk and Mosul. Coney advanced to (Temporary) Captain in November 1917, and was subsequently appointed as Honorary Captain.
Five: Master C. A. James, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Charles A. James) BWM officially re-impressed; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine Four: Third Engineer R. R. Burdon, Mercantile Marine 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Ministry of Transport Continuous Certificate of Discharge, good very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (2) (James G. Ball; Louis I. Hatch) good very fine (11) £70-£90 --- Charles Alfred James was born in Cardiff on 24 March 1892 and received his Master’s Certificate of 27 September 1915. He served during the Second World War in the S.S. British Grenadier; this ship was torpedoed by enemy submarine 140 miles off Cape Sierra Leone in the mid-Atlantic on 22 May 1941. Sold with copied research. Richard Ronald Burdon was born in Sunderland on 20 September 1921. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient. James Gilbert Ball was born in Plymouth in 1862 and was employed as a Great Western Railway Engineer. He served during the Great War both in the Mercantile Marine and as an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. Sold with copied research. Louis Isaac Hatch was born in Greenwich in 1866 and was employed as a Stoker on a River Thames tug. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private G. Eaton, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (202272 Pte. G. Eaton. The Queen’s R.); Memorial Plaque (George Eaton) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- George Eaton was born at Stanlake, and attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) at Witley, Oxfordshire. He served with the 3rd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Pair: Captain H. C. Vereker, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who was the pilot of Handley Page 0/100 1463 which was captured intact by the Germans, 1 January 1917 - a much documented incident which led to not only the new aircraft falling into the hands of the enemy enroute to the French theatre, but also the plans for it as well as a full crew. Vereker despite attempts to escape at the last minute was taken prisoner of war along with four others. He was subsequently mentioned in despatches ‘For valour whilst in captivity’ British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. C. Vereker. R.A.F.) good very fine or better (2) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 16 December 1919: ‘For gallantry whilst Prisoners of War in escaping, or attempting to escape, from captivity, or for valuable services rendered in the prison camps of the enemy.’ Vereker’s service papers give ‘For valour whilst in captivity.’ Henry Connell Vereker was born in April 1895, a native of Somerset, and was a Corporal in the O.T.C. 1906-1912, before becoming a Despatch Rider, Divisional Engineers, Royal Naval Division. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service, as Flight Sub Lieutenant, 16 April 1915. Vereker trained as a pilot at Redcar and Eastchurch, and having advanced to Flight Lieutenant was posted to the Handley Page Squadron at R.N.A.S. Manston in July 1916. Vereker was to fly Handley Page 0/100 1463, 1 January 1917, in what was to become a ‘well documented disaster... [which] delivered a new twin-engined British heavy bomber directly into the hands of the enemy. Two attempts had been made to fly the Handley Page to France in December [1916], but each had been turned back by engine problems. The 1st January was a foggy, wintery day, but another attempt was made, only this time the machine lost its way and was forced to land in enemy territory. It landed at the aerodrome of Flieger Abteilung (A) 208 at Chalandry. The amazed members of this unit found themselves in possession of not only a new bomber type but also comprehensive performance documentation. This 0/100 was subsequently flown and tested by the Germans until it was crashed at Johannisthal aerodrome on the 22nd April 1917.’ (The Sky Their Battlefield, by T. Henshaw refers) More detail is given in Bloody Paralyser – The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War, by R. Langham: ‘Before the operational career of the Handley Page bombers had even started, the Germans were to know all they needed to know about the design itself. When HPs 1462 and 1463 attempted to fly from Manston to Villacoublay on the first day of 1917, despite HP 1462 making the journey with no problems, HP 1463 landed 12 miles behind German lines, delivering a fully intact brand-new Handley Page 0/100 complete with two officers and three air mechanics to a German airfield at Chalandry. One version of events is that the pilot, Flight Sub-Lieutenant Henry Connell Vereker, ran back to the aircraft in an attempt to take off, but as his head and shoulders were just inside the fuselage he was pulled down again by a German. The men were interrogated and then spent the rest of the war as prisoners. As well as the aircraft itself, there were technical reports and other paperwork that proved interesting to the Germans, and, after being dismantled and transported to Germany, 1463 was reassembled and flown by the Imperial Air Service, complete with insignia. It was written off in a crash on 22 August that year, apparently due to the cabling for the ailerons being reassembled incorrectly. There were claims later that the Handley Page design was used as a basis for the Gotha G.IV and G.V bombers, a myth that still exists today. Apart from a very basic likeness in design, i.e. both being large, twin-engine biplane bombers, there were no real similarities in the two designs.’ Vereker, along with Lieutenant S. R. Hibbard, Airmen Kennedy, Wright and Higby were all taken prisoner of war. Vereker was repatriated at the cessation of hostilities, and advanced to Captain in the Royal Air Force. He re-engaged as Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in May 1940. Sold with extensive copied research, including several photographic images of recipient in uniform.
An extremely well-documented Great War F2b Observer’s pair awarded to Lieutenant R. J. Gregory, 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was shot down, wounded and taken prisoner of war near Armentières, 5 June 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. J. Gregory. R.A.F.) BWM with official corrections, very fine £300-£340 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003. Robert John Gregory was born in February 1899 and was educated at the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School prior to becoming a medical student at St. George’s Hospital, Hyde Park, London. Enlisting in the 2nd Artists Rifles, circa 1916-17, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a Cadet in September of the latter year and attended assorted training establishments until joining 105 Squadron as a 2nd Lieutenant that December. The advent of 1918 witnessed further training at an Observer and Air Gunnery School and in late May Gregory was posted to 20 Squadron, a fighter-bomber unit operating in F2Bs out of Boisdinghem. And by 5 June he was able to write home about his first operational experiences as an Observer: ‘Well, having got a regular pilot and “bus” now, have properly started my duties. That was quite a “cushy” little start the other night after I wrote to you, the clouds forming a very effective screen to hide us from view from the ground, so that we were not troubled very much by “Archies”. It was a most beautiful effect, too, as you can imagine, to be sailing along a mile or two above the clouds, with little gaps here and there through which you could see the ground miles beneath you ... Was on a show again this morning in which we properly “put the wind up” old Jerry and his gas bags. It was quite a sport although “Archie” was rather busy. Am starting off on another in about an hour’s time, so you see they keep us pretty busy. But, then you see, we are absolutely THE Squadron - that really is fact and we were specially congratulated by General Salmond on our record for last month. Everyone who gets posted to this squadron usually considers it quite an honour - I do. Well, will say good-bye for the present ...’ Just an hour or two after penning these words, Gregory was shot down, wounded and taken P.O.W. He and his pilot, Lieutenant E. A. Magee, had been brought down in the vicinity of Armentieres, the incident being described by Gregory in a letter home to his sweetheart: ‘Well, isn’t this just the absolute limit? Strange to say I had never considered the possibility and if you ask me now how I got here, I don’t really know very definitely as we came down with a most “beautiful” crash, over some nice high trees from a height of about three miles or so in not many more minutes, which smashed the old “bus” up into matchwood and gave me a most “beautiful” knock on the head, which kept me most “beautifully” quiet for about three days. Ged Magee, my pilot, was none the worse for our little splash and is with me now. All I can remember is having a “scrap” with some German planes in the course of which we had our own engine, petrol tanks (how it was they didn’t catch fire I don’t know. They do that about 9 times out of every 10, when they get shot) and about half of our control wires shot away, then a most sickening three mile drop quite out of control until a few hundred feet above the ground when Magee managed to check the speed a bit. All the time we were falling we were having lead pumped into us like the deuce! The way it dodged all round the two of us was most marvellous. I had a group of about 20 shots about three inches in front of me and about 30 or 40 within a few inches of my head; apparently I am wanted to fight in the next war, unless it is that I am too good to die yet (I think it must be that, don’t you?!!!) ...’ Gregory ended the War in an Officer’s P.O.W. camp near Pillau in East Prussia and was repatriated in mid-December 1918. Among previous camps he had frequented was Karlsruhe, scene of the most famous P.O.W. breakout of the Great War. Released from the Royal Air Force in February of the following year, he returned to his studies and qualified in medicine in February 1924. Gregory married his wartime sweetheart, Violet Webb, in October 1925 and set up practice in Luton, where he died in July 1940, aged 41 years. Sold with an impressive run of original correspondence, the majority being handwritten letters, with related envelopes, from the recipient to his sweetheart for the period January 1918 until his release from captivity at the end of the year, the latter with German stamps and occasional censorship - often of a humorous nature and rarely without useful observations and overall content; also old copy correspondence appertaining to the recipient being posted missing in June 1918, including a letter from his C.O., Major E. Johnston (‘Your son was Observer in a machine which was one of nine engaged in an offensive fighting patrol. As far as I can gather, his machine became slightly detached from the patrol and four enemy machines were seen just behind it. Our machine then spun down and was lost sight of ...’); three wartime photographs; Buckingham Palace letter for returning P.O.Ws; Protection Certificate (Officer), dated 15 February 1919; Medical Registration Certificate for L.R.C.P., London, 5 February 1924; and assorted newspaper cuttings.
Three: Private R. E. Martin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9829 Pte. R. E. Martin. Oxf. &. Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9829 Pte. R. E. Martin, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private W. J. Miller, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1447 Pte. W. J. Miller, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1447 Pte. W. J. Miller. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Ronald Eugene Martin attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, later serving on attachment to the 6th and 7th Battalions Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was discharged on demobilisation on 31 March 1920. William J. Miller attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was discharged on 6 March 1919.
Four: Chief Radio Electrician R. J. Hayward, Royal Navy Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/SMX.908074 R. J. Hayward R.E.M.1 R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/MX.908074 R. J. Hayward. L.R.E.M. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.908074 R. J. Hayward. Ch.R.El. H.M.S. Drake.) mounted for display, very fine (4) £160-£200
Five: Private F. H. Lines, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (5307 Pte. T. [sic] H. Lines, 1: Essex Regt.) minor official correction; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5307 Pte. H. Lines. Essex Regt.); 1914-15 Star (5307 Pte F. H. Lines. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (Pte. F. H. Lines Essex R.) toned, good very fine (5) £240-£280 --- Frank Lines was born in Bow, London, on 11 September 1876 and attested for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Essex Regiment on 4 October 1898, transferring to the Regular Army on 29 December 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Reserve on 8 February 1907. Recalled for service during the Great War, Lines served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 12 December 1914, and was wounded by shrapnel to the right shoulder during the second Battle of Ypres on 1 May 1915. Although not recorded on his papers, Lines states in letters among them that he was wounded again in the right hip and thigh on 12 August 1916 at Pozieres, while serving with 9th Battalion. He transferred to the Labour Corps on 23 November 1917, and subsequently to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on 5 May 1918. He was discharged Class Z on 13 January 1919. He died in Bethnal Green in 1947.
Four: Sergeant H. Lineham, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6240. Pte. H. Lineham. Essex Regt.) surname officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (6240 Sjt. H. Lineham. Essex R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6340 [sic] Sjt. H. Lineham. Essex R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Linehan [sic]) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Henry Lineham was born in Stratford, Essex, on 2 March 1882 - his correct name seems to have been Linehan and he appears thus in non-military records. He served with the Essex Regiment (Mounted Infantry Company) in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently served as postman in Southend-on-Sea. He was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in 1945 (London Gazette 14 September 1945: Postman, Hadleigh Sub-Office, Southend-on-Sea), and died in Hadleigh on 8 June 1960.
The 5th Battalion Essex Regiment (Territorial Force) Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, there were five Territorial Battalions in the Essex Regiment. The 5th Battalion had its headquarters in Chelmsford and recruited from the bulk of the present county of Essex, particularly the central and northern parts including large rural areas. The Battalion first fought at Gallipoli from August 1915 before serving in Egypt and Palestine, where it was heavily engaged in the First and Third Battles of Gaza in March and November 1917. In the Territorial Force renumbering, men serving with the Battalion (including the 2nd and 3rd lines which had been formed) were given numbers in the block commencing 250001. The following lots are listed in order of the recipient’s service number. Three: Sergeant A. J. Spurgeon, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 28 March 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion British War and Victory Medals (870 Sjt. A. J. Spurgeon. Essex R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250038 Sjt. A. J. Spurgeon. 5/Essex R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Alfred James Spurgeon was born at Enfield on 26 May 1891 and enlisted in the Essex Regiment at Walton-on-Naze on 27 November 1908. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 11 July 1911, he was promoted Acting Corporal on 26 July 1915, and Acting Sergeant on 28 July 1915. He was subsequently re-numbered 250038. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment on 12 February 1918, he was captured at Arras on 28 March 1918, while serving with C Company, and was held Prisoner of War at Linberg, Germany for the remainder of the War. He was discharged on 19 July 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. B283200, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 380 of October 1919. He died in Clacton, Essex, on 11 March 1941. Note: It is not clear why Spurgeon failed to receive the Territorial Force War Medal – either he had not committed to serving overseas by the deadline of 30 September 1914 or perhaps his eligibility was somehow overlooked.
Three: Private H. E. Goldstone, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1934 Pte. H. E. Goldstone. Essex R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1934 Pte. H. E. Goldstone. Essex R.) mounted as worn with the TFWM first, nearly very fine (3) £180-£220 --- Harry Ernest Goldstone was born in Great Bardfield on 10 September 1887, and pre-War was a member of the Great Bardfield Fire Brigade. He joined the Norfolk Battery, 1st East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner on 26 May 1907, before attesting for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 26 January 1914. He embarked for service overseas on 1 March 1916, and was employed as a saddler during the war, being appointed Lance-Corporal in August 1916. He was subsequently re-numbered 250266. He was discharged on 9 May 1919 and was considered but apparently rejected for a disability pension from May 1919 to March 1922 in respect of tuberculosis. He died in Braintree in 1949.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (2041 Cpl. H. Keeble. Essex R.; 2218 Sjt. A. E. Fincham. Essex R.) minor edge nicks, generally good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Harry Keeble was born in Maldon, Essex, on 16 May 1896 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 28 April 1914. He served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915 (Essex Chronicle of 17 September 1915 refers). Promoted Corporal, he was wounded for a second time during the first Battle of Gaza on 26 March 1917 (Essex Chronicle of 20 July 1917 refers). He was subsequently re-numbered 250302. He was discharged as a Corporal on 10 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B276432. He died in Chelmsford in 1976. Alfred Edward Fincham was born in Great Baddow, Essex, on 3 March 1875 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 5 August 1914. He served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 22 July 1915, and was subsequently re-numbered 250380. Transferring to the Royal Army Service Corps as a Sergeant on 22 March 1918, he was discharged on account of wounds on 3 July 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 451049. He died in Chelmsford in 1958.
Five: Private C. W. G. Doe, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (2282 Pte. C. W. G. Doe. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2262 Pte. C. W. G. Doe. Essex R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, the Great War awards polished, therefore good fine, the Second War awards better (5) £60-£80 --- Caius William George Doe was born in Sulhamsptead, Berkshire, on 4 July 1894 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment in early August 1914 (2208 enlisted on 7 August 1914, and 2297 on 9 August 1914). He served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was subsequently re-numbered 250395. He later transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and was re-numbered 7586023. His Second War medals are indicative of service in the early part of the war - he has not been traced in the 1939 Register, taken on 29 September, so perhaps he was already overseas by then. He died in Reading in 1972.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2661 Pte. W. G. Harrington. Essex R.) good very fine Pair: Corporal S. M. Woolford, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2699 Cpl. S. M. Woolford Essex R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Walter George Harrington was born in Greenstead, Essex, in 1895 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment at Chelmsford. He served with 2/5th Battalion and was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment for service on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 18 September 1918. He is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Stanley Manning Woolford was born in Earls’ Colne on 27 September 1896 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment at Chelmsford. He served with them during the Great War in Egypt/Palestine in the early part of 1916 before transferring to 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, which arrived in France in May 1916. He was wounded while serving with them in France (Gloucester Journal of 30 September 1916 refers). He was employed during the Second World War as a Higher Clerical Officer at the Air Ministry, and died in Shenfield, Essex, on 31 August 1972.
Three: Corporal J. Howard, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was wounded during the Third Battle of Gaza, 2 November 1917 1914-15 Star 2934 Pte. J. Howard. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2934 Cpl. J. Howard. Essex R.) good very fine The British War Medal awarded to Private H. W. Smith, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was wounded during the Third Battle of Gaza, 2 November 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (3124 Pte. H. W. Smith. Essex R.) minor edge nicks, very fine (4) £60-£80 --- John Howard, a native of Great Holland, Kirby Cross, Essex, attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915. He was subsequently re-numbered 250665. Promoted Corporal, he was wounded during the Third Battle of Gaza on 2 November 1917. Henry William Smith attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment and served with them during the Great War. He was subsequently re-numbered 250715. He was wounded during the Third Battle of Gaza on 2 November 1917 (Essex Chronicle of 30 November 1917 refers).
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