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Click here to subscribePair: Private J. Bleasdale, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (58534 Pte. G. Edwards. Ches. R.) very fine Pair: Private F. Jones, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (47791 Pte. J. Bleasdale. Ches. R.) edge dig to BWM, otherwise very fine Pair: Private R. Torkington, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (42293 Pte. R. Torkington. Ches. R.) nearly very fine (6) £70-£90
Four: Acting Corporal C. W. Burn, 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), London Regiment 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (1075 Pte. C. W. Burn. 1/28 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1075 A. Cpl. C. W. Burn. 28-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (760068 Pte. -A. Cpl.- C. W. Burn. 28-Lond. R.) good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Approximately 730 1914 Stars awarded to the 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles) Cyril W. Burn attested for the 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), London Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1914. He was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 190 of 1922.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (Syce Jinghi A. By R Horse Arty) good very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sold with copied roll confirming that the Bronze medals to Syce Jinghi and his Indian comrades serving with “A” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, were sent by the G.O.C. South Africa to India for distribution in September 1901.
Five: Major-General R. N. Tinley, 39th Regiment of Foot, later Cape Mounted Riflemen, who was severely wounded at the battle of Mahrajpoor on 29 December 1843, and led his Regiment’s attack on the Grand Redan during the Crimea War Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Captn. Robert N. Tinley H.M. 39th. Regt.) original hook adapted and now suspended from a straight bar suspension, with contemporary silver riband buckle; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Colonel R. N. Tinley. 39th. Regt.) depot impressed naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with poincon mark to base of tassel; Ottoman Empire, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked, of ‘bazaar’ manufacture; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with an IGS-style suspension, mounted for wear, significant enamel damage to the tips of points of LdeH, otherwise generally very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Robert Newport Tinley was born in 1811 and was commissioned Ensign in the 39th Regiment of Foot on 4 April 1832. He was promoted Lieutenant on 19 July 1833, and Captain on 15 December 1840. He served with the Regiment during the Gwalior campaign, and was severely wounded at the battle of Maharajpoor on 29 December 1843. Promoted Major on 11 November 1851, Tinley saw further service during the Crimean War, going out to the Crimea with a draft of the 39th Regiment aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal, sailing from Queenstown on 13 January 1855, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 9 March 1855. He led his regiment's attack on the Redan on 18 June 1855, and commanded the Trench Guard, left attack, where a strong sortie of 2,000 Russians was made against the chevaux de frise, Woronzoff Road, on the night of 2 August, and which was successfully repulsed; he was also present at the attack on the Redan on 8 September, and Commanded and brought out the 39th Regiment of Foot at the end of the war. For his services he was awarded the Fifth Classes of both the French Legion of Honour and the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh. Promoted Colonel on 28 May 1858, Tinley went on to serve with distinction with the Cape Mounted Rifles before going on half pay on 1 May 1866. Promoted Major-General on 6 March 1868, he died at St. Helier, Jersey on 10 July 1877. A fine watercolour of Tinley in the uniform of the Cape Mounted Rifles, by Richard Simkin, is held in the collection of the National Army Museum. (Accession No. NAM.2014-02-43-1). Sold with the eight Commission Documents covering most of the recipient’s promotions from Ensign to Major-General. For the Maharajpoor Star named to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 359.
Four: Private E. R. Williams, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, later Welsh Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (5818 Pte. E. Williams, R. Weslh Fus:) last clasp attached with wire; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5818 Pte. E. Williams. Rl: Welsh Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (1460 Pte. E. R. Williams. Welsh R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Sold with cap badges for both regiments.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (R. Melville, Captn’s. Coxn. H.M.S. Ranger.) good very fine £80-£100 --- Approximately 81 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Ranger. Robert Melville was born in Woolwich, Kent, on 8 September 1855 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 May 1871. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 1 April 1884, he served as Captain’s Coxswain in H.M.S. Ranger from 3 April 1884 to 1 January 1885, seeing active service in this ship during the Sudanese campaign of 1884. He was shore pensioned on 9 September 1893. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
The Distinguished Service Cross 1901-1938
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by the London Stamp Exchange, 1991, 91pp., hardback, with plastic dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Service Medal 1914-1920.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1982, 121pp., hardback, with dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Flying Medal 1918-1982. Compiled by I. T. Tavender, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990, 623pp., hardback, with dust jacket, reasonable condition The China War Medal 1900 to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer and J. W. Wilson, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1985, 205pp., hardback, good condition The Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer and J. W. Wilson, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1990, 130pp., including numerous appendices, hardback, very good condition The Air Efficiency Award 1942-2005. Compiled by Christopher Brooks, published by the Orders and Medals Research Society, 2006, 426pp., hardback, with dust jacket, very good condition The Naval Good Shooting Medal 1903-1914.
Compiled by R. J. Scarlett, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1990, 113pp., hardback, very good condition Honours and Awards to Women - The Royal Navy. Compiled by N. G. Gooding, published by the Orders and Medals Research Society, 2017, 132pp., softback, very good condition Fire Brigade Awards of the Second World War. Compiled and published by the Life Saving Awards Research Society, 2017, 284pp., softback, very good condition White Russian Awards to British & Commonwealth Servicemen during the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918-1920 Compiled by Ray Brough, published by Tom Donovan, 1991, 174pp., hardback, very good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with a privately compiled list of Royal Marines Honours and Awards 1900-1970; a bound copy of O.M.R.S. Journals 1969-70; a Part 2 (Supplement) to Honour to the Airborne, by David Buxton; Battle over Britain, by Francis K. Mason; and Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and their Aces 1931-1945, by Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Ozawa, and Christopher Shores.
Three: Corporal J. Clarke, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (15766 Pte. J. Clarke. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (15766 Cpl. J. Clarke. Ches. R.) very fine Three: Private N. F. Holland, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2534 Pte. N. F. Holland. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2534 Pte. N. F. Holland. Ches. R.) very fine Three: Private W. Mc All, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (12389 Pte. W. Mc All, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12389 Pte. W. Mc All. Ches. R.) very fine (9) £100-£140 --- John Clarke attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 5 May 1915. Advanced Corporal, he saw later service in the Balkans and was taken Prisoner in Bulgaria on 15 April 1918.
1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. E. D. Taylor. R. Fus.) good very fine £60-£80 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Darcy Edward Derrick Taylor was born in Marshfield, Gloucestershire, on 23 December 1894 and was educated at Uppingham. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 15 August 1914, he served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 May 1915. Slightly wounded by shrapnel on in 1915, he subsequently service in Salonika, was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 25 September 1916 and 6 December 1916), and was awarded the Military Cross. Posted to the Royal Flying Corps on 1 November 1917, he transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and served with 114 Squadron in India, seeing further service during the Third Afghan War on the North West Frontier of India 1919-21. Promoted Captain on 13 December 1923, he subsequently transferred to the Royal Tank Corps and served with the 12th Armoured Car Company, He transferred to the Reserve of Officer on 15 August 1929, and was granted the honorary rank of Major. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Four: Sergeant A. R. Greenfield, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), late Royal Tank Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with Three Additional Award Clasps (309104 Sjt. A. R. Greenfield. R.A.); Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, good very fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Arthur Reginald Greenfield was born in 1902 and attested for the Royal Tank Corps at Clapham on 20 October 1920. An engineer by profession, he transferred to 98th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Army) on 31 March 1922, and witnessed extensive home service during the inter-war years and Second World War. Appointed to Civil Defence, he was later awarded the Civil Defence Long Service Medal.
The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain E. R. Tempest, [M.C., D.F.C.], 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force, late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, a Great War ‘Western Front’ 17 ‘Victory’ flying Ace, who was killed in a flying accident in Baghdad, 16 December 1921 British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. E. R. Tempest. R.A.F.) very fine£400-£500 --- M.C. London Gazette 13 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He attacked a formation of seven enemy machines, firing on one from a distance of a few feet and destroying it. On another occasion with his patrol he engaged thirteen enemy machines. Though both his guns were out of action, he continued fighting for fifteen minutes in order to enable the rest of his patrol to keep up the fight. Having driven off the enemy, he brought his patrol back safely. He showed splendid courage and initiative.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 2 November 1918: ‘Since March last this officer has destroyed nine enemy machines. A daring and most capable officer, who never hesitates to engage the enemy. By brilliant leadership he achieves success with the minimum of loss.’ Recommended for a Belgian Croix de Guerre, 18 December 1917: ‘He fought in Flanders as Flying Officer in No. 6 Squadron from December 1915 to May 1916, and from May 1916 to August 1916 also in Flanders in No. 29 Squadron, doing valuable work in both these units shooting down 5 E.A. in all. He has been Flight Commander in this Squadron [64] during its tour of France, and has displayed great gallantry and skill during operations especially subsequent to November 20th on the Cambrai front, shooting down 1 E.A., on November 30th, and carrying out reconnaissance and low bombing work under all conditions of weather. He has not previously received a foreign decoration.’ Edmund Roger Tempest was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire in October 1894, and educated at The Oratory School, Edgbaston. He was the third son of Mr and Mrs Wilfrid F. Tempest, J.P. of Ackworth Grange, Ackworth, Yorkshire. Edmund and his brother Wulstan were both farming in Saskatchewan, Canada, with the advent of the Great War. Both returned home and each was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 30 November 1914. Edmund gained secondment to the Royal Flying Corps first, and received his Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 1604) in August 1915 (Wulstan followed suit later, and went on to be awarded the D.S.O. for shooting down Zeppelin L.31 over Potters Bar in October 1916 and an M.C.). Tempest carried out initial training as a pilot, gained his ‘Wings’, and advanced to Flying Officer in November 1915. The following year he was posted to France, and saw service with 6, 29 and 15 Squadrons. Tempest was posted to 64 Squadron (D.H.5’s), 1 July 1917, and gained his first ‘Victory’, 30 November 1917. The Squadron re-equipped with S.E.5a’s, and Tempest immediately found the new aircraft to his liking - adding 16 further enemy aircraft, the vast majority of which were scout planes, to his tally between 8 March - 14 August 1918. In that total, he shot down 2 enemy aircraft in one day on two occasions - 17 March and 11 August - and shot down 5 enemy aircraft in four days in August. His leadership and fearless, aggressive flying were recognised with the award of the M.C. and D.F.C., and example of which can be seen in the following combat report, 21 March 1918: ‘Capt. Tempest. While leading patrol, flying S.W. at 15,000 feet, observed 2 Fokker triplanes flying N.E. at about 1,000 feet below. Dived on one machine firing from Lewis Gun only, Vickers having jambed previously. Lewis Gun fell down after 25 rounds, so ‘broke off’ to adjust. Gained height and again dived at E.A. firing about 30 rounds, when E.A. went down in a spin...’ Tempest returned to the UK at the end of August 1918, and remained in the Royal Air Force after the war. He advanced to Flight Lieutenant, and was serving with 216 Squadron in Mesopotamia when he died in a flying accident whilst flying his Airco DH.10 Amiens, 16 December 1921, ‘Tempest died on Saturday last at Baghdad from burns received while testing a new flying machine.’ Sold with extensive copied research, including combat reports and a photographic image of recipient.
1914-15 Star (Stk-976 Pte. A. J. R. Frentzel. R. Fus:) good very fine £50-£70 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918. Alexander James Rudolph Frentzel (also recorded as Frantzel) attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 July 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 16 August 1916, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 December 1917), and was awarded the Military Cross. Appointed Acting Captain whilst commanding a Company on 26 April 1917, he relinquished his commission on 1 September 1921, retaining the rank of Captain. He subsequently served during the Second World War. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private J. Charlesworth, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (25693 Pte. J. Charlesworth. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (25693 Pte. J. Charlesworth. Ches. R.) edge digs, contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Private H. Flood, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (25755 Pte. H. Flood. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (25755 Pte. H. Flood. Ches: R.), sold with fragile original certificate of war employment, some contact marks, edge bruise to BWM, otherwise very fine Three: Private G. Worthington, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (25669 Pte. G. Worthington, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (25669 Pte. G. Worthington, Ches. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (9) £100-£140 --- James Charlesworth attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 23 March 1915 and served in the Balkans from 7 July 1915. He was buried in a collapse at Gallipoli in September 1915 and suffered a back injury. Later transferring to the Royal Welch Fusiliers, he was discharged on 21 February 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 350555. Henry Flood attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 29 March 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion from 1 July 1915. Completing a 1st Class Signaller’s course, he was discharged on 28 January 1919. Sold with his original Cheshire Regiment Old Comrades Association member’s card. George Worthington attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 26 September 1915. He saw later service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Labour Corps.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (R. Henson, A.B., H.M.S. Achilles) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £260-£300 --- Provenance: Eric Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009. Approximately 43 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Achilles. Richard Henson was born in Birmingham on 12 March 1863 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 27 August 1878. Appointed a Bugler on 16 September 1879, he served in H.M.S. Achilles from 5 November 1880 to 7 December 1883, was promoted Able Seaman on 16 March 1882, and saw active service in that ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. He saw further service in H.M.S. Racer from 9 April 1885 to 25 February 1889, and was present at Gemaizah in December 1888, where the Bluejackets present were largely drawn from H.M. Ships Starling and Racer. Advanced Second Yeoman of Signals on 2 April 1891, he was discharged dead from H.M.S. Impregnable on 12 August 1895, the Coroner’s verdict being that he had ‘committed suicide by hanging himself in the London and South Western Railway Station at Devonport whilst in an unsound state of mind.’ Sold with copied service records and medal roll extract.
A D.S.M. group of seven miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Warrant Officer J. R. Woollard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s [sic] bust obverse; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted for display, very fine, the DSM a scarce miniature ‘mule’ £100-£140 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period from 1st July to 31st December 1917.’ R.A.F. M.S.M. London Gazette 11 June 1924: ‘For distinguished service rendered during the operations in Kurdistan between 15th February and 19th June 1923.’ James Robert Woollard was born on 4 August 1894, at Chelmsford, Essex, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 28 August 1912. Prior to the Great War he served in H.M. Ships Renown, Bulwark, Crescent, and Audacious, becoming Stoker 1st Class in August 1913. Qualifying as an Air Mechanic 1st Class, he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service in April 1915 and served as a Wireless Operator with the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, 63 Wing, in the Dardanelles from that date until March 1918. During that period he was ‘noted for War Services Operations in Eastern Mediterranean 1916’, and promoted to Leading Mechanic (E.) in August 1916 and to Petty Officer Mechanic (E.) in January 1918. Woollard transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918, with an appointment as a Sergeant Mechanic in 2 Wing, and was reclassified as Flight Sergeant Fitter in November 1918. In November 1921, as part of Draft 30 to 17 Squadron, Woollard was posted to Iraq and later took part in the operations in Kurdistan, earning the M.S.M., one of eight awards for these operations, and the last immediate awards of the R.A.F. M.S.M. to be made, but not the appropriate General Service Medal, 17 Squadron not having been present in the relevant areas during the appropriate qualifying dates. In October 1923, he was posted to No. 20 Squadron at Karachi, India, and it was with the one eligible flight of that squadron that he earned the scarce Waziristan 1925 clasp, of which fewer than 300 were issued. Woollard returned to the U.K. in 1927, was promoted to Sergeant Major 2nd Class in November of the following year, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1930, while on attachment to the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious. Advanced to Warrant Officer (Engineer) in April 1933, he was finally discharged in February 1935. Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals were sold in these rooms in December 2006. Sold with copied research.
Four: Sergeant T. Brannan, Royal Highlanders, later Highland Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (899 Cpl. T. Brannon [sic]. 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (899 Sjt. T. Brannan. R. Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3302383 Pte. T. Brannan. H.L.I.) edge bruise to last, contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Thomas Brannan attested for the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Highland Light Infantry, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (W. McAdam, Serjt. R. Arty. 1853.) replacement small silver ring suspension, with modern keyring loop to facilitate riband, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- William McAdam served in Plymouth with the 12th Brigade, Royal Regiment of Artillery, from 23 August 1853. He is later recorded as serving at Bristol before being discharged on 19 July 1881 at termination of his second period of engagement after 21 years’ service.
Pair: Leading Mechanic E. W. R. Traviss, M.B.E., Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (F.6605 E. W. R. Traviss. L.M. R.N.A.S.) VM officially re-impressed, good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (F.6012 J. H. Tunnard. P.O.M. R.N.A.S.; 207127. 1.A.M. H. D. Emblin. R.A.F.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 8 June 1939: Eric Wilfred Robert Traviss, Esq., Senior Staff Officer, Air Ministry. Eric Wilfred Robert Traviss was born in Willesden, London, on 4 July 1894. A Civil Servant, he enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service for hostilities only on 16 July 1915, and served in the Kite Balloon ship H.M.S. Canning from 1 October 1915 to 27 May 1916, and then in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Ark Royal from 28 May 1916 to 25 November 1917, being advanced Leading Mechanic on 1 August 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918. Returning to the Civil Service post-War, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1939 Birthday Honours’ List whilst employed as a Senior Staff Officer at the Air Ministry. John Howard Tunnard was born in Sheffield on 27 August 1885 and joined the Royal Naval Air Service for hostilities only on 28 June 1915. Promoted Petty Officer Mechanic on 1 August 1916, he was found accidentally drowned at the Aircraft Depot, Dunkirk, on 11 June 1917. He is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France. Harold Darton Emblin was born in Clapham, London, on 26 July 1893; a driver by trade he enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service for hostilities only on 31 July 1915, serving at President II and Daedalus, transferring to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918. He is not entitled to a Victory Medal. As a bus driver in civilian life, Emblin was involved in the accidental death of a Corporal of the Canadian Military Mounted Police at Shorncliffe on Good Friday 1915, being exonerated of all blame. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Pioneer W. A. Barker, Royal Engineers, late Private, Cheshire Regiment, who died on 23 June 1919 British War and Victory Medals (46041 Pte. W. A. Barker. Ches. R.), in named damaged card box of issue with condolence slip, extremely fine Pair: Private P. Finn, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (243573 Pte. P. Finn. Ches. R.), with original Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve and an orighinal named card box of issue for a Second War Defence Medal extremely fine Pair: Private J. McAllister, Royal Air Force, late Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (24747 Pte. J. McAllister. Ches. R.), in flattened named box of issue, very fine (6) £70-£90 --- William Albert Barker attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Labour Corps, and then the Royal Engineers and died of pneumonia on 23 June 1919. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry. James McAllister attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. He received a Gun Shot Wound on 30 August 1918 and later transferred into the Royal Air Force in May 1918.
Pair: Paymaster-in-Chief R. J. M. Macleod, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (R. J. M. Macleod, Payr. R.N. H.M.S. Arab.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, together with companion miniature medals, the Egypt with dated reverse, the Khedive's Star undated, dark toned, good very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Approximately 76 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Arab. Robert John Moore Macleod was born on 3 March 1844, and joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk on 13 September 1860. Promoted Assistant Paymaster on 3 March 1865, and Paymaster on 4 March 1879, he served in H.M.S. Arab from 15 February 1881 to 28 May 1885, and was in commissariat and transport charge of the Naval Brigade landed for the protection of Suakin, in the Eastern Sudan, in March 1884 during the Sudanese campaign. Promoted Staff Paymaster on 17 February 1886, and Fleet Paymaster on 4 March 1891, he transferred to the Retired List as Paymaster-in-Chief on 11 October 1903, and died on 21 June 1936. Sold with a good selection of original documents, including various Certificates of Examination; Commissions as Assistant Paymaster (1865), Paymaster (1879) these two on vellum, Staff Paymaster (1886), and Fleet Paymaster (1891); Commissions appointing him as Secretary (4), to Rear-Admiral Henry D. Hickley, Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland, May 1885; to Rear-Admiral Hon. Walter C. Carpenter, Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland, January 1887; to Rear-Admiral James E. Erskine, Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland, December 1888; and to Vice-Admiral James E. Erskine, Commander-in-Chief in the North America and West Indies Station, March 1895; and four portrait photographs taken at various stages of his naval career, together with other related family letters and photographs; and copied service record and medal roll extract.
Three: Captain R. E. Costigan, Royal Horse Artillery 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (216 Cpl. R. E. Costigan. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. E. Costigan.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 7 July 1919. Reginald Ernest Costigan was born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, in 1893, and spent his childhood living at 11 Parker Street, Cambridge. He initially served as Corporal with the 1/1st Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.), before being appointed to a commission with the Royal Field Artillery on 30 October 1914. Posted to France the following day with the R.H.A., it seems likely that the news of his advancement and the requirement to attend officer training failed to make its way to the recipient prior to deployment. Advanced Captain in 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches, Costigan subsequently served post-War with the British South Africa Police at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Three: Captain S. J. Hawthorn, North Staffordshire Regiment and Royal Air Force, a Balloon Officer who served with the 10th Balloon Company, No. 5 Section on the Western Front, and whose balloon was shot down by the German ‘Ace’ Unteroffizier Hans Nülle of 39 Jasta - leading to Hawthorn parachuting down from the flaming balloon, and suffering a head wound in the process 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. S. J. Hawthorn. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. J. Hawthorn. R.F.C.) last two officially renamed, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Stephen John Hawthorn was born in Hanley, Stoke on Trent in January 1891. He was employed as a Pottery Manager at Pearl Pottery Co. Ltd, Hanley, where his father was a partner in the business. Hawthorn enlisted in the 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, 12 September 1914. He was appointed Acting Lance-Corporal in October 1914 and was then discharged on 25 February 1915, to take a commission having served 168 days at home. Hawthorn was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 2/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, 27 February 1915. Hawthorn served attached to the 10th Battalion K.R.R.C. in France from August 1915. He was seconded into the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) as a Balloon Officer on 1 October 1917 (Army List for January 1918 lists him as being with Royal Flying Corps Military Wing, Balloons, from 1 June 1916 to 1 October 1917). Hawthorn served as an Observer with 10th Balloon Company, No. 5 Section, and was appointed Acting Balloon Commander in June 1918. He was wounded in action, 15 September 1918. His casualty card gives him as suffering an injury to the head on the latter date: ‘Whilst in Balloon observing was attacked by enemy aeroplane - balloon set fire - he jumped out in parachute & landed in trench.’ The above action was the result of a balloon raid carried out by Jasta 39. Hawthorn’s balloon was one of four shot down that day by Unteroffizier Hans Nülle, who shot down 7 balloons and 2 aircraft during the course of the war. Hawthorn was invalided with Concussion to the 4th Southern General Hospital, England, 23 September 1918. Hawthorn relinquished his commission in the R.A.F., and advanced to Captain with the North Staffordshire Regiment (T.F.) in 1920. He resigned his commission two years later, and in later life resided in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Hawthorn died at the National Hospital, Queens Square, London in October 1955. 
Sold with comprehensive research including copied record of service for both Army and R.F.C./R.A.F., censuses, birth, marriage, death, divorce, civilian employment history, etc., also saved to CD.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (8) (55617 Pte. J. A. Baldwin. Ches. R.; 33352 Cpl. J. B. Freeman. Ches. R.; 201591 Pte. J. Hardcastle. Ches. R.; 62040 Pte. I. Johnson. Ches. R.; 42028 Cpl. S. E. Kingston. Ches. R.; 34524 Pte. j. W. Mc Kernan. Ches. R.; 48671 Pte. R. Sadler. Ches. R.; 57098 Pte. J. Woodward. Ches. R.) some staining, generally very fine (8) £80-£100
Four: Captain and Quartermaster J. Ellis, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2282 C. Sergt: J. Ellis. Cheshire Regt.) some staining, slightly polished, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 22 January 1919. Joseph Weeks, alias Ellis, was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, around March 1868. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 3 June 1886 and served mostly at Home. Advanced Colour Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity and was later discharged, with exemplary conduct, to a commission on 31 July 1914. Commissioned Quartermaster and Lieutenant he served during the Great War at Gallipoli with the 1/4th Battalion from 7 August 1915. Advanced Quartermaster and Captain, he was later Mentioned in Despatches for his services. Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, and copied Medal Index Card.
Three: Private J. Griffin, Royal Welsh Fusiliers India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (1360 Pte. J. Griffen 1st Bn. R.W. Fus.) note spelling of surname ; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (1360 Pte. J. Griffin, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1360 Pte. J. Griffin. Rl: Welsh Fus:) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £280-£340
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., replacement wide suspension (R. G. Allen. Gunrs. Mate. H.M.S. Cambridge) engraved naming, traces of having been held in a circular mount, with naming worn and indistinct at three and nine o’clock, and the edge plugged at six o’clock, fitted with a replacement ‘wide’ suspension, the obverse somewhat worn at high relief points and the reverse abrasively cleaned, therefore fair £60-£80 --- Richard George Allen was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 17 September 1846, and joined the Royal Navy as Able Seaman on 1 January 1873. Promoted Petty Officer 2nd Class in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, and Petty Officer 1st Class in H.M.S. Cambridge on 14 September 1875, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 September 1888. Sold with copied service record.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (R. H. Nicholson, Surgn., R.N. H.M.S. Albacore.) some very light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994; Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2020. Approximately 51 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Albacore. Robert Howard Nicholson, the son of Captain Huntley Nicholson, late 1st Foot and 42nd Highlanders (M.G.S. & A. of I.), trained at the London Hospital and was commissioned Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 26 February 1883. He served in the composite gun-boat H.M.S. Albacore from 18 March 1884 to 27 June 1887, seeing active service in that ship during the Sudanese campaign of 1884. Promoted Staff Surgeon on 26 February 1895, and Fleet Surgeon on 26 February 1903, he was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 March 1914 and died in Blackheath on 19 March 1934. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
Pair: Able Seaman R. Pacey, Royal Navy, who was wounded during the bombardment of Alexandria Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai (R. Pacey A.B. H.M.S. “Sultan”.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, some scratches to edge of first, but not affecting naming, light pitting and minor contact marks, this nearly very fine; the Star heavily polished, thus fine (2) £600-£800 --- Robert Pacey was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, on 1 January 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 13 January 1874. Promoted Able Seaman on 1 April 1878, he served in H.M.S. Sultan on 20 April 1882 to 2 October 1884, and again from 18 December 1884 to 9 November 1885, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July, his name appearing on the the list, published in Hansard, of casualties from the bombardment of Alexandria. Promoted Stoker on 1 June 1888, his service papers abruptly ended on 4 July 1892: ‘Run, Halifax’, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Blake. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract which gives entitlement for the single clasp for Alexandria only.
A scarce ‘double issue’ group of four awarded to Private W. Backhouse, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment, and British Red Cross, who was awarded an Italian War Cross for services in Italy 1914 Star (1373 Pte. W. Backhouse. 1/13 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1373 Pte. W. Backhouse. 13-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (W. Backhouse. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Italy, Kingdom, War Cross, V.E.III.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘18367’, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140 --- William Backhouse was born in Willesden, Middlesex, on 10 July 1895 and attested for the 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion) on 23 January 1913. Mobilised on 4 August 1914, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 November to 15 December 1914, taking part in the battles of Mons, the Marne, and the Aisne. Invalided home, he was discharged due to sickness on 27 May 1915, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 18367. He later joined the British Red Cross Society, and served with the in Italy from 13 February 1918 until the cessation of hostilities. For his services in Italy he was awarded the Italian War Cross. Sold with the recipient’s Character Certificate and Particulars of Service; Discharge Certificate; War Badge Certificate; Record Office enclosure for the 1914 Star; British Red Cross Society enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals; a folded and torn Bestowal Certificate for the Italian War Cross; and copied research.
Pair: Private G. Edwards, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (58534 Pte. G. Edwards. Ches. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. Lowe, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (59319 Pte. A. Lowe. Ches. R.) contact marks, very fine Pair: Private J. Ledder, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (17672 Pte. J. Ledder. Ches. R.) edge bruise to VM, very fine Pair: Private F. H. Robinson, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (67066 Pte. F. H. Robinson. Ches. R.) official correction to regimental detail on VM, very fine (8) £100-£140
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (96740. Q.M.Sgt: A. R. Bastick. R.A.; 6454 Sergt. H. Brothers R.A. Ordce. Deptt.) minor official correction to unit on second, good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Albert Richard Bastick was born in Thetford, Norfolk, in 1855, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 5 November 1883. He served in Bermuda in 1884 and South Africa from 22 June 1895, his Army Service Record noting repeated bouts of ill health, notably blood poisoning and injuries caused by accident. Henry Brothers was born in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1854, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Birmingham on 2 August 1877. A carpenter by trade, he died in service at Dum Dum on 4 June 1898 of pneumonia.
1914-15 Star (23043 Pte. E. W. P. Dobson. Norf. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (84215 Pte. T. Dobson. North’d. Fus.; 54696 Pte. G. Dobson. Hamps. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (495543 Pte. A. H. Dobson. 13-Lond. R.) edge bruise to second BWM, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Albert Henry Dobson attested into the 13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment for service during the Great War and was killed in action on the Western Front on 6 October 1917 whilst attached to the 2/6th Battalion, London Regiment. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Three: Acting Sergeant E. T. Young, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (72048. 2-Cpl. E. T. Young. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (72048 A-Sjt. E. T. Young. R.E.) generally very fine Three: Sapper L. Grindley, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (564 Spr. L. Grindley, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (564 Spr. L. Grindley. R.E.) very fine Three: Sapper H. R. Snook, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (101634. Spr. A. R. Snook. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (101634. Spr. A. R. Snook. R.E.) note first initial, mounted as worn, officially re-impressed later issues, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Leonard Grindley was born in Leicestershire in 1893 and attested for the Royal Engineers, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 December 1914 to 31 October 1915. Discharged time expired from the 1st Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers, he likely returned home to his civilian occupation as an electrician. Harry Ralph Snook was born in Salisbury in 1873 and attested for the Royal Engineers, served with them as a telegraphist during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 November 1915.
Family Group: Three: Corporal A. Morgan, Border Regiment 1914 Star (2079 Pte. A. Morgan. 5/Bord: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2079 Pte. A. Morgan. Bord. R.) BWM officially re-impressed, good very fine Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A. G. Morgan, Cod. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) impressed naming, all mounted from a top brooch bar, polished, very fine, the reverse better (4) £160-£200 --- Approximately 902 1914 Stars awarded to the 5th Battalion, Border Regiment. Arthur Morgan attested for the Border Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 18 April 1919.
Family Group: Three: Private H. Ding, Suffolk Regiment, who was discharged on account of wounds in 1917 1914 Star, with clasp (3-8358 Pte. H. Ding. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8358 Pte. H. Ding. Suff. R.) with OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. H. Ding, Covenly, Isle of Ely, Cambridge’, extremely fine Pair: Private T. Ding, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (26488 Pte. T. Ding. Suff. R.) extremely fine (5) £160-£200 --- Harold Ding was born in Coveney, Ely, Cambridgeshire, on 18 August 1894 and attested for the Suffolk Regiment on 18 October 1911. he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914 to 18 March 1916. Wounded in action by gun shot to his hand, he was discharged as a result of his wounds on 18 July 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 213897. Sold with the recipient’s large Honourable Discharge Certificate, this mounted on board and in relic condition; Character and Discharge Certificate; and an empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 tin. Tom Ding, the brother of the above, was born in Coveney, Ely, Cambridgeshire, in 1888 and attested for the Suffolk Regiment. He served with both the 8th and 4th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on 26 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Three: Private M. Noble, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, presumably whilst attempting to land from the River Clyde 1914-15 Star (9682 Pte. M. Noble. R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9682 Pte. M. Noble. R.D. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- Michael Noble attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, 25 April 1915. He was killed in action that same day, presumably whilst landing from the S.S. River Clyde, and is buried in V Beach Cemetery, Turkey.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded to Private D. R. Urquhart, Seaforth Highlanders, later Army Service Corps, who was wounded in action during the Boer War at the Battle of Magersfontein Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (22029 Pte. D. R. Urquhart. A.S.C.) edge bruise, very fine £70-£90 --- David Ross Urquhart was born in the Parish of Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, in 1872. A shoeing smith by trade, he joined the Seaforth Highlanders at Fermoy on 15 September 1892 and served overseas during the Chitral Campaign of 1895. Subsequently serving in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 October 1899 to 4 November 1902, his Army Service Record notes that he was wounded in the thigh at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. Re-engaging for the Army Service Corps at Dublin on 12 November 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of 1911, and was discharged on 7 September 1913. Sold with copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (292337 Pte. F. Bolsworth. Ches. R.; 5002 Pte. H. Cobden. Ches. R.; 4161 Pte. T. Cotterill. Ches. R.; 5509 Pte. J. W. Gibbons. Ches. R.; 16888 Pte. C. H. Davies. Ches. R.; 33335 Pte. A. E. Dickinson. Ches. R.; 316022 Pte. A. Ellison. Ches. R.; 39265 W.O. Cl. 2. J. Rigby. Ches. R.) contact marks, some edge bruises, generally very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Harry Cobden attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion. He was killed in action on 30 May 1918 and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France.
Pair: Captain G. R. Forster, 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 25 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. [sic] R. Forster), in damaged named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (George Richardson Forster); Memorial Scroll (Capt. George Richardson Forster Durham Light Infantry) this last framed, extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 December 1917. George Richardson Forster was educated at St Bees School, Cumberland, 1908-10. At the outbreak of war he joined the ranks of the 16th Northumberland Fusiliers (No. 16/290). In May 1915 he was granted a commission in the 19th Durham Light Infantry, and was gazetted Captain in April 1917. His battalion was ordered to retake some trenches that had been lost, and it was in leading his company in this assault that he was killed. Aged 23, he was the son of W. B. Forster of Springwell House, Durham, and is buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France. Sold with War Office letter confirming to next of kin that Captain Forster had been Mentioned in Despatches.
Three: Second Lieutenant W. Perry, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (10368 Pte. W. Perry. 4/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. Perry.); together with a silver Masonic Medal, the reverse engraved ‘Gurney Lodge No. 121 Presented to Bro William Perry, For Past Services. Feb. 14. 1922.’, with top ‘U.J.O.T.A.S.P.’ riband bar, good very fine Three: Private A. C. Wilkins, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (D-10085 Pte. A. C. Wilkins 4th D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-10085 Pte. A. C. Wilkins. 4-D. Gds.) minor verdigris spot to VM, good very fine Five: Lieutenant R. V. D. Cullen, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. R. V. D. Cullen.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn (but missing the British War Medal), very fine (11) £100-£140 --- R. V. D. Cullen was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 1 May 1917.
The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Flying Officer R. B. Luard, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force - a S.E.5a pilot with 64 Squadron who was shot down by German ‘Ace’ Leutnant Otto Fruhner of Jasta 26, over Inchy, 30 August 1918. Luard was taken prisoner of war, and then went on to serve in D.H.9a’s with 27 Squadron in India. He was killed, serving as an Observer, when his aircraft stalled on take off from Dardoni for a bombing raid, 17 August 1922. The deaths of him and his pilot leading to a dramatic review of the Royal Air Force in India, carried out by Sir John Salmond British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. R. B. Luard. R.A.F.) very fine £120-£160 --- Robert Blaine Luard was born in Falmouth, Cornwall, in June 1898 and was the son of Major William Du Cave Luard, R.E., of 14 Woodlane, Falmouth. He was educated at Wellington College, and initially commissioned in to the Royal Artillery before being attached to the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917. After initial training Luard was posted for operational service as a pilot to S.E.5a’s 64 Squadron (S.E.5a’s) in January 1918. Luard was shot down by the German ‘Ace’ Leutnant Otto Fruhner (27 ‘Victories’) of Jasta 26, over Inchy, 30 August 1918. He was taken prisoner of war and was repatriated 9 December 1918 (entitled to Great War Pair). Luard advanced to Flying Officer in September 1919, and was granted a permanent commission in March 1921. He served with 27 Squadron in India after the war (entitled to I.G.S. 1908-35, with ‘Waziristan 1921-24’ clasp), and was killed on active service, whilst flying as an observer in D.H.9a 17 August 1922, ‘Killed result of aero acc. at Dardoni. Leaving on Bombing Raid, machine stalled on turn. Burst into flames on touching ground. Killed instantly’ (R.A.F. Casualty Card refers). The accident was obviously tragic in itself, however, it did lead to a dramatic review of the Royal Air Force in India carried out by Sir John Salmond. The condition of aircraft, and supply of parts for repair, for the R.A.F. in India was a badly kept secret. The pilots were very aware of the dangers that they faced from flying their own aircraft. Indeed, Luard had already been involved in another accident, and been injured, whilst flying with a different pilot at Rissalpur Aerodrome, 9 March 1922. On this occasion the aircraft had flipped over on landing. The fatal accident occurred with Flying Officer D. C. Duncan as pilot. The latter had written the following home to his mother seven days prior to the accident: ‘The tribes around Makin, in Waziristan, have started to cut up rough again, so we have got to bomb them again, and it is to be a ten days’ intensive bombing show so we are moving four machines up to Dardoni just up the Tochi Valley from Bannu. I am taking mine off tomorrow, all being well - that is, if the shock absorber for the wheels arrives tonight, and then we are to stay in tents at Dardoni for ten days and bomb each day, if not twice a day. We are to do our own work, as we cannot take mechanics - there is no room except for our observers. It is a disgraceful state of affairs in India. There is no shock absorber for D.H.9a and it is a vital thing in a machine, as it cannot land without it. Someone has blundered, so we are waiting for some very thin stuff to arrive by the mail tonight from Lahore. This thin stuff will not last long. Still, we must carry on with it just now until someone wakes up. All leave cancelled. Oh! what a happy family is ours Eh? I have been working all day on my machine as I do not want to come down amongst the Abdul Raheus, as one would not get back; that is certain. Yet one has to trust to a deuce of a lot out of any old machine. Still, it should be good fun, and I pray I am lucky, as I do not want to come down again in tribal country as on Christmas Day, 1919, when I had to run like..... for my life and then nearly lost it, for snipers. Still, all misses are as good as miles, and the papers said then that I did the mile in record time. No, my boat is getting too near for chances. Eh? But don’t be anxious.’ (Extract from Flight, 7 September 1922, refers) Luard’s father took the issue up with a very strongly worded letter published in The Times, and despite it being too late for his son improvements to the force were made. Flying Officer Luard is buried in Bannu, Lahore, Pakistan. Sold with extensive copied service papers and research.
Four: Sergeant J. Mulvaney, alias J. Brown, Cheshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6308. Pte. J. Brown. Ches. Regt.) renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6308. Pte. J. Brown. Ches. Regt.) renamed; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6308 Pte. J. Mulvaney. Ches. R.) edge digs, contact marks, good fine (4) £60-£80 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 8 July 1919. Joseph Mulvaney was born in Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, in 1882. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 5 April 1900 using the name of Joseph Brown, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Awarded a five clasp Queen’s South Africa Medal (CC, OFS, TVL, SA01, SA02), he saw later service during the Great War. Wounded on 14 July 1918, he was Mentioned in Despatches for services during the Great War, and was discharged on 31 March 1920.
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major F. W. Bailey, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (404957 C.S.Mjr. F. W. Bailey. 3/Can: M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (404957 W.O. Cl. 2 F. W. Bailey. C.M.Bde); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (7877142 Cpl. F. W. Bailey. R. Tank C.) minor official correction to surname; with Canadian Tribute Medal, gold (10 carat), the reverse with details 'Presented to F. Bailey by the citizens of Newmarket for gallant services in the Great War 1914-18’, generally very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty, September to November 1918. During the advance from Arras to Mons, he always set a splendid example to his men. In the fighting before Cambrai he repeatedly went through heavy shelling and machine gun fire to ensure that the crews had an adequate supply of ammunition.’ Francis Walter Bailey was born in Richmond, Surrey in September 1887. He enlisted in the C.E.F. in April 1915, embarked overseas with the 35th Battalion in April 1916, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps in France. Sold with copied service papers, and photographic image of recipient in uniform.
Pair: Private F. Ratcliffe, Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (2650, Pte. F. Ratcliffe. R. Muns. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2650 Pte. F. Ratcliffe. R. Mun. Fus.) good very fine Pair: Gunner G. Wells, Royal Artillery, who was wounded by gas on the Western Front on 11 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (168493 Gnr. G. Wells. R.A.) (4) £80-£100 --- Frederick Ratcliffe attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915. Subsequently serving with the 6th and 2nd Battalions, he was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 26 March 1919. George Wells was born in 1897 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Marylebone, London, on 10 December 1915. He served with the 44th Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 March 1917, and was wounded by gas on 11 November 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 25 September 1919. Sold with copied research.
A Second War O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. R. Munro, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Garrison Artillery, who served at Gallipoli and was wounded in 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. J. R. Munro. R.F.A.) unit double-struck; British War and Victory Medals (Major. A. J. R. Munro.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Sweden, Kingdom, Royal Red Cross Medal for Volunteers, Gustaf V., silver, reverse engraved ‘John Munroe’, the Great War awards nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine and better (10) £260-£300 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1946. Archibald John Rowcliffe Munro was born in 1895, the eldest son of Charles J. Munro of 5 Tipperlinn Road, Edinburgh. Appointed to a commission with the Royal Garrison Artillery (Special Reserve), he served with the Royal Field Artillery in the Gallipoli theatre of operations from 20 March 1915. Recorded as wounded by the Edinburgh Evening News on 19 June 1917, he was promoted Major, and was posted to India in the inter-war years; he later witnessed extensive service in North Africa and North West Europe during the Second World War. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 November 1941, he took his retirement on 27 July 1947 and was released from the Reserve of Officers (Royal Artillery) in 1949. Retiring to Alton, Munro is mentioned in the Hampshire Telegraph of 12 December 1952 as winner of the ‘Fancy Pigeon Trophy’ at the Portsmouth Fanciers Society Open Championship Show. He later came second in the Tunbridge Wells Show for birds (cock or hen) ‘bred in 1955’. He died in 1957.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7876696 Cpl. P. C. Adams. R. Tank C.) good very fine £60-£80 --- Peter Clark Adams was born in Kirkcaldy in 1897 and spent his childhood living at 23 Buchanan Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife. A coal miner by trade, he attested for the Royal Tank Corps at Edinburgh on 22 May 1924 and was discharged at Barnet on 25 May 1940.
Family Group: A fine Great War O.B.E., scarce Warrant Officer’s ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain J. J. Bulman, Royal Engineers, later Royal Signals, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (... J. J. Bulman. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (... 2nd. Corpl: J. Bulman. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. J. Bulman.) all mounted for display in an illustrated and informative octagonal glazed display frame, together with a Royal Engineers cap badge, light contact marks, very fine and better Three: Lieutenant J. R. Bulman, 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and died of wounds in Normandy on 12 August 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, wth M.I.D. oak leaf, with named condolence slip, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. R. A. F. Bulman, Roylands, Croyde Bay, Braunton, N. Devon’, extremely fine (10) £1,400-£1,800 --- Note: The medals awarded to Captain John James Bulman have not been removed from the display frame for inspection, and not all the naming details are visible. Consequently, this lot is sold as viewed. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1915: ‘For services rendered in connection with Operations in the Field.’ John James Bulman attested for the Royal Engineers and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Telegraph Battalion. He was later selected for appointment to the Sudan Government Telegraphs in Khartoum under Colonel E. V. Turner, and rapidly gained promotion to the rank of Inspector, returning home in 1910. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, Bulman served with the 3rd Light Railway Signal Company, Royal Engineers, during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 August 1914, and was Mentioned in Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915). Awarded a scarce Warrant Officer’s Military Cross, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 18 April 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 June 1915, and Captain on 11 June 1916. Twice further Mentioned by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in his Despatches of 7 November 1917 and 8 November 1918 (London Gazettes 14 December 1917 and 23 December 1918), for his services during the Great War he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year’s Honours’ List. Post-War he served as Captain and Adjutant of the 54th East Anglian Divisional Signals (Territorial Army), and died in Devon on 16 June 1925. Sold with the recipient’s 1895 pattern Sword, by Wilkinson, London, numbered 50457 and etched ‘Royal Engineers’ on blade, with G.V.R. cypher to hilt, with leather scabbard ands sword knot. John Reginald Bulman, the son of Captain John James Bulman and his wife Rose Agatha Ford Bulman, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, on 12 March 1944. He served during the Second World War in North West Europe post-D-Day, and died of wounds in Normandy on 12 August 1944, aged 21, being posthumously Mentioned in Despatches ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe’ (London Gazette 10 May 1945). He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery; his headstone reads: ‘John - So greatly loved and honoured. A very true, lovable and gallant scout.’ Sold with a Boy Scouts lapel badge This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
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