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Lot 672
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R., unnamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (2), G.V.R. (265384 Pte. J. Driscoll, 4/E. Kent R.),correction to service number, edge bruise; another (203551 Sjt. G. L. Challis, 4/R. W. Kent R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6078994 Pte. E. A. Briant, 5-The Queen’s R.), this last with edge bruising and pitting, fine; others very fine and better (4) £70-90 ‘Challis’ with copied m.i.c. showing recipient on Silver War Badge List. £70-£90
Lot 690
Coronation 1911, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911 (2), silver, one named (8429 Pte. C. Stockwell, R. Bks. Rgt.); Jubilee 1935 (3), silver, one on bow ribbon; Coronation 1953 (2), silver, one on bow ribbon, good very fine and better (8) £100-140 George Stockwell enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1907. The regiment took part in the Delhi Durbar celebrations of 1911. In the Great War Stockwell entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 November 1914 and was discharged in 1920. For his war services he was awarded the 1914 Star with clasp, British War and Victory Medals. Sold with copied m.i.c. and some other research. £100-£140
Lot 694
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (W. R. Brownring, R.A., Aug. 14 1889) worn £50-70 ‘Wm. R. Brownring, Driver, R.H.A., at great personal risk, rescued two coolies from drowning in the River Chenab, at Sealkote, on the 14th August, 1889’. Ref. R.H.S. Case No. 24726. £50-£70
Lot 710
Brancepeth Nos. 1 & 2 & Sunny Brow Miners Memorial Medal, obv. civic building, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by his fellow workmen in honour of R. Laws who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918’, 26mm., 13.35g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension, pitted, very fine £100-140 Ralph Laws was born in and enlisted at Willington, Co. Durham. Serving with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was killed in action in France on 17 April 1918, aged 31 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of George Laws of 5 Park Villa, Low Willington, Co. Durham. £100-£140
Lot 740
73rd Highlander Regimental Medal, engraved, obv. crowned ‘GR’ with ‘73’ above and ‘Second Battn. Highlanders’ below, with spriggs of thistle to either side; rev. inscribed, ‘A Reward for Military Merit given by the Officers to John Williams 1816, Mangalore’, 52mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, ref. Balmer R.460, good very fine £220-260 John Williams served as Paymaster of the Northamptonshire Militia prior to being appointed, on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Harris, to the Paymastership of the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot on 31 May 1810. He served in this capacity throughout the active service period of the battalion. Placed on Half Pay on 13 December 1821, he died c.1824. £220-£260
Lot 764
Defective Medal, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3899 Pte. R. Binks, 2/K.R.R.C.), renamed, good very fine £80-100 D.C.M. London Gazette 30 June 1915. ‘For gallant conduct on the 31st December, 1914, and following days at Cuinchy in reconnoitring up to a German communication trench. Later, after a detachment had been forced back, he went out in front on two occasions and brought in two wounded men and a wounded officer’. robert Binks was born in Woodleford, Leeds and enlisted at Leeds. Serving with the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. he entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 September 1914. Serving with the 4th Battalion K.R.R.C., he was killed in action on 11 May 1915. He was buried in Bedford House Cemetery. Sold with copied research. £80-£100
Lot 767
Defective medals (12), Khedive’s Star 1882, rev. impressed, ‘75 2148’, badly worn; Afghanistan 1878-80 (6718 Gunr. A. Jones, H/1st Bde. R.A.), lacks suspension, signs of brooch mounting to obv., scratched, bad edge bruising; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (524 Tpr. D. Hillhouse, Johannesburg M.R.), this correctly named but with replacement suspension fitted, with scratches and edge bruising; another (2955 Pte. A. Fairlie, 1 Cam.’n. Hdrs.), renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 and King’s South Africa 1901-02 (4695 Cpl. E. Hawkins, 1 Batt. S. Stafford Regt.) both lacking suspensions, both renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (2758 Pte. H. Findlay, 2/Sco. Rif.), suspension slack, renamed; British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (Lieut. A. Aitkin; 20285 Pte. T. Powell, Som. L.I.; 27969 Pte. A. W. Richardson, North’n. R.; 5256 A. Cpl. G. Talbot, Suff. R.; 10058 Pte. H. E. Tubby, K.R. Rif. C.) ‘Powell’ renamed; first B.W.M. with loop suspension, others lacking suspensions, sold as found (12) 100-150 Medal to ‘2148’ awarded to 2148 Private G. Gillingham, Gordon Highlanders, entitled to the Egypt Medal with clasps for Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaii, The Nile 1884-85. medals to ‘Aitken’, ‘Powell’, ‘Talbot’, and ‘Tubby’ with copied m.i.c., the latter two entitled to the Silver War Badge. £100-£150
Lot 769
Lumley, Captain L. R., History of the Eleventh Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 1908-1934, R.U.R.I., London, 1936, xvi, 544pp., original red cloth; Bickersteth, Lieut. J. B., History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1919, Baynard Press, London, xii, 124pp., blue boards, fairly good condition (2) £50-70 £50-£70
Lot 800
Four: Serjeant R. L. Wood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 21 October 1914 queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6753 Pte. R. S. Wood, Oxford. L.I.), note initials; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6753 Sjt., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (6753 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Leslie Wood), in card envelope, first with edge bruising, very fine; others extremely fine (5) £400-500 M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915 (French). robert Leslie Wood was born and lived in Ewell, Surrey, and enlisted in London. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action on 21 October 1914, aged 32 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was the son of Thomas and Emily Wood of Mount Pleasant, Ewell. Plaque in original envelope addressed to ‘Mr T. Wood, Mount Pleasant, West Street, Ewell, Surrey’. sold with a newspaper cutting mounted on card, ‘‘For all say Bob died a gallant death.’ This is a sentence in a letter which has been received describing how died a born son of Ewell, Sergt. R. L. Wood, whose mother lives at Mount Pleasant. The deceased was a much respected non-commissioned officer of the 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He had been in the army 14 years and saw service in the South African war. .... The writer obtained his information from a lance-corporal in deceased’s regiment, who said: ‘The 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Regiment was ordered to advance, and Bob, with his platoon, was going behind the hedge, when he got wounded in the leg. Although they told him to fall out, he still kept on. ‘Come on lads!’ he said. ‘I am not done yet; its no good staying here.’ He got them through the hedge, into the firing line, and fell shot through the heart. They all say Bob died a gallant death in bringing his men up as he did under a terrible fire. There is no need to try to express my sorrow to you. It is some small comfort to know he died a brave man.’ In another letter the same writer says that the lance-corporal ... helped to bury Sergt. Wood near the spot ‘where he died a gallant death’....’ £400-£500
Lot 810
Three: Private R. Rowe, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry general Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14444283 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, (14444283 Pte., K.S.L.I.), minor correction to naming; U.N. Korea, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (3)£300-360 Private R. Rowe, K.S.L.I., is listed as being wounded on 29 October 1951, in the published Korea War casualty roll. £300-£360
Lot 815
Family group: a Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Richardson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8238 C.S.Mjr., 2/). & B.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8238 W.O. Cl. 2, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9288 Pte. F. Richardson, 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 1914-15 Star (8093 Sjt. E. R. Richardson, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine and better (5) £900-1000 william Arthur Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Company Sergeant-Major with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 November 1914. d.C.M. London Gazette 13 February 1917. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. When his company became mixed with the wave in front, he reformed it and conducted its further advance. He set a splendid example of courage and coolness throughout’. c.S.M. W. Richardson, 2nd Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I., died of wounds on 11 May 1918, aged 30 years. He was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. frederick Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. As a Corporal in the battalion he was killed in action on 30 July 1916, aged 23 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Entitled to 1914 Star clasp. edward Richard Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 5 December 1914. He died in Mesopotamia on 24 September 1916, aged 30 years. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. the three brothers were the sons of Cain and Elizabeth Mary Richardson, of 18 Kimberley Road, Brighton. All three with copied death certificates, m.i.c. and other research. £900-£1000
Lot 824
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Lieut. Col. J. Bradshaw, 1st Bn. 60th R. Rifles) good very fine £800-1000 Joseph Bradshaw was commissioned an Ensign by purchase in the 37th Foot on 12 May 1825. Then serving with the 60th Rifles, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase on 27 August 1841. In the 2nd Sikh War, Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshaw commanded the 1st Battalion 60th Rifles during the second seige operations at Mooltan. He was present at the battle of Goojerat and was with the force in pursuit of the Sikh Army until its surrender at Rawalpindi. He then commanded a Brigade west of the Indus in pursuit of the Afghan Army beyond the Khyber Pass. He was then in command of the Field Force during operations against the Hill Tribes in the Eusofzye Country on 11 and 14 December 1849, when the enemy was heavily defeated. Bradshaw then commanded the advance guard, to and from Kohat, in the expedition against the Afridi Tribes in February 1850. Awarded the C.B. on 9 June 1849 for services in the Sikh War, he died at Kussowlie on 18 October 1851. Sold with copied research. £800-£1000
Lot 5
A rare 18th century English porcelain tea set, circa 1770 R>Possibly Liverpool lotus moulded with blue printed diaper work borders and decorated with scrolling foliage, comprising: a teapot and cover ; a hot water pot and cover; a milk jug and cover; a tea caddy and cover; eight cups and eight saucers (20) Note: the Chinese derived lotus moulded decoration in combination with the rococo spout and handle is unusual. The underside of the saucer has a raised disc centre.
Lot 267
dowding, (Lord), The Dark Star, 1951 dw.; Taverner, (E.), These Germans, 1937, dw.; Harding, (J.D.), Harding's Early Drawing Book, 1838, orig. cl.; Israfel, Lotus Leaves, From Africa and Covent Garden, 1908, t.e.g., cl.; Garnett, (R.), IO In Egypt, 1859, cl.; Kipling, (R.), Facsimile of the Manuscript of 'The English Flag', 1899, Morning Post, with a quantity of volumes. (qty)
Lot 292
anderson (J.) Calendar of the Laing Charters, AD. 854-1837, 1899, 4to., orig. cl. (pastedowns def.); Tocher (J.F.) The Book of Buchan, 1910, one of 29 numbered copies, (lacking backstrip); Mair (T.) John O' Arnha's Latter-Day Exploits and other Poems, 1882, a.e.g., orig. cl. gt.; Macintyre (P.) The Barons of Phantilands, or The MacCorquodales ..., n.d., orig. cl.; Meikle (J.) The History of Alyth Parish Church, n.d., [1933], dw.; Neish (R.) Old Peterhead, 1950, cl.; Macmillan (H.) The Clan Macmillan, 1901, orig. cl. gt.; Lawrence (A.J.) The Clan Bain, 1963, cl.; Sinton (T.) Family and Genealogical Sketches, 1911, 4to, orig. cl.; Macdonald (C.) Moidart..The Clanranalds, 1989, dw.; Maclean-Bristol (N.) Warriors and Priests, History of the Clan Maclean, 1995, dw. (11)
Lot 335
morden (R.) Worcestershire, n.d., mounted map, 355mm x 405mm; A Map of the Surrey Side the Thames from Westminster Bridge to the Borough, n.d., mounted hand-cold. map, 260mm x 205mm; A Map of the Parish of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, n.d., 280mm x 360mm; Plan of the Late Fire in Cornhill, 1748, from Gent's. Mag. 177mm x 110mm; Two Road Maps, 1765, and Four Engd. Plts. of London, 1751-68 all from Gents. Mag.; with Two Further Maps (12)
Lot 128
Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by E. R. Herman, Longmans, Green and Co, London 1914, number 10 of 105, together with Davies, Randall, and Hunt, Cecil, Stories of the English Artists 1600-1851, Chatto & Windus 1908 and Artists of The Italian Renaissance, Chatto and Windus 1912, all vellum-bound
Lot 129
Cescinsky, Herbert and Gribble, Ernest R., Early English Furniture and Woodwork, two volumes, George Routledge, London, 1922, leather bound, together with The Carpenter's and Joiner's Assistant by James Newlands, Georgian Cabinet Makers by Edwards and Jourdain and The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks (5)
Lot 1263
TEMPESTA (ANTONIO) "Equinae" bound series of engraved plates. 28 in all. Each numbered with inscription, page size 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 ins., old bds inscr "Philipp Pearse Plantagenett. Ano Dom 1692, a Tempest's Booke of Horses". Printed Baudouz, R. Lubbaeus, sm tear title, some plts marked (See Illustration).
Lot 22
WWII Division Signs, ‘R’ Force (embroidered ‘R’ on black shield) (worn); 34th Armoured Div (printed, some fading); R.E Airfield Construction Groups (embroidered, some wear) ‘AUSTRALIA’ embroidered shoulder title white on khaki together with Div sign khaki/light blue triangles on pale grey backing, Polish Forces embroidered grey eagle on pale khaki hessian oval; unknown large black shield maroon border with embroidered cross in yellow ad black swords on top arm of cross, all on khaki backing. Cloth shoulder titles, printed, ROYAL NAVY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE (all from uniform, some fading) embroidered ‘SHARPSHOOTERS’ (yellow/green, worn) ‘IRISH GUARDS’ (white/green), ‘CAMERONIANS’ (black/green) ‘CIVILIAN/MIL.GOV/OFFICER’ (gold on green), all removed from uniform; together with a K/C General's cap badge and one relevant collar tab, a Royal Naval officer's K/C cap badge-some wear to the latter item and the gold wire oxidised on both. Some wear over all. (18)
Lot 358
A pair of percussion duelling pistols by Ketland & Co. 10-inch sighted octagonal barrels engraved LONDON on the top flat and with traces of browned finish, border engraved stepped and bolted, signed locks converted from flintlock with drum and nipple system, full stocked with engraved steel mounts, set triggers, chequered bag shaped butts, contained in a percussion pistol box, the lid with engraved escutcheon J. R. RIGG, complete with a good percussion period three way powder flask with good amounts of original gilt and lacquer, bullet mould, spring clamp, wad punch, nipple key, oil bottle and cap tin.
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