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Click here to subscribeCases silver travelling communion set comprising six pieces, a chalice, a paten, a pyx, a cruciform finial spoon and glass flasks with silver collars and screw on lids, hallmarked for London 1962, makers mark for Hurst, Franklin & Co Ltd, the paten is hallmarked for London 1961 and the makers mark is A R Mowbary & Co Ltd
A WWI campaign medal group comprising BWM & Victory medal named to 33604 Pte. H Stevens R.Berks R, with his Police Special Constabulary Faithful Service medal engraved Harry Stevens, with long service 1938 bar, all with ribbons, mounted on brown velvet in a mahogany framed case with sliding glass front Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request
A WWII eight campaign medal group with Africa Star having North Africa 1942-3 bar, and France and Germany Star, and additional Elizabeth II Africa General service campaign medal named to S/5883594 SSgt. R King RASC, Regular Army Long Service and good conduct medal, S/5883594 WOI R King RASC, and an Elizabeth II Coronation medal, all with ribbons and bar Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request
Robert Morson Hughes (1873-1953) - Over the Pyrenees, oil on board (?), signed 'R Morson Hughes' lower left, inscribed in pencil verso on backing board 'R Morson Hughes / Chyangweal’(?)/ St Buryan / Over the Pyrenees', 33cm x 40.3cm, in a parcel gilt wooden frame with a scrolling acanthus leaf and ribbon motif (47cm x 57cm). Born in Withyham, Sussex, Hughes studied at Lambeth School of Art and South London Technical Art School. In 1909 he came to Newlyn to study with Stanhope Forbes and there met his wife to be, Eleanor Waymouth. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1910 to 1938. Hughes was friendly with many of the second generation artists, Laura and Harold Knight, Munnings and Lamorna Birch to name but a few. Robert and Eleanore Hughes moved to Lamorna c.1910 and lived at ‘Chyangweal’ from 1911.
A collection of mostly 18th century old master prints, mostly etchings and engravings, by or after W. Baillie, J. Barbault, P.S. Bartoli, F. Bartolozzi, J. G. Bergmüller, Bertaux, J. J. de Boissieu, F. and J.C. Brand, C. I. Carloni, P. Q. Chedel, Mrs Cosway and R. Cosway, Jacques Couché, W. Delamotte, M. Desmarais, D. Deuchar, L.F. Dubourg, P.F. Duflos, I. Duvivier, C. Eisen, English School, I. Fougeron, S. Gessner, C. Grignion, G. Hackert, G. Huquier, U. Kraus, J. P. Le Bas, L. Legrand, Leonardo da Vinci, M. de Longueil, C.F.A. Macret, L.J. Masquelier, J. Mathieu, J.S. Negges (2 mezzotints), Abbé de Saint Non, P. Parrocel, B. Picart, J. Pillement, F. Place, M. Plonski (1802), T. Prattent, J. Rigaud, H. Robert, S. Rosa (a copy of a Rosa etching), Tzetter, F. Vivares, F. E. Weirotter, R. Wilson, a map of South America, probably 1766, and two anonymous English and Italian prints, 26cm x 40cm and smaller (a collection).
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlander’s Officer’s Dirk. A fine gilded example made by Henry Wilkinson with a steel 280mm blade etched ‘Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London’ with faceted top, double fullered, etched crowned regimental crest with Egypt sphinx below, vacant shield cartouche, the opposite side with battle honours, with ebonised wooden grip carved with basket weave and inset with brass studs, the opposite side with crossed swords and bonnet, the gilded metal mounts finely embossed and chased with thistles, with a faceted amber glass pommel, overall length 420mm, in its black leather scabbard with gilded metal mounts stamped 'R.&H.B. Kirkwood, 66 & 68 Thistle St. Edinburgh' with queen's crown, with integral bi-knife and fork each with yellow glass pommel, very good condition £1,400-£1,800 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
René Lalique (1860-1945) Roger & Gallet - 16, two ‘Pavots d’Argent’ scent bottles, circa 1927 Moulded glass Moulded marks 'R LALIQUE FRANCE' 8.5cm high (2) Condition Report: Both bottles with general light surface wear commensurate with age and use. The stopper on one bottle is jammed tight. The other bottle has a layer of chalky residue to interior making the bottle translucent.
René Lalique (1860-1945) Volnay - 12, 'Entrelacs' scent bottle, circa 1925 Moulded clear and frosted glass Moulded mark 'R LALIQUE' 8.8cm highCondition Report: Bottle with only light general surface wear commensurate with age and use. There is a very minor shallow chip over the ‘V’ of Volnay on the bottle stopper cap as well as very minor fleabite nick to corner and a small shallow chip to underside edge. There are also small chips to end of bottle stopper and to rim of bottle.
LOT 344Yves Klein (1928-1962) 'Table Rose', late 20th century Pink pigment, Acrylic, steel Label to underside signed in pen 'R. Klein-Moquay' and with serial no. 'VG-TGXW' 38cm high, 126cm square Light general surface wear to glass top with some scratches, otherwise in generally good clean overall condition.
Lalique 'Coq Nain' car mascot together with 'Moineau timide', second half 20th century Moulded glass Cast 'R Lalique' and engraved 'R Lalique France, 96:1151' respectively Coq Nain : 20.5cm high ; Moineau Timide : 7.5cm high (2)Condition Report: ‘Coq Nain’ – Only very minor surface wear, some dust build up within the grooves, in generally good clean overall condition‘Moineau Timide’ – some minor surface wear, dust build up within the grooves, there is a small fleabite chip to one corner of tail feathers.
René Lalique (1860-1945) Worth - 6, 'Vers le Jour' scent bottle, circa 1926 Moulded glass Moulded mark 'R LALIQUE FRANCE' 11cm high Condition Report: Overall the scent bottle is in good condition with only some light marks and scratches to the underside, the stopper is easily removable and in good condition.
Pair: Lieutenant P. F. H. Simon, Royal Field Artillery, who is believed to have been twice wounded in 1918 and later became a guide in South Africa British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. P. F. H. Simon.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Corporal E. T. Moss, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (L-14493 Cpl. E. T. Moss. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Philip Frederick Howard Simon was born in Lambeth in 1898 and was educated at Charterhouse School. Appointed to a commission in the Royal Field Artillery, he served in France from 7 February 1918 and later emigrated to South Africa. It was here that he caught the attention of the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser on 18 March 1938: ‘Captain C. W. R. Knight went out to South Africa as the leader of the National Geographical Societies of America 1937 South African Expedition and his companions were Mr. Egbert Pfeiffer, of New York City, and Messrs. H. L. Arten and P. F. H. Simon, both of Stellenbosch, South Africa. The party drove over 20,000 miles in search of various creatures. Their primary objective was the Crowned Eagle, which lives in tall trees and lives on monkeys... They also filmed much other wild life, from tiny moles to the white rhinoceros, which isn’t really white, but is three times as big as the ordinary rhinoceros.’ Surviving encounters with venomous snakes and other disgruntled wildlife, Simon died in Cape Town on 23 November 1953. Ernest Thomas Moss was born in East Ham on 8 June 1889 and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War; he is further recorded in 1939 as a boiler attendant and member of the ‘Civil Defence (Gas Company)’ living in Hornchurch. Sold with an attractive hallmarked silver Masonic plaque, the reverse engraved ‘Hope of East Ham Lodge, No. 88 Presented to: Bro. E. T. Moss. May 15. 1903.’; a bronze East Ham School attendance medal, named to ‘E. Moss’; and a Gas Light & Coke Company Centenary Medal 1812-1912, unnamed, all contained in a period box named to ‘Ernest T. Moss, 62 Alexandra Road, East Ham, London. E.’
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (1665 Pte. R. Manning. 10th Rl. Hussars) pitted from Star, therefore nearly very fine £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Reuben Manning was born in Birmingham. He attested for the 10th Royal Hussars at Canterbury in May 1879, and served with the Regiment in Egypt and the Soudan between February and April 1884 (additionally entitled to Khedive’s Star 1884). Manning was discharged in April 1891.
Three: Private E. H. Duffy, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (17764 Pte. E. H. Duffy. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17764 Pte. E. H. Duffy. R. Beks. R.) very fine Pair: Captain P. St. G. Lambkin, Leinster Regiment 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. P. St. G. Lambkin. Leins. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 Capt. P. St. G. Lambkin.) very fine Pair: Major L. A. Jackson, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Major L. A. Jackson.) both in named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Private J. P. Bruce, Royal Dublin Fusiliers British War Medal 1914-20 (30940 P. J. [sic] Bruce R.D. Fus.) renamed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (30940 Pte. J. P. Bruce. R.D. Fus.) nearly very fine (9) £120-£160
Four: Sergeant P. G. Mallinson, 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24067511 Gnr. P. J. Mallinson RA.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA) suspension unofficially re-affixed; Rhodesia 1980 (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA) mounted court-style as worn, light contact marks, generally good very fine or better and a rare combination (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- Patrick Greville Mallinson was born on 3 September 1949, the son of Major R. F. A. Mallinson, M.B.E., Royal Artillery, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 20 August 1965. He attended the Junior Tradesmen’s Regiment, Rhyl, from September 1965 to April 1967, and was allotted the trade of Driver. It is believed that he served his entire adult career with 29 Commando Regiment, and was the Regiment’s Signals Sergeant in Rhodesia in 1980.

Sold with the recipient’s Enlistment Papers, Junior Tradesmen’s Regiment Report Card, and two photographs of the recipient, one in mess dress wearing his miniatures.
Three: Sergeant F. C. Bevis, Rifle Brigade, later 33rd Battalion, London Regiment 1914-15 Star (8.12887 Pte. F. Bevis, Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (S-12887 Sjt. F. C. Bevis. Rif. Brig.); together with a Rifle Brigade cap badge, nearly very fine Four: Corporal T. R. Murray, Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (376044 Cpl. T. R. Murray. R.A.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (202 Cpl. T. R. Murray. Tynemouth R.G.A.); together with a Second War King’s Badge ‘For Loyal Service’; and a Northumberland Hussars cap badge and lapel badge, very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Frederick C. Bevis attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 October 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 33rd Battalion, London Regiment, and was advanced Sergeant. Sold with an annotated group photograph, in which he recipient is identified, and other ephemera.
1914 Star (12325 Dvr: G. Clarkson. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (2) (15587 Pte. A. Dockree. Essex R.; 9534 Pte. G. Stoney. Conn: Rang:); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (59127 Pte. S. Levy. R. W. Fus.; Lieut. W. B. Nicol.) generally very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- George Clarkson was born in Chorley in 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Preston on 27 June 1911, having already served three years with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Mobilised on 15 August 1914, he witnessed extensive service in France, much of that time acting as fitter in a Divisional Ammunition Column. His Army Service Record notes a number of occasions of overstaying leave, adding ‘infidelity of his wife’. Alfred Dockree served in France with the 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment, and later transferred to the Royal Defence Corps. George Stoney served in Salonika with the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers from 19 December 1915. He was discharged medically unfit in March 1919 and issued a Silver War Badge. Samuel Levy is recorded in the UK, British Jewry Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, for service with the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Great War.
Pair: Private J. H. Wills, Leicestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7478 Pte. J. H. Wills. Leic. R.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, very fine (6) £50-£70 --- Sold with a framed and glazed 1935 Jubilee Medal Certificate, named to ‘John Ernest Haselton.’
Family Group: Pair: Captain G. G. Lever, Royal Air Force, late Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. G. Lever. R.A.F.) some staining, very fine Pair: Private L. D. Lever, 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (300753 Pte. L. D. Lever. 5-Lond. R.) very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George Lever) some staining, very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Graham George Lever, a Wireless and Cable Technician, was born in in 1891 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers on 23 February 1915 for service during the Great War. Appointed Temporary Captain, he later transferred into the Royal Air Force and was discharged on 20 February 1920. Leslie Dorrington Lever, brother of the above, was born in 1893. He attested into 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 25 January 1917. He received a gun shot wound to his right knee on 19 May 1917 and, upon recovery, transferred into the Royal Engineers. George Lever, father of the above, was born in 1858. A Master Mariner with the Mercantile Marine, he served during the Great War as Captain of S.S. Monarch, a cable laying ship, and survived her sinking in the English Channel on 8 September 1915. Later serving in S.S. Monarch 3 as Captain and Assistant Submarine Superintendent, he died in Dover, Kent, in 1931.
Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C. (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue (349896. F/Sgt. A. G. R. Green. R.A.F.) partially officially renamed; E.II.R., 2nd issue (536225 Sgt. H. Theobald. R.A.F.) generally very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Pair: Sergeant J. J. Paine, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916 1914-15 Star (G-1785 Sjt. H. J. Paine. E. Kent R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-1785 Sjt. H. J. Paine. E. Kent R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert John Paine) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Herbert John Paine attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1915. He was killed in action on 18 August 1916, on which date his Company, ‘A’ Company, was involved in the attack near Waterlot Farm and took Machine Gun House with heavy casualties, the Battalion as a whole suffering over 350 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private T. Craig, Highland Light Infantry, later Border Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (40764 Pte. T. Craig. 10/High: LI.); British War and Victory Medals (40764 Pte. T. Craig. H.L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3589933 Pte. T. Craig. Bord. R.) contact marks, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919. Sold with copied Meal Index Card, medal roll extracts, and other research.
A S.G.M. awarded to W. Gibson, Seaman of the Steamship Bostonian of Liverpool, for rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Steamship British King of Liverpool, which foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean on 11 March 1906 Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 2nd issue, silver (William Gibson. Wreck of the “British King” on the 11th March 1906) good very fine £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- ‘The steamship British King (4,717 tons), built 1891, of Liverpool, sprang a leak during a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean and began to sink on 10 March 1906. In answer to signals of distress the Mannheim bore down, but as the weather was too bad for a boat to be launched she stood by all night, and in the morning with the assistance of the Bostonian tried to form a lee so that a rescue might be attempted. After much difficulty and in spite of terrific weather, a boat was launched by the Mannheim and was so skilfully handled that 11 of the crew of the British King were rescued, but the boat was destroyed. The Bostonian then launched a boat but it was smashed alongside and the crew of the boat were injured and only rescued with difficulty. A second boat was launched from the Bostonian and rescued 13 of the crew of the British King before it was destroyed. Subsequently the British King foundered and five men were picked up clinging to her wreckage. There was a heavy sea at the time of the rescue and those who rendered assistance incurred great risk to life.’ (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). Thirteen men of the Bostonian were awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Silver for the rescue. First Mate William Brown and Second Mate Sydney Arthur Cornwell were additionally awarded binoculars; other crew members (including Gibson) were each awarded £3. One gold and four silver Foreign Service medals were awarded to men of the German S.S. Mannheim.

Three: Private R. Pow, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917 1914 Star (273 Pte. R. Pow. 1/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (273 Pte. R. Pow. Sea. Highrs.) good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert Pow was born in Dunbar, East Lothian, and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1914, and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.
Three: Company Quarter Master Sergeant H. Grove, M.M., Royal West Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (22115 C. Sjt. H. Grove. The Queen’s R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harry Grove) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919. Harry Grove came from Camberley and served initially as Colour Sergeant with the 6th Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment; the UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls list his name amongst a number of Regimental deserters, his entry: ‘Deserted 7-6-16’ being crossed through in pencil. He was later raised C.Q.M.S. and awarded the Military Medal, most likely garnered during The Final Advance in Artois and the reaching of the Scheldt Canal.
Pair: Lieutenant L. Elford, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. Elford. R.N.R.) very fine Pair: Deck Hand R. K. Moorcroft, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (13121D.A. R. K. Moorcroft. D. H. R.N.R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Telegraphist S. A. Potgiester, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (L.Z. 6539 S. A. Potgiester. Tel. R.N.V.R.) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Leonard Elford, a Master Merchant Seaman from Cliffe at Hoo, Kent, was born 8 April 1895. Indentured with Messrs. John Herron & Co. on 7 October 1910, he served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War from 1914 until he was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant into the Royal Naval Reserve on 6 July 1916. Serving in a number of small auxiliary craft, he was promoted First Lieutenant on 3 May 1919 and demobilised on 31 October 1919. Additionally entitled to the Mercantile Marine War Medal, he subsequently served during the Second World War, for which he was also awarded a 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, Burma Star and War Medal 1939-45. Sold with detailed copied research. Richard Knight Moorcroft, a corn merchant from Farmhurst, Epsom, Surrey, was born on 20 September 1886. He attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Great War on 4 September 1916 and served in the Motor Launch ML381 in the North Sea and later off the Irish Coast. Demobilised on 14 February 1919, he died ten days later on 24 February 1919. Sold with a quantity of original letters written home by the recipient and detailed copied research. Stanley Arthur Potgiester, a Post Office Telegraphist from Marylebone, London, was born on 29 December 1898. He attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 3 April 1917, for service during the Great War and served in the Motor Launches ML236 and ML192 in the North Sea. Appointed Telegraphist on 1 October 1918, he was demobilised on 7 May 1919, and was later awarded the Imperial Service Medal (London Gazette 30 May 1961), before his death at the end of the following year. Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, three school attendance medals, copied service records and copied research.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5333346 Pte. A. Pearce, R. Berks. R.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- A. Pearce attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with them in pre-War Palestine, and then with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was wounded in France on 15 May 1940.
An inter-War K.C.M.G., Great War D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir William R. Campion, Sussex Regiment, who served as Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex 1910-24, and as Governor of Western Australia 1924-31 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, gold appliqué, and enamel, with gold retaining pin; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; and breast Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. R. Campion. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. R. Campion.); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top brooch bar, mounted court-style for display, minor pitting to BWM, lacquered, generally good very fine and better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- K.C.M.G. London Gazette 23 July 1924. D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Knight of Grace, Order of St. John London Gazette 22 June 1928. Sir William Robert Campion was born on 3 July 1870, the eldest son of Colonel W. H. Campion, C.B., and the maternal grandson of Viscount Hampden, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Sussex Regiment, on 24 November 1888, and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 September 1890, and Captain on 19 December 1894. Re-numbered the 4th Battalion, he was promoted Major on 23 April 1915, and served as Colonel Commanding the 4th Battalion with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel during the Great War in Gallipoli from 17 July 1915. Confirmed in that rank on 4 September 1915, he was invalided home in late 1915, before going to France in 1916 in command of the 15th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, before transferring to the 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. For his services during the Great War he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 28 January 1916, 18 December 1917, and 9 July 1919), and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Following the cessation of hostilities he returned to the Royal Sussex Regiment for service with the army of occupation in Germany. Campion served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex from 1910 to 1924 (with the constituency having various different names during the period), and in that latter year was appointed Governor of Western Australia (together with the accompanying knighthood), serving until his retirement in 1931, a period which coincided with the State’s centennial celebrations in 1929. Retiring to Sussex, Campion served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex, and subsequently took up the Directorship of a number of Australian gold mining companies; as a member of the Empire Settlement Committee he also spoke frequently in favour of organised migration to Australia. He died at Hassocks, Sussex on 2 January 1951. Sold with a Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion helmet badge, some damage to reverse lugs; and copied research, much of it relating to his time as Governor of Western Australia, including various photographic images of the recipient.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Major P. K. Doyle, Leinster Regiment, later East Surrey Regiment, who was twice wounded Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘P. K. Doyle, 22nd March 1918’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. P. K. Doyle. M.C. Leinster R.) and additionally stamped ‘Duplicate’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. P. K. Doyle.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, generally good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Michael McGoona Collection of Medals to the Leinster Regiment, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer took command of the battalion when all the senior officers had become casualties. He rallied the men and showed a fine example of leadership and courage, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, until he was severely wounded.’ Philip Kevin Doyle was born on 8 March 1896 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Leinster Regiment on 5 July 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1916 to 3 September 1916, and again from 23 November 1917 to 10 May 1918, being twice wounded, and being awarded the Military Cross. He saw further service during the Second World War as a Major with the East Surrey Regiment.
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (M.22 Bdr. K. R. Fleetwood) in box of issue; together with a George VI Canadian dollar, the reverse erased and neatly engraved ‘War 1940 Presented to Bdr. J. Fleetwood 20A/T Bty. by Friends and Neighbors before proceeding overseas. As a token of esteem’, good very fine New Zealand Memorial Cross, E.II.R., an unnamed specimen, with pin-back suspension, extremely fine An unattributed group of four miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted for wear, good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Kenneth Roy Fleetwood, Royal Canadian Artillery, died at home on 11 August 1940, aged 19, and is buried in Leithbridge (Mountain View) Cemetery, Alberta, Canada. Note: The first 5,000 or so Canadian Memorial Crosses issued to Canadian personnel who died during the Second World War were from residual Great War stock, bearing George V’s cypher ‘GRI’; subsequent issues bore George VI’s cypher ‘GviR’.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (821. Pte W. Shaw. 1/Manc.. R.) pitted from Star, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Clasp not confirmed. The Manchester Regiment, as a unit, were not entitled to the Suakin 1885 clasp.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal J. A. Wells, 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-5416 L.Cpl. -A. Cpl.- 12/R. Suss. R.) cleaned, very fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. John Arthur Wells was born in 1886 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment. He served with the 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 December 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal. Promoted Corporal, he transferred to the Reserve on 12 February 1919. Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; and copied research.
A Rhodesian group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. G. E. Dewsbury, Rhodesian Air Force Rhodesia, General Service Medal, with bronze pick M.F.C. emblem on riband (666 WO I A. G. E. Dewsbury); Great Britain, Defence Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (666 Snr. Tech. Dewsbury A. G. E.) officially engraved Rhodesian style; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (666 WO(I) Dewsbury A. G. E.) officially engraved Rhodesian style, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Military Forces Commendation (Non-Operational) Salisbury Gazette 11 November 1975. Alan G. E. Dewsbury enlisted in the Rhodesian Air Force in 1953, and held a number of different roles, including Air and Wireless Fitter. He was part of the first detachment on 1 Squadron comprising 5 Dakotas and 19 Vampires that went to Aden in 1958, and in August 1972 he was part of a group which went to train in South Africa, the details of which are included with the lot. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was advanced to Flight Lieutenant, and was awarded a Military Forces Commendation. He died in Natal, South Africa, on 7 January 2017. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Forces Association Membership Card for 1955; and copied research, including a group photographic image, and an article written by a comrade J. R. Cox, which mentions the recipient.
Three: Private W. J. Style, 21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), who was killed in action during the German attack on Vimy Ridge on 23 May 1916 1914-15 Star (3401. Pte. W. J. Style, 21-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3401 Pte. W. J. Style. 21-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (William John Style) the plaque polished and worn, otherwise nearly very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- William John Style, a native of Leyton, Essex, was born in Battersea, London, on 12 April 1894 and attested for the 21st (First Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, on 12 Aril 1915. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 October 1915, and was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 23 May 1916. The Germans had attacked Vimy Ridge on 21-22 May 1916; on the following day, 23 May, the left flank of the 1/21st Battalion, London Regiment bombed their way into the old support line and front line and then were driven out, then recaptured them and were pushed back a second time. It was during this action that Style was killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage altered to accommodate additional clasps (4571 Pte. R. J. Johnson 1st. Bn. Gord. Highrs.) edge bruise, a couple of minor digs to obverse field, good very fine £240-£280 --- Robert James Johnson was born in Gateshead, County Durham, in 1873 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 September 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 5 February 1895 to 7 December 1899, and saw active service during the Relief of Chitral Expedition in 1895, and subsequently with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and was slightly wounded by gun shot to the right leg on 12 December 1897, during the Bagh to Barkai march. Johnson subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 December 1899 to 8 September 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, and Belfast; and the King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 March 1903, and was discharged on 6 September 1908, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
20th Foot Medal 1838, a cast bronze-gilt medal, 42mm, the obverse embossed with a Sphinx in front of crossed colours, XX and crown above, all within wreath, the reverse with radiating battle honours within wreath, XX at centre, and ‘For highly Meritorious Conduct during period of 18 Years June 13 1838’, within Battle honours, edge unnamed, with steel clip and small ring suspension, very fine £140-£180 --- Referenced in Balmer, R.238. The original of this medal, in gold, with devices soldered on and named on the edge ‘Presented by his Brethren in Arms XXth Rgt. to John Dorrington, Quartermastger-Sergeant’, formed part of the Cheylesmore Collection, and is now held by the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum. The Stansfeld Collection, sold at Spink in June 1984, included an unnamed medal of this description and is illustrated in Balmer; it is believed that the medal in this lot is this same example.
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