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Lot 613
Airfix, Matchbox & Dragon Model Kits, Aircraft & military related, a boxed group. Includes Airfix Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Hawker Hurricane, Avro Lancaster & Spitfire. Although unchecked for completeness (some small parts may be missing) condition generally appears to be Excellent in Good boxes (the Airfix & Dragon Kits are sealed). See photo.
Lot 291
Minichamps, a boxed 1:43 scale group comprising of Cars & Commercials to include 439380040 Atego SKN-R "Deutsche Post", 436139950 Bentley S2 Standard Saloon 1960 in Silver/Blue and others. Conditions appear Excellent to Near Mint in generally Good outer Perspex cases and generally Good slip sleeves. See photos.
Lot 214
GROUP OF SILVER comprising combined sovereign and vesta case, silver vesta case 'Presented By Sydney. R. Pollard Master 3rd Nov 1909', silver open faced pocket watch, silver and enamel fob watch, silver thimble, coin cufflink, fob and 9ct and silver eternity ringProvenance: private collection CarmarthenshireComments: wear commensurate with age, damage to fob watch, viewing recommended
Lot 317
BOXED CORGI MAJOR GIFT SET NO. 16, Ecurie Ecosse Racing Car Transporter and Three Racing Cars, complete with boxed 150S Vanwall Formula I Grand Prix in red, boxed 151A Lotus Mark Eleven Le Mans Racing car in blue, and boxed 152S B. R. M. Formula I Grad Prix Racing Car, with instructions slipProvenance: private collection SwanseaComments: very good overall, part of a single owner collection, scuffs, stain and split to box, inner boxes with small scuffs and slightly misshapen, viewing highly recommended
Lot 86
A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. Rogers, Essex Regiment, a veteran of the Boer War - when he was severely wounded at Hartenbosch, 8 April 1902 Military Medal, G.V.R. (4490 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.) officially renamed; 1914 Star (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.); British War and Victory Medals (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. M.M. Essex. R.) area of erasure before number on BWM, number on VM officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (4490 Pte. J. Rogers. Essex. R.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. John Rogers served with with the Essex Regiment, and was attached to No. 3 Section, Burma Mounted Infantry in South Africa from 24 January 1900. He was severely wounded near Hartenbosch, 8 April 1902. Rogers served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front as a Private from 22 August 1914. The Battalion took part in the battle of the Somme in 1916, where they Battalion advanced at 8.35am on the 1st July; and were beaten back by strong enemy counter-attacks. The Battalion’s strength at the close of the day was 2 officers and 192 other ranks, out of a total of 24 officers and 606 men who had gone into action. Sold with copied service papers. Note: Another M.M. group to this man, correctly named in all respects, was sold at Spink in 2005, including a Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal’ clasps and a K.S.A. with two clasps, possibly indicating that the above is a replacement or duplicate group.
Lot 245
Three: Private W. T. Lyndon, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 8 October 1916 1914-15 Star (36689. Pte. W. J. [sic] Lyndon. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (36689 Pte. W. T. Lyndon. R.A.M.C.) good very fine Pair: Private C. C. Betts, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (31295 Pte. C. C. Betts. Essex. R.) nearly extremely fine 1914-15 Star (S-16334. Pte. A. Robertson. Cam’n Highrs.) good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Walter Thomas Lyndon was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served with the 47th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 July 1915, and died of wounds on 8 October 1916. He is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. C. C. Betts attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917, during the First Battle of the Scarpe, and is buried in Fampoux British Cemetery, France. Alexander Robertson attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. He was killed in action on 23 April 1915, and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Lot 320
Pair: Private R. Adams, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Royal Garrison Artillery Militia Victory Medal 1914-19 (26508 Pte. R. Adams. R. Scots.); Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1101 Gnr: R. Adams. S.E. of Scot: R.G.A. Mil.) wear and traces of brooch mounting to reverse of LS&GC, this fine, the VM very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Robert Adams was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1906, and served with the 12th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1915 and was discharged on 8 February 1919.
Lot 234
Three: Private C. W. Hartley, 23rd (1st Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (1092 Pte. C. W. Hartley, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1092 Pte. C. W. Hartley. R. Fus.) good very fine Three: Private A. F. Smith, East Surrey Regiment 1914-15 Star (8625 Pte. A. F. Smith. E. Surr: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8625 Pte. A. F. Smith. E. Surr. R.) good very fine Pair: Aircraftman Second Class S. C. Crowdey, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (353782. A.C.2. S. C. Crowdey. R.A.F.); together with the recipient’s Airman’s Service and Pay Book and a large group photograph, nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140 --- Claude William Hartley was born in York and attested for the 23rd (1st Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 November 1915, subsequently transferring to the Machine Gin Corps. Albert Frank Smith attested for the East Surrey Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 12 June 1919. Stanley Charles Crowdey was born on 19 August 1899 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 3 March 1918.
Lot 279
Four: Warrant Office Class II W. J. Parminter, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5178823 W.O. Cl.II. W. J. Parminter. 6-Glouc R.); together with an Army Rifle Association Bronze Medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.Q.M.S. W. Parminter 1936’; and a silver pocket watch, the reverse engraved; Recruiting Prize 1930 C.S-M. W. Parminter (6) £400-£500
Lot 282
Pair: Lance-Corporal G. Bailey, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (26355 Pte. G. Bailey. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Bailey); Memorial Scroll ‘L/Cpl. George Bailey Royal Berkshire Regt.’, mounted in a glazed display fame, the plaque polished, overall nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- George Bailey was born in Stoke-by-Nayland, Essex, and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Hungerford, Berkshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 12 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals and a privately produced Memorial Scroll, depicting Britannia bestowing a wreath on the recipient’s memorial tablet.
Lot 204
Three: Gunner R. Doel, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of disease on the Western Front on 5 April 1915 1914 Star (146 Gnr: R. Doel. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-146 Gnr. R. Doel. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Doel) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- Richard Doel was born in Plymouth in 1876 and served on the Western Front with No. 109 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, from 22 September 1914. Transferred to the Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column, he suffered a bout of enteric fever and died on 5 April 1915. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
Lot 87
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. F. Beard, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (34563 Pte. E. F. Beard. 2/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-34563 Pte. E. F. Beard. Midd’x R.) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. Ernest Frederick Beard was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1886 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment, serving successively with the 18th, 16th, and 2nd Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front. Sold with copied Battalion War Diary extracts and other research.
Lot 274
An ‘underage’ Great War pair awarded to Private J. Green, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was somewhat economical with the truth regarding his age at enlistment and immediately struggled to cope with the appalling conditions found on the Western Front in the lead up to the Battle of the Somme British War and Victory Medals (G-6804 Pte. J. Green. The Queen’s R.) patches of staining to VM, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- James Green was born around 1898 at Chobham, the son of Harry Green and brother of Albert Green of Highland’s Cottage, Ripley, Surrey. A farm labourer, his Army Service Record notes that he attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 15 November 1915, giving his address as ‘Proos Farm, Send’ and his declared age as 19 years and 1 month. His medical notes further confirm that he was illiterate: ‘Can’t read or write but can count dots.’ Sent to Guildford for training, Green served in France from 3 May 1916 and soon began to struggle with the appalling conditions on the Western Front. On 3 June 1916 he suffered a self-inflicted (accidental) gunshot wound to the left hand which was relayed by the C.O. of the 19th Battalion to higher military authorities two weeks later. Admitted to hospital at Boischope with a shattered left hand, Green was soon placed under arrest awaiting trial. Tried by F.G.C.M., his Army Record makes the statement of case: ‘G.S.W. left hand (accidental) self inflicted... was cleaning his rifle when it went off and shot him in the hand. 3rd and 4th metatarsals broken. The hand is almost useless, no grip, complains of useless hand.’ Found guilty of neglect to the prejudice of good order and military discipline for careless wounding, Green was sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment No. 1. Returned to his unit, it wasn’t long before he was admitted to No. 30 General Hospital at Calais on 14 July 1916 with a gunshot wound suffered in the field. A note accompanying his Record states: ‘G.S.W. l-foot, 4th toe shot off.’ Rejoining his Battalion, the young man was wounded again on 7 June 1917 (G.S.W. shoulder) and again on 31 July 1917 when he received a shrapnel wound to the right leg. He was discharged just 5 days before the Armistice, no longer physically fit for war service - on account of the first wound to his hand. Returned home to Surrey, Green was later married at the Parish Church, Send, on 17 February 1919. Interestingly, the details in the marriage register correspond with many of those in his Army Service Record, with his brother Albert serving as witness (his father being deceased). With the groom’s profession described as ‘labourer’, the marriage to 19 year-old Miss Unity White was further signed with a mark (’x’) and his declaration of age as 21 years.
Lot 264
Four: Warrant Officer Class I R. J. Newson, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (110728 Dvr R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1040086 Sjt. R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1040086 W.O. Cl.1. R. J. Newson. R.A.) the first three mounted as worn, the last in named card box of issue, light contact marks, very fine, the MSM extremely fine (4) £140-£180
Lot 42
“Pilots and Observers, always full of determination and keenness, unselfish and cheerful at all times, won for themselves and the Squadron the greatest admiration. Like gentlemen and sportsmen, they played the game throughout. The every day order of our much respected Chief - General Trenchard - to “keep going” was carried out to the letter....” (Recipient reflecting on his command in The Annals of 100 Squadron) The fascinating Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Wing Commander C. G. Burge, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, both observer and pilot; commanding officer of 100 Squadron, June - December 1918; respected aviation author - including the Squadron History for the Great War; one time personal assistant to Lord Trenchard; Head of an S.O.E. Intelligence Subsection dealing with planning operations, and acting as Liaison with the Air Ministry on all targets during the Second World War; and Uncle of the legendary Battle of Britain fighter Ace Douglas Bader The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.), (Military) Officer’s 1st type, silver (Hallmarks for London 1919); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. G. Burge. York & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. G. Burge. R.A.F.) medals mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Cyril Gordon Burge was an early, if not the first, Adjutant to R.A.F. Cranwell (1920-1922), a onetime personal assistant to Lord Trenchard (from August 1926), and the ‘exciting and friendly uncle’ who actively encouraged the legless ace Sir Douglas Bader to set out on his legendary career. The son of a J.P. for the Cinque Ports, Burge was born in May 1893 and was educated at St Lawrence’s College and Sandhurst. Described as a natural ‘gentleman, leader & organiser’, he was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment in 1913 and was posted to the overseas battalion in India. Promoted Lieutenant on 28 October 1914, he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and first flew as an Observer with 12 Squadron (R.E.7’s) on the Western Front. It did not take long for Burge to be chucked in at the deep-end, when on 12 October 1915: ‘Capt. Lawrence and Lt Gordon Burge of No. 12 Squadron in a R.E.7 with 2 Lewis guns when engaged in guarding Capt. Christie who was employed on a special mission engaged an Albatross 3 miles South of Lille. Simultaneously another hostile machine appeared and drew in on the left rear of the R.E.7. Both these hostile machines seemed to be slower than the R.E.7. Lt. Burge engaged the Albatross which was the nearer of the two and when just West of Tournai it threw out two white lights. No anti-aircraft gun fire followed this. In a few seconds two more lights were thrown out, again without effect. Both of these hostile machines fired a good deal at the R.E.7. When near Mouscron 2 more machines appeared from above and coming from the South. The first, an Albatross, began to draw up on the left rear firing very accurately. The R.E.7 was struck 30 or more times. When he was at between 50 and 80 yards range Lt Burge fired and this Albatross drew away. He came up again and after firing at it again went away. This occurred a third time when near Gheluvelt and the German machine went away to the South. Meanwhile another machine, an L.V.G. had remained further off and above the R.E.7 firing a good deal. The two machines originally encountered were gradually left behind.’ (Squadron War Diary refers) Burge, this time piloted by Second Lieutenant R. Newman, had to make a forced landing whilst out on patrol, 5 December 1915. Later he trained as a pilot, and according to Bader’s biographer ‘Laddie’ Lucas, saw ‘much of the fighting with the Royal Flying Corps over France and Flanders’. By February 1918 he had accumulated 450 flying hours, and commanded 100 Squadron (F.e.2b’s and later HP O/400’s as part of Independent Force), June - December 1918. Indeed he later wrote the Squadron History for the Great War - The Annals of 100 Squadron, with a foreword being provided by Lord Trenchard (the squadron was in Trenchard's chain-of-command from its formation until the end of the war in Nov 1918). In August 1919 he was granted a Permanent Commission in the R.A.F. with the rank of Lieutenant and was subsequently appointed Adjutant at the former R.N.A.S. air station west of Sleaford in Lincolnshire where the elite officer cadre of the fledgling service was to be trained. Meantime, he married Hazel McKenzie, sister to Douglas Bader’s mother. In the spring of 1921 the boy Bader was invited by the Burges to spend part of the Easter holidays with them at Cranwell. ‘From Hazel and Cyril the welcome was warm. Only just thirteen, Douglas had never been near aeroplanes before, and when the quiet, good-humoured Cyril sat him in the cockpit of an Avro 504 trainer the thick hair almost vanished as the boy bent over the controls and dials like a terrier. Later he stood for hours in Cyril’s garden watching the bellowing Avros taking off over his head ... Cyril thought he had a convert then but he was a little premature ....’ Five years later at St Edward’s School in Oxford Bader was cautiously considering a university career when the visit of an Old Boy then at Cranwell, reminded Bader of his enjoyable stay there, and he wrote at once to ‘Uncle Cyril’ to find out about becoming a Cranwell cadet. Burge had left the R.A.F. College but was then personal assistant to Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff, and ‘with the satisfaction of a match-maker, Cyril wrote back saying that Douglas was just the type they wanted and he would do everything he could to help which from the p.a. to the C.A.S., sounded considerable.’ Well primed by Burge, Bader duly presented himself before the board of interviewers for Cranwell at Burlington House in London in June 1928, and, ‘trying not to sound to well rehearsed’, successfully gave the answers ‘Uncle Cyril’ knew the board wanted to hear. The following December Burge retired from the service with a gratuity and over the next few years wrote several published works on British aviation. Following Bader’s famous crash at Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, on 14 December 1931, Burge was immediately summoned from nearby Aldershot. He reached the Royal Berkshire Hospital to find that the surgeon Leonard Joyce had removed Bader’s right leg and that his nephew’s life was hanging in the balance. Burge was given a room for the night, and twice when it seemed that Bader was dying was called to the patient’s room but on each occasion Bader rallied. In the morning Bader was still alive but had not recovered consciousness since the amputation of his largely severed right leg. Joyce told Burge that if Bader lasted another day he might have a chance provided the left leg did not become sceptic. At length Bader came round, and, examining him, Joyce recognised signs of incipient septicaeima in the left leg. With Bader’s mother close to hysteria and with no time to lose, Joyce sought Burge’s permission to cut off the remaining leg, warning him that Bader would certainly die if the leg stayed, and that he would probably die from operative shock if they tried to take it off. It was the only chance and Burge instantly nodded his assent. With family trials over, Burge then embarked on a period of drama of his own making. His S.O.E. Personnel History Sheet (released in 2003) gives the following with regards to his application to join the service, and in what capacity he was eventually emp...
Lot 231
Three: Private R. Hutchison, Royal Scots, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19 June 1915 1914-15 Star (2558 Pte. R. Hutchison. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (2558 Pte. R. Hutchison. R. Scots.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Robert Hutchison, from Edinburgh, attested into the Royal Scots for service during the Great War and served at Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion. He was killed in action, near Krithia, on 19 June 1915 and is buried in Twelve Trees Copse Cemetery, Turkey. Sold with copied research.
Lot 84
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private T. W. Leithwaite, 1/7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (88825 Pte. T. W. Lewthwaite. 7/L’pool R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (88825 Pte. T. W. Leithwaite. L’Pool. R.) very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette, 13 March 1919. Thomas W. Leithwaite attested into the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment for service during the Great War, and served with the 1/7th Battalion on the Western Front. He was likely awarded his M.M. for the attack on La Bassee Road on 29 September 1918. Sold with copy Medal Index Card, London Gazette entry and copy Battalion War diary for the aforementioned attack.
Lot 329
Six: Warrant Officer Class II R. Fitzjohn, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1408792 Sjt. R. Fitzjohn. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1408792 W.O.Cl.2. Fitzjohn. R.A.) the last lacking recipient’s initial, mounted court-style for display in this order, good very fine and better (6) £140-£180 --- Robert Fitzjohn was born in Earlsfield in 1893, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Kingston on 5 July 1913. A plate layer’s labourer, he later re-enlisted for the Royal Artillery (T.A.) on 12 April 1939.
Lot 715
A miscellaneous selection of Nursing and Medical badges, comprising Cardiff Infirmary; Edinburgh City Hospital (C. Mc.Quarrie 15th. Oct. 1901 to 15th. Nov. 1904); Plaistow Trained Nurse; General Nursing Council for England and Wales (J. R. Townsend S.E.A.N 27657 28.2.47); Maternity Nursing Association; Royal Medico-Psych Association Certified Nurse (E. C. Smith 43043); Medico-Psychological Association (Sarah Brassington); Birmingham Asylums Committee (Sarah Brassington May 1916); Women’s Industrial Nursing Service; St. John Ambulance War Service (Sgt. W. A. Naughton 17th Middx: V.A.D. 5230); British Red Cross Society Practical Nursing; and an unknown Nursing medal (L.B.M.H. March 1909), some silver or silver and enamel, the majority bronze, generally good condition (12) £160-£200
Lot 718
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Medal of Merit, French issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘R. Drollet par Province de Quebec 1960’, numbered, ‘1429’; Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Service Medal, English issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘City of Vancouver to G. U. Renwick, 1968’, numbered, ‘1933’; Ontario Fire Services Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed; Legion of Frontiersmen Medal, British Columbia Provincial Command, silver, unnamed, good very fine Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Kelly, Legion of Frontiersman Legion of Frontiersmen Meritorious Service Medal, Canadian Division (Lt. Col. W. L. Kelly), silvered bronze, beaver emblem on riband; Legion of Frontiersmen Service Medal, Saskatchewan Command (W. L. Kelly), silver, last with edge bruise, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.
Lot 354
Pair: Lance-Bombardier R. W. Pinnock, Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Brunei, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22535422 Gnr. R. W. Pinnock. R.A.) rank officially corrected; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (22535422 L/Bdr. R. W. Pinnock. R.A.) very fine (2) £100-£140
Lot 26
Five: Dr. Ruth Nicholson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (R. Nicholson); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband; Medal of Gratitude, silver-gilt, unnamed, with miniature rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, Ministry of War for Epidemics, gilt, reverse embossed ‘Miss R. Nicholson 1917’, with miniature rosette on riband; together with the relate miniature awards, these mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Ruth Nicholson was born on 2 December 1884, the daughter of the Rev. Canon Nicholson. She was educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne High School and the Universities of Durham and Dundee, taking the degrees M.B., B.S. in 1909; B.Hy., D.P.H. in 1911; and M.S. in 1923. After graduating in 1909 she worked in a dispensary in Newcastle before going to Edinburgh where she became an assistant to Dr Elsie Inglis in the Bruntsfield Hospital. Prior to the War she worked in Gaza in Palestine. With the onset of war she returned home, and after being turned down for a voluntary medical unit she was accepted by the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and became an Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital from December 1914 until February 1919. After the War she specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, became Gynaecological Surgeon and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She became the first woman President of the North of England Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and played a prominent part in the Medical Women’s Federation. Dr Ruth Nicholson died in Exeter on 18 July 1963. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s sister, see the following lot (lot 27).
Lot 171
Four: Private A. Mills, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 2 Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5505 Pte. A. Mills. Hampshire Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 1st Hamp. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (15599 Pte. A. Mills. Hamps. R.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. Alfred Mills was born in Kilburn, London. A fireman by occupation, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 11 January 1899. With them he served in South Africa from April 1900 until March 1902; in India from March 1902 to February 1903; in Aden between February and June 1903; and in Somaliland from June 1903 until June 1904. In June 1900 he was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with hard labour for quitting his post whilst on sentry duty without being relieved - his sentence was subsequently commuted to three months by Lord Roberts. He was discharged on the termination of his first period of engagement on 10 January 1911. In February 1915, when employed as a tram driver, Mills attested for service for the duration of the War. Serving with the 12th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he entered the Western Front on 21 September 1915. As a Sergeant he was transferred to “Z” Class Reserve in March 1919 and was finally discharged a year later. He died on 15 April 1943. Sold with copied service papers and medal index card.
Lot 53
A Second War ‘Operation Pedestal’ D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. J. Thomson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who served as Commanding Officer of 887 Squadron, and was additionally Mentioned in Despatches for his services in action against the Tirpitz Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 192 and additionally privately engraved ‘Sub Lieut (A) A. J. Thomson R.N.V.R.’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 10 November 1942:
‘For bravery and dauntless resolution while serving in H.M. Ships, H.M. Aircraft-Carriers, Merchantmen, and Oilers when an important Convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft and surface forces.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 January 1945: ‘For undaunted courage, skill, and determination in carrying out daring attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz.’ The original recommendation (originally for a decoration, rather than a Mention) states: ‘As Senior Pilot in 887 Squadron this officer has taken part in three fighter sorties during recent operations, and has assisted in the destruction of several enemy aircraft on the ground, together with hangars at Banak and a radar station at Ytteroerne. He has displayed great courage and determination in his attacks, providing an excellent example for younger pilots and supporting his Squadron Commander with skill.’ Andrew John Thomson was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant (Air) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 9 August 1941, and was posted to 800 Squadron on 11 October of that year. He is is mentioned a number of times by Commander R. Crossley in his book ‘They gave me a Seafire’: they served together in 800 Squadron in 1942 when the unit re-equiped with Sea Hurricanes, and acquiring the nickname of Greyhound, Thomson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry during Operation Pedestal, the Malta convoy, whilst serving in H.M.S. Indomitable. It was subsequently with this unit and on the carrier H.M.S. Biter that Thomson saw action on the opening morning of Operation Torch over Oran in French Morocco, where he was credited with the shooting down of one French Dewoitine D520 that day. Transferring to 759 Squadron, based at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton, on 28 December 1942, Thomson was promoted Lieutenant (Air) on 1 September 1943, and transferred to 887 Squadron on 14 January 1944, being appointed the Squadron’s Commanding Officer on 19 August 1944 whilst at sea on H.M.S. Indefatigable on a mission off the Norwegian coast. He remained the Squadron’s commander until May 1945 and lead them through their deployment to the pacific theatre. Remaining in the service following the cessation of hostilities, Thomson was appointed Commanding Officer of 807 Squadron on 8 July 1948, and was promoted Lieutenant-Commander on 30 November 1951. His final posting was to the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Bulwark in January 1956. Sold with named Director of Naval Pay and Pensions, Ministry of Defence enclosure for the Second War awards; two group photographs of the Officers of 887 Squadron, H.M.S. Indefatigable, in which the recipient is identified; and copied research.
Lot 353
Pair: Captain R. A. Maby, Gloucestershire Regiment, Parachute Regiment, and Royal Army Ordnance Corps Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (2/Lt. R. A. Maby. Glosters.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Capt. R. A. Maby. RAOC.) mounted as worn, edge bruising to AGS, toned, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2015. Rene Alexis Maby was born in Headington, Oxford, on 22 July 1932, the son of the physicist Joseph Maby, the scientist who helped develop the early radar systems. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 22 July 1953, he was promoted Lieutenant on 22 July 1955, and served with the 1st Battalion in Kenya in 1955 as commander of the Anti-Tank Platoon. Undergoing parachute training, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1958, and was promoted Captain on 22 July 1959. He served with them in Cyprus from December 1959, before transferring to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 29 August 1961, and saw further service in Malaya. Sold with array of the recipient’s unit cloth badges ands patches, including his Pegasus patch and Parachute Wings; and three photographic images.
Lot 460
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2119 Pte. R. Gorman 1st. Bn. E. Lanc: Regt.) edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Robert Gorman was born in Shankhill, Belfast, in 1869 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Belfast on 14 October 1887, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 12 October 1891 to 2 December 1895, and took part in the Relief of Chitral campaign. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 8 December 1895, and was discharged on 13 October 1899, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 615
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.S.M. awarded to Sergeant C. Humphreys, one of the original cohort of the 4th Battalion, “The Mad Fourth”, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who survived the first German gas attack at Ypres in April 1915 - when the Battalion strength was less than halved - and was later transferred behind the lines and decorated for valuable service as Sergeant Cook Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11583 Sjt. C. Humphreys. 4/Bn. 1/C. Ont. R.) minor contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 20 May 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in France and Flanders.’ Charles Humphreys was born in Colchester, Essex, on 30 July 1888. A carpenter by trade, he attested for the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario) at Valcartier on 22 September 1914, one of four Battalions which would eventually make up the 1st Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. Interestingly, many of the first officers and men to attest for the 4th Battalion came from up to a dozen of the pre-war Canadian Militia Regiments; the recipient’s Canadian Army Service Record confirms 1 years’ previous service with the [38th] Dufferin Rifles of Brantford. Initially appointed Private, Humphreys was sent to staff as Pioneer at Bustard on 2 November 1914. He subsequently boarded the S.S. Atlantian and docked at St. Nazaire with the 4th Battalion on 11 February 1915. After a train ride to Strazeele, the men marched to Outtersteene and spent the next few days in billets; here they learned of their first loss, Private Frederick Norris, who fell from the train enroute and was killed. Sent to Hazebrouck the troops soon suffered from scarlet fever and other health complaints; Humphreys spent 4 days suffering from stomach problems. On 22 April 1915, the German Army changed the nature of warfare by employing lethal chlorine gas on the battlefield for the first time. Lacking protective clothing and masks, French Colonial troops suffered appalling casualties and left a dangerous gap in the lines for the enemy to exploit. Leaving Vlamertigne at 2130hrs on 22 April 1915, the 4th Battalion moved to occupy the Mauser Ridge. At 0525hrs the following morning the Canadians emerged from the front line trenches and moved to leapfrog towards their objectives. Details of the attack were later printed in The Times: ‘It is safe to say that the youngest Private in the rank, as he set his teeth for the advance, knew the task in front of him, and the youngest subaltern knew that all rested upon its success. It did not seem that any human could live in the shower of shot and shell which began to play against the advancing troops.’ In his 1920 History of Brant County, author F. Douglas Reville noted that the 4th Battalion won its nickname just as its commanding officer went down in Battle: ‘As [Birchall] turned he fell dead at the head of his battalion. With a hoarse cry the battalion rushed forward to avenge him, and thus earned the title of “The Mad Fourth”. The Battalion War Diary for 23 April 1915 lists 505 killed, wounded or missing, the survivors - including Humphreys - being forced to dig in to consolidate their meagre gains. Having weathered this onslaught, Humphreys likely witnessed further action at Observatory Ridge from 12-14 June 1916 and the larger Canadian effort to capture Mont Sorrel. Promoted in the field to the unusual rank of Sergeant Cook 31 August 1916, he was thus removed from front line duties, likely being seen as having ‘done his bit’ and being one of the last of the original cohort still in the field. His Service Record subsequently notes the award of the M.S.M. after ‘49 months of service in France’. Returned home to Quebec per S.S. Metagama, he was struck off strength at Quebec Depot Clearing Service Command on 9 July 1919.
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A fine ‘Mekran Expedition 1898’ C.B. group of nine awarded to Colonel R. C. G. Mayne, Bombay Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. R. C. G. Mayne, 29th Bo. N.I.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne 29th Bombay N.I.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne, 2nd Belooch: Regt.); China 1900, no clasp (Lt. Col: R. C. G. Mayne, C.B., A.D.C., 30 Belooch: Inf:); Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Coronation 1911; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted court-style, minor enamel chips to the first, the earlier campaign medals with pitting from star, otherwise very fine and better (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- Richard Charles Graham Mayne was born on 27 August 1852 in Simla, India, the son of Major Robert Graham Mayne, and Eliza Anne Landale. He was sent back to England to be educated at Wellington College, and then attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst, being commissioned as an Ensign into the 83rd County of Dublin Regiment of Foot in 1872. Mayne then transferred to the Indian Army, and was appointed a Lieutenant with the 29th Bombay Native Infantry, which was otherwise known as the Balooch Regiment. He saw service during the Second Afghanistan War of 1878-80, being present during Lord Robert's famous march from Kabul to Kandahar during August 1880, and was then present at the capture of Kandahar on 1 September 1880. Mayne was then present with the Indian Contingent sent to Egypt during the Egyptian War of 1882, being present in action at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882. Mayne was promoted to Captain in 1884, and then to Major in 1892, followed by Lieutenant Colonel in 1898, and appointed to command the 30th Bombay Native Infantry which was otherwise known as the 3rd Balooch Regiment. It was in this year that Mayne performed his most distinguished services for the Indian Army when he commanded the forces during the little known but important Mekran Expedition. At the turn of the 19th Century, the Mekran area of north-west India (now Pakistan) and adjacent south-east Persia was a remote dry strip of land running along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. This was, and remains today, one of the most hostile and inaccessible regions in the world. Mountains rising to over 10,000 feet formed a backdrop to the coastal desert. Habitation inland followed watercourses that ran through gorges in the hills where date gardens could be irrigated. Coastal communities existed on fishing and smuggling, with Muscat, in Oman across the Straits of Hormuz, being a major source of illegally-imported weapons. The camel provided a transport resource, as well as milk and meat. The standard of living was very low, bordering on wretched, for many inhabitants. The people were hardy and lawless Muslim Baluch tribesmen who resisted outside interference and who constantly intrigued and fought amongst themselves. In the British-administered portion of Mekran government of a sort was achieved by tribal treaty supervised by British Political Agents. The British presence was most evident on the coast where a telegraph line ran from Persia to Karachi. However, by 1898, British survey parties were working inland. In January 1898, conflict broke out in Kej, where the Hindu Nazim Diwan Udho Das (a district administrator who reported to the ruler of the region, the Khan of Kalat) was disliked and disrespected by the Baluch sardars (leaders) Baluch Khan and Mehrab Khan Gichki. The latter, with the complicity of Baluch Khan, attacked Diwan Udho Das on 6th January, imprisoned him in Kalatuk Fort and looted his treasury. Meantime, the unsuspecting British had deployed four surveyors, with Punjabi civilian support staff, into the Kolwa and Kej valleys, depending on the Baluch sardars' levies for security. On 9th January, the camp of one of the surveyors, Captain J. M. Burn, Royal Engineers, was attacked by local tribesmen. The fifteen-man levy escort team, commanded by Rhustam Khan, brother of Mehrab Khan Gichki, stood aside as sixteen support staff were slaughtered. The attackers and the escort party then seized thirty-five rifles and 15,000 Rupees. Captain Burn had been sleeping on a hill three miles away, and he was alerted by one of his men who had escaped from the camp. Burn started off on foot to Balor, thirty-five miles away. At Balor he sent messengers to alert the other surveyors, and he obtained a camel to ride to Urmara, whence on 11th January he telegraphed a report to Brigadier-General T. A. Cooke, the Officer Commanding Sind District, at Karachi. Within two hours of the report's arrival, a military response was initiated. Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. C. Mayne, commanding 30th Bombay Infantry (3rd Baluch Battalion), was ordered to proceed with 250 men to Urmara, seventy-five miles east of Pasni. Transportation was provided by the tug Richmond Crawford, with a local boat in tow carrying followers, baggage, 400 rounds per rifle, and rations for one month. Three British officers and one medical officer accompanied Mayne. Parties from the 21st Bombay Infantry were despatched to Chabbar and Jask in Persian Mekran to protect British telegraph facilities in those locations. Meanwhile those sardars wishing to avoid direct conflict with the British escorted the three remaining surveyors and their men into Urmara. At Urmara, Colonel Mayne landed his men, horses and supplies by using local bunder boats (ship-to-shore coastal boats). More troops were being organised to join Colonel Mayne, and Pasni was chosen as the operational base. From Pasni, a direct route led north to Mehrab Khan's fort at Turbat and the nearby fort at Kalatuk where Nazim Diwan Udho Das was jailed. Colonel Mayne marched on 19th January with his men along the 100 miles of telegraph line to Pasni, repairing the line as he went. The hostile sardars had sent instructions that the British were not to be offered camels to assist with transportation, but the British Political Agent for South-East Baluchistan, Major M. A. Tighe, quickly found camels for Colonel Mayne. None of the beasts were strong due to recent droughts in the region and many died under the pressure of work. By 27th January, Colonel Mayne had under his command at Pasni the 30th Bombay Infantry (400 rifles), a section of No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery (two 7-pndr guns), and eighty-eight transport mules. Two days later the following troops left Karachi to join Colonel Mayne: 6th Bombay Cavalry (half-squadron); 30th Bombay Infantry (eighty rifles, tasked with guarding telegraph facilities at Urmara, Pasni and Gwadur); Bombay Sappers and Miners (one British and one Indian officer with twelve other ranks); No 42 Field Hospital ('C' and 'D' Sections); an additional twelve transport mules. Colonel Mayne left Pasni with his men and the two mountain guns on 27th January, knowing that Baluch Khan intended to block his advance to Turbat. Four dry and dusty days later at 08.00 hours, the column came across the hostile Sardars and 1,500 of their men on hills 300 feet above the mouth of a narrow six-mile long defile. When the advance guard under Lieutenant N. R. Anderson got within 850 yards of the enemy, it came under breech-loading rifle fire. Captain A. Le G. Jacob, with fifty rifles, was deployed onto a hill on the enemy's left flank where he met stiff opposition. Lieutenant J. H. Paine and his gunners now delivered destructive blows by blasting the sardars' forces with shells. Colonel Mayne sent Captain R. Southey with fifty rifles to drive the enemy off low hills to the left (west) of the defile. At that moment Lieutenant H. T. Naylor appeared with thirty-two sabres from the 6th Bombay Cavalry. ...
Lot 155
Pair: Brigadier-General R. Hoare, C.M.G., D.S.O., 4th Hussars, who commanded the 2nd Dismounted Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, during the initial stages of the Great War, before proceeding to France with the 229th Infantry Brigade; was three times Mentioned in Despatches; was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class; and was wounded Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major R. Hoare, 4/Hussars) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Brig: Gen: R. Hoare.) lacquered, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Reginald Hoare was born on 18 September 1865, the seventh son of T. R. Hoare, Esq., of Kensington, London, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was gazetted Lieutenant in the 4th Hussars on 30 January 1886, and was promoted Captain on 1 May 1893, Major on 4 February 1899, Lieutenant-Colonel on 13 May 1905, and Brevet Colonel on 13 May 1908, receiving the substantive rank on 19 June 1910. He served in South Africa during the Boer War in 1901 and 1902 on the Staff, and commanded a Mobile Column from February to May 1902. Hoare commanded the 4th Hussars from 13 May 1905 to 12 May 1909, and subsequently commanded the 2nd Dismounted Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, during the initial stages of the Great War, before proceeding to France with the 229th Infantry Brigade on 27 June 1916. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 1 January 1918); was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 13 July 1916, 12 January 1918, and 20 December 1918); was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class with Swords; and was wounded. Appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1919, he retied with the honorary rank of Brigadier-General on 29 July 1919.
Lot 360
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (John M. Laws) nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998. The medal rolls confirm John M. Laws as Midshipman aboard the Ramilles for this action. Approximately 205 clasps were issued for this boat action in which five American gun-vessels and a sloop were captured prior to the attack on New Orleans. John Milligen Laws was born on 14 February 1799, and entered the Navy aged 10 years as First Class Volunteer on board the Sophie, in which vessel he spent two years employed in the Channel. In October 1812 he became Midshipman of the Ramilles, 74, under Captains Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy and Charles Ogle. The Ramilles was attached to the force on the coast of North America, where Laws participated in many boat affairs and was frequently given charge of a prize. He landed at Washington, Baltimore, and Moose Island, and was wounded in the attack on New Orleans in December 1814. Laws subsequently served aboard various vessels on the Home, West Indies, and South American stations. In 1824 he accompanied Lord Stuart de Rothesay to the Brazils in the Wellesley. Appointed Commander in 1825, he joined the Satellite in the following year on the East Indies station, during which time he afforded relief to some settlers in New Holland who had been hemmed in by the indigenous population. For 14 months he was Senior officer at Sydney, and also effected the capture of a band of convicts who had turned pirates. During this time he also made a survey of the Society Islands and New Zealand. In January 1831, after he had extensively examined the east coast of the Bay of Bengal, he was removed to the Cruizer, and sent to Pondicherry for the purpose of acknowledging the government of Louis Phillipe. The following April he became Acting-Captain of the Southampton, bearing the flag on the same station as Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, with whom he returned to England towards the close of 1832. He was then sent to join the fleet employed under Sir Pultney Malcolm off Antwerp during the period of General Gérard’s attack on the citadel of that place. He was confirmed in the rank of Captain in January 1833.
Lot 99
A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class II A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., named to another recipient ‘562118 Spr.-A.S. Sjt. E. Paine, R.E.’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style with new ribands but on original wearing bar, together with four related Queen’s Westminster Rifles’ prize medals 1909-12, two in gold and two in bronze, all named to the recipient, dated and in fitted cases of issue; and a silver prize award from the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association, 1912, this also in fitted case, good very fine and better (12) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the present War.’ Alfred James Nutting was from Merstham, Surrey, and by profession a director of an old family business, the seed merchants Nutting and Sons Ltd. But he was also a keen Volunteer and Territorial, originally having joined the 13th (Queen’s) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Buckingham Gate in London several years before the Great War. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal shortly before the outbreak of hostilities (AO 216 of July 1914 refers), he went out to France as a Sergeant with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in November of that year, where, no doubt, he witnessed events of the famous Christmas Truce - gifts were exchanged in No Man’s Land and one of the German officers encountered by the Battalion was originally from Catford. Remaining actively employed on the Western Front, Nutting was to be decorated on three occasions, namely with the Army Meritorious Service Medal; the Royal Victorian Medal in silver, on the occasion of George V’s visit to the Army in the Field in July 1917; and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Returning to his family firm after the War, of which he rose to be Chairman of the Board, Nutting was appointed as the Horticultural Trade Association’s representative to the Ministry of Agriculture on the renewal of hostilities, but following the complete destruction of his business premises in Southwark Street, London in 1942, his health declined. He died in Redhill, Surrey in July 1946.
Lot 319
Pair: Private J. F. C. Eaton, Kent Cyclist Battalion, later Royal West Kent Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (G-27106 Pte. J. F. C. Eaton. Kent Cyc. Bn.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (G-27106 Pte J. F. C. Eaton. R. W. Kent. R.) good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- John F. C. Eaton attested into the Kent Cyclist Battalion and served in India during the Great War with the 1/1st Battalion. He saw further service with the Royal West Regiment during the Afghanistan North West Frontier campaign and was discharged on 30 March 1920. Sold with copied Medal Index Card (which confirms that this is the recipient’s complete entitlement), and copied medal roll extract.
Lot 583
Pair: Corporal R. W. Webb, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal West Surrey Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (11957 A. Cpl. R. W. Webb. The Queen’s R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (379 Cpl. R. W. Webb. 5/Essex Regt.) the TFEM mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Robert W. Webb served with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 8 of January 1911, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He served during the Great War with the Royal West Surrey Regiment (also entitle to a Victory Medal), and later with the Labour Corps. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards.
Lot 74
A Great War ‘Western Front bombing party’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private R. J. McAllister, 3rd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry; ‘although wounded, he attempted to charge the barricade, but was forced to retire, being wounded again in three places by bullets, and also injured by a bomb’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10062 Pte. R. J. McAllister. 3/H.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (10062 Pte. R. J. McAllister, High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10062 Pte. R. J. McAllister. H.L.I.) a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. Private McAllister volunteered to form one of a bombing party in an attack on the enemy’s barricade. Although wounded, he attempted to charge the barricade, but was forced to retire, being wounded again in three places by bullets, and also injured by a bomb. His bravery and devotion were most marked.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Richebourg L’Avone, 15 June 1915.’ Robert J. McAllister served in France from 1 December 1914, initially with the 1st Battalion and later with the 3rd Battalion. He also served with the Royal Engineers and the Machine Gun Corps. Sold with copied research including gazette notices, Medal Index Cards and Battalion War Diary extracts.
Lot 309
Three: Captain R. H. Rogers, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached Burma Mounted Rifles British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. H. Rogers.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Lieut. R. H. Rogers.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 20 January 1920: ‘For valuable service rendered in India during the War.’
Lot 58
Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. Leckie, Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on 29 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. Leckie.) extremely fine Three: Captain R. W. Leckie, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. W. Leckie.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks, very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette, 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette, 25 May 1917. John Leckie was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1891. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, from 1897 to 1908, afterwards attending Edinburgh University, where, as a member of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment in June 1915, for service during the Great War. Transferring into the Machine Gun Corps, he served on the Western Front from 1 July 1916 and was attached to the 56th Division, with whom he fought on the Somme, at Arras and Cambrai, and was four times wounded. Advanced Major, he was further wounded before Bullecourt and died of wounds on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France. Robert Westlands Leckie, older brother of the above, was born in Edinburgh on 22 February 1887. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, before New College and Edinburgh University, where he joined the Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in September 1914 for service during the Great War. According to the Watsonian War Record, he served in Egypt and Salonika before serving on the Western Front in 1917 where he was wounded the following December. Later appointed Royal Artillery Education Officer at Forth Garrison, he was advanced Temporary Captain in June 1919. Post-War, he was ordained into the United Free Church, taking Holy Orders in Edinburgh, where he later died in 1968. Sold with copied research.
Lot 443
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan, right hand side rivets missing between second and third clasps, and top clasp facing slightly worn (795 Pte. J. Payne. 1/R. Hrs.) scratches to obverse field and small defect to reverse field, edge bruising and light pitting, good fine £600-£800
Lot 71
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant J. Spiers, 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, for conspicuous gallantry during a successful trench raid near Hebuterne in June 1918, during which he was ‘twice severely wounded’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (241756 A. Sjt: J. Spiers. 1/5 E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (241756 A. Sjt: J. Spiers. E. Lan. R.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During a successful raid on the enemy’s trenches, he led the platoon of which he was in command through a very intense barrage of machine-gun fire to their objective. He was himself twice severely wounded, but would not leave his men, and collecting them with great coolness on the signal to withdraw, he brought them back to the lines, where he insisted on their wounds being attended to before his own were dressed. He showed fine courage and determination.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Nr. Hebuterne, 18/19 June 1918.’ James Spiers, a bank clerk from Acrington, enlisted in the Territorial Force on 17 November 1915. He landed in France on 24 March 1918, was severely wounded on 19 June 1918, and was demobilized on 28 February 1919. Sold with copied research including Service papers, gazette notices, and War Diary entries including a full report of the trench raid.
Lot 429
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Cap. F. R. Ditmas, 15th Ben. Cav.) good very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. Frederick Robertson Ditmas, who was first commissioned into the Royal Artillery in July 1867, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps on in June 1871 and was appointed on the same date as a Lieutenant in the 15th (Cureton’s Multani) Bengal Lancers. Appointed a Squadron Officer in December 1877 and promoted to Captain in July 1879, he served with the Vitakri Field Force in Afghanistan. Ditmas was subsequently advanced to Major in July 1887, appointed Commandant, 15th Bengal Lancers in June 1893, and advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1893. Sold with copied research.
Lot 199
Three: Lieutenant V. R. W. Johnson, Wiltshire Regiment, who was mortally wounded on the Western Front in March 1915
1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut. V. R. W. Johnson, Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. V. R. W. Johnson) good very fine or better (3) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Victor Reginald William Johnson was born in July 1894, the son of a ‘highly respected tradesman’ from Reading, and was educated at the Kendrick School and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.

Commissioned in the 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, on the outbreak of hostilities, he was attached to the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on entering the French theatre of War on 23 October 1914, in which capacity he remained employed until transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, in mid-February 1915, a period that witnessed him present in the fighting around Festubert and being hospitalised in late December 1914 (the 1/Devons war diary refers).

As stated, Johnson joined the 2nd Wiltshires in mid-February 1915 but, having emerged unscathed from the ferocious fighting at Neuve Chapelle in the following month, was mortally wounded on the 28, while commanding ‘A’ Company. Captain E. Makin wrote to the recipient’s father in the following terms:

‘I regret to announce to you that your son was killed in the trenches yesterday afternoon. He was hit through the back of the head by a rifle bullet. Our Medical Officer happened to be on the spot at the time and I can assure you that everything was done that was possible to save him. The Medical Officer, who is a very clever doctor, tried to operate almost at once, but found it was useless, and your son died about two hours afterwards.

He was buried by our Chaplain at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Only my Adjutant, Captain Ponsford, and myself were able to be present, with some of the regimental stretcher bearers, as the other officers could not leave their duty in the trenches.

His loss is not only a personal loss, but I think he would have become a very good officer, and his death is a loss to the whole Army. He is buried besides two other officers. Please allow me to express my sympathy with you at your great loss, and that of the whole regiment.’

Johnson, ‘an exceedingly smart young fellow’ and of ‘genial disposition’, was 20 years old when he died, and is buried in the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie. Sold with including copied articles from local newspapers featuring his news from the front and copied portrait photograph taken from Berkshire at War.
Lot 526
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (31732 Gunr. R. Mc Dowell 18th By R F A) good very fine £70-£90 --- Robert McDowell was born in Antrim, Ireland, in 1880. He witnessed over 21 years of service with the Colours, including postings to South Africa (Queen’s South Africa Medal and 4 clasps) and India from 25 November 1901 to 17 November 1914. Posted to France on 16 January 1915, he later transferred to Alexandria and the Balkans.
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