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Lot 41
Pair: Private W. E. Clarke, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896 (3324 Pte. W. E. Clarke 2. W. Yorks R.) reverse inscribed in the usual Regimental style; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (William Eustace Clarke) mounted court-style for wear, edge bruise to ISM, good very fine (2) £400-£500
Lot 142
Four: Private C. Jefferies, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between clasps, and the SA01 clasp a tailor’s copy (7244 Pte. C. Jeffries [sic]. Essex Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-2923 Pte. C. Jefferies. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-2923 Pte. C. Jefferies. Essex R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Christopher Jefferies (also recorded as Jeffries and Jeffreys) was born in Great Clacton on 16 February 1885 and served with the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps only). He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 March 1915, and later transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 29 April 1919, and died in Colchester in 1967.
Lot 482
Four: Private G. Heard, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (73 Pte. G. Heard. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (73 Pte. G. Heard. Essex R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (73 Pte. G. Heard. 5-Essex R.) mounted as worn; together with a R.A.O.B. Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Primo George A. Heard. Jan. 14. 1921’, minor edge nicks, very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996. George A. Heard was born in Wanstead, Essex, in 1891 and attested for the Essex Regiment. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 305 of August 1922.
Lot 487
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250013 C.S. Mjr: V. L. Jefferies. 5/Essex R.) extremely fine £80-£100 --- Vincent Lewis Jefferies was born in Brightlingsea, Essex, in 1880 and served during the Great War at home as a Company Sergeant Major with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 236 of 1918. He subsequently transferred to the Regular Army with number 6000832 (an Essex Regiment number), and died in Peshawar, India, on 27 June 1925 whilst serving as an Instructor with the Army Educational Corps. This is his sole medallic entitlement.
Lot 571
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, New Zealand (W.O.II (C.S.M.) R. S. Davidson, W.W.C. Rgt.) engraved naming, some contact marks, very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Ronald Stuart Davidson was born on 29 October 1908. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted at Wanganui. With the 27th Machine Gun Battalion he embarked for overseas service in May 1940; served in the Middle East; and was at Sidi Azeiz during 26/27 November 1941. Corporal Davidson is mentioned in the History of the 27th Battalion as being on the right flank and was later heavily shelled from Halfaya. He was later mentioned as having given excellent support during the attack against the Italians at Gazala. For his services he was awarded the 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Defence; War and New Zealand Service Medals. As Company Sergeant Major of the Wellington and West Coast Regiment, he was subsequently awarded the Efficiency Medal (New Zealand). Sold with copied research.
Lot 166
Four: Leading Seaman W. Evans, Royal Naval Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J. 40694. W. Evans, A.B., R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (J. 40694. W. Evans. A.B., R.N.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (5790 C. W. P. Evans. L. Smn. R.N.R.) contact marks, sever edge bruises to BWM, otherwise, good fine Four: Leading Stoker F. W. Clayon, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.114235, F. W. Clayton, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S. 114235 F. W. Clayton. Act. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. 114235 (Dev. B. 7863) F. W. Clayton. L. Sto. R.F.R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, good fine Pair: Chief Writer P. Shea, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (341697. R. Shea. Ch. Wr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341697. Peter Shea, Chief Writer. H.MS. Alsatian.) contact marks, edge bruise, good fine (10) £140-£180 --- William Percy Evans was born in Liverpool on 15 August 1896. He attested into the Royal Navy on 4 June 1915 for service during the Great War and served afloat in H.M.S. Attentive, H.M.S. Hecla and H.M.S. Apollo. He was demobilised to shore on 25 February 1919. Fred Willie Clayton, from Brighouse, Yorkshire, was born on 15 August 1892. He attested into the Royal Navy on 26 June 1913 and served during the Great War afloat in H.M.S. Gibraltar and H.M.S. Erin. Advanced Leading Stoker on 27 February 1919, he was demobilised to shore on 8 March 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Peter Shea, from Falmouth, Cornwall, was born on 16 April 1882. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy Writer on 7 September 1897 and was advanced Chief Writer on 16 April 1912. His service afloat during the Great War including service in H.M.S. Alsatian, H.M.S. Sandhurst and H.M.S. Melbourne. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 March 1915 and he was shore pensioned on 15 April 1922. Sold with copied research.
Lot 484
Three: Corporal J. W. Ranson, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal West Surrey Regiment and Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (41619 Sjt. J. W. Ranson. The Queen’s R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (128 Cpl. J. W. Ranson. 5/Essex Regt.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- James Walter Ranson was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in July 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served with the Royal West Surrey Regiment during the Great War, and also with the Labour Corps, being discharged due to sickness on 24 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B283376. Sold with two Essex Regiment cap badges, Essex shoulder title, and two T5 shoulder titles; three card identity discs, named ‘2447 J W Ranson, CE, 5 Ex’; ‘77407 J W Ranson, CE, 130 Lab Co’; and ‘77407 J Ranson, CE, 130 Lab Co’; and a somewhat damaged Diploma from Braintree Council inscribed ‘Presented to Sergt J W Ranson by the people of Braintree to record their appreciation of his services to our country during the Great War of 1914-18 and to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the devotion and self-sacrifice which made possible the great victory. Signed Rob J Johnson, Chairman, Braintree Urban District Council, Braintree, 15 Dec 1919.’
Lot 157
Six: Private R. Heseltine, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (CMT-2569 Pte. R. Heseltine. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-2569 Pte. R. Heseltine. A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wear, very fine (6) £90-£120 --- Robert Heseltine, a chauffeur from Glasgow, was born on 1 April 1892. He attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 5th Ammunition Park, from 16 August 1914. He died, aged 80, in Edinburgh, on 3 December 1972. Sold with copied research.
Lot 132
Three: Corporal A. Bates, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4053. A/Cpl. A. Bates. 2/R. Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4053 Cpl. A. Bates, Rifle Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4053. A/Cpl. A. Bates. 2/R. Bde:) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Albert James Bates attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, being wounded at Colenso on 6 January 1900. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front as a Company Sergeant-Major with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade from 23 August 1914, being slightly wounded, after three days, on 26 August 1914 (most likely at the battle of Le Cateau). Bates’s Regimental conduct sheet states: ‘certified no entry of offences; discharged in Winchester on 5 February 1919, termination of his second period of engagement, aged 43 and 2 months, having served 23 years and 112 days. Military character exemplary.’
Lot 180
Three: Private A. R. Chichester, 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, a descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin to Sir Francis Chichester, he became a U.S. citizen in December 1900 and, although he briefly held a commission in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry prior to the Great War and was gazetted a temporary 2nd Lieutenant in February 1915, chose to serve in the ranks 1914-15 Star (STK-931 L.Cpl. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-49980 Pte. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.) very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Arthur Raleigh Chichester was born on 30 May 1879, a grandson of Sir Arthur Raleigh Chichester, Baronet Raleigh of Devon. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (Hussars) on 4 October 1899, but resigned his commission in February 1900 in order to emigrate to America, where he arrived at San Francisco on 1 October 1900 and was declared a naturalised citizen on 11 December 1900. At a prominent society wedding at Southsea on 16 December 1903, he married Isabel Edith Thomasine Thomas, daughter of Sir George Thomas, 6th Bt., but the couple had no children. He was gazetted a temporary Second Lieutenant on 23 February 1915, but chose instead to serve in the ranks of the 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, whom he accompanied to France on 31 July 1915. He was wounded whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 13 August 1917, returning to France on 19 December 1917, serving successively with the 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Royal Fusiliers until 7 November 1919. He died on 18 June 1949, aged 70. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card, family history and two newspaper accounts of his society wedding.
Lot 127
Seven: Major W. H. White, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action near St Eloi on 14 February 1915 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut. W. H. White 2d Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Belfast (Capt. W. H. White. 1/Rl. Irish. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. W. H. White. Rl. Irish Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Major W. H. White, R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. H. White.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, together with related group of seven unmounted miniature medals, the earlier campaign medals with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine (7) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915. ‘William Hawtrey White, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action on February 14th last, when gallantly leading his men in a night attack on a trench held by the Germans near St Eloi, and was mentioned in despatches, was a son of the Rev. James White, late Vicar of St Peter’s, Paddington, a member of an old Co. Wexford family. Major White entered the Army in 1892, took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1897-8, receiving the medal with two clasps. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and received the Queen’s Medal with three clasps and King’s Medal with two clasps. He married, in 1911, Muriel, daughter of Major Braddon, of Skisdon, Cornwall.’ (Our Heroes, Supplement to Irish Life, September 24th, 1915, refers). White is buried in Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with portrait photograph of Major White wearing the first three medals; his riband bar for the pre-Great War awards; and a contemporary newspaper cutting from the Morning Post.
Lot 322
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (... Pte. T. Stevens. 2d. Bn. R...) heavy pitting that has partially obscured naming; together with a Specimen India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7, the edge impressed ‘Specimen’, the first nearly very fine; the Specimen nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140
Lot 437
British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (14824 Pte. J. S. Douglas. R. Scots; S-6296 Pte. J. E. Brew, R. Highrs.; 3681 Pte. D. Cormack, Seaforth; 6539 Cpl. H. Edwards, K.O. Sco. Bord.; 39512 Pte. J. H. Howieson, R. Scots.; S-11137 Pte. H. Laing, A. & S.H.; S-11570 Pte. W. Laing, Gordons; 202590 Pte. D. McIntyre, R. Scots; 1937 Pte. J. McMillan, R. Highrs.; S-11050 Pte. D. D. Wares, A. & S.H.); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B201308’, attempted erasure of first, but naming details still legible, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (10) £100-£140
Lot 123
Five: Major C. B. Fitzhenry, 7th Hussars, late South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Lieut: C. B. Fitz-Henry, 1/S. Staffs: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. C. B. Fitz-Henry, 7/Hussars:); British War and Victory Medals (Major C. B. Fitzhenry.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, mounted as worn, the first with light pitting from star, good fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- Claude Brittain FitzHenry was born at Litherland, Waterloo, Liverpool, in November 1862, the son of an Irish physician, Edward H. FitzHenry, M.D. Educated at Uppingham, the young FitzHenry was originally commissioned as a Lieutenant in the South Staffordshire Regiment, direct from the Wexford Militia, in May 1884. He subsequently served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, including the action at Kirbekan (Medal & 2 clasps; Khedive’s Star), and with the Soudan Field Force during operations on the Upper Nile in 1885-86. Advanced to Captain in February 1891, he transferred to the 7th Hussars in October of the same year and was employed as an instructor at Sandhurst from 1898 to 1900. He served in the South African war between 1899 and 1901, on the Staff and as Brigade Major to an Infantry Brigade. He also took part in the several operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal and the Transvaal, between 1900 and 1901 (Queen’s Medal with 4 clasps). FitzHenry resigned his commission shortly afterwards and emigrated to Canada, where he settled at Cobble Hill, south of Duncan, on Vancouver Island. He is recorded in Imperial Vancouver Island’s Who’s Who 1850-1950 as a retired Major who contributed to a patriotic fund in November 1914. Note: Another Egypt and Sudan Medal with the same two clasp, correctly named to ‘Lieut. C. B. Fitzhenry, 7/Dn. Gds.’ was sold in these rooms in February 2016.
Lot 46
A Royal Humane Society pair awarded to Staff Sergeant R. H. Ormston, Medical Staff Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (S. Sergt. R. H. Ormston, Med Staff Corps, 8th August 1890) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Colonel Riddick Collection of medals to the Medical Services, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. R.H.S. Case no. 25,044: ‘Station Hospital, Gosport, 8 August 1890. Three gentlemen were getting into a boat when it upset and they were all immersed, one swam ashore but Wood clung tightly to Norman’s neck, and both would have been drowned. Staff Sergeant Ormston, Medical Staff Corps, swam out with all his uniform on, wrenched Wood’s grasp from Norman and saved both their lives. 20 feet deep, 30 yards from shore’. R. H. Ormston is listed on the Ashanti Star Roll as ‘Died 9 May 1896’.
Lot 357
Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued; together with a renamed Baltic Medal 1854-55 (R. Cole. Dr. R.M.L.I.) renamed, with traces of having been held in a circular mount, with suspension re-affixed and plugged to edge at 6 o’clock, therefore good fine; the Khedive’s Star very fine (2) £70-£90
Lot 481
Five: Acting Colour Sergeant A. H. Stammers, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (856 L.Cpl. A. H. Stammers. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (856 [A.C.] Sjt. A. H. Stammers. Essex R.) ‘A.C.’ before rank obliterated on both; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250037 Pte. A. H. Stammers. 5/Essex R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (2213271 Sjt. A. H. Stammers. R.E.) nearly very fine and better (5) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection of Medals to the Essex Regiment, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2000. Arthur Stammers was born in Maldon, Essex, on 30 October 1894. A pre-War member of the Essex Regiment Territorial Force, he enlisted in the autumn of 1908, aged just 14, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli from 9 August 1915. Subsequently promoted to Acting Colour Sergeant, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in on 1 May 1919 (presumably though, given that the medal is named to the rank of Private, and with war service counting double, he probably earned the medals somewhat earlier). He saw further service with the Royal Engineers, although it is not known if he was entitled to any campaign medals for the Second World War. He died in Maldon in 1972. Sold with copied research.
Lot 433
Family Group: 1914-15 Star (2453. Pte. S. Mander, 20-Lond. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (F.28229 C. E. Mander. A.C.1 R.N.A.S.); together with a R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Division cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Samuel Maunder attested for the London Regiment on 2 September 1914, and served with the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915. He was wounded by gun shot to the right arm on 10 June 1915, and was discharged on 10 February 1916.
Lot 81
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private P. Fitzpatrick, Cheshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (W-537 Pte. P. Fitzpatrick. 13/Ches. R.); 1914-15 Star (W-537 Pte. P. Fitzpatrick. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (W-537 Pte. P. Fitzpatrick. Ches. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette, 18 October 1917. Peter Fitzpatrick, a soap loader for Messrs. Lever Brothers of Port Sunlight, Cheshire, from Tranmere, Birkenhead, was born in 1890. He attested at Port Sunlight, on 4 September 1914, into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 13th (Wirral) Battalion from 25 September 1915. He was discharged, no longer fit for service, on 21 October 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B29782. The Birkenhead News of 10 October 1917 reported the award of his Military Medal, and gave a photograph of the recipient in uniform. ‘Former Port Sunlight Employee Awarded the Military Medal. Mrs. P. Fitzpatrick, 70 Mason Street, Tranmere, has been informed that her husband, Pte. Peter Fitzpatrick, has been awarded the Military Medal ‘for conspicuous gallantry and bravery on the field’. Pte. Fitzpatrick joined the Cheshires in September 1914, and has been in France over two years. Before joining the colours he was for twelve years employed by Messrs. Lever Bros, Port Sunlight.’ Sold together with copy press clipping and copied research.
Lot 80
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant R. S. Billingham, 2/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company Military Medal, G.V.R. (5445 A. Cpl. R. S. Billingham. 2/1 H.A.C. -T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5445 Sjt. R. S. Billingham. H.A.C. -Inf.-) VM officially re-impressed, in named card boxes of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to St. Albans, extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the MM; and a letter to the recipient from Barclays Bank Ltd (his civilian employers), congratulating him on the award of his MM, dated 19 July 1917.
Lot 325
Boer War 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusilier POW Queens South Africa Medal. Awarded to "5882 PTE J DUFFY 2: R SCOTS FUS". Bearing 4 clasps "Cape Colony", "Tugela Heights", "Relief of Ladysmith","Transvaal". Ghost dates to the reverse. Edge knocks. 5882 Private James Duffy landed in South Africa in October 1899. He was reported missing at Colenso and later released on the 15th December 1899. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 341
WW2 Northamptonshire Regiment Territorial Group of 6 Medals Awarded to "5881350 COL SJT P.M. LOCKWOOD NORTH'N R." Comprising: 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, "1st Army" clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal (GVIR). Group mounted as originally worn. The Territorial Efficiency Medal was awarded in 1944. He is entitled to a clasp which was awarded in 1947. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 329
George VI Canadian Memorial Cross. This silver example is awarded to commemorate "121532 SGT C.H. SLATER". Stamped Sterling and maker's mark of "R" indicating Roden Brothers of Toronto. Housed in an official box complete with full length ribbon. 121532 Sergeant Cecil Hubert Slater enlisted with the 69th Bn CEF for England on the 17th April 1916. He was reported wounded on the 7th September 1917, whilst attached to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Bosleys can find no record of his death and presume he died as a direct result of wounds during the reign of King George VI INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 332
WW1 East Surrey Regiment MC Russian Order of St.Anne Group of Five Medals. Awarded to Lieutenant Reginald Charles Gold MC.Comprising: Military Cross "LT R.C.GOLD SEPT 3RD 1916 (privatley engraved), 1914/15 Star, "2. LIEUT R C GOLD E. SURR.R.", British War Medal, Victory Medal, "LIEUT", Russian Order of St.Anne 3rd Class with swords (gilt & enamel) Mounted as originally worn. London Gazette 24th November 1916. "Lt. Reginald Charles Gold, E. Surr. R.For conspicuous gallantry in action, assumed command of and handled his Battalion with great courage and initiative, and set a splendid example to his men."Lieutenant Reginald Charles Gold MC was commissioned in December 1914 into the 9th Bn East Surrey Regiment, later promoted Lieutenant 7th April 1917, then serving with the 3rd Bn.H landed in France 28th September 1915 and was reported wounded on the 21st September 1916. In March 1919 he is known to have being serving at Archangel. The award of the Russian Order of St.Anne is confirmed in the Roll of Imperial Russian Awards to British recipients INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 342
WW1 British Campaign Medal Pairs HLI & Labour Corps. Comprising: 2x British War Medal and Victory Medal Pairs awarded to: "235529 PTE A.W. HOLLOWAY LABOUR CORPS"... "30432 PTE J. HOWE HIGH L.I."... Also a Victory Medal awarded to "682847 PTE H.G. JOHNSON 22-LOND R" (5 medals) INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 323
Boer War Coldstream Guards Queen's South Africa 6 Clasp Pair of Medals. Awarded to "170 PTE R BRINDLEY COLDSTREAM GUARDS". Comprising" Queen's South Africa Medal "PTE CLDSTM : GDS" bearing six clasps "Belmount", "Modder River', "Driefontein", "Johannesburg", "Diamond Hill", "Belfast". (Dates erased to reverse), King's South Africa Medal "PTE COLDSTREAM GUARDS" two clasps "South Africa 1901", "South Africa 1902". Medals loose. Medal entitlement confirmed INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 67
Badge. Rifle Brigade Militia Victorian Officer's 1896 HM silver helmet plate. Fine scarce Birmingham hallmarked die-stamped laurel sprays surmounted by Guelphic crowned blank tablet; within, a Maltese cross with lions between the arms and balls to the tips. To the centre, within title circlet, a crowned strung bugle. THE PRINCE CONSORTS OWN scroll to the base. J & Co. (Jennens) Unusually four screw posts. VGC Worn by 5th Bn (late 2nd R. Tower Hamlets Militia), 6th (late Longford Rifles), 7th (late 1st R. Tower Hamlets Militia), 8th (late Leitrim Rifles) and 9th (late Westmeath Rifles). INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 318
Victorian Lincolnshire Regiment Sudan, Boer War Group of Three Medals. Awarded to 3126 Private Stephen Sendall, who served with both 1st & 2nd Battalions of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Comprising: Queen's Sudan Medal, "PTE 1/LIN R", Queen's South Africa Medal, bearing the clasp, "Cape Colony", "PTE 2/LINCOLN REGT, Khedive's Sudan Medal, clasp "Khartoum" (Engraved naming "PTE 1 LINC REGT). The medals are contemporary mounted into a glazed mahogany frame, with an original photograph of Private Sendall. Slight age wear to the frame. Private Stephen Sendall enlisted in 1892, he is confirmed serving in Sudan and later South Africa, the latter for only 5 months. He was discharged in 1904. He died in 1940 INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 412
Berkshire 2nd Period Home Guard Officer's Battledress Blouse. A scarce original badged example, comprising: 1940 Pattern blouse the label stating Size 12 1944 and ink name Captain R R. Retaining original Badges: Major rank crowns, Home Guard and Berkshire 2. The left breast with meal ribbons 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Mdal. Good clean condition. No moth damage. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 193
Wokingham history books: Secret Wokingham-Richard Gibbs 2023, Wokingham A Potted History-Richard Gibbs 2020, Wokingham A Pictorial History-J and R Lea 1990, Britain in Old Photographs-Wokingham-Bob Wyatt 1995; and two Wokingham Society publications: Wokingham A Chronology 1977 and Bygone Days in Wokingham-Ken Goatley 2006. (6)
Lot 107
* Fripp (George Arthur, 1813-1896). The Avon Gorge below Sea Walls, 1838, watercolour, signed and dated 1838 lower left, 21.5 x 36 cm (8 1/2 x 14 1/8 ins) mount aperture, section of old mount board with contemporary title and artist's name in brown ink to verso 'On the Avon near Bristol. Fripp', Heather Newman Fine Quality British Watercolours gallery label to verso, framed and glazed (44 x 57 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased from Heather C. Newman, 1st November 2001 (£3250); Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol (owner's purchase documentation included with this lot).Exhibited: Heather Newman, 64th Exhibition of 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Fine British Watercolours, November 10th - 20th 2001, number 24.
Lot 119
* Luny (Thomas, 1759-1837). Landing the Catch, Dawlish, 1829, oil on wood panel, signed and dated lower left, 30 x 41.5 cm (11 1/2 x 16 ins), gilt wood plaque lettered in black to lower edge of frame with title, artist's name and dates, printed gallery label to verso of N.R. Omell, 6 Duke Street, St. James's, London, S.W.1, 20th Annual Exhibition of Marine Paintings, No.6, antique-style gilt frame (41.5 x 53 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.
Lot 101
* Müller (William James, 1812-1845). The Burning of the New Gaol, from Canon’s Marsh, Bristol, 1831, watercolour with bodycolour on card, with near-contemporary ownership inscription to verso in brown ink: 'The burning of the New Prison, Bristol, in the Riots of that City in 1831, by W. Müller. A.J.A. Proprietor', corners rounded off, 159 x 250 mm (6 3/16 x 9 7/8 ins), gilt mount, antique-style gilt frame (by Rollo Whately and Gino Franchi Antique Frames, 9 Old Bond Street, London, W1X 3TA, with their label to verso), frame size 26 x 33.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Alfred John Acraman (1809-1880), proprietor of the Great Western Cotton Company, Bristol (listed as residing at 4 Great George Street, Park Street according to Matthews's Directory of Bristol for 1832); Clevedon Salerooms, near Bristol, 23rd September 1999 (sold as a pair with The Burning of the Mansion House, Queen Square, Bristol, hammer price £14,500); Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.For other sketches by Müller of the burning of the New Gaol, see Francis Greenacre and Sarah Stoddard, W. J. Muller 1812-1845, 1991, catalogue numbers 26, 27 and 28, pages 74-75.Literature: Francis Greenacre and Sarah Stoddard, W. J. Müller 1812-1845, 1991, page 70: ’The Bristol Riots of October 1831 were the nineteenth century’s bloodiest riots in England. For nearly two days the city was effectively in the hands of the mob. Prisons, toll-houses, the Bishop’s Palace, the Mansion House, the Custom House and much of Queen Square were destroyed. Together with his younger brother, Muller witnessed nearly all this destruction as it happened. Before such dreadful havoc, Muller’s response was bold and accomplished and his watercolours and small oil sketches form one of the most remarkable visual records of a national disaster before the advent of the camera’.It is impossible to determine when or how soon after the riots (which took place in Bristol between the 29th and 31st October 1831) this sketch was made. One sepia and pencil drawing (private collection) of the burning of the Mansion House just moments before the present work, has extensive and hurried pencil work and might well have been largely executed on the spot (see Greenacre and Stoddard, figure 6, page 72). The present work has the same powerful immediacy. See also Greenacre and Stoddard, (page 20, colour plate 6) for the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery’s oil sketch of the Mansion House scene.
Lot 117
* Frank (Walter Arnee, 1808-1897). The Avon Gorge from Leigh Woods looking across to the Downs, 1887, pencil and watercolour, signed and dated W A FRANK 1887, mount aperture 36.5 x 54 cm (14 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) on verso in contemporary hand 'Frank ? at the Bristol Stone Art gallery on the Bristol river', in a later hand '1887', and a David A Cross fine art label, period gilt moulded frame, glazed (72 x 91 cm), artist's name plaque to lower edge of the frameQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: David A. Cross, Fine Art Gallery, Clifton, Bristol by 1978; Purchased by Martin R. Davies from David Cross, 19th October 1978; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.William Arnee Frank was the son of Arnee Frank and Hannah Benwell, a Bristol Quaker family. A drawing master at Clifton, he sketched regularly in Wales, Somerset and the Bristol Channel. His watercolour landscapes are laid on with great uniformity so that they contrast strongly with the more detailed foregrounds and middle-distances. In 1877 he exhibited The Valley of the Rocks, Lynton at the Royal West of England Academy, giving his address as 3, Victoria Place, Clifton, Bristol.
Lot 100
* Müller (William James, 1812-1845). The Burning of the Mansion House, Queen Square, Bristol, 1831, watercolour with bodycolour on card, with near-contemporary ownership inscription to verso in brown ink: 'The burning of the Mansion House, Bristol, in the Riots of this City, in 1831 by W. Müller. A.J.A. Proprietor', corners rounded off, 170 x 245 mm (6 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins), gilt mount, antique-style gilt frame (by Rollo Whately and Gino Franchi antique frames, 9 Old Bond Street, London, W1X 3TA, with their label to verso), frame size 26 x 33.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Alfred John Acraman (1809-1880), proprietor of the Great Western Cotton Company, Bristol (listed as residing at 4 Great George Street, Park Street according to Matthews's Directory of Bristol for 1832); Clevedon Salerooms, near Bristol, 23rd September 1999 (sold as a pair with The Burning of the New Gaol, hammer price £14,500); Estate of Martyn R. Davies, Bristol.Literature: Francis Greenacre and Sarah Stoddard, W. J. Müller 1812-1845, 1991, page 70: ’The Bristol Riots of October 1831 were the nineteenth century’s bloodiest riots in England. For nearly two days the city was effectively in the hands of the mob. Prisons, toll-houses, the Bishop’s Palace, the Mansion House, the Custom House and much of Queen Square were destroyed. Together with his younger brother, Muller witnessed nearly all this destruction as it happened. Before such dreadful havoc, Muller’s response was bold and accomplished and his watercolours and small oil sketches form one of the most remarkable visual records of a national disaster before the advent of the camera’.It is impossible to determine when or how soon after the riots this sketch was made. One sepia and pencil drawing (private collection), also of the burning of the Mansion House just moments before the present work, has extensive and hurried pencil work and might well have been largely executed on the spot (Greenacre and Stoddard, figure 6, page 72). The present work has the same powerful immediacy. See also Greenacre and Stoddard (page 20, colour plate 6) for the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery’s oil sketch of this scene.
Lot 111
* Jackson (Samuel, 1794-1869). The Avon Gorge from Clifton Down with St Vincent's Rocks, Windsor Terrace and Nightingale Valley, fine watercolour with pencil, with scratching out, heightened with gum arabic, sheet size 27 x 42 cm (10 5/8 x 16 1/2 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (46 x 61 cm), with Martyn Gregory exhibition label to versoQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., 43 Old Bond Street, London, W1X 4BA, by 1989; Estate of Martin R. Davies (purchase invoice from Agnews dated 23 May 1989, £3,400, included with this lot).Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, 34 Bury Street, St. James's, London SW1 6AU, An Exhibition of British Watercolours 1750-1940, 16 November - 3 December 1999 (catalogue 75), number 54, as 'The Avon Gorge looking from Sea Walls towards Clifton Down'.Nightingale Valley was the part of Leigh Woods most favoured by the Bristol School artists. Jackson’s friend and amateur artist Reverend John Eagles recalled `those beautiful woods opposite Clifton, separated from it by the muddy Avon…. dividing…. the cares and toils of a busy world from the regions of Elysium. Beautiful as these woods are when seen from the opposite hill, those who only see them thus have little conception of their beauty. It is the very best artist’s ground and of a character unique.’
Lot 204
* Dillon (Frank, 1823-1909). Assouan, 15th Jan 1855, watercolour, signed and dated Asouan, 15th Janry. 1855 lower left, mount aperture 39 x 25 cm (15 3/8 x 9 7/8 ins), Fine Art Society label to verso (with stock number 13734, dated June 1980), gilt frame, glazed (62 x 45 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, W1Y 0JT, by 1980; Purchased by Martin R. Davies from the Fine Art Society; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.
Lot 172
* Kobell (Franz, 1749-1822). Mountainous Landscape, pen and brown ink on laid paper, sheet size 125 x 184 mm (5 x 7 1/4 ins), framed and glazed, with inscription to verso in ink 'F. Kobell F. R.', and further pencil inscription 'Francis Russell 28/03/08'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of Michael Jaffé (1923-1997) art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Lot 210
* Lear (Edward, 1812-1888). The Quarries of Assouan, Egypt, 1867, pen and brown ink over pencil, heightened with watercolour and bodycolour, inscribed by the artist 'Quarries of Assouan AM-11.30-1.pm, January 27. 1867' lower left, additional colour note in ink to centre of lower margin, and number (242) to lower right corner, 29 cm x 53 cm (11 3/4 x 20 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (54.7 x 77.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Mrs R. K. Judges, The Fine Art Society, London by 1933; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.This large-scale on the spot drawing dates from Lear's second and final trip of 1867. Lear had arrived in Cairo at the beginning of the year. He quickly moved to Luxor, where he met up with cousin Archie Jones. The pair travelled down the Nile where they reached their most southern point, the second cataract, on 4 February. They stopped at Aswan for two days and Lear made a series of drawings, including the present work which shows the ancient granite quarries. The drawing is topographically very accurate, its most important feature being the unfinished obelisk shown in the background.
Lot 108
* Müller (William James, 1812-1845). Cleeve Toot, 1838, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 22.5 x 36 cm (8 x 12 1/2 ins), David A. Cross Fine Art label to verso, gilt plaque with artist's name to lower edge of frame (37.5 x 50 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: John F. Norris, Clifton; sold Allen & Harris with Osmond Tricks, Bristol, 25 July 1990, lot 585; David A Cross Fine Art; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.Exhibited: W.J.Müller 1812-1845, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1991 (77).Literature: Francis Greenacre and Sarah Stoddard, W.J.Müller 1812-1845, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1991 pp. 101-2, illustrated.Today Cleeve Toot is overgrown with trees and shrubs. It no longer ‘rears its rugged and naked head…’ (John Rutter, Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset, and of Its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, with a Geological Sketch of the District, 1829, p.68) as it did in Müller’s day. The view looks west towards the Bristol Channel, showing the coast line from above Weston-super-Mare to just below Clevedon. A still more freely handled oil-sketch on panel of slightly smaller size and from a more distant viewpoint is in the Paul Mellon Collection in the Yale Center for British Art (B1976.7.133).
Lot 99
* Baker Pyne (James, 1800-1879). The Burning of the Toll Houses on Prince Street Bridge during the Bristol Riots with St Mary Redcliffe, & The Burning of the New Gaol, Bristol, 1831, oil on paper laid on panel, 138 x 102 mm (5 3/8 x 4 ins), and 100 x 138 mm (3 7/8 x 5 3/8 ins), the latter with early printed label of the Bristol Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition, 1893, giving the title, artist's name and lender's name and address 'Ms. S. C. Hosegood, 92 Pembroke Road, Clifton', both displayed in matching period gilt moulded frames (24 x 20 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Ms. S. C. Hosegood, 92 Pembroke Road, Clifton, by 1893; Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London, British Paintings, 10th November 1993, lot 99 (hammer price £5,800); Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.Exhibited at the Bristol International and Fine Art Exhibition, 1893, (picture of the New Gaol exhibited as W. J. Müller).The Bristol Riots of October 1831 were the most violent disturbances to take place in England during the Nineteenth Century. General unrest preceding the great Reform Bill of 1832 sparked off demonstrations when the Recorder of the City, Sir Charles Wetherall arrived on the morning of 29th October. He had asserted in Parliament that the people of Bristol were largely unconcerned by the need for reform. During the following two days, the riots led to the burning of many buildings including the Bishops Palace, half of Queen's Square, the Mansion House, the Toll Houses at Prince Street Bridge and the New Gaol near Bathurst Basin.
Lot 215
* Prinsep (William, 1794-1874). A Visit to the Bazaar, Cairo, 1870, pen, ink and watercolour on paper, signed with monogram and dated 1870 lower right, sheet size 28.7 x 36 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/8 ins), gilt frame, glazed (43.5 x 51 cm), with Martyn Gregory Gallery and other labels to verso QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Martyn Gregory Gallery, 34 Bury Street, London, by 1984; Purchased by Martin R. Davies from Martyn Gregory; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.Exhibited: Martyn Gregory Gallery, The Overland Route of William Prinsep (1794-1874), 9th - 28th April 1984, catalogue 37, number 52.Illustrated: William Makepeace Thackeray, Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, Heathfield: Cockbird Press, 1991 (frontispiece).
Lot 115
* Syer (John, 1815-1885). Bristol Cathedral and Docks, watercolour, signed lower left, mount aperture 29 x 42 cm (11 3/8 x 16 1/2 ins), Frost & Reed Fine Art label to verso with stock number R5078, gilt frame, glazed (53 x 65 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Lawrences Auctioneers, Crewkerne, Somerset, 28th and 29th October 2004, lot 1036; Purchased by Martin R. Davies from Lawrences (hammer price £800); Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol (owner's purchase documentation included with this lot).
Lot 122
* Varley (John, 1850-1933). Bazaar in the Mansoor Pasha Street, Cairo, 1894, oil on canvas, with Winsor & Newton manufacturer's stamp to verso, inscribed by the artist to verso 'Bazaar in the Mansoor Pasha Street, Cairo, John Varley. Finished 1894', 51 x 76 cm (19 1/2 x 29 1/2 ins), antique-style gilt moulded frame with artist's name plaque to lower edge of the frame (64 x 91 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.
Lot 113
* Gill (Edmund Marriner, 1820-1894). The Avon Gorge, St Vincent’s Rocks, the New Hotwell House and the abandoned piers and abutments of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. circa 1850, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 66 x 102 (26 x 40 ins), old Frost and Reed label to verso giving title as 'River Avon & St Vincents Rocks' and stock number (G83), antique-style gilt molded frame (82 x 119 cm), with gilt plaque to lower frame with artist's detailsQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Osmond, Tricks, Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol, Tuesday 9th December, circa 1980, lot 451; Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol.To the right of the Clifton abutment, Brunel’s Swiss Cottage is carefully depicted. It was the 'site office’ for the Clifton Suspension Bridge project and its architectural style reflected Brunel’s earlier comparison of the dramatic landscape of the Avon Gorge with alpine scenery, specifically the Simplon Pass. The bridge was to be completed in 1864 as a memorial to the great engineer who died in 1859.
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