A Coalport dessert service by Arthur Perry and Percy Simpson, early 20th centurycomprising thirteen plates and one twin-handled comport dish, decorated with a wide apple green, richly gilt with acorns, scrolls, and raised gold surrounding individually painted landscape reserves, artist signed 'A. Perry' and 'P.Simpson', some pieces titled the reverse, printed factory marks in green, numbered X5351/0 in gilt, 22cm diameter(14)Provenance: Ivor Southorn Collection.Condition:X-shaped hairline to one plate. A second plate with a crack to the rim. No further damage or restoration. The twin-handled dish has rubbing and heavy scratches to the painted landscape. The other plates show general signs of use and scratches when tilted in the right light, with some minor other wear to the landscapes and a few odd spots of wear to the green ground. One plate has some long crazing lines.
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René Lalique - A 'Lagamar' glass vase, introduced in 1926, frosted glass with black heated enamel, based on a drawing by his daughter Suzanne, wheel-cut mark 'R. LALIQUE' and engraved 'France', 18.8cm highCondition:Minute nibble to interior upper rim, another small nibble to upper exterior of rim. Heavy mossing and scratches to foot rim. Tiny nibble to edge of foot rim. Two long cracks to the interior of the vase, but these are not deep and are on the very surface of the glass. One small chip to underside of exterior band. See images.
A limited edition R. John Wright Loo Tag Bear, 269 of 500, with blonde mohair and alpaca fur, black glass eyes, leather nose, swivel head jointed limbs with felt pads, resin claws, with pewter name tag, in original wooden cylinder box with certificate --9 1/2in.(24cm.) high (small mark to front of box)
A Bliss (American) keyhole type dolls’ house, of printed paper over wood, depicting brick and stonework, balustrading and wood grained front door with ‘R Bliss’, a front verandah with turned posts, keyhole to first floor, red painted roof and front opening to reveal two rooms with wall papers —16 1/4in. (41cm.) high (some wear, hinges need attention)
An English Fairground ‘Ben Hur’ double sided ticket circa 1959, the shield shaped hand painted sign, each side showing a different picture of a charioteer racing two horses, original iron fixings for mounting on a round stall pillars, probably referencing the 1959 MGM film —25in. (63cm.) high - for reference see ‘Fairground Art’ by G.Weedon and R .Ward page 223
An English Fairground ‘Ben Hur’ double sided ticket circa 1959, the shield shaped hand painted sign, each side showing a different picture of a charioteer racing two horses, original iron fixings for mounting on a round stall pillars, probably referencing the 1959 MGM film —25in. (63cm.) high - for reference see ‘Fairground Art’ by G.Weedon and R .Ward page 224
An English Fairground ‘Ben Hur’ double sided ticket circa 1959, the shield shaped hand painted sign, each side showing a different picture of a charioteer racing two horses, original iron fixings for mounting on a round stall pillars, probably referencing the 1959 MGM film —25in. (63cm.) high - for reference see ‘Fairground Art’ by G.Weedon and R .Ward page 222
A unique and important Forest Toys of Brockenhurst press book archive, starting in 1931, featuring original photographs of their 1922 models, a Circus supplied the HM the Queen and many other product photos, photographic portraits - F.H. Whittington and George his dog, a cricket match made for Lord Dartmouth in 1927, a Kipling Jungle Book set made for J.M. Gallatly, the King visiting the British Industries Fair 1926 where the Queen ordered two arks, Tom Samber at the saw, Philip Rickman glueing, Edgar Novell sanding, R O’Donnell carving, Bert Harrison carving, Barbare Chapman and D Chamberlain painting, Mr Weston packing, Cicely Brown secretary and many other photographs of work rooms, show room and displays, various press articles and adverts, Price Lists for 1928 and 1930, photos of the staff annual outing 1931 visiting Mont St Michel, photos of the H.M. the Queen and Princess Elizabeth visiting Bekonscot model village and loose documents concerning shares, contract of sale of the business in 1948 and list of fixtures, in green cloth covered book with gilt ‘The Forest Toys’ on spine —15in. (38cm.) x 9 3/4in. (25cm.) (some splitting to spine and few items missing)
An English Fairground ‘Ben Hur’ double sided ticket circa 1959, the shield shaped hand painted sign, each side showing a different picture of a charioteer racing two horses, original iron fixings for mounting on a round stall pillars, probably referencing the 1959 MGM film —25in. (63cm.) high - for reference see ‘Fairground Art’ by G.Weedon and R .Ward page 225
A Continental 800 grade silver trinket box and cover of quatroform shape, the cover with applied seated cherubs and scrolling decoration, on four scrolling feet, length 12cm, approx weight 7.58ozt/235g.Condition Report: Light r patina to surface, grubby in parts. Interior with general scratches throug use and some tarnishing. One hallmark to the front of the flange of the base.
Pair: Private A. J. Norman, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (8698 Pte. A. J. Norman. Suff. R.) nearly very fine Pair: Private E. C. Osborne, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2400 Pte. E. C. Osborne. Suff. R.) generally very fine or better British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (2. Lieut. H. E. S. Cadman.; 1524 Pte. K. Appleton. Suff. Yeo.) generally very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Alfred J. Norman served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment and the Cambridgeshire Regiment, and was additionally entitled to the L.S. & G.C. Harold Edward Snielter Cadman served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Salonica from 20 February 1918. He subsequently transferred as a Lieutenant to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and resided in Thames Ditton after the war. Kenric Appleton served during the Great War with the 1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 8 October 1915. He subsequently served with the Suffolk Regiment and the Royal Engineers (entitled to Silver War Badge).
A Great War Italian theatre ‘Advance on Vittorio Veneto’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal W. Boxall, South Staffordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (32579 Pte. -A. Cpl.- W. Boxall 1/S/ Staff. R.); 1914-15 Star (012503 Pte. W. Boxall, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (012503 A. Cpl. W. Boxall. A.O.C.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 29 March 1919. William Boxall was born in Leigh, Surrey, c.1884, and attested for the Army Ordnance Corps at Brentwood, serving with them during the Great War initially in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 November 1915. Transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment, he saw further service with the 1st Battalion in Italy, and was awarded his Military Medal for services during the advance on Vittorio Veneto. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; an original letter written by the recipient to his wife and daughter, dated 8 May [1918], from ‘somewhere on the Line in Italy’, together with two other family postcards; the recipient’s signed extract from Battalion Standing Orders for the Trenches; a newspaper cutting regarding the advance on Vittorio Veneto; and copied research.
Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (4187 Sapper Kaka, 1st S. & M.) very fine, scarce £240-£280 --- Provenance: Colonel R. H. Harris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. A column of reinforcements including 80 men of the 1st Sappers & Miners arrived at Chang Lo, a hamlet south of Gyantse, on 24 May 1904.
Family Group: A Second War ‘Dunkirk’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant P. D. R. Kindersley, Highland Light Infantry, whose actions helped extricate his battalion from a desperate situation; transferring to the newly-formed Reconnaissance Corps, he died in service in March 1941 Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1940, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. F. T. Kindersley, Esq., c/o Mrs. J.D. Herringham, Little Lords Mead, Lymington, Hants.’ [the recipient’s brother, at their aunt’s address], extremely fine Four: Lieutenant H. F. T. Kindersley, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘Lt. H. F. R. Kindersley F.M.S.V.F.’, mounted for wear, with a Federated Malay States V.F. cap badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 22 October 1940. The original recommendation, submitted by Brigadier J. G. Smyth, V.C., states: ‘On 29 May 1940 when 1st H.L.I. became surrounded by enemy tanks and infantry this officer was acting as Brigade Liaison Officer. He came through to Brigade H.Q. to report the situation of his battalion at great personal risk and later took back a message to his C.O. which enabled considerable elements of the battalion to be extricated under cover of darkness. His behaviour throughout was admirable and his reports clear, intelligent and helpful.’ Philip Douglas Ronald Kindersley was born in 1918 at Rekko Hill, Kajang, Malaya, where his father was established as a pioneer coffee and rubber planter. Sent to England for his education, Philip attended Repton School between 1932 and 1935, passing into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1936. He was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1938, the Kindersley name being familiar in the regiment through the distinguished career of his uncle, Colonel Archibald Kindersley, CMG, and his cousin, Claude Kindersley (who would receive both the DSO and MC in the approaching war), already serving with the 2nd Battalion. Second Lieutenant Kindersley served as intelligence officer of the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry when it joined the British Expeditionary Force in France. There it was assigned to Brigadier ‘Jackie’ Smyth’s 127 Infantry Brigade at his particular request, his high opinion of the regiment having been formed when its 2nd Battalion was present at the action in which he won the Victoria Cross in 1915. In mid May 1940, when the collapse of the French army and the German invasion of Holland obliged the B.E.F.’s withdrawal towards the Escaut line, 127 Brigade came under ‘Macforce’, a scratch formation created to guard the bridges over the River Scarpe between Raches and St. Amand and protect the exposed right flank. Here the H.L.I. came under sustained attack from the air, the beginning of two weeks of hard fighting during which they developed something of a speciality as a rearguard unit, in the retreat north-westwards to the Channel coast. On 29 May 1940 the Battalion was at Rexpoëde, less than 10 miles from Dunkirk, having just completed a particularly arduous march of 25 miles, hard on the heels of two successive night withdrawals. The battalion was suddenly attacked in the rear by tanks which had broken through a neighbouring formation. Determined and effective resistance was immediately organised, which kept the enemy tanks and infantry at a distance all afternoon, the position being subjected to shelling and mortar fire throughout. Any movement at once drew rifle and automatic fire. The situation was confused - the battalion out of touch with higher command and likely surrounded. It was in these circumstances that the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Russell, gave Kindersley his task. As he recounted to a brother officer: ‘I have sent back Philip to get orders and find out what is happening. We can be quite sure that if it is humanly possible for anyone to get back, Philip will do it.’ This confidence was not misplaced; Kindersley’s journey to Brigade H.Q. under heavy fire, and his hazardous return with the order to retire, enabled the survival of the remainder of the battalion. Their arrival within the Dunkirk perimeter was a great relief to their Brigadier, as recalled by Smyth in his memoir: ‘I was particularly pleased with the H.L.I. They had had by far the worst time. They looked an awful crowd of ruffians, unshaven and black with sweat and dirt. But they were tremendously pleased with themselves. They had been up against a very awkward situation, had had a rough close-quarter scrap and given a great deal more than they had received in the way of hard knocks. They gave me a great welcome and were all full of fight and in high morale. I remembered my words to Gort when I chose them: “But they’ll fight like hell when it does start”. And they certainly did.’ When the Reconnaissance Corps was formed in January 1941, Lieutenant Kindersley was appointed to command C Squadron of 42nd Reconnaissance Regiment, in the acting rank of Captain. However, his promising career was brought to an abrupt close when a bout of scarlet fever developed into meningitis. He died at Ipswich Isolation Hospital in March 1941. Henry Francis Ronald Kindersley, the elder brother of the above, was born in 1912 and after education at Radley College he followed in his father’s footsteps as a planter in Malaya, firstly with the British American Tobacco Company, and afterwards at the Sengat Rubber Estate, Ipoh (1937-56). As an officer in the Malay Volunteers he was captured at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and worked on construction of the infamous Burma railway. On returning to England he made his home on the Isle of Wight, where he was active in business and the community. He died in 1970. Sold with a DVD of copied research.
Seven: R. W. Thorne, Canadian Forces 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (B-800981 R. W. Thorne); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (B-800981 R. W. Thorne) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (7) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. L. Ridgway, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12439 Sjt. S. L. Ridgway. 8/W. Rid. R.); 1914-15 Star (12439. L-Cpl. S. L. Ridgeway [sic], W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12439 A. C. Sjt. S. L. Ridgway. W. Rid. R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and consistent good work. He invariably displayed coolness, courage and power of leadership. On one occasion he led his platoon with great success when his platoon commander became a casualty.’ Samuel Lyne Ridgway was born in the Parish of Hadfield, Derbyshire, in 1886. A weaver, he attested at Huddersfield for the West Riding Regiment on 25 August 1914, and was immediately appointed Private in the 8th Battalion. He served during the Great War in the Mediterranean theatre of War from 2 July 1915, and likely took part in the Battalion landing at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915. Raised Lance Corporal on 21 August 1915, Acting Corporal on 9 September 1916, and Sergeant on 28 October 1916, he transferred to France on 3 July 1916 - almost certainly to replace those men killed on the Somme. On 30 August 1918, Ridgeway suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Evacuated to Etaples, he was discharged to the Army Reserve in the spring of 1919.
Family Group: A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant Major H. C. Relph, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (6512 B.S. Mjr. H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (6512 W.O. Cl.2. H. C. Relph. R.A.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6512 B.S. Mjr. H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6512 B.S. Mjr: H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1019020 Sjt. H. C. Relph. R.A.) mounted for wear, nearly very fine and better Four: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant H. C. Relph, Royal Signals India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2323089 Sgln. H. C. Relph. R. Signals.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2323089 S.Q.M.S. H. C. Relph. R.Sigs.) mounted for wear, good very fine (11) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the British Forces in the Balkans.’ Herbert Campbell Relph was born in Fulham, London, in 1882. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 March 1900, and served in South Africa from 1905 to 1908, and in India from 1908 until 1912. Sent to France on 15 January 1915, he spent a brief period in Egypt before spending four years in Salonica from late 1915 until 1919. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1918, Relph’s valuable work whilst serving with 130th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, was recognised with the award of the Meritorious Service Medal in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 1919. Herbert Charles Relph, son of the above, was born in 1914 and witnessed extensive service with the Royal Signals on the North West Frontier of India. He died at Tonbridge, Kent, on 15 November 1988.
Three: Lieutenant A. B. Hoy, Royal Scots, who witnessed heavy fighting at Gallipoli and later died of wounds received on the Western Front on 2 June 1918 1914-15 Star (1013 Sjt. A. Hoy. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. B. Hoy.) official correction to rank and first initial on VM, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Andrew Burn Hoy was born in Edinburgh on 27 January 1894 and was educated at Cannonmills School. He attested at Glencourse Barracks for the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots Territorial Force, on 15 April 1909; initially posted on Scottish coastal defence duties, Hoy arrived at Alexandria on 2 April 1915, and subsequently landed with the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots, at ‘W’ Beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915. Landing largely unopposed, two companies of the 5th Royal Scots determined to move inland in an attempt to capture the high ground of Achi Baba, but the attack failed and the British were forced to dig trenches and hold ground against repeated Turkish counter attacks. Furnished to full strength, the 5th Battalion attempted a fresh assault on Achi Baba on the night of 7-8 May 1915. It proved a failure, the men gaining only a few hundred yards of machine-gun swept barren hillside. In less then two weeks, nine officers were killed and thirteen wounded, an attrition rate amongst the ‘first day landers’ of around 80%. Admitted to hospital suffering from sleeplessness on 27 May 1915, Hoy was raised Colour Sergeant Major on 29 June 1915, and rejoined his unit in Gallipoli on 7 August 1915. Evacuated home to Britain at the cessation of the campaign, Hoy returned to active service on the Western Front and is recorded as suffering from trench fever in the aftermath of the Battle of the Somme. Appointed to a commission with the 1/4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots, on 26 July 1917, Hoy died of wounds received in action at No. 57 Casualty Clearing Station on 2 June 1918. Sold with copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt. R. St. J. Carmichael: W. Rid. Rgt) engraved naming, extremely fine £160-£200 --- Reginald St. John Carmichael was born in Cork, Ireland, on 18 December 1874. Attesting for the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment on 28 September 1895, he served three years in Malta before passing his certificate in musketry at Hythe in 1899. Raised Lieutenant, Carmichael served in South Africa and is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the QSA, clasp Cape Colony. Forced to resign his commission on account of ill health in June 1901, he returned home to Boscombe and family tragedy; following a miscarriage, his wife Olive, aged 30 years, took her own life by overdosing on the pain killer and sleeping aid laudanum. The Western Gazette of 5 May 1905, notes: ‘Mr. Carmichael was most kind to the deceased in every way.’
The Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Christopher James Best, an original defender at Lucknow who was the son-in-law of John Phillips, who was described as one of the bravest men in the ‘defence’; both of these men sallied out of the Residency on no fewer than three occasions Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (C. Jas. Best.) with its original named card box of issue but this with incorrect ‘Baltic’ label and rather distressed, small test mark to lower obverse rim, otherwise toned, extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Provenance: Captain Tim Ash Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. Christopher James Best was born at Cawnpore on 26 August 1820, son of Henry William, a writer, and his wife, Mary. He joined the Uncovenanted Civil Service and by 1850 was at Lucknow, an Unregulated State, working as an ‘Indexer’ in the office of the Military Secretary under Captain Fletcher Hayes. In 1851 he married Ellen, the daughter of John Phillips, recently promoted to Head Clerk of the Lucknow Residency due to the demise of Mr Hare for embezzlement. Together they had one son, John Eustace, who was to die during the siege. The removal of Mr Hare, who had been in the King's pay, gave Captain Hayes the opportunity to infiltrate the King's Palace via the newly arrived Head Clerk. Successive British Residents at Lucknow had become increasingly alarmed at the King of Oudh's profligate expenditure, chaotic administration and hedonistic lifestyle of his court, so Phillips was instructed by Captain Hayes to set about organising a loose network of informers who could pass back information and gossip from the various departments as to what was happening in the palace. He was assisted in this endeavour by his son-in-law Mr C. Best and several other relatives and in-laws within the Residency. In 1856 the Kingdom of Oudh was annexed by the authorities using a device called the Doctrine of Lapse, by which the King had no legitimate heir causing resentment which sowed the seeds of revolt. From the commencement of the siege, Christopher Best defended the Judicial Garrison or Germon's Post, named after Captain R. C. Germon, 13th Bengal N.I. It was greatly exposed to fire from the tower of Johannes’ House, just outside the Residency perimeter and from cannon and mortar fire from Phillips’ House and Garden battery which opened up with such force and accuracy that the position became untenable. It was therefore necessary to evacuate the wives and children to the cellars of the Tykhana, where the wives of the officers were sheltering. Repeated attacks were made on Germon’s Post, with the one on 20 July being the fiercest. The Uncovenanted distinguished themselves greatly, all being under arms from eight in the morning to eight at night. Copies of the original lists of those who served throughout the siege show that John Phillips, Christopher James Best (son-in-law) and William Charles Phillips (relative) all accompanied sallying parties out of the Residency on no fewer than three occasions. After the siege was lifted, Best continued to work at Lucknow until his retirement in 1880, in the Military Secretary's office being variously described as Record Keeper or Diarist and Dispatcher. He retired to West Bengal dying of double pneumonia on 9 March 1905, aged 84. He was interred in the grave of his father-in-law John Phillips, in the Lower Circular Road Cemetery at Calcutta. The grave is still extant. The anomaly of his Baltic card box of issue is the subject of an article by Captain Tim Ash, M.B.E., entitled, “From the Cold of the Baltic to the Heat of Lucknow”, published by the Orders and Medals Research Society, 1996, Vol. 35. Sold with a comprehensive file of copied research.
Pair: Private W. W. J. Ruffles, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (52873 Pte. W. W. J. Ruffles. Suff. R.) mounted for wear, good very fine Pair: Private E. E. Rivers, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3092 Pte. E. E. Rivers. Suff. R.) mounted for wear, good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (40248 Pte. S. Gurton. Suff. R.; 16707 Pte. E. Johnson. Suff. R.; 24060 Pte. G. H. Pamplin. Suff. R.; 3069 Pte. F. Scates. Suff. R.) generally very fine or better (8) £80-£100 --- Ernest Edward Rivers enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment, 29 December 1914, and served with the 2/4th Battalion. He subsequently transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment, and was discharged on 13 July 1918 (entitled to a Silver War Badge).
Five: Group Captain R. D. Pratt, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Gp. Cpt. R. D. Pratt. R.A.F.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (5) £260-£300 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 14 January 1944. Rowland Davies Pratt was born on 21 August 1905 and was commissioned Pilot Officer on 3 December 1927. He was advanced Group Captain on 1 January 1949, and retired on 1 December 1958.
Three: Private B. Randall, Suffolk Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (3-9372 Pte B. Randall. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-9372 Pte. B. Randall. Suff. R.) polished, therefore good fine or better 1914-15 Star (7909 Pte. E. Robinson. Suff. R.) good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Bert Randall served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 10 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Bedfordshire Regiment.
Three: Captain R. W. Piper, 46th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. R. W. Piper 46th. Foot) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with suspension claw and small fixed ring suspension, light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Spink, November 2005 (when sold without the Medjidieh). Robert William Piper was commissioned Ensign in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 28 May 1842, and was promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 11 July 1845, and Captain by purchase on 23 April 1852.
A Great War 1915 ‘Bellewaarde Ridge’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain C. W. Brown, C.B.E., Royal Scots Fusiliers, latterly attached Egyptian Army, who served with distinction on the Western Front and later served with the Colonial Engineering Service Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. C. Wilson Brown. R.S.F. Bellewaarde Ridge, 16th. June 1915.’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. W. Brown. R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. W. Brown.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Christopher Wilson Brown was born on 6 July 1891, the son of Samuel Brown of Dumfries. Educated at Dumfries Academy and the Royal Technical College, of which latter establishment he became Associate in 1911, Brown went on to take employment in Canada with the Civil Engineering works. Returned home to Scotland at the outbreak of hostilities, Brown was appointed to a commission in the Special Reserve, being posted to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers soon thereafter. Sent to France on 5 December 1914, he arrived at a time when both sides had ‘dug in’ and trench warfare was in its infancy. Preparing for a harsh winter and mourning the loss of the original Expeditionary Force, the British army began to focus heavily upon localised operations seeking tactical advantages. As the Germans succeeded in their efforts to drive the Allied forces from the high ground around Ypres, an assault on Bellewaarde Ridge offered the opportunity to recover some important ground and act as a diversion. Just after sunrise on 16 June 1915, two infantry brigades of the British 3rd Division leapt out of their shallow trenches and charged into No Man’s Land. The First Attack on Bellewaarde by author Michael R. B. McLaren takes up the story: ‘What followed, on a hot summer’s day, was a somewhat typical British disaster of the early fighting on the Western Front; almost 4,000 casualties were suffered for a very little territorial gain that saw German retention of the dominant ground.’ For the gallantry which he displayed that day, Brown was awarded the Military Cross. He was further Mentioned in Despatches on 1 January 1916, before witnessing further action during the Battle of the Somme; it is believed by the current vendor that he was wounded at around this time and evacuated to hospital in Eastbourne to recover. Returned to duty with the war Office in 1917, Brown was seconded for service with the Egyptian Army. Sent to the 9th Sudanese Battalion on 8 October 1917, he joined the trek to Darfur on 16 October 1917 and spent the next three years maintaining law and order in the region. Transferred to the Gold Coast, Brown became Deputy Director of Public Works in Sierra Leone in 1928, before serving ten years from 1938 as Director of Public Work in Palestine. Retired from the Colonial Service in 1948, he later published a book which examined The Water Supply of Kumasi, Ashanti, 1939. Brown was further decorated with an O.B.E. in 1934, and C.B.E. in 1942. Sold with an exceptional hand-written diary detailing approximately three years of service in the Sudan from 1917 until 1920. Including some fine technical drawings, it focusses heavily upon his life at that time, including efforts to construct roads, houses and barracks, and recreational hunting trips, especially the pursuit of guinea fowl, waterbuck and gazelle in the local desert wadis. Approximately 194 x A5-sized pages, 20,000 words+.
Pair: Sergeant G. Tilsley, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (.r & Dr. Geoe. Tilsley Rl. ...) contemporary engraved naming, some detail lost through edge bruising; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2955 Sergt. G. Tilsley Coast Bde. R.A.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £180-£220
A Great War ‘trench raid’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain A. B. H. Roberts, Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse attractively engraved with regimental badge and ‘Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts, 9th Battn. A.P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. 1st January 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. B. H. Roberts.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Coronation 1911, unnamed; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals: Military Cross; 1914-15 Star trio, M.I.D. oakleaf; with a loose miniature Coronation Medal 1911, generally extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 15 March 1916: ‘Temporary Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). For conspicuous gallantry. He was one of a party which successfully raided the enemy trenches, and showed great coolness and judgement in directing his men. Two nights previously he had done good work reconnoitring the enemy’s position. He also helped two wounded officers to get back to our lines.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Rue du Bois, 31 December 1915-1 January 1916’.
M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918.
Arthur Beverley Hepworth Roberts was born in Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, in 1894, the son of Arthur Hepworth and Mary Alice Roberts of Stoneleigh Lodge, Sandal Magna. 
In the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of War as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment. He served in that theatre from 25 August 1915 to 13 July 1916; from 3 February to 1 November 1917; and from 16 September to 11 November 1918 - and later in the Italian theatre of War from 2 November 1917 to 15 September 1918.
Serving with the 9th Battalion at Rue de Bois on 31 December 1915 and 1 January 1916, his gallantry and leadership gained him the award of the Military Cross. The 9th Battalion formed part of the 69th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division of the First Army. On 31 December 1915 / 1 January 1916, a raid on enemy trenches was carried out by a detachment of the 9th Battalion. The raid, on entering the enemy’s line, divided into two parties, left and right, and proceeded to clear the German trenches by bomb and bayonet. The raid, deemed a success, resulted in about 20 of the enemy killed at a cost of seven of the raiding party wounded. Roberts was mentioned in the official report of the action as having ‘[r]emained at the point of entry and directed the parties in and out again with great coolness’.
By the end of the War, Roberts had attained the rank of Captain, had been wounded, and Mentioned in Despatches. He applied for his medals in 1921 when living at Woodthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire. 
With the start of the Second World War, Captain Roberts was appointed a Lieutenant on the General List (London Gazette 29 July 1941). He married Sheila Platts in Wakefield in 1942, but died on 9 August 1944. Captain Roberts is buried in Wakefield Cemetery.
Sold with copied research including a number of official papers relating to the trench raid.
Pair: Private R. Banner, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (27519 Pte. R. Banner. R. Innis. Fus.) edge nicks, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Robert Banner (also listed as Bammer) was born in Ahoghill, Co. Antrim, and attested for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Ballymena. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 August 1917, on the first day of the Battle of Langemarck. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with a brooch mounted planchet of a British War Medal 1914-20 (5062 Pte. C. Connor. R. Mun. Fus.); and two miniature Victory Medals 1914-19. Christopher Connor was born at Glasthule, Co. Dublin, and attested for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Dublin. He transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 October 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial. Sold with copied research for both recipients.
Pair: Private S. W. Hunter, 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (24006 Pte. S. W. Hunter. Suff. R.) with named, flattened, box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Stanley Walter Hunter) generally good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Stanley Walter Hunter was born in Friston, Suffolk, and was the son of Mr and Mrs G. Hunter of the Eight Bells Inn, Kelsale, Saxmundham. He served during the Great War with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 September 1916. Private Hunter is buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France.
Four: Sergeant R. Hignell, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (251 Sjt. R. Hignell. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (200026 Sjt. R. Hignell. R. War. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200026 Sjt: R. Hignell. 5/R. War: R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011. R. Hignell attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 March 1915 - the same date as the 8th Battalion. He was discharged on 21 November 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge.
Pair: Lieutenant E. Bryan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. Bryan) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private W. A. Beard, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (35046 Pte. W. A. Beard. E. Surr. R.) nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (29507 Sjt. M. R. Wagstaff. York.R.); together with the recipient’s First Army Rifle Meeting 1918, silver medal, the reverse engraved ‘63350/Sgt. M. R. Wagstaff 2nd. West Yorks Regt. Fruges’, good very fine (6) £70-£90
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