Military General Service 1793-1814, 13 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Chas. Stott, Serjt. 36th Ft.) contemporarily re-engraved naming, with original ribbon and otherwise as issued with perfect rivets etc., edge bruise, very fine or better and very rare £800-£1,000 --- Only two 13-clasp M.G.S. medals were issued with this combination of clasps, one to Corporal Henry Backefeld, 1st Hussars K.G.L. (Sold Sotheby, March 1980, and in these rooms in April 2003 and September 2012), the other to Driver John Fitton, Royal Artillery Drivers, who died in September 1848 and whose medal has never appeared on the market. It is most probable that Fitton’s medal was acquired by Sergeant Charles Stott, or perhaps a member of his family, in order to embellish his military history! Discharge papers exist for both men as follows: Charles Stott was born in the Parish of Manchester and enlisted into the 36th Foot at Didsbury, Lancaster, on 22 November 1808, aged fourteen for unlimited service, a cotton spinner by trade. He served 15 years 219 days, not counting 4 years under age, and was discharged at Dublin on 30 April 1828, in consequence of hepatitis. He was admitted to an Out-pension at Chelsea Hospital on 15 May 1828, which he claimed in the Manchester District. According to the Royal Hospital Chelsea Admissions Book he was still living in 1864 when he would have been aged 70, his date of death unknown. John Fitton was born in the Parish of Wrighton, near Oldham, Lancaster, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery Drivers at Manchester in November 1803, aged 18, a weaver by trade. He served 13 years 31 days and was discharged at Woolwich on 31 October 1816, ‘being afflicted with Rheumatism and thereby rendered unfit for further service - is placed upon the Pension List at Nine Pence per Diem commencing 1st November 1816, By Order of the Honorable (sic) Board of Ordnance.’ He claimed his pension in the Manchester District and, more importantly, claimed his Peninsula War medal with 13 Clasps before he died on 14 September 1848, aged 62.
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The unique Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot, who was ‘shot through the neck’ at the battle of Vittoria, and later as Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir John Lambert served in the Peninsula and during the 1812 War in America, serving at the disastrous battle at New Orleans and at Fort Bowyer where Lambert took command of the Army. Serving alongside Lambert at Waterloo, Baynes had two horses killed and two wounded under him during the battle Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and swivel-bar suspension, overall light contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine or better and rare £7,000-£9,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1907; Payne Collection 1911; Needes Collection 1939; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013. A unique Waterloo Medal to the only officer of the 39th Foot and one of the few Officers to serve at both New Orleans and Waterloo. Thomas Baynes was appointed Ensign in the 1st Battalion, 39th Foot on 27 October 1808, and Lieutenant on 20 July 1809. He served in Sicily 1810-11 and Portugal from October 1811, serving during Lord Hill’s operations in Spanish and Portugal 1811-12. He took part in the advance to Madrid and the terrible Burgos retreat, where his battalion formed part of the rearguard. At the battle of Vittoria on 21 June 1813, the 39th were very heavily engaged, being tasked with the taking of and afterwards defending, against repeated French attacks, the village of village Subijana de Alave. Casualties in the regiment were very heavy indeed, totalling 243, amongst the highest of any Regiment in the Army. Baynes was severely wounded here, being shot through the neck. Recovering from his wound, he joined Sir John Lambert (a relative) commanding a brigade in the 6th division at the pass of Maya, and served with him as his Aide-de-camp in the operations in the Pyrenees, in September and October 1813, passage of the Nivelle, passage of the Nive, and the battle of St. Pierre, battles of Orthes and Toulouse. Baynes again accompanied Sir John Lambert, commanding 1st Infantry Brigade (7th, 43rd and 5th West India Regiment) as his Aide-de-camp during the whole of the Brigade’s operations in North America; 1814-15, taking part in the Battle of New Orleans. During the battle of New Orleans Lambert took command of the Army after General Pakenham was killed. As Aide-de-camp, Baynes would have been in the thick of things, carrying messages, liaising with Commanding Officers &c., a most dangerous job as he would have found during the Peninsula and later at Waterloo. The 1st Brigade was initially in reserve, which was thought to be an odd decision at the time. This mainly because the 7th and 43rd were two ‘elite’ regiments brought straight from the Peninsula. However, General Pakenham had sound reason for holding them in reserve stating, ‘Those fellows would storm anything, but, indeed, so will the others, and when we are in New Orleans, I can depend upon Lambert’s Reserve.’ As it happened, 1st Brigade was indeed brought into action and eventually it was this Brigade that covered the retreat of the Army. Another Officer on General Lambert’s Staff at New Orleans and beyond was Major (later Sir) Harry Smith. Smith wrote much about the Campaign (and Waterloo where he was also on Lambert’s Staff) in his autobiography. As General Lambert’s Aide-de-camp, by reading this book and by following Lambert’s movements, Lieutenant Baynes’s can also be followed: ‘If Sir Edward Pakenham is killed, Sir John Lambert commands, and will judge of what is to be done. I saw the attack had irretrievably failed. The troops were beat back, and going at a tolerable pace too; so much so, I thought the enemy had made a sortie in pursuit, as so overpowering a superiority of numbers would have induced the French to do. “May I order your Brigade, sir, to form line to cover a most irregular retreat, to apply no other term to it, until you see what has actually occurred to the attacking columns?” He assented, and sent me and other Staff Officers in different directions to ascertain our condition. It was (summed up in few words) that every attack had failed; the Commander-in-Chief and General Gibbs and Colonel Renny killed; General Keane, most severely wounded; and the columns literally destroyed. The column for the right bank were seen to be still in their boats, and not the slightest impression had been made on the enemy. Never since Buenos Ayres had I witnessed a reverse, and the sight to our eyes, which had looked on victory so often, was appalling indeed. Lambert desired me, and every Staff Officer he could get hold of, to go and reform the troops, no very easy matter in some cases. However, far to the rear, they (or, rather, what were left) were formed up, Sir John meanwhile wondering whether, under all the circumstances, he ought to attack. He very judiciously saw that was impossible, and he withdrew the troops from under a most murderous fire of round shot. Soon after this we heard the attack on the right bank, which succeeded easily enough. The extent of our loss was ascertained: one-third.’ So as it happened, 1st Brigade was indeed brought into action and eventually it was this Brigade that covered the retreat of the Army. The battle itself had been a bloodbath but hardships suffered by the British Army during the retreat from New Orleans are often overlooked, though they are amply testified to by the likes of Gleig. Encumbered with large numbers of wounded and in terrible weather conditions, the Army was forced to retreat through the hostile, swampy country they had advanced. They were then ferried in ships’ boats the day’s journey to the fleet itself. A week or so later, the British were on the offensive again, striking out towards Mobile and Alabama, with the Army under Lambert eventually taking Fort Bowyer. After the peace treaty arrived from Ghent, Lambert and Baynes returned to England but immediately on arriving, the Army was being mobilised for another campaign against Napoleon. Lambert was placed in command of the 10th Infantry Brigade consisting of regiments that had just arrived back from the American war (1/4th, 1/27th and 1/40th). These would be the only regiments to take part in the both campaigns. Still serving as Lambert’s Aide-de-camp, Baynes served at the battle of Waterloo, where he was again in the thick of the action, proof of this is clear as he had two horses killed and two wounded under him. And it is believed he and Lambert spent part of the battle in the square of the 27th Foot. He subsequently took a part in the capture of Paris. Baynes was promoted to Captain in the Royal African Colonial Corps in January 1824, reverted back to the 39th Foot as Captain in June 1826, and transferred to the 88th Foot in November 1827, being placed on half-pay on 20 November 1828. He died at Brussels on 27 May 1847.
The Second Afghan War Medal awarded to Lieutenant T. J. O’D. Renny, 4th Punjab Infantry, who was mortally wounded on 14 December 1879, while forcing the Zawa Pass during the expedition against the Zaimukhts Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. T. J. O’D. Renny, 4th Pun, Infy.) minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas John O’Dwyer Renny was born at Mussoorie on 15 August 1846, third son of Colonel Robert Renny, C.B., Bengal Staff Corps. He entered H.M.’s Service on 11 April 1868, as an Ensign in the 31st Foot, but was transferred on the same day to the 36th Foot, and being in India when he was gazetted, he joined the latter regiment at Peshawar in the succeeding June. In November 1869 he accompanied the regiment to Rawal Pindi, and, on 28 October 1871, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 5 January 1872, he was appointed Second Wing Subaltern in the 4th Punjab Infantry, on probation for the Bengal Staff Corps, into which he was subsequently admitted with effect from that date. He joined this regiment at Abbottabad, and at that station from February 1873 to April 1874 he officiated as Quarter-Master of the corps, acting also as Adjutant, in addition, from the month of January. In April 1874 he was appointed First Wing Subaltern, and, still officiating as Adjutant, he, in December of that year, marched with the regiment to Kohat, at which station he continued officiating as Adjutant of the corps until February 1870. From September 1876 to May 1877 he again officiated as Quarter-Master, and during this period a reorganisation of regimental appointments having taken place, his permanent appointment received the designation of “Wing Officer”. In August 1877 he took part with the regiment in a raid into the country of the Jowaki Afridis, carried out in reprisal of Jowaki incursions into British territory, and in the following winter, as Adjutant of the regiment (to which post he was permanently appointed in November 1877'), he served with the corps throughout the arduous operations against that troublesome clan (India Medal and Clasp). On the termination of this campaign he accompanied the regiment to Edwardesabad, arriving there in April 1878, and during the cold season of 1878-79 he was actively employed with the corps in protecting the Tank border against the Mahsud Waziris, who had at that time been making a series of unusually daring raids into British territory. In the autumn of 1879, on the renewal of the Afghan War, he accompanied the regiment to the Kuram Valley, and in December of the same year he took part with it in the expedition against the Zaimukhts, a tribe which had been conspicuously troublesome in its plundering and murdering incursions on the line of communications. In the operations which followed he unfortunately lost his life, having, on the 14th December, fallen mortally wounded, shot through the head in the assault of Zawa, the Zaimukht stronghold. He died of his wound on the following day, in camp at Chinarak, whence his remains were afterwards removed to Kohat, and there interred.
An extremely rare framed pair of General Gordon’s Stars awarded during the Siege of Khartoum 1884-85 General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, silver with traces of gilt, as awarded to officers of the rank Mulazem to Sagh General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, pewter, as awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks, this attached by thread to a blue cloth backing Together with 10 Piastres Khartoum Siege Banknote, the three items, with ivorine labels, set in an old Spink, London, wooden, glass-fronted case, 245 x 170mm.; the back of case with a contemporary paper clipping referring to the ‘Gordon Memorial Fund’, medals very fine and very rare (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: From the collection of the late Felicité Ann Araminta, Lady Aldington (née MacMichael), Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012. From the collection of the late Felicité Ann Araminta, Lady Aldington (née MacMichael); the above probably given to her by her father, Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, G.C.M.G., D.S.O. (1882-1969) who was heavily employed as a Colonial Administrator in Sudan. His first overseas posting in 1905 was with the Sudan Political Service, successively as Inspector of the Provinces of Kordofan, Blue Nile and Khartoum, and later he was a Political and Intelligence Officer with the Expeditionary Force which reoccupied Darfur in 1916; after which he was the Sub-Governor of Darfur Province. MacMichael was awarded the D.S.O. in 1917; awarded the C.M.G. in 1926 and received a knighthood with the award of the K.C.M.G. in 1932. During 1933-37 he was employed variously as Acting Governor-General, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Tanganyika Territory and during 1938-44 he was variously High Commissioner and Commissioner-in-Chief for Palestine and High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan. Awarded the G.C.M.G. in 1941. The paper clipping reads: ‘Gordon Memorial Fund - Through the courtesy of the Egyptian Government, search was made to see if any of the notes issued by General Gordon during the siege of Khartoum had reached and been preserved in Cairo. Some were found and the Prime Minister has presented them to the Governor-General, who intends disposing of them for the benefit of the Gordon Memorial Fund. ... Anyone who wishes to obtain possession of one or more of these notes should apply to the Secretary, Gordon Memorial Fund, at the Palace, Khartoum, or care of Sudan Government London Office ...’
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. L. T. Burgess. R. Ir. Rif.) good very fine, rare to unit £240-£280 --- Leonard Thomas Burgess was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles, and served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1916. His British War and Victory Medal pair were issued from the Machine Gun Corps medal roll. Sold with copied medal index card and medal roll extracts which show Burgess as being one of only two officers from the Royal Irish Rifles to receive the Territorial Force War Medal.
Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Darfur 1916, Fasher (14115 Pte. C. C. Bennett. R. War. R.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine and rare £400-£500 --- Medal Index Card confirms Sudan Medal and clasps. He also served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Royal Engineers and is entitled to British War and Victory Medals but ineligible for 1915-15 Star although he served in the Egyptian theatre from 20 August 1915. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards.
The South Africa 1877-79 medal to Colour-Sergeant T. H. E. McAllan, 90th Foot, who was wounded in the arm at Kambula on 29 March 1879, and after the wound was dressed ran out to his company, performing his duty till shot dead South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (636. Colr. Sergt. T. H. E. McAllan. 90th Foot.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £5,000-£7,000 --- Colour-Sergeant Thomas H. E. McAllan, 90th Light Infantry, was wounded in the arm at Kambula on 29 March 1879, and, after his wound was dressed, joined the sortie by two companies of his regiment when he was shot a second time, dead. ‘Concerning the battle of Kambula, a correspondent of a Natal paper says:-During the attack of the Zulus on this column on the 29th ult., I had the opportunity of observing all that passed in the camp, and admired the cool and systematic manner in which all the orders were carried out by officers and men, and the short time it took to establish a thorough preparedness for fighting; and after every one was at his station, their countenances showed a stern determined purpose of meeting the foe with British pluck and courage; and the volleys that they delivered were something terrible, especially on the side where the 1-13th were stationed, that being the centre and main attack of the Zulu army. Colonel Wood and his staff-officers were conspicuous for their bravery in directing the defence of first the fort and then the laager, under a very heavy cross fire from the enemy; Captain Woodgate especially exposing himself to the enemy’s fire, and directing the two companies of the 90th at the sortie where to go, marching as leisurely and unconcernedly as if he was pacing a piece of ground for cricket wickets. Major Hackett received a dangerous wound, the ball passing through the head, whilst gallantly leading on two companies 90th L.I.; he is in a most precarious state. Lieut. Smith, 90th L.I., assistant director of transport, was wounded, ball through left arm, while gallantly bearing a stretcher to carry a wounded man, under a heavy fire. Colour-Sergeant McAllen was wounded in the arm, and after the wound was dressed ran out to his company, performing his duty till shot dead.’ (The British, The Boers and The Zulus, by Duncan C. F. Moodie, Adelaide, 1879, refers)
The South Africa 1877-79 medal to Private Joseph Weaver, 80th Foot, who was killed in action at Intombi River on 12 March 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (716 Pte. J, Weaver. 80th Foot.) toned, extremely fine and a rare casualty £5,000-£7,000 --- Private Joseph Weaver was killed in action at Intombi River on 12 March 1879. In the early morning of 12 March 1879, the 80th was surprised on the Intombi River while guarding a wagon convoy stranded on both sides of the flooded river, while crossing at Meyer’s Drift. Due to the failure of Captain Moriarty, commanding the detachment, to erect adequate defences and post sufficient sentries, a Zulu impi under Chief Mbelini overran the camp and killed 61 soldiers of the 80th Foot, with the loss also of 80 rifles and 90,000 rounds of ammunition. Private Weaver is commemorated on the Staffordshire Volunteers Regimental Memorial in Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire.
The South Africa 1877-79 medal to Trooper R. Warren, 2nd Cape Mounted Yeomanry, who was killed in action in the second assault on Morosi’s Stronghold, 5 June 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tpr. R. Warren. 2nd Cape Yeory.) lightly toned, nearly extremely fine and a rare casualty £3,000-£4,000 --- Trooper Robert Warren, 2nd Cape Mounted Yeomanry, was killed in action in the second assault on Morosi’s Stronghold, high up on Morosi’s Mountain, on 5 June 1879. Like the first assault of 8 April, it too was unsuccessful and it was not until the night assault of 19/20 November that the mountain was finally taken.
The campaign pair to the Rorke’s Drift defender Sergeant Alfred Saxty, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot, who served as a Corporal in “B” Company at the defence and was one of the last few survivors of Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (849 Cpl. A, Saxty, 2-24-Foot,); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (849 Sjt. A. Saxty, 2-S, W, Bord,) both early 20th century replacement medals officially impressed in small capitals, the I.G.S. struck with ‘Crimea’ dated obverse, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £15,000-£20,000 --- Replacement medals claimed by Saxty whilst an In-Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital, sometime around October 1930, and issued under Authority Chelsea Rep/68/GEN/5160. Alfred Saxty was born at Buckland Dinham, near Frome, Somerset, and enlisted for 25 Brigade at Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 September 1876, aged 19, being posted to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot at Brecon two days later. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in April 1877, promoted to Corporal in August 1877, and appointed Lance-Sergeant in February 1878 but reverted to Corporal in July 1878. He served in South Africa from 1 February 1878 to 12 January 1880, and was a Corporal in “B” Company of the 2nd Battalion who defended the hospital at Rorke’s Drift on 22 and 23 January, 1897, against 3,000 Zulus and beat them off. Loopholes were made in the farm buildings, and biscuit tins and bags of corn were used as a breastwork around the main buildings. Outnumbered by thirty to one the gallant garrison fought through the night to repulse the Zulu warriors who left 400 killed before they retreated. His presence at Rorke’s Drift is confirmed on the Chard roll, on Bourne’s rolls, in which he is incorrectly listed as a Sergeant, and on Dunbar’s list. In fact Saxty was promoted to Sergeant the day after the defence. After 7 months service in the Mediterranean, the regiment moved to India in August 1880 and served in Burma from May 1886 to January 1887, before returning to India again. Saxty was confined on 6 May 1881, charged with being drunk on picquet, and sentenced by District Court Martial to be reduced to Private and to 56 days imprisonment with hard labour and stoppage of pay, in addition being fined £1 and forfeited Good Conduct Pay. He steadily regained his steps in rank to become Sergeant again in December 1885. After his service in the Burma campaign, Saxty re-engaged for the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Madras on 4 October 1887, ‘for such term as shall complete 21 years service.’ He transferred to the 2nd Battalion of that regiment on New Years Day 1888, and then transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 14 July 1891. Reduced to Corporal in October 1894, he was discharged at his own request at Thayetmyo, Burma, on 28 February 1895. Saxty had married Mary Copeland on 30 December 1885, at Ootacamund, India, and by December 1894 had issue four children, Albert, Mary, Wilfred and Leo. He was admitted to In-Pension at Chelsea Hospital on 12 June 1930, but reverted to Out-Pension in October 1933 in order to live with his sister in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1934 he attended the Northern Command Tattoo, held at Gateshead, County Durham, 7-14 July, when he appeared in the arena with Bourne, Cooper, Jobbins and Wood, all former comrades at Rorke’s Drift. Saxty died of myocarditis and senility at Woolaston House Infirmary, Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 July 1936. He was buried with military honours at St Wollos Cemetery, Newport, on 15 July. The Royal Horse Artillery provided the gun carriage, the South Wales Borderers Depot the bearers, firing party and bugler. A large number of Officers and other ranks of the Regiment and a strong contingent of British Legion attended. Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne sent a wreath, as did five other survivors of the former Rorke’s Drift garrison. Sold with a set of original Attestation and Discharge papers, Medical History, full pension record and Chelsea Hospital Death Certificate; together with a contemporary photograph of the ‘Five Defenders of Rorke’s Drift’ at the Northern Command Tattoo at Gateshead in 1934, fully annotated and identified in ink by Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne and accompanied by a manuscript letter from Bourne, dated 14 April 1939, at which time he and six others were the sole survivors of Rorke’s Drift. Together with comprehensive copied research including news cuttings, photographs, and Chard’s report on the defence of Rorke’s Drift.
Chief Maqoma Regiment (formerly Prince Alfred’s Guard) Infantry Officer’s 1896 Pattern Sword. A very rare example, the 82.5cm straight blade by Wilkinson Sword Ltd. London England (no number) with single fuller is etched with the badge of the regiment, a warrior’s shield upon crossed spears, inscribed, ‘Umzintzani’, the officer’s initials, ‘P.A.G.’ and panels of scrolling foliage. Pierced sheet metal plated hand guard incorporating the badge of the regiment and Latin motto, ‘Fidelis Et Fortis’. Wire bound fish skin grip, leather bound wooden scabbard, sword frog and blue linen undress waist belt, the blade with pitting and rust patches otherwise good condition £100-£140 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
German Second World War Cuff Titles. Army Railway Direction Service Brussels cuff title, introduced February 1941 and after 7 months withdrawn and replaced with the arm badge, subsequently the cuff title is rare. Luftwaffe Hermann Goring Division cuff title, full length, used, as removed from a tunic, stitches remain, enlisted ranks version, good condition (2) £140-£180
A rare Great War April 1917 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. W. Green, 10th Hussars, for the notable cavalry V.C.-action at Monchy-le-Preux on 11 April when, with the Essex Yeomanry, they suffered heavy casualties in their heroic defence of the village over several days Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10/Hrs:); 1914-15 Star (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10-Hrs.) medals unmounted, good very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000. --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He formed a dressing station in a dug-out and got a large number of wounded into it, and for several days continued to render assistance to wounded men, exposing himself continuously.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Monchy, 11 April 1917.’ On 9 April 1917 the British and Canadians began an attack which would become known as the Battle of Arras. The opening day was a spectacular success with the Canadians capturing Vimy Ridge but the British cavalry was held back too far behind the lines to exploit the temporary disarray in the German defences. At dawn on the 11th of April, elements of the 15th (Scottish) and 37th Divisions were holding positions in and around the village of Monchy-le-Preux. The 10th (Prince of Wales’ Own Royal) Hussars, along with other regiments from their Brigade, were ordered to circle round the village and advance to a position between Monchy and the River Scarpe. At 8.30am, in a blizzard, the Hussars began their advance along with the Essex Yeomanry and, as they crossed the southern slope of Orange Hill to the north of Monchy, they came under shell and machine gun fire which caused a number of casualties and forced the survivors to take shelter in the streets of Monchy itself. Here they became trapped under heavy shell fire for over three days, engaged in heavy fighting with the streets being strewn with the bodies of troopers and their horses. One eyewitness recounted that: ‘The main street of Monchy was indeed a terrible sight, and the horrors are not being exaggerated when it is described as being littered with dead men and horses. In one place the horses were lying so thick that it was necessary to climb over them in order to pass along the street.’ The Hussars lost 27 men killed during the attack and 157 wounded, and between themselves and the Yeomanry, around 900 horses are thought to have become casualties. Lance-Corporal Harold Mugford, Machine Gun Corps, attached Essex Yeomanry, was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. Harold W. Green served with the 10th Hussars in France from 18 October 1915. His was one of only 10 D.C.M.’s won by the 10th Hussars during the Great War, two of which were awarded for Monchy-le-Preux.
A rare Great War ‘West Africa 1914 operations’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant G. Prince, Royal Army Medical Corps, who distinguished himself in an action at Susa while attached to the Nigeria Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14082 S. Sjt: G. Prince. R.A.M.C.) edge bruise; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (14082 Q.M. Sjt: G. Prince. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999 and September 2008. D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916. The original recommendation states: ‘Staff Sergeant G. Prince, specially mentioned by Lieutenant-Colonel Haywood, Commanding No. 2 Battalion, Nigeria Regiment. During the action near Susa on 19 October 1914 two sections of ‘E’ Company were making a counter attack when they were surrounded and fired on from all sides. For a period of two hours Staff Sergeant Prince showed the greatest coolness and indifference to the enemy’s fire, when he might well have taken cover, he continued to remain in an exposed position devoting himself to his duty.’ The above recommendation was included in an official report entitled ‘West African Expeditionary Force (Secret), Government House, Duala, 22 February 1915’ (National Archives WO 158/516 refers). M.I.D. London Gazette 31 May 1916 (Cameroons).
The outstanding and rare Great War 1917 'Sergeant Pilot's' immediate D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant R. C. Taylor, 13 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, for his gallantry when attacked by six enemy scouts, during which he enabled his observer to down one and send another out of control. Two months later, he was posted missing in action, later confirmed as being killed in action Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4400 Sjt: R. C. Taylor. 13/Sq: R.F.C.) nearly extremely fine and one of approximately only 10 aerial combat DCMs awarded to N.C.O. pilots during the Great War £5,000-£7,000 --- Approximately 92 Distinguished Conduct Medals awarded to members of the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War - of these awards approximately one third were awarded for aerial combat, whilst only around 10 awards were made to Sergeant Pilots. D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When sent out with an Observer to take important photographs he saw six hostile Scouts approaching him. Realising that there would be no further chance of doing the work as clouds were coming up, he continued taking the photographs until the hostile Scouts came within fifty yards’ range, although his machine was the only British one in the vicinity. He then turned on them, and by skilful manoeuvring enabled his Observer to crash one. Another was then attacked and driven down in a spin, after the remaining four retired, and he completed the photographs. He has always shown the greatest determination and gallantry.’ Robert Charles Taylor, a native of Willesden, London, was born on 5 April 1896 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 26 March 1915. A fitter and turner by trade, he was original ranked 2/AM, before being promoted 1/AM on 15 September 1915. Promoted Corporal on 1 August 1916 and Acting Sergeant on 20 November that year, he then applied for pilot training. After training, Taylor was confirmed Sergeant and was allocated Aero Certificate No. 5430 on 26 April 1917. As such, he would have been counted as one of just 32 Sergeant Pilots at the Front in the summer of 1917. After spending the last two years on the Home Establishment, Taylor joined 13 Squadron in July 1917, which was an artillery observation and photo-reconnaissance squadron operating on the Western Front. Equipped with RE8s, or ‘Harry Tates’ as they were commonly called, the crews had mixed feelings about this type, which was vastly slower and less manoeuvrable when compared to the German fighters it was up against. However, it was reasonably satisfactory for the job and pilots that flew it aggressively did gain aerial victories. The RE8 remained in service until the end of the War. Taylor was clear a confident and skilful pilot and his Combat Report for the action that won him the D.C.M., dated 3 September 1917, with Lieutenant F. D. Steel as Observer attests to this: ‘About 09.10 a.m. when on Photography, seven hostile machine attacked us while over OB16. Six of these driven on our tail in V formation. The nearest hostile machine commenced firing at a distance of about 25 yards. Observer opened fire on this machine and saw his tracer bullets hit the Pilot whose machine immediately rolled over and over, and went down out of control and was wrecked. The Observer immediately opened fire on the next nearest machine and after five bursts of fire the hostile machine commenced to spin and was seen to fall from 5,000ft, and disappeared into clouds still spinning and was not seen again. Observer then cleared a stoppage in his gun and opened fire on the next machine with the third drum. By this time our machine had descended to the height of 2,000ft over the British Lines when the remaining hostile machine turned back. Our machine being hit through the right hand rear strut, right hand aileron strut, right hand top plane and tail plane, we returned to landing ground.’ Continuing operational flights for the next couple of months, Sergeant Taylor, flying RE8 A3640, along with 2/AM W. H. Swift as Observer were posted mission in action over Cambrai on 20 November 1917. They took off at 10:00 for an artillery patrol over XVIII Corps Front but were not heard from again. Both Taylor and Swift were not confirmed as having been killed in action until 13 August 1918, which is probably the reason that Taylor has Royal Air Force service records. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial. Note: Taylor’s family were issued with his British War and Victory Medals in 1923 and these were likely never kept with the D.C.M. which had been awarded to Taylor himself before he died. Sold with copied research.
A rare K.P.M. awarded to Inspector R. Lewis, Lancashire Constabulary, who was involved in thwarting one of the earliest I.R.A. plans to bring armed conflict to the U.K. mainland - the attack on Rimmer’s Farm at Roby, Merseyside, 9 March 1921 King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Richard Lewis. Insp. Lancs. Constab) in Royal Mint leather case of issue, mounted on investiture pin, toned, nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- K.P.M. London Gazette 30 December 1921. The original recommendation states: ‘On 9th March 1921, an attempt was made to set fire to a farm stack yard, and the farmer wounded one of the firebugs with a shotgun. Inspector Lewis was called, and arrived on the scene, to find that the wounded man had a six-chambered revolver, fully loaded in his possession, and was keeping the occupants of the farm at a distance. Inspector Lewis, by flashing his torch in the man’s eyes, was able to distract him enough to close with him, and arrest him without further shots being fired.’ In the Home Office reports for recommendations of the award of the KPM for 1921, the following recommendation appeared for Lewis: ‘On March 9th 1921, an attempt by Sinn Feiners was made to fire a stack yard at Roby Farm where one of their number Patrick Lowe was wounded by a gun shot inflicted by the occupier of the farm. Inspector Lewis was quickly on the scene and though Lowe was holding a six-chamber revolver fully loaded and keeping the occupants at a (respectful) distance the Inspector by means of flashing his lamp in the eyes of the man effected arrest without a further shot on either side being fired. Lowe when searched was found to have another fully loaded revolver in his pocket.’ Richard Lewis was involved in thwarting one of the earliest IRA plans to bring armed conflict to the UK mainland. The attack on Rimmer’s Farm in Roby, Merseyside was carried out by two IRA Volunteers - Paddy Lowe and Jim McNance. The two IRA men entered Rimmer’s Farm at 7.45pm, 9 March 1921. The owner of the farm, together with one of his labourers, spotted the terrorists running across his field, which was situated on the main Roby to Liverpool Road and his dwelling house. Rimmer challenged the two men, catching them by surprise, ordering them to put up their arms or he would fire. Lowe and McNance ignored the demand, so Rimmer true to his word raised his shot gun and fired. He hit Lowe in the left leg, and McNance promptly fled the scene. Rimmer fired at McNance but missed his fleeing target. Rimmer then telephoned Huyton Police Station, and Inspector Lewis promptly arrived at the scene in his motorcar. Lewis’s commanding officer, Chief Constable H. P. P. Lane, gives the following: ‘The man at Roby refused to surrender. He was armed, and when one of my officers arrived the man defied him and threatened him with his revolver. In the end the officer told him if he did not surrender he would shoot him, where upon the man gave in.’ Lewis apprehended Lowe, found two loaded revolvers on him, and took him to The Whiston Institution to have his wounds attended to. Sold with a photographic image of recipient in uniform.
A Third Afghan War I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Singh Bartwal, 4/39 Garhwal Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Bahadur Singh Bartwal, 4/39 Garhwal Rfls.) official correction to unit, otherwise better than very fine and rare to unit £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999. I.D.S.M. A.D. Notification, No. 1, 1 January 1920. Singh Bartwal served in the operations in Flanders 1914-15; Egypt 1916; Iraq 1917-18; Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 and Waziristan 1919-21. He is listed in the Indian Army List for January 1924, as serving as Subadar, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, and in addition to being awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for the Third Afghan War was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920).
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir (W. H. Rumph. A.B. H.M.S. “Penelope”) pitting from star, otherwise very fine and rare £400-£500 --- William Henry Rumph was born at Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 14 September 1862, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Fisgard in September 1877. He served as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Penelope from 22 June 1882 to 8 January 1884. During his service in the latter vessel he took part in the bombardment of Alexandria and was landed for service on shore with the ship’s Naval Brigade where he fought at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir as a crew member of the Naval Armoured Train (See roll below). Rumph purchased his discharge from the Navy as a Petty Officer 2nd Class from H.M.S. Myrmidon on 11 April 1888. In addition to the Naval “Armoured Train” manned by seamen and marines from Hecla and Invincible, there were two other offensively armed devices operating in this Egyptian war zone. Often referred to as “Armed Trains”, they were in reality no more than specially armed trucks, one manned by seamen and the other by marines, which saw service at Kassassin and Tel-El-Kebir. The ‘tar’s’ four-wheeled gun-truck had steel plated sides that were “fairly bullet-proof”, with sandbags hung around the car outside. An awning was fitted to this open topped truck on which was fitted a 40-pounder gun. A separate box-car similarly fitted with steel side plates and sandbags had two compartments for the 230 shells (mostly shrapnel) and charges, entrance to each magazine being only from the top. Since no steam trains could be obtained, this armed contrivance, manned by seamen from Penelope, was pulled from Ismalia to Nefiche by 16 horses, four abreast, on 26 August 1882. Immediately ahead of this “Armoured Train” was another truck on which a captured 8cm Krupp gun had been mounted and worked by Royal Marine Artillery men under Captain Tucker R.M.A. On 1 September it was taken to Kassassin and participated in an action on the 9th September in defence of Kassassin Camp against an Egyptian reconnaissance party. The officer in charge of this “Armoured Train”, Lieutenant C. K. Purvis, R.N., and his 2nd in command, Sub Lieut James Erskine, with a party of twenty blue-jackets had been working the train on the line a little beyond the camp, when the enemy turned their guns on it. Purvis and Erskine had dismounted from the train to take some observations and were standing close together when a shell burst near them, striking Purvis in the foot and tearing a portion of it off, necessitating immediate amputation at the ankle joint. Command of this “Armoured Train” passed to Lieutenant F. E. W. Lambart, R.N., but it was never engaged after 9 September, and on 23 September the crew from Penelope were re-embarked. All the following men from H.M.S. Penelope earned the clasp for ‘Tel-El-Kebir’ and formed the crew of the horse-drawn “Armoured Train”: AHEARN, R., Ord BEARD, W. H., A.B. BETTS, Frederick, A.B. BILLINGTON, Alfred, A.B. BRUNTON, J. T., Ldg Seaman CAMPBELL, Arthur, Armourer CONNOR, Alexander, A.B. ERSKINE, James, Sub Lieut GRIFFIN, George, A.B. GUNNER, William, Captain Fo’csle HADLEY, Louis, A.B. HANKIN, Thomas, Quarter Master KNIGHT, William, Coxwain Pinnace LAMBART, F. E. W., Lieut MOCKFORD, T. E., Ldg Seaman POOLE, W. B., Signalman 3rd Class REYNOLDS, George R., Captain Main Top RUMPH, W. H., A.B. SELLEY, Thomas, Ldg Seaman SELMAN, Edward, A.B. SELWOOD, Charles, Ldg Seaman SMITH, C. H., Gunner’s Mate SOPER, James, Ldg Seaman SMART, T .J., A.B. TESSEMAN, J. S., Captain of Mast TERREF, James, Ord WALSH, George, A.B.
A fine Great War ‘escapers’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Land, 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in action at Messines, 20 March 1916, and taken prisoner of war during the attack on Regina Trench, 8 October 1916. A persistent escaper, who was recaptured on multiple occasions, only to finally get away 15 June 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (460593 Pte J. Land. 13/Cann Inf [sic]); British War and Victory Medals (460593 Pte. J. Land. 13-Can. Inf) mounted for display, edge bruising overall, therefore nearly very fine (3) £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. M.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920. ‘... in recognition of gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping or attempting to escape from captivity...’ John Land was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in December 1890. He served during the Great War with the 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Land was wounded at Messines 20 March 1916, and taken prisoner of war during the attack on Regina Trench, 8 October 1916. Land escaped 15 June 1918, and returned to England 25 July 1918. Land’s escapers debrief report, the original of which is held at the National Archives, gives the following details: ‘Place and Date of Capture: Courcelette 8th October 1916. About 5 a.m. on 8th October 1916 my battalion was sent up to attack the Regina Trench. We were surrounded and at 9 a.m. I was taken prisoner with six other men of my unit. Shortly after we were taken they marched us to Cambrai, where we arrived about midnight. At Cambrai, where we remained for 10 days only, one meal a day was given to the prisoners. There were about 100 British. The meal consisted of a bowl of very poor soup, and no ration of bread was served. We were lodged in an old French barrack. I have no complaint to make as to our treatment. On 19th October, I was sent from Cambrai to Dulmen with about 100 British prisoners, and I remained there for about two and a half months before they sent me to work on commando. I have nothing particular to say about my treatment at Dulmen, except that the food was very short indeed, as I received no parcels until I was working on commando. On 31st December, a party of 30 British prisoners, of whom I was one, was sent from Dulmen to Recklinghausen, where there are large railway works. Here the prisoners – about 100 British, 15 French, and 14 Russians – were lodged in a house adjoining the railway yard. The accommodation was not bad. There were a great number of small rooms, and each room was occupied by three prisoners. The food allowed us was quite uneatable, but we lived on our parcels and had sufficient to eat. There were six guards who looked after the prisoners and we were never allowed to go outside the works. The prisoners worked with the civilians, and the hours of work were 6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m., and they were under the control of the civilian foremen. There was not much ill-treatment so long as the prisoners were willing to work, but if they refused to work or showed slackness, the foremen used considerable violence and knocked us about. In June 1917, on one occasion when I declined to work, pretending I was ill, the foreman, whose name I did not know, attacked me with a pitchfork and wounded me in the hand. I still have the scar. I escaped from Recklinghausen three times during the fourteen months I was there on commando, but I was always recaptured. The first time that I escaped in December 1917 I was recaptured six days later on the frontier, sentenced to 17 days’ imprisonment, and then set back to Recklinghausen. In January 1918 I escaped again, and it was four days before I was caught. On this occasion they gave me 28 days as I had a flashlight, and then sent me back to the same commando; and on 4th May 1918 I escaped once again, but after five days I was recaptured and given 35 days’ imprisonment because I had two maps. At the expiration of the last sentence I was not sent back to Recklinghausen, but they transferred me to Dortmund. At Recklinghausen things might have been worse, and from what I heard of other commandos I think that it can be looked upon as a good camp. So long as the prisoners did a reasonable amount of work they were treated properly. The worst case of violence I remember was that of a British prisoner named Smith. I do not know his regiment, but this man was always cursing and abusing the guards, who marked him out one day as we were passing out of the works, set upon him, and beat him very brutally. There were no visits from the Dutch Legation while I was at Recklinghausen. We were paid 90pfg. a day, but we had no chance of spending mony (sic) except that occasionally at rare intervals we could buy a few cigarettes. It was on 10th June that I was sent to Dortmund with six other British prisoners. I was there only five days, so there was little opportunity for me to obtain information about this commando. The prisoners worked in a large zinc factory. There were about 200 Russians and Frenchmen, and only about seven British. We were lodged in an old storehouse, and we all slept together on wooden stretcherbeds. The accommodation was very bad, and the general conditions also; the place was extremely dirty. I do not know the name of the firm to whom the zinc works belonged. Our hours of work were much longer than at Recklinghausen. The jobs given prisoners were mostly unhealthy, as the fumes from the furnaces were sometimes almost overpowering. For the first two days that I was on this commando I declined to work, and nothing was done to me beyond being abused by the foreman. The prisoners were employed principally in drawing furnaces and carrying coal, and they worked in shifts. The storehouse in which we were lodged was situated in the centre of the works, and we were never far away from the fumes emitted by the furnaces. I should say that this commando was a bad one, but the shortness of my stay there afforded me no opportunity to give detailed information. On 15th June, at 2 a.m. I managed to escape in company with one of the French prisoners.’
The outstanding Second War Honorary ‘Intelligence’ M.B.E. and rare Great War Belgian Pilot’s D.F.M. group of twenty awarded to Capitaine-Commandant C. J. G. J. Delloye, Compagnie des Aviateurs and Aviation Militaire, who served as a Pilot with 2e Escadrille, and racked up in excess of 100 hours of reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during 1918, ‘distinguishing himself by his skill and his dash’ Continuing in service, Delloye was captured in 1940 but escaped to Britain where he was attached to the Royal Air Force as Acting Squadron Leader and served as head of the escape and evasion department of Belgium State Security in London - here he organised the routes and contacts for getting escaped and downed aircrew back to the UK as well working closely with his counterparts in MI9, including Airey Neave, organising the recruitment and cover stories for agents getting in and out of Belgium The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (No 243 Flt Warrant Officer Charles Delloye, Aviation Belge.) on 1st type horizontal striped riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with neck riband; Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette on riband; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette and crossed swords emblem on riband; Military Cross, First Class, L.III.R., gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Yser Medal 1914, bronze and enamel; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; Combat Volunteers Medal 1914-18, bronze; Frontline Fire Service Cross 1914-18, bronze; Evaders Cross, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal 1940-45, bronze; Armed Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; Political Prisoner’s Cross 1940-45, silvered and enamel, with riband bar with three stars; Prisoner of War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with five bronze riband bars; Commemorative Medal for the Second World War 1940-45, bronze, with small crown emblem on riband; Medal for Military Fighters of the Second World War 1940-45, bronze; Volunteer’s Medal, bronze, generally good very fine and better (20) £4,600-£5,500 --- Provenance: The Reverend E. Hawkes Field Collection, Glendinings, November 1950 (listed as D.F.M. only, and with an estimate of £15/10/0); J. B. Hayward, 1973. One of just 4 D.F.M.s awarded to Allied airmen during the Great War (3 to Belgians and 1 to a Frenchman). Appointed Honorary M.B.E. 11 November 1946. This for his work as head of the escape and evasion department at the Belge Surete de L’etat, London. These Awards were not Gazetted but are confirmed (WO 373/153/549). D.F.M. London Gazette 19 July 1919 (originally recommended for a M.M.): ‘A pilot who has distinguished himself by his skill and his dash, and who was always to be found ready to start on difficult enterprises. During the Flanders offensive of 1918, his work was largely responsible for successful counter battery work.’ Belgium Croix de Guerre, awarded 4 February 1919: ‘A remarkable pilot for his skill. His courage and his dash. Carried out many very fruitful reconnaissance missions over enemy lines during more than 100 hours of observation flights.’ Emblem for Belgium Croix de Guerre awarded 12 June 1919: ‘Showed much courage and devotion to duty during the Flanders Offensive in 1918.’ Charles Jules Ghislain Joseph Delloye was born in Thorembais les Béguines, Belgium in July 1894. He joined the Belgian military in June 1914 and was on active service with the Compagnie des Aviateurs from 14 August 1914. Delloye was an early member of the Belgian Air Force, being one of just 175 Officers and men being called to service at the start of the War. Initially based at Antwerp, Delloye was one of the defenders of that place in the early days of the War. A huge number of Belgium troops became prisoner when that town fell, the remnants being driven back to the river Yser, where they desperately and successfully attempted to hold the line during October 1914. The defenders of the Yser were later awarded the distinctive Yser medal (Delloye’s confirmed). On 30 October 1914, Delloye was transferred to Service Arriere de L’Aviation at Calais and appears to have stayed there for the next couple of years, the Compagnie des Aviateurs being renamed Aviation Militaire in March 1915. Posted for training as a pilot to the Aviation School at Etampes on 1 January 1917, he was promoted Corporal on 21 April and was posted for operational service as a pilot to 2e Escadrille on 22 July, remaining with this squadron throughout the rest of the War. Great War 2e Escadrille was a Squadron tasked with Artillery and photography work on the Western Front, under the orders of Division d’Armee. The squadron had a nominal strength of 15 aircraft; 11 2-seaters; Spad and Breguets and 4 single seaters; Nieuports and Sopwith Camels. Unlike British, French or German Squadrons, Belgium reconnaissance Squadrons had 4 fighter aircraft as part of 15 aircraft compliment, this for their own protection during missions. This was probably due to the size of the Belgium Air Force during the War, which was a fraction of the size of the other main combatant nations. By the end of the War, Belgium had just 11 Squadrons, of these one was non operational (on paper only), 7 were reconnaissance or bomber Squadrons and 3 were fighter squadrons. A report in September 1918, noted the Belgium squadrons strength at 134 aircraft. Putting this into context, at this time the British had 200 operational Squadrons and nearly 23,000 aircraft. Delloye was advanced to Sergeant on 29 July, to Premier Sergeant on 22 September and Premier Sergeant-Major on 22 November 1917. Promoted Adjutant (senior Warrant Officer) on 22 January 1918, he would fly missions throughout, being mentioned in Orders twice for his gallantry and was one of just 4 Allied airmen to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal by the British (others receiving the MM, DCM, MC etc). In the main, it seems Delloye was a 2-seater pilot, his citations suggest this, as do a number of copy photographs of him in and around 2e Escadrille’s Breguets and Spads. However, there are also several taken in the cockpit of different Nieuports fighters; one in a series of postcards of Belgium aviators during the War (like German Sanke cards). So it seems he flew both fighters and 2-seaters. Delloye’s entry in ‘The Belgian Air Service in the First World War’, notes at least 102 missions during the War. Delloye was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Auxiliary Engineers on 6 January 1919, and transferred to the Infantry in July of the same year. He advanced to Lieutenant, 26 December 1921, and transferred back to the Belgian Air Force as Aircrew in January 1924. Delloye advanced to Capitaine Aviateur on 26 December 1935. Second World War, Escape, Head of Bureau des Evasions and MI9 Still with the Belgian Air Force at the outbreak of the Second War, on 12 May 1940 Delloye moved with his unit to Bordeaux but when France fell, he was taken prisoner. On 16 August 1940, Delloye was returned to occupied Belgium as a prisoner of war and after release was employed in the Ministry of Finance from November 1940. At the end of July 1941 he escaped from occupied Belgium with the intention of joining Belgian forces in the UK but was captured at Leon on 29 December 1941. He was subsequently interned in Valladolid, Spain, 6 January 1942 and Mir...
Pair: Private W. Joyce, 30th Battalion, London Regiment, later Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (89745 Pte. W. Joyce. 30-Lond. R.) good very fine, rare to unit (2) £80-£100 --- The 30th Battalion, London Regiment did not serve overseas as a battalion. William Joyce attested for the 30th Battalion, London Regiment, and subsequently served overseas during the Great War as Private 626625 in the Labour Corps. His British War and Victory Medals were both issued from the Labour Corps medal roll, but a lack of annotation on his Medal Index Card has seen his medals named to the London Regiment. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.
W.A.S. BENSON (1854-1924) FOR MORRIS & CO. DRAWING ROOM CABINET, CIRCA 1900 mahogany, satinwood, with verde antico marble, gilt brass mounts and glazed doorsDimensions:135cm wide, 111cm high, 56cm deepNote: Literature: Morris & Co catalogue, Specimens of Furniture, Upholstery and Interior Decoration, circa 1900, p. 23, no.140 illus.Hamerton I. W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, AAC 2005, p.159, pl.140-142A where a similar cabinet is illustrated.Note: Most of Benson’s furniture designs were made and retailed by Morris & Co. He became a director of Morris & Co. in 1896, following the death of his friend William Morris, and then became chairman in 1905. His furniture designs for Morris & Co. included desks and tables in oak, cabinets with marquetry inlay, and more expensive metal-mounted tables and cabinets. These more flamboyant pieces used rare and expensive timbers and enabled the designer to showcase his skill in decorative metalwork.
ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1902 inlaid oak, with patinated metal fittingsDimensions:191cm wide, 132cm high, 68cm deepNote: Note: Initially apprenticed in the Glasgow shipbuilding industry, E. A. Taylor trained as an artist at the Glasgow School of Art, where he met Jessie M. King around 1898. Taylor joined the Glasgow cabinetmakers and retailers Wylie & Lochhead as a trainee designer in 1893. His furniture designs for the firm brought him great acclaim with exhibitions at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition and, with his fiancée Jessie King, a series of stained-glass panels for the Turin International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in 1902. Taylor went on to lecture in furniture design at the Glasgow School of Art from 1903 to 1905. In 1908 he married Jessie King and moved to Manchester to manage and design for George Wragge Ltd where he produced many designs for stained glass. Between 1911 and 1914 the Taylors lived in Paris where they established an art school – the Shealing Atelier. This rare sideboard by Taylor demonstrates his skills as a furniture designer, the inlaid panels characteristic of the burgeoning 'Glasgow Style', the mouldings and cut-out features enlivening the solid form. This example is similar in form to a sideboard designed by Taylor for William Douglas Weir (later Lord Weir) in Glasgow around 1901, following the success of his room for Wylie & Lochhead at the Glasgow International Exhibition the same year.
§ SIR WILLIAM REID DICK (1878-1961) 'CONTROLLED ENERGY'; PAIR OF FIGURES, CIRCA 1930 bronze, mounted on green marble plinths as book endsDimensions:11cm high, 9cm wide, 12.7cm deep excluding base, 12.5cm high, 10.5cm wide, 16.5cm deep including baseNote: Note: The Art Deco headquarters for the Unilever Group, Unilever House was built in 1930-31 to a design by J. Lomax-Simpson with Sir John Burnet and Partners. The building is noted for its monumental facade, mounted with a large pair of statues by Sir William Reid Dick entitled 'Controlled Energy'. Other artists involved in the project included Eric Gill and Gilbert Ledward. These rare figures by Reid Dick are reductions of the figures on the facade. At the inauguration of Unilever House on 18 July 1932, a pair of small models of these groups in bronze, designed to form book ends were presented to the Lord Mayor and Lord Leverhulme. Another pair, the only other known apart from the current lot, is now in a London private collection.
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) (PANEL DESIGNER) AESTHETIC MOVEMENT CORNER CABINET, CIRCA 1880 ebonised and gilded wood, with a polychrome-painted panel and mirrored glassDimensions:70.2cm wide, 120.5cm high, 43cm deep, panel 28.5cm x 43.5cmNote: Literature: Dresser C. Studies in Design, Cassel Petter & Galpin, London, the plates by A. Goater, Nottingham, 1876, plate II illus.V&A Collection accession no. W.3-2015, for a related hand screen, decorated with an adaptation of the painted design.Note: This cabinet is a rare example of an object decorated after a published design in Dresser’s most important works, Studies in Design of 1876. Plate II shows two owls standing upright and is captioned "Parental advice". Dresser wrote in the caption text that the design ‘may be painted on the panel of a door, on the door of a cabinet, or in any recess in a wall, especially suited to a smoking-room or nursery." Elsewhere in the text he states that “the sense of humour finds expression in grotesque forms. Plates II (etc…) are illustrations”.It may be that this corner cabinet was decorated under Dresser's direction for the Art Furnishers' Alliance Co. The Art Furnisher's Alliance was the association of art manufacturers established by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) in 1880. The key objective of the alliance was to buy and sell high-class goods of artistic design and to "complete artistic furnishing of a house". George Hayter Chubb was appointed as Chairman, and Dresser was the 'Art Manager' heading designs for furniture, pottery, glass and metal, aided by Holme and Arthur Liberty. In his preface to Studies in Design, Dresser hoped that the work would assist to “bring about a better style of decoration” and “aid the designer and the manufacturer of decorated objects, by suggesting to them useful ideas”. Whether or not the current lot was made directly under his instruction, the panel inset into the door of this cabinet was undoubtedly the sort of effect on a design Dresser envisaged when he published Studies in Design.
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR BENHAM & FROUD, LONDON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT FLASK, CIRCA 1885 brass and copper, with original cork stopper and chain, stamped manufacturer's markDimensions:32.5cm highNote: Literature: Whiteway M. ed., Christopher Dresser: Design Revolution, London, 2004, pl. 240 where a similar example of this kettle is illustrated.Note: For another known example of this rare model, lacking the stopper and chain, see An Aesthetic Odyssey: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection, Christie's, London September 2021, lot 82.
A collection of reference books on glass and glassware, 19th and 20th centuries, to include: Albert Hartshorne, Old English Glasses, quarter vellum bound with blue cloth boards, illustrated with 67 plates and numerous in letterpress, London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1897; Francis Buckley, English Baluster Stemmed Glasses of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, blue cloth bound with gilt lettering, illustrated with 18 plates, Edinburgh: Ballantyne Press, 1912; Joseph Bles, Rare English Glasses of the 17th & 18th Centuries, brown cloth bound with gilt lettering, illustrated with 100 plates, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1924; Grant R. Francis F.S.A, Old English Drinking Glasses, green cloth bound with gilt lettering and original dust cover, illustrated with 72 plates, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926; W. A. Thorpe, English & Irish Glass, red cloth bound with gilt lettering, London and Boston: The Medici Society, 1927; W. A. Thorpe, English Glass, third edition, red cloth bound with gilt lettering and original dust cover, illustrated with 23 plates, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1967; Laurence Whistler, Scenes and Signs on Glass, limited edition no. 852/1200, bearing author's signature, Suffolk: The Cupid Press 1985; Laurence Whistler, Fifty Years on Glass, London: he Greater London Council, 1985 (8)
Concorde Capt Paul Douglas signed Internetstamps rare 2003 cover flown on the last flight of Concorde. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Concorde Capt Adrian Thompson signed Internetstamps rare 2003 cover flown on the last flight of Concorde London - New York. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Cricket Ted Dexter signed 1973 Cricket FDC rare Sussex County official cover Cat £45 unsigned. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
RARE SCRATCH BUILT STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 'GWR PRAIRIE' - 5 INCH GAUGE. An impressive 5 inch gauge 45xx GWR Prairie No 5525 locomotive, scratch built by a Mr R G Joyce over a five year period and completed in 1990. With blue print designs, a letter from Mr Joyce when sold in 1994 to the vendor, and a range of documents including an old boiler certificate from 1991, photographs when in use etc. Also with a section of track mounted on a wooden plinth, not with a current boiler certificate. Locomotive 101cms long, approx 37cms high *This locomotive has been 'steamed' on a number of occasions in conjunction with the Tiverton & Blundells Model Engineering Society, it has not been used in recent years and would need a new boiler certificate. *CR This does not have a current boiler certificate, condition seems generally good, the lettering of Great Western has flaked a little in places, a few marks and scratches as you would expect over time and use.
RARE FIRST DAY COVERS INCLUDING HONG KONG & ANTARCTIC TREATY. A red folder with various unusual first day covers, King George VI and QE II Hong Kong covers including Hong Kong Bank, Air Mail, Hong Kong Centenary 1941, Freedom from Hunger, Postal Union, Definitive Stamps etc. Also with British Antarctic Territory covers and Falkland Islands covers, and a plastic box with over 500 loose covers (some signed, with a variety of subjects). *CR Generally good.
RARE 19THC GERMAN NOAH'S ARK & LARGE QTY OF ANIMALS & FIGURES. A 19thc Noah's Ark, made in pine with a flat base, the roof painted in red with a dove on one side. The roof unclips on one side to reveal the interior, with a virtually complete quantity of domestic and other wooden animals, birds, insects etc. Also with a figure of Noah and seven other wooden figures, Ark 19ins (48cms) long *This was sold by Lawrences on the 21st of April, 2009. *CR See online images.
JOAN DE BETHEL (1923-2017) - RARE COLLAGE & ACRYLIC PICTURE - SUMMER. Made in acrylic and collage and titled 'Summer', and including figures by the sea, a cricket match, figures in a garden and other scenes. The border with various flowers including Roses, and mounted in a pitch pine frame. Signed 'Bethel 88', and marked to the reverse in pen 'Summer, £200, Collage and Acrylic, Joan de Bethel, 39, S Undercliff. Picture 79cms by 60cms, frame 97.5cms by 78cms. *CR There is crease line towards the bottom of the picture which runs across from one side to the other (8cms up from the bottom), paper has discoloured a little over time in places, small stain just above one cricketer.
RARE WHITEFRIARS 'NIPPLE' VASE - KINGFISHER BLUE. A rare Whitefriars Nipple vase in the Kingfisher Blue colourway, Model No 9828 and produced in 1974, designed by Geoffrey Baxter. 27cms high. *CR Good condition, some surface wear and a few scratches to the base, tiny air bubble to side of rim, small air bubble on each side.
RARE PAIR OF ROYAL DOULTON GARDEN TERRACOTTA PELICANS - MARK V MARSHALL. A rare pair of terracotta garden figures of Pelicans, the birds in a crouched position and mounted on a square plinth. Early 20thc, with impressed Royal Doulton mark to the base, and designed by Mark V Marshall. 38cms high. (2) *These are illustrated in the booklet Royal Doulton Potteries, Terra Cotta Garden Ornaments, Fig R19. *CR Both the bases have been filled with concrete to give them extra weight. Both have 'weathered' nicely over the years, one has a chip to base of the tail, small chips to each corner of the base, small chip to the end of beak, chip to base rim, small chips to one foot, firing crack from manufacture around part of the tail. The other, small chip to the end of the beak, there is a crack to the surface from the side of the neck and around the neck.
SHELLEY ART DECO COFFEE SET - GREEN BLOCKS. A rare coffee set in the Vogue 'Green Blocks' design, Pattern No 11785. Comprising a coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl, five saucers and six cups. Coffee pot 17cms high. *CR Coffee pot, seems fine Milk jug and sugar bowl, seem fine Saucers, seem fine Cups, one is cracked from rim down to near the bottom There is the odd spot to wear to the paint on some items, but overall condition is pretty good.
RARE 19THC MEISSEN GROUP OF GREY PARTRIDGES & CHICKS. 19thc, a rare large group of two Adult Grey Partridges and four chicks, set within wheat sheaves and a naturalistic setting, and with some gilded decoration around the base. 'Meissen Crossed Swords' mark in underglaze blue, and incised G164 and other impressed numbers. 28cms high, base 27cms across. *CR The standing Partridge, the beak has a slightly matt finish which looks a little different to the others - so may have been professionally restored. The base, has some small chips/nibbles to the base and side of the base rim in places.
RARE 18THC ENGLISH WORCESTER TEA BOWL, & WORCESTER COFFEE CUP & SAUCER. An unusual tea bowl, printed in black in the Le Chalet and The Siesta patterns, from a design by Robert Hancock. With a label for B & T Thorn, Budleigh Salterton. 6.5cms diameter. Also with a Worcester coffee cup and saucer, with a printed design in the Milkmaids pattern. (3). *CR Condition is generally good, the odd small mark to the base of the footrim, pattern possibly slightly faded over time Coffee cup and saucer, saucer has a couple of nibbles to base of footrim, cup has some fritting to the base of the footrim.
RARE 19THC ROYAL WORCESTER MODEL OF A TERRIER. A rare large model of a Terrier (probably a Scottish Terrier), the dog standing with ears pricked and tail in the air. Impressed 'Royal Worcester marks', and Victorian Registration Diamond', some damages. 36cms high, 50cms long *A similar example was sold by Christies, lot 205, 6th of June, 2001. *CR The tail has been broken and partially repaired (quite loose at the moment), small nibbles to one ear, front foot with small chips.
A rare William & Mary silver nutmeg grater, the cylindrical case with pierced geometric decoration and simple line engraving, the pull-off cover enclosing an internal grater, the base of grater and case with 'DC' maker's mark, London circa 1690, total weight 30.3g, length 6.8cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Part of the very first annual edition trilogy Caring and Sharing made for SCS members. Lead crystal lovely birds with jet crystal eyes perched on a frosted crystal branch. Because this was the very first annual edition, it was restricted to SCS members and was only ever available in certain countries, it is believed to be quite rare with about only 10,000 being made. Original Swarovski etched backstamp. Artist: Max SchreckIssued: 1987Dimensions: 2.75"W x 4"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
A 19th century Minton pink and gilt goblet with Greek head oval cameo portraits, lobed shape, pink Minton mark to base, height 27cm (areas of damage and restoration)... The oval panels are " pate-sur-pate" using layers of raised paste until a formed profile is completed, this takes weeks to perform before final firing. The model of the goblet is probably by Henry hollins who was a student of a French porcelain designer. Circa 1875- 1880. This is a rare piece from the archive's of the mintons factory where many cabinet and imperial porcelain items were produced.
A very rare late Georgian mahogany Estate or Rent Table, by Gillows of Lancaster, stamped with square top and two pull out leaves, above a double sided frieze drawer, the interior fitted with twelve hinged compartments inlaid with oval alphabet letters, covered with rectangular slide, each drawer with original brass floral swag oval handles, crossbanded all over with satinwood on square tapering inlaid legs with brass castors. (1)
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