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Click here to subscribeWEBLEY & SCOTT LTD: AN OSPREY SUPER TARGET .22 AIR RIFLE with Anschutz iron sight, 110cm long, with a fleece lined canvas slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WALTHER LGR .177 AIR RIFLE with a Walther sight and synthetic walnut stock, 112cm long, no.16131, with a canvas fleece lined slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
THEOBEN SLR-88 .22 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, fitted with a Kassnar 3-9x scope, in a canvas and fleece lined slip, 108cm longProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD RAIDER 10 .22 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, fitted with a hawk 4-16x50 scope, with a canvas fleece lined slip, no. 93390Provenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WEBLEY & SCOTT: A MARK 3 .22 AIR RIFLE with walnut stock, under lever action, 108cm long, in a canvas rifle slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
PARKER & HALE DRAGON MARK II .22 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, and Kassnar 6x fitted scope, no. 0760, 96cm long, with a fleece lined canvas rifle slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
J.R.SPENCER .22 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, side lever action, attached with a Niko sterling gold crown scope, in a canvas rifle slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
AN AIR ARMS PRO SPORTING .22 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, mounted with a Niko sterling 4-12x40 scope, no. 052615, 103cm long, with a canvas and fleece lined rifle slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WEIHRAUCH HW 90 K .177 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, 114cm long (old shop stock), with original Weihrauch tag and manual booklet, no. 2379605Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WEIHRAUCH .177 AIR RIFLE with synthetic walnut stock, with original Weihrauch tag (old shop stock), with attached Weihrauch scope, no. 2378680, 103cm longNote: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
FEINWERKBAU .177 AIR RIFLE with side lever auction, iron sight, synthetic oak stock, no. 82314, 110cm long, in a canvas rifle slipProvenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. No licence required.
WINCHESTER PRIMERS FOR STANDARD PISTOL LOADS box of 1,000; Winchester Primers for large pistols or Magnum pistol loads (partly used); 1,400 small rifle primers by CCI; and Dynamit Nobel Primers 5.50mm (old shop stock) (a lot)Note: The Buyer must be over the age of 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
PARKER HALE 12 BORE CLEANING KIT including cleaning rods and Express Gun Oil, in the original box; three rifle telescopes by Tasco, Optimum 4x32, and a Sterling Bisley Deluxe 4x42 (5)Provenance: The Donald Davis Air Gun Collection.Note: The Buyer must be over the age of 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING DIARIES AND SHOOTING BADGESbelonging to G. J. Gould, from 1871 to 1880, together with Elcho Shield records 1862 to 1926 with an introduction by Lt. Col. H. Mellish, C.B., V.D., D.L., The English Eight Club, printed for private circulation in 1926; a scrap book on various shooting notes and paper cuttings, a collection of various badges from the National Rifle Association, 1930's, Mackinnon Club, Cup Team India, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1946; and various others (a lot)
A fine Victory Medal awarded to Corporal W. H. Goodman, M.M., Rifle Brigade, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the third day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, 2 August 1917 Victory Medal 1914-19 (S-27090 Cpl. W. H. Goodman. Rif. Brig.) extremely fine £50-£70 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. William Humphrey Goodman was born in Islington in 1888, the son of coach builder Alfred Goodman and his wife Amy. At 5ft 2.5 inches in stature and a plumber and fitter by trade, he attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in London on 11 December 1915 and spent the Spring of 1916 training with ‘D’ Company of the 23rd Battalion in England - including a special course on the Lewis machine gun. He married Charlotte Shirley on 26 February 1916 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Finsbury Park, before embarking with the Rifle Brigade from Southampton to Havre on 26 October 1916. Posted to the 13th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, Goodman was promoted Corporal on 18 July 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the Western Front. He was killed less than a month later on 2 August 1917, his widow receiving the decoration by post to 40 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill. She would also later receive his effects which consisted of a wallet, photograph and card, and a notebook, likely collected by a comrade from his body or held back in the British front line prior to going ‘over the top’. Charlotte was awarded a widow’s pension of 15/ per week from 18 February 1918. She later remarried, her details given as Charlotte Hare (formerly Goodman), of 33 Hardwicke Road, Palmer’s Green. William Goodman is commemorated upon the Menin Gate Memorial.
Pair: Private M. McLaren, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (201779 Pte. M. McLaren. Rif. Brig.) very fine Pair: Private J. D. McLaren, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (R-259175 Pte. J. McLaren. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: Private J. McLaren, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-269276 Pte. J. McLaren. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: Airman 2nd Class, L. McLaren, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (109857 2. A.M. L. McLaren. R.A.F.); Pair: Private J. C. McLaren, South African Medical Corps British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. J. C. McLaren. S.A.M.C.) very fine (10) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied research.
Six: Sergeant C. A. E. Warren, Royal Engineers Signal Company, later Royal Signals British War and Victory Medals (26109 Spr. C. A. E. Warren. R.E.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Mohmand 1933 (2306507 Sjt. C. Warren. R. Signals.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2306507 Sjt. C. A. E. Warren. R. Signals.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (2306507 Sjt. C. A. E. Warren. R. Signals.) very fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Charles Albert Edward Warren was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, on 28 February 1899, and gained his Army Council Certificate of Education whilst serving as Boy in ‘A’ Signal Company, Royal Engineers, on 22 May 1914. Serving as a Sapper during the Great War, he proceeded to gain a Certificate of Proficiency in Rifle Maintenance on 2 December 1927 whilst serving as Lance Sergeant in the 54th Divisional Signals. Posted to Mohmand and the North West Frontier of India, he joined the War Department in 1948 and later took employment in the Civil Service Office for Pensions and National Insurance. Sold with a selection of original documentation including three Certificates of Education; and 1937 Coronation Award Certificate from the Viceregal Lodge, Simla.
Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (7251 Rfn. S. Taylor. 3. K.R.R.C.) contemporarily engraved naming in the style associated with the unit, good very fine £70-£90 --- Samuel Taylor, a cycle maker from Spitalfields, London, was born into a Jewish family in 1888. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 19 March 1906 and served in India at the time of the 1911 Delhi Durbar. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 November 1914 and received a gun shot wound to his finger in June 1915, being further wounded in the buttocks two months later. He was discharged as a consequence of his wounds on 23 June 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B287275. He emigrated to Canada, where he later died in 1960. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Medal, 46mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘The Macdonald Tobacco Match’; a British Colombia Rifle Association Medal, 45mm, silver, unnamed; a New Brunswick Engineers Rifle Club Medal, 36mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Sap. E. O’Shaughnessy by Capt. Geo. Kerr Berton Nov. 2. 1876’, fitted with clip and straight bar suspension; and a fine Auckland Cadet Corps Medal, 45mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘This Medal presented by Sir John Logan Campbell records that at the Auckland Cadet Corps competition for the Campbell Champion Challenge Silver Vase Col. Sergt. A. G. Devore made the highest score for the year 1909’, complete with riband bad integral top mounting pin, in Teutenbeg, Auckland, case of issue, good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (3113 Pte. W. Hill, 3rd Rifle Bde.) good very fine, rare to unit £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004. Only 2 Officers and 29 Other Ranks of the 3rd and 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, were awarded the Africa General Service Medal with clasp Somaliland 1902-04, all but one serving as part of the Mounted Infantry. Walter Hill was born in Bow, London, in 1875 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Woolwich on 14 February 1894, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served 3rd Battalion in India from 18 January 1898 to 5 July 1903, and then in Somaliland from 6 July 1903 to 22 June 1904, where he was one of the section of 28 riflemen, under Captain M. G. E. Bell, selected to serve as No. 2 (Bengal) Company, British Mounted Infantry. He was discharged on 13 February 1906, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extract; and an article entitled ‘The Rifle Brigade in Somaliland 1903-04’ from the Autumn 1995 O.M.R.S. Journal.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private G. N. Wilson, 28th (Saskatchewan) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, for his gallantry at Fresnoy on 4 May 1917; he was twice wounded Military Medal, G.V.R. (888268 Pte. G. N. Wilson. 28/Sask: R.) contact marks, slight edge bruise, nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette, 18 July 1917. The official citation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Fresnoy on May 4th 1917, and subsequent days. His Company took over a line from the Battalion which had been engaged in heavy fighting with the enemy, and many wounded were lying in No Man’s Land, close to the enemy wire. He volunteered to go out and bring these men in, which he did at great personal risk from both the enemy M.G. and rifle fire which was very heavy, and from our own artillery which were keeping up a persistent fire on the enemy’s front line. By the bravery and devotion to duty undoubtedly saved many lives’. Gordon Noble Wilson, an engineer from Nailsberry, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada, was born in Michigan, U.S.A. on 9 May 1889. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 11 April 1916, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 28th Battalion from 13 January 1917. He received a shrapnel wound to his right shoulder on 10 May 1917, and a gun shot wound to his right thigh on 29 July 1917. Awarded the Military Medal in July 1917, he was discharged as a consequence of his wounds on 17 May 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 185326. He died, aged 74, in Aborfield, Saskatchewan, on 31 October 1962. Sold with copied service papers.
Renamed and Defective Medals: Baltic 1854-55 (Cpl. F. G. Irwin S & M) renamed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol naming erased; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (177 Pte. J. Cousins. 2nd Batt. S.L.I.) renamed; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (1444, A. Martin, 1st. Bat. Rifle Brigade) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, naming erased; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Pte. A. McLaren. R. Tks.) naming mostly erased; together with various cast copy medals; a box of original Great War ribands; a selection of mostly modern riband; seven assorted miniature Second World War stars and a miniature 1953 Coronation Medal; and other ephemera, edge bruises and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (lot) £200-£240
Three: Lieutenant C. A. Leggett, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment, who was invalided home from Egypt after suffering a nervous breakdown in consequence of the war British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Leggett.); Defence Medal, light contact marks, very fine Three: Private W. G. Garlick, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (6342 Pte. W. G. Garlick. 13-Lond. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (William G. Garlick) light contact marks, generally very fine, the last better (6) £70-£90 --- Cecil Agar Leggett was born in West Brompton on 26 September 1890 and educated at St. Mark’s College, Chelsea. A designer by profession, he served with the University of London Officer Training Corps and was appointed to a Cadet Commission in April 1915. Trained at Richmond Camp, his initial service was marred by an accident when he was gassed whilst attending a lecture. Recovered, he was posted to France on 4 March 1916 with the 13th London Regiment and was present during the diversionary attack at Gommecourt on 1 July 1916. Attached to the Rifle Brigade on 27 June 1917, he was sent to Egypt with the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; his Officer Service Record notes that the medical profession believed the warmer climate would aid his lungs. Sent to Alexandria, Leggett’s time in North Africa proved brief and he began to struggle with his mental health. Discharged permanently unfit in consequence of the ‘stress and strain of Military Service’, he likely returned home to Richmond Road, Earls Court, London. Sold with copied Officer’s Service Record.
A superb and rare Great War 1917 ‘Palestine campaign’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal J. B. Symonds, Herefordshire Regiment, who was killed in action in France in July 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (235989 L. Cpl. J. B. Symonds. 1/1 Hereford: R.-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (235989 L. Cpl. J. B. Symonds. 1/1 Hereford: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2947 Pte. J. B. Symonds. Hereford R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2947 Cpl. J. B. Symonds. Hereford R.) together with Memorial Plaque (John Bertram Symonds) extremely fine (6) £2,600-£3,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an action. He showed great courage in crossing an exposed piece of ground under very heavy rifle fire to obtain an important message from a runner who was lying wounded in the open.’ One of only eight D.C.M.s awarded to the regiment in the Great War. M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1918. The Battalion War Diary for January 1918 notes that the M.M. was awarded for the battle of Gaza, but does not specify if it was for the first battle in March 1917, or the second battle in April 1917; it is more likely to be the former, however, when the battalion was more heavily engaged. The Mention was for the period of 1 March to 28 June 1917, which covers both battles of Gaza. The D.C.M. is not mentioned in the War Diary and the annotated gazette only specifies ‘Egypt’, which also covers the Palestine campaign. Given the date of the gazette and the nature of the citation, it is likely that the award was for the battle of Tel-el-Khuweilfe, during the third battle of Gaza in November 1917. John Bertram Symonds was born at Tupsley, Hereford, in late 1894. A Territorial soldier, he landed with the 1/1 Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 9 August 1915. He went on to serve with the regiment in the Palestine campaign where he was awarded the D.C.M., M.M. and Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Archibald Murray. With the German Spring Offensive under way on the Western Front, many of the British units in Palestine were replaced by Indian formations and, in June 1918, the Herefords Battalion was among five from the 53rd Division dispatched to France. On 23 July 1918, the Battalion took part in an attack to the south of Soissons, between Tigny and Bois de Reugny, suffering some 238 casualties from machine-gun fire whilst advancing through high standing corn. Among those killed was Corporal John Symonds who was initially buried near Soissons, but post-War his remains were re-interred at Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire. Sold with original letter to his parents notifying them of his death, together with copied research including gazette notices, Ward Diary extracts and Medal Index Card.
The Zulu War Medal awarded to Conductor F. H. Field, one of seven officers wounded and taken prisoner at the disaster that befell the British troops at the battle of Majuba Hill in the First Boer War South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Condr. F. H. Field. Commissariat.) nearly extremely fine £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005. Conductor F. H. Field was wounded and taken prisoner at the disaster that befell the British troops at the battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881. British casualties were 92 killed, 134 wounded - of whom a few succumbed during the following few weeks - and 59 taken prisoner. The officers killed included Major-General Sir George Colley, and those wounded and taken prisoner included Lieutenant Ian Hamilton, “Fighting Mac” Macdonald and Conductor F. H. Field. Lance-Corporal Farmer, Army Hospital Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross for tending the wounded under fire. The ignominious defeat on Majuba ended the First Boer War, for which campaign no battle honours or medals were awarded. During the Zulu War, Conductor Field and the other Conductors of Supplies ‘performed various and arduous duties over a wide extent of territory, and by their zeal and ability materially conduced to the successful carrying out of the plans of the Head of Department’ (Shadbolt, The South African Campaign of 1879 refers). In 1880, not long after the successful conclusion of the Zulu War, simmering tensions that existed between Boer and Britain, following the latter’s annexation of the Transvaal in 1877, boiled over following the Bezuidenhout affair. Fresh from their victories over the Zulus, regiments such as the King’s Dragoon Guards, Connaught Rifles (94th), King’s Royal Rifles (60th) and Northamptonshire Regiment (58th) were supremely confident of their abilities to defeat the Boer farmers. The British Force was later supplemented by two regiments that had gained laurels in the recent Afghanistan campaign - the 15th Hussars and Gordon Highlanders (92nd). As was to happen 19 years later, the Boers were woefully underrated and superior marksmanship and tactics, against regular British infantry in their red tunics, inflicted a series of defeats on these famous regiments, at Bronkhorst Spruit, Ingogo River and Laing’s Nek. Other British troops were tied up in besieged towns such as Pretoria and Lydenburg. On 16 February 1881, Sir George Colley agreed to end the campaign on the condition that the Boers gave up their demands for the independence of the Transvaal, but - unsurprisingly - the negotiations came to nothing. On 26 February, Colley moved secretly out of his camp at Mount Prospect with a compact force consisting of two companies of the Northamptonshire Regiment, two companies of the King’s Royal Rifles, two companies of the Gordon Highlanders, 64 men of the Naval Brigade, two guns, and some Hussars. His objective was the ascent and occupation of Majuba Hill which completely overlooked and commanded the Boer camp and lines of defences on the flat beyond Laing’s Nek. In a dashing manouevre, the sudden seizure of the Boer camp would break their lines and lead his force into the Transvaal. The King’s Royal Rifles were left at a difficult pass, on a ridge at the bottom of the mountain together with all the horses, reserve ammunition and the Hussars. The top of the hill was reached just before daylight and the secret advance of the 600 troops was completed successfully. One historian of the battle well sums up the feelings of the force as the sun rose over the mountain on 27 February: ‘It was an exciting moment. [T. F.] Carter, himself taken prisoner on Majuba, later remembered exulting that “there was our enemy at our mercy, and unaware of our proximity to them”. The British soldiers found that they were perched on top of what seemed to be an impregnable natural citadel dominating the Boer defences. “We could stay here forever” remarked Colley’ (Ransford, The Battle of Majuba Hill). But then, at the seeming moment of triumph, the unthinkable happened and the Boers launched a surprise counter-attack on the mountain. As the British began to arrange defensive positions they swarmed silently up the side of Majuba. ‘What military genius possessed these burgers! What instinctive aptitude they had for war! Here were a few hundred men prepared to assault a position which any professional soldier of the time would have insisted was impregnable … as early as 6 a.m., a desultory fire had been opened from the foothills on to the crown of Majuba, but it was heavy enough to make the soldiers keep their heads down. Within an hour that fire had become general and heavy. And all the time the storming parties were methodically moving upwards, brilliantly handled, and using cover with the utmost skill’ (Ransford). Five hours later 60 Boers were waiting on the summit of the hill to begin the attack. Just before noon the Gordon Highlanders were subjected to an extremely heavy and accurate rifle fire which pinned them down effectively in the northern sector of the perimeter. This outbreak seemed to have little effect on Colley, who still considered his position safe. Unbeknownst to him, the Boers had not deserted their camp below, and by now several hundred of them were massed for the assault. On General Smit’s order, the lead 60 Boers stood up and fired volley after volley into the party of Gordon Highlanders manning the knoll. As the troops retreated in confusion, the Boers seized the knoll. The reserves were called up but only did so slowly. The Boers fired on the Highlanders’ main position on the northern brow and the Gordons wavered and fell back, becoming mixed with the upcoming reserves. It was total confusion and a little after one o’clock: ‘…the first part of the Boer plan had been successfully executed; they had broken into the British position. It was difficult for Colley’s men to understand exactly what was going on, but plainly their position had changed from comparative security to one of extreme peril. Drifting rifle smoke covered the summit of the hill, and eddied in the depressions like a heavy fog. Anyone who showed himself above the low ridge became a target for a dozen rifles. The scent of death and the acrid smell of smoke smarted in the soldiers’ nostrils…’ (Ransford). In Colley’s favour, who remained calm throughout, 200 of his soldiers had rallied behind the ridge and were not in a bad defensive position. But under the cover of fire, the Boers stealthily moved forward until 60 or 70 were opposite the force on the ridge and firing, almost point-blank through the cover of smoke into the British troops. Lieutenant Ian Hamilton wanted to bayonet-charge the Boers with overwhelming numbers, but was stopped by Colley. Colley attempted to reinforce the forward positions with troops from behind the ridge but, despite the exhortations of the officers, few moved into the face of the overwhelming Boer fire to drive back the attack. One who did show bravery at Majuba was Conductor Field. Carter recorded that ‘Conductor Field, who, whilst in charge of supply ammunition, which he was endeavouring to convey from the ridge to the summit of the hill, was shot and taken prisoner’ (Carter, The Boer War). The end was not long in coming. A Boer attack from the right, combined with withering fire from the front, broke the British troops. ‘Suddenly,’ Carter wrote, ‘a piercing cry of terror ... rose from the line of infantry. The soldiers threw down their weapons and stampeded for the rear, stupid with terror, and paying no heed to the officers who cursed and threatened them with their...
Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers 1865. A circular engraved medal with decorated rim, 49mm, silver (Hallmarks for Glasgow 1862), obverse engraved with a kneeling Rifleman in the firing position, ‘In Defence of our Queen and Country’ around, reverse engraved ‘7th. R.R.V. Annual Competition. First Prize with £2 won by Sergt. Pollock. 1865.’, with integral loop and straight bar suspension, good very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Three: Sergeant F. Foster, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2228 Sjt. F. Foster. Suff. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Fred Foster) generally very fine Pair: Private A. G. Forsey, 15th (Suffolk Yemoanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4896 Pte. A. G. Forsey. Suff. R.); with Walthamstow Education Committee Attendance Medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘F. Forsey 1906’, generally good very fine Pair: Private H. G. Faull, 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3104 Pte. H. G. Faull. Essex R.) very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Fred Foster served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915. Henry Glover Faull served during the Great War with the 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment in the Egyptian theatre of War from 27 April 1915 (entitled to 1914-15 Star). He subsequently transferred to the Rifle Brigade, the Labour Corps and the Army Service Corps, during service for which he received a gun shot wound to the left thigh on 27 March 1917.
Badge for Voluntary War Work in India 1914-19, a reduced size oval bi-metallic skeletal badge, 21mm x 16mm, lotus flowers to centre, on brooch pin, mounted in a glazed display frame with the Government of India bestowal letter, named to ‘Mrs. Drayson’, and dated 29 July 1920, nearly extremely fine Royal Marine Shooting Medals (2), both awarded to R. J. Gumm, Lieutenant R.M. and sometime Chief Inspector, R.M. Police, the first silver, with top ‘Royal Marines Eight’ riband bar, and clasps for ‘1910’, ‘1911’, and ‘1928’; the second bronze, with top ‘Unit VII’ riband bar, and clasps for ‘Depot Rifle 1927’, ‘Depot R.M. Rifle 1928’, ‘Depot R.M. Revolver 1928’, and ‘Ply. Div. Rifle 1930’, reverse engraved ‘R. J. Gumm’, both mounted in a glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Purple Heart, reverse engraved ‘Frank Smelvin E. Mindell’, mounted in a glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine A Second War group of five miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all of recent manufacture, mounted for wear; with typed service history for Wing Commander Charles Henry Sherlock, Chaplain, Royal Australian Air Force, but with no original documentation, good very fine (lot) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A First Surrey Rifle Volunteers Medal, 43mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘The Pollock Challenge Cup 1866 Won by Colr. Sergt. R. A. Puckle. No.4 Compy.’; a circular stuck medal, 39mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘4th L.R.V. Won by Henry Lord, 2nd. Best Shot. 1st Period 1871’; a silver cross, 28mm, the obverse engraved ‘3rd. Company 39th. Mid. R.V.C. Champion Badge’, the reverse engraved ‘Won by Serjt. G. Page 1877.’, with ring suspension; and a silver-gilt shield medal, 40mm x 30mm, the obverse engraved ‘1st V.B.W.R. Regt.’, the reverse engraved ‘E Company Efficiency and Shooting won by Corpl. W. Miller 1899’, with ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Pair: Colour-Sergeant J. T. Hammond, Royal Welsh Fusiliers India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (730 Corpl. J. T. Hammond, 1/R.W. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2268 Cr. Sgt. J. T. Hammond, R. Welsh Fus.) contact marks, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. John Thomas Hammond enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a boy recruit in Dublin in April 1877, aged 14 years. Appointed a Bandsman in June 1880 and advanced to Lance-Corporal in January 1885, he was present in the Burma operations of 1885-87 (Medal & clasp). Having been promoted to Corporal in the latter period, he gained advancement to Sergeant in December 1887 and to Colour-Sergeant in April 1893. He was finally discharged at Carnarvon in May 1908, when he was described as ‘an excellent instructor and rifle shot’. For the medals awarded to Sergeant E. Hammond, believed to be the recipient’s father, see Lot 303.
The Second War and sporting medals awarded to Lance-Sergeant F. C. J. Jewell, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and one of the great athletic heroes of the Regiment 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with two Army Athletic Association medallions, unmarked silver, the reverses engraved ‘Army Championship 1937 Three Miles Aldershot Second’ and ‘Army Cross Country Team Championships, Windsor, 23 March 1939 Winning Team. 2/D.C.L.I. Pte. F. C. J. Jewell’.; a similar Aldershot Command Athletic Association medallion, unmarked silver, the reverse engraved ‘Command Cross Country Individual Championship, 1935-36 Winner Pte F. Jewell. The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.’; a smaller Eastern Command award, unmarked silver, the reverse engraved ‘Cross Country Championship 1939 Winning Team. Pte. F. C. J. Jewell. 2/D.C.L.I.’; and a Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs bronze medal, unnamed, very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Frederick Cyril James Jewell attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 14 November 1932. After completing training he was posted to the 2nd Battalion and sent to Gibraltar on 10 June 1933. Returned home to Blackdown and thence Shorncliffe in 1938, his unit went to France as part of the B.E.F. on 30 September 1939 and was withdrawn through Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. Transferred to the 30th Battalion on 4 September 1941, Jewell likely witnessed service in Algeria and Egypt before taking his discharge from the Colours on 2 February 1946.
An impressive inter-War K.P.M. group of four awarded to Assistant Commandant C. L. Dunn, Burma Military Police, late Royal Fusiliers, who successfully put down an armed rebellion by capturing or killing the leader and his followers and taking control of a virtually impregnable Burmese fortress King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Capt. Cyril Leslie Dunn. I.A, Asstt. Commdt., Burma Mily. Police.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. C. L. Dunn.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. C. L. Dunn.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, Burma 1930-32, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (Capt. C. L. Dunn, 3-8 Punjab R.) ‘3’ of unit overstruck above ‘2’, mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1930. The official recommendation published in The Gazette of India Extraordinary on 1 January 1930, states: ‘This Officer was in command of a party of Military Police from Loimwe that took action against a Muhso Hkunli (Pretender) who having collected armed followers was defying law and order in the Kengtung State in the Southern Shan States. The Assistant Superintendent in charge, having been unsuccessful in his efforts to make the Hkunli see reason and give up his warlike attitude was forced to call upon Captain Dunn and his party to attack the Hkunli and his followers in their bulletproof fort. It is reported that this fort must have taken years to complete; that it was perfect in its structure and its disposition and that special trenches had been dug for greater protection during rifle fire and for masking of men in case of an attack over the top. Owing to the disposition of the fort Captain Dunn was only able to make a reconnaissance from a ridge six miles away and found that the position could only be attacked from two sides. It was by this skilful reconnaissance (as there was no information available as to strength, etc., of the Hkunli’s followers) that Captain Dunn was able to make his plan of attack so that the fort was eventually taken without serious casualties and the Hkunli and many of his followers were killed. The operations commenced on the 9th March 1929 and ended on the 27th April 1929.’ Cyril Leslie Dunn was born on 10 February 1898, the son of Irish-born William Dunn of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Privately educated, he served three months on the Somme from April 1916 with the 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, before being appointed to a commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 7 September 1915. Posted to the 7th Training Reserve Brigade at Dover, he embarked aboard a troopship to Egypt on 26 August 1917, arriving on 20 November 1917. Appointed Captain in the 3/8th Punjab Regiment on 28 May 1920 and transferred to India, Dunn rose to become Regimental Company Commander before taking appointment with the Burma Military Police on 9 February 1921. Furnished with excellent references and an appreciation of colloquial Burmese, he is later recorded in 1927 as Assistant Commandant of Military Police, South Shan States Battalion, Loimwe. Awarded the K.P.M. in 1930 as Assistant Commandant, Burma Military Police, Dunn retired in September 1934 and was transferred to the Indian Army Non Effective List in January 1936. Returned to India from Bristol in 1939 on War Reserve, further service during the Second World War was significantly hampered by illness, and Dunn was eventually released from duties at Bangalore on 2 April 1945 due to insomnia and chronic anxiety. Analysis of the recipient’s Army Service Record confirms overwork and excessive responsibility during long periods of service in India, a psychologist noting him 70% disabled with his career at an end. Sold with extensive copied research.
A C.B. group of nine to Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, later Assistant Private Secretary to King Edward VII, 1901-10, and afterwards Extra Equerry to the King and Equerry to Queen Alexandra The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle, some loss to reverse central motif; Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Lieut: Arthur Davidson, 2/60th Foot); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: A. Davidson 2/60 Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: A. Davidson. 2/K.R. Rif: C.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, this with additional fitment on lower reverse arm to aid mounting; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, mounted for wear, very fine or better (9) £3,600-£4,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006. Arthur Davidson was born on 12 November 1856, the son of W. Davidson of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, and was educated privately at Petersham. He joined the 60th Rifles in 1876 and served with the 2nd Battalion in the Afghanistan War from October 1878 to November 1880. There he took part in the advance on and occupation of Kandahar and Kelat-i-Ghilzie, and was present at the engagements at Ahmed Khel and Urzoo near Ghuznee, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches. He then served as Aide de Camp to Sir Donald Stewart at Kabul, and accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar as Aide de Camp to Major-General Ross, and present at the battle of Kandahar, for which he was again Mentioned in Despatches. He then served in the Marri Expedition under General MacGregor and was in the first Boer War of 1881, with the Natal Field Force on signalling duty. In the Egyptian War of 1882 he was present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir and was awarded the Turkish Order of Medjidie 5th Class. He next served in the Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884-85 under Sir Charles Warren on special service and as Acting Inspector of Army Signalling, for which he was for a third time Mentioned in Despatches. Davidson was appointed A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge between 1890 and 1895; Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen from 1895 to 1896; Equerry-in-Waiting between 1896 and 1901; and created M.V.O. (4th Class) in 1896. As Equerry and Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse, and Assistant Private Secretary to King Edward VII, between 1901 and 1910, he was created C.V.O. in 1901 and awarded the C.B. (Military) in 1902, K.C.V.O. in 1908, and K.C.B. (Civil) in 1910. Later appointed Extra Equerry to the King and Equerry to Queen Alexandra, he was awarded the G.C.V.O. in 1921 and was in receipt, amongst others, of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, Japanese Orders of the Rising Sun, and Sacred Treasure and Greek Order of the Redeemer. Sir Arthur Davidson died on 16 October 1922.
A most interesting Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Brigadier O. W. Nicholson, Royal Corps of Signals, late Rifle Brigade, who Commanded the 40th and 51st Anti-Aircraft Brigades during the Second World War; in the inter-War years he served as Member of Parliament for the Abbey Division of Westminster, defeating the future Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the 1924 by-election by just 43 votes, and was later appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead - the sinecure position later held by the future Prime Ministers Anthony Eden, David Cameron, and Boris Johnson The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. O. W. Nicholson. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. O. W. Nicholson); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1942, with two Additional Award Bars and integral top riband bar, mounted court-style by Spink, London, as worn, and housed in a Spink, London, leather case, lacquered, good very fine (9) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Canon Nigel Nicholson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2020. Commander, Order of St. John, London Gazette 1 January 1946. Otho William Nicholson was born in Marylebone, London, on 30 November 1891, the son of Colonel the Rt. Hon. William Nicholson, and was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, on 15 August 1914, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 June 1915, before transferring to the Wireless Intelligence Section of the Royal Engineers. Following the cessation of hostilities Nicholson entered politics, serving as Mayor of Finsbury from 1923 to 1924, before being elected Member of Parliament for the Abbey Division of Westminster in the by-election of 1924. Standing as the official conservative candidate, he defeated the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, who, upset that he had not been chosen as the Conservative candidate, stood as an independent ‘Constitutionalist’ candidate, by 8,187 votes to 8,144 votes. He retained the seat in the forthcoming General Elections, and held his seat until 4 July 1932, when he was disqualified by virtue of being appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead (a peculiarity of the United Kingdom’s unwritten constitution is that Members of Parliament cannot resign, but can engineer their own disqualification by accepting this obscure sinecure - future incumbents of the Stewardship included Prime Ministers Anthony Eden, David Cameron, and Boris Johnson). Advanced Honorary Colonel, 1st Anti-Aircraft Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (Territorial Force), Nicholson was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex in July 1938, and served during the Second World War as Brigadier Commanding the 40th and 51st Anti-Aircraft Brigades, receiving his Efficiency Decoration in 1942. He latterly held the post of Assistant Commandant at the School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery at Shrivenham. On 2 March 1948 Nicholson was one of the only survivors when a Sabena Airlines DC3 aircraft crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport - of the 21 people on board, only 3 survived. He died in Ringwood, Hampshire, on 29 June 1978.
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A plain circular disc, 32mm, silver, hallmarked but lacking date letter, obverse engraved with a kneeling Rifleman in the firing position, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Capt. White to the Best Marksman of No. 2 Company Huntingdon for the year 1866’, pierced with three small holes (one plugged) presumably for affixing to a coat; together with a circular metal disk, the obverse engraved ‘No. 2 This Medal presented by the officers to Royal Bird as a reward of Merit for making the 2d. Best Shot September 18th 1820’, reverse engraved ‘D. Brown, Capt.; J. Muzzy, Lieut.; J. Roberts, Ensign.’, pierced with ring suspension; a Shrewsbury Archery 1854 Best Gold lapel badge in the form of a central medallion with three arrows through it, with pin-back suspension; a London Rifle Brigade Silver Medal (“B” Coy. 1932. Rfn. I. L. Jones.) in Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London, fitted case; and a National Rifle Association membership arm badge, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1935), the first two in fair condition; the rest good very fine and better (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles struck medal, 38mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Best Shot Revolver Class Firing 1903-04 Won by Capt. F. T. Millard’; a 12th Royal Lancers engraved medal, 39mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘XII Royal Lancers Best Shot of the Sergeants 1907-08 Sergt. W. W. Simkins’, with loop and ring suspension; an Egypt Command Small Arms Meeting struck medal, 39mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1930), the reverse engraved ‘1931 Machine Gun Match Winners 3rd A.C.C. A. Ewan.’; and a Indian Rifles Rifle Club medallion,27mm, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Championship 2ndJ. G. Williams 1939-40’, with small ring suspension, good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A South African Transvaal Bisley Competitor’s Badge.
A thin curved silver competitor's badge, 67mm, with crowned armorial shield against four Transvaal vignettes, the reverse inscribed ‘Transvaal Bisley 1906’, with pin brooch to reverse, in Mappin & Webb, Johannesburg, fitted case; together with a small Transvaal Rifle Association medal, 32mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1903), unnamed, good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Four: Lieutenant S. Morris, Royal Engineers, late Liverpool Regiment 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. S. Morris. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. Morris.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 12 April 1918. Stanley Morris was born in Sefton Park, Liverpool, on 4 July 1890. Educated at Holt Secondary School and Beaumaris Grammar School in North Wales, he initially attested for the 6th (Rifle) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, as Rifleman, and was later appointed to a commission with the Western Cable Telegraph Company, Royal Engineers. Embarked for France in September 1915, he served as Signals Officer at 81st Brigade Headquarters, Royal Garrison Artillery. In common with many at the time, his service career was blighted by poor health, most notably stomach complaints; he spent October and early November 1918 at the 2nd London General Hospital and was later readmitted to the 1st Eastern General Hospital in January 1919. Sold with copied Officer’s Service Record.
An extremely unusual ‘Casualty’ pair awarded to Private C. E. Coombes, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was accidentally killed on parade in France when a comrade in the rank behind him accidentally discharged a rifle round into his back from point-blank range British War and Victory Medals (6232 Pte. C. E. Coombes. R. Scots.) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Charles Edward Coombes was born around 1888, the son of Samuel and Martha Coombes of 6 Church Street, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxford. Enlisting at Lutterworth in Leicestershire, he served on the Western Front from 7 September 1916 and was wounded in action on 23 April 1917, being evacuated home a week later. Returning to the fray on 10 September, his life was tragically cut short on 23 November 1917, just moments after retiring from the front line. Perhaps uniquely, the exact circumstances relating to his death are available in his Army Service Record. Called to parade, 'C' Company of the 6/7th Royal Scots Fusiliers formed up, with Coombes taking his place in the front rank of his platoon. It was then that a live round was discharged by No. 25382 Pte. David Andrews, striking Coombes from behind on the left side of the spine. Crying out in pain, Coombes staggered a few feet before collapsing. Subsequent medical attention proved futile. Witness testimony from Lance Corporal Nunn, adds: 'Immediately afterwards a shot went off and Private Coombes, who was in front staggered to the rear and fell. Pte. Andrews dropped his rifle, ran forward a few steps and threw himself down in tears. He seemed very, very much upset.’ Tried by Field General Court Martial, the case against Andrews appeared clear cut, the man declaring 'it was me!' at the scene and offering a written statement - supported by a number of further witnesses who testified to a failure to deploy the safety catch and check whether there was a round in the chamber upon returning from sentry duty. Sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour, the punishment was later suspended - possibly on account of the statement by Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, in Command: '...Pte. Andrews is stated by all who know him to be a very careful man, therefore I consider that this was a special case of negligence, contrary to this man's ordinary character.' Aged 29 years, Coombes now rests at Level Crossing Cemetery at Fampoux in the Pas de Calais, his headstone bearing the inscription 'R.I.P.'. Private Andrews appears to have survived the war after being transferred following this incident to the 1st and 12th Battalions of the Regiment.
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain, I. A. Fane, 46th. Regt. 18 May, 1855.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted as worn with a top Hunt & Roskell silver riband buckle with gold pin, edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: John Fane Collection (i.e. direct from the family), Dreweatt’s, November 2009. John Augustus Fane was born in Wormesley on 23 September 1830, the son of John William Fane, High Sheriff and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Oxfordshire Militia. Appointed Ensign on 19 October 1849, Lieutenant on 31 December 1852, and Captain on 29 December 1854, he landed with the 46th Regiment of Foot in the Crimea on 8 November 1854. Returned home on 6 February 1855, he received the Crimea Medal by Royal presentation on 18 May 1855. Resigning from the Army upon the sale of his commission on 29 May 1857, Fane subsequently served in the Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteers and died in 1908. Sold with an attractive pair of related silver dress miniatures, comprising Crimea Medal, clasp Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian issue, mounted upon contemporary wearing pin; with a small gilt-metal regimental cap badge, a silver and blue enamel College of Nursing badge, numbered ‘16378’ to reverse, by J. R. Gaunt & Son., and a large Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary badge, by W. Lewis of Birmingham.
Four: Acting Sergeant E. W. Stevens, Somerset Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1990 Pte. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1990 A. Sjt. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal, contact marks, very fine Four: Sergeant L. Cotton, Rifle Brigade 1914-15 Star (2453 L. Cpl. L. Cotton. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (2453 Sjt. L. Cotton. Rif. Brig.); Defence Medal, good very fine Four: Gunner C. H. Light, Royal Artillery, late Cullian’s Horse 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. H. Light. Cullians Hse.); British War and Victory Medals (266636 Gnr. C. H. Light. R.A.); Defence Medal, good very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Ernest William Stevens was born in Pilton, Somerset, in 1896. He attested into the 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), Somerset Light Infantry on 19 September 1913 and served during the Great war in the Frontier regions of India from 9 October 1914. Posted to Mesopotamia in February 1916, he returned to India suffering from dysentery seven moths later. Upon recovery he rejoined his battalion in March 1917. After further periods of sickness, he transferred into the Royal Engineers. Appointed Acting Sergeant, he was discharged in May 1919. In civilian life he served as a Police Officer in Yeovil. He died in 1962. Louis Cotton was born in Ascot Under Whichwood, Oxfordshire, in 1891. He attested into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 17 September 1907, and after two months’ service attested into the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade. He appears in the 1911 census as serving in Cairo, Egypt. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, before moving to Salonika in November 1915, where he served for the duration of hostilities. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the Home Guard detachment at Highworth, Wiltshire. He died, aged 91, in 1984. Charles Henry Light was born in Hewish, North Somerset, on 28 January 1880. Emigrating to South Africa, he attested into Cullian’s Horse on 26 October 1914 for service during the Great War. Upon his discharge, he returned to the U.K. where he attested for further service into the Royal Artillery. Sold with copied research.
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