Family Group: A rare ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant G. T. Gascoyne, Northamptonshire Regiment, late Regimental Sergeant-Major, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2380 C. Sgt. T. Gascoyne, K.R.R.C.) suspension claw reaffixed; 1914-15 Star (R-222 S. Mjr. T. Gascoyne, K.R.Rif.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (R-222 W.O. Cl. I. T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver (2380 C/ Sgt. G. T. Gascoyne. 2nd K.R.Rif) engraved naming, lacking integral riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2380 Clr:-Serjt: T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (Col. Sjt. T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.C.) edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better, the last rare British War Medal 1914-20 (775 Wkr. P. M. Gascoyne Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Only 55 George VI ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M.s. are believed to have been awarded, all being notified in Army Orders 44 of March and 106 of June, 1942. George Thomas Gascoyne was born in Lambeth, Surrey and using his second Christian name ‘Thomas’ attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester on 15 September 1884, aged 18 years. He was promoted Corporal in February 1889, Sergeant in September 1891 and Colour Sergeant in May 1898, serving in the latter rank with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 September 1899 until 21 July 1900 (medal and 3 clasps). Proceeding to India in January 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity under Army Order 10 the same month and, in his capacity as the senior non-commissioned officer, he was one of eight 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps Recipients of the 1903 Delhi Durbar Medal. In 1905 he elected to extend his army service beyond 21 years and the same year was recommended for the M.S.M. and posted Sergeant Instructor of the 2nd (South) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, transferring in 1908 to the Permanent Staff, 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment from which he was discharged to a pension on 8 February 1914. Gascoyne served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915 as Regimental Sergeant-Major with the 11th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and was discharged to a commission with the Northamptonshire Regiment on 10 November 1915. He was awarded a Silver War Badge as a Lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment. Phyllis Maud Gascoyne, eldest child of the above, was born in Malta on 21 October 1896. She enlisted in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 14 May 1917 and served as a Worker on the Western Front from 1 June 1917 until 9 August 1917. She was discharged on medical grounds on 20 January 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold together with a silver match box engraved ‘H. Gozzett to C/Sgt. Gascoyne. 1902.’
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Pair: Chief Motor Mechanic R. A. Clark, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2320 R. A. Clark. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) good very fine Pair: Major E. L. Heywood, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. E. L. Heywood.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. J. Grey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (11561 Pte. W. J. Grey. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine Pair: Private H. W. Fisk, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (S-21934 Pte. H. W. Fisk. Rif. Brig.) with named lid of card box of issue; together with the recipient’s daughter’s L.C.C. King’s Medal, 1 clasp, 1919-20 (E. Fisk) nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160 --- Richard Augustus Clark was born on 14 October 1898 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 February 1918. He served during the Great War as a Motor Mechanic in various Motor Launches and Coastal Motor Boats, and was promoted Chief Motor Mechanic on 1 November 1918. He was shore demobilised on 14 January 1920, and died in Haringey in 1982. Everard Lemprière Heywood was born on 26 August 1898 , the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Heywood, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was educated at Haileybury. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 29 August 1917, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 January 1918. Remaining in the Army following the cessation of hostilities, was saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced to Major. He died in 1967. Walter Joseph Grey attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), subsequently transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. Henry William Fisk was born on 25 August 1885 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 11 December 1915. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged on 28 August 1917 due to inflammation of the kidneys aggravated by service. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, and died in Bromley on 8 September 1929. The King’s Medal was awarded to the recipient’s daughter, Ellen Fisk. Sold with some original ephemera for the last group, and detailed copied research for all.
Family Group: Pair: Corporal A. Vann, Hampshire Regiment and Military Foot Police British War and Victory Medals (2794 Pte. A. Vann. Hamps. R.) good very fine Three: Lance-Sergeant A. G. Vann, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was taken Prisoner of War in the Western Desert on 26 January 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Alfred Vann was born in Over Wallop, Hampshire, in 1875 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 23 January 1914, He served with the 1st/6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, during the Great War, before transferring to the Military Foot Police, and was advanced Corporal. He was discharged at his own request on 14 February 1929. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge. Alfred George Vann, son of the above, was born at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, on 20 January 1907 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 23 January 1924. He was discharged on 14 February 1929, but subsequently re-attested in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2 January 1940, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War. He was taken Prisoner of War in the Western Desert on 26 January 1942, and was ultimately held at Stalag 4B. He was discharged on 27 September 1945. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Attestation; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and various photographs taken whilst a Prisoner of War.
Pair: Second Lieutenant E. Brandon, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action over the Western Front on 11 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. E. Brandon. R.A.F.) edge bruising, traces of acid cleaning to first, therefore nearly very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- Edgar Brandon was born in Bedford and was educated at Bedford Grammar School. ‘At the age of 21 he went to Tasmania, and remained there until 1913. He then went to Ceylon, where he was for some years with the Ceylon and Indian Planters’ Company. He obtained a year’s leave to come home, but it took him five months to reach England, where he landed in October 1917. He was in the Inns of Court O.T.C. for a time, and then got a commission in the Royal Air Force as an Observer. He had been at the front only a few weeks when he was killed.’ (the recipient’s obituary in Flight magazine refers). Posted to 9 Squadron, Brandon was killed in action on 11 August 1918 when his BE8, piloted by Captain Richard Hilton, was involved in bombing enemy positions. The combat report from his flight states: ‘3-25 lb bombs, 50 Rounds (V) and 100 Rounds (L) on troops in entrances to dugouts along valley. These troops disappeared rapidly but all three bombs fell among dugout entrances. 3-25 lb bombs and 100 Rounds (L) on massed enemy infantry in rough ground. Heavy fire encountered from trench system and much rifle fire. Observer killed.’ Brandon is buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France. Sold together with a copy of the book ‘Nine Lives’, by the recipient’s pilot, Richard Hilton; and much copied research
The rare M.G.S. medal for ‘Chrystler’s Farm’ awarded to Lieutenant Hector Munro, 49th Foot, who carried the colours and was slightly wounded in this action, for which only 7 officers of the regiment lived to claim the clasp; he was later a Captain in the Royal Canadian Rifles and settled in Canada Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler’s Farm (Hector Munro, Lieut. 49th Foot) clasp face slightly bent at left side, small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Only seven M.G.S. medals with ‘Chrystler’s Farm’ clasp issued to officers of the 49th Foot, out of a total of only 17 officers to receive this clasp from British or Canadian regiments. Hector Munro was born on 28 November 1796, and entered the army as an Ensign in the 89th Foot on 5 September 1811, aged 15 years 6 months. He served in North America from July 1812 until July 1816, initially with the 89th but was promoted to Lieutenant in the 49th Foot on 19 May 1813. He exchanged into the 103rd Foot in February 1817 and was placed on half-pay the following month. He was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Newfoundland Veterans on 25 December 1838, transferred as Lieutenant to the Royal Canadian Rifles on 16 July 1841, and was promoted to Captain in that regiment on 14 December 1845. He exchanged to the 2nd Foot on 4 August 1848, and retired by the sale of his commission. His services are given in Hart’s Army List thus: ‘Lieut. Munro served in the American war with the 49th Regt. and was present in the actions at Prescot, Chrystler’s Farm, and Plattsburg, besides various skirmishes.’ However, as can be seen from the following biographies, Munro carried the 49th colours and was wounded at Chrystler’s Farm. The latter was almost certainly a light wound as it is not mentioned in either the casualty lists or in his record of service; not uncommon for light and in particular non-pensionable wounds. Presumably Munro carried the colours after young Ensign Richmond had been wounded. ‘Captain Hector Munro, fourth son of Captain John of Kirkton, whose descendants now represent this family in the male line, was born on the 28th of November, 1796, and entered the army in 1811, in his sixteenth year, as an Ensign in the 89th Regiment. Two years later he was promoted Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment and carried the colours at Chrystler's Farm for which he received a medal and was wounded. He was also present at Plattsburg and Lundy's Lane. He was placed on half-pay on the 25th of March, 1817, from the 103rd Regiment, but on the 25th of December, 1838, was again placed on full pay as Lieutenant in the Royal Newfoundland Veterans, and when the Royal Canadian Rifles were formed he obtained a company in 1846. He soon after exchanged into the 2nd Regiment of Foot, or Queen's, and retired by sale of his commission in 1848. In 1859 he was appointed Surveyor of Customs at Galt, Ontario, an office which he held for the remainder of his life. He was for several years President of the Galt and Hamilton Highland Societies, and it was largely owing to his patriotic exertions that the fine and striking monument, on which his name appears as hon. secretary, was erected at Queenston to the memory of Sir Isaac Brock.’ (History of the Munros refers). ‘HECTOR MUNRO, deceased, father of L. H. R. Munro, was born at Dornoch, Scotland, in 1796. He came to Canada in 1812 with the 49th Regiment, being a brother officer of Sir Allan McNab. He participated in the battles of Chrystler’s Farm, Queenston Heights, and Lundy’s Lane, and carried the colours at Chrystler’s Farm. After the war he retired on half-pay; and, when again placed on full pay, was stationed at St. John’s, Newfoundland, from which he removed to Toronto, having been transferred to the Royal Canadian Rifles. He subsequently filled the position of Collector of Customs at Galt, until 1854, when he died, leaving eight children. His son, George T. Munro, who had been retired as a captain on half pay on the disbanding of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment with his wife and child and youngest sister were lost at sea on one of the Allan vessels the Hazeldean, in 1870.’ (History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario, Volume 2, refers) Hector Munro died at Galt, Ontario, on 12 February 1868. Sold with comprehensive research on CD.
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to ‘painter, etcher, raconteur and rifle-shot’, Mortimer Menpes, who accompanied the City of London Imperial Volunteers to the front during the Boer War as war artist for Black & White illustrated weekly magazine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, (Mr. M. Menpes “Black & White.”) very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Mortimer Luddington Menpes was born in 1855 at Port Adelaide, South Australia, the son of property developer James Menpes and was educated at John L. Young’s Adelaide Educational Institution, although his formal art training began at the School of Art in London in 1878 after his family had moved back to England in 1875 and settled in Chelsea. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880, and, over the following 20 years, 35 of his paintings and etchings were shown at the Academy. He met James McNeil Whistler on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880 and became Whistler’s pupil, learning the etching techniques that were to become evident in much of his later work. In 1886 he stood as godfather to Oscar Wilde’s son and the following year, a visit to Japan led to his first one-man exhibition at Dowdeswell’s Gallery in London. In 1900, following the outbreak of war in the Transvaal, Menpes sailed to South Africa as a war artist for the weekly illustrated magazine Black & White, in which, on 3 February 1900, the following appeared: ‘Accompanying the City of London Imperial Volunteers to the front is an artist whose name is known the whole world over, because he is first of all an artist, and secondly a reporter of events. This is Mr. Mortimer Menpes, who is entitled to tag after his name a list of honours and titles of which few artists can boast. Mr. Menpes is the inventor of a process of colour etching, in which, to the sharpness and definition attained by the tools of the etcher, he has added the softness and brilliance of all the rich colours that may be laid on the painter’s palette. Mr Menpes will be able to send us from the front portraits of all the principal Generals and notabilities of the war.’ Menpes’ sketches from the campaign were subsequently transcribed by his daughter Dorothy Menpes and published by Charles Black of Soho Square in 1901 under the title ‘War Impressions, being a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes’. After the war Menpes travelled widely and and many of his illustrations were published in books again accompanied by text written by Dorothy. He painted in oil and watercolour as well as being a prolific printmaker, producing over 700 etchings and drypoints during his career to great acclaim. A definitive catalog raisonné of his printed works was published in 2012 which also included an extensive biography and his exhibition history. He died at Pangbourne in 1938. ‘Menpes, Mortimer, F.R.G.S.; painter, etcher, raconteur, and rifle-shot; inartistically born in Australia; war artist for Black and White in South Africa, 1900. Educ.: nominally at a grammar school in Port Adelaide, but really on a life scheme of his own. His career as a painter began when he was one year old; he is still a painter. He had held more one-man exhibitions in London than any other living painter: viz Japan, India, Mexico, Burmah, Cashmere, France, Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Venice, Beautiful Women, Beautiful Children, The War in South Africa, Venice, exhibitions of Black and White, and of Etchings in colour, thereby reviving a lost art. Publications: a whole series of etchings at different periods; Essays (one called the Actualists, a skit on the Impressionists); War Impressions, 1901; Japan 1901; World Pictures, 1902; World’s Children, 1903; The Durbar, 1903; Venice, 1904; Whistler as I knew Him, 1904; Brittany, 1905; Rembrandt, 1905; India, 1905; Thames, 1906; Sir Henry Irving, 1906; Portrait Biographies, Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener. In the preparation of World Pictures he did the world in record time, being unsurpassed even by Jules Verne. Founder of the Menpes Press; Founder of the Menpes Great Masters, which are reproduced under his direction; Founder and Managing Director of the Menpes Fruit Farms, Pangboume.’ (Who’s Who, 1932) Sold together with a copy of Black & White magazine (cover loose), dated 3 February 1900, containing the above quoted reference to Menpes and his portrait picture; copy of Black & White magazine, dated 5 May 1900, cover loose; a quantity of copies of Menpes’ illustrations and sketches appearing in Black & White magazine during 1900; a letter from Menpes to a Mr Head, written from the Vicarage, Gorelstone in 1902, regarding a sold painting; other copied research and the following 8 hardback books: Deluxe Edition (No 86 of 350 copies and signed by Mortimer Menpes) of War Impressions, being a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes transcribed by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam & Charles Black Soho Square, London 1901, very good condition; another, standard 1901 edition, binding loose; Japan a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes transcribed by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam & Charles Black , Soho Square, London 1901, binding loose; World Pictures by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes published by A. & C. Black Soho Square London 1902; World’s Children by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903, 1st edition, Westbourne School Sheffield 1908 prize label inside front cover - awarded to Dorothy A. Nash, cover of spine weak; India by Mortimer Menpes text by Flora Annie Steel published by Charles Black Soho Square London, 1912 edition, ex public library, spine sun faded; Paris by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam and Charles Black 1909, with partially torn dust jacket, inscribed inside front cover ‘with love and good wishes from all at Netherley, Xmas 1909’ Venice by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, published by A. & C. Black Ltd. 4,5 & 6 Soho Square, London, 1916.
Three: Company Sergeant-Major P. Whight, Royal Garrison Artillery, late 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (No. 1915. C.S.M. P. Whight. 1st Sx V.A. E.D.R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1 C.S.Mjr. P. Whight. R.G.A.) the number ’1’ a later addition; together with a small pocket watch and three shooting medals, the first in silver engraved ‘1st S.A.V. No. 6 Comp. Challenge Cup 1894 Won by C.S.M. Whight.’; the second in bronze engraved ‘Miniature Rifle Meeting 1904, 1st R.G.A.V. Co. Sgt. Maj. Whight.’; the third in silver engraved ‘1st R.G.A.V. 1905’, very fine (7) £180-£220 --- Philip Whight was appointed Temporary Captain in the Sussex Volunteer Regiment on 24 January 1917. He relinquished his commission in the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment on 15 December 1919 and was granted the honorary rank of Captain.
A selection of miscellaneous cloth and bullion badges, comprising: National Rifle Association Bisley 1926; National Rifle Association Bisley 1931; Empire Match Bisley 1931; and three ‘year’ crosses, for 1933, 1935, and 1936, all with original paper backings, generally good condition (6) £40-£50
2nd Battalion Somerset Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Glengarry/Shako Badge c.1880-87. A good quality example in die-stamped silver plate, St. Edward’s crown, laurels, central circle, ‘2nd Battn. Somerset Rifle Volunteers’ enclosing a strung bugle horn, two lug fasteners, good condition £100-£140
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. A. I. B. Stokes, 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Fusiliers, who died in November 1918 of the wounds he received whilst in the act of winning the M.C. Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (STK-843 Pte. H. A. Stokes. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. A. I. B. Stokes.) extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation London Gazette 30 July 1919: ‘While forming up for the attack near Rumilly on October 1st, 1918, he was wounded but remained with his platoon and advanced with it to the attack. Under very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire from three sides he reorganised his men into groups, thereby avoiding many casualties and enabling the advance to proceed. Later, when further advance became impossible, he, though wounded a second time, stayed and encouraged his men until every other wounded man had been got away. He showed great courage and devotion to duty.’ Hugh Adrian Innys Blyth Stokes served as a Private with the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in France from 31 July 1915, and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and later into the 2nd Battalion. He was wounded on 1 October 1918, and died of his wounds on 28 November 1918. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. He was the son of Hugh Innys Stokes and Kate May Stokes of 46 Baker Street London. Sold with a rather faded portrait photograph.
A post-War O.B.E., Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant L. B. Greaves, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (P.S.2720 Pte. L. B. Greaves, R. Fus.) middle initial officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. L. B. Greaves.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Fifth Class breast badge, with crossed swords, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, very fine and better (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1950: ‘For missionary educational services in the Gold Coast’. M.C. London Gazette 1 February 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 25th September 1918, during the ascent of Point 1472. He led the advance of the mountain scouts over the precipitous and thickly wooded ground, and when within 1,500 yards of the objective silenced enemy rifle and machine-gun fire with the help of Lewis guns, and continued to advance. His skill and judgement contributed greatly to any success achieved by his battalion. As battalion Intelligence Officer, he has previously done good work on patrol duty.’ Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Fifth Class with Swords London Gazette 16 January 1920. Lionel Bruce Greaves was born in Cardiff in 1895, and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1914, but in November of that year attested for the 21st (4th Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915, and later as a Lance-Corporal in the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 4 August 1916, he served with the 8th Battalion in Salonika. After a spell in hospital with Malaria in November 1917 he recovered, and on 25 September 1918, the 8th Battalion, as part of 65th Brigade, with the 67th Brigade in support, was ordered to attack Point 1472 near Lake Doiran. Lieutenant Greaves and the battalion scouts rushed a rocky knoll which was believed to be Point 1472 but was nearly 1000 yards N.W. of it. The regimental history continues: ‘This position was quickly made good, despite considerable opposition from riflemen and machine guns, which Lieutenant Greaves’ skilful handling of his Lewis guns soon overcame’. For his bravery and leadership in action, Greaves was awarded the M.C. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle. In civilian life Greaves had a keen interest in the church and missionary work and between 1922-1932 was Vice-Principal of the Wesley College, Kumasi, (Gold Coast), Ghana. During the period he wrote many articles and several books on Faith and Central Africa. For another five years he was a supervisor at various Methodist Schools in Africa, then Educational Advisor to Non-Roman Missions in East Africa until 1947, when he returned to management of Methodist Schools. In 1946 he had survived a plane crash, when the small plane he was travelling in was forced to land in the bush and he and the other passengers and pilot had to wait several days to be rescued. Between 1947-1950 he was General Manager of Methodist Schools, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1950. He returned to the UK with his family in the mid-1950’s and continued his writing and research. After living in London for some time, his family emigrated to New Zealand, where he died in 1984. Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card notes that the recipient’s 1914-15 Star was initially issued named ‘L. V. Greaves’, and was returned in September 1921 to be corrected to ‘L. B. Greaves’. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal R. Lacey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 January 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-16600 Cpl. R. Lacey. 13/K.R.R.C.); Memorial Plaque (Rostron Lacey) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 April 1918. Rostron Lacey was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 10 January 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with a double-sided glazed small pocket photograph frame, one side containing a photograph of the recipient in uniform, the other a photograph of the recipient’s wife.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. J. Mead, Rifle Brigade, who died of wounds on the Somme on 15 September 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2429 Sjt: T. J. Mead. 9/Rif: Bde:) toned, minor edge nicks, good very fine £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. Thomas Joseph Mead was born in Brentwood, Essex and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Harwich, Essex, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 December 1914. He advanced to Sergeant, and served with the 9th (Service) Battalion as part of the 42nd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division on the Somme. The Battalion were engaged at Delville Wood on 24 August 1916, and ‘entrained for Dernacourt (11/9). Moved to forward area and in line at Delville Wood by (15/9). Attack towards Flers - lost heavily from enfilade machine gun fire from right flank while approaching Bulls Road - Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. P. Morris mortally wounded and every other officer hit except one junior subaltern. Casualties - 294. To Montauban Alley (16/9)’ (British Battalions on the Somme, R. Westlake refers). Company Sergeant Major Mead died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Pair: Private J. W. J. Beecroft, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (R-25455 Pte. J. W. J. Beecroft. K.R. Rif. C.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (John William Joseph Beecroft) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. A. E. Beecroft, 77 Rattray Rd, Brixton, London’, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. John William Joseph Beecroft was born in Lambeth, Surrey, and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. J. Packer, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (S-15099 Pte. A. J. Packer. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Packer) in card envelope, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Arthur John Packer was born in Westminster, Middlesex, and attested for the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) at Camberwell, Surrey, on 8 December 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Packer was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War Medal; the recipient’s last letter home to his parents; and copied research.
The Memorial Plaque bestowed upon Private H. H. Fowler, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Memorial Plaque (Herbert Harold Fowler) in card envelope, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Herbert Harold Fowler was born in Peckham, Surrey, in 1896 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 2 February 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Fowler was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. N. Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-12689 Pte. A. N. Bloomfield. Rif. Brig.) both in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque )Allan Nelson Bloomfield) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Allan Nelson Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade’, in OHMS transmission tube, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Bloomfield, 72 Brook Street, Erith, Kent’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Allan Nelson Bloomfield was born in Eltham, Kent, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Chelsea. He served initially with the 9th, and subsequently with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold together with extensive ephemera, including a number of postcards and embroidered cards written by the recipient home to his sister Elsie; sweetheart brooch and locket photographs; a portrait photograph of the recipient, in a glazed frame, together with a large copy of this, also in a glazed frame, and various other photographs; the recipient’s diary for 1916, with sporadic entries from the Front in the Arras region; C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research.
Pair: Company Sergeant Major G. W. T. Price, 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1274 W.O. Cl.2. G. W. T. Price. 5-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Norman L. T. Price, 28 Warley Road, Brentwood, Essex’; Memorial Plaque (Gerald William Tudor Price) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Coy. Serjt. Maj. Gerald William Tudor Price, London Regt.’, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Gerald William Tudor Price was born in Forest Gate, London, and prior to the Great War had served for nine years as a Volunteer and Territorial in the London Rifle Brigade, where he was a crack shot. He re-joined the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment in November 1914, was promoted Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry, and for three and a half years was kept in England training recruits. He proceeded to France on attachment to the 1st Battalion on 10 May 1918, was promoted Company Sergeant Major, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918, being shot through the head by a sniper whilst in the trenches. He is buried in the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery, Escoust-St. Mein, France. Sold with the recipient’s silver vesta case, inscribed ‘L.R.B. G. Coy. Pte. C. W. T. Prices 1905’; a London Rifle Brigade Shako badge; named Record office enclosure; a Musketry Instruction Book; copy of ‘The War Record of the Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. 1914-1918’, containing a portrait photograph of the recipient’; Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. card Roll of Honour; and copied research.
Three: Private A. J. Costin, 7th Battalion, London Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 July 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, third and fourth clasps both loose on riband (3744 Cpl. A. J. Costin, Vol: Co: K.R.R.C.) housed in a leather case; British War and Victory Medals (7298 Pte. A. J. Costin. 7-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Costin) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Arthur Costin was born in Shoreditch, London, in 1877 and served with the Volunteer Company, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa during the Boer War, and later with No. 1 Special Service Company (with which unit he qualified for the Cape Colony clasp). He attested for the 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment at Finsbury, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 December 1916. He was killed in action on 12 July 1918, and is buried in Contay British Cemetery, France. Sold with two post card photographs of the recipient; Imperial War Graves Commission photograph of the recipient’s grave; and copied research.
British Army Victorian and later group of six medals for WO2 Jacob, King's Royal Rifle Corps and 9th Battalion London Regiment, comprising India Medal 1896 with clasp for Relief of Chitral 1895 named to 7677 Cpl E J Jacob, 1st Battalion KRRC, Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Talna, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing's Nek and Belfast (6) and King's South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, both named to Sgt E Jacob KRRC, WW1 War Medal and Victory Medal, both named to 3275 WO2 E J Jacob, 9th London Regiment and his Edward VII Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, named to 7677 Colour Sgt E Jacob, KRRC, all with spare ribbons
Alexander Henry & Co canvas and leather gun case with brass bound corners, fitted interior and 'Alexander Henry & Co Rifle & Gun Makers To His Majesty The King Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria HM The King of Portugal 22 Frederick Street Edinburgh incorporating Alexr Martin Glasgow and Aberdeen' label, 83x24x9cm.
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