Three: Leading Seaman S. Higgs, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (J.31136, S. Higgs, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.31136 S. Higgs. A.B., R.N.) mounted for display with traces of adhesive to reverse of VM; together with a gold prize medal (9ct, 7.36g), the reverse engraved ‘H.M.S. Resolution Winners Kings Cup 1922-1923 S. Higgs’; and a bronze prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Runners-Up 1st B.S. 2nd Div. Ships Football Compt. 1922-23. Resolution’, generally very fine or better (3) £200-£240 --- Sydney Higgs was born in Stone, Staffordshire in May 1897. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1914, and advanced to Leading Seaman in January 1919. Higgs served with H.M.S. Lion (battle cruiser) from January 1915, and served with her at the Battle of Jutland where she was Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty’s fleet flagship of the Battle Cruiser Fleet. The Lion was hit a total of 14 times during the battle, including sustaining near-catastrophic damage to Q-turret, and suffered 99 dead and 51 wounded. Although mortally wounded, Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, the Q-turret gun commander, ordered the magazine and turret to be flooded, which although costing him his life saved the magazine from exploding, which would undoubtedly have sunk the ship; for his bravery and self sacrifice he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Higgs was discharged by purchase in August 1923.
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Martinique (S. Bailey, R. Arty) in original named card box of issue, cleaned, good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Samuel Bailey was born in the Parish of Clonfeckle, Co. Tyrone, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery on 24 September 1803. He served for 15 years 84 days as a Gunner, and for 2 years 8 days as a Bombardier, including 4 years 60 days in the West Indies, and was discharged from the 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery, on 30 September 1820, in consequence of incipient phthisis, and was admitted on the Pension List at 1/6 per day from 1 October 1820. The Vigors & Macfarlane roll confirms service in Captain St Clair’s Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery, at the capture of Martinique. 37 medals with this clasp were issued to the Royal Artillery, including 17 to St Clair’s Company. Sold with copied discharge details.
A magnificent family pair of Zulu War medals awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot, and his brother Sapper Joshua Baskerville, Royal Engineers, both in card mounts beautifully illuminated by the latter’s elder brother South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2409 Lce. Corpl. F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot) in a card mount beautifully illuminated by himself, signed at the bottom ‘Designed and Illuminated by F. S. Baskerville. Belfast’ but with a dedication to another member of the family which reads, ‘In Memoriam. Robert Baskerville, late Army Schoolmaster, 1st Battn. 11th Regt; Died at Colombo, Ceylon, 12th May 1886, Aged 41 Years’, in a modern frame, excellent condition South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13139 Sapper, J. Baskerville, R.E.) in a card mount beautifully illuminated with two vignettes, one of ‘Ekowe, Zululand’, the other of ‘Gibraltar’, with dedication which reads, ‘Sacred to the Memory of Joshua G Baskerville, late Royal Engineers - Aged 32, who died at Holywood on the 14th May 1893, and was interred in Holywood Cemetery’, signed at the bottom ‘Designed & Illuminated by his Brother, F. S. Baskerville, Belfast.’, in a modern frame, excellent condition (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Joshua Gideon Baskerville was born at Hackney, London, in 1861 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Dublin on 29 July 1875, aged 15 years 1 month. He was appointed Bugler in March 1876, attained 17 years of age in June 1877, and was posted to the ranks as Sapper on 1 January 1878. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from 2 December 1878 to 30 December 1879; at Gibraltar until 31 August 1882; and the remainder at Home until his final discharge as a Corporal, ‘unfit for further service,’ on 11 January 1893. His discharge papers note ‘Zulu 1879 - Present at the battle of Inyeazani 22 Jan ‘79 & blockade of Ekowe 23 Jan to 3 April ‘79 - S. Africa 1879 - with clasp’. Sold with copied discharge papers.
International, Order of St. George, Grand Cross set of insignia, by S. Johnson, Milan/Rome, comprising sash badge, gilt metal and enamel; Star, silver, gilt metal and enamel, with maker’s cartouche to reverse; with full sash riband and enamelled lapel rosette, in case of issue, central Cross loose on Star, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2007.
1914 Star, with copy clasp (62469 Gnr: J. W. Balmer. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (6900 Spr. J. Probert. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (13522 Pte. A. Martin S. Staff. R.; A-3043 Pte. E. Martin. K.R. Rif. C.; 242549 Pte. W. Pollard. Y. & L.R.; 42419. 2.A.M. H. Hill. R.A.F.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Frank Pinkard); Victory Medal 1914-19 (16545 Pte. R. E. Fox. S. Staff. R.); together with a mounted group of three miniature dress medals, comprising 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; and Victory Medal 1914-19, generally very fine and better (lot) £120-£160
Pair: Chief Stoker T. Hanley, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. Hanley, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Forte.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Thos Hanley, Ch. Sto., H M S Forte.) impressed naming, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, New Zealand (W.O.II (C.S.M.) R. S. Davidson, W.W.C. Rgt.) engraved naming, some contact marks, very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Ronald Stuart Davidson was born on 29 October 1908. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted at Wanganui. With the 27th Machine Gun Battalion he embarked for overseas service in May 1940; served in the Middle East; and was at Sidi Azeiz during 26/27 November 1941. Corporal Davidson is mentioned in the History of the 27th Battalion as being on the right flank and was later heavily shelled from Halfaya. He was later mentioned as having given excellent support during the attack against the Italians at Gazala. For his services he was awarded the 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Defence; War and New Zealand Service Medals. As Company Sergeant Major of the Wellington and West Coast Regiment, he was subsequently awarded the Efficiency Medal (New Zealand). Sold with copied research.
Four: Leading Seaman W. Evans, Royal Naval Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J. 40694. W. Evans, A.B., R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (J. 40694. W. Evans. A.B., R.N.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (5790 C. W. P. Evans. L. Smn. R.N.R.) contact marks, sever edge bruises to BWM, otherwise, good fine Four: Leading Stoker F. W. Clayon, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.114235, F. W. Clayton, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S. 114235 F. W. Clayton. Act. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. 114235 (Dev. B. 7863) F. W. Clayton. L. Sto. R.F.R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, good fine Pair: Chief Writer P. Shea, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (341697. R. Shea. Ch. Wr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341697. Peter Shea, Chief Writer. H.MS. Alsatian.) contact marks, edge bruise, good fine (10) £140-£180 --- William Percy Evans was born in Liverpool on 15 August 1896. He attested into the Royal Navy on 4 June 1915 for service during the Great War and served afloat in H.M.S. Attentive, H.M.S. Hecla and H.M.S. Apollo. He was demobilised to shore on 25 February 1919. Fred Willie Clayton, from Brighouse, Yorkshire, was born on 15 August 1892. He attested into the Royal Navy on 26 June 1913 and served during the Great War afloat in H.M.S. Gibraltar and H.M.S. Erin. Advanced Leading Stoker on 27 February 1919, he was demobilised to shore on 8 March 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Peter Shea, from Falmouth, Cornwall, was born on 16 April 1882. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy Writer on 7 September 1897 and was advanced Chief Writer on 16 April 1912. His service afloat during the Great War including service in H.M.S. Alsatian, H.M.S. Sandhurst and H.M.S. Melbourne. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 March 1915 and he was shore pensioned on 15 April 1922. Sold with copied research.
Seven: Able Seaman (Pensioner) H. L. W. Young, Royal Navy, whose service during the Great War had been recognised by the award of a Royal Naval M.S.M. in 1919; he re-engaged in April 1937 and was killed in action when his ship H.M.S. Kelly (Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten) was torpedoed during the Battle of Norway in May 1940 1914-15 Star (J.21506, H. L. I. Young, A.B., R.N.) note incorrect third initial; British War and Victory Medals (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. H.M.S. Medway.; Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B., “Zephyr” Patrol 1918); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great War awards polished, otherwise nearly very fine, others very fine or better (7) £600-£800 --- Royal Naval M.S.M. London Gazette 11 April 1919. Awarded for services during the period 1 July to 11 November 1918, patrol destroyers Irish Sea Flotilla 1918. Henry Lewis Wade Young was born in London on 29 April 1897, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 16 November 1912. He had advanced to Ordinary Seaman in March 1915 and was rated Able Seaman from June 1915. He re-engaged on 29 April 1927 as A.B. (Pensioner) with new Official No. C./J.X.152921. He was killed in action when H.M.S. Kelly was torpedoed and badly damaged by the German motor torpedo boat S 31 on 9 May 1940, with the loss of 27 crew. He was buried at sea in the Skagerrak Strait and is commemorated by name on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
A Second War ‘North West Europe’ B.E.M. group of five awarded to Staff Sergeant C. J. Martin, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (968471 S/Sgt. Cornelius J. Martin, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine and better (5) £160-£200 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 21 June 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Staff Sergeant Martin has served AA of the Field Army since the original formation of a separate AA section of the RA Branch of GHQ Home Forces in March 1941. From that time on he has given his unstinting service to the AA branch which expanded until it finally became a separate HQ. During the last three months the HQ has been reorganised with a separate operations branch in which Staff Sergeant Martin is the Chief Clerk. He has organised the clerical side of this branch with zeal and ability, and although this change has come at a time when the operational work has been particularly heavy, and when his private affairs at home have given him considerable worry, he has preserved a sense of humour and a high standard of work. His subordinates have given him their most willing support because of his example and his superiors know that they can rely on him with complete confidence. He has carried out work of exceptional responsibility during the last three months with most marked success for one of his rank.’ Cornelius James Martin was born in Castle Cary, Somerset, on 4 July 1916.
Three: Quartermaster Sergeant A. Clarke, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7387 S. Sejt. A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7387 1st. Cl. S. Serjt: A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7387 Q.M. Sjt: A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4032 Pte. W. Frazer, Rl. Irish Fus:) surname partially officially corrected (‘s’ corrected to ‘z’), nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- 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, Kenya (23211291 Pte. H. S. E. Foy. Para.) good very fine, rare to unit £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry Stanley Edward Foy was born on 22 June 1931 and attested for the Parachute Regiment. He saw active service in Kenya during the Mau Mau Rebellion, and died in Aldershot from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest on 6 March 1958. He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire. Sold with a file of copied research, which includes the following statement: ‘Private H. S. E. Foy went absent from the Parachute Regiment and re-enlisted into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the new service number 23219242 and served in Kenya with them. He was issued with an AGS Kenya to the Royal Innsikilling Fusiliers on 23 February 1956. It was then discovered that he was absent from the Parachute Regiment and his medal was returned and re-issued in 1957 with his correct number and Regiment (23211291 Para)’. The research file also suggests that the recipient passed the S.A.S. selection course (although there is no suggestion that he served with the S.A.S. operationally).
A fine ‘Egypt 1882 campaign’ C.B. group of six awarded to Major-General C. E. Webber, Royal Engineers, who was distinguished at the capture of Jhansi in April 1858 and was afterwards in charge of Army Telegraphs in South Africa 1879, Egypt 1882, and on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1881, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. C. E. Webber, Royal Engrs.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lt. Col: C. E. Webber. R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Lt. Col: C. E. Webber. R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, 3rd Class neck badge, 83mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 66mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with silver mark to obverse and mint mark and silver mark to reverse, minor chipping to enamels on C.B., otherwise toned, good very fine or better (6) £5,000-£7,000 --- Charles Edmund Webber was born in Dublin on 5 September 1838, the son of the Revd T. Webber of Leekfield, Co. Sligo, and his wife, of Kellavil, Athy. After education at private schools and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 20 April 1855. The demands of the Crimean War cut short his professional instruction at Chatham, and he was sent to the Belfast military district, being employed principally on the defences of Lough Swilly. In September 1857 Webber was posted to the 21st company of Royal Engineers at Chatham, which was ordered to India to join the Central India field force commanded by Major-General Sir Hugh Rose. Brigadier C. S. Stuart's 1st brigade, to which Webber's company was attached, marched on Jhansi, which Sir Hugh Rose's column reached by another route. Webber was Mentioned in Despatches for his services on this arduous march. He took part in the Battle of the Betwa River on 1 April, and in the assault of Jhansi on the 3rd, for which he was promoted. Webber took part in the operations attending the capture of Kunch (7 May), of Kalpi (23 May), and of Gwalior (19-20 June). Webber’s distinguished services at the capture of Jhansi on 3 April 1858 are recorded in The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: ‘Another brilliant episode in this war, so full of heroic incidents, was the capture of Jhansi by the Central India Field Force under Sir Hugh Rose... The city of Jhansi was surrounded by an enceinte wall from 6 to 12 feet thick, and varying in height from 18 to 30 feet, flanked by bastions, in which guns were mounted. The fort which formed the citadel was of granite, from 16 to 20 feet thick, almost impervious to artillery. It was perched on the summit of a rock, and commanded the city. The south was the only side offering any possibility of a successful attack; there the city wall which sprang from the centre of its face ran southward, ending in a mound or mamelon, at which point it changed direction to the east, and made the circuit of the city. This mound was fortified by a strong circular bastion, with a wide and deep ditch. In order to attack the fort with success on the only vulnerable side it was necessary to capture this point, and hold the city wall. Two batteries were established, one on the right where the mound and wall could be taken in reverse, the other on the left whence the enceinte and fort could be battered. As soon as the city wall had been breached near the mound it was decided to assault at that point, and at the same time to attempt an escalade at other places. The 1st Brigade was to storm the breach and to escalade at the Rocket Bastion on its left. The 2nd Brigade was to escalade on the right. Lieutenant Webber, R.E., led the escalading party on the left, and Lieutenant Gossett, R.E., the stormers of the breach. The attack on the right was in two columns, one led by Lieutenants Meiklejohn and Dick of the Bombay Engineers, and the other by Lieutenant Bonus, Bombay Engineers, and Lieutenant Fox, Madras Sappers and Miners. The breach was carried without much difficulty, as a heavy fire had been kept up on it throughout the night; but it was so strongly stockaded that it would not have been readily forced had the garrison made a determined resistance. The left escalading column led by Webber met with more opposition. The wall was here 27 feet high, and loopholed. The enemy had prepared large masses of stone which they pushed over, breaking many rungs of the ladders; they also fired rockets through the loopholes. The two men first in were Lieutenant Dartnell, 86th Regiment, and Lieutenant Webber. The former was severely wounded before Webber could come to his assistance. After a sharp struggle a footing was gained, and the enemy driven from the bastion... Corporal Michael Sleavon, 21st Company, R.E., gained the Victoria Cross during the street fighting on the day of the assault.’ Webber commanded a detachment of engineers which joined a flying column under Captain McMahon, 14th light dragoons, in Central India against Tantia Topi, Man Singh, and Firuz Shah, and was again Mentioned in Despatches. He continued in the field until April 1859, after which he was employed in the public works department, first at Gwalior and afterwards at Allahabad, until he returned to England in May 1860. After service in the Brighton sub-district until October 1861, Webber was until 1866 assistant instructor in military surveying at Woolwich. He was promoted Captain on 1 April 1862. During the latter part of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 he was attached to the Prussian army to report on the engineering operations and military telegraphs. Various services on special missions abroad followed, with duty at the Curragh camp (1867-9). The 22nd Company of Royal Engineers, of which he was in command at Chatham, was as a temporary expedient lent to the Post Office from 1869 to 1871 to assist in constructing and organizing the telegraph service. In May 1870 Webber took his headquarters to London, the rest of the company being distributed about the country. In 1871 the 34th Company was added to Webber's command and stationed at Inverness. The total strength of the Royal Engineers at that time employed under the Post Office was six officers and 153 non-commissioned officers and men. The mileage both over and under ground constructed and rebuilt in 1871 was more than 1000 line miles and more than 3200 wire miles. Webber, who was promoted Major on 5 July 1872, was director of telegraphs with the southern army in the autumn manoeuvres of that year. In 1874, at his suggestion, the south of England was permanently assigned for the training and exercise of military telegraphists, with five officers and 160 non-commissioned officers and men being employed by the Post Office there. The scheme proved of value both to the army and the Post Office. While employed under the Post Office he, with Colonel Sir Francis Bolton, founded in 1871 the Society of Telegraph Engineers (subsequently the Institution of Telegraph Engineers); he was treasurer and a member of council, and in 1882 was president. Webber's reputation as an expert on military telegraphy was well established when in May 1879 he resumed active military service in the field. Accompanying Sir Garnet Wolseley to South Africa for the Anglo Zulu War, he became Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General on the staff of the inspector-general of the lines of communication. He was stationed at Landmann's Drift. He afterwards took part in the operations against Sekukuni in the Transvaal, and was once again Mentioned in Despatches. Promoted regimental Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 January 1880, Webber on his retu...
Five: Head Naval Nursing Auxiliary Sarah C. Williams, Royal Navy and Voluntary Aid Detachment Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953 (S. C. Williams. Head V.A.D.) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (0001 S. C. Williams. H.N.N.A. R.N.H. Chatham.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (29930 A/Sis. S. C. Williams. Priory for Wales S.J.A.B.) mounted as worn, generally nearly extremely fine and the earliest possible number on the LS&GC (5) £240-£280 --- Sarah Catherine Williams was awarded her Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with official number 0001, on 13 July 1960, whilst serving at the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham.
British War Medal 1914-20 (O. S. Chew. V.A.D.) officially re-impressed naming; together with the recipient’s South African Military Nursing Service lapel badge; a pair of Nursing Service shoulder boards; and three lapel badges, for Navy War Fund, South African Legion Women’s Auxiliary, and British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John, very fine £70-£90 --- Olive Sidney Grobler, née Chew, was born in India on 6 September 1886 and, following the death of both her parents, was sent to live with her uncle, Dr. William Roger Chew, in Grahamstown, South Africa. Following nursing training in Port Elizabeth, she was sent to England and served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War on the Western Front. According to family tradition, Miss Chew was shipwrecked when the troopship R.M.S. Kenilworth Castle collided with H.M.S. Rival off the Eddystone Lighthouse on 4 June 1918; 15 crew members were drowned and the ship was badly damaged, but Miss Chew survived, dressed in only her night-dress and an overcoat. This account has not been confirmed, however. Returning to South Africa, Miss Chew completed her training at Johannesburg General Hospital, and subsequently married J. N. Grobler on 2 February 1926. They had one daughter together, Eugene Mary Grobler. Olive Grobler died on 25 December 1962. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s husband, see Lot 219; and for the medals awarded to the recipient’s uncle and other family members, see Lots 147 and 187.
Seven: Warrant Officer Class II G. A. Sneller, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (12417 Dr. G. A. Sneller, A.S.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (12417 Corpl:- Sdlr: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (12417 Sdlr-St-Serjt: G. Sneller. A.S.C.); 1914 Star (T-12417 Sd. Q.M. Sjt. Snellar [sic]. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-12417 W.O. Cl.2 G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (12417 Sd: S. Sjt: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.) contact marks and edge bruising, generally very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- G. A. Sneller served with the Army Service Corps as a Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914.
Five: Sergeant S. Badby, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6011. Pte: S. Badby. 1/Oxfd: L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6011 Pte. S. Badby. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (6011 Sjt. S. Badby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6011 Sjt. S. Badby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks to the Boer War pair, otherwise good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- Samuel Badby attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. At the time of the 1911 Delhi Durbar he is listed as a Corporal in ‘C’ Company, stationed at Malappuram in India, and he saw further service as a Sergeant during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 5 December 1914, the date on which the Battalion arrived from India. He was killed in action at the battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (14824 Pte. J. S. Douglas. R. Scots; S-6296 Pte. J. E. Brew, R. Highrs.; 3681 Pte. D. Cormack, Seaforth; 6539 Cpl. H. Edwards, K.O. Sco. Bord.; 39512 Pte. J. H. Howieson, R. Scots.; S-11137 Pte. H. Laing, A. & S.H.; S-11570 Pte. W. Laing, Gordons; 202590 Pte. D. McIntyre, R. Scots; 1937 Pte. J. McMillan, R. Highrs.; S-11050 Pte. D. D. Wares, A. & S.H.); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B201308’, attempted erasure of first, but naming details still legible, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (10) £100-£140
Five: Major C. B. Fitzhenry, 7th Hussars, late South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Lieut: C. B. Fitz-Henry, 1/S. Staffs: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. C. B. Fitz-Henry, 7/Hussars:); British War and Victory Medals (Major C. B. Fitzhenry.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, mounted as worn, the first with light pitting from star, good fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- Claude Brittain FitzHenry was born at Litherland, Waterloo, Liverpool, in November 1862, the son of an Irish physician, Edward H. FitzHenry, M.D. Educated at Uppingham, the young FitzHenry was originally commissioned as a Lieutenant in the South Staffordshire Regiment, direct from the Wexford Militia, in May 1884. He subsequently served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, including the action at Kirbekan (Medal & 2 clasps; Khedive’s Star), and with the Soudan Field Force during operations on the Upper Nile in 1885-86. Advanced to Captain in February 1891, he transferred to the 7th Hussars in October of the same year and was employed as an instructor at Sandhurst from 1898 to 1900. He served in the South African war between 1899 and 1901, on the Staff and as Brigade Major to an Infantry Brigade. He also took part in the several operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal and the Transvaal, between 1900 and 1901 (Queen’s Medal with 4 clasps). FitzHenry resigned his commission shortly afterwards and emigrated to Canada, where he settled at Cobble Hill, south of Duncan, on Vancouver Island. He is recorded in Imperial Vancouver Island’s Who’s Who 1850-1950 as a retired Major who contributed to a patriotic fund in November 1914. Note: Another Egypt and Sudan Medal with the same two clasp, correctly named to ‘Lieut. C. B. Fitzhenry, 7/Dn. Gds.’ was sold in these rooms in February 2016.
A Royal Humane Society pair awarded to Staff Sergeant R. H. Ormston, Medical Staff Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (S. Sergt. R. H. Ormston, Med Staff Corps, 8th August 1890) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Colonel Riddick Collection of medals to the Medical Services, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. R.H.S. Case no. 25,044: ‘Station Hospital, Gosport, 8 August 1890. Three gentlemen were getting into a boat when it upset and they were all immersed, one swam ashore but Wood clung tightly to Norman’s neck, and both would have been drowned. Staff Sergeant Ormston, Medical Staff Corps, swam out with all his uniform on, wrenched Wood’s grasp from Norman and saved both their lives. 20 feet deep, 30 yards from shore’. R. H. Ormston is listed on the Ashanti Star Roll as ‘Died 9 May 1896’.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp (4), Palestine (6845675 Rfmn. W. Walker. K.R.R.C.); Malaya (2), G.VI.R. (S/19031685 Pte. B. J. Hyke. R.A.S.C.); E.II.R. (22672819 Cpl. L. Key. Foresters.) numbers partially corrected on all three; Near East (14458503 Pte. D. Walton. R.P.C.) suspension claw and clasp carriage detached from planchet on last, with claps somewhat damaged, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £80-£100
Family Group: 1914-15 Star (2453. Pte. S. Mander, 20-Lond. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (F.28229 C. E. Mander. A.C.1 R.N.A.S.); together with a R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Division cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Samuel Maunder attested for the London Regiment on 2 September 1914, and served with the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915. He was wounded by gun shot to the right arm on 10 June 1915, and was discharged on 10 February 1916.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant R. S. Billingham, 2/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company Military Medal, G.V.R. (5445 A. Cpl. R. S. Billingham. 2/1 H.A.C. -T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5445 Sjt. R. S. Billingham. H.A.C. -Inf.-) VM officially re-impressed, in named card boxes of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to St. Albans, extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the MM; and a letter to the recipient from Barclays Bank Ltd (his civilian employers), congratulating him on the award of his MM, dated 19 July 1917.
Pair: Staff Nurse Sarah E. Ascott, Territorial Force Nursing Service British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse S. E. Ascott.) some scratches, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Sarah Eleanor Ascott attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War in Salonika.
A collection of 1970's Rock & Pop 7" Singles to include; Jefferson Starship, The Boomtown Rats, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Sad Cafe, Stealers Wheel, Fox, Rainbow, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Joe Jackson, ABBA, Gloria Gaynor, Paper Lace, Roxy Music, Sammy Hagar, Tubeway Army, as well as other artists; All conditions Good to Very Good including sleeves. (Lot may include duplicates). (qty)
Collection of 1970's Rock LPs Thin Lizzy, ELO, Slade. Includes: Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune (1976 UK/EU Pressing), Rainbow – Rainbow Rising (1983 SPELP 35 ), Eagles – Hotel California (1976 K 53051 No Poster), 10cc – Live And Let Live (1977 pressing 6641 698), Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous (1978 cat.no: 6641 807), ELO - Out Of The Blue (1977 with Poster JETDP 400)
A collection of Rock/Soft Rock LPs to include; Elton John - S/T (1970 UK 1st Press, Gatefold, Translucent Dark Red Vinyl); Steely Dan - Greatest Hits (1978 US); as well as artists; Rod Stewart, Simon & Garfunkel, Gerry Rafferty and others; All conditions Very Good Plus to Excellent including sleeves.
A group of folk and country LPs to include Paul Simon - Graceland (925 447-1/WX52) - 1986 European release - Very Good Plus in generally Very Good sleeve (slight tear where price label has been removed); Cat Stevens - Teaser and The Firecat (ILPS 9154) - 1980 UK re-issue on pink rim Island labels - Good Plus in Very Good gatefold sleeve; Peter, Paul and Mary - In The Wind (WM.8142) - 1965 UK mono re-issue - Fair including sleeve; Carole King - Tapestry (AMLS 2025) - 1971 UK release - Good Plus to Very Good in Very Good sleeve; The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo/The Notorious Byrd Brothers (S 63169) - 1976 UK compilation double album; Neil Diamond - Gold Diamond (ZGM.132) - 1972 UK release with blue unboxed NCB labels plus others. Conditions are all Very Good to Very Good Plus including sleeves (unless stated otherwise). (17)
Various 1960s & 1970s Rock & Pop 7" Singles. Includes Artists: The Beatles, Wings, 10cc, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel and Status Quo. Majority of 7"s are in generic or company sleeves. Overall condition: Good to Very Good. Will have visible marks and signs of play on vinyl. (50)
A collection of Progressive/Jazz/Soft Rock LPs to include; Colosseum - Valentyne Suite (1969 UK 1st Press, Big Vertigo Swirl Labels, Gatefold); Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - S/T (1977 UK 1st Press); The Pretty Things - S/T (1965 UK 1st Press); Crosby, Stills & Nash - S/T (1969 UK 1st Press, Plum & Red Atlantic Label, Gatefold); All conditions Very Good Plus to Excellent including sleeves.
A collection of Folk & Country LPs to include (1) Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1964 UK Repress, BPG 62193); (2) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965 UK, BPG 62572); (3) Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965 UK, BPG 62515); (4) Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1966 UK, TRA 125, Aston Clinton Pressing); (5) Cat Stevens - Teaser & The Firecat (1971 UK, ILPS 9154, Textured Sleeve); (6) Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968 UK, S 63308); As well as other titles; all conditions Good to Very good with Good to Good Plus sleeves. (11)
A collection of Rock & Pop LPs and 7" to include (1) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1972 UK Reissue, K 40037); (2) The Nice - The Five Bridges Suite (1970 UK, CAS.1014); (3) Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Do It Yourself (1979 UK, SEEZ 14); (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (UK Reissue, S CBS 32031); As well as other titles; All conditions from very Good Plus to Excellent including sleeves. (17)
A collection of 1980's Rock & Pop 7" Singles to include artists; Queen, WHAM!, Julian Cope, Soft Cell, Tracy Chapman, Hazell Dean, Kylie Minogue, Bonnie Tyler, David Bowie, Madness, A-ha, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Damned, The Psychedelic Furs, Toyah, T'Pau, The Style Council, as well as other artists; All conditions from Good to Very Good including sleeves. (Lot may include duplicates). (qty)
Small Collection Of 1970's Jamaican Reggae 7" Singles. Includes: Black Uhuru – Wood For My Fire, Tony Tuff – Run Come Come, General Plough – This Society, Leroy Sibbles – Now You're Gone, Errol Scorcher – Girls Be Careful / Roach In The Toilet and Barry Brown – Running Star. Overall condition: Very Good.
A collection of 1970's Pop & Rock 7" Singles to include artists; Olivia Newton-John, Pink Floyd, Smokie, Suzi Quatro, Status Quo, Sparks, Alice Cooper, Amen Corner, ABBA, The Beach Bones, C.W. McCall, Queen, Peter Frampton, Nick Lowe, Gallagher & Lyle, as well as other artists; All conditions from Good to Very Good including sleeves (Lot may include duplicates). (qty)
1980's Pop LPs - Kate Bush, Enya, Michael Jackson. Includes Kick Inside, Hounds Of Love, The Whole Story, The Sensual World, Watermark and Thriller. Plus albums from Level 42, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Ultravox, Tears For Fears, UB40, Eurythmics, Bob Marley and Diana Ross. Overall condition: Very Good Plus.
1980s Pop And Dance Chart Hits 7" Singles. Includes Artists: Betty Boo, MARRS, State 808, S 'Express, The KLF, Adamski, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Del La Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Fun Boy Three, The The, OMD, The Human League, Eurythmics, Heaven 17, Adam Ant/And The Ants, Culture Club, Wham!/George Michael. Majority have picture sleeves and some vinyl may have visible groovewear. Overall condition: Good to Very Good Plus. (114)
A collection of Rock LPs to include; The Kinks - Kinks (1964 UK 1st Press, NPL.18096); Manfred Mann - Soul Of Man [Instrumentals] (1967 UK 1st Press Mono); Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - S/T (1965 UK 1st Press Mono); Duster Bennett - Smiling Like I'm Happy (1968 UK 1st Stereo Press); As well as other titles; All conditions Excellent with Very Good to Excellent Sleeves.
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