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Lot 94

A late 19th century engraved silver plated oval teapot; a similar hot-water jug; a matching oval tea tray; & various other items of platedware.

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Family group: Three: Able Seaman C. W. J. H. Coysh, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who was present aboard H.M.S. Mersey at the Battle of the Yser, October 1914, and also the following year at the destruction of the Königsberg during the Battle of the Rufiji Delta in German East Africa, July 1915 1914-15 Star (192622, C. W. J. H. Coysh, A.B., R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (192622 C. W. J. H. Coysh. A.B. R.N.); London Fire Brigade Good Service Medal, 1st type (Fireman C. W. J. H. Coysh.); together with an H.M.S. St. Vincent swimming medal, inscribed to the reverse ’Obstacle Race 1st.’, very fine Three: Able Seaman C. A. G. Coysh, Royal Navy, who was lost overboard from H.M.S. Kelvin on 23 April 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure in card box of issue addressed to, ‘Mr. C. W. Coysh, 106 Kennington Rd., Southend on Sea, Essex.’ extremely fine (7) £200-£240 --- Charles William Joseph Henry Coysh was born in 1880 at St. John’s Wood, London and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1897 advancing to Ordinary Seaman in September 1899 and Leading Seaman in July 1902. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, Chatham in June 1903 and re-enrolled in September 1907 for five years from June 1908. Recalled following the outbreak of war in August 1914, Coysh served from 6 October 1914 until 1 January 1918 in the Humber-class monitor H.M.S. Mersey and was present at two prominent incidents. Firstly, stationed off the Belgian Coast for 4 months at the start of the war, he was present at the Battle of the Yser in October 1914, when Mersey bombarded German troops as well as artillery positions. Secondly in July 1915, Mersey participated in the Battle of the Rufiji Delta. On this occasion she was towed to the Rufiji River delta in German East Africa, where she and Severn then assisted in the destruction of the blockaded German light cruiser, Königsberg. The most powerful German ship in the Indian Ocean, Königsberg had suffered an engine failure following her sinking of the British cruiser H.M.S. Pegasus and had taken refuge in the Rufiji Delta whilst awaiting supplies to be transported overland from Dar es Salaam for repairs. Upstream and out of range of the larger British cruisers, several attempts were made to sink Königsberg before finally the shallow draught monitors, Mersey and Severn were handed the task. Stripped of non-essential items and fortified with additional armour, they ran the gauntlet under cover of a full bombardment from the rest of the fleet. With the help of shore based spotters and four land aircraft, two Caudrons and two Henry Farmans, based at Mafia Island also acting as forward observers, they proceeded to engage in a long-range duel with Königsberg. On the first day Mersey was hit and the monitors were unable to score, but they returned again on 11 July and finally their 6 inch guns found the range and succeeded in reducing Königsberg to a wreck. At around 2pm, Königsberg’s captain, Max Looff, ordered her scuttled with a torpedo. Coysh served on the German East Africa station for 3 years and was demobilised on 3 April 1918. He was awarded a Silver War Badge and later rejoined the London Fire Brigade. He died at Southend-on-Sea in 1963. Charles Alfred George Coysh was born in 1922 at Brixton, London and served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was lost overboard and drowned on 23 April 1941 whilst serving in H.M.S. Kelvin in the Mediterranean. Earlier, in September 1940, as part of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Kelvin had scuttled H.M.S. Ivanhoe, which had struck a mine off Texel and in October 1940 she served as part of the escort for the battleship H.M.S. Revenge at the shelling of Cherbourg. Under Admiral James Somerville, she was engaged at the Battle of Cape Spartivento on 27 November 1940, and she was involved in numerous actions in the Mediterranean over the next two years. Coysh is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

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A well-documented group of four awarded to Quartermaster and Captain F. P. Clark, 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars, a long-served veteran of the regiment who died as a result of illness contracted on active service on 8 October 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2314 R. Qr: Mr: Serjt: F. P. Clark. 3rd Hussars.); 1914 Star (Hon: Lt: & Q.M. F. P. Clark. 3/Hrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt. F. P. Clark.) in named card box of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2314 Q.M. Serjt: F. P. Clarke. 3rd Hussars) first and last mounted together as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- Frederick Percy Clark was born in 1868 at Ulceby, North Lincolnshire, the son of Rosa Clark, and was educated at Royal St. Anne’s School, Streatham Hill, Surrey. He attested for the 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars at Manchester on 28 May 1886 and was advanced Corporal in April 1888, Payment Sergeant in June 1888 and Quartermaster Sergeant in February 1892. He served in South Africa during the Boer War as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (medal and 3 clasps). Commissioned Quartermaster of his regiment with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 15 November 1905, he served a total of 4 years and 6 months in South Africa and 8 years and 6 months in India before returning to England with his regiment prior to the outbreak of the Great War. Mobilised on 5 August 1914, Clark served with his regiment on the Western Front as part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade from 16 August 1914 and was present with the regiment in 1914 at the Battles of Mons (and subsequent Retreat), Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, Armentières, Ypres and Gheluvelt. He was promoted Captain in November 1915 and served with the 4th Battalion (Dismounted Cavalry Division) in the trenches at Vermelles between 1 January and 15 February 1916 and was also present with the 3rd Hussars at the Somme, 1916, the Battle of Arras, 1917 and the Battle of Cambrai, 1917. He continued to serve in France until May 1918 when he was compelled to return to England owing to ill health attributable to active service. Diagnosed with an aneurysm, he retired from the service on 3 June 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He died on 8 October 1918, aged 50 years, leaving a widow - H. G. Clark, of 107 Chart Rd., Folkestone - and is buried in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. Sold together with the recipient’s metal campaign box, inscribed to front ‘F. P. Clark 3rd (K.O.) Hussars’ 44cm x 31cm x 19cm, containing an archive of items, documents and letters including the following: army shaving strop; wooden baton; 2 ink pots; cigar cutter; gimlet; recipient’s Accounts Book; Programme of the Review in Honour of their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales held at Rawalpindi on 8 December 1905; recipient’s Army Book; Summary of Information 2nd Cavalry Division, Christmas Number. 1914 (2 copies) - a humorous account of the activities of the 2nd Division in the opening phase of the war together with a journal of the Division’s activities from the beginning of the war until 31 August 1914; Royal St. Anne’s Redhill School Magazines, April 1917 and March 1918 - the latter showing the recipient listed as having been wounded on active service; 3rd Hussars Christmas Card 1916; another 3rd Hussars Christmas card - undated; 11 maps of France and Belgium; 2 booklets of postcards showing scenes of Albert post bombardment and a quantity of similar loose postcards; War Office transmittal letter to accompany 1914 Star, BWM and Victory Medals; a quantity of correspondence between the recipient’s widow and the Ministry of Pensions; a further quantity of assorted ephemera.

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An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain the Honourable I. J. L. Hay, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, whose account of his capture at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, and subsequent imprisonment, was published in the Daily Telegraph after his release in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1927; 1914 Star, with clasp (2.Lieut: Hon: I. J. L. Hay. 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. Hon. I. J. L. Hay); Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Comdt. The Hon. Ivan Hay.) mounted as worn, traces of lacquer, about very fine (7) £800-£1,200 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932: Captain the Honourable Ivan Josslyn Lumley Hay, Commandant, Metropolitan Special Constabulary. Captain The Honourable Ivan Josslyn Lumley Hay, third and youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Errol and Mary Caroline L’Estrange, was born in October 1884 in Sligo, Ireland. He served as Page of Honour to Queen Victoria, 1896-1901, and King Edward VII, 1901, and was educated at Eton, 1898-1901, before being commissioned into the 5th Lancers on 12 June 1901. Mobilised from the Special Reserve on the outbreak of the Great War, Second Lieutenant Hay served with the 5th Lancers on the Western Front from 17 August 1914 and was captured during the retreat near Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, an event which was noted in the regimental history: ‘August 25th. -... The situation became difficult; the whole of the German efforts were concentrated on the British Corps, the left of which was threatened; and on the night of the 25th-26th, the 1st British Corps was attacked in its quarters between Landrecies and Le Cateau. The Coldstream Guards were brought up by motor-car during the night to protect headquarters; the fighting was of extreme violence, but the morale of the British was not lowered. The retreat was carried on methodically, under the direction of Sir Douglas Haig, and the rear-guard retired fighting, the men sleeping little or not at all, and singing, as the marched, such songs as “Annie Laurie” or “Hold your hand out naughty boy.” This day the Hon. I. J. L. Hay, of the Special Reserve of the 5th Lancers, and who had served since the Regiment had embarked at Dublin, was cut off and taken prisoner, where he remained for practically the remainder of the war.’ (The History of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers by Colonel J. R. Harvey, D.S.O. refers) In a letter written to his father, dated 22 June 1918 (later published in the Daily Telegraph), Hay confirms much concerning the systematic brutality shown towards prisoners by the Germans during the early period of the war. The letter begins by describing how he was marched into the town of Le Cateau together with around 60 French prisoners where they were halted in the main street and made to stand with their backs to the houses. Here, two rows of German soldiers guarded them with bayonets held against their stomachs. The letter continues: ‘Two hours later, after the British had retired, a Hun under-officer pricked a French officer with his bayonet. The Frenchman grasped the bayonet to protect himself, whereupon the N.C.O. shrieked, “prisoners resist, Fire!” The guard, who, as I say, were practically touching us, let off four rounds rapid. About eleven Frenchmen were killed and about ten seriously wounded. The poor French officer dropped, riddled with bullets, and after he was on the ground dead, the Huns near him again and again plunged their bayonets into his corpse. Next to me were the only four English prisoners. A Corporal of Horse of the 1st Life Guards fell, luckily for him, at the first shot, hit only in the cheek. A Corporal of the second shared the same fate, shot in the neck. Two Hussars (19th, I think) fell. One got all four bullets in the stomach, the other three in the arms, one in the stomach. Then a German sergeant-major came up and said, “As it is only the French who have mutinied, do not shoot the remaining Englander (me) but shoot all the French, curse them!” The rifle of the front-rank Hun, which was actually touching me, and jammed, and the rear-rank man, a vindictive little brute, who kept shouting “Englander! Schweinhund!”, let his piece off four times in my face, but managed to miss me entirely, though by the four marks against the door against which I was standing two bullets must have passed a hair’s breadth on each side of my face. Luckily I remembered enough German to thrust myself in between the remaining French and the firing party and say to the Hun sergeant-major “you cannot murder prisoners in cold blood. At least send for an officer first.” To my astonishment he agreed, and did so. The officer, on arrival, said humanely, “Enough have been killed; take the swine to the church”. After three days we were marched to Mons. There were five officers of various (three of them wounded) and 180 men of all regiments, and about 800 French. I shall not forget that march. All three days we were continually passing German troops. The cavalry prodded us with their lancers, the artillery and engineers struck at us with their whips, and the tired infantry cursed us, and spat on our clothes as we passed.’ Hay’s letter goes on to describe the remainder of his time in captivity, highlighting further mistreatment in a succession of prison camps: Mons - ‘nine men in a stifling room the size of a London bathroom’; Torgau-am-Elbe - ‘freezing with a diet of coffee and soup’; Burg - ‘sharing with the Russians who were damn good fellows’ and then transferred to a criminal jail with 39 British officers as a reprisal for the treatment of German submarine crews in England; Crefeld - ‘decent commandant, old Hussar officer. Allowed to do exactly as we liked’; Schwarnstadt - ‘Leaky wooden huts, infested with vermin. Conditions intolerable. Beaten from the lager to station, carrying our own baggage, by a special “strafe battalion” sent for the purpose’; Holzminden - ‘Worst of all. If lucky one meal a day, after standing hours in a cooking queue. Knocked out of bed with butts of rifles at dawn most morning. Commandant frequently drunk, and when drunk used to make sentries and guard fire volleys through windows. God knows why nobody was hit.’ In 1918, whilst still in captivity, Hay’s promotions to Lieutenant and Captain were gazetted and ante-dated to 12 June 1914 and 6 August 1917 respectively. He was repatriated on 18 November 1918 and relinquished his commission on 7 December 1921, retaining the rank of Captain. After the war, Captain the Honourable I. J. L. Hay continued his career in the insurance industry and served as Commandant of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary for which services he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1932 King’s Birthday Honours.

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An important 1914 ‘Le Cateau’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock K.C.B., Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), who, whilst a Captain on the Staff of the 4th Division, was decorated for gallantry in rallying disordered troops and leading them against the enemy at Haucourt, 26 August 1914 - seven times Mentioned in Despatches for the Great War, he subsequently rose to command the 55th (West Lancs) Division and the Deccan District (4th Indian Division) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Capt. B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock, Derby: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: B. Burnett-Hitchcock Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen. B. F. Burnett Hitchcock.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, chip to white enamel; Italy, Kingdom, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, Officer’s breast badge, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, slight enamel damage; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm, nearly extremely fine unless stated (8) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1975 (when sold together with K.C.B. Knight Commander’s badge and breast star). K.C.B. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1932. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘For services rendered in connection with the war’ D.S.O. London Gazette 9 December 1914: ‘On 26th August, at Haucourt, France, for gallantry in rallying troops in disorder and leading them against the enemy, thereby ensuring an orderly evacuation of the village.’ French Legion of Honour London Gazette 3 November 1914: ‘For gallantry during the Operations between 21st and 30th August 1914’ Italian Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus London Gazette 1 April 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 9 April 1920. M.I.D. London Gazettes 19 October 1914; 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916; 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 12 February 1918 Basil Ferguson Burnett-Hitchcock was born on 3 March 1877, at Chatham, son of the late Colonel T. Burnett-Hitchcock, of Week Manor, Winchester, Hants, and Amelia Burnett-Hitchcock. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst (Sword of Honour, Anson Memorial Sword, 1st passing out), he made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1896 Country Championship before being commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) on 20 February 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 12 April 1898, he served during the Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1901, with the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Mounted Infantry, and on the Staff, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May, 1900; in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900; also in Cape Colony 1899-1900; again during operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900 to February 1901 (Queen’s Medal with three clasps). Advanced Captain 12 March, 1901, he attended Staff College, 1903-4 and was was Staff Captain, Eastern Command, 1905-9; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Bermuda, 1910-12 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 4th Division, Eastern Command in 1912. Great War - The 4th Division at the Battle of Le Cateau On the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Burnett-Hitchcock, whilst still a Captain in the 2nd Sherwood Foresters, was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of General T. D’O. Snow’s 4th Division. Although initially held back in England to counter any German landing, the division was soon despatched to France, arriving just in time to play a valuable part in the retreat from Mons. At Le Havre, the 4th Division (10th, 11th and 12th Brigades with light artillery) entrained for Le Cateau from where, on 25th August, it marched to Solesmes to cover the retirement of II Corps after the Battle of Mons. Having arrived at Solesmes amid chaotic scenes of retreating British soldiers and long lines of civilian refugees, the wet and weary 4th Division fell back through the villages of Briastre and Le Coquelet before coming under the command of II Corps just as General Smith-Dorrien decided to make his stand in the rolling country around Le Caudry, to the west of Le Cateau - Smith Dorrien declaring, ‘"Very well, gentlemen, we will fight, and I will ask General Snow to act under me as well." Smith-Dorrien’s decision to fight this important delaying rearguard action may well have saved the British from destruction by the massive German onslaught during the general Allied retreat following sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers. The location, a long ridge running west-east with Le Cateau at its eastern end, was far from ideal. The ground was soft, so easy for the troops to dig in, but it lacked cover, was dominated by a German-held ridge to the north and, worst of all, both flanks were open. The situation on the right flank, the hills around the Le Cateau valley, was perilous from the start, as the Germans infiltrated during the night. The west, held by 4th Division, was absolutely vulnerable to flanking movements designed to encircle II Corps. Snow now set up his Division HQ at the village of Haucourt with 12th Brigade further forward on the left near Esnes and Longsart and 11th Brigade forward to the right in front of Ligny. 10th Brigade remained in reserve around Haucourt. Wilson's 12th Brigade was attacked in force early on 26 August and suffered heavy casualties, but managed to rally and held the extreme left of the British line until the B.E.F. was able to retreat. The 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment suffered in particular. Surprised just as breakfast was being served, they came under heavy machine gun and artillery fire. The battalion was nearly destroyed as a fighting unit, the commanding officer and many others being killed, with many more wounded or taken prisoner of war. Meanwhile, Hunter-Weston’s 11th Brigade spent most of the day desperately holding the position in front of Ligny while coming under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. A feature of the fighting being the greater respect shown by the Germans for British rifle prowess than at Mons where they had suffered heavy casualties. One unfortunate consequence of 4th Division’s rapid deployment to France was that it lacked a Signal Company (as well as cavalry, cyclists and Royal Engineers) to provide its commander and his brigadiers with the information necessary to control their units. Burnett-Hitchcock’s employment as a messenger for General Snow during the early part of the Battle is documented in a statement published by Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Mainwaring, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 10th Infantry Brigade at Le Cateau (Mainwaring and Lieut. Col. Elkington, 1st Royal Warwickshires were notoriously cashiered out of the service for cowardice at St. Quentin just days after Le Cateau.): ‘During the first part of the action I received two messages from the divisional staff, both verbal, and sent the one already referred to above to the 10th Brigade, in which I described our positions. The first was delivered by the A.D.C. to the G.O.C. IV Division. Captain Allfrey said to me, “The General says he wishes you to hold on here to the end.” Then, turning in his saddle, he added, “General Snow told me to say that this is a personal me...

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Four: Corporal J. Freeman, 8th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who suffered gunshot wounds to the shoulder and hand during the German attack on Vimy Ridge on 21 May 1916, during which action Lieutenant R. B. B. Jones, of the same Battalion, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross 1914-15 Star (15597 Cpl. J. Freeman. L. N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (15597 Cpl. J. Freeman. L. N. Lan. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (John Freeeman) good very fine (4) £80-£120 --- John Freeman was born in 1880 at Garston, Liverpool and attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Seaforth, Liverpool on 10 September 1914. Posted to the 8th (Service) Battalion, he was promoted Corporal on 1 October 1914 and served on the Western Front from 25 September 1915. Whilst serving with B Company, during the battalion’s first action - in defence of the German attack on Vimy Ridge on 21 May 1916 - he received gunshot wounds to the shoulder and hand and was invalided to England. Lieutenant R. B. B. Jones, of the same battalion, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for gallantry at Vimy on 21 May 1916. A digest of his citation reads: ‘On 21st May 1916 at Broadmarsh Crater, Vimy, France, Lieutenant Jones was in charge of a platoon holding the position recently captured from the enemy. Forty yards away the enemy exploded a mine and isolated the platoon by a heavy barrage of fire. Being attacked by overwhelming numbers, the platoon was in great danger, but Lieutenant Jones organised his men and set a fine example by shooting 15 of the enemy as they advanced. When all his ammunition had been used, he was about to throw a bomb when he was shot through the head.’ Corporal Freeman was transferred to the 2/2 Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment and permanently discharged on 13 June 1917 in consequence of further aggravating an old knee injury and no longer being physically fit for war service. He was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with the recipient’s discharge certificate and an original hand written letter sent to the recipient on 27 May 1916 from 4285 Sgt. Horrocks, B Company, 8th Loyal North Lancs., which opens as follows: ‘Dear Jack I was very glad last night to hear that a letter had been received from you as I have wondered many times whether you had arrived safely at the dressing station or not. I ought really to have sent someone with you but as you know we had not many men left when you got wounded and I could not spare a chap to help you along. I want to thank you personally Jack for the brave manner in which you behaved and for the splendid example you set the men under heavy shell fire and each and all of us agree that you were about the coolest and most collected man of the party. After you got hit we kept plodding on till the following morning when we were relieved and sent back to pylines for a sleep though the party had altered very much in numbers for we started with 42 and left with about 16 most of whom have since left us and gone to hospital with shell shock.’

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Family group: Four: Sergeant T. C. Owen, 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, who served with his regiment during the Great War from the Battle of Mons and subsequent rearguard actions in August 1914 through to his death from wounds on the Western Front on 16 April 1918 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6585 Tptr: T. C. Owen. 18/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6585 Sjt. T. C. Owen. 18-Hrs.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R, bronze; Memorial Plaque (Thomas Charles Owen) in card envelope and outer OHMS envelope (torn) addressed to ‘Mrs C. Ray, 130 Southam St., N. Kensington, London.’ together with a ‘crossed bugles’ cloth arm badge, nearly extremely fine Three: Private A. Ray, 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), who was discharged in 1917 due to shell shock and contusions caused by active service on the Western Front in September 1916 1914-15 Star (11780 Pte. A. Ray. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11780 Pte. A. Ray. W. York. R.) together with Silver War Badge, numbered ‘B239569’, edge bruise to second, otherwise nearly extremely fine (9) £300-£400 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918 Thomas Charles Owen served with the 18th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, initially in the rank of Trumpeter. During the retreat from Mons on the 24th August 1914, on the extreme left of the British line, the 14th and 15th Brigades of the 5th Division were threatened by a German outflanking move and were forced to call for help from the cavalry. The 2nd Cavalry Brigade (including 18th Hussars), along with the 119th Battery RFA and L Battery RHA, were sent to their aid. Dismounting, the cavalry and the two artillery batteries, screened the withdrawal of the 14th and 15th Brigades during four hours of intense fighting. At Audregnies/Elouges, the cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers and the heroic stand of 1st Cheshires and the 1st Norfolks are well documented, but the 18th Hussars were also also heavily involved and bore the brunt of the early German attacks and made a charge of their own. The Commanding Officer’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Burnett) report of the action makes apparent that the 18th Hussars were still in position along the mineral railway line between the sugar refinery and Elouges Railway Station until after the cavalry charge of the 4th D.G. and 9th Lancers had been broken up: ‘On the left 2 troops A Sqn in a sugar refinery, the centre 2 troops A Sqn on a mound about 300 yards S of the level crossing which lay about half a mile W of Elouges, the right B Sqn a little retired in a large cutting on a mineral line which led from the sugar refinery to Elouges station. C Sqn and machine gun in support near the western end of the same line. The whole position lay just S of the word Elouges. The Regiment was shelled a little during its retirement. We waited here for some time and then received orders to retire through Audregnies on Angres with the Regiment acting as rear guard to the Brigade. Two Sqns A and B were kept at the top of the rise above Audregnies, while C Sqn was sent to the ridge beyond that village. The two rear Sqns were preparing to follow C when all the Brigade was ordered back to the 2nd Position we had taken up during the retirement. The Sqns were sent to the same positions they had occupied before but B Sqn advanced too far beyond their original position and for a time lost touch. I went to find them but could see nothing of them and as rifle fire had broken out on the left and part of C and A Sqns were in action I came back to C Sqn and found a hostile attack developing in front of them and in front of A. The enemy’s guns opened on both these Sqns from the direction of Quievrechain and from north of the main Mons-Valenciennes Road. At that moment the remainder of the Brigade came over the skyline immediately in rear of us and the 9th Lancers in column of troops galloped across our front from left to right passing round the sugar refinery and the mound where A Sqn were on. They were quickly followed by the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in a similar formation. Both Regiments were heavily shelled and fired on from their left flank, as they executed this manoeuvre. Their ranks were broken and they sought refuge in ever increasing numbers behind these two localities, and in the cutting further to our right rear where B Sqn ought to have been. The enemy kept up an intense shell fire, concentrating it chiefly on the factory and on the mount, and their rifle fire was also very severe. Many more horses than the ground could accommodate were now massed together, and the fierce fire they were subjected to caused a good number to stampede. I went to the factory where A Sqn were and ordered Maj Stewart to retire when he could do so in safety, I then went to the mound and gave the same orders to Lt Lawrence and Lt Gorelangton’s troops who were holding that position. I then again went to try to find B Sqn but could see nothing of them. I rode almost up to the Mons-Valenciennes Road. I then rode back to see if A Sqn had retired and found they had gone back to a colliery close to Elouges Station where the majority of the Sqn rallied. C Sqn in the meantime had retired along the mineral line to the S of Elouges. The Regiment was now very much broken up, owing to the stampede of led horses and the mixture of units caused by the rallying of the remnants of the 9th Lancers and the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in rear of our line. We succeeded in rallying a good proportion of the Regiment at Elouges close to Elouges Station and just S of the town.’ Known correspondence from one member of the 18th Hussars confirms that his regiment had also charged the enemy at Elouges on 24 August 1914: ‘We had a fight last Sunday and Monday with the Germans. After we charged them, the regiment got split up into two parties one went one way, and the other the other. I went with one of them and stayed until Tuesday afternoon, when we had orders to go and join the other party, and take a message to them, so that we could reform the regiment as strong as possible. A Sergeant and eight of us had a tough job to get through to the remainder, but managed to join up at six o’clock Saturday morning. It is now Sunday morning, and we have just had a depatch rider landed to tell us that the party I left lost nearly all the men in a skirmish, so I think I am extremely lucky.’ (Private Archie Stephenson, 18th Hussars, letter written on 30 August 1914 to his father, published in the Hull Daily Mail, 11 September 1914) The 18th Hussars fought with the 1st Cavalry Division in both a mounted and dismounted role throughout the remainder of the Great War, winning many more battle honours, including Le Cateau, the Marne and First Ypres in 1914, Second Ypres in 1915, the Somme in 1916, Arras and Cambrai in 1917, and Amiens and Albert in 1918. Owen was promoted Sergeant and awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre prior to dying of wounds in France on 16 April 1918. He was the husband of Charlotte Ray (formerly Owen) and is buried in St. Server Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Alfred Ray was born in Walworth, Surrey in 1888 and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at St. Pancras on 31 August 1914. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 July 1915 and was discharged on 3 July 1917 due to shell-shock and contusions caused by active service overseas in France and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He was the second husband of Charlotte Ray (widow of the above).

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Family group: Four: Private W. Brown, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who died on 30 October 1914 from wounds received on 26 October near Fauquissart during the Battle of La Bassée 1914 Star, with copy clasp (758 Pte. W. Brown. 1/ Gord: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (758 Pte. W. Brown. Gord. Highrs.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R, bronze, with palm emblem on riband, together with a Gordon Highlander’s cap badge and the recipient’s riband bar with rosette and palm emblem, traces of verdigris to CdeG, otherwise nearly extremely fine Pair: Corporal J. Brown, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, late 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (12041 Pte. J. Brown. H.L.I.); together with 3 Gordon Highlanders boxing medals, silver, one with obverse, ‘2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders’ and reverse, ‘Presented to Pte. Brown, Battalion Feather Weight Champion 1909’; another with obverse featuring two pugilists within a wreath and the words, ‘2nd Bn The Gordon Highlanders India’ and reverse, ‘Won by Pte J. Brown Gordon Hrs. Feather Weight Champion Boxer of Cawnpore June 1910’; and the third with Gordon Highlanders badge obverse and on the reverse, ‘Company Championship “E” Company’, 1 clasp, ‘1912’, the edge inscribed, ‘No. 10354 Pte. J. Brown’; together with the recipient’s riband bar and miniature Great War awards, Imperial Service Brooch; Gordon Highlanders cap badge and a Gordon Highlanders cloth badge, good very fine (lot) £260-£300 --- William Brown was born in 1894 at Barony, Lanarkshire and attested for the Gordon Highlanders in 1911 at Glasgow. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and would have been present at the Battle of Mons and also at Le Cateau where the order to retire reached the Gordons some hours late by which time the main body of the British Expeditionary Force were some distance away. The Gordons, with two companies of 2nd Royal Irish, then attempted to follow, but ran into a strong German force on the outskirts of Bertry and after an hour’s fierce fighting many men became casualties and large numbers were forced to surrender. The Battalion as part of the 8th Brigade, in the the 3rd Division of Smith-Dorrien’s II Corps, was also engaged at the Battle of La Bassée, during which, on the 24th October, it was holding a defensive line at Fauquissart when the Germans attacked, breaking through the 1st Gordon’s line. Cyril Falls in his regimental history notes that the assault was carried out with great determination, the Gordons being driven through the orchards of Fauquissart onto the Neuve Chapelle - Armentières road. A portion of the 4th Middlesex came up later and together with the 1st Gordons in support managed to regain the lost trenches. In this period of fighting, the Battalion’s casualties of 7 Officers and 197 other ranks included Brown who was wounded on 26 October 1914. He died of his wounds three days later on 30 October 1914. He was the son of Robert Moore Brown and Isabella Ross Brown of Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Note: Belgian Croix de Guerre unconfirmed. John Brown, older brother of the above, was born at Glasgow, Lanarkshire around 1887 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders in 1907. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he served in India, 1908-1912, where the battalion garrisoned Calcutta, February 1908 to December 1909 and Cawnpore, January 1910 to November 1911. He attested for the Highland Light Infantry in January 1913 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War.

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Four: Sergeant J. R. Cornall, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars 1914 Star, with clasp (172 Pte. J. R. Cornall. 19/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (172 Cpl. J. R. Cornell. 19-Hrs.); Panama, Republic, Solidarity Medal 1917-18, Third Class, bronze, contact marks, traces of lacquer, nearly very fine or better, the last rare (4) £300-£400 --- Panama Medal of Solidarity 3rd Class London Gazette 17 February 1920 . John Robert Cornall was born in 1889 at Bintree, Norfolk. A Horse Breaker by trade, he attested for the 19th Hussars on 26 February 1907 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1914. He enlisted in the Royal Tank Corps on 21 January 1919 and he died in 1924 whilst in the rank of Sergeant. Note: The Panama Medal of Solidarity was instituted in 1918 and although Panama played no active part in the Great War, they did award this medal in solidarity to the allies, Panama having previously declared war on Germany on 7 April 1917. The award was issued in three grades: Gold (silver gilt) to commanders in chief; Silver with a rosette to Generals and senior officers; and Bronze to officers and other ranks. Michael Maton’s Honour the Recipients of Foreign Awards identifies from the London Gazette 61 Panama Solidarity Medals in bronze, 5 in silver and 1 in gold.

Lot 192

A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Ginchy’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Smith, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, whose meritorious deeds also resulted in the award of the 16th (Irish) Division Gallant Conduct Certificate Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8222 Sjt: A. Smith. 9/R. Dub: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (8222 Sjt. A. Smith. R. D. Fus); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B151301’, medals mounted as worn and contained in a fitted leather case, good very fine (3) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. When all his officers had become casualties, he rallied the remains of the platoon and led them forward to the final objective.’ Arthur Smith was born in 1893 and first attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1910. He served in the rank of Sergeant with the 9th (Service) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was decorated for gallantry at Ginchy on 9 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. On this day, Ginchy was captured by the 16th Division and several German counter-attacks were defeated. The loss of Ginchy deprived the Germans of observation posts, from which they could observe all of the battlefield and eliminated the salient at Delville Wood, which had been costly to defend, due to observed German artillery-fire from three sides. Smith’s battalion, as part of the 48th Brigade helped clear the western part of the village. In addition to the award of his D.C.M., Sergeant Smith also received a ‘16th (Irish) Division’ Gallant Conduct Certificate for Ginchy. He was discharged on 20 February 1919 on account of being permanently unfit due to aggravated melancholia, his address at the time of discharge being, ‘3 Charlemont Row, Harcourt Road, Dublin.’ Neither M.I.D. or Silver War Badge entitlement confirmed. Sold with the recipient’s Irish Brigade Gallant Conduct Certificate, on folded card backed parchment, upper section cut away, signed by ‘W. B. Hickie’, Major-General, Commanding 16th Irish Division, reading, ‘No. 8222 Sgt. A. Smith. D.C.M. 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, I have read with much pleasure the reports of your regimental commander and brigade commander regarding your gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on Sept. 9th 1916 and have ordered your name and deed to be entered in the record of the Irish Division’. Note: Major General Hickie instituted the 16th (Irish) Division Gallant Conduct Certificate in February 1916, announcing it during an inspection of battalions returning from a period of instruction in the trenches alongside more experienced units. On 17 February, whilst praising the performance of the 9th Royal Munster Fusiliers, he is known to have declared that whenever the name of a man came before him for having performed a meritorious deed he would have the fact recorded “…on a parchment sheet specially prepared in Dublin, so that a heritage worth preserving might be passed onto future generations to the glory of the Irish Brigades in France in 1916.” Hickie’s parchment certificate was always awarded in addition to, rather than instead of, any other decoration that was awarded. It was produced in two versions. The first type, of which Smith’s certificate is an example, was awarded between February 1916 and the early Summer of 1917 and was inscribed across the top with ‘The Irish Brigade’ in Celtic script together with a green shamrock. This upper section is missing from Smith’s certificate. After the Battle of Ginchy, the award of the parchment certificate was accompanied by a hollow, dark green felt diamond, know as the ‘Ginchy Diamond’, to be worn on the right upper sleeve of the uniform.

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Four: Private W. Pippett, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), who was discharged in May 1916 due to wounds received in action near Ypres in May 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (5594 Pte. W. Pippett. Rifle Brigade); 1914 Star, with clasp (Z-2244 Pte. W. Pippett. 3/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Z-2244 Pte. W. Pippett. Rif. Brig.) mounted as worn, the first with edge bruise and nearly very fine, the Great War awards better (4) --- William Pippett served with the 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade during the Boer War (QSA with 3 clasps). Following the outbreak of the Great War, he re-enlisted in the Rifle Brigade on 3 September 1914 and served with the 3rd Battalion on the Western Front from 13 November 1914. On 12 June 1915, he was admitted to Rouen Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left arm and repatriated to England where he was discharged due to wounds on 5 May 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge. At the time Rifleman Pippet’s wounds were inflicted, his battalion was carrying out tours in the Ypres Sector north-east of La Brique and near St. Jean.

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Family group: Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (15172 By. Sgt. Maj: J. Panter. 2nd Bde. Lanc: Div: R.A.) good very fine Six: Trumpeter, later Sergeant, J. J. Panter, Royal Field Artillery, who, having been Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry at the Battle of Vlakfontein, 29 May 1901, during the Boer War whilst aged just 16, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914, and was wounded and repatriated from France in 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (30429 Tptr. J. J. Panter. 8/Bty, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (30429 Tptr: J. J. Panter. 8th Bty. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (30429 Cpl. J. J. Panter. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (30429 Sjt. J. J. Panter R.A.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better Five: Trumpeter J. Panter, 4th Hussars, who served on the Western Front with his regiment from the Marne in September 1914 through to Villers Brettoneaux in April 1918 and was subsequently a long served Stable Helper to the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9431 Tptr: J. Panter. 4/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (9431 Pte. J. Panter. 4-Hrs.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1915-1935’ (J. Panter) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Four: Private C. L. Panter, 17th Lancers, who was wounded during the Great War 1914 Star with copy clasp (904 Pte. C. L. Panter. 17/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-904 Pte. C. L. Panter. 17-Lrs.); War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, edge knocks to last, nearly very fine (16) £700-£900 --- James Panter was born in 1851 at Hanley, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire and attested for the Royal Artillery at Worcester on 16 January 1871. Having served in India from October 1871 until November 1878, he was promoted Sergeant in July 1881 and transferred to the 2nd Brigade, Lancashire Division in October 1882, serving as Battery Sergeant Major of the same from April 1883. He was awarded his Army L.S. & G.C. medal in 1886, was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant and transferred to the Army Staff in March 1892 and was discharged on 1 March 1894 having served 23 years and 45 days at home and abroad. John James Panter, eldest son of the above, was born in 1884 at Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire and attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 29 September 1898 at London. Appointed Trumpeter on 12 December 1899, Boy Panter served with the 8th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War from January 1900. Although just aged 16 at the time, he was Mentioned in Despatches and noted for promotion to Bombardier upon his reaching the age of 18 following his gallantry at the Battle of Vlakfontein, 29 May 1901 (London Gazette 20 August 1901 - ‘Trumpeter J. Panter, 8th Battery Royal Field Artillery: During fight at Vlakfontein, 25th May, 1901 (sic- actually 29 May), officer’s horse, which he was leading, being shot, got a rifle and ran up into firing line. (Only 16 years old.)’ Panter remained in South Africa until August 1903 and was awarded the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps and K.S.A with 2 clasps. Having completed 12 year of service he re-engaged on 9 December 1910 and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was wounded in the left arm in May 1915 and transferred to England, rejoining the B.E.F. in November 1915 and remaining in France for the remainder of the war. He was promoted Sergeant on 30 May 1918 and discharged 28 February 1920. Joseph Panter, second son of James Panter above, was born in 1889 and was educated at the Royal Hibernian School, Dublin. He served with the 4th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914 and was present at the Battles of the Marne, Ypres 1914 and 1915, Hooge, Loos, Somme, Arras, Cambrai, Bourlon Wood, Amiens and Viller Bretonneaux. He served as Stable Helper to the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace and was awarded his Long and Faithful Service Medal in 1935. Charles Leo Panter, fourth son of James Panter above, was born in 1891 at Birmingham, Warwickshire and educated at the Royal Hibernian School, Dublin. He attested for the 17th Lancers in January 1906 and served with them in India and afterwards during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. He suffered a gun shot wound to his right arm during the war and was discharged surplus to military requirements on 23 May 1919. The Medical Appeal Board awarded him a 20% pension in respect of his disabilities. Sold with the following original items: James Panter’s Certificates of Education and Gunnery booklet and Monthly Settlements and Saving’s Bank Account booklet in contemporary leather cover, both with numerous hand written entries; Buckingham Palace letter to accompany Joseph Panter’s 1935 Silver Jubilee medal; John James Panter’s ‘Small Book’ - containing many handwritten entries - in contemporary leather cover; Soldier’s Small Book, relating to Albert Edward Panter, third son of James Panter above, who served from 1904 in the 19th Hussars, 8th Hussars and 4th Hussars. A trumpeter also, he served with the latter regiment on the Western Front during the Great War from 1915 to 1918.

Lot 204

Three: Bugler W. A. Marshall, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), later 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force) 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (1856 Bglr. W. A. Marshall. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1856 Pte. W. A. Marshall. 14-Lond. R.); together with a London Scottish Reel Club medallion, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Juniors Sword Dance. Bugler W. A. Marshall.’, good very fine or better (4) £120-£160 --- William Alfred Marshall was born in 1893 in Bethnal Green, London, the son of James and Rebecca Marshall, and attested for the London Scottish in 1913. He served with them as a Bugler during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 September 1914, later transferring to the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force).

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Three: Gunner T. J. Beynon, Royal Field Artillery, late Bombardier, City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 May 1917 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast (1179 Pte. T. J. Beynon, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (L-27394 Gnr. T. J. Benyon. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (L-27394 Gnr. T. J. Beynon. R.A.) with damaged named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Theophilus John Beynon); together with a Masonic Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1837-97 medal by Kenning London, silver-gilt, enamel and brilliants, with top bar and pin, missing 5 brilliants; and a St. James Union Lodge 1787 Medal with No. 180 clasp and top bar with pin, silver, hallmarks for London 1895, and enamel, reverse engraved, ‘G. J. Taylor W. M. to John Beynon 1895’, good very fine or better (6) £260-£300 --- Theophilus John Beynon was born in 1879 in Holloway, London, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Beynon and was a resident of Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. He joined the 1st City of London Artillery Volunteers in 1898 and was ranked Bombardier before he then served with No. 2 Company of the Mounted Infantry, City of London Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War. On his return a complimentary ‘Return of the C.I.V.’ dinner was held in honour of him and Private G. Young at the Assembly Rooms, Pembroke, 5 November 1900. Each of them was presented with an engraved silver cigarette case. Benyon served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 November 1915 and was killed in action on 26 May 1917 whilst serving with the X/6th Trench Mortar Battery. He was the husband of Gertrude L. Beynon, of 11, Kemble Road, Forest Hill, London and is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Marzingarbe, France. Note: All C.I.V. recipients of the Belfast clasp served in No. 2 Company of the Mounted Infantry. Sold with the following: Two studio portrait photographs of the recipient in C.I.V. uniform taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Order of Service for C.I.V. Farewell Service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral on 12 January 1900; City Press Illustrated C.I.V. souvenir publications Nos. 2 and 3, the former containing portrait photograph of the recipent; C.I.V. ‘Welcome by the City of London Corporation’ dinner menu, dated 27 October 1900; Programme for ‘Return of the C.I.V. Complementary Dinner to Privates G. Young and Theo Beynon at the Assembly Rooms, Pembroke, November 5th 1900’; ‘(Late) C.I.V. Programme of Concert at Guildhall, December 12th 1908’; photograph, 205mm x 153mm, of section of 1st City of London Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers, featuring the recipient wearing Q.S.A. medal; Newspaper pages from the Free Press and Economic Advertiser, 2 November 1900 and the Pembrokeshire Times, 8 November 1900 with articles describing the homecoming of the recipient from the Boer War and the welcome reception given in his honour at the Pembrokeshire Assembly Rooms respectively; an original copy of the recipient’s marriage certificate dated, 21 February 1903; Royal Artillery collar badge; book register - The War Graves of the British Empire Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France; and a quantity of other family photographs, postcards and ephemera.

Lot 211

The British War Medal awarded to Elisabeth M. Stewart, Scottish Churches Huts British War Medal 1914-20 (E. M. Stewart.) mounted as worn; together with a silver identity bracelet ‘Martin Stewart, Scottish Churches Huts, France, 12-3-17.’, extremely fine, scarce £60-£80 --- Elisabeth M. Stewart (presumably the wife or sister of Martin Stewart) served with the Scottish Churches Huts during the Great War on the Western Front from March 1917.

Lot 217

A scarce ‘Relief of Chitral 1895’ C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General H. B. ‘Jackal’ MacCall, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who commanded the 1st Battalion in the battle of the Malakand Pass The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ens: H. B. Macall. 4/60 Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Ltt. Coll: H. B. MacCall 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps) the first with chipping to both wreaths, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 21 January 1896: ‘In recognition of services during the operations of the Chitral Relief Force.’ One of 10 officers of the 4/60th to receive the Canada G.S. medal, the clasp ‘Fenian Raid 1866’ in combination with that of ‘Relief of Chitral 1895’ is unique. Henry Blackwood MacCall was born on 15 August 1845, son of Colonel George MacCall. He was appointed Ensign, by purchase, in the 60th K.R.R.C. on 16 February 1864, and served with the 4th Battalion in Canada 1865-67 (Medal with clasp). He served in India from 1868 to 1903, with the 3rd Battalion 1868-72, and as Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion 1873-81, becoming Captain in 1875 and A.D.C. to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [General Sir Frederick Haines] in 1880-81. He was promoted to Major in the 4th Battalion in 1881, and to Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the 1st Battalion, in July 1891, serving with the Isazai Expedition in 1892 [No medals awarded for this expedition]. MacCall commanded the 1st Battalion throughout the operations of the Chitral Relief Force in 1895, serving with the leading brigade under Brigadier-General A. A. Kinloch. The Battalion highly distinguished itself in the battle of the Malakand Pass on the 3rd of April, and again in the action at Khar on the following day, thereby adding ‘Chitral’ to the honours of the Regiment. Despatches, London Gazette 15 November 1895: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. MacCall, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who, by skilfully using his opportunities, brought his battalion to the main position of the enemy and joined the King’s Own Scottish Borderers in the final rush and capture of the main position.’ (C.B.; Medal with clasp). He was commanding the 41st Regimental District, Cardiff, 1897-98, and was appointed Deputy Adjutant General in India in February 1899, commanding 2nd Class District, India, 1901-02. He retired in August 1902 and was promoted to Hon. Major-General in September 1917. Major-General MacCall, who was affectionately known as ‘Jackal’ in the regiment, died on 22 July 1921.

Lot 218

A post-War C.S.I., inter-War C.I.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant A. H. Layard, Royal Sussex Regiment and Indian Civil Service The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set with small diamonds, with silver star and ring suspension, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. H. Layard); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, the last four mounted as worn, good very fine and better (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.S.I. London Gazette 1 January 1948 (backdated to 14 August 1947). C.I.E. London Gazette 1 February 1937. Austen Havelock Layard was born on 20 February 1895, the son of Sir Charles Layard, Chief Justice of Ceylon, and was educated at Rugby and King’s College, Cambridge. During the Great War he was commissioned a Lieutenant and served with the Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, in Egypt and Salonika. After the war he entered the Indian Civil Service and, having been called to the Bar at Grays Inn, was appointed a Deputy Commissioner in 1926; other appointments included Deputy Commissioner, Delhi, 1932-38; Deputy Commissioner, Nagpur, 1942; Officiating Commissioner, 1943-45; Officiating Chief Secretary, 1946; and Secretary to the Governor of Central Provinces, 1946-47. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1948, and for his services he was awarded the C.I.E. in 1937 and C.S.I. in 1947. Post-independence of India, he held appointments in the Office of the High Commissioner for the U.K. in India, at Delhi and Calcutta, 1948-49. He died on 24 March 1956. Sold with a CD of related family photographs including the recipient receiving the C.S.I. from Lord Mountbatten in the last investiture he held before leaving India.

Lot 219

A fine Second War ‘Tobruk’ Brigade Major’s D.S.O., Order of St. John, group of eight awarded to Major G. Bestford, 6th South African Infantry Brigade Heaquarters, 2nd South African Division, a veteran of the Great War who was wounded in action whilst serving in the ranks of the 20th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish) on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. Subsequently commissioned in to the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish), Bestford joined the South African Police after the Great War. He was mobilised for service during the Second War, and was taken prisoner of war at the Fall of Tobruk, 21 June 1942. Bestford returned to the South African Police after the war, rose to District Commandant of Durban, and played a prominent role during the Royal Visit to South Africa in 1947 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1946’, with integral top riband bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamels; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. Bestford.) severe edge bruise to BWM; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa Service Medal, Second War campaign awards all officially impressed (SAP195478 G. Bestford) mounted as originally worn, and subsequently additionally mounted on card for display, generally nearly very fine or better (8) £2,800-£3,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 19 December 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Tobruk in 1942.’ The original recommendation, given by Brigadier F. W. Cooper, O.C. 6 SA Bde, states: ‘From 10 Jan 42 to 21 Jun 42 Major Bestford was my [Brigadier F. W. Cooper, O.C. 6 SA Bde] Brigade Major. During that period he carried out his duties with entire disregard for his own comfort under what at times were very trying and dangerous conditions. He was mentioned in despatches for his work during operations at Sollum and Halfaya in Jan 42. During the period the brigade was attached to 1 S.A. Div. at Gazala - Mar - Apr 42 and during the period prior to the fall of Tobruk - Apr - Jun 42 his conduct was an example to all the work he put in over the six months, especially during the two vital days prior to the surrender, entitles him, in my opinion, to a D.S.O. for which I recommend him.’ Order of St John, Serving Brother, London Gazette 2 January 1953. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 December 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November, 1941, to April, 1942.’ George Bestford was one of six sons born to Thomas Bestford, and was born in Gateshead, County Durham in October 1897. He was educated at the local Higher Grade Secondary School, and aged 17 falsified his age to enlist in the 20th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish), 26 October 1914. Bestford advanced to Sergeant, and served with the Battalion in the French theatre of war from 9 January 1916. The Battalion served as part of the 102nd Infantry Brigade on the Somme, and Bestford was wounded in action, 1 July 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were fighting in tandem with the 4th Tyneside Scottish: ‘Owing to the artillery barrage and the intense machine gun fire and the distance (800 yds) of no man’s land to be traversed, the two battalions were almost wiped out, though the positions of the dead showed that they pushed on to the enemy’s second line of trenches before they were annihilated.’ (Battalion War Diary refers) On the first day of the Battle of the Somme the 20th Battalion suffered casualties of 16 officers and 337 other ranks killed, and 10 officers and 268 other ranks wounded. Bestford was amongst the latter, and was evacuated back to the UK. His South African Police service files show that he subsequently received a G.O.C.’s Divisional Commendation in recognition of his gallantry on 1 July 1916. Whilst recuperating from his wounds, Bestford would have received news that his brother William had been killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Engineers, 21 July 1916. The following month Bestford transferred as Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant to the 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was subsequently posted to the 3rd Battalion, and then attached to the 84th Training Reserve Battalion at Hornsea. Major A. E. Ken recommended Bestford for a commission in March 1917: ‘This N.C.O. came very much under my observations, while at Home he attended several Courses of Instruction and on each one did very well indeed, on one occasion he came under the notice of the Brigadier who complimented him through his C.O. on his success... On Service he was even better, as a leader of men he is a success, I never knew him to shirk any danger or fatigues, and his coolness under Shell and Rifle fire is splendid. I regret to say his C.O. [Lieutenant Colonel C. Sillery] was killed as I knew that he had marked Sgt. Bestford out for distinction and no officers being left (All either killed or wounded) there was no one to put the recommendation forward. I think with a little training at a Cadet School he will make a very good Officer.’ After the requisite time with an Officer Cadet Battalion, Bestford was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers in October 1917. Bestford lost another brother, when his eldest brother Robert was killed in action serving with the Durham Light Infantry, 1 December 1917. Bestford was posted to France for service with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Irish). After the war he was attached as a Signalling Officer to the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service in Syria and Egypt. Bestford advanced to Lieutenant in May 1919, and relinquished his commission in March of the following year. He sailed for Natal, South Africa in April 1921. Bestford joined the South African Police in June 1921, and advanced from Constable to Captain, District Officer and Station Officer by June 1940. He was appointed Captain, 1st South African Police Battalion, Union Defence Force later that month, and was appointed to the Staff Headquarters, 6th Infantry (Police) Brigade. Bestford embarked with the 2nd South African Division, and arrived in Egypt in June 1941. He served across North Africa, at the Battles of Sollum and Halfaya and was promoted Major in February 1942. Bestford served as Brigade Major, 6th South African Infantry Brigade Headquarters, and under constant attack from Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the Allied Forces retreated from the Gazala Line throughout May - June 1942. The Garrison at Tobruk became isolated and the majority of the 2nd South African Division was captured there, en masse, as prisoners of war, on the 21st June following General Orders to surrender. Unable to escape, Bestford was taken prisoner of war by the Italians and interned at Campo 75 (Bari). He was subsequently transferred to Germany, and interned in Stalag VII-A, Stalag V-C, and finally at Oflag XII-B at Hadamar. Bestford was repatriated in April 1945, and was recommended retrospectively for the D.S.O. Bestford returned to South Africa, and resumed his employment with the South African Police. He was appointed Commanding Officer, Police Training Depot, Pretoria. During the Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa in 1947, Bestford had the honour of commanding the mounted escort and the Guard of Honour on special occasions throughout the tour. He was presented with his D.S.O. by the King at Voortrekkerhoogte, Preto...

Lot 220

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major A. S. Mills, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was twice wounded, and was Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Major A. S. Mills.) suspensions slightly damaged on both campaign medals, generally very fine (3) £800-£1,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded his battalion with great distinction during five days’ heavy fighting, gaining all his objectives and making several daring personal reconnaissances. His reports on the situation were clear and concise, and it was due to his inspiring personal example that no fewer than six determined counter-attacks were successfully repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy in the course of one day.’ Arthur Samuel Mills was born in Amhurst, Nova Scotia, on 15 August 1888 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on 1 June 1915. He sailed with his unit to England on 13 November 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1916, and was severely wounded by gun shot to the left thigh on 25 October 1916, and by gun shot to the right foot on 22 April 1918. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 26 December 1917). Advanced Major, he was discharged medically unfit on 26 March 1919.

Lot 221

An inter-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Major C. H. H. Harold, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. H. H. Harold. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. H. H. Harold.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Maj. C. H. H. Harold. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn (although the last now loose) and housed in a fitted leather case, good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1926 Charles Henry Haslar Harold was born in Llangollen, Denbighshire, on 1 January 1885, and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 29 July 1910. Promoted Captain on 29 January 1914, he served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from June 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches ‘in connection with minor Military Operations in North and Northeast Persia during the period 1917-21’ (London Gazette 8 May 1922). He subsequently served in Afghanistan and on the Northwest Frontier of India, was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920), and was promoted Brevet Major on 15 September 1921. Created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours’ List, Harold served as Assistant Director of Hygiene and Pathology, India, from March 1927 to March 1931, before returning to England as Assistant Director of Hygiene, Southern Command. He retired with the rank of Major on 1 May 1934, and subsequently served as Director of Water Examination at the Metropolitan Water Board. Sold with copied research.

Lot 222

A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Nurse Miss Gertrude E. Holmes, South African Military Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (P/Nurse G. E. Holmes.); together with the recipient’s cape badge and riband bar, the latter including the riband for the British War Medal and a M.I.D. oak leaves emblem on the Victory Medal riband, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 14 January 1921: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 31 January 1919.

Lot 226

A Second War ‘Burma operations’ A.R.R.C. group of five attributed to Sister Annie Dogherty, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, the reverse of the lower arm officially dated ‘1946’, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 17 January 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient, and various other ephemera, including the recipient’s riband bar and a Royal Medico-Psychological Association medal for proficiency in mental nursing, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘E. Dougherty [sic].’

Lot 227

A Serving Brother of St John group of seven awarded to Sapper E. L. Price, 21st Company, Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers, late Shropshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamels; British War and Victory Medals (604121 Dvr. E. L. Price. R.A.) official correction to both initials and first letter of surname; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (604121 Dvr. E. L. Price. R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with additional service bar (22774 A/Off. E. L. Price. No. 7 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1941) very fine or better (7) £180-£220 --- Edward Leonard Price was born in the Parish of Great Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and attested for the Shropshire R.H.A. at Shrewsbury on 10 May 1913, aged 18 years 1 month, an engine cleaner employed by the Great Western Railway Company. Embodied in August 1914, he was posted to 293 Brigade R.F.A. and served in France from January 1917. He was admitted to Boulogne General Hospital on 4 April 1917 with an accidental bomb wound to his back. He shortly afterwards transferred as a Sapper to the 21st Company, Inland Waterways and Docks, Royal Engineers, with whom he served for the remainder of the war. His Medal Index Card notes that his British War and Victory Medals were returned for correction and the M.I.C. itself is corrected from ‘RICE’ to ‘PRICE’. Sold with copied attestation papers and confirmation of Coronation medal as ‘Member of the St John Ambulance Brigade on duty at the Coronation Service.’

Lot 234

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Sergeant T. Pearson, Grenadier Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (13414 Cpl-L. Sjt: - T. Pearson. 2/G. Gds:) Rhodium plated, two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918. Thomas H. Pearson served in France with the Grenadier Guards and later with the Labour Corps. He is entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio and a Silver War Badge.

Lot 236

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) a rare William IV Knight Grand Cross breast star, by Rundell Bridge & Co., London, c.1834-37, 91mm x 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Co., Jewellers to their Majesties and all the Royal Family, Ludgate Hill, London’, and fitted with gold retaining pin, some enamel loss to ‘Ich Dien’ motto and central wreath, otherwise good very fine and rare for this period £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009. The name of the firm was changed to Rundell Bridge & Co. in 1834 after the deaths of various former partners.

Lot 237

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, minor green enamel damage and traces of restoration to wreath, otherwise good very fine £600-£800

Lot 238

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, obverse central medallion loose and minor green enamel damage to wreath, otherwise very fne £600-£800

Lot 239

The C.B. awarded to A. E. Tollerfield Esq., Assistant Comptroller, Patent Office, Board of Trade The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue, extremely fine £200-£240 --- C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1963. Sold together with the recipient’s Bestowal Document; various Central Chancery Letters regarding the award and the investiture; various letters of congratulations to the recipient on the award; and a copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Bath.

Lot 240

The G.C.V.O. set of insignia awarded to Lord Rennell, H.M. Envoy to Sweden, on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. Princess Margaret of Connaught to H.R.H. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1905 The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘146’; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘146’, with gold retaining pin, with full sash riband, in Collingwood, London case of issue, the case officially numbered ‘G146’, extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Spink, July 2000 (when sold alongside the recipient’s campaign medals); Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009. James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, was born on 9 November 1958 and was educated at Haileybury and Balliol College, Oxford. Entering the Diplomatic Service, he was in charge of the British Agency at Zanzibar throughout 1893 and was present at the actions of Pumwani and Jongeni, 1893. The following year he was transferred to Cairo and in 1897 was Special Envoy to King Menelik II. Rodd was the Secretary of the Legation, Cairo, 1894-1901; Councillor of the Embassy at Rome, 1901-04; H.M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden, 1904-08; and Ambassador to Italy, 1908-19. Post-war he was a British delegate at the League of Nations, 1921-23 and a Member of Parliament, 1928-32. He was awarded the G.C.V.O. in 1905 for services as H.M. Envoy to Sweden and on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. Princess Margaret of Connaught to H.R.H. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and was additionally appointed G.C.M.G. in 1915 and G.C.B. in 1920. He was raised to the peerage as the 1st Baron Rennell in 1933, and died on 26 July 1941.

Lot 241

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, light scratch to reverse of lower arm, gilding slightly rubbed, otherwise good very fine £200-£240

Lot 242

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Toye, Kenning and Spencer, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £200-£240

Lot 243

A Great War D.S.O. attributed to Chaplain to the Forces Third Class the Rev. C. F. J. Holmes, Army Chaplains’ Department, for his gallantry in picking up an unexploded shell and throwing it overboard when H.M. Transport Mercian, conveying the Lincolnshire Yeomanry in the Mediterranean off the Algerian coast, was attacked by an enemy submarine on 3 November 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue, minor enamel damage to wreath and obverse centre slightly depressed, generally very fine £600-£800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 6 September 1918: ‘For distinguished and gallant services rendered on the occasion of the destruction or damage by enemy action of Hospital Ships, Transports, and Storeships.’ The Rev. Cecil Frederick Joy Holmes was educated at Keble College, Oxford, and prior to the outbreak of the Great War held the living of a parish near Grantham, Lincolnshire. He served during the Great War as a Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, and was with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry when their transport ship Mercian was attacked by an enemy submarine off the Algerian Coast on 3 November 1915, during which the Regiment suffered a total of 103 casualties. For his gallantry in picking up an unexploded shell which had fallen on the bridge of the vessel and throwing it overboard Holmes was awarded the D.S.O., and was also awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 17 August 1918). It is worth bearing in mind that similar acts of bravery have, previously, been rewarded with the award of the Victoria Cross. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied newspaper cuttings relating to the incident.

Lot 244

Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, extremely fine £300-£400

Lot 246

A ‘Delhi Durbar - Visit to India’ R.V.M. awarded to Petty Officer Telegraphist E. J. Clare, H.M. Royal Yacht Medina, Royal Navy Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver (E. J. Clare, P.O. Tel. H.M.S. Medina 1911-12.) naming engraved in sloping sans-serif capitals, in its fitted case of issue, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £200-£240 --- R.V.M. (Silver) awarded 4 February 1912 for services during H.M. King George V and Queen Mary’s visit to India for the Durbar. Ernest Joseph Clare was born on 7 April 1885, in Kennington, London, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 6 August 1901, aged 16 years 3 months, a porter by trade. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1902 and to Ordinary Seaman on his 18th birthday in 1903, when he signed for a continuous service engagement of 12 years. He was advanced to Able Seaman in July 1904 whilst serving in Aurora, but in October 1907 he was re-categorised to Telegraphist, advancing to Leading Telegraphist in June 1908. He joined Medina on her requisition as a Royal Yacht on 10 October 1911, and was promoted to Petty Officer Telegraphist three days later. He remained in Medina throughout her voyage to and from India for the Delhi Durbar, leaving her on 15 February 1912. For his services during the visit to India he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Fox in the Persian Gulf (Medal and clasp) and his further service during the Great War entitled him to the 1914-15 Star trio. He retired at his own request on 6 October 1925, but was recalled for service in June 1939, serving subsequently in the Orkneys, based at Pyramus, until finally invalided on 14 May 1940. He died on 8 December 1950. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Lot 247

Three: Captain R. B. Creyke, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (R. B. Creyke, Mate.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, each medal fitted with silver ribbon buckle and long pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1998, when mounted in glass fronted display case, the black-on-gold painted labels from which accompany the group. Richard Boynton Creyke entered the Navy in July, 1829, as first-class volunteer on board the Atholl, on the west coast of Africa, from which vessel, in April, !831, he was transferred to the Medina, where he remained until July of the same year. He joined the Ocean as a midshipman in December, 1831, the Magpie in November, 1832, and the Rolla in November, 1833. In these vessels he was employed at Sheerness, and on the North Sea and Lisbon stations. He went to the Mediterranean in April, 1834, in the Revenge, and as a Mate became attached to the Bellerophon in May, 1838. In the Bellerophon, as a Mate, he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean D’Acre. In July, 1841, he was appointed to the revenue cutter Defence, employed in the North Sea, and was transferred, in July, 1843, to the steam vessel Blazer, Captain John Washington (afterwards Hydrographer) employed on surveying service in the same neighbourhood. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September, 1843. From February, 1844, to October, 1845, he served on the west coast of Africa in the Penelope, Alert, and Growler, the former being the Commodore’s vessel on that station. He commanded the boats of the Alert in an attack on pirates at the Arguin islands, near Cape Blanco, for which he was mentioned favourably in the despatches of the Commodore. In January, 1846, he was appointed to the survey of the west coast of Scotland, under Captain C. G. Robinson, in the Shearwater, and in October of the same year was made an Assistant-Surveyor. In October, 1847, his name was transferred to the books of the San Josef and subsequently to the Impregnable and Fisgard, his services throughout being continued in the survey of the west coast of Scotland. In February, 1855, Lieutenant Creyke was appointed First Lieutenant of the Merlin, Captain Bartholomew J. Sulivan, attached to the Baltic fleet, in which vessel he assisted in surveying the north part of Cronstadt, as well as the vicinity of Sweaborg, previous to its bombardment, at which he was present. For his services on this occasion he was so strongly recommended by the Commander-in-Chief to the favourable consideration of their lordships, that he was promoted to the rank of Commander in September of the same year, and in the following November again resumed his duties as an Assistant-Surveyor on the west coast of Scotland, under Captain E. J. Bedford, with whom, as Chief Assistant-Surveyor, he continued to serve until about the year 1861. He was promoted to be Retired Captain on 11 February 1862, in consideration of his services and the impaired state of his health. For his war services Captain Creyke has received the Syrian and Baltic medals. For the recipient’s miniature dress medals, see Lot 639.

Lot 249

The unique ‘Light Brigade’ group of four awarded to Captain T. G. Johnson, 13th Hussars, later Major, West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who was twice decorated by the French Emperor for his Distinguished Services in the Crimea- the only Light Brigade participant so honoured- and whose letter to his brother describing his participation in the Charge was one of the earliest to be published in the British Press Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, lugs removed from top clasp (Regt. Serjt. Major, Thomas George Johnson. 13th. Light Dragoons) Regimentally impressed naming in serif capitals; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, eagle suspension, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, blue enamel damage and traces of restoration to bands around central medallions; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (T G Johnson 13th Light Dragoons) Regimentally impressed naming in serif capitals, with contemporary silver swivel suspension, all with plain top silver riband bars, and housed in a fitted gilt frame, lacking glazing, the gilt mount engraved ‘Major T. G. Johnson, Late Captain, 13th Hussars’, light contact marks, generally very fine or better (4) £8,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: Spink, November 2004. Thomas George Johnson was born in Maidstone, Kent, in March 1824, the son of John Thomas Johnson, who at the time of his birth was serving as a Schoolmaster Sergeant with the Cavalry Depot of the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars. On 27 March 1837, at the age of 13 years and by ‘Special Authority’, he enlisted in the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons at the Maidstone Cavalry Depot. He was appointed a Trumpeter on 24 May 1837 and, save for a six month period in early 1839, he retained this rank until 1 September 1846 when he transferred to the 13th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, then based in Dublin, in the rank of Private. He was promoted Corporal on 1 February 1848 and Sergeant on 25 May 1853. He embarked with the Regiment for the Crimea at Portsmouth in May 1854 and arrived at the Bulgarian city of Varna, on the coast of the Black Sea, on 2 June 1854. A few weeks later, on 25 June, Johnson was one of a patrol of 195 men under Lord Cardigan that was sent north to the River Danube to ‘ascertain the movements of the enemy’. This became known as the Soreback Reconnaissance because of the extremes of heat, thirst, and hunger endured by the patrol over a seventeen day period. In September 1854 the 13th Light Dragoons sailed from Varna for the Crimea- unfortunately during the voyage Johnson fell down the main hatchway on board his ship and was invalided to Scutati Hospital between 16 September and 7 October, thus missing the Battle of the Alma. The Charge of the Light Brigade Johnson had returned to his regiment in time to participate in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on 25 October 1854, and in a letter to his brother John, dated 7 November 1854, he includes a first-hand account of the Charge as follows: ‘My dearest Brother, I can say but a few words. When last I wrote to you we were on the point of embarking for the Crimea; unfortunately I met with a severe accident, fell down the main hatchway and have to thank God I was not killed. I went to the General Hospital at Scutari, consequently was out of Alma, but joined the regiment as soon as possible, being anxious to participate in the next honours. Joined at Balaklava where we passed some weeks in the most arduous and harassing duties, both of outposts and pickets, almost surrounded by Cossacks, and we were obliged to be continually on the alert. At last we engaged them, but I suppose of this you have the account. On the 25th October the enemy advanced and stormed our advanced position on some hills which were well fortified and unfortunately occupied by the Turks. The rascals fled before the Russians came within 150 yards of the forts, our artillery came up and the 13th covered the guns where we were exposed to shot and shell for upwards of two hours, but the positions being lost we slowly retired a short distance. The Russians advanced direct on to us on the ground of our camp, our heavy dragoons were ordered to charge them, and they fled although their numbers were sufficient to overwhelm our handful of cavalry. At this time the light brigade was formed up on the left on some hills which commanded a long valley about two miles, at the end of which the enemy retired. By some misunderstanding we were ordered to advance and charge their guns which they had formed up full in our fronts at the extreme end, and here took place a scene and act unparalleled in history. We had scarcely advanced a few yards before they opened on us with grape and shell. It was a perfect level, the ground only wide enough for the 17th and 13th to advance, the rest of the brigade following. To our astonishment they had batteries on each side of the hills which commanded the whole valley; consequently a dreadful crossfire was opened on us from both sides and in front but it was too late to do anything but advance, which we did in a style truly wonderful, every man feeling certain that we must be annihilated; still we continued on up to the very guns, charged them, took them, but there being no support we were obliged to retire almost cut up. Out of our regiment we assembled 10 men mounted and one or two officers. Our Colonel being sick and our Major gone home we were commanded by the senior Captain. Two captains were killed and one lieutenant. Poor Weston was killed and two other sergeant-majors taken prisoners. The others were either killed, taken prisoners or dismounted. Of course the remainder retired and here the firing was worse than ever for the infantry aimed at us as we passed. I escaped thank God without a scratch though my horse got shot through the head and in the hind quarters, and a lance was thrust through my shoe case. It was a most unwise and mad act. One thing, there is no blame attached to the Earl of Cardigan for he was ordered to do it and he did it most nobly. We rode up to the very mouth of the guns and since then the 17th and ourselves have scarcely been able to muster one squadron between us. The 4th Light Dragoons are nearly as bad. The Earl is very much cut up concerning it and points it out to the officers as the effects of charging batteries. There never was a more splendid Light Brigade before the battle, but now it is reduced almost to nothing. The daring of the thing astonished and frightened the enemy. The shattered Remains of the Light Brigade moved up here near Sebastopol shortly afterwards and have remained pretty quiet with the exception of the continued bombardment dinning in our ears from morning to night, until the morning of the 5th November when the Russians appeared in force and we had then a most glorious but awful day. They estimated the loss of the Russians at from 13,000 to 15,000. Our loss is very great. The Duke of Cambridge had his horse shot under him and Sir G Brown was wounded, General Lord Cathcart was killed and many colonels and other officers were either killed or dangerously wounded. The battle lasted 7 hours and the Grenadier Guards were nearly cut to pieces. We brigaded for the first time with the French cavalry but were not engaged this day although exposed to shot and shell. We lost some horses and a fine young fellow, an officer of the 17th Lancers, was killed- a shell burst in the midst of them, he was the only one hurt and he survived but a few hours afterwards. We only lost a few men. You will, I know, excuse this rambling scrawl as I have been disturbed fifty times whilst writing it, but I am sure it will be welcome. Many thanks for the newspapers, they are a source of gr...

Lot 279

Six: Private J. T. Monk, King’s Royal Rifle Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk. 4th. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) surname officially corrected; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk. 1st. Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5143 Pte. J. Monk. K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-13988 Pte. J. T. Monck [sic]. K.R.R.C.) first four mounted as worn from a top silver riband bar, the last two loose; together with five London County Council School Attendance Medal, awarded to the recipient’s family, to ‘M. Monk’ for the years 1902, 1908, and 1910; to L. Monk for the year 1906; and to H. Monk for the year 1912, the first four in white metal, the last in bronze, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (11) £400-£500

Lot 299

Three: Trooper E. S. Collingwood, Shanghai Volunteer Corps and Shanghai Light Horse China 1900, no clasp (Tpr: E. S. Collingwood. Shanghai Vols.); China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, suspension re-affixed; Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued; together with a Shanghai Volunteer Corps cap badge and button, nearly very fine and scarce (3) £1,000-£1,400

Lot 308

Four: Corporal H. A. Smith, Royal Sussex Regiment and British Red Cross; discharged on account of his wounds in 1916, he subsequently served throughout 1918 as an instructor in Fancy Bag making, teaching interned Allied soldiers in Switzerland a civilian trade 1914 Star (9681 Pte. H. A. Smith. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9661 Cpl. H. A. Smith. R. Suss. R.); together with a duplicate issue British War Medal 1914-20 (H. A. Smith.) very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- Herbert Archibald Smith was born in Chichester, Sussex, on 25 July 1891 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 14 March 1911. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914, and was discharged on account of wounds on 13 September 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently enrolled in the British Red Cross on 20 May 1918, and served with them during the latter stages of the Great War in Switzerland, as an instructor in fancy bag making, being erroneously awarded a duplicate British War Medal. He was discharged on 23 November 1918, and his profession on the 1939 Register is recorded as ‘fancy leather worker’. Note: Classes in Fancy Bag making were established by the British Red Cross in Switzerland for interned Allied soldiers, and were just one of the training schemes offered - classes were also given in French polishing, piano-parts manufacturing, watch repairing, tailoring and leather work &c.. Originally established at Seeburg in February 1918, they moved later that year to Vevey, where the electrical and mechanical classes were held. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar which indicates entitlement to the clasp to the 1914 Star; and copied research.

Lot 310

Three: Driver W. Linley, Army Service Corps, who died in January 1918 1914 Star (T1-125 Dvr: W. Linley. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1-125 Dvr. W. Linley. A.S.C.) extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- William Linley enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 21 August 1914, and served in France with the 2nd Advanced Horse Transport Depot from 16 November 1914. He was discharged on 7 November 1917, and died on 5 January 1918. He is entitled to the Silver War Badge (No. 267361).

Lot 312

Four: Commander W. J. Bright-Barton, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. J. B. Barton. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. W. J. B. Barton. R.N.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge by Lattes, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Order of the Nile, 4th Class, London Gazette 15 June 1920. Walter Jeremy Bright-Barton was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 20 June 1888. He was appointed Midshipman on 30 January 1905; Sub Lieutenant, 30 March 1908; Lieutenant, 30 March 1910, and, in March 1912, joined his first surveying unit Daisy, tender to Hearty, as an Assistant Surveyor 4th Class (H4). On 1 January 1914, he advanced to H3, and in the same month gained a Board of Trade certificate as Master. On 6 March 1914, he transferred to Mutine (a surveying sloop), but in August 1914 was appointed to Suffolk (addl. for surveying at Bermuda) and in September 1914 to London in the Grand Fleet and later in the Mediterranean but not, seemingly, in a surveying role. In May 1916 he went to Hearty until October 1916, having advanced to H2 on 1 August, and then spent 11 months in Powerful before joining Grafton, a cruiser, on 17 September 1917 ‘for staff of Rear-Admiral’ for surveying duties until June 1919, where he succeeded Haselfoot as the producer of local surveys, charts and Notices to Mariners. This ship was the flagship of Rear-Admiral, Egypt, with staff ashore in Ismalia from May 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March 1918. In January 1919, Rear-Admiral Jackson wrote that he had ‘done very useful work in Egypt and maintained ex[cellent] relations with the Egyptian civil servants.’ From June 1919 to 1929, he was a Naval Assistant in the Hydrographic Department as the Jacketting Officer, and was placed on the Retired List at his own request with rank of Commander on 4 August 1931. On 1 January 1940 he was appointed inside Admiralty with Hydrographer but in what role is not recorded. Released on 31 December 1945, he reverted to the Retired List and died on 5 May 1946. Sold with copied record of service.

Lot 34

Three: Sapper S. H. Dunster, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (322739 Spr. S. H. Dunster. R.E.); Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with additional award bar (5983 Pte. S. Dunster. Chatham Div. No. 11 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1927); together with the recipient’s St. John Re-Examination Cross, silver, the reverse engraved ‘168418 Sydney Dunster’ with an uninterrupted run of 23 dated Year Bars, 1914-1936, all inscribed ‘168418’ on reverse; South Eastern & Chatham Railway Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association Medal, bronze, awarded to ‘Sidney Dunster’ in ‘1917’ for passing 7 annual examinations in succession; South Eastern & Chatham Railway Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association Medal, silver, awarded to ‘Sidney Dunster’ in ‘1924’ for passing 14 annual examinations in succession; Southern Railway St. John Ambulance Association Medal, with 21 years top brooch bar, reverse inscribed ‘Sidney Dunster 1931’; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, with ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar (3908) bronze; France, Third Republic, Customs Honour Medal; together with 2 Auxiliary Fire Service lapel badges; National Union of Railwaymen 30 Years Membership badge, silver and enamel; 3 enamelled railway badges; and 2 bowling club medals, silver and enamel, generally very fine and better (lot) £200-£240 --- Sydney Hollingsbee Dunster was born in 1892 in Sittingbourne, Kent and died in 1985 in the Registration District of Swale, Kent.

Lot 347

Six: Petty Officer G. H. Jeffery, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (224911, G. H. Jeffery. L.S., R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (224911 G. H. Jeffery. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Herbert Jeffreys.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver (George Herbert Jeffreys) note spelling of surname on last two, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Together with Silver War Badge (RN 40883); B.R.C.S. enamelled medal for 3 Years Service, with two ‘3 Years Service’ bars, reverse numbered 16976; B.R.C.S. enamelled cross for Proficiency in First Aid, with additional bars for 1943 and 1944 (05613 G. H. Jeffreys); and St John Ambulance Brigade re-examination medal (275929 George H. Jeffreys) with 9 dated bars from 1929 to 1937 these all numbered on the reverse ‘27592’. George Herbert Jeffery/Jeffreys was born at Kingsland, London, on 19 December 1886, and joined the Navy in January 1903. He became a Seaman Gunner on 26 October 1906, and retained this until rated Petty Officer in 1916. He joined Royal Oak a few weeks before she took part in the battle of Jutland. He was invalided out of the service on 23 June 1919, as a result of ‘compound hypermetropia astigmatism.’ Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Lot 370

Family Group: Three: Able Seaman A. Hands, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Hogue, in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914, with the loss of 1,459 lives 1914-15 Star (126838, A. Hands, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (126838 A. Hands. A.B. R.N.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private A. Hands, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-148814 Pte. A. Hands. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (5) £280-£320 --- Arthur Hands was born in Birmingham on 19 May 1868 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 25 March 1884. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 July 1889, he was shore invalided on 8 August 1890 and joined the Chatham Division of the Royal Fleet Reserve on 1 August 1903. He was recalled for War service on 2 August 1914, and served during the Great War with the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy. He was killed in action when the Cressy, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Hogue, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron engaged in blockade and patrol duties, were all torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914. The Aboukir was the first to be hit, at 06:20; her captain thought that she had struck a mine and ordered the other two ships to close in order to transfer his wounded men. The Aboukir quickly began listing and capsized, sinking at 06:50. Having approached, stopped, and lowered her boats, Hogue was struck by two torpedoes at 06:55 as she was attempting to rescue the survivors. She capsized and sank within twenty minutes. Cressy meanwhile attempted to ram the submarine, but did not hit anything and resumed her rescue efforts until she too was torpedoed at 07:20. She too took on a heavy list and then capsized before sinking at 07:55. Total losses from the three ships were 62 officers and 1,397 men killed. Hands was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. His son, also named Arthur Hands, served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War, and was discharged on 2 June 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge.

Lot 375

Three: Able Seaman A. G. Scott, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Russell was sunk off Malta on 27 April 1916 1914-15 Star (J25983, A. G. Scott, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 25983 A. G. Scott. Ord. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Albert George Scott) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope of issue; together with a Royal Naval Temperance Society 1 Year Medal, silver and enamel, with integral top ‘Fidelity’ riband bar, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Albert George Scott was born in Lewisham, London, on 10 May 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 14 July 1913. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Russell from 3 December 1914 and was killed in action when Russell, engaged on important patrol duties in the Mediterranean Sea, struck a mine, laid the previous day by U-73, and sank off the coast of Malta on 27 April 1916. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold together with a contemporary large photograph of the ship; a small contemporary photograph of some of the crew; and named Admiralty enclosure for the Great War medals.

Lot 4

Three: Trooper W. Oliver, 2nd Life Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (2291 Tpr. W. Oliver. 2/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2291 Tpr. W. Oliver. 2-L. Gds.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £200-£300 --- William Oliver was born in 1881 at Shorne, Kent and resided at Dartford, Kent. He attested for the 2nd Life Guards at Regents Park Barracks in October 1900 and served with the colours until October 1912. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was recalled from the Section D Reserve and, not being part of the Squadron provided for the Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry which entered France on 16 August 1914, he served with the Regiment itself, entering France on 8 October and forming part of the 7th Household Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. The 2nd Life Guards went on to be heavily involved at the First Battle of Ypres (October – November 1914) including at Langemarck, 21-24 October and in the Household Cavalry’s stand at Zandvoorde Ridge, 30 October; Second Ypres (April-May 1915); Loos (September-October 1915) and Arras (April 1917). On 10 March 1918, it was detached from the 3rd Cavalry Division, with which it had served from August 1914 and was formally dismounted and converted into the No 2 (2nd Life Guards) Battalion of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment on 10 March 1918. Trooper Oliver was transferred to the Home Establishment on 17 May 1918 and was Demobilized ‘Class Z’ on 9 January 1919. Sold together with a silver presentation cigarette case (hallmarks for Birmingham 1908), engraved to the front with a 2nd Life Guards motif and on the reverse engraved, ‘Presented to Trooper W. Oliver, by his comrades, “C” Squadron, 2nd Life Guards. July 1909.’; a rolled gold pendant with portrait photographs of the recipient and an infant in naval costume in lunettes to obverse and reverse respectively, 30mm diameter; and an illuminated foolscap card certificate, creased, with central photograph of the recipient in the ceremonial uniform of the Life Guards and with the words, ‘This is to certify that No. 2291, Rank: Trooper. Name: W. Oliver, has served with the Second Life Guards during the Great European War, 1914-1919.’

Lot 402

Pair: Lance-Corporal F. Ellis, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (G-8809 Pte. F. Ellis. R. Suss. R.) in named card box of issue, with named Record Office enclosure addressed to ‘Miss L. E. Ellis, 8 Exeter Street, Brighton, Sussex’, extremely fine Five: Sergeant W. Grimshaw, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all privately engraved ‘K85412 Sgt. Wilfred Grimshaw P.P.C.L.I.’, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £70-£90 --- Frank Ellis was born in Brighton, Sussex, and attested there for the Royal Sussex Regiment. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 27 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Lot 404

Pair: Captain H. Coppock, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. Coppock.); together with the recipient’s riband bar, good very fine Pair: Captain A. J. Davoren, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. J. Davoren.) very fine Pair: Lieutenant R. H. Vercoe, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. H. Vercoe.) good very fine Pair: Private R. Foreman, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (1933 Pte. R. Foreman. R.A.M.C.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B327760’, good very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Robert Foreman attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 9 February 1915, and was discharged on 9 June 1919.

Lot 409

Pair: Sapper W. M. Bunce, Canadian Pioneers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (463602 Spr. W. M. Bunce. Can. Pnr. Bn.) very fine Pair: Private L. Goudreau, Canadian Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (684880 Pte. L. Goudreau. C.A.M.C.); together with an unofficial Jubilee Medal 1935, nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (2. Lieut. G. W. Ross.; 2504219 Spr. W. L. Mc Donald. C.E.) the second with the recipient’s ‘For Honourable Services’ silver badge, the reverse numbered ‘22547’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Capt. J. B. Harvey; 7569 Pte. A. W. Didwell. Linc. R.) generally very fine (10) £100-£140 --- William Maxim Bruce was born in Oxford on 8 May 1890, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 31 July 1915. He served with the 123rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 21 October 1917. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium. George William Ross was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 26 March 1894 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 6 July 1917. Posted to the Canadian Army Medical Corps, he served with them in England before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the (British) Royal Engineers on 26 April 1918, and was seconded for service as a Naval Balloon Officer to the Royal Air Force. He died from influenza aboard H.M.S. Warspite at Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 2 March 1919, and is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

Lot 412

Pair: Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant W. Povey, Royal Naval Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (Pays. S.Lt. W. Povey. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1928, in Garrard, London, case of issue, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Walter Povey was commissioned temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 27 November 1915.

Lot 44

The 1914 Star awarded to Private J. Burke, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, who was captured at Ypres on 12 November 1914 1914 Star (2967 Pte. J. Burke. Ir: Gds.) final digit of number officially corrected, good very fine £100-£140 --- James Burke was born in 1883 at Tipperary, Ireland. He attested for the Irish Guards on 18 February 1908 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 September 1914. His battalion was involved in fighting throughout the First Battle of Ypres taking part in all the major actions, including Langemarck and Gheluvelt and suffering huge casualties while defending Klein Zillebeke, 1-8 November. Burke was captured at Ypres on 12 November - a day on which the Irish Guards left the fighting around Chateau Hooge and moved to woods on the Gheluvelt Road to dig in just west of Veldhoek. He was held prisoner of war initially at Limburg, Netherlands and later at Giessen, Germany. Private Burke was discharged on 15 March 1919, surplus to military requirements (having suffered impairment since entry into the service) and he was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Lot 443

Six: Private E. J. Alexander, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War in North-West Europe on 28 July 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (Pte. E. J. Alexander, RHC) contact marks, very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Ernest Joseph Alexander was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on 22 April 1918, and attested for the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada on 9 September 1939. He served during the Second World War in North West Europe from 6 July 1944, and was wounded and taken Prisoner of War on 28 July 1944. He was held at Stalag 12D, and having been liberated was discharged at Montreal on 31 October 1945. Sold with copied research.

Lot 454

Four: Sergeant L. W. Tobin, Canadian Forces Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SG 9453 L. W. Tobin); U.N. Korea 1950-54, named as before; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with additional service bar (Sgt. L. W. Tobin) mounted court-style, polished, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Lot 463

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, silver, a slightly later striking with full edge inscription, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine, scarce £1,400-£1,800

Lot 465

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieut. Chas. Anderson Morshead, 41th [sic]. Regt.) fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, traces of lacquer, minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Goodwin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. Charles Anderson Morshead was appointed Ensign in the 41st Foot on 11 July 1837, and promoted to Lieutenant on 28 June 1839. He served in the 41st during the whole of the campaign of 1842 in Afghanistan, and was present in the engagements with the enemy on 28 March and 28 April in the Pisheen Valley; in that of 29 May, near Candahar; 30 August at Goaine; 5 September before Ghuznee; the occupation and destruction of that fortress and of Cabool; the expedition into Kohistan; the storm, capture, and destruction of Istaliff; and in the various minor affairs in and between the Bolan and the Khyber Passes (Medal). Lieutenant Morshead was placed on half-pay in the 5th Foot on 14 March 1851.

Lot 536

1914 Star (66612 Gnr: T. Brown. R.F.A.); together with a Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘B328306’, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Thomas Brown attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 1st Divisional Artillery Column during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He died in India on 23 September 1917, whilst serving with the 89th Battery, R.F.A., and is buried in Kasauli Cemetery, India. Silver War Badge B328306 was awarded to Private Alexander Jones, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who enlisted on 25 May 1917, and was discharged on 28 October 1919.

Lot 539

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (202439 A.W.O. Cl.2. A. J. Jones. R.E.; 18832 Pte. W. J. Chisholm. Sco. Rif.); War Medal 1939-45; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, silver, the edge numbered ‘1218’, unnamed; together with a copy French Croix de Guerre, the reverse dated 1939-1940, generally good very fine (5) £50-£70

Lot 599

Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1892, complete with integral top suspension brooch, good very fine £100-£140

Lot 601

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, reverse officially impressed ‘Lt-Col. S. H. Hill 8th Regt (R.R.)’, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Lot 603

Six: Fireman B. Johnson National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with clasp for Twenty Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘5600’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘Benjamin Johnson’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with clasps for Five Years and Ten Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘9093’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘Benjamin Johnson’; London Private Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, the edge officially numbered ‘81; London Private Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘419’; Callenders Cable and Construction Company’s Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, silver, with clasp for Twenty Years’ service, unnamed; Callenders Cable and Construction Company’s Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘B. Johnson’, the three silver awards loose and all in cases of issue, the three bronze awards all mounted as worn, very fine (6) £200-£240

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