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Lot 328

A silver fork and spoon christening set, 1.9oz troy approx, and a quantity of silver plated cutlery and a pair of EPBM candlesticks, 6 1/4" high

Lot 329

A quantity of white metal and silver souvenir spoons, 4.7oz troy approx, other silver plated and stainless steel souvenir spoons, a pewter coffee pot, a plated teapot and a similar sugar bowl

Lot 330

A silver plated breakfast dish, a plated gallery tray and an Egyptian engraved brass tray

Lot 333

An Old English pattern silver plated table service, in walnut canteen

Lot 334

A pair of silver plate on copper candlesticks with embossed decoration, 12" high

Lot 336

A pair of silver plated candlesticks, 10" high, a plated bowl with pierced decoration, a four-branch five-light candelabrum, a sugar shaker and a sauce boat

Lot 337

A canteen of Sheffield silver plated cutlery, loose plated cutlery, and a pewter teaset on a tray

Lot 339

A pair of silver plated and cut glass swan salts, two pairs of plated berry spoons, a plated cruet set, a stag antler handled carving set and other related items

Lot 341

A selection of silver flatware, 8.2oz troy approx

Lot 343

An eight place set of silver plated Kings pattern cutlery, a set of six plated tea spoons with a pair of sugar nibs, in case, a set of six silver anointing spoons, in case, 2 ozt approx, and other cutlery

Lot 344

A modern silver photograph frame, 9 1/4" high

Lot 345

A silver piecrust edge salver, on three scrolled supports, 8" dia, 9.9 ozt approxCondition:Some deeper surface scratches to the base, needs a good clean too.

Lot 346

A silver evening purse, a sterling silver topped dressing table jar, a silver heart-shaped sweetmeat basket, a white metal swing handled basket and various other white metal items

Lot 347

A pair of ebonised and silver mounted salt and pepper grinders

Lot 349

A silver backed dressing table mirror with scrolled embossed decoration, a similar brush, a silver topped dressing table box and a silver ring box

Lot 350

A Scottish bright cut silver teapot with boxwood handle and finial, Glasgow 1898, 13.4oz troy approx

Lot 351

Two silver end guilloche enamelled cut glass scent bottles, and a green glass and brass mounted double ended scent bottle

Lot 352

A cased set of six silver handled butter knives, four pairs of silver handled fish eaters and a pair of fish servers

Lot 353

A silver mounted black velvet evening purse, and a similar evening purse with sequin stripes

Lot 354

Three cut glass and silver mounted dressing table jars, a silver topped inkwell, a cut glass and silver topped sugar dredger and two silver napkin rings

Lot 355

A silver mounted magnifying glass, six silver handled pastry forks, a silver handled butter knife, two others and a silver handled nail file

Lot 356

A silver and yellow guilloche enamel three-piece dressing table, a similar hairbrush and an Oriental tortoise shell effect hairbrushCondition:The hand mirror has damage to the enamel at the bottom of the handle, has some deeper surface scratches and the silver is slightly dented.the enamel handled brush also has scratches to the enamel, the backing is loose as well, some smaller dents and wear.The other two enamelled brushes have scratches and small dents.The tortoiseshell effect brush has no visible issues. 

Lot 357

A silver rosebowl, on circular foot, 2.6oz troy approx, and two other silver decanter labels, whisky and sherry, 0.8oz troy approx

Lot 358

A silver mounted claret jug with star cut base

Lot 359

A mahogany and silver gilt mounted ink stand with Vodafone presentation plaque

Lot 360

A pair of silver Corinthian column candlesticks, on stepped bases, 6 1/4" highCondition: Sheffield 1905.One sconce has split in two.Small pin dents on both.The baize/felt covers for the bases are both missing. 

Lot 361

A quantity of French silver cutlery, including table spoons and forks and dessert spoons and forks, 88oz troy approx

Lot 362

A silver openwork bonbon dish, 2.3oz troy approx

Lot 363

A silver sugar basket, on oval foot, 5.2oz troy approx, and a silver sauce boat with scroll handle, 6.4oz troy approx

Lot 364

A set of twelve Lenox Porcelain soup cups with two-handled mounts, stamped sterling, 25oz troy approx weighable, and a tortoiseshell and silver mounted hand mirror

Lot 370

Three various silver cased pocket watches, a nickel cased pocket watch, a plated vesta case and a number of pocket watch keys

Lot 373

A Victorian silver cased centre seconds chronometer with white enamel dial and Roman numeralsCondition:The watch is currently not ticking at all and does not have a key to wind it.The total diameter is 59mm approx 

Lot 374

Two Victorian silver cased open faced pocket watches with white enamel dials and Roman numerals

Lot 379

A Victorian silver necklace, a silver heart shaped link bracelet, a bracelet with zodiac sign charms and other items, 3oz troy gross

Lot 385

A quantity of costume jewellery, including silver brooches, a bracelet, a pearl necklace, etc

Lot 399

Two strings of cultured pearls with silver clasps

Lot 81

Three cut glass inkwells, a silver mounted vesta striker, a crane decorated bottle vase, 16" high, a blue and white gourd jar and cover, a tazza and a "jade" Pi disk, 8" dia

Lot 1

Six: Head Naval Nursing Auxiliary Gladys Robson, A.R.R.C., Royal Navy and Hampshire Voluntary Aid Detachment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (0043 G. E. Robson. H.N.N.A. H.M.S. President); Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, silver, with 3 additional service bars and ‘V.A.D.’ top suspension bar (Miss Gladys Ethel Robson) edge prepared prior to naming, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine and very scarce (6) £300-£400 --- Gladys Ethel Robson was born on 28 June 1908. She enrolled into 12 V.A.D., Hampshire, on 22 February 1931, and served at R.N. Hospital, Haslar, 1939-42, then served in the Middle East until 1944, when she returned to Haslar. She was awarded the Naval L.S. & G.C. medal in May 1960, and was made an Associate member of the Royal Red Cross in 1963 (London Gazette 8 June 1963, Miss Gladys Ethel Robson, Head Naval Nursing Auxiliary).

Lot 11

Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation 1800, 48mm, silver, with contemporary silver loop suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- These medals were produced for and distributed by the Earl St. Vincent to the officers, seamen, and marines of his ship H.M.S. Ville de Paris, after he struck his flag and came ashore in 1800.

Lot 115

A fine post-War ‘Royal Visit to South Africa 1947’, B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Quartermaster-Sergeant A. Rendell, Royal Marines, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War whilst serving in H.M.S. Sikh during Operation Agreement, the disastrous raid on Tobruk on the night of 13-14 September 1942 Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued; British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (Q.M.S. Albert Rendell, Ply.X.1448, R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ply.X.1448 A. Rendell. Q.M.S. R.M.), mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine and an unusual combination (9) £800-£1,000 --- R.V.M. A.F.O. 2392/47. Awarded for the Royal Tour to South Africa in H.M.S. Vanguard, Medal presented 25 June 1947. B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1957. Arthur Rendell was born in Wolverhampton on 23 November 1917 and enlisted into the Royal Marines in November 1935. He was promoted Corporal on 21 January 1937 and Sergeant (Temporary) on 22 August 1941. ‘Massacre at Tobruk’
The objective of Operation “Agreement”, the raid on Tobruk, was to gain control of the harbour and to demolish the installations of a port which saved the Germans 260 miles of road transport. Prepared in the greatest secrecy - and timed to coincide with land operations undertaken by the Long Range Desert Group - the main thrust of the assault fell to the men of the 11th Battalion, Royal Marines, all of whom were embarked in H.M.S. Zulu and her fellow Tribal-class consort H.M.S. Sikh at Haifa. They had in addition attached elements from the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers - both ships had Italian red and white diagonal identification stripes painted on their fo’c’sles, in addition to other minor modifications to try and confuse the enemy, but in the event such alterations proved utterly ineffective. Having then received a good luck signal from Winston Churchill, Zulu and Sikh escorted by the cruiser H.M.S. Coventry - also sunk in the raid - and two Hunt-class destroyers (Croome and Hursley), made their way towards Tobruk for “zero hour” on the night of the 13-14 September 1942 and, on nearing their destination, broke away from their escort and steamed due west at top speed until, at midnight, they altered course and turned south for the final run-in. At this moment, 60 R.A.F. Wellingtons began a three hours’ bombardment of the town and at 2 a.m. the code word was received, indicating that the L.R.D.G. had taken a coastal battery at the mouth of the harbour, thereby setting in motion the lowering of the first wave of assault craft from Sikh and Zulu. As it transpired, these were the only Marines disembarked, for the ferocity of the enemy’s response by shore battery and small-arms was immense - in fact fewer than 100 Marines survived the terrible passage from ship to shore where, after numerous acts of gallantry, the survivors were taken prisoner. Meanwhile, in their attempt to close the shore and try and rescue assorted men in heavily damaged assault craft, Sikh was caught in enemy searchlights and swept by a heavy fire, so much so that she was eventually stopped dead in the water, her guns and engines out of action. Rendell was in the water by this time. Zulu fared little better, taking three or four hits, but nonetheless made a bold attempt to get the seriously damaged Sikh in tow. Owing to the scale of the enemy’s fire, however, Commander White was compelled to abandon the task and sheer off for Alexandria, but not before closing with the shore to lay a smokescreen: not long afterwards the Sikh went down with the loss of two officers and 20 ratings. Rendell’s own account of the action, as given to a subsequent court of inquiry, states: 'I was a 3" Mortar Platoon Commander of the 11 Battalion. I was in A.2 dumb lighter in the 1st Flight which left the ship and formed up at 0345hrs approximately. There was a heavy sea running and approximately ten minutes later [we] parted. Contact was lost with A.1 owing to the sea and darkness and A.3 was cast off so that we could use our paddles. At 0415hrs, shore searchlights started to sweep the sea and passed over us many times. Shortly afterwards, shore batteries opened fire, presumably at H.M.S. Sikh which had been illuminated many times. About 0445hrs, Sikh came between us and the shore and at approximately 0500hrs she was seen to be hit aft.
About 0510hrs Sikh hailed us to come alongside as she was waiting for us. Approximately 0520 we came alongside Sikh which immediately got underway. An officer and 2 men were left in the boat and were picked up later by the Italians. Sikh's engines had now seized up.
At approximately 0610hrs the order was passed to place scuttling charges and destroy R.D. gear instantly. I passed the order on the men's deck to mount all automatic weapons on the upper deck for A.A. This order was carried out efficiently. Shortly afterwards, Sikh was hit and caught fire on the for'ard and men's deck. Many men were killed and badly burned.
At 0710hrs the order 'Abandon Ship' was passed. The ship was being hit very frequently by this time.
At approximately 1100hrs I was picked up by a German 'E' Boat.' Rendell was taken aboard and taken Prisoner of War. He was eventually returned via a prisoner exchange with the Italians on 21 March 1943. In October that year he was asked to present his experiences to fellow Marines:
'At 0720 the abandoned ship started to list to starboard - it was hopeless. The Captain was the last man to leave - 20 minutes after we had gone. We took everyone we could, even those who had been burnt though the salt water did not do them much good and many died. The enemy continued to shell us until 0920hrs even after the ship had gone. I saw a Carley Float which received a direct hit and it just disappeared. I had a shell very near me - about 5 yards away - which exploded and I felt as if somebody had hit me below the belt. After the ship had disappeared the Italian Air Force put in its appearance and began to machine-gun us in the water. About 11 o'clock having been in the water since 7.20 some E Boats started to leave Tobruk and came towards us. We were picked up. Warnings about security and other orders were shouted in the water. It was just the same when the Bismark was sunk. The only thing we can say is 'I cannot say'. I was hooked up by my shorts and hoisted on board and left to dry out on the quarter deck of an E Boat. I was with all the other fellows, one being a Lieutenant who was hit in the head - a piece of skull was missing - and then he was babbling away, therefore people started to sing so that the Germans could not hear him if he said anything secret. One of my opposite numbers took his shirt off and put it over the German Ensign - a very unwise thing to do. It was not over there for long, however.' Having seen further service in Burma, Rendell was appointed to H.M.S. Vanguard for the Royal Visit to South Africa in 1947 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 9 December 1950. His B.E.M. was awarded for his services at the Royal Marines Initial Training Centre, and he was presented with his B.E.M. by Major-General Fellowes on 16 October 1957. He finally retired to Exmouth on 25 November 1962. Sold with a copy of the book ‘Massacre at Tobruk’, by Peter C. Smith; and extensive copied research.

Lot 120

The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, including his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery on D-Day, 6 June 1944: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (11) £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. C.B. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.S.C. London Gazette 11 June 1919: ‘For distinguished services whilst in command of a destroyer.’ Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey was born in February 1894 and attended Eastman’s, Winchester prior to entering the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in January 1907. Appointed Midshipman in the cruiser Good Hope in September 1911, he was advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in September 1914, while serving in Dryad. Then, in January 1915, he joined the destroyer Defender, in which ship he was present at Dogger Bank before removing to another destroyer, the Obdurate, in April 1916 - on this occasion as a newly promoted Lieutenant and “Jimmy the One”. A fellow officer in Obdurate later described Kelsey as ‘tall, blond and intrepid’, and ‘a polished product of the new Navy, trained to a strong sense of active duty’ - in point of fact ‘[h]e kept the ship’s company on the hop and, although they groused at times, he soon had them worked up to a fair state of war efficiency’. And this was fortuitous, for the Obdurate had a busy time at Jutland, participating in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla’s attack on German destroyers in the afternoon of 31 May 1916, during which she was hit by a 4.1-inch shell from the Regensburg, in addition to suffering a ‘burst’ 4-inch gun of her own. Nonetheless, she managed to stop and pick up three survivors from the Ardent. Kelsey removed to the Valentine in November 1917, in which ship he remained actively employed until the War’s end, a period that witnessed at least one action with a U-Boat patrol and, ultimately, the award of his D.S.C. Advanced to Commander in June 1930 and to Captain in December 1936, he was serving at the Admiralty as Deputy Director of Personnel by the renewal of hostilities. In April 1940, however, he was given command of the cruiser Naiad, in which capacity he would see a great deal of action in the Mediterranean, and serve on the staff of Rear-Admirals Vian and King, in addition to acting at other times as S.N.O. of 15th Cruiser Squadron. Naiad was heavily employed in the operations leading to the evacuation of Greece and Crete in April-May 1941, and took several hits off the latter place on 22 May: ‘The light cruiser Naiad had two turrets put out of action, and near misses caused several of her compartments to be flooded and her speed to be reduced to 17 or 18 knots. In the course of ten minutes there were 36 misses, and during a period of two hours 181 bombs were counted. Only two of her turrets remained in action ... ’ Added to which, she lost 7 men killed and a further 31 wounded. Having then fought an engagement with a French destroyer off Beirut, the Naiad was involved in several further engagements in December 1941, among them the action off Bardia, in which the Barham was lost, and the bombardment of Derna. In January 1942, Kelsey was appointed Commodore at Freetown, but he returned to sea with command of the battleship Warspite in March 1944, a commission that would witness significant support being lent to the Normandy landings, not least on D-Day itself, when she was one of the very first ships to engage the enemy ashore, her 15-inch broadsides silencing the enemy coastal batteries at Benerville and Villerville - the latter target was treated to no less than 73 rounds of 15-inch, 9 of them resulting in direct hits. A few days later, off the “Gold” area, Kelsey had occasion to issue his famous command: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’, an ‘order which must be unique in the annals of British naval gunnery’. Unsurprisingly, his target, a large concentration of enemy troops and tanks hidden in woodland, rapidly dispersed! That evening, the Warspite returned to Portsmouth to embark still more ammunition, following which she journeyed to Rosyth to replace her worn guns - this entailing the first passage of the Dover Straits by a capital ship since the famous ‘Channel Dash’ back in 1942. The German batteries on ‘the whole French coast were ablaze with their gun flashes’, luckily, however, without effect. Back off Brest by late August, Kelsey got his new guns into action on behalf of the Americans, Warspite firing 147 rounds of 15-inch high explosive, and 66 armour-piercing shells, on the 25 alone - she, too, was subjected to heavy fire from enemy batteries, but was only hit by a few shell splinters. In the following month, off Le Havre, she engaged enemy gun positions at her maximum range of 32,000 yards, assisted by our aircraft spotting for her, and wiped out a troublesome 6.7-inch battery. Better still, she lent valuable assistance to the Royal Marines during the subsequent Walcheren operations, but this proved to be the last time her 15-inch guns were fired in anger, and Kelsey came ashore in early 1945 to take up the post of Commodore, Chatham. He had, meanwhile, been Mentioned in Despatches for ‘Neptune’ (London Gazette 28 November 1944 refers). Advanced to Rear-Admiral in January 1946, and awarded the C.B. in the Birthday Honours List of 1948, he was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Vice-Admiral in the following year. His last post had been as Flag Officer, Malta, where he oversaw the clearing of Valetta Harbour, in addition to boarding operations in connection with immigrant ships trying to run the blockade of Palestine. The Admiral died in 1965. Sold with a fine run of original ship’s ‘flimsies’ 1911-40 (approximately 40).

Lot 132

A post-War ‘Royal Yacht’ C.V.O., C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain J. S. ‘Fish’ Dalglish, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident and was the first Commanding Officer of Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘C553’, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (Cdr. J. S. Dalglish. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with the related miniature dress medals, both sets mounted for display, good very fine (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- C.V.O. London Gazette 1 January 1955: ‘For services in H.M. Yacht Britannia.’ C.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1963. M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1946: ‘For winding-up operations in the Far East.’ James Stephen Dalglish, widely known as ‘Fish’, was born in Kensington, London, on 1 October 1913, eldest son of Robin Campsie Dalglish, later Rear-Admiral. He was educated at Ampleforth and Dartmouth, and in January 1931 joined the battleship Rodney as a Naval Cadet. He was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 1 January 1934; Sub-Lieutenant, 1 May 1934; Lieutenant, 1 June 1935; Lieutenant-Commander, 1 June 1943; Commander, 30 June 1948; Captain, 30 June 1954; retired, 31 August 1963. In August 1939 Dalglish was appointed to Kempenfelt as Gunnery Officer of the 18th Destroyer Flotilla, but after less than a month he was posted back to Excellent, where his duties included gunnery training of the armed merchant cruisers. In February 1940 he began a two-year posting in Faulknor, leader of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, engaged on patrols in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, and then to Gibraltar as part of Force H, escorting warships and convoys to Malta. In February 1942, following a refit at Southampton, Faulknor escorted convoy PQ9 to Murmansk. In April 1942, Dalglish commenced an 18-month appointment on the staff of the gunnery school at Chatham. Having been promoted to Lieutenant-Commander, Dalglish was appointed to the cruiser Swiftsure in September 1943. He served in this ship for the rest of the war, at home and in the Mediterranean, before sailing for the Far East in October 1944, where Swiftsure took part in Operation Iceberg which lasted until the end of May 1945, when the last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was crushed. Following an appointment in April 1947 as Staff Officer Force T, the naval component of the British occupation force in Japan, Dalglish was appointed Staff Gunnery Officer of the 5th Cruiser Squadron at Hong Kong and serving in Sussex. After his promotion to Commander in June 1948, he successfully applied to remain in Hong Kong as Fleet Gunnery Officer on the staff of Admiral Alec Madden. In April 1949, Admiral Madden decided to visit Shanghai for St George’s Day, and he and his staff embarked in the cruiser London. At this time civil war was raging between the Communists and the Nationalists. The capital of Nationalist China was Chungking, which lay on the upper Yangtze. On 20 April the frigate Amethyst was proceeding upstream to relieve another ship as guard-ship there. As she approached Chungking, about 140 miles upstream from Shanghai, she suddenly came under heavy fire from communist batteries on the north bank. One of the first shots struck the bridge, badly injuring the captain and helmsman. Amethyst then went aground and while thus immobilised was hit several more times, suffering 17 killed and 10 wounded. Some of the ship’s company, including the wounded, were evacuated to the south and an uneasy truce developed. Admiral Madden decided that London should go to the assistance of Amethyst and, on the 21st, advanced upstream with her battle ensigns flying. As a staff officer, Dalglish had no particular duties but was assigned to “A” turret where, in his own words, ‘I had precisely nothing to do but to sit at the back of the gunhouse talking with the Ordnance Artificer’. Long before reaching Amethyst, London came under heavy fire, ‘the Communists opened fire at a range of less than a mile with solid armour-piercing (anti-tank) bullets and larger high explosive shells from field guns. London was a very big ship and difficult to miss at that close range, the former penetrated the ship like butter and the latter wreaked terrible damage... London opened fire with everything and I have little doubt that our 8-inch, 4-inch and pom-pom gunfire caused havoc ashore... Poor London was hit over 250 times! The turret I was in was put out of action by armour-piercing bullets severing the electric cables and then an H.E. hit on the turret roof flipped off one of the three armour plates and we were open to the sky! We were achieving nothing for Amethyst so we eventually turned in the river and retreated, with nineteen dead and many more wounded.’ London returned to the U.K. and was eventually scrapped. Admiral Madden and his staff, meanwhile, transferred to the cruiser Belfast, and returned to Hong Kong. Soon after, Dalglish returned to the U.K. and was cheered to receive news during the voyage of Amethyst’s successful escape from the Yangtze. On his return from the Far East Dalglish had a period ashore, first attending the Joint Services Staff Course, then instructing the Sub-Lieutenant courses at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Towards the end of 1952, he was selected to be Executive Officer of the Royal Yacht which was still under construction on the Clyde. First, however, he had to have experience in command and, for the first three months of 1953, he commanded the destroyer Aisne. He took up his appointment to the Royal Yacht (subsequently named Britannia) on 8 April 1953. He and the other officers supervised the final stages of construction, fitting out and selection of the ratings - it was a sought after posting, with over 1,000 applicants for just 200 vacancies. The new company then had to be trained in the peculiarities of service in a Royal Yacht - for example, orders had to be given and executed silently. Dalglish was gratified to learn that the Queen would tour the Commonwealth in early 1954 in the liner Gothic and that the Flag Officer Royal Yachts would accompany her which meant that Dalglish would be the first (acting) Captain of the Britannia. On 14 April 1954, Prince Charles and Princess Anne embarked, escorted by various members of the royal household, and Britannia sailed for Malta, where she arrived on 22 April. The Flag Officer and other officers from Gothic took up their appointments, and Dalglish reverted to his role as Executive Officer. Britannia then sailed for Tobruk where, on 1 May, the Queen and Prince Philip embarked for the final stage of their journey. The following day, the Mediterranean Fleet, commanded by Lord Mountbatten, executed an impressive manoeuvre, steaming past Britannia at 25 knots at a distance of only 300 to 400 yards. On 15 May Britannia conveyed the Queen up the Thames to the Pool of London, right by the Tower. It was a grand occasion, with hundreds of thousands of spectators, hundreds of boats crammed with people, everyone cheering and waving and sirens hooting. Dalglish was still aboard Britannia for the July/August trip to Canada but, having been promoted to Captain in June 1954, left the Yacht in October. He received further recognition for his services to the roy...

Lot 200

Pair: Corporal James West, 1st Waikato Regiment New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (Corpl. J. West, 1st Waikato Rt.) engraved naming, fitted with engraved silver suspension brooch; Empire Veterans’ Association, bronze cross, unnamed as issued, toned, very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James George West was born at Andover, Hampshire, in 1835. He emigrated to Australia and enlisted into the 1st Waikato Regiment at Melbourne on 16 September 1863, stating that he had prior service with the 93rd Regiment (but no medal entitlement). His draft departed almost immediately for New Zealand, arriving at Auckland on 5 October. He served continuously with No. 7 Company of his regiment and rose to be a Corporal. He served at the battle of Te Ranga on 21 July 1864. West afterwards settled at Opotiki where he received a town block Land Grant, together with two farm blocks, at nearby Waioeka. He later served with the Opotiki Volunteer Rangers who were involved in a number of actions against the Maori between 1868 and 1870, including: Waimana George on 10 February 1868; Whakatane in March 1869; Tauaroa on 18-19 March 1869; and Waikorowhiti on 7 February 1870, as well as many other small skirmishes. He was later employed as a builder, carpenter and undertaker by the borough council of Te Aroha. He joined the Empire Veterans’ Association in 1900 (No. 2028) and assembled in Auckland in 1903 to receive the bronze ‘badge’ of the association from the Governor. He died at Auckland on 29 April 1913, aged 78, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland. Sold with detailed research.

Lot 201

An unusual Boer War D.S.O., Great War 1918 O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Crane, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and Royal Irish Constabulary. He served as an officer with the latter in Kerry, Dongegal and the South Eastern Province between 1880 and 1894, and as Private Secretary to the Inspector General, Sir Andrew Reed between 1895 and 1897. Crane served during the Great War with the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and in command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment from June 1915 until July 1916 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. & Adjt. C. P. Crane 12/Impl. Yeo); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. C. P. Crane.) mounted for wear, with (4) related miniature awards also mounted for wear, and both housed in a custom made Spink & Son Ltd, Piccadilly leather case, generally good very fine or better (lot) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901. O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918. Charles Paston Crane was born at Holden Clough, Yorkshire in August 1857, and was son of the Reverend Canon Crane of Killarney, Ireland. He was educated at home and later at Exeter College, Oxford (B.A.; Honours in Modern History, 1878; M.A., 1901). Crane joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Cadet in 1879, and served through the Land Agitation in Kerry from 1880 to 1889. He served on special duty in Donegal and the South Eastern Province in 1889 and 1894, and was Private Secretary to the Inspector-General (Sir Andrew Reed) between 1895 and 1897. Crane was employed as Resident Magistrate in Donegal from 1897 to 1900, and was seconded in 1900 to serve as Captain and Adjutant of the 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in the South African Campaign up until May 1901. Crane subsequently served as Adjutant of the 12th Battalion until June 1901, and then in the same capacity of the Mounted Troops, Potchefstroom Column from 26 August 1900 until 30 January 1901 (Imperial Yeomanry). He served in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, between March and May 1900; in operations in Orange River Colony between May and August of the same year, including actions at Rhenoster River and Wittehergen (1 to 29 July); in operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, from August up to 29 November 1900; in operations in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 until March 1901; and in operations in Orange River Colony between March and April 1901 (D.S.O., M.I.D. - and presented with his D.S.O. by H.M. the King on 29 October 1901). Crane was seconded for service with the Army in September 1914, and was appointed Major in the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He served in this capacity until March 1915, when he was subsequently appointed to the command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Crane commanded the latter from June 1915 until July 1916, and then the 43rd Provisional Battalion from July until October 1916 (O..B.E., M.I.D.). Crane advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and in later life wrote the travel guide to Kerry in the Little Guide Series. In 1908 he married Mary Alice Caroline, the second daughter of Colonel and Lady Mary Skrine of Warleigh Manor, Somerset. Colonel Crane died at Sloane Gardens, London in January 1939.

Lot 202

A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. M. Cross, 12th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (East Anglian) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major A. M. Cross.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1918, bronze, with silver star on ribbon, mounted court-style for wear, generally very fine or better (6) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917 (France). France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 June 1919. Arthur Max Cross served during the Great War as Temporary Lieutenant with the 12th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (East Anglian) in the French theatre of war from 4 June 1916. He advanced to Major, and after the war resided at 90 Fordwych Road, Brondesbury, London.

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Five: Lance Corporal F. J. Petch, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8094 L. Cpl. F. J. Petch. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8094 Pte. F. J. Petch. Suff. R.); War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal, mounted for wear, generally very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Frederick John Petch attested for the Suffolk Regiment in September 1910. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 15 August 1914. Petch was taken prisoner of war at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 26 March 1919 (entitled to Silver War Badge).

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Three: Private W. T. Howe, Suffolk Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (3-9352 Pte W. T. Howe. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-9352 Pte W. T. Howe. Suff. R.) polished, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- William Thomas Howe served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 10 October 1914. He was discharged on 7 March 1915 (entitled to Silver War Badge).

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Three: Admiral J. R. Veitch, Royal Navy, who, as a 13 year old Mate, was severely wounded in the face at the storming of Acre in 1840 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James R. Veitch, Mate); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean D’Acre 1840, silver, plugged and fitted with a ring suspension, edge nicks and contact marks, generally very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200 --- James Richard Veitch was born on St. Mary’s in the Scilly Isles in September 1827, the son of Captain James Veitch, R.N., and entered the Royal Navy as an apprentice Mate in H.M.S. Hastings in 1840, aged 13 years. Subsequently actively employed in the Syrian Campaign, he was severely wounded in the face at the storming of Acre, partially losing the sight of one eye (Medal & clasp). Veitch’s subsequent seagoing appointments as a Lieutenant included employment on the Pacific Station in Inconstant (1847-50); the Penguin (1850-55); and in the Arrogant (1855-57), including a turn of duty in the Baltic (Medal). His obituary notice in The Times also credits him with the award of the ‘Medal from the Turkish Government.’ Having then been advanced to Commander in May 1857, he served in the Boscawen (1858-60) and the Revenge (1861-62), in which latter year he was promoted to Captain. Placed on the Retired List in April 1870, Veitch received further advancement, being appointed Rear-Admiral in March 1878, Vice-Admiral in July 1884 and Admiral in December 1888. He later served as Governor of Walton Prison, Liverpool.

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Three: Able Seaman D. Culley, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55 (D. Culley) contemporarily engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (D. Culley) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (D. Culley) contemporarily engraved naming, with Baltic style silver suspension, each with contemporary silver top riband brooch bar, engraved respectively 'Baltic', 'Crimea', and 'Turkey', the last lacking its retaining pin, the naming on each medal done in a different hand, generally very fine or better (3) £400-£500 --- Daniel Culley served in H.M.S. Prince Regent during the Baltic Campaign, and in H.M.S. Royal Albert during the Crimean War, having previously served with the Coast Guard Station at Belmullet, County Mayo.

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Five: Staff Captain J. R. N. Moss, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Staff Comdr. J. R. N. Moss, R.N. H.M.S. “Agincourt.”); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with additional silver bar suspension; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Roy Painter Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2022. John Rolfe Nelson Moss was appointed Navigating Sub-Lieutenant on 11 July 1856; Navigating Lieutenant, 19 April 1859; Staff Commander, 7 December 1869; Staff Captain 11 July 1882; Retired Captain, 25 August 1889. He served as Master’s Assistant of Viper at the destruction of the Fort, &c., at Djimitea, in March 1855; took part in the siege of Sebastopol, and expeditions to Kertch and Yenikalé, and operations in the Sea of Azoff (Crimean and Turkish Medals, Sebastopol and Azoff Clasps); present during China war (Medal); Staff-Commander of Agincourt during the Egyptian war, 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star).

Lot 301

An inter-War C.B.E., Order of St. John group of eight awarded to Captain J. M. Robertson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s), breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (8) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 11 May 1937 O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932. John McKellar Robertson was born in Glasgow on 20 May 1883, the son of Ship-owner William Robertson, and was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Commissioned Lieutenant in the Clyde Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on 15 May 1913, he was appointed Captain, C.O. East Scottish Division in 1928, and C.O. Clyde Division in 1930. A Justice of the Peace and Honorary President of the Glasgow and District Naval Association, he retired in 1937 and died on 17 March 1939.

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A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Scarlett, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Horse Artillery, who kept a terrific record of his experiences in France, Belgium and Salonika, from the very earliest days of the Great War Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: J. A. Scarlett. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. A. Scarlett.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, with bronze star on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 23 June 1915. James Alexander Scarlett was born at Rossington, Doncaster, on 16 June 1877. Educated at Aysgarth School and Charterhouse, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1899. Appointed to a commission with 116th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, on 17 February 1900, Scarlett served overseas in South Africa and India before crossing the Channel to France on 17 August 1914. Advanced Major on 30 November 1914, Scarlett was decorated with the D.S.O. and awarded the first of three ‘mentions’ in April 1915, before being posted to Salonika on 1 December 1915. Here, he witnessed the capture of Karajakois and capture of Yenikoi on 4 October 1916. The latter village fell after a 30-minute bombardment and a disastrous Bulgarian counter-attack, where the guns of 3 Brigade R.F.A. created havoc with their deadly shrapnel shells, causing the enemy ranks to break and flee. The War Diary adds: ‘The Bulgars withdrew having given the Brigade dream targets.’ Advanced Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 18 August 1917, Scarlett then transferred to 99th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, and took part in the attack on Doiran ‘P’ Ridge on 18 September 1917. This involved two days of wire cutting, which was followed by a creeping barrage moving 100 yards every two minutes, with 100-yard lifts, each gun firing four rounds per minute. Although initially successful, no breakthrough was made and casualties were heavy. Renewed the following morning, the assault again proved a failure - the Gunners becoming exhausted, stricken with fatigue and sickness. Returned to France in April 1918, presumably to replace losses from the Spring Offensive, Scarlett joined 26 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and witnessed the breakout at the Battle of the Selle in October 1918. Awarded the Croix de Guerre in January 1919, he remained in France post-Armistice, and served with the Army of Occupation until 9 May 1919, followed by spells in Palestine, Syria and India. Placed on half-pay on account of ill health on 27 October 1925, he died at Galphay on 29 December 1925 in consequence of infection, boils, fever, and pneumonia. Sold with a particularly fine typed manuscript, titled ‘Copy of Diary 1914-1917, J. A. Scarlett, Captain R.H.A., Adjutant 3rd Brigade, R.H.A., 2nd Cavalry Division’, 108 pages, professionally bound, detailing the military life of the recipient from 4 August 1914 to 14 February 1917. This unpublished account offers regular and very personal insights, commencing with mobilisation at Newbridge, early experiences in France, and an outstanding record of his location throughout the war, from Remigny (August 1914) to Braisne (September 1914), Vieux Berquin (February 1915), Vlamertynghe and Ypres (May 1915), Givesne (May 1916), Lauana and Mosgoe (June 1916), Mirova (December 1916), and Beshanli (January 1917); a rare firsthand officer’s account, in particular regarding the early engagements: ‘August 24th (1914). Up before it was light and moved, messed about a bit and finally retired, then came into action again to relieve the 5th Division. We got some good targets, but so did the Germans. The 9th got into some wire and got rather potted. We then withdrew through a wood. The Lord defend us from woods. We were shelled and found the road came to an abrupt end. However we got out finally, and marched back to Wargines Le Grand.’ ‘August 25th (1914). Off again in the morning we were covering the Infantry and joined the 1st Cavalry Brigade. I lost my wire cutters much to my annoyance. Our horses were getting done. The roads were strewn with food, and odds and ends of units. It is very easy for men to get lost. We were back and nearly attacked a French Battery, which suddenly appeared from nowhere. Marched on till night more or less among a mob of Infantry, and finally got into Le Cateau but came out again and slept in a field.’

Lot 305

A fine Second War M.B.E., Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of seven awarded to Chief Officer B. Beavis, Mercantile Marine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Chief Officer Bernard Beavis, M.V. “Anglo Canadian”, 6th April 1942) in fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine (7) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2011 (when MBE and Lloyd’s Medal only). M.B.E. London Gazette 24 November 1942: ‘When sailing alone, the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft with torpedoes and bombs for over two hours. She was handled with great skill by her Master and her armament was used to good effect. Although she evaded all attacks by torpedo carriers, she was hit by a bomb and set on fire. By the persistence and courage of her fire-fighting parties, well led by the Chief Officer [Beavis] and Carpenter, she was saved.’ Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery Lloyd’s List and Shipping Gazette 16 December 1943: ‘The ship, sailing alone, withstood attacks by Japanese aircraft for over two hours before she was hit by a bomb and set on fire. Throughout the action, Captain Williams managed his ship with outstanding skill and determination. Although they knew an unexploded bomb was somewhere nearby, and in spite of smoke and fumes which overcame three of the party, Chief Officer Beavis and Carpenter Bergstrom courageously led the fire fighters into the store-room. It was largely due to their efforts that the ship was saved. Later, the Master, the Chief Officer and the Carpenter carried the bomb ashore, where it was exploded.’ Bernard Beavis, who was born in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in May 1908, was decorated for his gallantry as Chief Officer of the Anglo Canadian on 6 April 1942, when, as cited above, she was subjected to protracted attack in the Vizagapatam Roads, in the Bay of Bengal - a full account of the action appears in David Masters’ In Peril on the Sea, including mention of the bomb disposal incident: ‘The reason became plain later on when they started to remove a heap of sawdust in a corner. Lying underneath was a big unexploded bomb. A glance told Captain Williams that it was a time-bomb. It might go off at any moment. There was not a minute to lose. They must get it on deck and dispose of it as quickly as possible. Calling on the Chief Officer [Beavis] and Carpenter to help him, the three managed to carry the bomb up on deck, where they roped it off and put three men to guard it. Then the Captain sent for a bomb disposal expert to examine it. After some time an officer came along. He was quite unflurried. Looking at the bomb he jotted down particulars in his notebook. “I will arrange for its disposal,” he said, and calmly took his departure. It was to Captain Williams a tense situation. There was the time-bomb threatening instant destruction to ship and crew if it went off. No one had the slightest idea when zero hour would arrive. It might be seconds, or minutes, or hours. It can be imagined with what anxiety Captain Williams waited for the disposal squad to come along. The longer he waited the more disturbed he became. “The best thing we can do is to remove the bomb ourselves before it explodes on board,” he said at last to the Chief Officer. The latter agreed. He was as anxious as the Master to see the last of it. “Give me a hand,” said Captain Williams. Lifting the bomb between them, they managed to get it ashore and carry it to some waste ground, where they deposited it. They were two very brave men. For aught they knew a shattering explosion might have come at any moment to blow them to pieces. To save the ship and any loss of life among the crew they took the grave risk unto themselves. The bomb lay on the waste ground only forty yards away. If it went off now it might give them a bit of a shaking, but it could not destroy the ship. Having seen many bombs explode round the ship the previous day, they knew that a miss was as good as a mile. Later on some Royal Engineers took the bomb to a field where they dumped it and left it to explode in its own time. It went off exactly 127.5 hours after hitting the ship. But no one was to know that. Of course the Japanese intended the bomb to explode shortly after impact, but it was either wrongly set or the mechanism was faulty. In due course an account of the spirited defence of the Anglo-Canadian against the Japanese aircraft and the courageous action of the Captain, Chief Officer and Carpenter in removing the time-bomb filtered through to official quarters where the achievements of officers and crew were recognised by the award of the O.B.E. to Captain Williams, the M.B.E. to Chief Officer Beavis, the B.E.M. to Carpenter Bergstrom, the D.S.M. to Gunlayer R. Watson and Corporal A. F. Charlton and the B.E.M to greasers R. J. Dunn and A. E. Hayes while Captain D. J. Williams, Chief Officer B. Beavis and Carpenter Eugene Bergstrom who risked their lives to carry the bomb up on deck and dump it ashore were accorded the additional honour of Lloyd’s War Medal.’ Alas, the Anglo Canadian’s survival was short-lived, for she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-153 south-east of Bermuda in June 1942 - of her crew of 40 sailors and 10 gunners, one man was lost, and the survivors had to endure 14 days at sea in open boats, one commanded by the Chief Officer, until reaching St. Kitts. Sold with copied research, including the Master’s lengthy account of the loss of the Anglo Canadian and his crew’s subsequent journey to St. Kitts; and a photographic image of the recipient.

Lot 309

A fine and superbly well-documented Second War Hurricane and Spitfire fighter Ace’s ‘Western Desert’ D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander J. M. Morgan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He had distinguished himself pre-War by saving the life of a fellow trainee pilot from a crashed aircraft at No. 10 F.T.S. on 19 December 1938, and optimistically chased an enemy aircraft in a Hawker Henley during the height of the Battle of Britain whilst posted with No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit - Morgan followed it all the way to Swansea before ‘allowing’ a Spitfire to take over. Destined for more glamorous flying opportunities, Morgan was posted to the famous 92 (East India) Squadron at the end of 1941. Like the rest of the squadron’s pilots he was attached to 80 Squadron in the Western Desert, whilst his parent unit was eventually kitted out with aircraft. Having destroyed several enemy aircraft whilst flying Hurricanes, Morgan was now unleashed on 92’s newly acquired Spitfires. Morgan’s flying prowess quickly came to the fore, with him rapidly being appointed a Flight Commander, before receiving the ultimate accolade: the command of 92 Squadron in December 1942 - January 1943. He led from the front, ‘in the course of the fight [7 January 1943] I shot a 109G down in flames, crashing in the sea... and damaged a second. I finally had to fight two 109’s without ammunition for 30 minutes until my aircraft received hits from a head on attack which forced me to take evasive action - the 109’s then beat it home. This was a very shaky engagement with the bullets narrowly missing my head!!!’ Morgan subsequently commanded No. 234 Wing during the short-lived defence of the island of Kos, before being appointed to the command of 274 Squadron in October 1943. Now flying Spitfires as fighter bombers, Morgan led the Squadron into Italy and on many low-level attacks: ‘we attacked several Tiger tanks and armoured cars with front guns in the Capestrano area [24 January 1944]. I strafed a tank on a mountain pass which rolled over the side into the valley below...’ Morgan was shot down by anti-aircraft fire whilst carrying out a low-level strafe near Terni, 28 February 1944. In his words: ‘Shot down over the lines after gun fight - parachuted into captivity.’ He arrived to be interned at the infamous Stalag Luft III, Sagan, just three days after the ‘Great Escape’. Carrying on in service after the war, Morgan commanded 208 Squadron in the Canal Zone at the time of the fighting following the creation of the state of Israel Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany, this loose; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), silver (John Milne Morgan, Bletchley. 19-12-38) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London leather case of issue; Queen’s Messenger Badge, E.II.R., silver-gilt and enamel with pendant silver greyhound, badge reverse inscribed, ‘75’, hallmarks for London ‘1964’, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue, Second War awards mounted as worn, generally good very fine (lot) (9) £10,000-£15,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 5 February 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This Officer arrived in the Western Desert with No. 92 Squadron at the beginning of July when the Squadron was flying Hurricane aircraft of No. 80 Squadron. Since then he has shown great courage and considerable skill as a leader, both of a Flight and of the Squadron. In fact, a large proportion of the Squadron’s score in the Middle East has been due to this Officer’s determined leading of his Flight. He, personally, has destroyed 5 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 1 more and damaged 4 others. By his courage, qualities of leadership and his personal example, he has made his Flight into an efficient fighting unit.’ Society for the Protection of Life from Fire: Case No. 17,324: Flight Lieutenant John Milne Morgan, Royal Air Force: Silver medal An account of the circumstances is given in Air Council Letter, dated 31 March 1939, thus: 'To Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 (Training Group), RAF Grantham, Lincs. Sir, With reference to your letter dated 7th February 1939 (No. 23G735/102/P(20)), I am commanded by the Air Council to inform you that they have noted with satisfaction the gallantry and perseverance displayed by Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan in attempting to rescue Acting Pilot Officer W A Jenns following an aircraft accident at Bletchley on 19th December 1938. The council have caused a suitable note to be made in Acting Pilot Officer Morgan's record and I am to request that the officer may be informed accordingly'. The award was then noted in the SPLF Letter, dated 17 August 1939, thus: ‘To The Under Secretary of State, Air Ministry, S7D, Adastral House, Kingsway, London, WC2. Re: Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan in Aeroplane crash at Bletchley, near Tern Hill - 19th December 1938. The circumstances of this case have been reported to us and the Trustees have decided to make an award of the Society's Silver Medal to Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan. At the request of the Group Captain, No. 10 Flying Training School, Market Drayton, I am forwarding the medal to you under separate cover today. We should be greatly obliged if you would advise us of its safe receipt and be so good as to give such instructions as may commend themselves to you for its presentation to the recipient'. Both letter and medal were forwarded for conferral, the details being recorded in RAF correspondence thus: ‘HQ, No. 22 Group, RAF letter - 24 August 1939. To No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit - Re: Pilot Officer J M Morgan. The attached copy of a letter received from the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire is forwarded together with the Silver Medal referred to therein, and it is requested that you will arrange for this award to be presented to the above named officer in a suitable manner, details of the presentation being notified to this Headquarters in due course.’ John Milne Morgan was a native of Balham, London, and was born in 1916. He was educated at Bonneville Road School, Clapham Park and the Henry Thornton School, Clapham Common. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1935, and was commissioned Pilot Officer in 1938. Morgan carried out his initial pilot training at No. 8 E.F.T.S., Reading and No. 10 F.T.S., Tern Hill - being stationed at the latter when he saved the life of Pilot Officer W. A. Jenns when Hart K5795 crashed on 19 December 1938. He was posted as a pilot to No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Farnborough in March 1939, and was still serving with the unit when was war was declared in September of the same year. Morgan carried on serving with the unit with its various moves to Carew Cheriton and Cleave, and was doubtless frustrated by his posting as the Battle of Britain evolved. His limited aircraft - the Hawker Henley - did not stop him from having an optimistic go at an enemy aircraft on 6 September 1940: ‘Z.C. 6000. Spotted enemy aircraft 1,000ft below chased to Swansea, Spitfire took over.’ (Log Book refers). Despite such incidences as above, and the ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip which shows Morgan as entitled to the Battle of Britain clasp, there is no other evidence to suggest that he qualified for the clasp. However, that did not preclude him from other sightings and scrapes with enemy aircraft during the...

Lot 31

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel N. Macnamara, Royal Marine Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lieut. N. Macnamara, R.M. Arty.) depot impressed naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Clive Nowell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Note: A similar group to this recipient but with an engraved Crimea medal was sold by Buckland Dix & Wood in June 1994. Nugent Macnamara was born in Guernsey and entered the Royal Marine Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant, aged 19 years, on 30 December 1847. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in April 1849, he saw service on the West Coast of Africa prior to participating in the Crimea War, when he was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and as the Senior Officer, R.M.A., employed in the Sea of Azoff in June 1855. The latter post resulted in his landing at Ghirsk, Marionpol and Taganrog, where he destroyed government stores (despatches). He was also present at the bombardment and surrender of Kinburn and received the 5th class badge of the Turkish Order of Medjidjie, the latter decoration being referred to in a letter of his to the Deputy Adjutant General (R.M.), dated 1 November 1877: “... the importance of the Expedition, which was signally successful, was marked by the 'Azoff' clasp being added to the Crimea Medal and by an extensive Naval Promotion in which from the rank I then held I was unable to share. On obtaining my Company in 1859, I submitted an application for Brevet rank but was unsuccessful so that my services together with those of the Force I commanded remained unrecognised beyond the award of the 5th class of the Medjidjie which the officers serving under my orders received. In fact Macnamara received his promotion to Captain in 1859 and to Brevet Major in 1872. He held several sea-going appointments during this period, including one aboard the famous ironclad, H.M.S. Warrior, between 1867-69 (Warrior has now been restored to her former glory and is open to the public at Portsmouth). He was subsequently appointed Staff Captain at R.M.A. Headquarters in 1870 and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1876. Recipient of a Greenwich Hospital Pension in 1903, Macnamara died on 3 May 1917.

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A fine Order of St John group of eight awarded to Sergeant-Major T. Donnelly, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Blackpool Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (877 Sply: Ofcr: T. Donnelly, St John Amb: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (61210, S. Mjr. T. Donnelly, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (61210 W.O. Cl. 1. T. Donnelly. R.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (61210 S. Mjr. T. Donnelly. R.A.M.C.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (877. Sergt. T. Donnelly. Blackpool Div.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with three additional service bars (1st Amb: Off: Thomas Donnelly. (Blackpool Div: S.J.A.B.) 1913.) mounted court-style as worn, together with Blackpool Tribute Medal (Hibbard A5), silver and enamels, hallmarked Birmingham 1901, the reverse engraved (To 1st Officer T. Donnelly, St John Ambulance Brigade (Blackpool Division) South African War 1899 1901), good very fine (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: St John’s Ambulance Brigade Hospital [France]. Thomas Donnelly was a native of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and served in South Africa with the Blackpool Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade. As a Sergeant-Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps he served in France from 22 July 1915.

Lot 328

A fine Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Corporal R. Taylor, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. ‘Q’ By: R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (30493 Tptr: R. Taylor, 88th. Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (30493 Tptr: R. Taylor. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (30493 Bmbr: R. Taylor. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, lacking integral riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. R.H.A.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm emblem on riband, minor contact marks to Boer War awards, otherwise good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. Ralph Taylor was born in Chatham, Kent, in 1884. A 14 year-old drummer boy - just 4ft 10 inches in stature - he attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 4 October 1898, and served with 88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Boer War. Transferred to “T” Battery, he remained in South Africa until 22 January 1904. Sent to India, Taylor was advanced Gunner on 16 March 1903, Acting Bombardier 15 July 1904, and Bombardier 14 May 1906. Later transferred to “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Taylor was appointed Corporal on 1 January 1910 and entered the French theatre of War with this unit on 11 November 1914. Initially serving as part of the Sialkot Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division, “Q” Battery was soon in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, supporting 8th Division. Concentrated in a large semicircle, the guns were brought up by night with the aim of cutting the enemy wire which lay 15 yards deep in places. On 10 March 1915, the guns opened up, but the infantry attack was soon brought to a standstill by cleverly concealed German strong points. Transferred to the Somme in the early spring of 1916, Taylor likely spent much of his time maintaining the guns in the face of adverse weather and the endless mud. Awarded the Military Medal and Army L.S.G.C. Medal per Army Order 125 on 1 April 1917, his luck finally ran out on 1 July 1918 when he was wounded in action. Sent to the 1st South African General Hospital, the abrasion to his face was sufficient to necessitate evacuation to England per Hospital Ship St. Andrew. He was discharged upon termination of his second period of engagement on 3 September 1921. Sold with copied service record and extensive private research. Note: Entitlement to the Delhi Durbar 1903 Medal, the clasp to 1914 Star; and the French Croix de Guerre all unconfirmed.

Lot 339

A Sea Gallantry Medal group of six awarded to Leading Boatman H. O. Welch, H.M. Coast Guard Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 2nd issue, silver (Henry Oscar Welch, “Bessie Arnold” 28th December 1908) suspension tightened/refitted; British War Medal 1914-20 (162859 H. O. Welch, Lg. Btn., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (162859 H. O. Welch, Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Life Saving Medal, 40mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a lifeboat being rowed towards a sailing ship in distress in high seas; the reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘To H. O. Welch, he risked his own to save another’s life’; Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver, the reverse inscribed, ‘Henry Oscar Welch, 5th June 1902’, mounted for court-style display, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £700-£900 --- Henry Oscar Welch was born in Chigwell, Essex on 8 May 1876. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class from the training ship Warspite on 13 September 1891 and attained the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class in May 1903. In March 1904 he transferred to the Coastguard as a Boatman, being advanced to Leading Boatman in January 1912. He served at various Scottish stations until he was demobilised in July 1919. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in May 1905. As a Boatman of the Coastguard at Kildonan, Welch was awarded one of 74 E.VII.R. small second type silver Sea Gallantry Medals for an incident on 28 December 1908. The official citation states: ‘The Bessie Arnold, of Whitehaven, stranded 9 miles from the Life Saving Apparatus Station at Kildonan. A rocket was fired but no one on board secured the line. A body was seen among the wreckage and Welch at great risk entered the surf and brought it ashore, where life was found to be extinct. The other three of the crew were also drowned.’ (taken from BT261/5). The Bessie Arnold had left Millom bound for Glasgow on 26 December 1908. She stranded in a severe gale at Sliddery, on the Isle of Arran. The James Stevens No.2, the lifeboat based at Campeltown was launched and approaching the ship, saw that the crew were still aboard. But as the lifeboat drew near she was thrown onto the schooner’s deck and holed and one of her crew was cast into the raging sea. Remarkably the lifeboatman was rescued and the damaged ship made its way back to Campeltown whilst the coastguardmen on shore began their rescue efforts. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Lot 340

A pre-War Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to L. H. Davies, for the rescue of the Royal Party from the wreck of the S.S. Delhi off Cape Spartel, Morocco, on 13 December 1911 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Leonard H. Davies. "Delhi" 13. Dec. 1911.) polished, very fine £300-£400 --- The 8,090-tonne Peninsular and Oriental liner Delhi with 85 first class passengers on board, including the Duke and Duchess of Fife (H.R.H. the Princess Royal) and their two daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Maud, was bound from London to Bombay via Marseilles. At about 2:00 a.m. on 13 December 1911, the ship ran ashore in very rough weather some two miles from Cape Spartel. There was a strong westerly wind and very heavy rain. A wireless call was immediately sent out and was picked up by the station at Cadiz and within a short time several men-of-war were speeding to the wreck. Amongst the first ships to arrive were H.M.S. London and H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh. At about 11:00 a.m. Rear-Admiral Sir C. Cradock brought a boat from the Duke of Edinburgh alongside and with great difficulty took off the Royal Party from the Delhi. On her way back the boat was swamped not far from shore and everyone thrown into the water, Princess Alexandra having a narrow escape from drowning. Eventually all came to land safely. 6 silver and 13 bronze Sea Gallantry Medals were awarded for this action.

Lot 341

An inter-War Sea Gallantry Medal and Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society pair awarded to Chief Officer S. C. S. Taws, Mercantile Marine, who died on 3 March 1942 following the torpedoing and sinking of the S.S. City of Manchester off Java Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Stephen Corner Stephenson Taws "Selma Creaser" 30th October. 1927) in fitted case of issue; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, silver (To Stephen C. S. Taws.. 2nd Off. S/S "City of Lahore." For Gallant Service. 30/10/27.) mounted on a black riband with integral top riband bar, in fitted case of issue, edge bruise to latter, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- S.G.M. London Gazette 12 March 1929: 'In recognition of gallantry displayed by them on the 30th October 1927, in saving the lives of the crew of the Newfoundland schooner Selma Creaser, which was in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. Stephen Corner Stephenson Taws, a native of Houston, Renfrewshire, was born in 1898 and was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Medal for the same action as his Sea Gallantry Medal; further details of that award featured in Northern Daily Mail on 10 December 1927: ‘Outward bound from New York for the Far East, the City of Lahore, sighted on October 30 last, at 5.25am, what proved to be the Newfoundland schooner Selma Creaser showing a flare and as soon as they passed the schooner fired a rocket. Passing under the stern of the schooner the steamer hailed her, and received the reply that they wished to be taken off and had no boat of their own. Heavy weather had prevailed for some considerable time and there was still a big sea running... Due to the heavy weather encountered, the Selma Creaser was badly strained and leaking so badly that her Captain deemed it advisable to set her on fire before leaving. When last seen the schooner was burning furiously.
In the boat sent away by the City of Lahore with the Chief Officer in charge was Mr Taws, Second Officer.’ Taws was subsequently aboard the City of Manchester when she was torpedoed by I53 off Java on 28 February 1942. Joseph Berkley, a member of the S.S. Tulsar, wrote to Mrs Taws on 19 March:
‘On the morning of the twenty eighth of February, I had the good fortune to be in the vicinity of the City of Manchester when she was torpedoed and her lifeboats were shelled by the Japanese. Among the wounded survivors received on board was your husband. My Doctor deemed his condition too critical to permit your husband's transfer to a hospital on shore. Three serious lung punctures required that he be kept quiet in order to have any chance of surviving. The following day, the first of March, which was a day of mass evacuation from Tjilatjap, Java, we left port with Mr Taws on board. In spite of three blood transfusions, oxygen and all other efforts, it was impossible to save his life. One the third of March about 6.40pm he passed away. Next day at 9.00am, I performed the funeral services and we buried him at sea. I hope you will forgive me for sending his remains to the deep, but under the circumstances it was the only thing left for me to do.’ Taws is commemorated upon the Tower Hill Memorial. Sold with an old hand-written copy of the above letter; and copied research.

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