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Lot 40

The individually mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Captain G. H. Knapp, 46th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Italy, Sardinia, Al Valore Militare, silver, the reverse embossed ‘Spedizione d’Orient’; Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, silver, gold, and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, each individually mounted from a top silver riband buckle, nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002. George Henry Knapp was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 11 March 1853, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 June 1854. He served with the 46th Foot throughout the Crimean War, and was awarded the Sardinian Medal for Valour (one of just six awarded to the 46th Foot), his citation stating: ‘Captain George Henry Knapp was present at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, and Balaklava, and served uninterruptedly until the end of the campaign.’ Knapp was also awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class.

Lot 41

A fine and rare Naval K.C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral Sir John Kingcome, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge in 18-carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1864, with length of silk neck ribbon and original gold clasp for wearing, and breast star in silver with gold and enamelled appliqué centre, the reverse inscribed ‘R & S. Garrard & Co. Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25, Haymarket London’, and fitted with gold pin for wearing; Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Kingcombe.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Captn. J. Kingcome.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; China 1842 (John Kingcome, Captain, H.M.S. Belleisle.) original suspension; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, the first three campaign medals with light contact marks, otherwise very fine, the last good very fine and a rare group (6) £10,000-£14,000 --- John Kingcome was born at Revelstoke, Devon on 14 February 1794, and entered the Royal Navy on 28 May 1808, as 2nd Class Volunteer on board the Emerald 36, Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman on the Channel, Irish and Cape of Good Hope Stations until December 1813. He was in consequence present at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads in April 1809 and had an opportunity of witnessing the capture of a large number of the enemy’s vessels, armed and otherwise. On leaving Emerald he was received on board the Tigre 74, Captain John Halliday, stationed in the Channel, where he remained until again placed in May 1813 under the order of Captain Maitland, at that time commanding the Goliath 74, on the coast of North America. In July 1814 he became Master’s Mate of the St Lawrence, bearing the broad pendant on Lake Ontario of Sir James Lucas Yeo, who nominated him 9 March 1815, Acting Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte, Captain Richard O’Connor, an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 1 July in the same year. In October 1815, after having served for some time with Captain Peter Sampson Hambly in the Star sloop, he obtained command of the Confiance schooner on Lake Huron, and from October 1816 until July 1817 he was again employed on Lake Ontario, in the Netley 10, Captain Fraser Brace. His next appointment was 29 July 1822, to the Tees 26, Captains Thomas Coe and Fred Marryat, the former of whom on becoming Senior officer in India, appointed him to the command in 1824 of the Larne sloop at New South Wales. As he was at that time engaged in the Burmese war, he was not able to join her until 15 April 1825. Whilst serving in Larne he conveyed Lady Brisbane (wife of Commodore Sir James Brisbane) and her two daughters from Madras to Penang, and the Archdeacon Scott from Sydney to Van Diemen’s Land. Following this the ship visited New Zealand, Norfolk and Melville Islands, Batavia and Singapore. Being superseded on his return to Madras in the following July, Lieutenant Kingcome was next appointed to the Pandora sloop, under Captain William Clarke Jervoise. From that vessel he removed in 1826 to the Warspite 76, bearing the broad pendant of Sir James Brisbane. Attaining the rank of Commander on 8 January 1828, Captain Kingcome served in that capacity in the Coast Guard from 24 October 1835, until appointed on 18 June 1837 to the Wellesley 74, bearing the flag of Sir F. L. Maitland on the East India Station until 28 June 1838. On 23 October 1841 he was appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, in which he sailed for China and arrived there in time to witness the closing operations on the Yangtse-Kiang. He paid off the Belleisle at the close of 1843, but rejoined her on 24 March 1846 in command. Commanded the Royal William in February 1854 and was present during the operations in the Baltic in 1854-55. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1857, Commander-in-Chief Pacific in October 1862, Vice-Admiral in 1864, retired 1866, and was advanced to Admiral in 1869. He was appointed K.C.B. (Military) on 28 March 1865. Admiral Sir John Kingcome died at Windsor Villas, Plymouth, on 7 August 1871. Sold with the following warrants of appointment and commissions: Warrant of Appointment as K.C.B. together with various accompanying letters from the Herald’s Office, May 1865. Commission as Lieutenant of the Carnatic, July 1815. Commission as Commander of the Cephalus, January 1828. Commission as Commander of the Wellesley, May 1828. Commission as Commander of the Wellesley, June 1837 [upon re-commissioning]. Commission as Captain of the Belleisle, October 1841. Commission as Captain of the Belleisle, March 1846 [upon re-commissioning]. Commission as Captain of the Simoom, February 1852. Commission as Captain of the St George, May 1853. Commission as Captain of the St George, November 1843 [upon re-commissioning]. Commission as Captain of the Royal William, February 1854. Commission as Rear-Admiral, September 1857. Declaration of Naval Assets upon his death. An interesting Warrant of Appointment to his nephew, Commander George B. Williams, R.N., awarding him the ‘Royal Georgian Order of Polynesia’ from Pomare, The Queen of Tahiti, dated Tahiti August 4th, 1843 (at which time he was conducting a circumnavigation of the globe).

Lot 415

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Rich. Harrison, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip with contemporary ring and silver bar suspension, contact marks to obverse, otherwise very fine, reverse good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Hamilton Smith Collection, Glendining’s, March 1927; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Richard Harrison was first commissioned as Ensign in the 81st Foot on 11 May 1809, and transferred as Lieutenant to the 30th Foot on 11 September 1811. He served in the Peninsula from January to June 1813, and in the Netherlands in 1814. He was wounded at the battle of Waterloo and died in 1819.

Lot 42

The important K.B.E, C.I.E., D.S.O., K.P.M. group of seven awarded to Sir J. A. Wallinger, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Police, Head of the Indian Political Intelligence, for which appointment he was specially selected as being one of the best detectives in India: Policeman, soldier, spymaster - foremost amongst his recruits was the author Somerset Maughan The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (John A. Wallinger. Supt., Bombay Pol.); 1914-15 Star (Major J. A. Wallinger.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. A. Wallinger.), the last five mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (8) £3,000-£4,000 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1925. C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘Temporary Major, D.S.O., Indian Police.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘Temporary Major, Special List (General Staff Officer).’ K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1914: ‘Superintendent, Bombay Police.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916: ‘Temporary Major, Intelligence Corps.’ John Arnold Wallinger was born on 25 October 1869, at Poona, India, where his father, William, was deputy conservator of forests. He was baptised into the Church of England at the age of three weeks, after which nothing is known of him until 27 November 1896 when, at the age of 27, he joined the Indian Police. His initial appointment was as an inspector in Ahmedabad, north of Bombay on the route of the railway line to Delhi. After five years he was promoted to assistant superintendent, and in July 1902 was seconded to the Metropolitan Police for three months. Officially he was attached to 'C' and 'E' Divisions as an instructor. However, the coronation of King Edward VII - which was originally planned for June - took place in August of that year. He may well have taken over watching Indian nationalists during the coronation from someone unable to stay after the initial date was postponed. From November 1903 he was described as being ‘on deputation to Scotland Yard'. On his return to India, possibly still on the west coast in the Bombay area, he was involved in special duties connected with an outbreak of bubonic plague during 1904-5, before he could settle back into normal police work. One of the best places to acquire information of criminal and political activities was the gambling den. Wallinger would visit these dressed as an Indian, and, with his mastery of indigenous languages, was able to pass himself off as a local man. His subordinates once raided a den, and such was Wallinger's disguise that he was arrested by his own men. On another occasion, while on mounted duty at a demonstration he saw a colleague in trouble and went to assist. He received a sword cut to his head from one of the demonstrators, which put him in hospital for three months. Wallinger was promoted to superintendent, and by early 1909 was described as being on 'special duty working in the Criminal Investigation Department'. The following year he was transferred to London and appointed to be in charge of all political intelligence matters in America and Europe relating to India. He received the K.P.M. on I January 1914. With the outbreak of the First World War he was gazetted a major attached to the Imperial General Staff. His duties initially were concerned with preventing anti-British propaganda from reaching Indian troops serving in France. Their letters home were read by Wallinger's staff to ensure that no subversive sentiments reached the sub-continent. This work resulted in his being thanked personally by the Marquess of Crewe, when he was Secretary of State for India, and by his successor, Sir Austen Chamberlain. The end of the war saw his ultimate recognition for these duties when he was appointed a Companion of the Indian Empire in 1918. John Wallinger had a younger brother, Ernest, who was a professional soldier and who, by 1915, held the rank of major. Ernest was somewhat different to his older brother, for he was a graduate of Clare College, Cambridge, and had married a lady of considerable social standing. An original member of the British Expeditionary Force, he had lost a foot at the Battle of the Aisne in September 1914. Unfit for active service, he established an office in early 1915 to collect intelligence from Belgium. Coincidentally, John Wallinger had an interest in Switzerland, as a number of Indian nationalists had taken refuge there at the start of the war. Hence, when the need arose to control an intelligence gathering operation from Switzerland, Ernest Wallinger had little trouble in ensuring that the job went to his brother. The existing British organisation in Switzerland was used by John Wallinger to send spies into Germany, collect information and then pass it back to him in France. The Swiss were, however, vigilant in protecting their neutrality, and after six months it was extremely difficult for his men to work in the country. He needed to find someone new, whom the Swiss authorities would not suspect of being in British intelligence. Like his brother, John Wallinger had found himself drawn to a lady of a higher social level than his own. Unlike his brother, though, he had not married her and she had become his mistress. This lady was a friend of Syrie Welcome, who was the estranged wife of the American drug manufacturer, Henry Welcome; the daughter of philanthropist, Dr Barnardo; and the mistress of the writer, Somerset Maugham. The couples dined together several times, and Maugham used these occasions to express the wish to do something useful to help the war effort. There was no doubting Maugham's patriotism or his bravery. Despite his age - he was now 40 - he had managed to get a posting as an interpreter with an ambulance unit in Ypres. Although Maugham had qualified as a doctor, he had never practised as such, but he did speak French and German. His work took him close to the front line, and at times he had come under enemy fire. However, he had given up this work due to a tangled state of personal affairs, which included Syrie’s pregnancy. Maugham subsequently went to Geneva for John Wallinger where, using his cover as a writer, he was able to control agents operating in Germany. He did, in fact, write a play while there called The Unattainable, the title of which was subsequently changed to Caroline. Some of the agents were of dubious quality, and he became discouraged with his work. This, coupled with Henry Welcome citing him as co-respondent in divorce proceedings against Syrie, caused him to resign in February 1916. Nevertheless, Maugham continued to look after the Swiss operation until May, when Wallinger replaced him with a playwright, Edward Knoblock. Switzerland continued to be a difficult area from which to work, and John Wallinger tried to develop an operation in Denmark to gather intelligence from Germany. This was not a success, and by August 1916 he was working solely on his Indian intelligence activities. After the war, he was awarded the DSO for controlling a network of agents who had worked deep inside Germany, and thereafter he continued his political intelligence work for the Government of India from a base in London. Then, in 1919, he was seconded to Egypt where he carried out work on the surveillance of Indian nationalists. When he returned to London from this posting he was promot...

Lot 425

Waterloo 1815, naming neatly erased with three residual stars either side of clip, fitted with steel clip and silver straight bar suspension, light edge bruising and surface marks, otherwise very fine £300-£400

Lot 426

Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise toned, good very fine £600-£800

Lot 429

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Drumr. John Morris, 41st Regt.) correctly engraved in small upright serif capitals, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, good fine £400-£500

Lot 43

A Boer War C.B. pair awarded to Colonel E. S. Evans, Royal Munster Fusiliers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, a good quality tailor’s copy, the suspension bar stamped ‘S.G.’, lacking integral riband buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (Colonel. E. S. Evans, C.B., Muns: Fus:) engraved naming, edge bruising to QSA, both polished with the gilding somewhat rubbed on the first, nearly very fine and better (2) £400-£500 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Edward Stokes Evans was commissioned Lieutenant in the 101st Regiment of Foot on 13 June 1874, and was promoted Captain on 1 July 1881; Major on 1 April 1892; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 4 November 1896. He served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers in South Africa during the Boer War (C.B., Mentioned in Despatches, Medal with clasp), and was promoted Colonel on 4 November 1900. He transferred to the half pay list on 11 March 1901.

Lot 431

Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842, unnamed as issued, steel clip replaced with silver ring and rectangular bar suspension, two small edge cuts and test mark near suspension, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £1,000-£1,400

Lot 438

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (A, Begg. 2nd. Waikato Regt.) officially impressed naming; together with bronze ‘King’s Empire Veterans’ cross, named and dated on reverse ‘A. Begg 20.4.15’, mounted on a contemporary silver pin-bar engraved ‘WAIKATO’ and “NEW ZEALAND’, very fine £600-£800 --- Andrew Begg was born on 14 April 1844. He served in the 8th Company of the 2nd Regiment of Waikato Militia (No. 808). He died on 20 September 1933. Sold with a photograph of the recipient wearing both medals in 1918, and a contemporary news cutting titled ‘Commonwealth Government Honours Veterans’, dated May 23, 1932, with photograph of ‘Brigadier Heritage chatting with W. Pitt, aged 74, and Andrew Begg, aged 88, following Commonwealth Government’s annual luncheon to veterans on Saturday’. Begg is shown wearing his medals as mounted above.

Lot 44

A fine Great War C.M.G., scarce ‘North West Frontier 1908’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier-General P. T. Westmorland, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Bedfordshire Regiment and West India Regiment, attached Army Pay Department, who served as a Brigade Commander during the Great War, and over the course of his career was three times Mentioned in Despatches for services on three different continents The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt, gold appliqué and enamel, with integral gilt riband buckle; Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1893-94 (Capt: P. T. Westmorland. 1/W.I.R.); Ashanti Star 1896, the reverse privately engraved ‘P T W’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Major P. T. Westmoreland [sic], 3/W. India. Rgt.) engraved naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Gambia (Major P. T. Westmorland, 3/W. India. Rgt.) engraved naming; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Major P. T. Westmorland. 1st. R. War. R.) rank officially corrected; 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: P. T. Westmorland. 19/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. P. T. Westmorland.) minor enamel damage to the first two; light pitting and contact marks to the three VR awards, and minor edge bruising to the AGS, otherwise very fine and better (11) £6,000-£8,000 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 14 January 1916. D.S.O. London Gazette 14 August 1908: ‘In recognition of services in connection with the recent operations against the Zakka Khel and Mohmands.’ Percy Thuillier Westmorland was born on the 25 July 1863, the son of Colonel J. P. Westmorland, Royal Engineers, and the late Rose Julia, eldest daughter of the late General Sir Henry Thuillier, C.S.I., Royal Artillery. He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment on 9 September 1882, being promoted Captain on 28 August 1889. He was transferred to the West India Regiment on the 7 December 1892 and was employed with the Army Pay Department from 12 May 1894 to 31 December 1897. Westmorland served on the West Coast of Africa in 1894, with the Expedition of the Gambia against Fodey Silah, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 May 1894). He next saw service with the Ashanti Expedition of 1895-96 and was promoted Major on 22 December 1897. He saw further service in the South Africa during the Boer War 1899-1900 as Staff Officer, Glencoe and in command at St Helena, before proceeding to West Africa in 1901 with the Expedition of Gambia. Transferring to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Westmorland served with the 1st Battalion on the North-West Frontier of India and in 1908 took part in the operations in the Mohmand country, for which service he was again Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the action near Matta Mughal Khel on 24 April 1908: ‘While the left column under Colonel Unwin was occupying the attention of the right flank of the Mohmand position, General Anderson's right column was going into action near Matta. Here up to 8,000 tribesman (mainly from the Baezai clan) had constructed a series of strong sangars stretching for about one and a half miles along a line of low foothills. The right column made up of 1150 infantry drawn from six different corps included 300 men from the 1st Royal Warwickshire’s under the command of Major Westmorland. They prepared to advance up the slopes to the west, which were covered with flags and the sangars of the tribesmen who were clearly present in great strength along a front of one and a half miles. Anderson brought forward all of his infantry in line and prepared to attack. The action began at 07.00 and lasted until 10.20. Anderson's orders forbade him from doing anything more than driving the enemy to his right as the dominating feature, he ordered the men of the Warwickshire Regiment under Major Westmorland to seize the knoll and clear it. The general advance had not progressed very far when the tribesmen opened a heavy fire, the Royal Warwicks charged straight on their objective, the small hill, pushing parties up the slopes, then collecting together in an area of dead ground near the crest before rushing the summit with fixed bayonets and taking the hill. Eventually the position was won and the tribesmen fell back into the hills towards the Burjina Pass after having received - and given out - a fair degree of punishment.’ (Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India refers). Westmorland retired from the service on 4 December 1912, but was recalled following the outbreak of the Great War and served initially as Commanding Officer, 19th Battalion, London Regiment on the Western Front from 10 March 1915, and later as Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches for a third time (London Gazette 1 January 1916) and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He saw further service with the Lincolns in Egypt in 1916, before returning to the Western Front as Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, and was promoted Brigade Commander, 151st Infantry Brigade, in September 1916. Following the cessation of hostilities he joined the Territorial Force Reserve, and was latterly employed with the Ministry of Munition. He was one of the 134 descendants of the Rev. C. Cardew, D.D. (1747-1831), Rector of St. Erme, Cornwall, who served in the British forces in the Great War. He died in London on 4 June 1929. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient. Note: The recipient’s miniature awards were sold in these rooms in September 2008.

Lot 445

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Wm. Marriott, 32nd Foot.) fitted with silver ribbon brooch, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£400 --- William Marriott, a Private in the 32nd Foot, was an original defender at Lucknow and was killed in action there on 21 July 1857, shot dead. Sold with relevant copied muster and medal rolls.

Lot 45

The unique C.I.E., O.B.E., K.P.M. and Two Bars group of five awarded to Inspector General of Police Frederick W. O’Gorman, Bombay Police, the only recipient of the K.P.M. and two bars, all three awards being for gallantry The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, with Second and Third Award Bars, the first struck with date ‘1st January 1930’, the second of the subsequent laurel pattern (Actg. Supt. Frederick William O’Gorman, Indian Police) minor official correction to unit; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (5) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Police Awards from the Collection of John Tamplin, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003. C.I.E. London Gazette 8 June 1944. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941. K.P.M. Gazette of India 1 January 1924: ‘While serving as District Superintendent of Police in the Bijapur District, Mr O’Gorman was required to undertake operations against a dangerous gang of Berad dacoits which had broken out of jail and for nine months had been terrorising the countryside. Mr O’Gorman initiated a well-thought-out campaign and it was entirely due to his organizing ability and untiring tenacity that his plans ended in success. Mr O’Gorman was himself twice under fire during the progress of these operations and it was in no small measure due to his personal influence that the gang was exterminated. Since his transfer from Bijapur to the District of Kaira, Mr O’Gorman has been successful in breaking up another dangerous gang of dacoits. His services have been recognised by the Government of Bombay on both the occasions.’ K.P.M. Second Award Bar Gazette of India 1 January 1930: ‘At the Ganpati celebrations at Surat in September 1928 widespread and frenzied rioting, which lasted for 24 hours and in the course of which numerous cold-blooded murders were committed, took place between Muhammadans and Hindus in spite of the most careful precautions. Throughout these disturbances Mr O’Gorman had numerous personal encounters with infuriated rioters armed with lethal weapons and displayed the highest courage in dispersing them. His spirited action, resource and organising ability were largely responsible for bringing the public disorder in a populous city like Surat under control in so short a space of time. This was accomplished without using firearms except on one occasion when the Police were obliged to fire in their own defence and killed one man.’ K.P.M. Third Award Bar Gazette of India 1 January 1936: ‘On the night of the 23rd January 1935, a Sikh of Poona City shot dead a Mussalman and an Arab woman. Mr O’Gorman was summoned to the scene where he found that the Sikh had ensconced himself with a B.L. gun in a strong position on the top storey of a large building, occupied by a number of men, women and children, from which he commanded the common staircase. The Sikh threatened to shoot anyone who approached and to have rushed the staircase would almost inevitably led to heavy loss of life. Having drawn a cordon round the building, Mr O’Gorman with a party of armed policemen occupied a room at the top of an opposite house from which rifles were trained on the house where the Sikh was hiding. It was of importance that the Sikh should either be made to surrender or be rendered harmless by shooting; for any ineffective action by Police would probably have resulted in the Sikh firing indiscriminately, and causing several casualties. The Sikh, however, did not expose himself, and subsequent attempts by Mr O’Gorman and a Sikh priest who arrived on the scene, who both addressed the murderer from the front of the house merely elicited a determined reply from the Sikh to the effect that he would never surrender, and would shoot anyone who came near him. Finally however the Sikh told the priest to bring up the “Saheb”. Mr O’Gorman, thereupon, accompanied the priest to the top storey. There he discovered a passage leading to a room where the Sikh stood with his gun. In front lay the body of one of the murdered persons, and stepping over this, Mr O’Gorman entered the room, calling out that he was unarmed, and asking the Sikh to surrender, which he did. He had six live cartridges in his possession. The cool and patient manner in which Mr O’Gorman handled the situation undoubtedly prevented further loss of life. He displayed admirable personal courage, and power of leadership in himself incurring the great risk of going unarmed up the stairs to confront the armed murderer.’ Frederick William O’Gorman was born on 8 July 1891, and joined the Indian Police on 2 July 1913. Highly decorated during a lengthy and eventful career, O’Gorman was eventually appointed Inspector General of Police, Province of Bombay, in 1945. He died in London on 5 January 1949.
It is of interest that his brother, Michael A. O’Gorman, was awarded the K.P.M. on 1 January 1923, and a Bar to his K.P.M. on 1 January 1926. Sold with extensive research and several photographs

Lot 451

South Africa 1834-53 (D. Cornely. Gunner. R.M. Arty.) fitted with silver ribbon slide, minor edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £300-£400 --- Daniel Cornely served as a Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, aboard H.M.S. Hermes, which ship was issued with 21 medals to Royal Marines.

Lot 452

South Africa 1834-53 (Ensign W. H. Spencer, 2nd Regt.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly very fine £400-£500 --- William Henry Spencer was appointed Ensign in the 2nd (The Queen’s) Regiment, by purchase, on 18 June 1851, then becoming Lieutenant, by purchase, on 8 April 1853. He served in the Kaffir War in 1852 (Medal), and with the expedition north of the Orange River in 1852-53. He was promoted to Captain on 30 March 1858, and was appointed Adjutant to the 6th West Yorkshire Regiment of Militia on 24 January 1865, to serve with rank of Captain from 11 May 1865. He resigned his commission in the rank of Major on 13 May 1876.

Lot 463

Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, fitted with narrow ribbon and silver ribbon buckle, very fine £70-£90

Lot 47

A rare and unusual Great War C.B.E. and Messina Earthquake ‘Order of the Crown’ group of ten awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral G. C. A. Boyer, Royal Navy, who also served with the small naval contingent in the Dongola Expedition of 1896 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (G. C. A. Boyer, Asst. Paymr. R.N. H.M.S. Briton.); China 1900, no clasp (Payr. G. C. A. Boyer, R.N. H.M.S. Marathon.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Payr. Capt. G. C. A. Boyer. R.N.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (G. C. A. Boyer. H.M.S. Scout. 1896.) naming impressed in the usual style; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamels with gold and enamel centres: Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 3rd Class neck badge, gold and enamels; Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style where appropriate, good very fine or better (10) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1918, for services with the Royal Navy Transport Service in France. Legion of Honour London Gazette 12 December 1918. George Christopher Aubin Boyer, the son of George and Elizabeth Boyer of Beaumont, Jersey, was born on 28 February 1862. Educated at St. James’s Collegiate, Jersey, he joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in 1878. He was promoted to Assistant Paymaster in 1883 and in the following year was appointed to the corvette H.M.S. Briton in which he took part in the naval operations off the coast of Sudan at Suakin. He was promoted to Paymaster in 1894 and in 1895 was appointed to the torpedo cruiser H.M.S. Scout in which he served off the coast of Sudan in the Dongola Expedition. He joined the 2nd class cruiser H.M.S. Marathon in 1899 and during the following year saw service off the coast of China. In late 1900 he was promoted Staff Paymaster and in 1902 appointed Fleet Paymaster. Whilst serving in this capacity aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Euryalus he landed in December 1908 for duty ashore in the aftermath of the Messina earthquake. For his services he was awarded the Order of the Crown, Commander, one of four Fleet Paymasters to receive this award, as well as the Messina Earthquake Diploma and the Messina Earthquake Medal by the Italian Government. At the beginning of the Great War he was Fleet Paymaster in H.M.S. Impregnable, being appointed to H.M.S. President in February 1916. Whilst holding this appointment he was posted for port duties at Boulogne, France, for which he was recommended by the Commander-in-Chief, France ‘for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty for the period 20 February to 20 September, 1917. In March 1918 he was promoted Paymaster-in-Chief which was later changed to Paymaster Captain. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches, awarded the C.B.E. and the French Legion of Honour. In 1921 he was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral. He lived latterly at Saltash, Cornwall, and died on 2 October 1949.
Sold with comprehensive copied research.

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India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Bhootan, Looshai (Lieut. F. H. Williams 44th Regt. N.I.) clasps mounted in reverse order with unofficial rivets, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £400-£500

Lot 48

A Second War C.B.E., scarce Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel B. S. Finn, New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Dental Corps, who previously served as a Trooper with the Victorian Mounted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War 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; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1444 Tpr. B. S. Finn. Vict. M.R.) re-engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (12/591 Mjr. B. S. Finn. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (12/591 Major B. S. Finn. N.Z.E.F.); War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, New Zealand, the reverse engraved ‘T. Col. B. S. Finn. N.Z.D.C.’, with integral top riband bar, generally good very fine (10) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Captain G. T. Stagg Collection 1971; Gibson Collection, Webb’s (Auckland NZ), March 2014 Approximately 21 Distinguished Service Orders awarded to New Zealand officers for Gallipoli. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945. D.S.O. London Gazette 29 October 1915: ‘For conspicuous devotion to duty in the Gallipoli peninsula during operations from 6th to 9th August, 1915, when he worked day and night with unceasing zeal and without rest evacuating the wounded. His work was carried out under continuous fire, on one occasion the dressing station being heavily shelled for an hour, and many assistants and wounded being hit. Owing to Captain Finn’s efforts the wounded lying in the more exposed positions were got into a place of greater safety. Bertram Sibbald Finn was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, on 18 October 1880 and was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School. He served as a trooper with 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War before qualifying as a Dental Surgeon, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Auckland on 22 August 1914. He was commissioned Captain, New Zealand Medical Corps, on 20 November 1914, and served with them during the Great War in Gallipoli, being both warded the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 November 1915. Finn was Appointed Administrative Dental Officer to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 31 January 1916, and following establishment of the New Zealand Dental Corps in February 1916 he was promoted to Major. He returned to New Zealand in 1918 and in 1934 was appointed Director of Dental Services, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He saw further service during the Second World War as Director of Dental Services (Navy, Army and Air Force), and was promoted temporary Colonel in 1940. He played a significant role in the history of the New Zealand Dental Corps during the War, and in 1946 was appointed an Honorary Dental Surgeon to H.M. the King. He was awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1946, and died in Auckland on 23 August 1952. Sold with a copy of The Official History of the New Zealand Dental Services, by T. V. Anson, the recipient’s portrait being the frontispiece, and in which work he is frequently mentioned, with the ex libris stamp of ‘G. T. Stagg, R.N.Z.A.’

Lot 49

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. de B. Gidley, Royal Artillery, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. de B. Gidley.) good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 7 February 1918: ‘In connection with military operations in Mesopotamia’. Courtenay de Blois Gidley was born on 16 September 1876 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Devonshire Volunteer Artillery on 23 January 1895. He transferred to the regular Royal Artillery on 16 May 1900, and was promoted Lieutenant on 16 November 1901; Captain on 20 December 1910; and Major on 30 October 1914, serving as Adjutant from 3 April 1911. He served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 10 April 1916 to 31 October 1918, and was promoted Acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 July 1916. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 August 1917; 12 March 1918; and 12 January 1920). He saw further service at home during the Second World War with Devon Army Cadet Force.

Lot 490

Abyssinia 1867 (Captain H. W. Berkeley 3rd Dragn. Gds.) fitted with Bailey Coventry silver ribbon brooch, good very fine £400-£500 --- Henry W. Berkeley was commissioned Cornet, by purchase, in the 3rd Dragoon Guards on 13 May 1853. He was made Lieutenant on 9 October 1855; Captain, by purchase, on 29 October 1858; Brevet Major and retired on 15 August 1868; and Major, by purchase on 19 January 1870. Major Berkeley served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868, was present at the storming and capture of Magdala, and commanded a piquet of the Regiment (Brevet of Major and Medal).

Lot 51

A rare Second War ‘Burma Operations’ Immediate D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. M. V. “Roddy” Ponsonby, Devonshire Regiment (Reserve of Officers), attached 2nd Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, late Welsh Guards, who won an immediate award for his courage and leadership in a crucial six day action in the Arakan in late 1944
Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf, mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 22 March 1945. The original recommendation for an immediate award states: ‘On 16 December 1944, this officer received orders to cross the Kalapanzin, a tidal river 300 yards wide, with his Battalion, and establish a bridgehead across the Saimgdin Chaung, also tidal and 100 yards wide, and some five miles below the Kalapanzin crossing. By nightfall, Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby had a bridgehead of two companies across the Saimgdin, in spite of many natural difficulties and accurate enemy shell fire. The enemy reacted strongly to this bridgehead but after two attacks had failed to dislodge them. Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby led two companies round the enemy’s flank and although greatly hampered by tidal chaungs and deep mud, succeeded in encircling the enemy who was forced to evacuate his position. It was entirely due to this officer’s personal example, energy, unswerving devotion to duty and determination not to be daunted by obstacles, that he inspired all ranks under him during six critical days to achieve eventual success.’ Roderick Maurice Victor “Roddy” Ponsonby was born in 1900, the seventh son of Colonel Justinian Ponsonby and a cousin of the Earl of Bessborough, and was educated at Wellington. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the Special Reserve of Officers at the end of August 1918, he joined the Welsh Guards on gaining a regular commission in 1920 and served in Egypt. Seconded for service as an Assistant Superintendent, Army Physical Training, in September 1923, Ponsonby rose to be Superintendent of Army Physical Training in London before being placed on the Retired List in the 1930s. Having retained an appointment in the Devonshire Regiment on the Reserve of Officers in the interim, he was recalled on the renewal of hostilities, and by 1944 was Commanding Officer of the 2nd Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, in the Arakan - ‘passing the monsoon high up in the hills above the sources of the Kaladan River in country so wild that an entire British regiment was said to have disappeared there without trace during the war of 1824’ (Colonel Michael Hickey’s The Unforgettable Army refers). Here, then, the setting for Ponsonby’s subsequent award of the D.S.O., for deeds as cited above. A keen horseman and yachtsman, Ponsonby went into the manufacturing business after the War, and died in 1968. His daughter, Joan, exhibited at the Royal Academy. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s D.S.O. warrant, dated 22 March 1945; his commission warrants for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (Special Reserve of Officers) dated 22 August 1918, 2nd Lieutenant (Land Forces) dated 19 June 1920, and 2nd Lieutenant (Home Guard), dated 13 November 1952 (this latter with related certificate of service for the period 1952-55); three excellent quality Welsh Guards’ officer group photographs from the 1920s, including the recipient on the occasion of a visit from the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), and one or two R.W.A.F.F. images from the 1939-45 War; together with two sets of old uniform ribands, three Welsh Guards ceremonial leeks and his R.W.A.F.F. uniform patches.

Lot 512

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (J. Dawson. Pte. R.M. H.M.S. Cossack.) fitted with contemporary three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, edge bruise, good very fine £280-£340 --- 90 clasps awarded to H.M.S. Cossack. John Dawson, a plumber from Liverpool, was born on 24 January 1867. He attested into the Royal Marines in Liverpool on 24 April 1885 and served in H.M.S. Cossack during the 1890 Witu campaign. He was later discharged by purchase on 24 December 1895. Sold with copy service record.

Lot 517

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. F. Plunga. Victoria Column) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, extremely fine £400-£500 --- Rhodesia 1896 clasp confirmed as a Trooper in “G” Troop, Bulawayo Field Force Corps.

Lot 519

Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Private H. Talbot, S.L.I.) rank and unit correctly impressed, name re-engraved; together with India Total Abstinence Association silver medal, each fitted with matching silver florally engraved ribbon brooches, toned, good very fine (2) £400-£500

Lot 52

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Commander Henry Baynham, Royal Navy, Superintendent of the Tyne Training Ship Wellesley 1895-1910 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (Navg. Lt. H. Baynham, R.N. H.M.S. “Seahorse.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; British War Medal 1914-18 (Commr. H. Baynham. R.N.) mounted for display with two unofficial Tyne Training Ship silver commemorative medals, one for the Jubilee 1897, and another for the Coronation 1902, both named ‘Captain H. Baynham. R.N.F.R.A.S.’, nearly extremely fine (6) £600-£800 --- Henry Baynham was born in Bayswater, London, on 1 June 1847. He was educated at Southampton Grammar School, and decided to join the Royal Navy. Due to his late stepfather’s rank and connections, he was able to secure a nomination and, early in 1862, he was enrolled at the Naval School at Southsea, one of the fashionable ‘crammers’ of that time whose sole aim was to successfully assist candidates through the entrance examination for a cadetship in the Royal Navy. However, he failed the entrance examination as the result of a serious accident in which he broke his arm and lost considerable school time. Through his father’s influence he was able to secure a further nomination to enter the Royal Navy as a Navigating Cadet and, in December 1862, he joined H.M.S. Victory as a Masters Assistant. Over the next five years he underwent training in Her Majesty’s Ships Buzzard January 1863, Nile May 1863, Galatea May 1863, Orontes January 1866. On leaving the latter ship he was promoted to Navigating Midshipman on 4 January 1867. In this rank he was appointed to H.M.S. Phoebe, a steam frigate serving on the North American and West Indies Station, and on 9 December 1867 he was promoted to the recently introduced rank of Navigating Sub-Lieutenant. In May 1869 he was appointed to H.M.S. Dart, a steam gun vessel serving on the St Lawrence River and the Canadian Great Lakes. The autobiographical history of his life notes that in 1869, whilst serving as Navigating Officer on H.M.S. Dart, the ship embarked His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, then a serving subaltern with the Royal Engineers, and transported him to Prince Edward Island. For this and other services his Royal Highness presented Henry with an inscribed silver telescope. On paying off from Dart he was appointed in November 1870 to H.M.S. Glasgow, flagship of the East Indies Squadron, Rear Admiral Arthur Cunningham C.B. In November 1872 he was appointed to H.M.S. Lynx on the same station. On returning to England in September 1873, he studied for his Navigation Examination at Trinity House, and was awarded the following certificates: Pilotage 1st Class, Seamanship 3rd Class, and Navigation 3rd Class. On 9 January 1874, he was appointed Acting Navigation Lieutenant for ‘surveying duties’ aboard H.M.S. Aboukir, a 4,392 ton steam receiving ship at Jamaica in the West Indies. In October 1874 he returned to the North America and West Indies Squadron on appointment to the steam gun vessel H.M.S. Woodlark. He transferred to H.M.S. Spartan on the same station as Acting Navigating Lieutenant in November 1874 and then returned to H.M.S. Woodlark in February 1875. Six months later in July 1875 he returned to H.M.S. Aboukir having been promoted to Navigating Lieutenant on 10 May 1875. His next appointment in February 1877 was to the steam gun vessel H.M.S. Swallow, serving on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa. During 1879 Swallow was moved to the South East Coast of America Station, and Henry remained as her Navigating Lieutenant. On paying off from Swallow in June 1881 he was appointed, on 30 September 1881, to H.M.S. President for ‘Study at the Royal Naval College Greenwich’. He failed to successfully complete all of his college examinations and was appointed, in August 1882, to the special service steamer H.M.S. Seahorse, serving on the Mediterranean Station. During service in Seahorse off the Egyptian coast in August 1882 he qualified for the Egyptian War Medal without Clasp and also the Khedive’s Star dated 1882. In July 1883 he was appointed to the steam composite vessel H.M.S. Sphinx serving on the East Indies Station. Whilst in this vessel he undertook special surveying and buoy laying duties at the port of Suakin in the Red Sea in 1884 which supposedly qualified him for the clasp Suakin 1884. His autobiographical notes clearly state that he was on board Sphinx at Trinkitat, a port on the Red Sea situated some three miles from El-Teb, where the battle was fought on 29 February 1884, but was not awarded the clasp. The captain of H.M.S. Sphinx, Commander C. Crawford, R.N., however, is recorded as being present at the battle and received the El-Teb clasp. Baynham returned to England aboard H.M.S. Humber in September 1884 and, after a medical survey in December 1884, was declared medically unfit and placed on the Retired List after twenty-two years’ service. Following retirement from the Royal Navy, he sought employment in Cadet Training ships where his naval and navigation skills stood him in good stead. In 1888 he was appointed Chief Officer of the Mercantile Navy School Ship H.M.S. Conway at Liverpool. It is highly likely that he served at this school as a junior officer before being promoted Superintendent of the Industrial School Ship Wellesley at North Shields on the River Tyne, near Newcastle. Following the outbreak of war with Germany in 1914, Baynham offered his services to the Admiralty. His offer was ‘officially noted’ but not acted upon. It was only after much determined and continuous pestering by him that the Admiralty agreed to accept his offer and in September 1915 he was appointed to the shore base H.M.S. Victory at Portsmouth, for duty at Haslar Training Camp. In mid-1916 he was promoted to temporary Lieutenant-Commander and in August appointed to H.M.S. Wallington, Immingham Depot. Throughout this period he was plagued with numerous illnesses which necessitated him entering hospital, but he refused all offers of a medical discharge on the ground of age. Early in 1917 he was officially notified that he was the oldest officer on the Active List and was blocking the way of junior officers. Notwithstanding this valid point he was promoted to Acting Commander in February 1917. In January 1918 he was appointed to the Repair Ship H.M.S. Cyclops and was later transferred to the auxiliary small craft vessel H.M.S. Sandringham. He remained in this appointment until demobilised in June 1919, when he reverted to the Retired List. At this time Baynham was 72 years old. His war service was recognised by the award of the O.B.E. (Military) which was announced in the London Gazette of 1 January 1919. The recommendation stated that he ‘Worked at Haslar Training Camp and as Supervising Officer of the Auxiliary Patrol Depot at Immingham, and was Senior Naval Officer of the naval base at Swarbacks Minn in January 1918’. He also received the British War Medal. On 16 April 1920, he was awarded a Good Service Greenwich Hospital Pension of £50 per year which he retained for 13 years until his death at Ferndown, Dorset, on 11 June 1933, when aged 84 years. The silver 1897 Jubilee and 1902 Coronation medals awarded to him whilst Superintendent of the Industrial School Ship Wellesley are private unofficial issues and could not be worn on uniform. The inscribed rank of Captain is a titular or alternative title given to the superintendent in command of a naval training school, his naval rank at this time being Navigating Lieutenant, Retired. Sold with a large oil p...

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