Pair: Captain G. A. Durnford, 39th Regiment, late 4th West India Regiment and 69th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (G. Durnford, Lieut. 4th W.I. Regt. Attd. to 69th Foot); Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Pay Master George A. Durnford, H.M. 39th Regt.) fitted with adapted silver bar suspension, nearly extremely fine and a rare combination (2) £2000-2500 The combination of M.G.S. with Maharajpoor Star occurs just twice as a pair, once as a group of three and once as a group of seven. George Augustus Durnford was born in London on 4 September 1791, and entered the Army at the age of 14 as an Ensign in the Cape Regiment, in June 1806. In March 1810 he gained a Lieutenancy in the 4th Ceylon Regiment and participated in the capture of the Isle of France (Mauritius) on 3 December 1810, under the command of General Abercromby. Keen for further action, Durnford volunteered his services for the capture of Java, was attached to the 69th Foot, and sailed with the invasion fleet under General Auchmuty on 11 June 1811. The British occupied Batavia and, greatly reduced by sickness, began their assault on Fort Cornelis on 26 August. The 69th Foot under Colonel McLeod greatly distinguished themselves, carrying the last redoubts at the point of the bayonet, losing 11 officers and 76 men. In January and February of 1815, Durnford participated in the Kandian war and subsequent capture of Kandy. Later that year he exchanged into the 19th Foot, who were also serving in Ceylon, where he remained engaged in the continuing skirmishes of the Kandian war of 1817-18. He returned to England in 1820, and in 1826 was promoted to Captain but, there being no vacancies, Durnford became Paymaster of the 39th Regiment and served with that regiment in New South Wales, Australia, from April 1827 until the end of 1829. The regiment returned to India in 1831, and in 1834 was engaged in the Coorg rebellion. Durnford remained with the regiment in India until it was next engaged in the Gwalior campaign at the end of 1843, taking an active part in the action at Maharajpoor on 29 December. The regiment returned to England in 1847 and Durnford remained as their Paymaster until November 1852, when he was placed on Half Pay, having by this time served actively for 46 years. He died in 1861 at the age of 70. Sold with copy Statement of Services and other research.
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Four: Able Seaman George Hardway, Indian Navy, later Metropolitan Fire Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (G. Hardway, A.B. Ajdaha, S.F.); Metropolitan Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C. (George Hardway); Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver with later gilding (George Hardway); Stepney Presentation Medal 1867, a fine silver engraved medal, signed A. C. Payne, Sc., hallmarked London 1866, obverse: two shields within a laurel wreath, one with depiction of the Tower of London, the other with arms of Stepney, Queen’s crown above; reverse: inscribed within an oak wreath ‘Presented to George Hardway, Fire Escape Condtr. No. 46, by the inhabitants of STEPNEY for his past Energetic Services 1867’, the suspension bar inscribed on either side ‘Encourage the Brave’and ‘My Strength is from Heaven’, generally very fine and a most unusual group (4) £1200-1400
Three: Corporal G. Hodder, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (15071 Cpl., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (15071 Cpl., R.A.) good very fine (3) £80-100 Corporal George Hodder, Royal Field Artillery, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 November 1914. Discharged on 31 January 1918. Entitled to Silver War Badge. With copy m.i.c.
Three: Driver E. Hart, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (114 Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (114 Dvr., R.A.) in (damaged) card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £40-50 Ernest Hart enlisted on 30 September 1914. As a Driver in the R.F.A. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 April 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 8 February 1919. Entitled to the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.
Three: Private G. H. Archer, South Nottinghamshire Hussars 1914-15 Star (1653 Pte., S. Notts. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1653 Pte., S. Notts. Hrs.) nearly very fine (3) £80-100 Private George Henry Archer, South Nottinghamshire Hussars, entered the Egypt theatre of war on 13 September 1915. He was discharged on 29 March 1916. Entitled to a Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c.
Pair: Acting Sergeant J. C. Clark, London Regiment and Royal West Kent Regiment, onetime attached King’s African Rifles British War and Victory Medals (2315 A. Sjt. J. C. Clark, 20-Lond. R.), extremely fine (2) £80-100 John Cyril Clark enlisted in the 20th Battalion, London Regiment in September 1914 and first went out to France in March 1915, so would also have been awarded the 1914-15 Star. He subsequently transferred on attachment to the King’s African Rifles in East Africa where, in August 1917, he was accidentally wounded and admitted to Mingoyo hospital. Re-embarked for the U.K. in January 1919, he was placed on the strength of the 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, but was discharged on account of sickness in May 1919, thereby qualifying for the Silver Wound Badge. Accompanying documentation also suggests that he served as a Captain in the 3rd County of London Cadet Battalion in the 1939-45 War. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a letter from the recipient’s employer regarding his enlistment in September 1914 (‘My best wishes go with you, and hopes for a speedy return to your old position, which will, of course, be open for you when your military duties are at a end’); Downing Street / Colonial Office letters (3), regarding the recipient’s hospitalisation in East Africa, dated in August-September 1917; H.Q. King’s Africa Rifles demobilisation order, dated 13 January 1917; his Protection and Identity Certificate, dated 9 April 1919, and his Discharge Certificate, dated 8 May 1919, together with other original family documentation.
Seven: Captain R. A. McClure, Royal Armoured Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt., R.A.C.) mounted for wear; 14th/20th King’s Hussars Medal, 48.5mm., silver, obverse: regimental emblem and battle honours, reverse: inscribed, ‘In recognition of his initiative and devotion to duty over a prolonged period in all technical and mechanical matters’ (Capt. R. A. McClure. 1947) with clasp inscribed, ‘For loyal service as adjutant and for his outstanding conduct of Caernarvon Trials 1953/54’, with ring suspension, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £200-250
Three: Mr A. J. Busby, British Army 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued; together with an A.R.P. lapel badge, silver; National Service lapel badge, enamelled, number ‘360’; Coronation 1937 lapel badge, silvered base metal; Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with swords, good very fine and better (7) £40-60 The three W.W.2 medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr A. J. Busby, 33 Worthing Street, Beverley Road, Hull, Yorks.’, together with forwarding slips. Also with copied certificate of award to ‘Mr Arthur Joseph Busby’, of ‘72 Chamberlain Road, Stoneferry, Kingston upon Hull’, from the ‘City and County of Kingston upon Hull’, confirming that he was a ‘Civil Defence Warden’ from 18 March 1942 to 16 March 1943.
Six: Flight Lieutenant J. C. Muirhead, Royal Air Force and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.V.R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1939, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £600-800 Campbell Muirhead was born in South Africa and was educated at Portobello Secondary School and George Herriot’s in Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Air Force soon after the outbreak of war, first serving as a ground gunner. Training to become a pilot, he failed the course in Arizona but determined to become aircrew, he then trained as a bomb aimer in Canada. As a Flying Officer he was posted to No. 12 Squadron, at Wickenby, Lincolnshire, in May 1944. During his training and then during his active service in Lancasters with 12 Squadron he recorded the events, day-by-day, in a diary which he was later to publish. He completed a tour of duty comprising 30 combat operations. For his wartime services he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre. In his book, he records (post 20 August 1944): ‘Opened this diary again to record award of French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star. This to me because, as I learned, 12 Squadron had extinguished its allocation of DFCs. Ah well, at least I got a kiss with mine. From a French General.’ With two books written by the recipient: Diary of a Bomb Aimer, Training in America and Flying with 12 Squadron in WWII, by Campbell Muirhead, edited and annotated by Philp Swan, this covering the period 2- February 1942-20 August 1944; together with The Diary of a Bomb Aimer, by Campbell Muirhead - and signed by the author, ‘For Keith, my younger son. Campbell Muirhead, 1st January 1987, Swinton, Duns, Berwickshire’, this covering the period 9 May 1944-20 August 1944; both with dustjackets. With a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform. Also with photocopied relating to his service career.
A good Edwardian C.B., Great War C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Hon. Brigadier-General W. L. White, Royal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with riband buckle; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G. Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with riband buckle; Egypt 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Capt. W. L. White, 5/1 Sco. Div. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. Col. W. L. White, R.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. W. L. White, R.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Brig. Gen. W. L. White, C.B.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Brig. Gen. W. L. White); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, together with Royal Artillery Institution Priza Medal, silver (Captain W. L. White, R.A., 1892), the earlier awards with contact marks but otherwise generally very fine or better (10) £1600-1800 C.B. London Gazette 24 June 1910. C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916. William Lewis White, who was born in March 1856, was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in February 1876, and first witnessed active service as a Captain in 5/1 Scottish Division, R.A. in the Suakin operations of 1885, when he was present in the advance on 22 March in support of the Tofrek zareba, and in the advance on Tamaai (Medal & clasp; Khedive’s Star). Appointed an Instructor at the School of Gunnery in 1887, he was awarded the Royal Artillery Institution’s Duncan Prize Essay Gold Medal in the same year, and added the Institution’s Silver Medal to his accolades in 1892. Advanced to Major in the following year, he next served as Brigade-Major, R.A. at Gibraltar and, between 1898-99 as Military Attache in Madrid and Lisbon, the latter appointments gaining him the 2nd Class Spanish Order of Military Merit and the Portuguese Order of Aviz. Shortly afterwards, however, he was ordered to South Africa as a newly promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, where he was employed as a Special Service Officer, although he also served as Base Commandant at Port Elizabeth (January to February 1900) and Commandant at Naauwpoort and Zand River Camp (February to August 1900). Thereafter, until May 1902, he was actively employed in the Orange River Colony, including the action at Ladybrand (2-7 September 1900), Transvaal and Cape Colony, service that encompassed Command of a Column in the periods August 1900 to June 1901, and August 1901 to May 1902. He was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel and twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 16 April and 7 May 1901 refer), in addition to receiving the Queen’s Medal & 3 clasps and the King’s Medal & 2 clasps. Returning home at the end of hostilities, White took up appointment as D.A.Q.M.G. at Portsmouth, as D.A.A.G. at the War Office in 1903, and, in the rank of substantive Colonel, as Commandant of the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness in 1909. Latterly an Inspector Royal Garrison Artillery, he was awarded the C.B. in 1910 and placed on the Retired List in the honorary rank of Brigadier-General in March 1913. Recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly went out to France as D.A.Q.M.G., IV Corps, and remained employed in that capacity until 1916, adding five more “mentions” to his accolades (London Gazettes 17 February and 22 June 1915, 1 January and 15 June 1916, and 4 January 1917 refer), in addition to his C.M.G. The General retired to Hove, Sussex, where he died in June 1931, having in the interim added the Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John to his numerous honours.
A rare Second World War K.C.B., Great War Greek mainland operations D.S.C. group of seventeen awarded to Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his command of a seamen company in a costly action in Athens in December 1916, he rose to senior command in the 1939-45 War - including service as a Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East at the time of the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold, gilt and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; The Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, with swords, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, in its case of issue; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with bronze palm, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, and three sets of mounted tunic ribands, the centre-piece of the Orange Nassau breast star chipped, otherwise generally good very fine or better (Lot) £3500-4000 K.C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1945. D.S.C. London Gazette 23 March 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant A. F. E. Palliser was in charge of a detachment of Exmouth’s seamen at the Zappeion.’ Arthur Frances Eric Palliser was born in Richmond, London in July 1890 and was educated at Bradfield College, and the R.N.Cs Dartmouth and Greenwich. Appointed Sub. Lieutenant in March 1910, and advanced to Lieutenant one year later, he was commanding the destroyer H.M.S. Albacore on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Shortly thereafter, however, he came ashore to an appointment at the gunnery establishment Excellent, but he returned to sea in the flotilla leader Exmouth in February 1915, and witnessed active service in the Dardanelles. So, too, in the landing at Piraeus, Greece on 1 December 1916, when he had charge of the seaman company which came under fire from Greek troops, an incident described in detail in Blumberg’s Britain’s Sea Soldiers. On that day, an Anglo-French force comprising 3,000 seamen and marines landed at Piraeus in the early morning hours, and proceeded inland to occupy a variety of prominent defensive features - Palliser and his men were charged with taking possession of the Zappeion, about one kilometre east of the Acropolis, a task successfully accomplished in spite of intermittent fire throughout the day. Indeed local opposition proved costly, the Allied force suffering casualties of 60 officers and men killed, and 167 wounded, prior to a negotiated withdrawal back to the harbour at the end of the day. Palliser was awarded the D.S.C. and remained actively employed in the Exmouth until returning to the gunnery establishment Excellent in September 1917. His final wartime appointment was in the cruiser Comus, in which capacity he was employed from February 1918 until the end of hostilities. Gaining steady advancement between the Wars - thus to Commander in December 1924 and to Captain in June 1931 - he served as Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. China 1936-38, and, on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, was once more serving at the gunnery establishment Excellent. Then in May 1940, he was appointed to the command of the battleship Malaya, in which capacity he witnessed extensive action in the Mediterranean, up until March of the following year, when his command was seriously damaged by a torpedo strike delivered by the U-106 - due to heavy flooding, the battleship took on a list of 7 degrees, but Palliser managed to nurse her into port in Trinidad. In the interim, the Malaya had escorted assorted Malta convoys and carried out bombardments of Italian positions at Bardia in August 1940 and of Genoa harbour in February 1941, on which latter occasion one of her 15-inch armour piercing shells hit the south-east corner of the Genoa Cathedral’s nave - luckily the relatively soft masonry failed to detonate the fuse and the shell remains on view in the nave to this day. With Malaya effectively out of action for repairs, Palliser was advanced to Rear-Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East, in which capacity he remained employed until 1942, a period encompassing the loss of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. Much has been written about the loss of Force Z, so, too, of Palliser’s role as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, who was flying his flag in the Prince of Wales. To all intents and purposes, it fell to Palliser to “read” the movements being made by his senior at sea, radio contact being prohibited until the enemy had been joined in battle, and to provide his senior with intelligence reports. In the circumstances, therefore, Palliser actually performed his duties adequately, and, in fairness, the fateful decision not to engage the support of the Royal Air Force rested more heavily on the shoulders of Phillips - a conclusion reached by Patrick Mahoney and Martin Middlebrook in their definitive history - Battleship: ‘It is sometimes suggested that Rear-Admiral Palliser, Phillips’s Chief of Staff at Singapore, was the one to blame for the disaster that followed, having failed to read his commander’s mind and to arrange for air patrols to be over Force Z at Kuantan that morning. We cannot agree with this view. Palliser and Phillips had been together for six weeks, and Phillips had had ample opportunity to ensure that Palliser was ‘tuned in’ to his likely movements and needs. No one in Prince of Wales has ever stated that Admiral Phillips showed any sign of disappointment that Palliser failed to provide fighters for him that morning ... ‘ Appointed to the Staff of the C.-in-C. India later that year, Palliser was awarded the Grand Officer’s grade of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to the Dutch Navy while on detachment to the Staff of Admiral Hart, U.S.N. (London Gazette 19 January 1943); a “mention” for his good work in S.W. Pacific (London Gazette 2 February 1943), and the C.B. for his subsequent work as Flag Liaison Officer in Delhi (London Gazette 2 June 1943). Having then briefly commanded the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Palliser was advanced to Vice-Admiral in February 1944, and served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1944-46, work that led to his appointment to K.C.B., which insignia he received at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 8 February 1945. Latterly C.-in-C. East Indies Station, Palliser was advanced to Admiral in May 1947 and was placed on the Retired List in the following year. He died in Kensington, London in February 1956. Sold with Twelve Years’ Military Adventure, Volume I (London, 1829), with ink inscription, ‘A. F. E. Palliser, London, 1951’, together with The Order of Merit, by Stanley Martin (London, 2007), with author’s presentation inscription to Bridget Rendel.
A scarce Colonial Officer’s C.M.G. group of three awarded to H. S. Goldsmith, Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Nigeria Province 1918-21 The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (H. S. Goldsmith, P.D.N.N.); French Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, generally good very fine (3) £1200-1500 Ex Richard Magor Collection. C.M.G. London Gazette 14 June 1912. Herbert Symons Goldsmith was born in August 1873 and was educated at Cranbrook and at Eastbourne College. Entering the Colonial Civil Service in 1899, he was appointed an Assistant Resident in Northern Nigeria in 1901. By the outbreak of the hostilities with the Mimshi tribe in 1906, he had risen to 1st Class Resident. The 1906 operations took place during Winston Churchill’s time as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and had his original assessment of the situation been accepted, Residents such as Goldsmith would never have been called to an operational footing. In Churchill’s view, news of the murder of an African trader and his family by Mimshi tribesmen was nothing to get excited about. Indeed he famously cabled Sir Frederick Lugard, ‘I see no reason ... why these savage tribes should not be allowed to eat each other without restraint.’ But since the Mimshi made the fatal error of laying waste the Royal Niger Company’s depot at the same place, local opinion won the day. Exactly what role Goldsmith played in the operations remains unknown, but we may be sure that the news of the murder of his fellow Residents, Messrs. H. R. Preston-Hillary and A.G.M. Scott, with Lieutenant F. E. Blackwood, focused his endeavours. Goldsmith was created a C.M.G. shortly before his elevation to Acting Chief Secretary in 1912, and ended his career with a stint as Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Nigeria Province between 1918-21. Retiring to Chichester, Sussex, he kept himself busy with such appointments as Chairman of the West Africa Exhibition Committee between 1924-25. Goldsmith died in March 1945. Who was Who confirms his entitlement to the French Legion of Honour. Goldsmith died in March 1945.
A well-documented and important Second World War C.B.E., Great War Royal Naval Division Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Air Commodore C. O. F. Modin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Marines and Royal Flying Corps, who was decorated for being among a handful of men to evade internment in Holland, witnessed further action with the R.N.D. in Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, and afterwards qualified as a pilot in the R.F.C.: an Air Commodore in Singapore by 1941, he was taken P.O.W. after an A.S.R. Launch was sunk by enemy aircraft - and his subsequent experiences as a prisoner, including witness statements of war crimes, are fully described in the extensive report he delivered on his liberation The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914; 1914 Star, with slide-on clasp (Sub. Lieut. C. O. F. Modin, R.N.V.R., Benbow Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. O. F. Modin, R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, the Great War awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (10) £6000-8000 C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941. D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1915. Charles Oscar Frithriof Modin was born in January 1889 and educated at Sevenoaks Grammar School and in France. A pre-war member of the London Division, R.N.V.R., who qualified as a Swedish interpreter in 1909, he was mobilised as a Sub. Lieutenant in August 1914 and, shortly afterwards, embarked for Dunkirk, and thence by rail to Fort No. 4 near Antwerp, with Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division. And it was in this capacity that he won his D.S.C., for withdrawing with a party of his men along the Dutch frontier and avoiding internment. An old typescript account of his journey to freedom, written by a fellow officer, is included, and from which the following extracts have been taken: ‘I shall never forget my nights at Fort 4. We didn’t know then what power was in front of us. But we did get our first knowledge of modern artillery as the German shells whizzed into us and over us. Mostly over us in Antwerp. What a sight behind us! There appeared to be a vast mileage of flames ... It was a bad night, especially when we found, at about 2 in the morning, that we had been left behind. The Division had retired, in accordance with plans, and the order hadn’t reached ‘B’ Company in Fort 4. Well, well - it was a bit of a blow, but somebody always fits into these starts. In this case it was M. [Modin]. What a small hero he was! And how some of us tried to fit in with him. That assembly in the dark. “Get’em together boys, we’ve got to get out of this somehow.” No maps, no knowledge. What a war! However, we did manage to pack ourselves together, and marched out in decent order from Fort 4. We left behind one Belgian officer of artillery (I salute that officer), who was the sole occupant. All his men had left him. And so back to Antwerp, a blaze of fire now in front of us. It was a dreadful march, with shells falling round us and whizzing over us all the time ... And so on, on. We fell in with a wretched little Belgian cyclist (we thought he was a spy) and collared him good and hearty. Anyhow, he didn’t want to guide us at all, but S. and I, with bayonets very near his left and right kidney, showed him a far better way. And so on to Antwerp ... The city was deserted. The oil tanks at Hoboken a mass of flames. The only bridge over the Sheldt (a pontoon one) sunk by Belgian gunfire. So there again, we were stuck again. Or were we? Good heavens, no! Why M., who didn’t know two words of French, got busy again and lo and behold, “Penny Steamers” and tugs appeared to take us to Fort St. Marie. It was here that I got my first wound in the War, a bit of shell that sliced my shin ... And so to Fort Marie we went, where the authorities were opening the sluices to flood the country. We disembarked, and then had to march, or walk, by which we arrived on the Belgo-Dutch frontier, where a lot of our troops were going into Holland, under orders, for internment. That was dreadful to see our fellows handing over their rifles, ammunition and equipment and so not to be lost for who knows how long? It wasn’t at all a nice idea after what we had struggled through, and didn’t appeal to M. or S., or myself at all, so we cheerfully revolted. This was rather disastrous, temporarily, because M. was promptly put under arrest for refusing to be interned ... A contretemps, this, which was soon overcome by M. and escort, silently and stealthily deserting the Dutch frontier, with about 25 other stouthearts, for pastures new. And so we met at the back of the village, in a Belgian soldiers’ billet, and eat and drank horse soup with those good lads. What a meal! It was the first, excepting raw sugar-beet, we had eaten for about four days ... But we had no maps and the idea was to get to a port - we had a very big palaver. We must keep together (this 30). We must keep near the Dutch frontier (We would not go over the Dutch frontier). And so on pave roads littered with refugees, Belgian soldiers, and every kind of “odd and end” you can imagine, we got through St. Gillaes, Waesse, Stekene, Moerbeke, a host of small villages, and then to Salzaete, where we got a train to Ostend. I believe it was the last train through, but I’ve never had this confirmed. And thus the small 30 arrived at Ostend to be welcomed by all the Staff there, and fed ... ‘ Having received his resultant D.S.C. at a Buckingham Palace investiture on 13 January 1915, Modin transferred to the Royal Marines and witnessed further active service with the R.N.D. in Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, but in 1916 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, qualifying for his Aviator’s Certificate in January 1917. Ending the War as a Captain in the Royal Air Force, he was posted to Felixstowe in 1920, at which station he was lucky to survive a flying accident that April, Seaplane No. 4044 crashing nose first into the sea about a mile from the beach - four members of crew were killed, including the well-known aviator Squadron Leader E. R. Moon, but Modin and a fellow officer survived with minor injuries. Advanced to Flight Lieutenant in November 1923, he went on to serve in aircraft carriers on attachment to the Fleet Air Arm. Steady promotion followed, too, and he was appointed a Group Captain in 1935, his early wartime appointments including service as Station C.O. of R.A.F. Feltwell, Norfolk, scene of at least two royal visits during his period of command, one by H.M. the King and another by H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester. Further appointments in Egypt, Malta and Iraq having followed, he was appointed C.B.E. and advanced to Air Commodore in March 1941, shortly before his arrival at H.Q. Singapore as Air Officer Administration. And it was here, after attempting to escape the Japanese in an R.A.F. launch, that he was taken P.O.W. on 15 February 1942, an incident neatly summarised by Christopher Shores and Brian Cull in Bloody Shambles (Volume II - the Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma): During the afternoon of the 15th, one of the Air-Sea-Rescue launches (H.S.L. 105) which had departed Singapore with A.H.Q. Staff on board, including Air Commodore C. O. F. Modin, Group Captain E. B. Rice (former A.O.C. 224 Group), Wing Commander R. A. Chignell (former O.C. Kallang) and Squadron Leaders Wilf Clouston and Frank Howell, former commanders of 488 and 243 Squadrons respectively, was attacked seven times in the Banka Strait. A direct bomb hit after about 20 minutes severely damaged the craft, a splinter kill
An unusual Great War civil C.B.E. pair awarded to Colonel W. W. Grierson, Chief Engineer, Great Western Railway, late Engineer and Railway Staff Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major W. W. Grierson), together with a Great Western Railway Pass, 1st Class(All Stations), gilt and enamel, named to ‘Mr. W. W. Grierson’, and the reverse officially numbered ‘S. 111’, the last with minor enamel chip, generally good very fine (3) £350-400 C.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ William Wylie Grierson, who was educated at Rugby, served as Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1904-23 and, in his capacity as a Major in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, was embarked for France in May 1917 - as confirmed by his MIC entry, he subsequently qualified for a single British War Medal 1914-20. Having attained the rank of Colonel, and been awarded his C.B.E. for his wartime services as Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway Company, he served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1929-30.
An important D.S.O., O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colonel E. E. `Bullfrog` Wilford, commanding 13th (Barnsley Pals) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, on 1 July 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major E. E. Wilford, 30th Lancers); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. E. E. Wilford); Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. E. E. Wilford) mounted for display, good very fine (5) £2400-2800 D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January, 1917. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June, 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Edmund Ernest Wilford was the son of Colonel Edmund Percival Wilford, late Gloucestershire Regiment. He was educated at Clifton College. He joined the East Yorkshire Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant in 1896 and transferred to the Indian Army two years later. He served as a Major and Squadron Commander, 30th Lancers (Gordon`s Horse) with the Indian Corps in France 1914. On 11 November 1915, Wilford was given command of the new raised Barnsley Pals Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. The Pals had finished their training in England and Wilford was to lead them to action in France where they were to suffer enormous casualties, especially on the first day of the battle of the Somme. He was to become respected by the men for his no-nonsense approach and his willingness to see for himself how things were going at the sharp end of operations. He was known amongst the men as `Bullfrog` and from Brigade Headquarters earned the nickname of `The Swashbuckler.` After the disaster on the Somme Lieutenant-Colonel Wilford sent the following letter back to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Hewitt: ‘France 11th July, 1916.’ ‘ My Dear Hewitt, The 13th Y & L have covered themselves with glory, and you who raised the Battalion should indeed be pleased. They have added a page to history. The way the Regiment advanced through an intense artillery barrage and machine gun fire to the attack equals any deed done in the War. No faltering or wavering, each man pressing on to his objective as steadily as if on parade. Our casualties were very heavy, but we have the consolation they feel in the hour of victory. I would like you to let the people of Barnsley know that every lad who fought that day was a hero. The Battalion has been congratulated by many - the Corps Commander, the Divisional General, and by our Brigadier on its gallantry, and I am the proudest man in France.` Wilford was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in January 1917, and was wounded by an exploding shell in May of the same year. His D.S.O. was almost certainly in recognition of his services on the Somme. He saw out the last days of the war with the Royal Defence Corps in his old rank of Major, for which service he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1919.
The well-documented and remarkable Second World War M.B.E., Great War M.C. and Bar, D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander J. H. Norton, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Essex Yeomanry, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, whose published account of his experiences in the Palestine campaign 1917-18 include frequent mention of personal encounters with Lawrence of Arabia - among them the occasion he flew the great man to a desert rendezvous and his direct part in one of his classic “Train Wrecking” operations The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse privately engraved, ‘Capt. John Hamilton Norton, France 1917, Bar Palestine 1918’; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Flight Lieut. John Hamilton Norton, Palestine 1918’; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. J. H. Norton, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1105 Pte. J. H. Norton, Essex Yeo.); Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf, silver, generally good very fine (9) £25000-30000 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. M.C. London Gazette 26 May 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He reconnoitred the enemy’s wire at the height of 300 feet, and brought back most valuable information. He has at all times displayed great courage and skill.’ Bar to M.C. London Gazette 22 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While he was carrying out observation for an important artillery shoot, two hostile aeroplanes endeavoured to interfere. These he at once attacked and drove off, afterwards continuing his observation for the shoot, during which two hostile emplacements were destroyed. His dash and determination contributed greatly to the success of the operation.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 8 February 1919: ‘On all occasions this officer displays gallantry and devotion to duty, notably on 29 July, when, in co-operation with our artillery, he carried out a shoot against two anti-aircraft pits. On approaching this target Captain Norton was wounded in the left foot; notwithstanding this, he continued the shoot, and succeeded in destroying both pits, thereby putting out of action two hostile guns.’ John Hamilton “Jocko” Norton was born in Southend, Essex in October 1896 and, after leaving school, was employed as an insurance broker at Lloyds of London. Enlisting in the Essex Yeomanry as a Trooper in August 1914, he was commissioned in the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, via the Special List, that November, but remained employed in the U.K. until transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and gaining his Royal Aero Club Certificate in February 1916. France Posted to No. 12 Squadron out in France in July of the same year, he completed around 80 operational sorties before being transferred to No. 13 Squadron in March 1917, Army co-operation work that comprised bombing raids and spotting for the artillery, in addition to photography, and hazardous work, too, as evidenced by the following extracts taken from his Flying Log Book: 28 July 1916 - an attack on a bridge in the Somme region: ‘Bombs fell near railway track. A.A. very good. Lt. Watkins caught fire from direct hit. Own fuselage badly shot.’ 29 August 1916: ‘Bombed Bois de Loupart. Attacked by hostile machine - two rounds through cockpit, one through coat. Forced landing. Ran into telephone pole. Crashed machine’s wings dismantled.’ 15 September 1916: ‘Bombed Bapaume. Squadron came down to 500 feet. Tyson hit. Archie and Onions very bad. 20 hostile machines. Recrossed at 1000.’ 17 September 1916: ‘Bombed Marcoing station. Blew up large ammunition dump on railway line. Formation attacked south of Cambrai by about 40 hostile machines. Honey and Patterson lost. Four F.Es lost from escort.’ In March 1917, Norton transferred to No. 13 Squadron as a Flight Commander, which appointment quickly led to the award of his first M.C. for gallant work during the battle of Arras in the following month, namely the above cited low-level mission of which his Flying Log Book states: 7 April 1917: ‘Wire reconnaissance. Examined wire from 200-400 feet four miles behind line. Engine and machine badly hit by M.G. fire - awarded Military Cross.’ Just a couple of days later, on the 9th, his BE2e was hit by shellfire and he was compelled to make a crash-landing, though he and his Observer, Captain T. L. Tibbs, emerged unscathed from the wreckage. While on the 28th, during a contact patrol, his aircraft was attacked by five enemy machines, the resultant damage causing another rapid descent. But pilot and Observer once more emerged unscathed, Norton in fact going on to complete around 60 operational sorties before being ordered back to the U.K. to take up appointment as an instructor at the Central Flying School at Upavon in June. Palestine A brief home appointment in No. 62 Squadron having followed in August-September 1917, Norton was next posted to the Middle East, where he joined No. 113 Squadron in Palestine, a component, in common with No. 14 Squadron, of 5th Corps Wing. Moreover, his name appeared on a list of pilots attached to the following Routine Order: `The following officers are detached for special duty and will proceed immediately to headquarters of the Arab forces near Akabah. All officers upon arrival will report to Colonel T. E. Lawrence, or his representatives in Akabah, attached to the headquarters of Shereef Feisal, and will remain under their orders during forthcoming operations.` Thus ensued a memorable chapter in his active service career, a chapter described at length in a series of articles that were subsequently published in The Liberty magazine in America in 1934 - ‘I Flew Lawrence in War-Crazed Arabia, by Captain John H. Norton, as told by J. B. L. Lawrence’. As a result of lacking dates it would be difficult to corroborate these articles against his Flying Log Book, but the following extracts are illustrative of his encounters with Lawrence: On arrival at Lawrence’s Headquarters near Akabah ‘Lawrence came among us and greeted us heartily. I was to learn later that he never shook hands and hated to be touched in any way. Another amazing thing about the man that I noted from the first was that he never looked any one in the face. Instead he stared at one`s shoes intently .... I watched Lawrence carefully. His face interested me. It seemed to change with every word he spoke. It was the most mobile face I have ever seen. He couldn`t have been more than 27 or 28, yet I felt the force and strength of personality that I was to see accomplish so much later. His bluish-grey eyes, rather deeply set, reflected humour and at the same time were strangely hard. They seemed almost held in place by his unusually high cheek bones.` Under Lawrence’s watchful eye at a formal dinner with Feisal `The sheik beside me suddenly turned to me and grunted happily. Then he thrust in his fist and brought out the smoking liver. He handed it to me. I had my hands full. But a quick glance from Lawrence and a slight nod told me that I must not refuse. It was a gesture of friendliness. I took the liver and jammed it down my throat. It was no hard task - I was so hungry! Lawrence kept looking at me and signified by smacking his lips that I was to show pleasure at the gift. I smacked my lips and grunted. It pleased the sheikh so much that he offered me another bit and another ....` Piloting Lawrence and a “Train Wrecking” Mission ‘I was ready and waiting at dawn the next morning. During the night an army lorry had brought two little wooden boxes from the railway station for Lawrence, and he had thes
A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain Thomas Greenwood, King’s African Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nandi 1905-06 (Lieut. & Q.M., 4/K.A.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.) minor edge bruising, very fine (3) £500-550 M.B.E. London Gazette 18 November 1918; transferred to the ‘Military Division’, London Gazette 15 April 1919. ‘T./Capt., late E.A. Forces’. Thomas Greenwood was born on 23 October 1855. After service in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, he was appointed a Warrant Officer in the Uganda Militia for the Uganda Rifles Stores Depot, Mombassa, in January 1899. Served in Nandi, April 1899. Departed Mumia’s on operation in Unyoro in December 1899. Appointed Honorary Lieutenant in October 1900 and was Acting Paymaster, resident at Entebbe in November 1900. His commission was approved in December 1900. Appointed Quartermaster, Transport Officer, Commissariat, Resident at Military H.Q. Kampala, in May 1901. Served as Quartermaster for the 4th Battalion King’s African Rifles 1903-04. Promoted to Captain, serving at Entebbe, in February 1905. Latterly served with the Uganda Police as Quartermaster. During the war was appointed to the temporary rank of captain (London Gazette 4 April 1916). Awarded the M.B.E. for his wartime services. Captain Greenwood died on the Isle of Wight on 30 June 1936. With some copied research.
A fine Great War ‘minesweeping operations’ D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Bird, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded 1916 Lieut. Commander J. Collis Bird. Presented by H.M. George V. Aug. 1917’, hallmarks for London 1916; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. J. C. Bird, R.I.M.S. Minto); 1914 Star (Lieut. J. C. Bird, D.S.C. R.N. Transport Staff); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt. Commr. J. C. Bird R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Royal Humane Society Medal, small, silver, successful (Lieut. James C. Bird R.N. 21st Dec. 1915) mounted for display, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine or better, and a scarce 1914 Star (10) £1800-2200 D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. ‘In recognition of bravery and devotion to duty during minesweeping operations’. James Collis Bird entered the Royal Indian Marine as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1907 and subsequently served as a Lieutenant aboard R.I.M.S. Minto in operations in the Persian Gulf 1909-14. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in September 1914. He served on the minesweepers Ravenswood and Glen Avon from July 1915. In command of the latter he was involved in a daring rescue during December 1915. The following account taken from the R.H.S. Case Book for 1916 (Case No. 42272), ‘At 3.50 pm on 21st December 1915, H.M. Minesweeper 186 (Lady Ismay) was struck by a mine and blown up about one mile N.W. of the Longsand Light Vessel. Minesweeper 185 (Glen Avon), commanded by Lieut. James C. Bird, approached as near as possible to pick up survivors, but she had lowered her boats two to three hundred yards away so that if she herself struck a mine they would be ready in the water to give help. While thus a considerable distance ahead of her boats, two men named Baines and Petterson were seen struggling and trying to hold onto small pieces of wreckage. Lieut. Bird left the bridge and diving off the forecastle head swam to the two men. A lifebelt was floating about 10 yards away, and this he secured and tied to Patterson, whom he then assisted to a larger piece of wreckage. Baines was now very much exhausted, and Lieut. Bird supported him with one hand and with the other held on to the wreckage on which Patterson was until all were picked up by the boats after being about fifteen minutes in the water’. For his services he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal. Later in the war he served on the gunboat Leda and paddle minesweeper Aiglon and was in command of the minesweeper Saltash from September 1918 and Cotillion from April 1919. For his services with minesweepers during the early years of the war, he was awarded the D.S.C. After the Great War he went to Australia where he was appointed a Lieutenant Commander on the Emergency List of the Permanent Naval Forces of Australia. In 1940 he left the R.A.N. and returned to the U.K. and was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy serving on Fortitude, Clyde and Nemo. With a folder of copied research.
A fine Second World War C.B.E. and Lloyd’s Bravery Medal pair awarded to Captain Charles Fox for gallantry on the occasion of the sinking of the S.S. Orcades by the U-172 in October 1942; as Master of the ship he was the last to leave as she sank three hours after the first attack The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co case of issue; Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Captain Charles Fox, S.S. “Orcades”, 10th October 1942) in its original gilt embossed case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500 C.B.E. London Gazette 2 March 1943: ‘For services when the ship was torpedoed and sunk.’ ‘The ship, sailing alone, was torpedoed. At the time a moderate gale was blowing and the sea was rough with a very heavy swell. Later the ship was again torpedoed, and the Master [Fox] decided to get away the passengers and the majority of the crew in the boats. Those remaining on board made valiant efforts to save the ship but they were frustrated by further attacks and she finally sank about three hours after the first attack. As the ship was sinking, the Master and the crew remaining on board abandoned her. In his determined efforts to save his ship, the Master showed great courage and leadership of a high order. He was the last to leave and assisted two men to saftey when swimming towards a raft.’ Lloyd’s War Medal Lloyd’s List & Shipping Gazette 14 October 1943: published with a condensed version of the above official citation. The S.S. Orcades, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, was torpedoed by U-172 and sunk in the South Atlantic on 10 October 1942. The following account is given in David Masters’ In Peril on the Sea: ‘The liner Orcades with 711 passengers and 354 officers and crew was steaming alone at speed in a moderate gale with rough seas and a heavy swell when a U-boat caught her on October 10, 1942. It did not take Captain C. Fox long to find out that she was badly holed. The possibility of keeping her afloat was so uncertain that it was essential to get the passengers into the boats without delay. The order sent the crew to their boat stations at the double and the operation began to go like clockwork. It was plain from the way the men worked under the supervision of the Boatswain, J. Murphy, and the quiet orders of the Chief Officer, R. J. Craddock, that the boat drill had not been wasted on them. In the most orderly manner the passengers were passed into the boats which were quickly and safely launched upon the rough seas. The engineers still remained at their posts in the engine-room while Captain Fox sought to find out the full extent of the damage. He was keen to keep the Orcades afloat. Having embarked his passengers in safety, Captain Fox and his chosen men strove to save the liner. They had no chance. The U-boat saw to that. After striving for three hours to keep her afloat, the Master gave the order to abandon ship and the men jumped overboard to the rafts. The last to leave as she was sliding under was Captain Fox who, seeing two men in trouble as he was swimming towards a raft, helped them both to safety. Over a thousand human beings were left tossing about on rough seas in lifeboats and rafts in the middle of the ocean. They had escaped from the sinking ship, but whether they would escape with their lives was still uncertain. Signals had been sent out, but had they been received? If so, how far away was the nearest ship and could she reach them before the storm grew worse and started to take its toll of them? Those were the questions which Captain Zawarda of the Polish ship Narvik hastened to answer as he steamed to the rescue, while the Chief Officer of the Orcades did his best to keep the boats within hailing distance of each other. It was no easy task, for wind and wave are factors over which man has no control, yet his encouraging words permeated through the little fleet of lifeboats and rafts and did much to sustain the spirits of the survivors. For aught Captain Zawarda knew, he was himself steaming to destruction. If the U-boat were still in the area where she had sunk the Orcades, the German commander would certainly do his best to make the Narvik his next target. The risk was one which had to be run and Captain Zawarda accepted it without question. When the Narvik eventually came upon the first boat, the task of snatching up the survivors proved to be very long and difficult owing to the rough seas. Chief Officer Chelminski, however, who took control of the rescue operations, handled them so skilfully that he and his men succeeded in getting them on board safely. Then the search began in earnest, for by now the boats were widely separated. To and fro and round about the Narvik steamed, coming on a boat here, a raft there, stopping to pick up the survivors and succour them when they were on board. Captain Zawarda would not give up. For hour after hour he scoured the mounting seas and the number of survivors on board his ship increased from five hundred to six hundred. He now knew that all the boats had managed to get away. Unless some of them had capsized, there were others still to be accounted for. He held doggedly to his search and the survivors mounted to eight hundred. As the hours went on it crept up to nine hundred. All the time there was the risk that the U-boat which had destroyed the Orcades would come on the scene and attack the Narvik. Captain Zawarda was only too aware of it, but the mission of mercy he was carrying out far outweighed all risks and personal considerations. He would not give up. So long as he believed that any human being was adrift on that inhospitable sea, he was determined to find him. When at length, after a final look round, he was convinced that his self-imposed task was over, he set course for port. That long-sustained rescue operation which lasted twelve hours ranks among the finest rescue operations of the war. Captain Zawarda and his crew saved almost the whole complement of those on board the Orcades when she was sunk. Some of the engine-room staff who jumped into the sea at the last moment did not survive, but of the 1,065 people on board, Captain Zawarda rescued 1,021, for which fine feat he was awarded Lloyd’s War Medal, as was Captain Fox of the Orcades for getting all his passengers off the ship and making such a prolonged and plucky effort to save her.’
‘In 1963, Australian Army Captain Barry Petersen was sent to Vietnam. It was one of the most tightly held secrets of the Vietnam War: long before combat troops set foot there and under the command of the C.I.A., Petersen was ordered to train and lead guerilla squads of Montagnard tribesmen against the Viet Cong in the remote Central Highlands. Petersen successfully formed a fearsome militia, named the ‘Tiger Men’. A canny leader, he was courageous in battle, and his bravery saw him awarded the coveted Military Cross and worshipped by the hill tribes. But his success created enemies, not just within the Viet Cong. Like Marlon Brando’s character in Apocalypse Now, some in the C.I.A. saw Petersen as having gone native. His refusal, when asked, to turn his Tiger Men into assassins as part of the notorious C.I.A. Phoenix Program only strengthened that belief. The C.I.A. strongly resented anyone who stood in their way. Some in U.S. Intelligence were determined Petersen had to go. He was lucky to make it out of the mountains alive.’ The Tiger Man of Vietnam, by Frank Walker (Hachette, Australia, 2009), refers. The highly important and incredible Vietnam M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. “Barry” Petersen, a guerilla warfare expert and member of the Australian Special Forces “Army Training Team Vietnam”, who was dubbed by the media as “Lawrence of the Highlands” following his extraordinary leadership of a highly motivated force of Montagnard tribesmen - respectfully known by the Viet Cong as “Tiger Men” - in numerous hit and run missions in Darlac Province, a role originally sponsored by the C.I.A. but subsequently abandoned amidst claims of him having developed a ‘personality cult’ in a scenario reminiscent of the fictional character Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now: but as recounted by Petersen in his compelling memoir, Tiger Men, An Australian Soldier’s Secret War in Vietnam, the Montagnard remained loyal to him to the end, bestowing on him the title Dam San, after a legendary warrior, and making him a Paramount Tribal Chief Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1965’; Australian Active Service Medal, 3 clasps, Vietnam, Malaysia, Malaya (13668 A. B. Petersen); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (1/3668 A. B. Petersen); Campaign Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Vietnam, Borneo (13668 A. B. Petersen); Vietnam Medal 1964-73, with M.I.D. oak leaf (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, Thai-Malay (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Defence Force Service Medal, clasp, E.II.R. (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian National Medal, with Bar (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Defence Medal (13668 A. B. Petersen); Australian Anniversary of National Service 1951-72 (1708727 A. B. Petersen); South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, with two Silver Stars; South Vietnam Medal 1964, with ‘1960’ clasp (13668 A. B. Petersen); Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal (13668 A. B. Petersen), mounted as worn, together with unit commendation riband bar, Infantry Combat Badge and “Tiger Men” beret badge, generally good very fine (16) £60000-80000 M.C. London Gazette 29 October 1965: ‘Captain Petersen graduated from the Officer Cadet School at Portsea on 17 December 1954. Since his graduation, Captain Petersen has served as a Platoon Commander with National Service Trainees and as a Platoon Commander with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Captain Petersen’s service with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment included three years service in Malaya from 1959 to 1961. Captain Petersen was a Company Second-in-Command with the First Recruit Training Battalion at Kapooka until his assignment to the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in August 1963. Captain Petersen’s assignment as a member of the Australian Training Team Vietnam involves advice on the administration, training and operational employment of Montagnard personnel in Darlac Province. He was so occupied when the Montagnard Revolt of September 1964 broke out. During this revolt, in which several thousand heavily armed Montagnard soldiers were deployed against the provincial capital of Ban Me Thuot, Captain Petersen was required to prepare for the initial contact with the rebel tribesmen. On the afternoon of 20 September 1964, the first day of the revolt, he conducted a small party of intermediaries to the hamlet of Boun Enao. This involved passing through a prepared ambush. Having detected this, he dismounted from his vehicle, located the ambush commander, and persuaded him to permit the party’s onward movement. He was then required to approach the rebel stronghold and obtain admittance for the party. This he did, in gathering darkness and under conditions of extreme sensitivity involving a high degree of personal risk. Having gained admittance, by his own powers of persuasion he brought together the local leaders for talks with the intermediaries. The talks were successful, and paved the way for the eventual peaceful return of the Montagnard personnel to their proper duties. This most fortunate outcome is substantially attributable to the personnel influence of Captain Petersen, and to the high degree of courage displayed by him in effecting the necessary contacts.’ Citation for the South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star: ‘Captain Petersen served as Senior Advisor to the Darlac Sector Truong Son Force in the period August 1963 to August 1965. During this period Captain Petersen rendered an outstanding service to the Government of Vietnam by giving sound advice on the organisation, training and operations of the Truong Son Force. The outstanding success which the Truong Son Force has attained in combat actions against the Viet Cong is attributed to his vast knowledge of military operations and his wealth of military experience. Captain Petersen has on numerous occasions accompanied the Truong Son Force on combat operations and, without exception, the influence of his presence, advice and leadership, ensured complete and total success of these operations. The Truong Son Force has attained one of the best combat records in Vietnam by inflicting heavy casualties and equipment losses on the Viet Cong while sustaining minimum of friendly losses. Captain Petersen’s great contribution has been and will continue to be an inspiration to the people of Vietnam in their struggle to remain a free nation. In view of his outstanding service to the Republic of South Vietnam, Captain Petersen is awarded the Cross of Gallantry, with Silver Star.’ Citation for the Second Silver Star to the South Vietnam Cross of Gallantry: ‘Major Petersen arrived in Vietnam on 29 April 1970 as Officer Commanding, ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. Since his arrival in this country, Major Petersen has commanded ‘C’ Company continuously on operations. During its service so far in Phuoc Tuy Province, ‘C’ Company has killed 21 Viet Cong and captured four prisoners. In October 1970, ‘C’ Company located the tracks of 120 men of the Viet Cong Chau Duc District Headquarters and the Chi (Local Force) Company which were followed for 15,000 metres through difficult secondary jungle until contact was made. In the ensuing actions, the enemy were scattered and prevented from re-organising. Major Petersen’s aggressive leadership and skilful handling of his Company were largely responsible for the disruption and withdrawal of the enemy force for re-organisation and re-training from the area normally used by it. His knowledge of the enemy’s methods, and his own tactical knowledge, have contributed greatly to the success of his Company in operations.’ Arthur Barry Petersen joined the Australian Army in July 1954, gr
Sold by Order of the Recipient’s Direct Descendants Robert Mugabe: “Why are your men trying to kill me?” Lieutenant-General Peter Walls: “If they were my men you would be dead.” The highly important Malaya Emergency and Rhodesia “Bush War” group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., arguably one of the greatest counter-insurgency leaders of modern times, who, having commanded ‘C’ Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment in Malaya, rose to the command of the Rhodesian Army under Ian Smith during the U.D.I. and briefly of the Zimbabwe Armed Forces under Robert Mugabe on independence in 1980 - at one time he had 45,000 men under his command and his protracted defence of Rhodesia must surely rank as one of the finest military achievements of all time Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, in silver, officially numbered ‘0110’, with its case of issue; Rhodesian Grand Officer of the Legion of Merit (G.L.M.), neck badge and breast star, in silver, gilt and enamel, the latter fitted with four loops to reverse for wearing and in its case of issue; Rhodesian Officer of the Legion of Merit (O.L.M.), breast badge, gilt and enamel, in its case of issue; Rhodesian Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (D.C.D.) (Lt. Gen. G. P. Walls), with its case of issue; Rhodesian General Service Medal (Brig. G. P. Walls); Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal, with Bar (Brig. G. P. Walls); The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major C. P. Walls, S. Rhod. Mil. F.), note first initial; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn where applicable, together with a set of uniform tunic ribands, minor official correction to unit on the G.S.M., otherwise generally good very fine (11) £30000-40000 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 May 1953. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Walls has commanded the Rhodesian Squadron in the 22 S.A.S. since its arrival in Malaya in 1951. Although he is young and has no previous experience of commanding a unit of this size, his work had been quite outstanding; the Squadron has been absorbed into a British Army unit most successfully. The success of the scheme initiated by the Southern Rhodesian Government, whereby Southern Rhodesians were made available to fight against the communists in the Far East, is, in the case of the present Squadron, due to a great extent to the untiring efforts of Major Walls. He has set a very high standard of conduct, determination and courage throughout his tour with the Regiment, and his qualities of leadership are such that the Squadron has developed into a first rate fighting unit.’ George Peter Walls was born in Southern Rhodesia in July 1926, the son of one of the colony’s pioneer pilots, George Walls, who had served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the Great War. Educated at Plumtree School, Peter, as he was known, entered Sandhurst towards the end of the 1939-45 War, and was commissioned in the Black Watch, but, on learning that he was to be transferred to another regiment, chose to resign and ‘return to my beloved Rhodesia rather than serve in any regiment other than the Black Watch.’ With the S.A.S. in Malaya 1951-53 Commissioned into the Northern Rhodesia Regiment on his return, he was just 24 years of age when in early 1951 he was given command the Southern Rhodesia Far East Volunteer Unit (S.R.F.E.V.U.), afterwards designated ‘C’ Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), an unusual appointment for one so young, as recalled by Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey in S.A.S. Rhodesia, by Jonathan Pittaway and Craig Fourie: ‘S.R.F.E.V.U. was placed under the command of Lieutenant Peter Walls, a young Staff Corps officer who had served in the British Army with the Black Watch. He was appointed Temporary Captain to signify his position as the senior officer in the unit. As a Squadron Commander’s rank is that of Major, he was then appointed Acting Major. The intention was that on arrival in Malaya, a British Major would be appointed Squadron Commander of ‘C’ Squadron, and Major Walls would revert to the rank of Temporary Captain. This never happened, so the young Lieutenant, Temporary Captain, Acting Major Walls still in his twenties had the responsibility of being an operational commander for the complete duration of his Far East tour. I have no doubt that this experience stood him in good stead during the years that followed and in due course enabled him to become the supreme commander of the Rhodesian Forces.’ ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), arrived in the Far East in March 1951, where it was once more re-designated, this time as ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, 22 S.A.S. Regiment, and Walls quickly set to work in training his men in readiness for the jungle warfare ahead, himself being an early member of the team which carried out experimental “tree-jumping” as a means of entry into the deep jungle terrain. Mick Coetzee, another contributor to S.A.S. Rhodesia, takes up the story: ‘The answer was to drop directly into the jungle and since clearings were almost non-existent, dropping into trees was the only way. A member of ‘C’ Squadron was tasked with studying tree-jumping. The first experiment was conducted in a rubber plantation. Another experiment was to drop from a helicopter and this was actually tried over water. The difficulty was that there was no slipstream to assist in the development of the chute. Using helicopters was also expensive. The biggest helicopter in service was the S55 which had a ten-man capacity. Getting down to the ground from the tree was a problem. A hand-over-hand descent using knotted rope was successful but the physical effort required left the soldier almost exhausted on the reaching the ground. The hobby of the Regiment’s Medical Officer at the time was climbing in the Swiss Alps and he came up with the idea of the abseiling technique for making the tree-to-ground descent. For training purposes a scaffold was erected in camp and individuals were taught the technique. An experiment with the technique in the jungle proved successful. Unfortunately Peter Walls was wounded in the lower jaw at the moment the helicopter touched down on the helipad. It was speculated that the pieces of metal extracted from his jaw and lower face had come from the helicopter rotor which broke on touchdown.’ By January 1952, Walls - recovered from his injuries - was ready to take ‘C’ Squadron into action from a new base at Sungei Besi camp in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, the Rhodesians mounted no less than four operations in the months ahead, namely “Helsby” in Perak, “League” in Pahang, “Copley” in Kelantan and “Hive” in Negri Sembilan. In Rhodesia S.A.S., Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey describes the type of conditions the Squadron faced on such operations: ‘From the moment we stepped into the jungle until we returned to base we got soaked, and stayed wet, from the humidity, crossing rivers and swamps, and the soaking vegetation caused by monsoon rains. In that humidity, one has to learn to cope with impetigo skin diseases including ringworm, leeches and other ailments. Insect and leech bites began to fester, and ringworm, many forms of eczema, and athlete’s foot resulted in widespread ulceration of the skin. Ointments only aggravated rotting fleah, so where possible penicillin wound powder was applied to open sores. With our operational dress torn and rotting, and stinking of sweat, rifle oil and decaying vegetation, it was common practice to burn our clothes on returning to base. For a while troops returning to base from operations looked rather like clowns: wearing just P.T. shorts, sandal
The mounted group of miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., Rhodesian Army, late Special Air Service Regiment, comprising: Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, silver type; Rhodesian Legion of Merit (G.L.M.); Rhodesian Legion of Merit (O.L.M.); Rhodesian Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (D.C.D.); Rhodesian General Service Medal; Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military), type 2; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R.; Coronation 1953, together with a set of related uniform tunic ribands, all but the third mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (10) £200-300
Assorted rank and unit insignia worn by Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, comprising a pair of full-dress gilt bullion shoulder boards with General Officer rank insignia, a pair dark green shoulder boards with similar rank insignia, and plain khaki epaulettes (8 pairs), including ‘S.A.S.Rhodesia’, ‘Northern Rhodesia’ and ‘R.L.I.’ types; together with Airborne Wings (2), one gilt/silver wire embroidered; and unit sleeve patches (8), generally in excellent condition (Lot) £200-300
A selection of presentation pieces to Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, comprising Selous Scouts 1973 commemorative silver ingot, in fitted case with certificate; R.L.I.R.A. (Australasia Branch) marksman’s badge, in fitted case with presentation inscription to Walls on inner lid; three Rhodesian Military Figure Statuettes, one on wooden base with named plaque to Walls; three sporting cups, one engraved to ‘Lt. G. P. Walls, Black Watch’ for a Light Heavyweight Boxing Competition held in 1946; regimental and unit crest wall plaques (9); and Rhodesian Light Infantry mess cutlery and plates, comprising assorted knives, forks and spoons (10), each engraved with the regimental crest, and assorted plates (4), by Spode, England, each with regimental crest to centre, generally in good condition (Lot) £200-300
Rhodesian Honours & Awards, by Reuteler, Salisbury, comprising 34 different dress miniature medals representative of the nation’s awards, the majority in silver, in original velvet-lined, red leather case, complete with explanatory pamphlet and certificate (No. 403 of 500), case covers a little scuffed, contents extremely fine (34) £150-200
The Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Olive, 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘Capt. T. B. Olive, 3rd Hussars’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Captain, 3/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, 5th Class breast badge with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Greece, War Cross 1916-17, 3rd Class, silvered bronze, plain ribbon; Medal of Military Merit 1916, 3rd Class, with bronze laurel wreath on ribbon; Royal Order of the Redeemer, Commander’s neck badge, 74 x 46mm., silver-gilt and enamel, last with enamel damage, nearly very fine and better (8) £800-1000 M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Despatches twice London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France and Flanders) and 21 July 1917 (Salonika). Serbian Order of The White Eagle, 4th Class with swords London Gazette 16 January 1920. Greek War Cross, 3rd Class London Gazette 26 November 1919. Greek Medal of Military Merit London Gazette 2 March 1923. Greek Order of The Redeemer London Gazette 29 June 1923. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Bertram Olive served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 16 August 1914 as second-in-command of ‘B’ Squadron, 3rd Hussars and then as a Staff Officer up until 9 July 1916. He subsequently served in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean from 2 September 1916 to 11 November 1918 during the majority of which time he held various senior staff posts within the Cavalry Brigade. The published regimental history, The 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars in The Great War 1914-1919, by Lieut. Col. W. T. Wilcox, CMG credits Olive with the following honours: ‘M.C., Brevet Major, Serbian Order White Eagle (3rd Class), 3 Greek Orders, American Bronze Medal, Despatches. With H.Q. Cavalry Corps and British Salonika Force.’
Four: Private Walter Wellman, 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4241 Pte., 7th Hussars); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (4241 Pte., 7/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (4022 Pte., 7-Hrs.) good very fine (4) £200-250 Walter Wellman served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 7 October 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (discharged January 1919, aged 41).
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel Henry Sidney, Northumberland Yeomanry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R. silver-gilt and enamels, one or two minor chips to wreath; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt., North’d. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, good very fine or better (7) £1200-1500 D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917 (Major, Yeomanry). Despatches three times London Gazette 17 February 1915 (Major, Northumberland Hussars), 4 January 1917 (Major, Yeomanry), 15 May 1917 (Major, Yeomanry). T.D. London Gazette 15 July 1919 (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Northumberland Hussars). Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sidney served in France and Flanders with the Northumberland Yeomanry from 5 October 1914. He commanded 14 Corps Cavalry Regiment from 19 March 1917 to 22 April 1917 and was wounded twice (Army List for 1922 refers). Both the Jubilee and Coronation Medals are confirmed as being awarded to him whilst Colonel (Honorary Colonel) of the Northumberland Hussars.
Six: Colour Sergeant (Sergeant Drummer) Alfred Douglass, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (10376 Sjt. Dmr., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (10376 C. Sjt., C. Gds.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., type 1 (2646779 C. Sjt., C. Gds.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., type 1 (10376 Sjt. Dmr., 1/C. Gds.); together with recipient’s brass bed plate, suspension with old silver-solder repair to last medal which no longer swivels, some contact wear overall, otherwise generally nearly very fine or better (7) £200-250 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919 (Sergeant Drummer, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards). Alfred Douglas served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 12 August 1914.
The superb Great War ‘Long Service’ group of ten to Company Sergeant Major Charles Wilkinson, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front in September 1914 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4170 Pte., 1/North’d Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4170 Cpl., North’d Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4170 Serjt., North’d. Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4170 Sergt., 1st Bn. North’d. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4170 C. S. Mjr., 1/North’d. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (4170 W.O.Cl.2., North’d. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911, the edge with contemporary impressed naming ‘No. 4170 Cr. Sergt. C. Wilkinson, 1/5th Fus.’; Army L.S & G.C., G.V.R., type 1 (4170 C. Sjt., Nth’ld. Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (4170 Pte., 5th Fusers.); together with memorial plaque (Charles Wilkinson) the K.S.A. with re-pinned suspension claw, some medals with contact wear, therefore generally nearly very fine and better and a rare combination of awards (11) £1200-1500 Charles Wilkinson was born in Kensington, London and enlisted at Hounslow, Middlesex. He served in France and Flanders with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers from 13 August 1914 and was killed in action there on 16 September 1914, when three high explosive shells burst in the trench in which he and his company were situated. At the time of his death he was 37 years of age. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France. The following is extracted from The Fifth in The Great War, by Brigadier H. R. Sandilands, CMG, DSO: ‘Wilkinson had served in campaigns with the Battalion in the Sudan, South Africa, and the N.W. Frontier and his handsome features and soldierly bearing marked him for the model of the Fifth Fusilier that may be seen today surmounting one of the silver bells in the Officers’ Mess of the 1st Battalion.’
Six: Private C. Spencer, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3675 Pte., 1/Lin. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3675 Pte., Lincoln. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7997 Pte., 1/Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7997 Pte., Linc. R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3675 Pte., 1st Bn., Lincoln. Regt.) minor edge bruise to first, otherwise generally nearly very fine or better (6) £300-350 Charles Spencer served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 8 November 1914 and was discharged on 11 March 1917. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to wounds).
Four: Private A. J. W. Palmer, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914 Star (418 Pte., 1/4 Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (418 Pte., Suff. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (418 Pte., 4/Suffolk Regt.) very fine (4) £160-180 Alfred Jason William Palmer served in France and Flanders with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment from 8 November 1914 and was discharged on 26 April 1916. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to wounds).
Three: Private George Allen, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in February 1915 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9908 Pte., 1/W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9908 Pte., W. York. R.) good very fine (3) £120-150 George Allen served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 8 September 1914 and was wounded by a gunshot to the left foot in February 1915. He was discharged from the army on 10 September 1915. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.
A fine Great War 1914 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. D. Burton, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9694 L. Cpl., 1/E. York. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9694 L. Cpl., 1/E. York. R.) first initial given as ‘T’ on this medal; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (9694 Sjt., E. York. R.) good very fine (4) £1200-1500 D.C.M. London Gazette 10 March 1915 ‘For coolness and resource near Vieux Berquin on 14 October 1914. When carrying orders, he succeeded in avoiding a German cavalry patrol. On the 19th October he was brought to notice for gallantry in carrying messages on several occasions under fire.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915. John Diggesson Burton served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 8 September 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (9 January 1919, aged 25).
Three: Lance Corporal John Cooke, Royal Irish Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (6424 L. Cpl., R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (6424 Pte., R. Ir. Regt.); together with Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘23263’, good very fine (4) £120-150 John Cooke served in France and Flanders with the Royal Irish Regiment from 7 October 1914 and was discharged on 22 May 1916. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 22 May 1916).
A good Great War 1914 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. M. Walton, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10002 Pte., 1/R. Sco. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (10002 Pte., 1/R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10002 Pte., R. S. Fus.) very fine (4) £1200-1500 D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1915. ‘For conspicuous gallantry on 14th December 1914. During the bombardment preceding our attack on the German position, the telephone communication became broken and Private Walton voluntarily undertook the task of finding the break, covering a distance of nearly 500 yards under severe fire. He subsequently showed the utmost gallantry in conveying messages under fire.’ John M. Walton served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 14 August 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (2 May 1918, aged 28).
Five: Sergeant Drummer C. L. Davies, South Wales Borderers, formerly Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2416 Pte., 1/Gren. Gds.) suspension claw slightly loose; 1914 Star, with clasp (9905 Sjt. Dmr., S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (9905 Sjt., S. Wales Bord.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2416 Pte., Gren. Gds.) first and last medals with contact wear and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £300-350 Charles L. Davies served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 13 August 1914 and was discharged on 20 April 1915. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness).
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of Seven awarded to Sergeant Samuel McKnight, 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, who was decorated twice by the Belgians and wounded on the Somme Military Medal, G.V.R. (5330 R.Q.M.Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.-T.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5330 Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (5330 W.O.Cl.2., Sco. Rif.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200014 C.Q.M. Sjt., 5/Sco. Rif.); Belgian, Military Decoration, silver-gilt, on ‘bravery’ ribbon; Belgian Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, with bronze palm on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (7) £500-600 M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1918. Belgian Military Decoration London Gazette 24 October 1919. Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 October 1919. Samuel McKnight served on the Western Front with the B.E.F. from 5 November 1914. The published battalion history records that Sergeant McKnight was awarded a card from the G.O.C. 6th Division in June 1915 ‘for meritorious conduct in the field’ and that he was subsequently awarded an M.M. ‘when it was instituted.’ The published battalion history also makes mention of Sergeant McKnight being wounded on the Somme in 1916: ‘On the 18th December the battalion moved back to Maurepas ravine. This camp was subjected to some rather unpleasant shelling, but fortunately only one casualty occurred. As this was R.Q.M.S. Sam McKnight, MM, who came out with the battalion in 1914 as a Sergeant it was serious enough. He recovered in time, but the shape of his nose was altered.’ Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.
Five: Private George Turner, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5088 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5088 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.) this medal with re-pinned and slack suspension; 1914 Star, with clasp (5088 Pte., 1/E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5088 Pte., E. Lan. R.) first two medals with contact wear, edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £200-250 George Turner was born in Westminster, London in 1878 and enlisted into the East Lancashire Regiment in June 1896, aged 18. He served with his regiment in South Africa during the Boer War where he was taken prisoner of war at Stormberg on 10 December 1900; and during the Great War served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 11 September 1914 up until his discharge on 5 November 1917. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, aged 39).
Three: Private Harry Hayter, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (9726 Pte., 2/E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9726 Pte., E. Lan. R.) good very fine (3) £120-150 Harry Hayter served in France and Flanders with the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, subsequently transferring to the Army Pay Corps. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to wounds, 4 January 1918, aged 23).
Three: Private L. G. Clifton, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6626 Pte., 1/E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6626 Pte., E. Surr. R.) contact wear overall, therefore nearly very fine (3) £120-140 Lewis George Clifton enlisted into the army on 24 August 1900, served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 16 August 1914 and was discharged on 3 September 1915. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness).
Four: Private W. H. Price, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6171 Pte., Hampshire Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6171 Pte., 1/Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6171 Pte., Hamps. R.) some contact wear and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (4) £180-220 Walter Henry Price served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 12 September 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to wounds, 18 June 1915).
Three: Corporal Henry Styles, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded by shrapnel in October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (L-6101 Cpl., 1/R. W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6101 Cpl., R. W. Kent R.) very fine (3) £140-160 Henry Styles was born in Shoreham, West Brighton, Sussex and enlisted into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1901 aged 20. He served with the B.E.F. in France and Flanders from 15 August 1914 and was was wounded in the left forearm by shrapnel on 12 October 1914. He was subsequently discharged in April 1915 on account of his being no longer physically fit enough for war service. Sold with copy service papers and m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.
A good Great War ‘St Eloi’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private A. S. Loughnane, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9417 Pte., 1/N. Staff. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9417 Pte., 1.N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9417 Pte., N. Staff. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45, some heavy contact wear, edge bruising, polished and with cut to edge of Victory Medal over first ‘N’ of surname, therefore only about good fine (5) £800-1000 D.C.M. London Gazette 29 November 1915 ‘For conspicuous gallantry and resource on the 30th/31st October 1915 at St Eloi Craters. Lance Corporal Loughnane, when in command of a covering party, displayed great coolness and bravery in repelling two severe German attacks, and although incapacitated by a wound during the second attack, he continued to set a splendid example of courage and endurance to all ranks with him.’ Albert S. Loughnane served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 10 September 1914 and was discharged on 11 December 1917. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge.
Six: Private (Bandsman) W. C. Bannister, 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), formerly Royal Fusiliers and later Middlesex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9005 Pte., 2nd Royal Fus.) unofficial rivets to top clasp; 1914 Star, with clasp (1344 Pte., 1/13 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1344 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R., with additional service clasp (194 Pte., 10/Middx. Regt.); Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.V.R. (6653007 Bndsmn., 13-Lond. R.) edge bruise to first, otherwise generally very fine and better (6) £350-400 T.F.E.M. awarded in Army Order 255 of 1910 (10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment). Clasp to T.F.E.M. awarded in Army Order 423 of 1923 (13th Battalion, London Regiment). Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 29 March 1918).
Three: Corporal S. H. A. Piller, Army Ordnance Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (S-7212 Pte., A.O.C.) surname spelt ‘Pillar’ on this medal; British War and Victory Medals (S-7212 T.2.Cpl., A.O.C.) very fine (3) £60-80 Samuel Henry Albert Piller enlisted in May 1912 and served in France and Flanders with the B.E.F. from 11 August 1914. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 9 November 1919.
Four: Lance Corporal R. Welham, Military Foot Police, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (686 Pte., North’d. Fus.) suspension claw and rod re-fixed and top clasp with unofficial rivets; 1914 Star, with clasp (P-239 L. Cpl., M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-239 L. Cpl., M.F.P.) surname spelt ‘Wilham’ on these two, nearly very fine and better (4) £160-180 R. Welham served with the Mounted Infantry Section, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers during the Boer War (only ten medals shown to the M.I. on the 2nd Battalion roll). He subsequently served in France and Flanders with the Military Foot Police from 18 October 1914 and was discharged on 19 March 1917. Sold with copy m.i.c. which shows entitlement to Silver War Badge (due to sickness, 19 March 1917).
Five: Lieutenant (later Sir) Frederick Hindle, British Red Cross & Order of St John of Jerusalem, with whom he served throughout the Great War as a Volunteer Motor Ambulance Driver, gaining the award of the French Legion d’Honneur and Croix de Guerre 1914 Star, with copy clasp (B.R.C.S. & O.St J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); French Legion d’Honneur, 5th Class, Chevalier’s breast Badge; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, with two palms and three silver stars on ribbon, enamel damage to fourth medal, otherwise nearly very fine and better (5) £300-350 Legion d’Honneur London Gazette 7 June 1919 (Temporary Honorary Lieutenant, Special List). Sir Frederick Hindle volunteered for service on the outbreak of the Great War, aged 37 and was employed as a chauffeur in the Motor Department at Merville from 12 September 1914 to February 1919. Although his Croix de Guerre does not appear in the London Gazette it is confirmed on his B.R.C.S. index card which states: ‘French Croix de Guerre, 2 palms and 3 silver stars.’ A letter from the B.R.C.S. accompanying the lot additionally states: ‘Merville had been the Headquarters of the No. 2 Motor Ambulance Convoy for some years and had seen much of the war casualties. The convoy remained in the town until it was captured by the enemy in the Spring of 1918.’ After the war Sir Frederick was for many years a prominent figure in the Liberal Party at Darwen, Lancashire and from 1941-45 held the post of Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence in the North Western Region. He was created a Knight in 1943 and died ten years later in April 1953.
The Great War C.B. group of seven awarded to General G. M. Campbell, Commandant, Royal Marine Artillery, who commanded the R.M.A. at both Ostend and Dunkirk in 1914 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck Badge, in silver gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut., R.M.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Bttn. Col., R.M. Brigade); British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen.); Coronation 1902, silver issue; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, the Egypt medal with pitting from star, otherwise generally very fine and better (7) £1200-1500 C.B. London Gazette 1919 General Gunning Morehead Campbell was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He joined the Royal Marine Artillery in 1880 and was present in the Egyptian Campaign of 1884-85 for which he received the thanks of the Governor of Suakin for his services. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1891, Major 1898, Lieutenant Colonel 1905 and 2nd Commandant 1914 (Commanded the R.M.A. Battalion at Ostend in August 1914 and the 12-pounder Battery at Dunkirk in October 1914), subsequently promoted Colonel Commandant 1917, Marine A.D.C. to H.M. the King, September 1917, Adjutant General, Royal Marines 1920 and died on 29 November of that same year.
A civil M.B.E. group of four awarded to Serjeant J. Bonner, Royal Irish Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6974800 Sjt., R. Ir. Fus) official correction to one letter of surname; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953, these unnamed, mounted as worn, some contact marks, generally very fine (4) £220-260 James Bonner joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Omagh in 1924. He served with the regiment in Egypt, India, the Sudan, Palestine and Malta. When the 2nd Battalion was reformed in 1937, he joined it as Orderly Room Serjeant. He received a medical discharge in 1939. During the war years he was employed as a Civilian Clerk at the regimental depot at Ballykinlar and in 1948 he accompanied the depot when it moved to Gough Barracks, remaining there until the barracks closed down in 1960. He then became a Clerical Officer at Regional Headquarters until his death on 31 December 1968. In 1949 he became the Hon. Secretary of the Central Branch of the Regimental Benevolent Fund He was awarded the M.B.E. in 1964 in recognition of his outstanding work on behalf of retired members of the Regiment who required help from the Regimental Association. He was presented with the M.B.E. by the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace on 18 February 1964. With copied research.
Three: Acting Corporal J. Wall, Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914 Star, with clasp (9348 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9348 A. Cpl., R. Ir. Fus.) very fine (3) £200-240 James Wall enlisted on 3 September 1906. Serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 14 June 1917. Entitled to Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.
Three: Private J. McDowell, Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914 Star (8190 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (8190 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); together with Silver War Badge (285465) good very fine (4) £160-200 John McDowell enlisted on 13 November 1903. Serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. He was discharged on 15 January 1915 due to sickness. With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts.
Three: Private J. Webb, Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914 Star (6143 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (6143 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.) very fine (3) £140-180 John Webb enlisted on 14 August 1914. Serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 November 1914. He was discharged due to sickness on 5 December 1916. Entitled to a Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts and fragmentary attestation papers. M.I.D. not confirmed
Three: Private J. Carr, Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (18366 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (18366 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.) mounted as worn, fine (3) £60-80 John Carr enlisted on 15 March 1915. Serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, he entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 June 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 20 May 1919. Entitled to the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts.
British War and Victory Medal pairs (2) (G-1657 Pte. M. Schail, R. Ir. Fus.; 14865 A.W.O. Cl. 1 H. Smith, R. Ir. Fus.) very fine and better (4) £60-80 Michael Schail enlisted on 28 September 1915. He was discharged from the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 22 August 1918 due to sickness. Entitled to the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract. Henry Smith was born in Canterbury, Kent. A Gardener by occupation and a member of the 1st Volunteer Battalion East Kent Regiment, he attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Canterbury on 1 January 1890. With the regiment he served in India, Egypt and South Africa. For the latter he was awarded the Queen’s Medal with clasps for Orange Free State, Transvaal and Talana and the King’s Medal with two clasps. He was discharged on the completion of his period of engagement in 1910. When employed as a Caretaker, he attested for the Army Reserve (Special Reserve) at Belfast on 5 October 1914, aged 43 years. He served as Acting Warrant Officer Class I with the 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Transferred to Class “Z” Reserve in 1919, he died on 10 August 1940. With copied service papers.
Four: Serjeant J. Wilson, Royal Irish Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (14811 Sjt., R. Ir. Fus.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Special Constabulary Long Service, E.II.R. ‘Ulster’ reverse (P. Sgt. James Wilson) with clasp, ‘Long Service’ and silver rosette on ribbon, very fine and better (4) £140-180 James Wilson enlisted on 17 September 1914. Serving with the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers he was discharged due to wounds on 31 May 1918.
Six: Fusilier R. McCullough, Royal Irish Fusiliers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5884187 Fsr., R. Ir. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; together with British Imperial Veterans Association Medals (3), silver and enamel (R. McCullough 1976), with brooch bar ‘Past President’ and ‘1975’; another, silver and enamel (R. McCullough 1968) with brooch bar, ‘For Merit’; another, bronze and enamel (R. McCullough) with brooch bar, ‘For Merit’; with a Federation of British Canadian Veterans of Canada Medal, bronze and enamel (Bob McCullough 1969-70) with brooch bar, ‘Past President’, nearly very fine and better (10) £120-160 With notes which state he transferred from the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in 1937.
1914-15 Star (11042 L. Cpl. P. Beatty, R. Ir. Fus.) very fine £40-60 Patrick Leo Beatty enlisted in to the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 20 June 1912. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. Lance-Corporal Beatty was discharged from the Labour Corps due to sickness on 22 July 1919. Entitled to Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.
Four: Fleet Paymaster H. C. W. Gibson, Royal Navy Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (H. C. W. Gibson, Secy. R.N. H.M.S. Active. 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (H. C. W. Gibson, Secy. R.N. H.M.S. “Euryalus”); Khedive’s Star 1882; Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-600 Henry Cecil William Gibson was appointed Assistant Clerk on 13 March 1863, becoming Assistant Paymaster in November 1868. He was present during the Ashantee war of 1873-74 as Secretary to Commodore W. Hewett, V.C., in H.M.S. Active, engaged in patrols off the coast from December 1873 to February 1874 (Medal). Gibson continued as Secretary to Commodore Hewett in Active, Flagship, West Africa Squadron, and participated in the punitive expedition to the Congo in 1875 against pirates. For his services on this occasion, Gibson was specially promoted to Paymaster in November 1875. The following year Active was involved in operations against the King of Dahomey and blockaded the port of Whydah for most of the month of July, until the squadron was urgently called away to the river Niger. During the subsequent operations against pirates on this river a landing was made at Sabogrega on 1 August 1876. Although Secretary Gibson and the Reverand Lang were not in the landing party they pulled ashore from a gun-boat in a dinghy to rescue a wounded seaman on the beach. While they were lifting the seaman a hostile native opened fire and wounded both of them severely. Gibson went with Rear-Admiral Hewett, V.C., as his Secretary and Interpreter in French, when he hoisted his flag in H.M.S. Euryalus, flagship of the East Indies Squadron, taking part in the operations in Egypt in 1882 (Medal, Medjidie 3rd Class, and Bronze Star). He subsequently followed Hewett to Minotaur, as Staff Paymaster and Secretary, in April 1886, and to Northumberland, flagship of the Channel Fleet, as Fleet Paymaster and Secretary, in November 1887. Vice-Admiral Hewett became seriously ill in April 1888 and died at Haslar Hospital the following month; he was replaced in command of the Channel Fleet by Vice-Admiral Baird who brought his own Secretary and Gibson, therefore, went on half-pay on 18 April and retired in June 1888.
Five: Commander C. S. Shuckburgh, Royal Navy, Naval Transport Officer afloat at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashantee War Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Chas. S. Shuckburgh. Midn.) officially impressed naming; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed, second clasp loose as issued; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Lieut. C. S. Shuckburgh, R.N. Transport Officer Afloat, 73-74); Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, lacking crescent suspension and fitted with reverse brooch and chain for suspension; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, good very fine or better (5) £1000-1200 Charles Stukeley Shuckburgh served as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Rodney with the Naval Brigade in the Crimea in 1854-55 and took part in the siege of Sebastopol and various operations until its fall. He was present in Actaeon at the operations on the Canton river in China with the Naval Brigade at the storming of Canton, December 1857, and at the attack and capture of the Taku Forts, 1860. He was appointed Acting Mate in 1859, and subsequently Mate aboard Actaeon, 1860-63. He was promoted Lieutenant on 8 April 1863, when he was appointed to the Rattlesnake on the west coast of Africa, and was in the corvette Archer from 13 April 1864, in action with natives in the river Congo. He served in Lark at Queenstown in 1866, in the troopship Urgent in 1867, and was Lieutenant in charge of the tender Bruiser at Queenstown in 1872. Shuckburgh served during the Ashantee war of 1873-74 at Cape Coast Castle as Transport Officer Afloat in the Navy Transport Manitoban. He is the only recorded recipient of a medal for service aboard this vessel. Shuckburgh retired in 1874 and became a Commander on the Retired List in 1883.
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