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Lot 4

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant W. R. Heal, 2/1st Berkshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Territorial Force, who was discharged as a consequence of his wounds Military Medal (616277 Sjt: W. R. Heal. 2/1 Berks: R.H.A. - T.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (616277 Sjt. W. R. Heal. R.A.) very fine (2) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette, 23 February 1918 William Reginald Heal was born in Exeter, Devon on 19 December 1892. He attested into the 2/1st Berkshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Territorial Force, on 19 September 1914, for service during the Great War. Serving on the Western Front, he was advanced Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal, before being discharged as a consequence of his wounds, on 30 October 1918. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B 34860. He died, aged 68, in Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 19 October 1961. Sold with original Silver War Badge certificate.

Lot 569

An unattributed M.C. group of seven miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar; Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver; Al Valore Militaire, bronze, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, case, good very fine (7) £100-£140

Lot 456

Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed, in its Wyon, London case of issue, nearly very fine £140-£180

Lot 617

Portugal, Kingdom, Order of the Tower and the Sword, 2nd (post 1834) type, Grand Cross breast Star, by Frederico de Costa, Lisbon, 69mm x 65mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with maker’s cartouché to reverse, extremely fine £300-£400

Lot 149

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1929, with damaged remains of case of issue and miniature dress medal, both mounted as worn, good very fine £100-£140

Lot 81

A fine Great War O.B.E. and Sea Gallantry Medal group of seven awarded to Lieutenant T. P. Ryan, Royal Naval Reserve, and for the rescue of the crew of the S.S. Glodale off the Murmansk coast in January 1918, and for subsequent duties as Principal Minesweeping Officer at Orkney The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. T. P. Ryan. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. T. P. Ryan. R.N.R.); Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Lieut. T. P. Ryan, R.N.R., “Glodale,” 3rd January, 1918.); Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star with Swords, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel; Russia, Empire, Order of St Anne with Swords, Fifth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, of Continental manufacture, contemporary Gieves Ltd. court-style mounting, good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 25 April 1919. Presented by H.M. King at Buckingham Palace 23 July 1920. The recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Zaria, Kirkwall [Orkney]. Was Principal Minesweeping Officer at Kirkwall from April to October 1918 during which period he organised and maintained the minesweeping vessels in a highly efficient tone. Was a keen and zealous officer in promoting the interests of H.M. Service.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 June 1917. The recommendation states: ‘H.M.T. VALE of FRUIN - FOR CONSTANT GOOD SERVICE PATROLLING BETWEEN KOLA AND THE NORWEGIAN COAST DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1916 WHILE HOSTILE SUBMARINES WERE OPERATING IN THE LOCALITY. ON ONE OCCASION HE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING WITHIN EASY GUN RANGE OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE BUT HIS FIRE WAS THEN MASKED BY A RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT WHICH THEN CAME FORWARD AND HE WAS CONSEQUENTLY UNABLE TO FIRE.’ (A History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919 (Naval Staff 1921) states that on November 2nd 1916 Russian patrol craft off Vardo (NORWAY) SUCCEEDED IN DAMAGING U.56 TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT SHE SUBSEQUENTLY SANK). S.G.M. (not gazetted) presented by H.M. King at Buckingham Palace 31 October 1918. The Board of Trade report states: ‘LAST NOVEMBER THE S.S. ‘GLODALE’ OF CARDIFF, LEFT ARCHANGEL FOR YUKANSKI AND MURMANSK WITH A CARGO OF MUNITIONS. AFTER LEAVING MURMANSK SHE WAS PROCEEDING TO BERGEN IN TOW OF SOME TUGS WHEN SHE STRANDED ON POINT POGAN ON 15 JANuary (1918). THE VESSEL BROKE IN TWO AMIDSHIPS AND WAS THEN ABANDONED BY HER CREW, WHO LOWERED THEMSELVES BY ROPES ON TO THE ROCKS. THE TOW ROPE OF THE TUG HAD ALREADY PARTED AND THE TUG HAD BEEN LOST IN THE DARKNESS. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE ‘GLODALE’ WAS OBSERVED BY LT. RYAN, WHO HAD BEEN SENT OUT FROM MURMANSK TO LOOK FOR HER, BUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVY SEAS HE WAS UNABLE TO RENDER ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE CREW. ON JANUARY 3rd HE ARRIVED AGAIN ON THE SPOT IN H.M.T. 'DANIEL HENLEY' AND AFTER GREAT DIFFICULTY FOUND ANCHORAGE. HE THEN WITH THE OTHERS WHO ARE NOW RECOMMENDED FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE CREW AND IN GRADUALLY TRANSFERRING THEM TO HIS TRAWLER, FOR WHICH PURPOSE IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE THREE TRIPS. ON EACH OCCASION THE RESCUERS WERE OBLIGED TO WADE UP TO THEIR WAISTS IN WATER IN ORDER TO GET THE BOAT AWAY FROM THE BEACH. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT THIS TIME WAS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AFTER THE GLODALE’S CREW HAD BEEN GOT ON BOARD THE ‘DANIEL HENLEY’ SHE RETURNED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MURMANSK BUT OWING TO THICK FOGS WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH THAT PORT UNTIL THE 5th JANUARY.’ The following letter FROM R. EVANS, MASTER OF S.S. ‘GLODALE’ TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRADE, LONDON, DATED 27th FEB. 1918, states: ‘I THINK IT IS ONLY MY DUTY TO MENTION THE FOLLOWING MATTER TO YOU. YOU WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE HEARD OF THE S.S. ‘GLODALE’ BEING DRIVEN ASHORE ON THE MURMANSK COAST ON THE 1st JANUARY LAST WHILE IN TOW FROM KOLA INLET HAVING HAD HER RUDDER DAMAGED IN THE ICE. MYSELF AND CREW LEFT THE SHIP ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER SHE STRUCK AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SAVING OURSELVES ON A BITTER COLD NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING WE FOUND A HUT ON THE BEACH LEAVING 13 MEMBERS OF MY CREW THERE ALL MORE OR LESS FROSTBITTEN WHILE THE REST OF US, 14 IN ALL, WENT TO LOOK FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE 3rd. Lt. T. P. RYAN, IN CHARGE OF H.M.T. DANIEL HENLEY WAS SENT FROM H.M.S. GLORY TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE AND TO RESCUE US. HE FOUND THE 13 MEN IN THE HUT AND WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND RISK TO LIVES RESCUED THEM ALL. LT. RYAN AND HIS CREW BEACHED THEIR BOAT IN A HEAVY SEA AND MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE TRAWLER AND EVERY MAN HAD TO BE CARRIED. THE WEATHER BEING BITTERLY COLD, ABOUT 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND UP TO THEIR KNEES IN SNOW. THE 14 OF US REACHED CAPE SYET LIGHTHOUSE AND WE SHELTERED THERE UNTIL Jan. 4th.’ Russian Order of St Anne, 3rd Class with swords verified by an Admiralty record card, decorated 19 June 1917 (see M.I.D. above). Romanian Order of the Star London Gazette 10 May 1921. The recommendation states: ‘In command of 8 trawlers carrying 28 Romanian aviators from Murmansk to Grimsby under very difficult conditions. During the course of journey two vessels were lost.’ Thomas Philip Ryan was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 September 1914, and Temporary Lieutenant on 14 September 1915. He spent the entire war on minesweeping duties, initially at Portsmouth followed by two years in North Russia and finally in the Orkney Islands. He was demobilised on 21 October 1919. Sold with comprehensive research.

Lot 284

Waterloo 1815 (Sergeant Thomas Cooper, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons) with contemporary silver eye-let and later ring suspension, with suspension slightly obscuring first and last letters of naming details, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas Cooper (erroneously listed as ‘Andrew Cooper’ in the published transcription of Waterloo Roll, but as ‘Thomas’ in Dwelly’s Cavalry Roll) attested for the 12th Light Dragoons and served in Captain H. Wallace’s Troop during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18 June 1815.

Lot 587

France, Fifth Republic, National Order of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, 83mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and blue enamel, unmarked, with neck riband, in card box of issue; together with an unofficial neck badge for Letters, Arts and Sciences, gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in case of issue, central medallion loose on first, otherwise very fine or better (2) £60-£80

Lot 22

Pair: Second Lieutenant E. T. R. Hoare, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E. T. R. Hoare.) very fine Pair: Acting Warrant Officer Class II T. H. Frostick, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (6155 A. W. O. Cl. 2. T. H. Frostick. R. Berks. R.) very fine Pair: Sergeant J. F. Hankins, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (10134 Sjt. J. F. Hankins. R. Berks. R.) very fine (6) £90-£120 --- Edward Thompson Rowland Hoare, a Schoolmaster, was born in Bitterne, Hampshire on 27 February 1880. He attested for the Hampshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served initially with them on the Western Front from March 1916. After further service with the Dorset Regiment, he was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He died, aged 93, in Southampton on 14 June 1973. Thomas Henry Frostick, a Chimney Sweep, was born in Brentwood, Essex on 6 February 1879. He attested for service with the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War. Appointed Acting Warrant Officer Class II, he saw later service with the Labour Corps. He died, aged 57, in Wallisdown, Dorset, on 20 August 1936. John Frederick Hankins, a Schoolmaster, was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1883. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front from 25 July 1915. Appointed Sergeant, he was twice hospitalised due to Shell Shock, and was discharged ‘No Longer Physically Fit’ on 27 February 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 321,778. He emigrated to Canada, and died soon after in Montreal on 21 October 1918.

Lot 155

Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, mounted on investiture pin, extremely fine and scarce £180-£220

Lot 278

Waterloo 1815 (Corporal James Allen, 1st Regiment Life Guards) fitted with replacement hinged silver bar suspension, obverse with contact wear from contact with cuirass strap, therefore good fine, the reverse better £2,600-£3,000 --- Provenance: Littledale sale, November 1910; Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. James Allen was born at Wells, Somerset, and enlisted into the 1st Life Guards in London on 20 April 1807, aged 19 years. He was promoted to Corporal on 2 October 1812, and to Corporal of Horse on 12 April 1814. He served with the regiment’s detachment in the Peninsula from October 1812 until August 1814, and again during the Waterloo campaign in 1815, having left England in April and returning in February 1816. He died whilst serving at Hyde Park Barracks on 22 July 1824.

Lot 143

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £240-£280

Lot 186

Three: Sister E. G. Fraser, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, late Civilian Hospital Reserve 1914 Star (Miss E. G. Fraser. Civ: Hosp. Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. G. Fraser.); with Guy’s Hospital Five Years Service Medal, 32mm., silver (Elsie G. Fraser) generally good very fine, and scarce to unit (4) £360-£400 --- Provenance: The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2003. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. Elsie Gertrude Fraser served with the Civil Hospital Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914, and later as a Sister with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service Reserve. She served with the 26th General Hospital, and was invalided to the UK in 1917.

Lot 249

Four: Private C. C. Airey, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 14 April 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure ‘C. C. Airey’, extremely fine Memorial Plaque (Joseph Goss) in card envelope; together with a silver prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘The Champion Medal of the 30th. W.Y.R.V. Birstal.’, traces of verdigris to plaque, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Charles Cormack Airey served with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was killed in action in North West Europe on 14 April 1945. He is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Four men with the name Joseph Goss are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: a Sergeant in the 56th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery; a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry; a Private n the 2nd/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; and a Private in the 50th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Lot 71

A Great War C.M.G., 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. R Sedgwick, Royal Field Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R. silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, these all tailor’s copies (Lieut. F. R. Sedgwick. R.F.A.); 1914 Star (Major F. R. Sedgwick. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. F. R. Sedgwick.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruise to obverse central medallion on CMG, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1919. D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Francis Roger Sedgwick was born in Bombay on 5 July 1876, and was educated at Uppingham School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 26 March 1896 and was promoted Lieutenant on 21 March 1899. He served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was present at the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeberg, 17-26 February 1900; the actions at Poplar Grove, Karee Siding, Vet River, 5-6 May 1900, and Zand River. He was also present at operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including the actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria; and operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, in September 1900. Posted to the West African Frontier Force, 1901-05, he was promoted Captain on 15 January 1902, and transferred to the Retired List in 1913. On the outbreak of the Great War Sedgwick was recalled for service, and went out with the Royal Artillery to the Western Front in 1914. During the War he was wounded, was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 1 January 1916, 21 July 1917, and 7 July 1919), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 4 August 1917, he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for services rendered during military operations in France and Flanders in the 1919 Birthday Honours’ List.

Lot 584

Brunei, Sultanate, General Service Medal, silver and enamel; Armed Forces Silver Jubilee Medal 1986, silver; Police Long Service Medal, silver, all unnamed as issued, extremely fine (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with a Sierra Leone Foundation of the Republic Medal; a Gambian Medal to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Independence; parts of two Gold Coast belt buckles; a Gambia Police lapel pin; a Sarawak Government Good Service Medal; a Sarawak Turf Club badge; and a South East Asian Games, Kuala Lumpur Medallion.

Lot 588

France, Colonial, Order of the Dragon of Amman, Officer’s breast badge, 89mm including dragon suspension x 45mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on riband, minor restoration work to red enamel band around central medallion, otherwise good very fine £100-£140

Lot 461

Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; together with visit to India 1911-12 oval silver medalet and a silver H.M.S. New Zealand medal, the last two polished, nearly very fine or better (3) £60-£80

Lot 583

Benin, French Colonial, Order of the Black Star (3), Commander’s neck badge, 81mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Officer’s breast badge, 57mm x 39mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Knight’s breast badge, 57mm x 39mm, silver and enamel, generally good very fine (3) £140-£180

Lot 549

Commemorative Medallions (10): Corporation of Glasgow 1914-19, Special Constable, in acknowledgement of services rendered, silver (Peter Atley); Great War, Silver, in case of issue; Cheshire Regiment, Societe Havraise de Tir, silver medal commemorating ‘the first visit of the English volunteers to France, May 1874’, unnamed; Empire Day Challenge Cup, Witwatersrand Rifles, in Elkington embossed case of issue, Bronze ((4187 Sergt. J. Trollope.); Royal Tournament, Bronze, in case of issue (RA.F. Coastal Area Epee v Epee Officers, Sq. Ldr. L.G. le B. Croke 1933); France, Great War, Bronze (Comdr. Noel Martin R.A.F.) Astor County Cup, Shooting Medallion, in Bronze, in Elkington case of issue; John Dickinson & Co. ‘Work Well Done Peace July 19th 1919’, Bronze, in case of issue; Greater Calgary Peace Celebration 1919, Bronze, in case of issue; Admiral Vernon, Portobello Medal, 22nd November 1739, Bronze, the last with edge knocks, polished, otherwise generally very fine (10) £80-£100

Lot 563

Riband buckles (3): Three multiple miniature-width riband buckles, the first for six award, the first award ideally being an Order or Decoration as the riband buckle for this first award is a three-pronged gold buckle, the remaining five being two pronged silver buckles, with gold retaining pin; the second for four awards, all with two pronged silver buckles, with gold retaining pin; the third for four awards, all with two pronged silver buckles, without retaining pin, good condition (3) £100-£140 --- Sold with an empty case of issue for a lady’s M.B.E., by Royal Mint; an empty case of issue for a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John; and the fitted insert for a K.B.E. case of issue.

Lot 600

Netherlands, Kingdom, War Commemorative Cross, bronze, 4 clasps, Oorlogsvluchten 1940-1945, Oorlogsdienst-Koopvaardij 1940-1945, Krijg ter Zee 1940-1945, Krijg te Land 1940-1945, mounted for wear by ‘Fa. A. Tack, Breda’, good very fine South Africa, Korea Medal, silver, unnamed; together with a U.N. Medal for Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (3) £40-£50

Lot 534

Regimental Medallions (4), Royal Marines Rifles Association (1921 Won By Comrade C. C. Mills R.M.O.C.A. London); Royal Marines Rifles Association, on corps coloured ribbon with silver top bar ‘Homer’; Royal Marines Rifle Association; Royal Marines (Mne. A. Dawe X 4275) very fine (4) £50-£70

Lot 151

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with unofficial ‘British Empire Brooch’, silver-gilt and enamels, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Lot 606

Portugal, Kingdom, Combined Orders of Christ and St Bento de Aviz (Order of the Two Bands), a late-19th Century breast Star, 78mm x 70mm, silver, with gilt and enamelled centre and enamelled representations of the two orders and gilt and enamelled Sacred Heart above, with double pin suspension, upper part of Sacred Heart bent and slightly chipped, better than very fine £1,200-£1,600

Lot 630

A Second War Soviet Union Order of Glory group of four awarded to Nikolai K. Oleynik Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of Glory (2), Second Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘12793’; Third Class breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘233044’; Order of the Red Star, silver and enamel (2), the reverse officially numbered ‘563508’ and ‘944534’, both with screw-back suspensions, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Sold with the recipient’s Order booklet which confirms all the numbered awards.

Lot 580

Austria, Empire, Military Merit Medal ‘Signum Laudis’, Karl, bronze, with crossed swords on war riband; Commemorative Cross 1848-1908, bronze (2); together with a Catholic Reichsfrauen Organisation enamelled badge; a silver and enamel Jetton; and a Thai Order of the Crown Fifth Class badge on lady’s bow riband, generally very fine (6) £70-£90

Lot 591

Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Renaissance, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 95mm including crown and flag suspension x 63mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Star, 92mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, silver marks to retaining pin, with full sash riband; miniature award; and lapel rosette, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000

Lot 138

An unattributed R.V.M. group of six Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, silver, unnamed as issued; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140

Lot 17

Three: Sergeant H. W. Shoosmith, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10864 Sjt. H. W. Shoosmith. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10864 Sjt. H. W. Shoosmith. R. Berks. R.) very fine Three: Private J. Dawson, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (41827 Pte. J. Dawson. R. Berks. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (James Dawson) very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (10327 Pte. T. Spokes. R. Berks. R.; 30120 Pte. A. H. Wise. R. Berks. R.); together with four Royal Berkshire Regiment shooting medals, one silver, three bronze, one of the bronze examples named ‘Pte. F. Cartland’, nearly very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Henry W. Shoosmith attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 30 May 1915 and was appointed Sergeant. He saw later service with the Royal Engineers and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 27 February 1919. Thomas Spokes attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 5th Battalion from 30 May 1915, and died of wounds on 14 October 1915. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.

Lot 535

Regimental Medallions (6), Ayrshire Yeomanry (2) (Won by Trooper R. Stevenson 1906; Won by Corpl. R. K. Stevenson ‘D’ Squadron 1909); Royal Scots Dragoons (Special Signalling Prize 1914-15 Won by Sgt. Wm. McIntyre); 15th Hussars (Hockey 1906 B 2 K. Ross); Duke of Manchester’s Light Horse; Scottish Horse, all silver, the first four with yellow metal insets, the last enamelled, generally very fine (6) £80-£100

Lot 279

Waterloo 1815 (Ely Gladall, 2nd Reg. Life Guards.) fitted with contemporary elaborate silver post and straight bar suspension surmounted by flaming grenade device, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than good fine £2,200-£2,600 --- Provenance: Purchased Spink, February 1980. Ely Gladhall was born in the Parish of Batley, near Halifax, Yorkshire, and enlisted for the 2nd Life Guards at Doncaster on 25 September 1802, aged 19, a weaver by trade. He served 21 years 86 days, including 2 years allowance for Waterloo, and was discharged at Windsor on 19 December 1821, in consequence of ‘Length of Service.’ His conduct was described as ‘Good, and he is hereby strongly recommended to the favourable consideration of the Board [for pension] having proved himself an excellent soldier.’ Residing at Halifax, he was duly admitted to an Out-pension of 9d per diem on 7 February 1822. He continued to take his pension at Halifax until his death on 6 February 1862. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Lot 228

Pair: Private E. J. Wygold, 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), Canadian Infantry, who died of wounds as a prisoner of war, 23 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (802119 A. Cpl. E. J. Wygold. 60-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Edward John Wygold); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (802119. Pte E. J. Wygold.) with silver bow riband suspension, last in case of issue, with recipient’s identity disc, generally good very fine (lot) £120-£160 --- Edward John Wygold was born in London in March 1891. He served during the Great War with the 60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Wygold subsequently transferred to the 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), and was reported as ‘Missing’ during the Battle of Lens, 23 August 1917. Private Wygold was reported as having died of wounds as a prisoner of war, 23 August 1917, and is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.

Lot 523

Miscellaneous Tribute Medals and Medallions, Tyne Garrison Tribute, 1918, a silver medal by Vaughton, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, 41mm; Battle of Jutland, 1916, very fine, a silver medal by Spink, 45mm, edge bruises, solder marks with remains of pin mounting on reverse, nearly very fine; Battle of Jutland, 1916, a silver medal by Spink, 23mm, polished; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), Great War ‘From the Officers, Mons, Marne, Ypres, ArrasAmiens, Noyon, Cambrai, silver 26mm, very fine; Great War, 325 Siege Battery R.G.A., France 1917-18 with Royal Artillery badge top bar on ribbon, silver and enamels, hallmarked, nearly very fine, Lincoln Great War Tribute Medal, 36mm, bronze, obverse featuring the City’s coat of Arms, and inscribed ‘In token of Lincoln’s gratitude’, the reverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel crown to a victorious returning serviceman, with a warship, artillery gun, and bi-plane in background, and inscribed ‘Served in the Great War 1914-1919’, unnamed, very fine; Robert Gordon’s Technical College, Aberdeen, 46mm, bronze, ‘In Memory Of Those Students Who Gave Their Lives 1914-1918, 1939-1945, unnamed, exfremely fine (7) £100-£140

Lot 539

Regimental Medallions (10), King’s Colonials Rifle Club (The Freeman Challenge Cup Winner 1906 Corpl. H. C. Cramhall); Black Horse Regimental Athletic Club (Hockey 1913); 14/20th King’s Hussars (Winners Troop Cricket 1939); 17th Lancers (Best Man At Arms Young Soldiers 1909 Won by LU Crp. P. W. Smith); 13th Hussars (Inter Troop Shooter 1921 Won by 2nd Troop C. Sqdn Corpl. A. C. Scott); Berkshire Yeomanry (Regimental Football Pte Matthews Berks Yeory); 7th Hussars (D Squadron Mile Swimming Championship); 20th (Fife & Forfar Yeo.) Armoured Car Coy. (Ladies Rage Miss D. Black 1925); R.E.K.M.R. Stable Management Challenge Cup ‘B’ Squadron 1906; The Royal Dragoons, all silver, generally very fine (10) £100-£140

Lot 271

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (A. B. Cutfield, Asst. Surgn.) very fine £800-£1,000 --- Alfred Baker Cutfield was born in 1815 in Deal, Kent, son of John Cutfield, a retired Surveying Master in the Royal Navy. He was apprenticed to Mr Nathaniel Grant, Apothecary, of 21 Thayer Street, London, for a period of five years from 3 December 1829, and from 1831-35 was also a student of the North London Hospital (later University College Hospital, London). Following completion of his studies he passed the examinations for Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) on 5 January 1836, and as a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) on 17 March 1836. Shortly after qualification he was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Medical Service of the Royal Navy with seniority from 25 March 1836. His first appointment was to R.N. Hospital, Haslar, in Gosport, where he remained until 3 August 1837, when he was discharged to H.M.S. Edinburgh. During 1838-39 the ship was part of a squadron looking after British interests on the coast of Mexico. Edinburgh returned to Portsmouth in August 1839 and shortly thereafter Cutfield passed the necessary examinations to qualify him for consideration as a candidate for the future position of Surgeon. The Edinburgh set sail again in September 1839 for the Mediterranean. In July 1840 she was despatched to patrol off the coast of Syria, and in November 1840 was part of the combined fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford which bombarded and retook the town of Acre, which had been held by the Egyptians since 1832, and returned it to Ottoman rule. For his services at the Siege of Acre, Cutfield was one of just five Assistant Surgeons specially promoted to Surgeon by warrant dated 4 November 1840. He subsequently received the N.G.S. medal for Syria, and the St Jean D’Acre silver medal conferred by the Sultan of Turkey. Cutfield, after a short period on the Navy Half-Pay, subsequently joined H.M.S. Champion, as Surgeon, and served on board this sloop from June 1841 to November 1844, for the most part off the coast of South America. During this time, while in Mexico in May 1843, he was subjected to an unprovoked assault by two Mexican sentries, suffering injuries to his face from being struck by the butt of a musket of one of them, resulting in a formal complaint to the Mexican Authorities. After his service in Champion, Cutfield was again placed on Half-Pay, and was allowed on several occasions to turn down further appointments on various grounds including his wife’s confinement and his own ill-health. However, having been found fit to serve in February 1855 and declining an appointment to H.M.S. Hastings ‘For service with Seamen & Marines in the Crimea’, he was finally removed from the Navy List on 5 March 1855, his total service since 1836 amounting to 8 years and 4 months. Following a short-lived partnership with Robert Woollaston as Surgeons and Apothecaries in Tottenham, Cutfield worked as a General Practitioner in Deal, Kent. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in January 1859, and the following year qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at Aberdeen University. He died at Deal on 11 May 1863, and is buried there at St George’s Church. Sold with copied record of service and much other research.

Lot 176

Four: Lance-Corporal E. James, Coldstream Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (8337 L. Cpl. E. James. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (8337 Pte. E. James. C. Gds.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £140-180 --- Edwin James attested for the Coldstream Guards on 4 March 1909 and served with them as a Lance-Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was discharged on 5 July 1916 suffering from chronic gastritis and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Lot 169

Three: Private J. Miles, Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3081 [sic] Pte. J. Miles, 1: R: Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3080 Pte. J. Miles. Rl: Sussex Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3080 Pte. J. Miles. Rl. Sussex Regt.) mounted for wear from a triple silver riband bar, lacking pin, light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £240-£280

Lot 536

Regimental Sporting Medallions (9), Welsh Regiment; 13/18th Hussars (2); The King’s Hussars; Carabiniers (2); 13th Hussars Inter Squadron Football Cup; Yeomanry & Volunteer Tournament 1897; Royal Scots Greys, all silver, the last enamelled, generally very fine (9) £70-£90

Lot 594

Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Independence, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 92mm including wreath suspension x 59mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Star, 88mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with full sash riband, in Huguenin, Switzerland, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700

Lot 581

Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, 75mm including wreath suspension x 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark to suspension ring, with neck riband, minor damage to tips of points of star, otherwise very fine £60-£80

Lot 686

North Cork Militia Buttons. A set of six (five large and one small) North Cork Militia buttons, by Firmin, silver (hallmarks for 1808), all with reverse loop fixing, good condition for age (6) £80-£100

Lot 462

Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, Canadian issue, silver (2), both unnamed as issued, one on lady’s bow riband, both in card boxes of issue; Confederation of Canada Centenary Medal 1967 (2), both unnamed as issued; Confederation of Canada 125th Anniversary Medal 1992, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, generally extremely fine (6) £140-£180

Lot 558

A Small Collection of Royal Air Force Trophies. Comprising ‘R.A.F. Boking Championship 1923 Light Weight Winner F/O. G. Lugg’ 90mm tall, 75mm diameter, with handles, silver, with additional wooden base; ‘Tennis Trophy (Indiv.) The Sergts. Messes R.A.F. Cranwell, Presented by Air Commodore C. A. H. Longcroft, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., Winner, 1924, G. W. Mitchell. F/Sgt.’, 103mm tall, 53mm diameter, without handles, silver; ‘R.A.F. Cranwell 1925 Long Jump Second D. L. Grigg’, 51mm tall, 48mm diameter, with handles, silver, with additional wooden base; ‘R.A.F. Aboukir 1928 Mens Handicap Doubles Won by Group Capt. Brooke and Sq/Ldr. Fuller’, 98mm tall, 50mm diameter, without handles, silver; ‘R.A.F. Iraq Command Diving Championship Hinaisi 1936. Fancy Diving. First. L:A:C: M. G. Farr. 84 Sdn’, the trophy in the form of a poised diver, 100mm tall, with outstretched arms, silver, mounted on a wooden plinth bearing the inscribed silver plaque; ‘Ground Studies Trophy Sergeant F. Little Air Electronics School’, 99mm tall, 52mm diameter, with handles, electro-plated, with additional wooden base, all except the diving trophy in the form of silver cups, and all except the last hallmarked; together with ‘The Wakefield R.A.F. Boxing Trophy’ prize medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Lightweight won by A.C.II Milton R.A.F. 1928’, in wooden box, generally good condition (7) £300-£400

Lot 221

Family Group: Pair: Private J. C. Ditchfield, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (240734 Pte. J. C. Ditchfield. Ches. R.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Private E. I. Ditchfield, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-162402 Pte. E. I. Ditchfield. A.S.C.) in later Second War period named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E. Ditchfield, 197 Westminster Road, Morecambe’, extremely fine (4) £50-£70 --- Sold with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘515124’; and other ephemera.

Lot 506

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot Medal 1820, 36mm, silver, for fourteen years’ good conduct, obverse featuring George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie on the terrace at Windsor, the Castle in the background, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’ above, ‘1785’ in exergue, the reverse inscribed ‘Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough 1st. January 1820’, with two palm branches below, ‘Order of Merit 22nd. Regiment’ around, unmounted, minor edge bruise, good very fine £50-£70 --- Referenced in Balmer, R.246.

Lot 607

Portugal, Kingdom, Order of Christ, an early-19th Century sash Badge, 84mm x 57mm, silver-gilt, with white enamelled centre with badge of the order in gilt and enamel and enamelled Sacred Heart above (both sides), with modern sash riband, extremely fine, very rare £1,400-£1,800

Lot 619

Portugal, Republic, Order of the Tower and the Sword, a Great War period Grand Cross Collar Chain, by Frederico G. da Costa, Lisbon, 880mm, silver-gilt and enamel, comprising 20 alternating links of tower and sword and wreath motifs, joined by scrolling suspension links and with central maker’s circular plaque, extremely fine £600-£800

Lot 74

A fine post-War C.B.E., ‘Pathfinder Squadron Commander’s’ D.S.O., ‘1940’ D.F.C. and post-war Q.C.B.C. group of ten awarded to Wellington and Stirling pilot Group Captain O. R. Donaldson, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 34 operational sorties with 115 Squadron between September 1939 - August 1940, before going on to command 7 Squadron, October 1942 - May 1943. Mentioned in Despatches twice for the Second World War, awarded the Q.C.B.C. for his part during a bomb explosion at R.A.F. Marham in September 1954, and further Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Suez The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Act. Gp. Cpt. O. R. Donaldson. R.A.F.) second clasp loose on riband, as issued, breast awards mounted as originally worn, with Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Emblem and a Path Finder Force Badge, all housed in custom made display case, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated (10) £4,000-£5,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. D.S.O. London Gazette 11 June 1943: ‘Group Captain Donaldson has completed a large number of sorties since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the six months he has commanded the squadron, it has maintained its fine operational record and fresh honours have been achieved. By his sound organisation, thorough training and personal example, he has fashioned a first class fighting unit. Each operation is most carefully planned and executed and nothing which deserved his personal attention is omitted. Group Captain Donaldson’s firm and tactful handling of aircrews, his cheerful spirit and devotion to duty have earned him the unswerving loyalty of all ranks. He is a skilful pilot with a fine record of successful bombing sorties against the enemy. His example as a captain of aircraft has been an inspiration to his unit.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.F.C. London Gazette 11 June 1940: ‘One night in May, 1940, this officer was captain of an aircraft detailed to attack focal points behind the enemy’s positions. In the neighbourhood of Hirson he came under heavy anti-aircraft fire which he regarded as indicating that he was near a profitable objective. In spite of the enemy fire Flying Officer Donaldson made five attacks on a road through a nearby wood. As a result a large fire and thirteen violent explosions occurred in what must have been an important enemy dump. He has consistently shown the highest degree of courage and determination.’ Q.C.B.C. London Gazette 25 January 1955: ‘The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the publication of the names of the undermentioned personnel who have been commended for gallantry displayed when two 1,000lb. bombs exploded without warning at Royal Air Force Station, Marham, on 20 September 1954.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945 and 1 January 1946. M.I.D. London Gazette 13 June 1957 (Suez). Oliver Russell Donaldson was born in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada in January 1912. He was appointed to a Short Service Commission as Acting Pilot Officer on probation, General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force in November 1936. Donaldson was confirmed as a Pilot Officer the following year, and advanced to Flying Officer in November 1937. Donaldson was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 115 Squadron (Wellingtons) at Marham. Between September 1939 - August 1940 he flew in at least 34 operational sorties over Germany, Norway, France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Donaldson took part in the disastrous attack on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau when they attempted to move from their berths towards Norway, 7 April 1940. The Squadron were subsequently engaged in attacking enemy shipping of Norway and occupied airfields. When the German attack on France opened, 115 Squadron began raids in Germany and, later occupied Europe. Donaldson was awarded the D.F.C., and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in September 1940. He was proceeding on a well-earned leave to Canada when his Log Book was “lost at sea due to enemy action”. Donaldson advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in December 1941, and served as commanding officer of 7 Squadron (Stirlings) at Oakington, 2 October 1942 - 3 May 1943. In late 1942 the Squadron was one of five squadrons selected to form the nucleus of the Pathfinder Force. Donaldson was awarded the D.S.O., and advanced to Wing Commander in August 1943. He served as Station Commander of R.A.F. Wyton, July 1944 - February 1945. Donaldson advanced to Group Captain in July 1952, and was rewarded with the Q.C.B.C. for his involvement in the following incident: ‘On 20th September 1954, two 1,000lb bombs exploded on the perimeter track at Marham, killing an NCO. The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: ‘On Monday 20th September, 2 x 1000lb bombs exploded accidentally some 150 yards from the squadron dispersal and several of the squadron’s aircraft were damaged. The damage to most was very slight but one aircraft WK133 received damage which has entailed placing it CAT3. A piece of shrapnel entered the port lower mainplane skin inboard of rib 6 and ricocheted forward passing through rib 6, the main spar and rib 7, after which it passed through the trailing edge of the aileron. The top skin of the mainplane was slightly buckled along the path of the shrapnel. As a result of this damage, the aircraft needs a complete port mainplane change.’ An additional section records: ‘One airman from the squadron, LAC Hopkins, together with two airmen from 115 Squadron, distinguished themselves by rescuing chief technician Bawley, the tractor driver. The three airmen were approximately 200 yards from the scene of the accident but within 30 seconds they had chief technician Bawley clear of the tractor, this regardless of the fact that there were four more unexploded 1000lb bombs lying on the peritrack and that shrapnel was falling about them whilst they were running towards the tractor. It was unfortunate that, in spite of their efforts, chief technician Bawley died after being admitted to King’s Lynn Hospital.” Group Captain Donaldson retired in May 1957. Sold with copied research.

Lot 436

India Service Medal (2), both unnamed as issued; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (2) (38344669 Sep Nur Hussain 16 Pb. R; Mtn 271537 Sep Sultan Khan RPASC MT); Indian Police Independence Medal 1950, unnamed as issued; Pakistan Republic Medal 1956, unnamed as issued; together with Pakistan, Republic, Medal of Military Service (2), Second Class, silver and enamel; Third Class, bronze and enamel, both unnamed as issued; General Service Medal (5), 1 clasp, Kashmir 1948 (2); 1 clasp, Dir-Bajaur 1960-62; 1 clasp, Kashmir 1964-65; 1 clasp, Kutch 1965, all unnamed as issued; War Star 1965 (3), all unnamed as issued; War Star 1971 (3) (1236212 LNk Muhammad Khan Arty; 1220252 Dmt Muhammad Sadiq Arty; 2445084 Sep Mohd Malik Baluch R) generally very fine (19) £60-£80

Lot 145

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, together with the full neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; together with the related miniature award, this also on a lady’s bow riband, and housed in a Garrard case, slight staining to inner silk lining of both cases, nearly extremely fine £240-£280

Lot 198

Pair: Private F. Hutchin, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (15781 Pte. F. Hutchins [sic]. Bedf: R.) number officially corrected; Victory Medal 1914-19 (15781 Pte. F. Hutchin. Bedf. R.) good very fine Five: Private F. Smith, Bedfordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (47098 Pte. F. Smith. Bedf. R.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine Pair: Private S. G. Royston, Bedfordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (41486 Pte. S. G. Royston. Bedf. R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. Self, Bedfordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (49199 Pte. H. Self. Bedf. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (11) £100-£140 --- Frederick Hutchin was born in Spellbrook, Hertfordshire, in 1895 and attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 August 1915, and was discharged on 2 April 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and other research.

Lot 546

Prize Medallions (21), silver, some enamelled, including Lanarkshire Yeomanry; Cheshire Regiment; Army Football Cup 1902; Temperance (2); Queen Victoria Memorial, King’s Lynn CC Cycling Tandem Record, 1937, with yellow metal mount; Cheshire Regiment, bronze, Great War Memorial Plaque, farthing size (2), generally very fine (21) £60-£80

Lot 601

Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, a fine-quality Crimea period Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck Badge, 78mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 59mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold applique, and enamel, unmarked, the reverse with traces of brooch mounting for wear as a breast badge; Star, 94mm x 89mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, unmarked, with seven small affixing loops to reverse tips of star, with reverse hook for retaining pin subsequently re-affixed with an excess of solder, with neck riband, and housed in a fitted red leather case, some red enamel damage to both central medallions, and some additional damage to outer gold ring on the central medallion of the neck badge, otherwise very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800

Lot 79

A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. Eton, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his command of the 21st Howitzer Battery, R.F.A. in 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral to riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Major E. Eton, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. Eton); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar, the first with recessed obverse centre-piece and slightly chipped enamel wreaths, generally very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Ernest Eton was born in Virginia, U.S.A., the son of A. T. Eton, in 1884, and was educated at Woolwich High School and King’s College, London. Commissioned in the 2nd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers in 1903, he remained similarly employed until transferring to the London Royal Field Artillery (Territorials) in the rank of Captain in 1908. Advanced to Major in 1912, he served during the Great War as Commanding Officer of the 21st London Howitzer Battery in March 1915, in which unit he won his D.S.O. and was twice Mentioned in Despatches. He was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1916.

Lot 537

Regimental Sporting Medallions (10), 9th Lancers; 14th Hussars; 26th Hussars; 10th Hussars; 5th Dragoons; Carabiniers; Royal Tank Corps (2); 3rd Hussars; Royal Scots Dragoons Guards, all silver except the last, generally very fine (10) £70-£90

Lot 42

1914-15 Star (2) (18162 Pte. L. Hurford. R. Berks: R.; 18862 Pte. H. S. Radburn. R. Berks. R.) rank and initials double struck on latter; British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (8339 Sjt. A. Illsley. R. Berks. R.; 8446 Pte. J. R. McLean. R. Berks. R.; 3508 Pte. F. H. Russell) generally very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Leonard Hurford attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 27 May 1915 and served with the 8th Battalion on the Western Front from 16 December 1915. Appointed Sergeant, he was discharged, as a consequence of wounds, on 6 March 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B186,493. Harry Sidney Radburn attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 19 July 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion on the Western Front from 1 December 1915. Appointed Lance Sergeant, he also served with the 8th Battalion and was discharged, as a consequence of wounds, on 4 July 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. D248232. Albert Illsley was born in Speen, Berkshire in 1880. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1906 and served in India with the 2nd Battalion. He served with his Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, before later service with both the 5th and 1st Battalions. On 9 September 1916 the Reading Mercury included his name in a casualty list, as being wounded as a Lance Corporal. Upon his recovery, he was later appointed Sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette, 11 February 1919): on 3 October 1918, The Newbury Weekly News reported: ‘Another Newbury man has won the Military Medal. This time it is Sergt. A. Illsley, 1st Royal Berks. Regt., for deeds of gallantry in the recent push on August 22nd.’ Moste likely Illsley was awarded the M.M. for his actions at Quesnoy Farm, near Rumilly, France. Illsley was killed in action near Rumilly, on 9 October 1918, and is buried in Forenville Military Cemetery, France. James Roderick McLean attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War, on the Western Front, with the 1st Battalion, from 12 September 1914. He saw later service with the Labour Corps, Somerset Light Infantry and Army Ordnance Corps. Frederick Henry Russell attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War. He saw later service with the Labour Corps, 8th (Post Office Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment and the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Sold together with two impressed identity discs.

Lot 496

Royal Humane Society, Proficiency in Swimming Medallion, silver (2), the obverse exergue of first impressed ‘King Edward’s School, Birmingham, 1930’ and the edge engraved ‘L. J. Tracey’; the obverse exergue of first impressed ‘Charterhouse School, Godalming, 1947’ and the edge engraved ‘W. S. Broadhead’, both in cases of issue, good very fine (2) £80-£100

Lot 626

Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘269706’, lacking ring suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-£80

Lot 227

Pair: Sergeant R. H. Duce, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (629360 Sjt. R. H. Duce 47-Can. Inf.) generally good very fine or better Pair: Private J. McGrory, Canadian Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (629883 Pte. J. McGrory. C.A.S.C.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (628547 Sjt. H. Brown. 47-Can. Inf.) very fine (5) £50-£70 --- Richard Hoskin Duce was born in London in March 1886. He resided in Victoria, British Columbia, and served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front (entitled to Silver War Badge). James McGrory was born in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada in October 1881. He served with the 68th Regiment, Earl Grey's Own Rifles, and initially during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. McGrory subsequently transferred to the C.A.S.C., and died of illness attributed to service at the Salvation Army Memorial Hotel, 225 Bowery, New York, 10 September 1935. Harry Brown was born in Whitby, Yorkshire in December 1890. He had 3 years prior service with 21st US Infantry Regiment; and, 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Brown served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front.

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