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Two Boxed Corgi Toys, 222 Renault Floride dark red body, yellow interior, flat spun wheels, silver embellishment and 229 Chevrolet Corvair, pale blue body, red interior, flat spun wheels, in near mint original condition, blue/yellow illustrated boxes are very good to excellent. (2 items)
A scarce Great War ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I W. H. Tilbury, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who later served as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Assam and was a member of the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5369 Pte. W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5369 Serjt: W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (16689 Sjt. W. Tilbury. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16689 W.O. Cl.1. W. Tilbury. R. Berks. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. W. H. Tilbury. Surma V.L.H. A.F.I.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with bronze A.I.R. palm on riband, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Belgian Order of Leopold II, Chevalier, with palms London Gazette 5 April 1919. William Harry Tilbury was born at Burchetts Green, Berkshire, on 5 November 1881 and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment aged 15 years and 6 months. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 July 1915. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, he was awarded the Military Cross; the following account appeared in the Berkshire Chronicle: ‘The Germans were making a rush for the guns which they had almost surrounded when the party I have spoken of together with the other Berkshire men and the Guards thwarted the desperate attempts which the Boches made to capture them... In regard to the saving of the guns I should like to say that splendid work was performed by our signalling officer, whose name I cannot remember, and Regimental Sergeant Major Tilbury.’ Subsequently commissioned Captain, post-War Tilbury served with the Assam Civil Service as an Extra Assistant Commissioner of Police, with the rank of Major, and whilst in India served with the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India. He died of Malaria on 15 December 1932.
The G.C.I.E. set of insignia attributed to Charles, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, sometime Viceroy of India and Grand Master of the Order The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash Badge, 87mm including crown suspension x 60mm, gold and enamel; breast Star, 91mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with gold retaining pin, complete with full sash riband, some very minor enamel damage to badge, otherwise extremely fine and rare (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other honours and awards) Lord Hardinge was created G.C.I.E. and Grand Master of the Order upon his appointment as Viceroy of India in 1910. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Privy Counsellor, (1858-1944), was the younger son of the 2nd Viscount Hardinge, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign Office in 1880 and rose rapidly to become British Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1904-06, and, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, head of the Foreign Office. One of the most brilliant diplomatists of his time and close friend and trusted adviser of Edward VII, he was raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst in 1910, when, forsaking the courts and chanceries of Europe which he knew so well, he fulfilled his lifetime’s ambition to follow in the steps of his grandfather, the Peninsular veteran who was Governor-General of India at the time of the First Sikh War, by becoming Viceroy of India. Hardinge arrived in India in November 1910, ‘full of enthusiasm for his great undertaking; a supremely self-confident figure, tall, spare, upright, with a high forehead and trim moustache, looking younger than his fifty-two years’, at his side a Vicereine who was to acquire a reputation for being every bit as clever as her husband. Hardinge’s first challenge was to reunite Bengal following partition in 1905 which had been the cause of terrorism and assassination attempts during his predecessor’s time. The unification of Bengal to form a Presidency under a Calcutta-based Governor sent out from home gave rise to the momentous decision to move the Imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The move which was to become the principal legacy of Hardinge’s reign was announced by the King-Emperor, George V, at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911 – this third and last of the great Delhi gatherings being by far the most spectacular costing £660,000 against Curzon’s 1903 expenditure of £180,000. In March 1912 the Hardinges vacated Government House in Calcutta to make way for the new Governor of Bengal, and took up residence in Delhi, occupying a large bungalow which was to serve as the winter residence of the Viceroys for the next seventeen years until Edwin Lutyens’ grand design for the Viceroy’s House, New Delhi, was finally completed. Hardinge had strong views on style yet insisted on a woefully inadequate construction budget and a demand for speed that was far from conducive to producing timeless architecture in the grand manner. Indeed Hardinge’s role as patron to Lutyens has been described as ‘one of the classic conflicts of architectural history, comparable with that of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II’. Hardinge’s persistent urging was important however in ensuring that tangible progress was made before outbreak of war, which otherwise would probably have caused plans for the new Imperial capital and a world-class palace to be dropped. In December 1912 Lord and Lady Hardinge made their official entry into Delhi riding in the silver State howdah at the head of a long elephant procession of chiefs and high officials. As they passed through the crowded streets of the old city Hardinge remarked to his wife that something terrible was going to happen. A few moments later his premonition became reality when an anarchist threw a nail bomb at them from an upper storey window causing an explosion which could be heard up to six miles away. Initially it seemed that no harm had been done, but as Hardinge retrieved his topi which was passed up on the end of a lance, Lady Hardinge glanced round to see that the attendant who held the umbrella was dead, ‘his shattered body entangled in the ropes of the howdah’. She then noticed a rent in the back of her husband’s tunic and blood flowing freely from it. In the next instant Hardinge fell forward unconscious. With the help of aides, Lady Hardinge managed to get her husband down from the elephant, which was too terrified to kneel, by means of a hastily assembled pile of packing cases. As Hardinge lay on the pavement with a burst ear-drum among his injuries, he briefly came to and ordered the procession to proceed as though nothing had happened with his Finance Member standing in for him. A car whisked the Viceroy away to Viceregal Lodge, but the servants had all gone to watch the procession and it was left to Hardinge’s twelve year old daughter, Diamond, to make up a bed. A succession of operations to remove nails, screws, and gramophone needles with which the bomb was packed ensued. More serious than his physical injuries however was the psychological one which appeared to make him evermore conciliatory in his dealings with Indians. Furthermore he was observed to have lost much of his self-confidence. He was personally dismayed that terrorism was still a factor in Indian life and was accused of playing to the ‘Indian gallery’. In 1913 he annoyed subordinates and local officials in the United Provinces, by going over their heads and making an unprecedented appearance in Cawnpore to settle a dispute over a mosque which had caused serious riots and was inflaming Muslim opinion across India. He addressed the entire Muslim population of the city and having reproached them severely for their disobedience, proceeded to win the crowd by ordering the release of more than a hundred rioters from prison. Needless to say his dealings with Lutyens became yet more fractious. In 1914 he was hit by a series of personal tragedies. In the spring Lady Hardinge died unexpectedly after an operation carried out in England – a blow by all accounts far greater than the bomb. Later in the year his elder son (Lieut., D.S.O., 15th Hussars) was mortally wounded in France. Then the Viceroy lost three of his A.D.C.s to the war, all three being killed within a few days of each other. Diamond, on whom he became evermore reliant, died aged twenty-six in 1927. With the outbreak of war there was much to distract him from grief. He at once sent large numbers of Indian troops to Europe to help slow down the first German advance on Paris, and reduced the British garrison in India to what was regarded by some as a dangerously low-level yet kept order satisfactorily. He was also responsible for organizing the transport, supplies and medical services for the Mesopotamian campaign under Sir Beauchamp Duff whose appointment as C-in-C he had strongly supported in 1914. Whilst he relied too heavily on Duff (who eventually committed suicide) and can thus be blamed in some part for the Mesopotamian nightmare, he did go to Basra in person as soon as he realized how bad things were to try and improve the conditions of the troops. A post-war commission of inquiry absolved him of all blame. Owing to the war his Viceroyalty was extended for six months beyond the usual term. He returned home and became head of the Foreign Office once more before attaining the absolute pinnacle of the Dipolmatic Service, the Paris Embassy, 1920-22. In 1931...
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, mounted court-style as worn together with a 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, with copy France & Germany clasp; Italy Star; and War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £120-£160
A post-War M.B.E. awarded to A. M. Morton, Esq., Senior Agricultural Officer, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for Scotland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in J. R. Gaunt, London, case of issue; together with the related miniature award; and a commemorative Order of the British Empire gilt and enamel pill-box, the inside inscribed ‘Alexander McLaren Morton M.B.E. 1990’, extremely fine £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 30 December 1989: Alexander McLaren Morton, Senior Agricultural Officer, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for Scotland.
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (3), Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Serving Brother’s breast badge (2), 1st type (1892-1939), circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, white enamel damage to one arm of cross; 4th type (1974-84), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with the background; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, with one Additional Award Bar (45126. D/Supt. W. M. Davies. N’umberland. S.J.A.B. 1949.) this last with riband bar, in named card box of issue with label reading ‘Div. Supt. W. M. Davies, Riverside Ambulance Division.’, generally very fine and better (4) £100-£140
A post-War K.C.M.G., Second War C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Sir A. John Gardener, H.M. Diplomatic Service, who served as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War, and as a Political Officer (with the rank of Colonel) during the Second World War in the Syrian Campaign; he later served as Ambassador to Afghanistan and Syria The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with both full and miniature width neck ribands, in Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., London, case of issue; 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; British War and Victory Medals (2. Liut. A. J. Gardener.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (10) £1,800-£2,200 --- K.C.M.G. London Gazette 10 June 1954: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., Her Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Damascus. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1949: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., C.B.E., Head of the Establishment and Organisation Department of the Foreign Office. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., His Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz. Sir (Alfred) John Gardener was born in Exeter on 6 February 1897 and was educated at Heles School, Exeter, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He attested for the Army Service Corps in 1916, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from that year, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Special Reserve) on 31 August 1917. He joined the Consular Service in 1920, and served in various posts in the inter-War years in South Persia, Morocco, Syria, and the United States of America. In June 1941 Gardener served as Political Officer during the Syrian Campaign with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was subsequently promoted Colonel. Post-War he served in the Foreign Officer from 1946 to 1949, before being appointed H.M. Ambassador to Afghanistan 1949-51, and to Syria 1953-56. He retired in 1957 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Devon in 1959. He died on 16 March 1985.
A post-War K.B.E., C.B., Order of St. John group of thirteen awarded to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir K. Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, Royal Navy, who served as Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy and later Assistant Managing Director of the brewers Arthur Guinness The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and reast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace's set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and breast Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. K. A. I. Mackenzie. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, the last ten mounted for wear, traces of adhesive to reverse of the C.B., generally good very fine (15) £3,000-£4,000 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1951. Order of St John, Knight of Grace London Gazette 1 January 1957. Sir (Kenneth) Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie was born on 19 August 1892 and was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was awarded the Willett Medal for Operative Surgery in 1916. He joined the Royal Navy Medical Service that same year and served in the Grand Fleet during the Great War from 1916 to 1918. During the Second World War he served as Fleet Medical Officer in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Far East Fleets, being promoted to Surgeon Captain in 1942. He was Senior Medical Officer, Medical Section, R.N. Hospital, Haslar, from 1944-47, and Medical Officer-in-Charge of the R.N. Hospital at Chatham from 1948-52. He was appointed Honorary Physician to the King, and promoted to Surgeon Rear-Admiral in 1948, and to Surgeon Vice-Admiral in 1952. He held the appointment as Honorary Physician to the Queen, and as Medical Director-General of the Navy, from 1952 until his retirement from the Navy in 1956. After his retirement from the Royal Navy Ingleby-Mackenzie was appointed Assistant Managing Director of the brewing company Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd. in 1956, and held that position until his death on 17 January 1961. A keen sportsman, he had played hockey for the Royal Navy, and was a member of both the Marylebone Cricket Club and the All England Lawn Tennis Club. His son, Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, was a first-class cricketer who captained Hampshire to the County Championship in 1961, and was later President of the M.C.C. Sold with copied research.
A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel The Honourable R. T. Lawley, 7th Hussars, who commanded his regiment in South Africa and was later 4th Baron Wenlock The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Hon: R. T. Lawley, 7/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: Col: Hon R. T. Lawley, C.B., 7/Hrs:); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (4) £2,600-£3,000 --- Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, was born on 21 August 1856, second son of Beilby Richard, 2nd Baron Wenlock of Escrick Park, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was brother of Sir Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of Madras (1891-96), whom he succeeded in 1912 as the 4th Baron Wenlock. He was educated at Eton (1870-74) in the Rev. William Wayte’s House where, although not academically gifted, he was a successful cox. He entered the army in 1875, serving throughout with the 7th Hussars, retiring as Colonel of the Regiment in 1904. He served throughout the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 with the Light Camel Regiment, in which the 7th Hussars detachment comprised three officers and 44 other ranks, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column including the engagement at Abu Klea Wells, 16 and 17 February 1885. After service in Egypt, Lawley served in the Boer War, sailing for the Cape on board the S.S. Templemore, and commanded the 7th Hussars in South Africa from 20 December 1901 to 22 January 1902, after which he commanded a column composed of the Queen’s Bays, 7th Hussars, two guns and a pom-pom from 39th R.F.A., formed at Winburg and operating towards Senekal from 23 January to 31 May 1902, to clear the country in that district of cattle and provisions. He was present during operations in the Transvaal from March to 31 May 1902; Orange River Colony from January to March, and May 1902; Cape Colony from December 1901 to January 1902. He was mentioned in despatches London Gazette 17 June 1902, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ‘in recognition of services during operations in South Africa’, London Gazette 26 June 1902. Following a posting at Aldershot, he retired on 2 November 1904. He was married in 1909 to Rhoda Edith, a daughter of Canon Knox-Little. He succeeded his brother as 4th Baron Wenlock in 1912, and died at Hestercombe, Devon, on 25 July 1918. Sold with full research including various copied photographs together with medal roll and gazette entries saved to CD.
A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Hudson, Indian Medical Service The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn: C. T. Hudson. I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. T. Hudson.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Charles Tilson Hudson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., entered the Bombay Medical Service in March 1889. He served on the North West Frontier 1897-98, including operations on the Samana range and in the Kurram valley; and in Tirah 1897-98. He was appointed Deputy Assay Master, Bombay Mint, September 1900 to April 1902; and was on Military duty from May 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 31 October 1917), and was latterly a Member of the Medical Board, India Office, February 1919 to August 1923.
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel J. D. Pitman, Canadian Ordnance Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (34803 Sgt. Maj. J. D. Pitman. 1/Can: Div: H.G.) rank corrected; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. D. Pitman.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, generally very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917, 28 December 1917 and 9 February 1920. John Downey Pitman was born in Somerset, Bermuda in May 1881. He was employed in Canada by Hancock Manufacturing Company prior to the war, having served served in the British Army for 7 years and 153. Pitman initially served during the Great War as a Sergeant Major with the Canadian Ordnance Corps, and was appointed Assistant Commissary of Ordnance with the rank of Honorary Lieutenant in January 1915. He advanced to Acting Major, and was appointed D.A.D.O.S., Canadian Corps in September 1917. Pitman was subsequently posted as Chief Ordnance Officer, Ashford in October 1918. He returned to Canada, and advanced to Major in January 1925, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel in May 1936. Pitman re-engaged for service with the Canadian Militia in September 1939, and served as Acting Lieutenant Colonel, Officer Commanding Canadian Ordnance Corps Training Centre. He died in February 1959. Sold with copied research.
A rare inter-War North-West Frontier ‘V.C. Action’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton, 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides), for his gallant conduct on 29 September 1935 when he advanced under heavy fire across a narrow Col in an attempt to support two platoons of Guides Infantry under the command of Captain G. Meynell that occupied a summit point and were in grave danger of being overwhelmed; having secured his own objective he realised the small supporting force of HQ Wing and two platoons of Guides Infantry were pinned down on an adjacent peak and unable to offer support. On his own initiative Hamilton then led a gallant charge across a narrow ridge linking the two peaks, but fell severely wounded at the head of his men, the ground being swept by fire from all sides. With the tribesmen above and around the flanks of Meynell and his few remaining men, the gallant Captain Meynell was overwhelmed and died fighting to the last in fierce hand-to-hand combat. For the ‘fine example Meynell set to his men, coupled with his determination to hold the position to the last, maintain the traditions of the Army, and reflect the highest credit on his fallen comrades’, Meynell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Hamilton’s position was now critical. Attacked by overwhelming numbers, severely wounded and hardly able to move, he organised a defensive position to cover the withdrawal of the supporting troops, remaining in position for over three hours, during which ‘he emphatically refused to be evacuated until a final retirement was ordered’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. G. J. Hamilton, 5-12 F F R); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lt. G. J. Hamilton, 5-12 F F R) minor edge bruise to IGS08, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 24 December 1935: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in action in connection with the recent Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 1935’. The official Recommendation, published in The Times on 26 October 1935 states: ‘Lieutenant Hamilton led two Platoons in support of forward companies attacked by overwhelming numbers. Severely wounded and hardly able to move, he organised a defensive position to cover the withdrawal, holding it for three hours, during which he emphatically refused to be evacuated until a final retirement was ordered. It was entirely through the action of this gallant officer that the enemy were held in check and the wounded evacuated.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 May 1936: 'For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier of India, during the period 15/16 August to 15/16 October 1935.’ Godfrey John Hamilton was born on 31 March 1912, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Hamilton, O.B.E., and was educated at Radley and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, Indian Army, on 1 September 1932, and was posted to Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides the following year, being promoted Lieutenant on 1 December 1934. He served with the 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment in the operations against the Mohmand tribesmen on the North West Frontier in 1935, and was severely wounded and awarded the D.S.O. for his gallantry in the action at Point 4080 on 29 September 1935, for which Captain Godfrey Meynell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. The Attack on Point 4080, 29 September 1935 Documents at the India Office Library make reference to the following code names given to prominent rocky features used in official narratives; (i) high ground at Point 318367 - ‘Teeth’; (ii) rocky pinnacle East of Point 4080 - ‘Nipple’; (iii) small rocky feature about three hundred yards West of ‘Nipple’ - ‘Pimple’. The purpose of the operation was ‘clean up sniping parties which came from the head of the Wucha Jawar Valley, the direction of Muzi Kor and Zanawar China, and inflict the maximum possible loss on these elements’. The plan was for the Guides to seize and hold Teeth and from there to capture Point 4080, the object being to catch the enemy flushed from Muzi Kor and the Wucha Jawar in enfilade fire. The advance to Point 4080 was carried out in four phases; (i) the approach march from camp to the foot of the spur; (ii) Capture of ‘Teeth’ by Hamilton; (iii) Capture of ‘Nipple’ by Rendall; (iv) Capture of Point 4080. The Guides left Wucha Jawar camp at 0200 hours and strength of the force was as follows; ‘A’ Company (Lieutenant A. P. S. Rendall), 3 Indian officers and 76 Indian other ranks; ‘B’ Company (Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton), 3 Indian officers and 86 Indian other ranks; ‘C’ Company (Honorary Lieutenant Shadi Khan), 2 Indian officers and 82 Indian other ranks; HQ Wing (Major S. Good) with Captain G. Meynall Adjutant, Doherty Medical Officer, 2 Indian officers and 86 Indian other ranks; the total force consisting of 4 British officers, 1 British MO, 10 Indian officers and 330 Indian other ranks. The first phase was completed by 0400 hours, with Hamilton occupying ‘Teeth’ by 0520 hours. The third phase began with ‘C’ Company acting as advanced guard moving up a spur leading to ‘Nipple’ which was occupied at 0545 hours. The final phase then began with Shadi Khan leading two platoons from ‘C’ Company, with Rendall in close support bringing up two platoons of ‘A’ Company plus an advanced HQ party which included Meynell. The remainder of the small attacking force under Good remained on Nipple. The approach to 4080 was along a long and narrow Col which restricted the advance to single file. With daylight approaching and the tribesmen now fully alerted and in far greater numbers than anticipated, the two platoons under Shadi Khan became pinned down by heavy fire after covering a distance of two hundred yards. Having reached a position where the Col broadened out slightly, Shadi Khan formed a fire position from which the final assault could be made. At this point, Rendall and Meynell came forward, and ordering Shadi Khan to remain in his present position to give covering fire, led the final assault with two platoons from ‘A’ Company and two sections from ‘C’ Company. Despite the growing hostile fire and the difficult nature of the ground, Rendall reached one of the points of 4080, which is best described as a coxcomb being made up of several small peaks, with the two platoons of ‘A’. Battalion HQ had now established themselves across the Col and on the east face of 4080. But it was now broad daylight and in the face of such heavy fire, the supporting sections of ‘C’ were unable to scale the cliff face, with the result that Rendall and Meynell were left isolated. Major Good now realised the seriousness of the situation but was unable to communicate with the 3rd Light Battery for covering fire as the Forward Observation Officer had been wounded and the telephone lost. However a helio message was sent to Hamilton who was ordered up with two platoons, at which point the signaller was shot dead. Hamilton then advanced in an attempt to reach Rendall and Meynell but fell severely wounded at the head of his men having reached the rocky outcrop codenamed Pimple, from which point no further advance was possible, the...
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant F. Terrill, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Cornwallis when she was torpedoed and sunk by U32 on 9 January 1917, and was awarded the O.B.E. whilst serving on the Staff of the Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (208946. F. Terrill., Lg. Sea. H.M.S. Proserpine.) minor official corrections to rate and ship; 1914-15 Star (Mate F. Terrill. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Terrill. R.N.) good very fine, the rank on the Star scarce (5) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 17 July 1919: ‘For valuable services on the Staff of the Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar.’ Frank Terrill was born at Portsea, Hampshire, on 15 September 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 12 March 1900. He was advanced Able Seaman on 1 September 1903, and joined H.M.S. Proserpine on 1 June 1910, being advanced Leading Seaman on 22 August 1910. He was promoted Petty Officer on 1 January 1914. Following the outbreak of the Great War Terrill was sent for Officer training on 5 November 1914. His first appointment was to H.M.S. Newmarket, probably simply for transit to Gallipoli, where he was landed on ‘’A’’ beach at Suvla Bay, where it seems he served until invalided to the Royal Naval Hospital Malta. His 1914-15 Star is named in the unusual rank of Mate. Upon leaving hospital Terrill was sent to H.M.S. Cornwallis and was onboard when she was torpedoed and sunk by U32 on 9 January 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Birmingham for a short time before being found fit for shore service only (with glasses) in May 1917. Subsequently posted to the Staff of the Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar for duty with patrol vessels and to supervise and inspect all merchant ship armaments, it was for this service that he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He retired on medical grounds on 4 November 1921, and died on 19 June 1949. Sold with copied record of service.
A rare Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Commander (E.) G. P. Blake, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who served ashore in 1944 as a Forward Air Control Officer and thence in support of carrier operations off Korea - a distinguished career that was tragically curtailed in early 1953 when his Sea Vampire crashed into the ground near the R.N.A.S. Culdrose The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; France and Germany Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Cdr. (E.) G. P. Blake O.B.E. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, the fist six mounted court-style as worn; the last two loose, good very fine or better (8) £800-£1,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945: ‘For services in the Allied Expeditionary Air Force.’ George Peter Blake, who was born in South Africa in February 1914, entered the R.N.C. Dartmouth in August 1930 and the R.N.E.C. Keyham in January 1935, and was confirmed in the rank of Sub. Lieutenant (E.) in September 1938. Having then seen active service in destroyers, he undertook pilot training in the Fleet Air Arm and received his first posting in April 1941, when he joined No. 881 Squadron. In the following year he took up an appointment at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton, but his career took on a more operational footing with his appointment to the staff of the Flag Officer Naval Air Stations (F.O.N.A.S.) in the summer of 1944, in which role he was embarked for France as a Forward Air Control Officer for the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, a spell of active service that was rewarded by his O.B.E. in January 1945. Then in May of the latter year, he was ordered to the Far East, where he joined the carrier Indomitable, in which capacity he remained actively employed until the Japanese surrender, including operations against enemy suicide boats off Hong Kong in August 1945 and, subject to the exact date of his joining the ship, in the operations against the Ishigaki and Miyako Islands, during the course of which Indomitable was struck by a kamikaze aircraft just below her flight deck. Having then returned to the U.K. and been employed at R.N.A.S. St. Merryn, Blake was embarked in the carrier Unicorn on the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, and he served as C.O. to the Air Engineering Department at Sembawang, Singapore - later renamed H.M.S. Simbang - until late 1952. As related in a letter written by a fellow Naval officer, he also made visits to forward areas, including one to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders at Imjin River en route to visiting No. 77 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, on which occasion he wore ‘his naval brass hat, a submarine sweater, an Army parka and boots, plus his own blue trousers - unconventional but very practical in snow and mud’. Returning to the U.K. in early 1953, Blake joined R.N.A.S. Culdrose, and it was in this capacity that he was killed in a flying accident on 5 February, when his Sea Vampire crashed at high speed among houses at Trevarrick, St. Austell, some witnesses stating that it had just gone through the sound barrier. Be that as it may, there were no civilian casualties, even though the point of impact left a crater 20 feet deep and 30 feet wide. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s original Commission Document; Admiralty named condolence slip in respect of his Korea Medals; and a fine array of career photographs.
A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. K. Willans, R.I.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. H. K. Willans, R.A.S.C.) generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016 (when sold without the India Service Medal). O.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946. Charles Harte Keatinge Willans was born in December 1907 and was originally commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1927, in which capacity he served in the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31, gaining advancement to Lieutenant in September of the former year and secondment to the Indian Army Service Corps in January of the latter year. Having then been present in the Mohmand operations of 1933, he was advanced to Captain in September 1936, the same year in which he participated in further operations on the North-West Frontier. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938). Having then attended Staff College and been advanced to Major, Willans was appointed a Staff Officer in November 1940 and saw further action with the R.I.A.S.C. in Burma 1944-45, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He reverted to the Royal Army Service Corps after Indian Independence and was again Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Malayan Emergency (London Gazette 30 October 1953). Subsequently placed on the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, he ceased to belong to the Reserve in December 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with copied research.
A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. G. Chapman, C.I.E., Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. R. C. G. Chapman. R.E.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style, about extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 12 June 1947 O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 11 June 1942 Reginald Charles George Chapman was appointed an Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire for his services as Deputy Master of Security Printing in India, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 June 1944. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1947 for his services as Master of Security Printing in India, and retired on 31 March 1948.
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Colonel (Quartermaster) F. W. Price, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (S-21925 Sjt. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-21925 W.O. Cl.1. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-1010 S. Sjt. F. W. Price. R.A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-21925 Sjt: F. W. Price. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Gold Medal, with swords and laurel wreath, silver-gilt, silver mark to edge, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a glazed display case, light contact marks, good very fine and extremely rare to rank (11) £800-£1,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1926. M.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. French Medal of Honour London Gazette 29 January 1919. Frederick Walter Price attested for the Army Service Corps at York, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914, and subsequently as a Staff Sergeant-Major on the Quartermaster-General’s Staff. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours’ List, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Army Service Corps on 14 January 1931. He was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in 1943, and retired on 12 March 1947, being granted the honorary rank of Colonel, the first Quartermaster of the Royal Army Service Corps to be so honoured. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
A Second War ‘Civil Defence’ M.B.E. pair awarded to T. Kennett, Esq., Assistant Town Clerk and Re-Housing Manager, Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone 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; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1942: Thomas Kennett, Esq, Assistant Town Clerk and Re-Housing Manager, Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone ‘For services to Civil Defence.’ Thomas Kennett was born in Paddington, London, and attested for the 2nd County of London Yeomanry on 7 August 1914. He was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ on 21 August 1914. Sold with the original Bestowal Document for the M.B.E. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 299.
A post-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) A. M. Lambert, Royal Corps of Transport, late Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (T/22811780 Sgt. A. M. Lambert. R.A.S.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Capt (QM) A M Lambert MBE RCT); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt (QM) A. M. Lambert MBE. RCT.) mounted court-style as worn, and housed in a glazed display frame together wit ha set of Royal Corps of Transport cap and collar badges, edge bruise to GSM18, otherwise extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1973. The original Recommendation state: ‘22811780 Warrant Officer Class I Arthur Melville Lambert, Royal Corps of Transport, has been employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport since February 1971. His duties within the regiment are considerable, dealing as he does with all aspects of administration and discipline in a unit which is heavily engaged in training and equally heavily committed in the local community and youth activities. Throughout this period he has performed his duties with exceptional efficiency, loyalty, and devotion. As the Regimental Sergeant Major he spends many hours in the planning and organisation of unit activities and he consistently maintains the very highest standards of personal conduct, bearing and integrity. In consequence he sets a fine example to the permanent staff and junior leaders alike. He was instrumental in the planning and organisation of a Royal Visit earlier in the year, and its success was in no small way due to his diligence, hard work, and unfailing attention to detail. In the sphere of assistance to the civilian community, Mr. Lambert has been involved in the planning and organisation of numerous activities for both handicapped and disabled persons: the Somerset County Handicapped Persons Rally, the South West Regional Spastics Games, and the Mentally Handicapped Sports are but three of the many activities sponsored by the regiment during the year in which he has taken an active and responsible part. In addition, he has worked tirelessly in organising local youth and old age pensioners’ activities. His efforts have done much to ensure the success of all these ventures and have brought great credit upon the Army. Warrant Officer Class I Lambert is an outstanding Warrant Officer who never fails to give of his best and his work has been carried out in a manner vastly superior to that which could normally be expected. His exceptional and outstanding services have been an inspiration to his comrades and a fine example to all with whom he has come into contact.’ Arthur Melville Lambert attested for the Royal Army Service Corps, and having transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport was advanced Warrant Officer Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major). He was commissioned Captain (Quartermaster) in the Royal Corps of Transport on 25 April 1974, and was promoted Major (Quartermaster) on 25 April 1982, and Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) on 11 September 1986. He retired on 8 June 1990.
A very scarce inter-war A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who was decorated by the French Government for services on board the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury. Q.A.R.N.N.S.); France, Third Republic, Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies, Ministere de la Marine, bronze with anchor embroidered on ribbon (Miss Shrewsbury Ste Marguerite d’Ecosse 1918) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1930. Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies London Gazette 24 May 1919. One of only three awards to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Alice Mary Shrewsbury was born in Cambridgeshire on 17 August 1880, where her father had a farm of 160 acres. She had at least one brother and six sisters. She commenced her nursing training at Guy’s Hospital and trained there for four and a half years before joining the Royal Navy on 6 August 1913, at R.N.H. Haslar. At the commencement of the war she was sent to the Hospital Ship Drina and served on her until August 1915 when she was transferred to R.N.H. Haslar. In May 1917 she served for just one week on the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland before being placed at R.N.H. Malta. It was at this stage that nursing sisters were withdrawn from sea service. However, in November 1917 she once more transferred to the St Margaret of Scotland and appears to have served aboard her for the rest of the war. After the war she served at Haslar, Chatham, Malta, and R.N.H. Plymouth. She was discharged to pension on 17 August 1930. Her nursing reports show her as always being assessed as very good, exemplary or above average. She was awarded the Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies in May 1919 and the medal was forwarded to her on 19 May 1922. She attended Buckingham Palace for the investiture of her A.R.R.C. on 14 March 1930. According to information provided by Q.A.R.N.N.S. Archives there were only 53 1914-15 Star trios awarded to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Sold with copied record of service and other research. For the recipient’s Great War miniature awards, see Lot 650.
A Kaisar-i-Hind pair awarded to Superintendent G. Bowen, Calcutta Police Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 2nd class, silver, the edge contemporarily engraved ‘Griffith Bowen. Calcutta 1909’, with integral top riband bar; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Griffith Bowen Supt. of Police) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge bruise to latter, otherwise extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Griffith Bowen was born on 20 September 1859 and joined the Calcutta police on 14 June 1886. He was appointed Superintendent of Police on 12 April 1904, and was in charge of the High Court from 24 July 1910.
A post-War Order of St John group of six awarded to Surgeon Captain T. F. Davies, Royal Navy The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, heraldic beasts in angles; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (Surg. Cdr. T. F. Davies. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Order of St. John, Officer, London Gazette 12 January 1965. Thomas Frank Davies qualified at Guy’s Hospital in 1931. He then worked at Pembury Hospital before joining the Royal Navy in 1933, being advanced Surgeon Captain on 30 June 1958. His final appointment was in the Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy, and he transferred to the Retired List in 1975.
A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Godley, Leicestershire Regiment, for gallantry at Bazentin on 14 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20005 Cpl. H. Godley. 1/4 Leic: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (14217 Pte. H. Godley. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14217 Cpl. H. Godley. Leic. R.) medals unmounted, good very fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917; citation published 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led forward a party of men to their objective, and materially assisted in repelling all attempts made by the enemy to counter-attack.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Bazentin, 14 July 1916.’ Harold Godley was a native of Whitwell, Derbyshire, and served with the Leicestershire Regiment in France from 29 July 1915. At the time of winning his D.C.M. in the attack on Bazentin le Petit wood on 14 July 1916, he was serving with the 7th Battalion but transferred to the 1/4th Battalion shortly afterwards. He is listed as having been wounded in the Derbyshire Courier for 2 September 1916, and is entitled to the Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research including War Diary extracts
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant G. Weddell, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action on 4 April 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (5022 Sjt: G. Weddell. 260/Low: Bde: R.F.A. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (5022 Sjt. G. Weddell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (5022 Sjt. G. Weddell. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (108 Sjt: G. Weddell. 1/L’ld. Bde: R.F.A.) mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 22 January 1917. George Weddell was born in Ratho, Midlothian. Having previously served with the 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and whilst serving with 1st (Edinburgh City) Royal Garrison Artillery, he re-engaged on 2 April 1908 in the 1st City of Edinburgh Battery, 1st Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, noting his occupation as cable jointer for The National Telegraph Company (GPO), Edinburgh. He was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 October of that year. Following restructure of the unit to 315th Brigade, Weddell was posted to ‘C’ Battery, 315th Brigade on 11 February 1917. He was wounded in the left arm on 4 April 1918, and was admitted to No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, before being repatriated to St Luke’s War Hospital, Halifax. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 7 August 1918, and is additionally entitled to a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Dewhurst, 27th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. 27/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘440351’; a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, bronze; and a Army Temperance Association Six Month Medal, silvered, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 1999. M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917. Gilbert Dewhurst attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the 27th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915. Sold with a group photograph of the recipient with his section, in uniform, and mounted in a small display frame.
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant W. Benson, Canadian Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (128 Sjt: W. Benson. Can: F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (128 A.B.Q.M. Sjt. W. Benson. C.F.A.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘C106121’, light contact marks, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. William Benson was born in Lambeth, London, on 25 May 1890 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Kingston, Ontario, on 10 August 1915. He served with the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal.
A Royal Household R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Privy Purse Messenger Sergeant J. H. Smith, late Grenadier Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (5576 Sergt. J. H. Smith. 2nd Bn. Gren: Gds.) original naming details heavily worn and later over-engraved; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (...gt. J. Smith, Gre...) ; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: J. Smith. Gren: Gds:); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1897-1917’; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, named on reverse points, mounted court-style for display, the R.V.M. good very fine, the remainder all heavily polished and pitted from contact wear, therefore generally poor (8) £600-£800 --- R.V.M. awarded 4 December 1920: ‘Sgt., G.G., Privy Purse Messenger: On retirement.’ James Henry Smith was born in the Parish of Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 16th Foot as ‘James Smith’ at Reading on 5 June 1874, aged 18. He transferred to the 58th Foot on 1 November 1874, and to the Grenadier Guards on 1 October 1876. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1878, appointed Lance-Sergeant in May 1880, and promoted Sergeant in September 1881. He re-engaged for the Grenadier Guards in February 1884 and served with the regiment through to 17 June 1896. He served overseas in Egypt from 31 July to 13 November, 1882, and at Suakin from 20 February to 10 September 1885, being slightly wounded at Takool on 6 May 1885. He was stationed in Bermuda for 1 year from July 1890 but his service was otherwise all at Home until he received his final discharge in 1896. He entered Royal Service as a Commissionaire or Messenger in 1897 on the Privy Purse establishment. He received his Meritorious Service Medal with £10 Annuity on 1 April 1904, and in 1917 received his Royal Household Faithful Service medal for twenty years service. He retired in December 1920 and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver on that occasion. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research copied to CD.
The rare First Burma and First Afghan Wars group of five awarded to Quartermaster-Sergeant J. N. Heseltine, 13th Prince Albert’s Light Infantry, an exemplary fighting soldier, who was wounded at the storm of Ghuznee and distinguished for his Gallantry during the Battle of Gundamuck, near Jellalabad and the Khyber Pass, on 11 November 1841; after leaving the army, he stayed on in India as ‘a man of property’ who owned several hotels Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Josh. N. Heseldine [sic], 13th. Ft.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming in upper and lower case as issued in India; Ghuznee 1839 (*Qr. Mr. Serjt. J. N. Heseltine No. 268. 13th. or P.A. Lt. Infantry.*) contemporarily engraved naming, with hinged silver straight bar suspension; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, 2nd Flying Victory type (Josh. N. Heseldine [sic] 13th. Ft.) contemporarily engraved naming in upper and lower case as before, with original steel clip and straight bar suspension; Cabul 1842 (Qr. Mr. Serjt J. N. Heseltine No. 268. 13th. or P.A. Lt. Infantry.) contemporarily engraved naming, with original steel clip and bar suspension; 13th Light Infantry Regimental Merit Medal for 14 Years’ Good Conduct, hollow silver, chased, the edge inscribed ‘Josh. N. Heseldine [sic] 13th. Ft.’, light contact marks otherwise good very fine or better, the Defence of Jellalabad Medal one of the few (believed to be fewer than fifty) exchanged by men who remained in India when the regiment returned to England (5) £4,000-£5,000 --- Army of India Medal confirmed in Gould’s roll. Joseph Nelson Heseltine was born in Doncaster on 3 October 1803. A labourer by trade, he enlisted in the 58th Foot in 1822 and transferred to the 13th Foot later that year. In September 1822, the 13th Foot was moved from Ireland to Chatham in Kent, where it was brought up to strength for service in India - it is likely that Heseltine joined at that time. At Chatham it was reconstituted as a light infantry unit in December 1822 and re-titled as the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry). Ava The 13th Light Infantry arrived in Calcutta in May/June 1823. Soon after its arrival, Burmese forces attacked Cachar, a territory in Assam that was under British protection. War was declared against the kingdom of Ava on 5 March 1824. It was decided that the war would mainly be fought via amphibious attacks, with a key objective of conquering the port town of Rangoon, on the north bank of the Irrawaddy. The expeditionary force was organised at Port Cornwallis in the Andaman Islands under the joint control of Brigadier-General Archibald Campbell and Commodore Grant. The 13th Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Fighting Bob’ Sale, formed part of the 11,000 strong infantry component. The first task assigned to 13th Light Infantry was to seize and occupy the island of Cheduba, near Ramree on the Arakan Coast, astride the coastal trade route between Rangoon and Calcutta. Three companies were detailed to make this attack, whilst the remainder of the regiment proceeded to Rangoon. The attack on Rangoon passed off smoothly and the town was soon converted to a defensive stronghold. However, 50,000 Burmese men armed with muskets, swords and spears, all familiar with jungle fighting, dug in around Rangoon. During the 1824-25 campaigning season, Brigadier Campbell went on to the offensive. It was hard fought - artillery had to be man-handled through the jungle, soldiers were falling thick and fast due to disease and each town and fortified stockade was heavily defended. By February 1826 the Anglo-Indian army had advanced three hundred miles north to the town of Yandaboo and the Burmese capital was just four miles away. The advance on the capital began on 9 February 1826 with the 13th Light Infantry leading a night attack, which caused the enemy to flee. The capital was reached two weeks later. The King of Ava agreed to pay an indemnity and surrender a considerable part of his western and southern territories. Garrison Duties in India The 13th Light Infantry returned to garrison duty in India. From May 1826 to 1838, they were successively stationed in Baharampur, Dinapur, Agra and finally Karnal. Inspection Reports mention the newly-instituted regimental reward system of a gold medal to be awarded for 20 years Good Conduct and regimental service, and silver medals for 7 and 14 years of Good Conduct and service. The Reports also mention the frequency of courts martial. Heseltine was court-martialed in 1826 for ‘Signing his Captain’s name to a Pass from Evening Parade’. He was advanced to Corporal in 1831, Sergeant in 1833 and appointed Colour Sergeant in February 1837. The Inspection Reports suggest that the 13th Light Infantry’s rank and file comprised three main groups. At one extreme were the hard cases, habitual drunks who were repeatedly court-martialed. At the other extreme were ‘Havelock’s Saints’, who attended the all-ranks bible study classes established by the austerely religious Captain Henry Havelock, were Chapel-going Baptists and members of the regimental Temperance Society, which had 274 members in 1837. Heseltine’s record suggests that he was neither a drunkard nor a saint but part of the middle group, for which a separate Church of England chapel was built. Sergeant Heseltine married in Agra on 15 April 1833. He chose the traditional formality of banns rather than marrying ‘by permission of Commanding Officer’, the other route that serving soldiers could opt for. His age is given as 29, his wife was 19. She is named only as C. Sandison and was given away by Mr and Mrs Harding (Mrs Harding was illiterate). The Invasion of Afghanistan and the winter retreat In 1838 the 13th Light Infantry formed part of the 1st Brigade of the Army of the Indus, leaving Karnal for Ferozepore and crossing the Indus, marching through Scinde and Baluchistan to the Bolan Pass, then on to Kandahar. Heseltine was wounded in the left foot during the storming of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839, when Captain Vigor’s company was part of the Forlorn Hope. The rest of the 13th Light Infantry fought their way into the town after the Kabul Gate was blasted open to reveal a tunnel 150 yards long by 20 wide, where a desperate hand-to-hand struggle took place. The 13th Light Infantry then moved on to Kabul itself. One of Heseltine’s comrades, Sergeant George Godfrey, recorded that: ‘The country abounds with hills and valleys; the former are generally barren, the latter very fertile and well-watered in many parts, in some places very much reminding us of our own country... The Regiment lay in the Bala Hissar during the winter in temporary barracks and in the spring [1840] we went out to camp again. Afterwards a small force was formed and marched into Kohistan, a few marches from Cabool. We were engaged at a village called Tootum Durra and very soon succeeded in clearing the orchards and places round it. We routed the enemy and destroyed the village with very little loss on our part. They retreated across a small river at the back, into the hills. The next place we attacked was a small mud fort called Julgar [3 October 1840]. After cannonading it for some time a breach was made and an assault was undertaken, which did not prove so effectual as was expected, on account of the scaling ladders being too short, and not exactly of the right kind, as they were made of doolie poles. Fourteen of our men belonging to the storming-party were killed, one of whom was our sergeant-major, an excellent non-commissioned officer who stood very fair for a commission. After dusk the enemy made their escape, although closely watched, on account of the faithlessness of some...
The historically important First and Second China Wars campaign pair awarded to Sir Harry S. Parkes, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., British Consul at Canton and Shanghai, Ambassador to Japan and then to China, who served as Chief Political Officer during the Second China War, when he conducted negotiations and seized high-ranking Chinese Officials; Parkes’s heroic defiance of the torturers in the Board of Punishments in Peking’s Forbidden City led to the destruction of the Summer Palace and established his reputation as an Imperial Paragon; despite large bounties on his head, he survived multiple assassination attempts, and ‘no one contributed more to make the name of England Great and Powerful in the distant regions where he wielded his unique influence’ China 1842 (Mr. Interpreter Parkes) officially impressed naming, original suspension replaced with a Second China style suspension; China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Harry S Parkes CB) officially impressed naming, both with contemporary top silver riband buckles, and housed in a Spink, Piccadilly, fitted case, deeply toned on obverses, good very fine or better (2) £15,000-£20,000 --- Harry Smith Parkes, the son of Harry Parkes, founder of the firm of Parkes, Otway & Co., Ironmasters, was born on 24 February 1828 at Birchills Hall, Bloxwich, Staffordshire. When he was four years old his mother died, and the following year his father was killed in a carriage accident. Left an orphan, he found a home with his uncle, a retired naval officer, at Birmingham. He went to a boarding-school at Balsall Heath, and in May 1838, when he was ten, entered King Edward’s Grammar School. In the words of his principal biographer: ‘In person Parkes was short and slight, of a very fair complexion, large head, broad high brow, alert expression, and bright vigilant blue eyes. In character he was extraordinarily tenacious of purpose, restlessly active, prompt and energetic, never losing his presence of mind in danger or difficulty, courageous and daring to a fault.’ (Dictionary of National Biography refers). First China War In June 1841 Parkes sailed for south China to live in the house of his cousin, Mary Gützlaff, the wife of the missionary, linguist and explorer Karl Gützlaff, who was then based in the Portuguese enclave of Macau. At that time, by Imperial decree, all Chinese ports were closed to foreign ships except for Canton in the far south, where trade was undertaken during a relatively short season under carefully limited and regulated conditions. In 1839 the British had been forcibly expelled from Canton by the Imperial Commissioner charged with ending the import of opium, most of which came from British India. This was the start of the First China War (1839-42), during which Britain seized and annexed Hong Kong to serve as a safe harbour and trading base. Parkes arrived in Macau in October 1841 and at the age of fourteen began to learn Chinese. He was soon employed as an assistant by John Morrison, the secretary and chief interpreter of Sir Henry Pottinger, then British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China. In May 1842 Parkes left Macau to join Morrison in Hong Kong, as the British prepared to sail northwards up the coast of China and compel the Imperial authorities to enter serious negotiations. On 13 June 1842 he accompanied Pottinger on the expedition up the Yangtze River to Nanking, joined in various junk captures and naval ‘cutting-out parties’ and was present at the capture of Chinkiang on 21 July. The threat posed by foreign warships and troops on the Yangtze, China’s main internal trade route, was more than the Manchu rulers could stand and they reluctantly agreed to a less regulated trade with Britain. The Treaty of Nanking obliged China to open up to international trade the five most important southern ports (Canton, Amoy, Fuzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai) and to allow foreign communities to live freely in these cities. Parkes attended all the negotiations and witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Nanking by three Chinese mandarins on board H.M.S. Cornwallis on 29 August 1842. In order to maintain a close blockade over the mouth of the Yangtze, the British had seized the island of Chusan just off Ningbo, and they kept a garrison there until the Emperor formally ratified the Treaty of Nangking and opened the five Treaty Ports (once this process was well under way, Chusan was evacuated and returned to Imperial rule). During the British occupation of Chusan the formidable Reverend Gützlaff was appointed its Civil Magistrate, and young Parkes spent a year as his clerk from September 1842 to August 1843. Diplomatic work in China and Siam In August 1843 Parkes passed the consular examination in Chinese in Hong Kong and that September was appointed Interpreter at Fuzhou. However, there was a delay in opening the port and so he served instead successively at the consulate in Canton, as assistant to the Chinese Secretary in Hong Kong and then as Interpreter at Amoy (Xiamen). Finally, in March 1845 Parkes and his Consul, Rutherford Alcock, were transferred to Fuzhou, an important tea-trading port. The British were not welcome in Fuzhou and in October Parkes survived an attack by Manchu soldiers. In August 1846 Alcock and Parkes were again transferred, this time to Shanghai, where Parkes acted as Interpreter. In 1847 he began to study Japanese and in March 1848 accompanied the British vice-consul at Shanghai to Nanking to negotiate the punishment of some Chinese men who had assaulted three British missionaries. Parkes’s prominent role, undertaken at great personal risk, received the warm approbation of Lord Palmerston. Following this he was appointed Interpreter at Shanghai on 9 April 1848. After a period of leave from 1850-1851, which he spent in Europe, Parkes took up the post of Interpreter at Canton, where, aged 24, he acted as Consul in the absence of Sir John Bowring, and in August 1853 he was placed temporarily in charge of the Canton vice-consulate before being promoted to Consul at Amoy in 1854. In 1855 Parkes was sent to Siam (now Thailand) as Joint Secretary to Sir John Bowring’s Mission to conclude a commercial treaty with the Kingdom. The treaty, the first ever European treaty with Siam, was signed in Bangkok on 18 April 1855 and Parkes was given the honour of taking it to England for ratification. He delivered it on 1 July, and was received at Court by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1855. He spent the rest of 1855 helping the Foreign Office deal with Chinese and Siamese issues and meeting with Miss Fanny Plumer. ‘She was a beautiful girl,’ wrote a friend, ‘tall, well-proportioned, and graceful, her colouring rich and soft, her features expressing sensitiveness and the power of warm emotion; her dark brown eyes full of intelligence and speaking earnestness of purpose. She possessed in a large degree the power of fascination in which all her family were remarkable.’ After a six-week courtship, they were married on New Year’s Day, 1856, at St Lawrence's Church, Whitchurch. The couple left England on 9 January, carrying the ratified Siamese treaty, which Parkes exchanged in a ceremony in Bangkok on 5 April 1856. They travelled on to Canton, where Parkes was Acting Consul. Second China War and the Seizure of Canton Parkes’ position as Acting Consul at Canton brought him into renewed contact with Imperial Commissioner and Viceroy Ye Mingchen, who he had met during his first posting to Canton in 1852-54. Clashes between the two men would soon lead to the Second China War (1856-60). Ye came from a scholarly family in Hubei Province and was awarded the highest degree in the imperial exams in 1835. In 1848...
Six: Commander F. K. Thimm, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, late Irrawaddy Flotilla Company India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Officer F. K. Thimm, I.F. Coy’s Str. Panthay); 1914-15 Star (Commr. F. K. Thimm, R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr. F. K. Thimm, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Franz K. Thimm); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Commr. F. K. Thimm, R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911, contact marks to the first, otherwise good very fine (6) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. Franz Thimm joined the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in 1885 and was Chief Officer of the paddle-steamer Panthay at the taking of Mandalay and the surrender of King Thebau’s army at Ava. He retired as a Captain in 1902 and was appointed Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve on 15 December 1904, and was also a Younger Brother of Trinity House. He retired with the rank of Commander, Royal Naval Reserve, having been awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1916. The Panthay was designed by Messrs William Denny of Glasgow and engined by Rankin and Blackmore in 1876. She was 251 feet in length, 28 feet in width and had a draught of 7 feet. Her gross tonnage was 561 tons. She was broken up in January 1897 at Dalla.
Six: Chief Shipwright Frank James, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Naval M.S.M. for services aboard H.M.S. Caledon during the battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (F. James, Ldg: Car: Cr: H.M.S. Fearless); 1914-15 Star (341996, F. James, Ch. Shpt., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (341996 F. James. Ch. Shpt., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341996 Frank James, Shipt., 1Cl., H.M.S. Imperieuse); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (341996 F. James, Ch. Shipwt. 2Cl. “Caledon” Services During War) together with a small silver medal for Their Majesties Visit to India 1911-12, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 27 June 1919. The original recommendation states: ‘The Carpenter being on leave this Chief Petty Officer, in charge of the Carpenter ratings, did splendid and intelligent service in shoring up the large hole made by a 12-inch shell, through which a dangerous quantity of water would otherwise have entered, likely to impair the ship’s further fighting efficiency.’ The same gazette announced the award of four D.S.O.s and one D.S.C. to Officers of H.M.S. Caledon, all for the battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November, 1917. H.M.S. Caledon was Commodore Walter Cowan’s Flagship and part of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron in what was the last ‘big-ship’ engagement of the Great War. Caledon was hit amid ships by a large calibre German shell killing and wounding most of the crew of one of her guns. Seaman J. H. Carless, although mortally wounded, continued to serve his gun before finally succumbing to his wounds. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Frank James was born in the Parish of Boscombe, near Christchurch, on 11 January 1878, and was a carpenter by trade when he joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 11 March 1898. He served as Leading Carpenter’s Crew aboard H.M.S. Fearless from June 1899 to November 1900, including service off the coast of South Africa (Medal). Advancing to Shipwright in January 1902 and to Leading Shipwright in April 1904, he became Carpenter’s Mate in May 1910. He joined H.M.S. Medina on 10 October 1911, which ship conveyed the King and Queen to India for the Delhi Durbar. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal while serving in Imperieuse in March 1913 and, come the outbreak of war in 1914, Frank James was a Shipwright 1st Class aboard H.M.S. Leviathan, advancing to Chief Shipwright in the same ship in April 1915. He served briefly in Fisgard from August to November 1916, next joining Victory II before joining Caledon in March 1917. He advanced to Chief Shipwright in Caledon in October 1918 and remained in her until 31 December 1919, when he went to Victory III and was demobilised on 28 April 1920. Sold with copied record of service.
Three: Private G. Bateman, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914, and spent the rest of the Great War in captivity 1914 Star, with clasp (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. 1/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. The Queen’s R.) all in named card boxes of issue, the last two with outer envelopes addressed to ‘Mr. G. Bateman, 7 St. Ann’s Gardens, Kentish Town, London, NW.’, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- George Bateman was born in Marylebone, London, in 1885, and attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford on 25 October 1904, whilst currently serving in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the 2nd Battalion on 13 February 1905, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 25 November of that year, for service in India. Returning home on 21 February 1910, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 October 1913. Recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914, during which battle the Battalion was virtually wiped out, suffering 9 officers and 624 other ranks either killed, wounded, or missing. However, their sacrifice was not in vain, for despite their heavy losses they prevented the enemy from taking Ypres and being able to advance on the channel ports. As Field Marshal Sir John French said: ‘31 October and 1 November will remain forever memorable in the history of our country, for, during those two days, no more than one thin and straggling line of tired-out British soldiers stood between the Empire and its practical ruin as an independent first-class Power.’ Bateman was one of those reported missing during the defence of Gheluvelt. Having been taken Prisoner of War, he spent the remainder of the War in captivity, including at Hähnofersand Lager P.O.W. camp. He was repatriated on 31 December 1918, and was discharged on 31 March 1920, after 15 years and 159 days’ service, of which 4 years and 62 days were spent in captivity. Sold with the recipient’s identity tag; cap badge; ‘Old Contemptibles’ lapel badge; a Queen’s Regiment ‘Prisoner of War Welcome Home Medal’, bronze; and two Regimental prize medals, both silver, these last three in cases of issue; a copy of ‘The Prisoner of War in Germany’, a booklet containing approximately 250 photographs from German Prison Camps, the inside page inscribed ‘Cpl G. Bateman 8195, “Queen’s” Regiment, Hähnofersand Lager, Germany, 26.5.1917’; various other ephemera; and copied service papers and a large quantity of copied research.
Three: Private J. J. Brown, South Staffordshire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (9691 Pte. J. J. Brown. 1/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9691 Pte. J. J. Brown. S. Staff. R.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- John James Brown attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 29 August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 November 1914. Discharged due to sickness on 28 January 1915, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 61141.
Three: Leading Seaman G. H. Beard, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (212575, G. H. Beard, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (212575 G. H. Beard. L.S. R.N.) light contact marks, nearly very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William C. Morris); together with a Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewel, silver and enamel, the reverse named ‘Brother W. Charles Morris’ and awarded by the Tower Lodge, No. 5479, dated 1927, in jewellers case of issue, very fine (5) £60-£80 --- George Henry Beard was born at Peckham, London, on 31 August 1885 and commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 29 December 1900. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Sutlej, on 30 August 1903 and qualified as a Naval Diver in October 1906. He was appointed Able Seaman, H.M.S. Berwick, on 1 May 1905, and Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Black Prince on 1 October 1909, but was reduced back to Able Seaman, for absence, the following year. Over his career he was dis-rated on several occasions and confined to the cells, both for absence and drunkenness. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Hibernia, H.M.S. Pembroke, and was serving at Mudros and Suvla Bay in the Monitor H.M.S. Earl of Peterborough. He later served in H.M.S. Leviathan, H.M.S. Caesar and was ashore at the barracks at Bermuda. He was shore demobilised in October 1919. William Charles Morris was born in Pwllheli, Wales, in 1890 and was serving in and was a survivor of the S.S. Carnarvon Bay (Captain William Griffith) when she was lost at sea off Melbourne, Australia, in 1910 (research with lot refers). Sold with copied research.
Three: Private F. J. Strong, Wiltshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (16088 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16068 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.); together with nine hallmarked sterling silver sporting prize fob medals relating to the Witney and District cricket and football leagues, mostly uninscribed but dated from the mid 1920’s to the mid 1930’s, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Frederick James Strong was born at Crawley, Witney, Oxfordshire in 1895 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Oxford in September 1914 . He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, before being posted to the 79th Company, Machine Gun Corps, and served with them in Salonika. He contracted Malaria, and was evacuated from Salonika on the Hospital Ship Glengorm Castle to Malta in October 1918. He was discharged in the category ‘sick and wounded’ in February 1919. Sold together with a Wiltshire Regiment brass cap badge with slider; and a Machine Gun Corps gilt brass cap badge with slider.
Three: Private A. J. Cruse, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (54746. Pte. A. J. Cruse, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (54746 Pte. A. J. Cruse. R.A.M.C.) very fine Pair: Sapper A. E. Brill, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (522865 Spr. A. E. Brill. R.E.) edge bruise to BWM, very fine Pair: Private W. Gooch, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-048158 Pte. W. Gooch. A.S.C.) last letter of surname overstruck on BWM; together with an Army Temperance Association 1 Year Medal, silver, unnamed; and a 1906 ‘King’s Shilling’, nearly very fine Pair: Private J. F. Allen, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (499 Pte. J. F. Allen. R.A.M.C.) very fine (10) £100-£140
Pair: Private W. H. Brierley, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (70216 Pte. W. H. Brierley. R. W. Fus.) good very fine Pair: Sergeant G. A. Frisby, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7459 Sjt. G. A. Frisby. Essex R.) mounted as worn, good very fine Pair: Private J. W. White, Manchester Regiment British War and Victory Medals (10234 Pte. J. W. White. Manch. R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Private F. Jones, North Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (50676 Pte. F. Jones. N. Staffs. R.) good very fine (8) £80-£100 --- William H. Brierley served in the 17th (2nd North Wales) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. George Alfred Frisby attested for the Essex Regiment at Warley on 28 November 1916, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from February 1917, being promoted substantive Sergeant in November 1917. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on demobilisation in April 1919. John Walter White attested for the Manchester Regiment on 4 September 1914 and served in ‘B’ Company, No. 8 Platoon, 18th (Service) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 16 December 1916 and was awarded Silver War Badge, No. 111137. Fred Jones also served in the Royal Engineers with service No. 179548.
Pair: Private F. A. Kirby, 5th Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (426538 Pte. F. A. Kirby. 5-Can. Inf.); together with recipient’s Silver War Badge, No. C15145; and a 1st Canadian Division ‘Lest we forget’ button badge, contact marks, very fine Pair: Lance Corporal W. R. Stevenson, 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (3055824 L. Cpl. W. R. Stevenson. 38-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private A. Revie, 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (436860 Pte. A. Revie. 46-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private F. Reeves, Canadian Forestry Corps British War and Victory Medals (2288579 Pte. F. Reeves. C.F.C.) VM gilded, very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private T. Turner, 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (782208 Pte. T. Turner. 49-Can. Inf.) with named Great War Honourable Discharge Certificate, very fine British War 1914-20 (2) (1049043 Pte. C. Empey. C.F.C.; 755160 Pte. J. Tremblay. Can. Labr. Bn.) 1st with two shell cases, a button, lapel ephemera and photograph of recipient in uniform with his wife, suspension claw loose on 2nd; Victory Medal 1914-19 (150092 Pte. J. Gough. 16-Can. Inf.) otherwise very fine (lot) £60-£80 --- Thomas Turner was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne England in March 1879. He emigrated to Canada, and resided at 645 Stadacona East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Turner served with the 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front (entitled to Silver War Badge). Charles Nelson Empey was born in Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada in June 1868. He served during the Great War with Canadian Forestry Corps in Great Britain. Joseph Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada in January 1877. He was serving with the 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry when he died of an accident, 30 October 1918. Private Tremblay is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Pair: Acting Sergeant C. P. Edwards, Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (408062 A. Sjt. C. P. Edwards. C.M.G. Bde.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, No. C63261, contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. H. Hurford, Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (240249 Pte. W. H. Hurford. C.M.G. Bde.) very fine Pair: Private J. T. Long, Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (17072 Pte. J. T. Long. C.M.G. Bde.) very fine Pair: Corporal F. Y. Wakefield, Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (288859 Cpl. F. Y. Wakefield. C.M.G. Bde.) very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied research.
Pair: Commander W. F. Caborne, C.B., Royal Naval Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr. W. F. Caborne. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt hallmarks for London 1920, mounted court style, edge bruise to BWM, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1991. C.B. (Civil) London Gazette 25 June 1897. Warren Frederick Caborne was born in 1849 and was formerly in the Mercantile Marine before becoming a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. He served as Nautical Assessor to H.M.’s Privy Council, Inspector to Board of Trade for Marine Inquiries, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical and Royal Meteorological Societies, and was Member of Council of the Royal Service Institution. He was also a Director of Sailors’ Homes, London Docks and Gravesend, Treasurer of St. Andrew’s Waterside Church Mission to Sailors, and an Honorary Commandant of the British Red Cross. He Commanded a transport during the Burma Expedition 1885-6; was subsequently in Egyptian Coast Guard Service; and was Assessor for Inquiries into Shipping Casualties, 1898-1914. He was Nautical Assessor to the Court of Appeal, and was British Nautical Assessor to the Canadian Royal Commission to enquire into loss of Empress of Ireland in 1914. He served during the Great War in the Naval Ordnance Department as Assistant Inspector of Steel, and was awarded the Naval Reserve Officers’ Decoration; he was also the author of numerous articles on naval and other subjects.
Five: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer C. H. Williamson, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M10218 C. H. Williamson. S.B.A. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Bar (1342. C. H. Williamson, Sen. R.A. R.N.A.S.B.R.; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension with two additional service bars (5259. Pte. C. Williamson. Wheat Sheaf Div. No. 3 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1926) mounted on card for display, good very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Charles Henry Williamson was born in Leicester on 8 April 1896. A Chatham rating, he was enlisted for 1 year on 2 August 1914 this being extended to hostilities on 1 August 1915. He served throughout the war at Queensferry Hospital, borne on the books of Crescent, earning the British War Medal. He re-engaged for hostilities only on 28 September 1938, and re-engaged until end of present emergency on 27 August 1939. During the Second War he served at Gloucester II from September to December 1939, R.N.H. Chatham from January to July 1940, and was then serving in H.M.S. Prosperine, at Lyness in Orkney, used by Scapa Flow, for the remainder of the war. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal on 8 September 1920, and the Bar on 12 August 1932. Sold with original Certificate of Service.
Four: Senior Reserve Attendant H. W. Read, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M.9155 H. W. Read. S.R.A. R.N.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Harold Walter Read); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. H. Read.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension with contemporary ‘5 Years Service’ bar (1396 Sergt. H. W. Read. Alverstoke Divn. No. 2 Dist. 1918) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 17 August 1928: ‘Established Coppersmith, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.’ Harold Walter Read was born at Gosport on 3 July 1872, and was a Coppersmith by trade when he enlisted into the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve for 1 year on 2 August 1914, having previous service with the St John Ambulance Brigade. His only appointment was to R.N.H. Haslar, where he extended his service in 1915 for ‘hostilities’. However, during the latter part of 1916 he was discharged from the R.N.A.S.B.R. in order that he could return to his work as a Coppersmith in H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Seven: C. Williams, Canadian Forces 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (D-800165 C. Williams); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (D-800165 C. Williams) mounted court-style as worn; together with a Korea Volunteer Service Medal 1950-54, unnamed as issued, heavily lacquered and the three bronze awards gilded, good very fine (8) £140-£180
Six: Sergeant D. J. Charbonneau, Canadian Forces Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SC-44580 D. J. Charbonneau); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SC-44580 D. J. Charbonneau); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Sgt. D. J. Charbonneau); Canadian Centenary Medal 1867-1967, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (6) £120-£160
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