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Lot 666

A MAHOGANY SILVER TABLE IN GEORGE II STYLE LATE 19TH CENTURY the moulded serpentine edge top above a pierced frieze and claw and ball feet 71.3cm high, 79cm wide, 47cm deep

Lot 66A

A MUGHAL INDIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL PANDAN 18TH CENTURY of canted rectangular form, the hinged cover with a recumbent lion finial amongst pierced scrolling foliage on a green enamel background, the sides similarly decorated, the hinged base enclosing a mirror 6cm high, 10cm wide, 8.5cm deep,

Lot 230

Hong Kong Stockcard 4 Stamps Silver Jubilee 1935. Est.

Lot 28

GB - GVI stamp collection on loose album page. 14 stamps. 1948 Royal silver wedding £1 mint and 1946 victory . Est.

Lot 333

Channel Islands mint & used Stamps on approx 40 leaves plus on 3 stockcards and 3 x FDCs including Sir Isaac Brock 1969, Guernsey Philatelic Bureau & Royal Silver Wedding 1972, see images . Est.

Lot 33

Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver and enamel, undated, in case of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Note: Since 1984 both the R.R.C. and the A.R.R.C. have been issued undated.

Lot 352

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Thos. Burt.) fitted with contemporary three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £600-£800 --- Thomas Burt or Bart is confirmed on the rolls as a Clerk’s Assistant aboard H.M.S. Magicienne.

Lot 353

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (P. O’Brian, 26th Lt. Dragns.) fitted with twin-pronged silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Patrick O’Brian is confirmed on the roll of the 23rd Light Dragoons (formerly 26th Manners’ Light Dragoons, until 1803). Only 34 clasps for Egypt to the regiment.

Lot 354

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Dennis McCoy, 89th Foot.) fitted with contemporary three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- 39 clasps for Java issued to the 89th Foot.

Lot 357

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (J. Dilworth, Bombay Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with twin-pronged silver ribbon buckle, toned, very fine and unique clasp to the regiment £1,500-£2,000 --- John Dilworth is shown on the roll of the 102nd Madras European Fusiliers but was on the Bombay Establishment, some of whom served as Marines during the Burma campaign. Dilworth was the sole surviving man of the Bombay Establishment to claim the medal for Ava. ‘Nineteen armed brigs and schooners (and many smaller boats) of the Bombay Marine were part of the Rangoon and Arakan invasion forces, crewed and staffed by men from the Bombay Establishment.’ (Medals of British India - volume two, part III, Robert P. Puddester refers) Irish Medals by Oliver D. Cresswell states: ‘A detachment of this regiment [Bombay Europeans] served at Ava as marines’ and, incorrectly ‘but none seem to have claimed the medal.’

Lot 361

China 1842 (A. Callett, Col. Serg. 18th R. Irish Reg. Infantry.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver barrel loop and swivel-bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine and better £400-£500

Lot 379

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Jas. Christie,) mounted with contemporary silver pin bar, dark toned, good very fine £300-£400 --- James Christie, Account Department, Government of the Punjab, was present at the battle of Sussia, 5 July 1857, and received a commendation from the Chief Commissioner, Sir John Lawrence, G.C.B., for services during the Mutiny.

Lot 4

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, by Garrard, London, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1901, with integral top silver-gilt riband buckle, with gold retaining pin, nearly extremely fine £200-£240

Lot 41

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, good very fine Order of the League of Mercy, lady’s shoulder badge (2), both silver-gilt and enamel, both on lady’s bow riband, one in Vaughtons, Birmingham, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

Lot 42

Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted for display purposes along with Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, all mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (3) £200-£240

Lot 44

‘Colonel Cameron, informed by a staff officer of the critical state of affairs, formed the 9th regiment in line under a violent fire, and, without returning a single shot, ran in upon and drove the grenadiers from the rocks with irresistible bravery, plying them with a destructive musketry as long as they could be reached, and yet with excellent discipline refraining from pursuit, lest the crest of the position should be again lost, for the mountain was so rugged that it was impossible to judge clearly of the general state of the action’ (Napier, Peninsular War, book xi. chap. 7, Battle of Busaco, 27 September 1809) ‘We sprang over the wall and moved rapidly against a strong body of the enemy posted outside of the convent, and on seeing these a very galling fire opened upon us from the adjacent buildings which I ordered to be forced. Woodham entering the largest in which he was killed after gaining the first floor at the point of the bayonet. The row was now at its height, some charging those posted at the convent, others clearing the houses of which the windows and other outlets the enemy availed themselves to escape and all uniting in full chase to the village of San Martin.’ (The recipient describes the assault and capture of the fortified convent of San Bartolomeo in front of San Sebastian - from ‘The Letters of Lt. Colonel Sir John Cameron, 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot, 1808-14’) The rare Regimental Commander’s Peninsula War group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B., who first saw action with the 43rd Light Infantry in the West Indies in 1794 at the captures of Martinique, St Lucia and Guadaloupe, displaying his gallantry and winning his captaincy at the storming of the Fortress of Fleur d’Epée; subsequently, as a junior captain placed in command of his sickness reduced regiment, he suffered severe wounds and was captured in the defence of Berville Camp, 4 October 1794, spending 2 years in a prison hulk off Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadaloupe. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 9th Foot in September 1807, Cameron commanded the 2nd Battalion at Vimeiro the following year, and then, assuming command of the 1st Battalion - a position he retained throughout the Peninsula War - served under Sir John Moore in 1809 at Corunna where his intrepid bravery gained the approbation of his superior in command; he returned to Portugal in March 1810 at head of his Battalion, being Mentioned in Despatches for Busaco where he ‘exerted himself with the greatest gallantry in front during the charge, when his horse was killed under him’; was wounded and fell from the breach at the final assault on San Sebastian; and in the fiercely contested Battle of Nive, finding his regiment surrounded by superior numbers, made a successful charge to the rear taking between three and four hundred prisoners - the following day, while reconnoitring, he became engaged en tirrailleurs and had his horse shot from under him once more. Appointed one of the first K.C.B.s on his return from the Peninsula Wars, in which campaign the 9th’s losses exceeded those of any other regiment, and from which his important journals and letters survived to be later published under the title, ‘The Letters of Lt. Colonel Sir John Cameron, 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot, 1808-14’, he was later appointed Colonel of the Regiment he had commanded for upwards of thirteen years The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, a contemporary Paris-made breast star, circa 1815, 75mm, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Mortier Bijoutier Palais Royal No. 34 A Paris’, fitted with silver pin for wearing; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vimeiro, Corunna, Salamanca, and St. Sebastian, 3 clasps, Buzaco, Vittoria, Nive, the edge of the lower three arms of the cross inscribed ‘Lt. Colonel John Cameron 1st. Bn. 9th. Foot’, with usual oak and laurel suspension ring and swivel-ring gold bar suspension; Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Vimiera, & Corunna. 1808-9.’, 1 clasp, Salamanca (Lieut. Coll. J. Cameron, 9th Foot.); Portugal, Kingdom, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight’s breast badge, gold, 45mm, some light enamel chips to the first, very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £70,000-£90,000 --- John Cameron was born on 3 January 1773, the second son of John Cameron of Culchenna, Inverness, Scotland and nephew of Cameron of Caltort, Inverness-shire, whose ancestor was a younger son of Lochiel, chief of the clan. He was educated at Eton College and entered the 43rd Foot as an Ensign on 25 September 1787, gaining promotion to Lieutenant in September 1790. In this latter year, Cameron served in the West Indies under Sir Charles Grey and was present at the reduction of Martinique (including the siege of Fort Bourbon and other minor engagements) and at the captures of St. Lucia and Guadaloupe, particularly displaying his gallantry and winning his captaincy in the storming of the fortress of Fleur d’Epée and in the sortie from and the defence of that place. In 1794, Sir Charles Grey returned to England in the mistaken belief that his West Indian conquests were secure, leaving the 43rd Regiment, which had been so reduced by sickness that Cameron, though only a junior captain commanded it, forming part of Brig.-Gen. Graham’s garrison at Berville Camp in Guadaloupe. Cameron led his Regiment in the action of 30 September 1794 and in the different attacks made by the enemy, until 4 October when he was severely wounded and taken prisoner, remaining on a prison hulk at Pointe-à-Pitre for two years. Exchanged for release in 1797, he was immediately ordered to rejoin his regiment in the West Indies, remaining on foreign service again for over three years. He was appointed a Majority in the 43rd Foot on 28 October 1800 and brought his regiment home after it had suffered terrible losses from the West Indian climate. In 1803, whilst stationed in the Channel Islands, he married Miss Amelia Brock, eldest daughter of Henry Brock, of Belmont, Guernsey, and niece of Admiral James Saumarez, notable for his victory at the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar, and first cousin of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by transferring to the 7th West India Regiment on 28 May 1807; from which he was removed to the 9th (East Norfolk) Foot from 5 September 1807. On his return to England, he was then ordered with the 9th Foot to the seat of war in Portugal, where in August 1808 he commanded the 2nd Battalion at the Battle of Vimiera before assuming command of the 1st Battalion following the death in action of its commander, Colonel Stewart, at the earlier Battle of Roliça. He would remain its commander throughout the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and Canada 1814 and 1815. Cameron led the 1st into Spain with Moore during the advance to Salamanca, and afterwards, at the Battle of Corunna where he displayed intrepid bravery, gaining the approbation of his superior in command. In July 1809, Cameron embarked on the expedition to the Scheldt under the Earl of Chatham, in command of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Regiment, and returned the following September to England from where he proceeded, in March 1910, to increase the force in Portugal under the command of the Duke of Wellington, at the head of the 1st Battalion of 9th Regiment (the 2nd Battalion, aside from their participation at Barossa, remained confined to Gibraltar during this period). Likely having received news of the death of his brother, Captain Ewen Cameron, 43rd Regt., at the Battle of t...

Lot 45

The Important Boer War K.C.B., ‘Tokar Operations’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry H. Settle, Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, who served as a Distinguished Column Commander in South Africa, and as General Officer Commanding, Cape Colony The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, very minor enamel damage to motto on both pieces; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, retaining pin removed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (Cpt. H. H. Settle. R.E.) side clasp carriage adapted for wear; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Bgdr. Genl. H. H. Settle. C.B., D.S.O., R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj: Gen: Sir H. H. Settle, K.C.B., D.S.O., Staff) engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with full sash riband; and Star, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks; Order of Osmanieh, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks, enamel damage to green band around central medallion on star; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, with Tokar clasp, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (11) £8,000-£10,000 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901. D.S.O. London Gazette 30 May 1891. Sir Henry Hamilton Settle was born at Lewes, Sussex, on 27 January 1847, the son of Captain H. T. Settle, and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 10 July 1867, and was promoted Captain on 9 November 1879. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 August 1885). Promoted Major on 31 December 1886, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army as Surveyor-General and Q.M.S., and saw further served in the Anglo-Egyptian Expeditions, being present at the actions of Gemaizah, Suakin, and Toski, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 11 January 1889 and 6 September 1889). Promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Settle served as C.S.O. in the Expedition to retake the Tokar Delta in 1891, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his services during the action of Afafit. He was subsequently appointed Inspector General of the Egyptian Police in 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 August 1893. In 1895 he returned home to take up the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications at the War Office, for which work he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was promoted Colonel on 30 March 1899. For a few months in 1899 he commanded the Royal Engineers at Malta, before being called up to serve in South Africa during the Boer War, initially as a Colonel on the Line of Communications in the Cape Colony. Services in the Cape Colony At the end of February 1900 there were serious signs of organised disaffection in the Prieska, Britstown and Carnavon districts of the Cape Colony. Lord Roberts ordered a force to be organised to deal with these problems and Settle took command of one of the Columns. The Column consisted of Orpen's Horse, about 60 strong, one Company of Mounted Infantry, one Field Battery and half a Battalion of Infantry. It assembled at Hopetown and advanced on Prieska. It was so proficient that, when it spread, Settle was soon commanding three Columns to deal with what was becoming an increasingly serious rebellion. The suppression of the rebellion was conducted by Settle's Columns and those of Lord Kitchener, who Roberts had expressly detached from his Head Quarters to work alongside him. By the time Kitchener arrived, Settle had put down most of the rebellion and there was merely some mopping up to be done. What could have been an enormous military and political embarassment to the British, Boer dominance in part of a British Colony, was dispelled. ‘The Transvaalers and Free Staters, and many of the prominent rebels, had escaped to the districts north of the Orange River; but the whole of the rebel committee was captured, including the Rev. Mr. Schroeder, the Bond Member of Parliament for the district. Arms were collected, prominent prisoners were detained in custody, and the less important rebels were laid under an obligation to come up for trial if required. Small garrisons were left in Upington, Kenhardt, Draghoender, and Prieska, and a force of 150 Bastard Scouts, under European Officers, was organised to assist in patrolling the districts. Then Settle returned to Cape Town to resume his work as Inspector General of the Lines of Communication, and the rest of his troops were drafted off to Bloemfontein’ (Times History refers). The suppression of the rebellion allowed Roberts to continue his advance on Bloemfontein, checked any furtherance of it and meant that when De Wet invaded a year later, the inhabitants of Cape Colony did not rise again. Settle was called on later in 1900 to lead a column in Roberts' Orange Free State operations, a column that became known as ‘Settle's Imperial Circus’, of which the Times History had to note: ‘It is no disparagement to Settle, who worked hard and well in relieving garrisons and destroying supplies, to say that his column was dubbed “Settle's Imperial Circus”. The same humourous description would have applied to nearly all the unwieldy columns of this period.’ Lord Roberts was to write in his Despatch: ‘Further to the south and west, in the country extending from Modder River to Vryburg and Schweizer Reneke, the operations were entrusted to Major-General Settle, who left Christiana on 13 October with 600 mounted men, 10 guns, and 1350 Infantry. He occupied Bloemhof on 14 October, having captured 1,000 head of cattle, 12,000 sheep, and 80 horses belonging to burghers who had violated their oaths of neutrality, and he secured 50 prisoners. On arriving at Hoopstad on 17 October, I instructed him to co-operate with Hunter by marching on Bothaville. Hunter, who was then near Kopje Alleen, about 14 miles north-west of Ventersburg Road Station, had received information that 1,600 Boers were moving from the south-east on Bothaville, and was following them up with half of 1st Battalion Sussex Regiment and half of 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders, of Bruce Hamilton's Brigade, Rimington's and Le Gallais' mounted troops, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Porter's). Hunter reached Bothaville on 20 October, and sent the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to Commando Drift to reconnoitre that crossing of the Vaal and to communicate with Settle. Meanwhile Settle was attacked on the night of 19 October at Elizabeth’s Rust. After a sharp little engagement, lasting 45 minutes, the Boers retreated to the north bank of the Vaal. Our casualties were one Officer and 15 men wounded. On 21 October, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade met Settle's advanced troops under Colonel Sir Charles Parsons, as neither force had seen anything of the Boers, Settle retraced his steps on 22 October to Hoopstad, and Hunter reached Kroo...

Lot 46

A fine ‘Sutlej operations’ C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General W. J. Gairdner, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, complete with wide gold swivel-ring and straight-bar suspension and wide gold riband buckle; Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Ava (Capt. W. J. Gairdner. 10th. N.I.), short-hyphen die, officially engraved naming as issued in India; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Colonel W. J. Gairdner. 14th Regt. Native Infantry) with modified brass hook and silver straight-bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, and further fitted with a clasp for Ferozeshuhur (Lieut. Col: W: J: Gairdner. 14th Regt. N.I.) generally good very fine (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 3 April 1846. William John Gairdner was born in September 1789, the son of Alexander Gairdner of Ladykirk, Markton, Ayrshire. Appointed a Cadet in the Honourable East India Company’s forces in 1807, he arrived in India in October 1808 and was posted to the 10th Native Infantry as an Ensign. Quickly in action against the Bhattis in the following year, Gairdner was transferred as an Ensign to the 2nd/10th Native Infantry for operations in the Oudh in 1813-14, seeing action in Rewah and at the storming of Etah, where he was wounded. Then in 1816, having been advanced to Lieutenant, he fought with the 2nd Brigade, Left Column in operations of the Nepal War; and in the same year he was also witnessed the Bareilly insurrection. Gairdner was Adjutant of the 2nd/10th Native Infantry from March 1817 to April 1824, a period that encompassed further active service in the Third Mahratta War (but no medal or clasp); and, having transferred to the 14th Native Infantry in May 1824, he served in the First Burma War and was present at the engagements at Donabew on 2 April 1825 and at Prome on 1 December of the same year, latterly as a temporary Staff Assistant Commissary-General to Sir A. Campbell’s force. He became a Deputy Assistant Commissary-General in August 1831, was advanced to Major in June 1835 and returned home to Scotland on furlough 1836-40. Back in India, Gairdner was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1842 and appointed to the command of the 14th Native Infantry, which regiment he led in the Gwalior operations of the following year, not least at Maharajpoor; and again, between 1845-46, he commanded the regiment in the First Sikh War and was present at Ferozeshuhur, for which services he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Transferring to the 16th Native Infantry, Gairdner’s final period of active service was against the Rajah of Sikkim’s forces in 1850. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 63rd Native Infantry soon after his advancement to full Colonel in September 1852 but returned home on furlough in the same year and died at Strathtyrum House, St. Andrews, Fifeshire in February 1861 - his advancement to Major-General dated from November 1854. Sold with copied research.

Lot 469

1914-15 Star (Capt: H. H. Burnham. Can: Fd: Art:) good very fine £80-£100 --- Howard Hampden Burnham was born in Toronto and was a pre-war officer in the Canadian Militia. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in August 1914, and embarked for France in early 1915, serving on attachment to the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, and with No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance. For his services during the Great War on the Western Front he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915 and 17 April 1917), and was awarded the Italian Al Valore Militare in silver (London Gazette 25 May 1917), one of just four Canadians so honoured. Returning to the U.K. in early 1917, Burnham was employed as a specialist at Westcliffe Hospital and the C.A.M.C. General Hospital, prior to being discharged back in Ottawa in March 1919. He remained as a Medical Officer on the Non-Permanent Active Militia and ended his career as a Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 16th Field Ambulance in Toronto. Sold with copied record of service.

Lot 474

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Mjr. E. I. Nelson.; Capt. L. Pridmore; Cpl. T. W. C. Pouche, Enslins. Horse.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (Pte. T. L. Limason, Brands F. S. Rfls.) nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Leslie Pridmore attested for the East African Mounted Rifles and served with them in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 8 August 1914. He was commissioned Lieutenant, East Africa Unattached List on 9 June 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Lot 48

A post-War C.I.E., Second War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain A. H. Wilson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, later Military Accounts Department, who served as Field Controller of Military Accounts in Iraq during the Second World War, and later as Military Account-General, Government of India The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, the case is somewhat disintegrated condition; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, with lid of Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. H. Wilson. R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. H. Wilson); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. A. H. Wilson, M.A. Dept.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn; and the recipients riband bar, this lacking the riband for the CIE, generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1947: Arthur Henry Wilson, Esq., O.B.E., Military Accountant-General, Government of India. O.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942: Arthur Henry Wilson, Esq., Field Controller of Military Accounts in Iraq. Arthur Henry Wilson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 15 August 1914, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 5th Garrison Battalion, attached Military Department, and thence to the Military Accounts Department, and saw further service during the Third Afghan War in the rank of Captain. Sold with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., dated 11 June 1942, with Central Chancery enclosure.

Lot 49

An outstanding Great War ‘1914 operations’ D.S.O., Inter-War ‘Irish troubles’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. L. “Ham” Riley, Rifle Brigade, who was twice wounded in action with the 1st Battalion in the retreat from Mons, services that undoubtedly led to the recommendation for his D.S.O., and was wounded for a third time before the War’s end; he was subsequently awarded the O.B.E. for his services with the 2nd Battalion in Ireland in 1921-22 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt. H. L. Riley, Rif: Bde.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. L. Riley); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of St. Danilo, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, generally good very fine or better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 February 1915: ‘For services in connection with operations in the Field.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 1922. Montenegro, Order of St. Danilo London Gazette 9 March 1917. Hamlet Lewthwaite Riley was born in October 1882, the son of Hamlet Riley and Anne, his wife, eldest daughter of the late William Lewthwaite. Educated at Eton and at Magdalen College, Oxford, he was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade in March 1906. Advanced Lieutenant in February 1910, he served as Adjutant in India from February 1910 until February 1914, but he was back home as a recently promoted Captain by the outbreak hostilities. Riley embarked for France as C.O. of ‘A’ Company in the 1st Battalion on 19 August 1914, and was slightly wounded on the 26th at Cattenieres, and again at Ploegsteert Wood on 19 December. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914 and 7 February 1915), he was awarded the D.S.O. Having then served with distinction in the 2nd Battalion, not least in an action to capture Bridoux Fort in September 1915, he was briefly a Staff Captain in 25th Infantry Brigade, prior to being appointed a Temporary Major in the 12th (Service) Battalion in October of the same year, and remained employed in that capacity until June 1916, when, having gained the Brevet of Major and been advanced to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, he took command of the Battalion. He remained on active service as Battalion C.O. until December 1917, in which period the 12th saw much fighting on the Somme. Wounded for a third time, seriously so, he was awarded the Fifth Class of the Order of St. Danilo, and was Mentioned in Despatches a further three times (London Gazettes 15 June 1916, 25 May 1917, and 21 December 1917). Attached to the Machine Gun Corps in early 1918, he commanded the 20th Battalion up until the end of hostilities. Returning to regimental employ after the War, Riley joined the 2nd Battalion out in Ireland - a ‘peculiarly unpleasant service’ as noted by his regimental obituarist - and one for which he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1922. But having then commanded the Battalion out in Turkey, he was compelled to resign his commission on his father’s death in 1924, in order to take up the management of his estates in Cumberland. ‘A courteous gentleman and a fine Rifleman’, Riley died in December 1932, aged 50 years. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

Lot 5

Baronet’s Badge, of the United Kingdom, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Nunburnholme of Kingston-upon-Hull 1906’, with section of neck riband for display purposes, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Note: No Baronetcy of this name has been created. In 1906 Charles Henry Wilson, M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull, was raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Nunburnholme, and the title is extant.

Lot 50

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel H. Hewetson, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne Second Class, and the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus Fourth Class Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star (Major. H. Hewetson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col H. Hewetson.); Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, breast badge, with crossed swords, silver-gilt and enamel, of non-Russian manufacture, unmarked with ball suspension; Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Fourth Class breast badge, gold and enamel, with crown suspension, mounted court-style as worn, enamel damage to one reverse arm of the Anne, otherwise generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Russian Order of St. Anne, Second Class London Gazette 14 January 1918. Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Fourth Class London Gazette 29 November 1918; corrected 19 August 1921. Henry Hewetson was born on 21 July 1869, the son of the Rev. J. Hewetson, and was educated at Repton and Guy’s Hospital. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1896, and was promoted Captain in 1899, and Major in 1908. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914, initially as Officer Commanding, No. 6 Stationary Hospital, and subsequently with the Indian Expeditionary Forces, and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Colonel. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, and 30 December 1918). He was also honoured by both the Russian and Italian Governments. Owing to the political situation in Russia at the end of the War, and in common with similar extant medal groups from the same period, it would appear that Hewetson never received the insignia of the Order of St. Anne, Second Class, with Swords, and instead acquired and wore the non-Russian manufactured badge contained in his group; the fact that it is of a size that corresponds with the Fourth Class breast badge, rather than a Second Class neck badge, is presumably an oversight and a reflection of the recipient’s unfamiliarity with the Order. Likewise, Hewetson was initially Gazetted with having received the Italian Order of the Crown, Fourth Class, with the correction stating that it was n fact the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus not appearing in the London Gazette until nearly three years later; consequently, many official reference works, including the Army Lists, incorrectly state that he was awarded the Order of the Crown, and such mistakes continued to appear even after the clarification had been published in 1921. Hewetson relinquished his commission with the rank of Colonel in 1921, and died in 1953. Sold with copied research.

Lot 501

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal (3), one contemporarily engraved ‘W. Roberts 2040/1 H.G.’; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (5), one officially impressed ‘VX73253 G. F. Rowlands’; another impressed ‘Boots style’ ‘Flt Lt. C. E. Mc.Cormac R.A.F.’; another in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Miss B. Woodhouse, 6 Hillfield Road, West Hampstead, London NW6’, with ticker tape entitlement slip, and Air Council enclosure; another a Canadian issue in silver; Africa Service Medal, officially impressed ‘187305 J. Human’; India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal, officially impressed ‘VX73253 G. F. Rowlands’; South Africa Medal for War Service, good very fine and better (18) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Women’s Land Army Certificate of Service to accompany one of the Defence Medals, named to Kathleen M. Walter, with her service period from 27 August 1942 to 26 January 1946; and some 13th Coventry Battalion, Home Guard insignia, with identity tag named to ‘D. Brown’; and a Desert Rat cloth badge.

Lot 51

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Bird, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major. E. B. Bird. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. B. Bird.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, leather case; together with a set of six related miniature awards, the TD lacking top riband bar, this mounted for display, generally very fine and better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1927. Elliot Beverley Bird was born on 24 March 1881, the only son of George Bird, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Dublin. Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served during the Great War with both the 26th Field Ambulance and the 3rd Wessex Field Ambulance on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, and was advanced Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, was four times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915; 21 January 1917; 24 December 1917; and 25 May 1918), and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 19 June 1919). Remaining in the Territorial Force post-War, Bird was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1925 (London Gazette 3 November 1925). In civilian life he was Hon. Radiologist at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital and the War Memorial Hospital at Gosport; and a Consultant Radiologist at Petersfield Cottage Hospital. A keen yachtsman, he was a member of the Royal Albert yacht Club, Southsea, and the Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Portsmouth. He changed his name by deed poll to Steeds-Bird in 1926, and died on 16 May 1945. Sold with a file of copied research.

Lot 52

A Second War ‘Battle of Crete’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major H. C. D. Marshall, Australian Military Forces, who recommended for an earlier D.S.O. for his gallantry during the Libyan campaign, and was subsequently captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Crete. Escaping from captivity in April 1945, he served with the Allied Forces in Europe prior to being repatriated to the U.K., and was consequently one of only a handful of Australian recipients of the France and Germany Star. Sold with a bound typescript of the recipient’s personal War Diaries, that chronicle his entire War, and add fascinating insight into his career Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1941, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, the three campaign medals (but not the three stars) officially named ‘VX.34 H. C. D. Marshall’, in named card box of issue; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Australia, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘VX34 Maj. H. C. D. Marshall A.I.F.’, with integral top riband bar, in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine (8) £4,000-£5,000 --- One of only 34 France and Germany Stars awarded to members of the Australian Military Forces. D.S.O. London Gazette 23 September 1947: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Greece and Crete in 1941.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘In Crete when the Battalion was without signals or transport and employed n four rearguards, Major Marshall was of inestimable value in the conduct of the reconnaissance and in keeping the organisation going in the face of many disintegrating factors, lack of food and water, and fatiguing marches. Because of the non-existance of communications, at 42nd Street, Suda Bay, it was impossible for the Commanding Officer to control the whole of his Battalion’s front, and Major Marshall was made responsible for the right flank of the Battalion. His steadiness and thoroughness and personal example were conspicuous and contributed in the highest degree to the successful employment of the Battalion. As Second in Command of the Battalion and for a short period Commanding Officer during the Libyan campaign he rendered particularly outstanding service for which he was Mentioned in Despatches.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 July 1941: ‘For distinguished services in the Middle East during the period December 1940 to February 1941.’ The original Recommendation (for a D.S.O.) states: ‘In Libya at the Battle of Bardia he commanded the Battalion until the early morning of the second day, the Commanding Officer being on other duty. On that occasion he conducted with skill and vigour a night attack against strong posts of the perimeter and switch line, the success of which stabilised the position in that sector. The following day he carried out a reconnaissance under heavy artillery fire obtaining the necessary information to complete an artillery fire programme.’ Henry Charles David Marshall was born at Shepparton, Victoria, on 16 November 1905 and enlisted in the Senior Cadets on 1 July 1919. Posted to the 24th Battalion, Citizen Military Force, on 1 July 1923, he was advanced Warrant Officer Class II on 1 December 1925, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 30 March 1926. He was promoted Captain on 31 July 1922, and Major on 1 July 1939, before attesting for the Australian Military Forces at South Melbourne, Victoria, on 1 November 1939. Granted the rank of Major, he was posted to the 2nd/7th Battalion for service in the Middle East, and after service in Palestine and North Africa, interspersed with various training courses, he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in the Libyan campaign at the Battle of Bardia. Mentioned in Despatches instead, he then embarked for service in Greece on 9 April 1941, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Crete on 1 June 1941. Marshall was held at various Prisoner of War camps, including Oflag 6B from 25 April 1942. He escaped on 4 April 1945, and then operated against the enemy in North West Europe until recovered by the Allies on 12 April, service for which qualified him for the France and Germany Star. Disembarking at Sydney, New South Wales, on 20 June 1945, he was discharged on 3 August 1945, and was subsequently created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, being invested with the insignia by the Governor of South Australia at Government House, Adelaide, on 6 October 1949. He died on 20 October 1971. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar, which includes the M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; a typed transcript of the recipient’s War Diaries, in two bound volumes, each approximately 150pp, with copied correspondence from the Australian War Memorial; a copy of ‘The Fiery Phoenix, the Story of the 2nd/7th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1946’, which contains various references to the recipient; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

Lot 526

Empress of India 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, with short section of riband for display purposes, minor edge bruise and surface marks, very fine £400-£500

Lot 527

Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued, edge bruise and minor contact marks, very fine £160-£200

Lot 53

A Great War ‘Salonika Operations’ O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. V. Pirie, Reserve of Officers, attached Suffolk Regiment, late 4th Dragoon Guards, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches, and also served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North, 1896-1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Lieut. D. E. [sic] V. Pirie. 4th. Dn. Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Captain D. V. Pirie. Remount Dept.) this a somewhat later issue; 1914 Star (Capt: D. V. Pirie.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. D. V. Pirie.); Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, a contemporary tailor’s copy by Jenkins, Birmingham, unnamed, mounted court-style in this order, lacquered, pitting to Egypt medal, otherwise good very fine and better (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918: ‘For services with the British Expeditionary Force, Salonika.’ Greek Order of the Redeemer, Fourth Class London Gazette 21 July 1919. Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Fourth Class London Gazette 10 September 1918. Duncan Vernon Pirie was born in Aberdeen on 28 March 1858, and was educated at Trinity College Glenalmond, and Clifton College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Guards, from the Aberdeenshire Militia, in 1879, before transferring to the 7th Dragoon Guards shortly afterwards. Promoted Lieutenant in 1881, he transferred to the 4th Dragoon Guards, and served during the Egyptian Expedition of 1882-84 as an Extra Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Graham, V.C., C.B. Present at the actions of El Magfar, Mahsameh, and Kassassin, for his services he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 19 September and 2 November 1882). His Egypt Medal was presented to him in 1883 at a Royal Levee at St. James’s Palace, overseen by the Prince of Wales. Exchanging into the 1st Life Guards in late 1883, Pirie subsequently served during the Sudan Expedition attached to the Staff of the Cavalry Brigade, and was present at the Battles of El Teb and Tamaai, and then took part in the Nile Expedition with the Heavy Camel Regiment. Present at the action at Kirbekan, for his services he was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 August 1885). Promoted Captain in the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, Pirie was briefly stationed in Ireland before transferring to the 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars in 1880. After serving as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Ceylon from 1890 to 1893, he returned to the U.K. and was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North in 1896, a seat he held for the next 22 years. Interrupting his parliamentary career, Pirie served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Remounts Department as the Disembarking Officer from 28 July 1900, and then during the Great War with the British Expeditionary Force, initially as a Railway Transport Officer on the Western Front form 28 September 1914, and later as an assistant Military Landing Officer. In 1916 he was appointed temporary Major of the 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and served with them in Salonika, and was afterwards in command of the British Garrison on Corfu from 13 December 1917 to 1 August 1918. For his services during the Great War he was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11 June 1918), and was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, as well as receiving the Greek Order of the Redeemer and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel at the end of the War, Pirie subsequently served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen, and was a Member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (the Royal Company of Archers). He died at his French home, the Chateau de Varennes, on 11 January 1931. Sold with copied research including a photocopied image of the recipient. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 619.

Lot 531

Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Lot 532

Coronation 1902, Mayors’ and Provosts’ issue, silver, unnamed as issued, traces at 6 o’clock of possibly having been held in a mount, otherwise nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 533

Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (Insp. R. Hayter. 4th. Div.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (2), one crudely engraved ‘J. E. Beal No. 10677 B. Coy. D.L.I. Delhi 1911.’; the other unnamed as issued; together with an Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay Medal 1921, bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of Edward Prince of Wales facing right, surmounted by Prince of Wales’s feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, with ring suspension, generally very fine (4) £140-£180 --- 10677 Private F. [sic] Beale, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, appears on the latest published transcript of the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal roll.

Lot 536

Pair: Major and Quartermaster G. E. M. Ruffell, 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., silver ands silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1904, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. & Qr. Mr. G. E. M. Ruffell, 2nd. Vol. Batt. Hants Regt. 1905.’, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract that shows there were only five recipients of the Coronation Medal from the 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (the Battalion’s Coronation Contingent): Lieutenant-Colonel Sir G. A. E. Hussey; Captain J. C. Bassett; Major and Quartermaster G. E. M. Ruffell, V.D.; Quartermaster Sergeant J. Knox; and Private B. Gilson.

Lot 537

Coronation 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, all unnamed as issued, good very fine or better (4) £80-£120

Lot 54

A Great War ‘Anti-Submarine Work’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. B. Peattie, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. B. Peattie. R.N.V.R.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 10 July 1919: ‘For valuable services in connection with anti-submarine work.’ Alexander Bonnie Peattie was born at Newington, Edinburgh, on 9 December 1891 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 1 November 1916. Posted to the Hydrophone Service, with the rate of Chief Petty Officer, he was commissioned temporary Lieutenant on 6 February 1918, and served on Hydrophone duties at Torquay, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Onyx. He was demobilised on 8 February 1919. For his services during the Great War on anti-submarine work he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and was invested with his insignia t Buckingham Palace on 10 March 1920. Sold with copied research.

Lot 55

A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major D. A. McCurdy, Otago Regiment, late New Zealand Army Postal Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband; 1914-15 Star (15/67 Mjr. D. A. McCurdy. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (15/67 Major D. A. McCurdy. N.Z.E.F.); New Zealand War Service Medal, privately named (Capt. D. A. M. McCurdy); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarked London 1921 (Major D. A. McCurdy, O.B.E., Otago Regt.); New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (Lieut. (Temp. Capt) D. A. McCurdy. U.L. (V) 1918) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £500-£700 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘For valuable services in connection with the war. - Captain, N.Z. Army Postal Services.’ O.B.E.(Military) London Gazette 12 February 1919: ‘Major, New Zealand Forces.’

Lot 554

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2826 Serjt. Major Peter Kenny 1st. Battn. 11th. Foot) with contemporary top silver riband bar, minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-£140 --- For the recipient’s son’s medals, see Lot 170.

Lot 56

An inter-War ‘Irish Civil War’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Corner, Hampshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. A. Corner. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major E. A. Corner.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, gilding somewhat rubbed on OBE, light contact marks, very fine (6) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1923. Edgar Alan Corner was born in Portsmouth on 1 March 1886 and was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment from Sandhurst in January 1905. He served with the 2nd Battalion overseas in Malta, Bermuda, South Africa, Mauritius, and India, and was promoted Lieutenant on 3 July 1906, and Captain on 26 October 1910. Corner served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 25 April 1915, and was wounded in action on 3 May 1915. Invalided home, for the next 12 months he was on Home Service with the 3rd Battalion, before proceeding to France in May 197, and commanded the 4th Division Depot Battalion and Reception Camp. He rejoined the 2nd Battalion in Cork in May 1920, and for the next two years served in Ireland during the Civil War. For his work in Ireland he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1923 New Year’s Honours’ List. From June 1922 to June 1927 Corner served with the Military Secretary’s Branch at the War Office, before rejoining he 2nd Battalion with the rank of Major in 1927. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 February 1932, he commanded the 1st Battalion in India for the next four years, before retiring in January 1936. Sold with copied research, including photographic images of the recipient.

Lot 57

A post-War O.B.E., Second War ‘Battle of Crete’ D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Commander M. J. Clark, H.M.A.S. Nizam, Royal Australian Navy, later Naval Officer in Charge, North East Australian Area, and Resident Naval Officer Port Melbourne The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942, hallmarks for London 1940; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, the six campaign awards all impressed ‘M. J. Clark. R.A.N.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted as worn, the Burma Star additionally with the Pacific clasp, lacquered, generally good very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1958. D.S.C. London Gazette 8 January 1942. The original Recommendation states: ‘For outstanding gallantry, fortitude, and resolution whilst in command of H.M.A.S. Nizam during the Battle of Crete. The excellent manner in which he handled his ship on more than one occasion saved her from being damaged by bombs. At Sphakia on 28-29 and 30-31 May 1941, his organisation greatly assisted the embarkation of so many men and there was never any doubt that he would interpret his orders in the way intended. Very good reports of him have also been received from the Senior Officers of the forces taking part in the various other operations off Crete. He has always handled his ship with that dash which one expects from a good destroyer officer.’ Max Joshua Clark was born at Franklin, Tasmania, on 30 March 1906 and joined the Royal Australian Navy at Melbourne, Victoria, as a Naval Cadet on 1 January 1920. He was appointed Midshipman on 15 May 1924, and was commissioned Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 September 1926. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 September 1929, and Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September 1937, he served during the Second World War in command of the Destroyer H.M.A.S. Nizam from 19 December 1940. On 21 May 1941, H.M.A.S. Nizam took part in the bombardment of Scarpento. Having then landed troops and stores at Suda Bay for the reinforcement of Crete, she was the last British vessel to leave, only four hours before the Germans occupied the port. On 28-29 May, during the evacuation of Crete, Nizam, with the 7th Flotilla, embarked 114 troops at Sphakia. On he return passage to Alexandria the flotillas was bombed by enemy aircraft and Nizam sustained minor damage from near-misses. Next evening, on 30-31 May, Nizam, along with H.M.S. Napier, arrived at Sphakia on a second evacuation mission Two Royal Navy vessels had been forced to withdraw, one with engine trouble, the other bomb-damaged. Between them Nizam and Napier embarked over 1,400 troops, who were landed at Alexandria on 31 May. For his services during the Battle of Crete, Clark was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Characteristically, upon learning of the award, he informed his crew: ‘This belongs to all of us, for we all won it.’ Promoted Commander on 31 December 1942, he was presented with the insignia of the D.S.C. by H.E. The Governor-General at Government House, Melbourne, on 20 November 1943. After a spell as a Training Commander at Flinders Naval Depot, he was subsequently given command of the Destroyer H.M.A.S. Warramunga on 19 April 1945, and two years later was appointed Executive Officer of the Balmoral Naval Depot. He held various other land based rolls for the rest of his career, including State Civil Defence Co-Ordinating Officer, Premier’s Department, State of Victoria; Naval Officer in Charge, North East Australian Area; and Resident Naval Officer Port Melbourne and Commanding Officer of H.M.A.S. Lonsdale. Created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1958 New Year’s Honours’ List, he retired from H.M.A.S. Lonsdale on 3 April 1958. Sold with a copy of the book N Class, in which the recipient is frequently mentioned; various individual and group photographic images; and a large quantity of copied research.

Lot 58

A pre-War M.V.O. group of five awarded to Police Superintendent J. W. Carter, Portsmouth Division, Metropolitan Police The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, unnumbered; Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (Inspr. J. W. Carter. 1st. Div:); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, silver (Supt. J. W. Carter. 2nd. Div.) mounted for display in this order, good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 17 August 1906: Superintendent James William Carter, Portsmouth Division, Metropolitan Police. James William Carter was born at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 4 July 1845 and joined the Metropolitan Police on 10 July 1865. He served for his entire career at the various Naval Dockyards (which between 1860 and 1922 were policed by the Metropolitan Police), initially at Woolwich Arsenal (1st Division), before transferring to Chatham (4th Division) on 3 July 1866. He returned to Woolwich Arsenal on 11 October 1869, and served there for he next 24 years, being promoted Police Sergeant on 17 July 1873, and Inspector on 15 May 1878, before transferring to Chatham with the rank of Chief Inspector on 4 February 1893. Transferring once more to Pembroke (5th Division) on 5 October 1893, he was promoted Superintendent of Police on 31 October 1894, and then transferred to Portsmouth (2nd Division) on 1 February 1895. Serving as Superintendent in Charge of the Metropolitan Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, Carter was invested with the insignia of the Royal Victorian Order in August 1906 on the occasion of H.M. King Edward VII arriving in Portsmouth from Cowes. ‘The Order has been conferred in recognition of Mr. Carter’s services on the several occasions that his Majesty has visited Portsmouth’ The Illustrated London News, 25 August 1906 refers). He retired to pension on 1 May 1907, after 41 years and 295 days’ service. Sold with copied research. Note: From the date of his appointment in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1895, Carter was also employed on Ordinary Duty by the Admiralty, which presumably accounts for the double issue of both the 1897 Jubilee Medal and the 1902 Coronation Medal.

Lot 581

Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Sub Offr/I/C Raymond Langmaid) in Royal Mint case of issue, lacquered, nearly extremely fine Pair: Fireman W. Booker, Hove Fire Brigade National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with ‘Twenty Years’ top riband bar, edge impressed ‘2664’ and engraved ‘William Booker’, in case of issue; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal bronze, reverse engraved ‘Con William Booker Hove Brigade Oct: 10: 1910.’, edge impressed ‘3764’, good very fine Ireland, Republic, Prison Service Medal, in Recognition of Twenty One Years’ Service, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Robert Donaldson Nov 08’, with top ‘XXI’ riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Booker was awarded his National Fire Brigades’ Association Long Service Medal on 10 July 1923.

Lot 582

Family Group: National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with clasp for Twenty Years’ service and five clasps for Five Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘5996’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘Frank Snuggs’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with clasps for Five Years and Ten Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘15199’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George T. Snuggs’, with named card enclosure, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Frank Snuggs joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in Hampshire as a Callboy in 1893, his father being the Captain of the Brigade, and became a Fireman in 1900, and Captain in 1920. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 25 September 1949, and died on 15 September 1942. George T. Snuggs, the nephew of the above, was born on 22 October 1912 and joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in August 1931. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 11 January 1949, and died in April 1998. Sold with copied research regarding the Crondall Fire Brigade, including photographic images of the tender that was presented to the village by Frank Snuggs in 1935 in memory of his father.

Lot 583

Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 1st type, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘To William Jones who (aided by others at the risk of their lives) rescued several individuals from death by fire, at Messrs. King & Witts’, Stores, Southampton, 7th November 1837’, with swivel ring suspension, some edge bruising, very fine, scarce £700-£900 --- The Fire at Southampton, 7 November 1837 ‘The premises where this catastrophe happened consist of a large brick store, about 60 feet square, comprising four floors besides the basement, and containing a very large stock of turpentine, oils, resin, wax and gunpowder, and other inflammable materials. Adjoining this large store, and connected with it by a kind of room over an iron shed, is a smaller store, under part of which is a stable. It was in this smaller store that the fire was first discovered issuing from the roof. At this time it might have been extinguished by a few buckets of water, but it could only be reached by the engines, and great delay was experienced in getting a supply of water, as is always the case in county towns, and too often, indeed, in London itself. One of the partners of the firm, who lives close by, was instantly aroused, and proceeding to the top floor of the large store, with the assistance of several persons removed all the gunpowder, consisting of about 190lb. This danger now being generally known to be averted, a large number of persons, principally tradesmen and respectable mechanics, volunteered their services to remove as much as possible of the turpentine, oil, &c, from the premises, jointly apprehending the consequences to the neighbourhood should such dangerous materials be offered for the extension of the flames. While engaged in this praiseworthy office, several carboys of turpentine were accidentally broken, spreading, as is its well known property, over the whole floor, and saturating the lower garments of many who were employed in its removal. At this time several engines were actively at work, but, alas! Too late, for the flames had already communicated to the upper floors of the large store. It does not distinctly appear whether the persons engaged below on the ground floor, as above related, were aware of the dangerous proximity of the fire; indeed, it is not to be wondered at, the catastrophe which followed seems to have erased the recollection of preceding circumstances from the minds of most of them. It appears, however, to be pretty distinctly ascertained that the second and third floors at least were in flames some time before the occurrence of the melancholy catastrophe. Suddenly some red-hot materials fell through the apertures in the floor through which goods were hoisted up; a fragment in flame followed, and the whole floor was instantly in a blaze, the flames ascending to the ceiling, and reverberating to the floor again. Several explosions followed, caused it is supposed by the bursting of the carboys of turpentine, and in a few seconds the whole front wall of the building fell into the street. Several persons were literally blown through the open door into the street, others were seen running wildly about with blazing garments, and were necessarily rolled in the kennel to extinguish the flames, and several it was evident were buried under the wall; while of the number whose fate was evidently sealed in the burning building, all shuddered to conjecture. As soon as the ruins could be approached, workmen were set on, and six bodies were dug from the mass of brickwork in front; a seventh, a young man named Sellwood, clerk at the Bank, whose cries for help were heard three hours before he could be released, survived a few days, to expire in horrible tortures. A day or two necessarily elapsed before workmen could be safely employed in the interior, when nine dead bodies in all were found, three of them being burnt to a cinder, so as to be utterly unrecognisable, and the two others being known only by the contents of their pockets and other extraneous indicia. Eight more sufferers have since died in agonies which would almost lead their friends to wish that they had met the quicker fate of those who were pent in the building. Some of these survived nearly a fortnight; and it is apprehended that the melancholy list is not yet complete, as four others still lie in a dangerous state. One person moreover died from the effects of fright, and one of the widows has been deprived of her reason. By this calamity, which casts into shade all previous catastrophes of the kind, at least 70 individuals, including survivors, widows, and children of deceased, and two or three utterly maimed for life, are left dependent on the benevolence of the inhabitants of Southampton, whose property they risked their lives to save.’ (The Times, 4 December 1837, refers). The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire presented ‘a silver medal, together with the thanks of the society, on velum, to Mr. Richard Young; and silver medals also to William Jones, John Foote, and police-sergeant Terry, who aided his exertions on the above occasion. It was stated that on the above melancholy occasion 15 persons perished; eight had since died, and several remained maimed, whose final recovery was doubtful, whilst the lives of 12 individuals had been preserved through the exertions of the above, together with seven others, to who medals were likewise awarded, whose names were George Carr, Walter Anderson, William York, John Foster, John White, Henry George Graves, and William Whitcher’ (The Times 28 April 1838 refers).

Lot 584

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Camp and Villaverde Medal for Saving Life at Sea, bronze, edge laser engraved ‘Specimen’, in original fitted case with integral top brooch bar, extremely fine £100-£140 --- The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Camp & Villaverde Medal was instituted in 1873 ‘to be awarded to those who were instrumental in saving life at sea’, and the first award was made to Mr. Rawson Post, mate of the George Hurlbut, for rescuing the crew of the barque Olive in a gale in the Atlantic on 12 April 1873. In total 37 silver and 8 bronze medals have been awarded, with the last award made in 1944. Sold with a letter from the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society, dated 5 November 2021, authenticating and explaining that this is one of four unnamed medals discovered in their archive and is now being sold to raise funds for the Society. Each of the four medals has been marked ‘Specimen’.

Lot 585

Four: Police Superintendent A. E. Murkin, Chelmsford Fire Brigade, who was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal for rescuing two horses from a fire in Chelmsford in 1922 Defence Medal; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Five Years, with ‘Ten Years’ top brooch bar (7439 Albert E. Murkin); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, 2 clasps, Twenty Years, Five Years (3625 Albert E. Murkin); R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Supt. A. E. Murkin) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, generally extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- Albert Edward Murkin was born in Shoeburyness, Essex in 1872 and having joined the Chelmsford Fire Brigade applied to join the National Fire Brigade Association in April 1907. He was awarded the Association’s bronze medal in 1923 and the silver in 1928. He was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal in Silver for the rescue of two horses in 1922. An account of the rescue is recorded in the May 1923 edition of The Animal World: ‘The Mayor of Chelmsford, Alderman Fred Spalding, J.P., recently presented the Society’s Silver Medal to Superintendent Murkin, of the Chelmsford Fire Brigade and the bronze medal to Mr Frederick Thomas Hills, for their brave action in rescuing horses from a fire. Superintendent Murkin went into a stable where he had been told there were two horses. The smoke and heat drove him back at first, but he went to the fire hose, saturated a handkerchief and put it round his mouth and went in again, “And,” said the Mayor, “I am very pleased to say he brought out both those horses.” In handing Superintendent Murkin the medal the Mayor said:- “It will be the means of reminding you of a noble deed and that you have the respect of your fellow townsmen, especially those who love animals.” In presenting the bronze medal to Mr Hills, the Mayor said that on the night of the fire he rushed to the stables and managed to get out three horses. One animal was down and they could not get it up. After having a drink of water Hills went back in again and succeeded in bringing out the horse’. Murkin retired from the Chelmsford Fire Brigade with the rank of Superintendent, and died in Chelmsford on 13 December 1950. Sold with photocopied Chelmsford Fire Brigade photographs and other copied research.

Lot 586

Four: Police Sergeant J. Barker, South Yorkshire Police, who was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal for rescuing a dog from a waterlogged quarry at Rotherham in 1957 Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. John Barker); R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (P/C. J. Barker. 1957.) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, with ‘1958’ year bar; and a silver R.A.F. Malta Command Tug-of-War Prize shield, the reverse engraved ‘Cpl. Barker. 1945’, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- John Barker served with South Yorkshire Police, and was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal for the ‘Rescue of a dog from a waterlogged quarry at Holme Hall Quarry, Stainton, near Rotherham.’ in 1957.

Lot 59

A scarce and well-documented inter-War 1938 ‘Military Division’ M.B.E., ‘South Russia 1920’ M.S.M. and Russian Medal for Zeal group of twelve awarded to Wing Commander, late Warrant Officer, F. W. G. Aggett, Royal Naval Service and Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (F.3984. F. W. G. Aggett. A.M. 1., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (203984. Cpl. F. W. G. Aggett. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (203984 Cpl. F. W. G. Aggett. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (203984. W.O. 2. F. W. G. Aggett. R.A.F.); Russia, Empire, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver, unnamed, mounted on card for display, very fine (12) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1938. M.S.M. London Gazette 12 July 1920 (South Russia). M.I.D. London Gazette 14 June 1945. Russian Medal for Zeal (Air1/1957/204/206/12). Francis William George Aggett was born in Dartmouth, Devon in February 1897. He enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service in April 1915, with service including in the Dardanelles, at Crystal Palace and Wormwood Scrubs prior to serving in the French theatre of war, October 1917 - March 1918. Aggett transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918, and served with the British Military Mission to South Russia, 13 April 1919 - 11 June 1920. Aggett subsequently served in Constantinople, June - August 1920; Iraq, September 1924 - January 1927; and India, January 1927 - August 1929. He advanced to Warrant Officer Class 2 in June 1930 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1933), and was commissioned as Flying Officer in March 1936. Aggett was serving in Iraq from March 1938, and advanced to Flight LIeutenant in April 1939. He advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in September 1940, and to Temporary Wing Commander in December 1941. Wing Commander Aggett retired in May 1947, and died in November 1961. Sold with the following original documentation: Bestowal Document for M..B.E., dated 9 June 1938; M.I.D. Certificate, dated 14 June 1945, in transmittal enveloped addressed to recipient at ‘281 Neasham Road, Darlington, Durham’; Commission appointing recipient Flying Officer, dated 18 May 1936; Warrants appointing recipient Warrant Officer Class 2 and Warrrant Officer, dated 1 June 1930 and 15 October 1933 respectively; Telegram of congratulation on the occasion of the award of recipient’s M.B.E. from Kingsley Wood, then Secretary of State for Air; Air Ministry Letter of Thanks upon recipient’s retirement, from Philip Noel-Baker, then Secretary of State for Air, dated 3 March 1947; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for Jubilee Medal, with other ephemera.

Lot 594

Gordon Highlanders Regimental Award, silver, the reverse hallmarked London 1895 and inscribed ‘S.M. Wm. Robertson Hony Award 1896’, fitted with brooch fitting and replacement pin, good very fine £200-£300 --- V.C. London Gazette 20 July 1900: Sergeant-Major (now Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant) William Robertson, 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ‘At the Battle of Elandslaagte, on the 21st October, 1899, during the final advance on the enemy’s position, this Warrant Officer led each successive rush, exposing himself fearlessly to the enemy’s artillery and rifle fire to encourage the men. After the main position had been captured, he led a small party to seize the Boer camp. Though exposed to a deadly cross-fire from the enemy’s rifles, he gallantly held on to the position captured, and continued to encourage the men until he was dangerously wounded in two places.’ William Robertson was born on 27 February 1865, at Dumfries, Scotland. He enlisted into the Gordon Highlanders on 1 December 1884, and served in India prior to the outbreak of the Boer War. He was invested with the V.C. by Queen Victoria at Osborne House on 20 August 1900. He was a Senior Recruiting Officer, Scottish Command, during the Great War and retired with the rank of Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1920. He died on 6 December 1949, at Portobello, Edinburgh.

Lot 595

A rare and early Canadian ‘Best Shot’ award for the Brockville Volunteer Infantry A circular silver medal, 40mm diameter, engraved inscription in 5 lines within circular beaded border ‘No. 1 Compy. 23rd Battn. Vol. Infantry Brockville C.W. BEST SHOT’, reverse plain, fitted with scroll swivel suspension, very fine £100-£140 --- The use of the designation ‘Brockville C.W.’ (Canada West) would indicate a pre-1867 award after which Canada West became the Province of Ontario.

Lot 596

Army Rifle Association Medal (2), silver, the reverse engraved ‘C. G. Wheatley, 7815209’; the second bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Hopton Cup 1920. No. 4 Platoon Team. A. Coy. 1st. Bn. Wilts Rgt. 2nd. in Army at Home Lieut. E. C. Clegg. M.C.’; together with a Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (W. Elliott 1st. R. Regt.) contemporarily re-engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, very fine (3) £70-£90

Lot 597

Scottish Naval and Military Academy General Merit Medal, an unusual relic with the outer band of the medal but lacking the central medallion, silver, the reverse engraved ‘General Merit, 2nd Session’, with 4 clasps, for Arithmetic, History & Geography, Mil. Drawg. & Surveying, and Fortification, the reverse of all contemporarily engraved ‘Mr. Thos. K. Morgan 1st Prize 22nd. July 1853’, with top riband pin, save for the missing central medallion nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Thomas K. Morgan was commissioned Lieutenant in the 63rd Regiment of Foot, and served with them in the Crimea. He was wounded at the Battle of Inkermann, and died at Scutari.

Lot 598

Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal (2), V.R., Jubilee 1897 issue, silver (W. Stone) with integral ‘1837 V.R.I. 1897’ top riband bar; E.II.R., silver (A. D. Andrews) the last lacking suspension; otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Lot 6

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with modern neck riband, obverse central medallion depressed and loose, otherwise nearly extremely fine £300-£400

Lot 60

A post-War civil M.B.E., Great War ‘Palestine, 1917’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private H. A. Chapman, 2/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s) London Regiment, later Acting Staff Officer, Air Ministry, Royal Air Force 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; Military Medal, G.V.R. (682088 Pte. H. A. Chapman. 2/22 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4705 Pte. H. A. Chapman. 22-Lond. R.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in box of issue, extremely fine (5) £500-£700 --- M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 10 June 1954: ‘Harry Albert Chapman Esq., M.M., Higher Executive Officer, Air Ministry.’ M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918. Harry Albert Chapman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire in 1897 and raised in Southwark, London. During the Great War, he attested for the 2/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment and was deployed with them to Salonika, disembarking 13 January 1917. Having participated in various actions, including the Battle of Doiran, 22 April - 9 May 1917, his battalion was sent to join the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in June 1917 for Allenby’s upcoming Palestine campaign. Chapman was awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the battlefield in Palestine in 1917, the 2/22nd London Regiment seeing action at numerous actions in the period including the Third Battle of Gaza and the Capture and Defence of Jerusalem. In 1918 his battalion was present at the Capture of Jericho, the first and second Trans-Jordan raids and the Battles of Meggido. Ending the war at Jaffa, he remained in theatre until August 1919. After the war, Chapman embarked on a Civil Service career in the Air Ministry. During the Second World War, he served as an Acting Staff Officer in the Department of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air and in the Home Guard from 3 February 1943 to 31 December 1944. He was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1953 and an M.B.E. in 1954 for his services with the Air Ministry. He died in 1966. Sold with the following archive: i) two postcard photographs of the recipient in uniform during Great War in the Middle East. The second taken in Egypt showing the recipient together with 3 others in uniform mounted on camels with Sphynx and pyramids in background - also another copy of this second photograph enlarged and contained in metal tube. ii) 2 Great War identity tags, impressed ‘H. A. Chapman C.E. 682088 Ldn Regt.’ iii) Named Home Guard certificate of service with dates of service. iv) Named Buckingham Palace enclosure for Coronation Medal 1953. v) Warrant for M.B.E. vi) 10 Downing Street headed paper letter of notification of M.B.E. award. vii) Central Chancery invitation to M.B.E. investiture at Buckingham Palace. viii) quantity of letters of congratulation on award of M.B.E. ix) The Times and London Gazette of 10 June 1954, both containing recipient’s M.B.E. announcement. x) Air Ministry Orders of 1 July 1954 containing recipient’s M.B.E. announcement. xi) Miniature M.B.E. medal in Spencer & Co. fitted case. xii) 8 photographs of the recipient and family on day of Buckingham Palace M.B.E. investiture. xiii) Autograph book. For the recipient’s brothers’ awards see lots 79 and 303.

Lot 601

A Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of the Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes Medal, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Present to Sir G. Stanley for services rendered as Grand Primo during 1931’, with ornate riband suspension, riband bar, and top suspension bar, in case of issue, about extremely fine £60-£80 --- The Rt. Hon. Sir George Frederick Stanley, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G. was born on 14 October 1872, the sixth son of the 16th Earl of Derby, and the grandson of the former Prime Minister. He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery in 1893, and was advanced Captain in 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was Adjutant to the Honourable Artillery Company from 1904 to 1909. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. As Member of Parliament for Preston, he served as Controller of H.M. Household in 1919, and was later Governor of Madras from 1929 to 1934, and Acting Viceroy of India in 1934. He died on 1 July 1938.

Lot 602

A Second Afghan War Medal Menu Holder Afghanistan 1878-80 (B/156. Pte. W. Sealey. 66th. Foot) converted into an attractive hallmarked silver menu holder, with fixed suspension and stylised blank clasp, generally good very fine £100-£140 --- The 66th Regiment of Foot distinguished themselves at the Battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880, ‘one of the grandest examples of heroism in the annals of war’, where the Regiment lost its Colours and 10 officers and 275 other ranks were killed.

Lot 604

A Presentation Silver Mounted Horn Beaker. A horn beaker, approximately 500ml in volume, with silver mounts, the top band inscribed ‘Presented by the N.C. Officers & Men 3rd. Bn. Somerset Lt. Infty. to Sergt. Major W. Phillips as a mark of esteem on his retirement from the Battalion, 2nd. August 1889.’, with central shield with the badge of the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, large crack to beaker, and therefore no longer serviceable as a drinking vessel, otherwise good condition £60-£80

Lot 613

Renamed and Defective Medal: New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse, naming extremely neatly erased; together with two silver shooting medal, the first an Army Rifle Association British Armies in France Medal for Skill with the Rifle, unnamed; the second a National Rifle Association Cottesloe Vase Prize Medal, unnamed; and two Dunkirk Commemorative Medals, the second of which is a cast copy, extremely fine (5) £100-£140

Lot 614

Renamed and Defective Medals (3): Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, naming erased; together with a copy General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East; three unofficial Jubilee and Coronation Medals, for 1887 in white metal, for 1911 in bronze; and for 1937 in white metal; a commemorative medal for the opening of Birmingham University 1909, gilt; Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, ‘The Squadron Match, “B” Squadron 12th Lancers 1913 Private W. Spicer’; together with a silver Regimental prize medal, this unnamed; a Royal Horticultural Society Joseph Banks Bronze Medal, unnamed; and an Amateur Gardening Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Brig. Gen. B. C. Dent 1939’, in John Pinches, London, fitted case, generally nearly very fine and better (12) £80-£100 --- Sold with various parchment certificates and documents relating to Company Sergeant Major W. C. Milward, Worcestershire Regiment; ands other ephemera.

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