German Second World War Insignia. Comprising a Krim Shield with all original finish remaining but minus its backing plate and material background cloth, all pins remaining; an unusual plaque for Berlin 1934, a non portable piece; a Hitler Youth drivers badge, beautiful Bevo weave in silver on red and white lozenge background; a RLB officials cap eagle with enamelled black swastika, maker marked with three fixing pins present; a Factory Protection Werkschutz cap eagle, marked ‘Ges Gesch’ with two pins fitted; a large post or railway eagle in gilt with one fixing pin missing; a SA M.29 type cap eagle with both fixing pins present; a DAF municipal tramway or private railway personnel cap insignia, both fixing pins present; and a group of 8 winter help work plastic coloured badges of the standards of the army, navy and air force, generally good conditon (16) £120-£160
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German Second World War Eastern Peoples Awards. Two examples of the Eastern Peoples award in silver without swords. One cased retaining much of its original silver finish with its correct pin, hook and hinge, all fitted into its presentation case with the faint outline of the award to the exterior lid, the upper inner lid is all complete but is slightly loose from the interior, hinge perfect. Accompanied by another example of the Eastern Peoples award, this time in silver with swords, good hook, pin and hinge, good condition (2) £100-£140
German Second World War Wall Plaques and Party Badges. Two bronze wall plaques in the patriotic manner, the first showing a mother with child with cast inscription on the reverse side, measuring 135mm x 90mm; the second being the Saar 18 January 1935 in bronze, casting company’s marking in raised relief on the reverse side with its hanging ring, measuring 150mm x 120mm showing an Aryan man slaying a snake; together with a NSKK celluloid wall plaque in silver, maker marked on the reverse side; an aluminium wall plaque for NSKK in gold, maker marked on the reverse side; and five accompanying party badges in various conditions, one with good enamels, pin back, complete, ‘Ges Gesch’ and ‘RZM’ marked; another, enamel good, slight scratched with full pin and ‘Ges Gesch’ and ‘RZM’; two non enamelled versions, both with fitting pins, ‘RZM’ marked but paint thin; ands the last with enamelled chipped and scratches without pin fixing on the reverse side, generally good condition (9) £120-£160
‘In a fight against large odds he is perfectly happy and an excellent shot, he has on several occasions proved his capabilities under very trying circumstances and on one occasion, at considerable risk and very great discomfort, saved a machine from a forced landing by standing on the plane and holding together two ends of a petrol pipe.’ The superb and extremely rare Great War Royal Naval Division ‘Gallipoli and Western Front’ D.C.M., Royal Naval Air Service ‘North Sea Patrols’ D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. G. Chapman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Chief Mechanic, Royal Naval Air Service, who was awarded the D.C.M. for brave deeds with the Drake Battalion at Antwerp 1914, ashore at Cape Helles, 1915, and in France, 1916. Subsequently joining R.N.A.S. Great Yarmouth where, as an exceptional engineer and fearless crew member, Chapman displayed the utmost gallantry in action on numerous long distance flying boat patrols, 1917-18, often engaging in fights with enemy scouts and fast seaplanes; gallantry for which he was awarded the D.F.M. and was Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Lond: 10-3044 Ch: P.O. W. G. Chapman. Drake Bn: 63/R.N.D.); Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (224573 Sergt.-Mech Chapman W. G., D.S.M. R.A.F.); 1914 Star (L.10/3044 W. G. Chapman, A.B. R.N.V.R. Drake Bttn R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (224573. Ch. Mech. W. G. Chapman. R.A.F.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917, citation published 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work with the Division since its formation.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Gallipoli’ and ‘France’. D.F.M. London Gazette 21 September 1918: ‘He has been a member of a seaplane crew on practically every long-distance patrol. He has taken part with zeal, gallantry, and coolness in numerous engagements with hostile aircraft.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 1 May 1918 and 2 June 1943. Note: In common with their Royal Marine counterparts, when coming under Army command during integrated land operations, the N.C.O.s and men of the Royal Naval Division were unusual in their eligibility for both the D.C.M. and the D.S.M. This complexity is undoubtedly responsible for the erroneous post-nominals ‘D.S.M.’ being impressed on Chapman’s D.F.M. rather than ‘D.C.M.’. This administrative error was replicated in the London Gazette entry for his award. William George Chapman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 10 April 1895 and was raised in Southwark, London. An electrical engineer by occupation, he joined the London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 23 October 1913 and was mobilised for war on 2 August 1914, immediately seeing service in the North Sea. Posted as an Able Seaman to the 1st (Drake) Battalion of the newly formed Royal Naval Division on 22 August, he participated with the 1st Naval Brigade in the Antwerp operations during October 1914, making good his return to England the same month. Gallipoli Petty Officer Chapman embarked with ‘A’ Company of his battalion in February 1915 for ‘an operation in the Mediterranean’, arriving at Port Said, Egypt on 29 March. A week later he was re-embarked for Gallipoli where the Drake Battalion was landed at 8.30pm on 26 April onto the Cape Helles beaches barely won by the main landings the previous day. At 8am on 28 April, with the entire Naval Division now on land, the Drake Battalion - attached 87th Brigade, 29th Division (and the only battalion of the R.N.D. to be engaged that day) - was thrust into the assault inland towards Krithia and Achi Baba. Suffering heavy losses, the tired, demoralised and virtually leaderless troops were soon stopped by the resolute Ottomans and the First Battle of Krithia was all over by nightfall. Digging in just above the W Beach headland, the Drake Battalion were next involved in the successful repulsion of a Turkish counter attack on 1 May (Battle of Eski Hissarlik) and would be employed in further attempts to push inland on 6-8 May (Second Battle of Krithia), 4 June (Third Battle of Krithia) and the Action at Achi Baba Nullah on 12/13 July. All to no avail and at great cost. In fact, so numerically weakened had they become, the Naval Division played little part in the later struggles at Cape Helles in August and September. Finally, and somewhat anticlimactically, on 8 January 1916 the men of the Drake Battalion, together with the rest of the British Empire forces, left their trenches for the last time, returned to the beaches so hard won, and left the peninsula. Battle of the Ancre - D.C.M. The Royal Naval Division (now renumbered the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, comprising of the the 188th, 189th and 190th Brigades) was ordered to France in May 1916 as part of V Corps, 5th Army and so following four months peaceable employment in the Aegean, Chapman returned to the Western Front now in the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Disembarking at Marseille on 7 June 1916, the Division took it’s place in the fighting line between Lens and Vimy Ridge in the Angres-Souchez sector on the Western front. Here, the life of the Division was almost uniformly without incident and it was moved to the IV Corps training area in mid September. Two months later, the Royal Naval Division, commanded by the increasingly unpopular Major-General Shute, was thrown into the Battle of the Ancre, 13-18 November 1916, during the final stages of the Battle of the Somme, advancing along the River Ancre to capture Beaucourt. The Drake Battalion, of the 189th Brigade, lost half their effective strength in the opening stages of the attack, including their C.O. Lieutenant-Colonel Tetley killed, and many more were scattered. The remaining body of three officers and eighty petty officers and men now came under the command Colonel Freyburg of the Hood Battalion whose composite force went on to execute a series of brilliant advances before capturing Beaucourt Village. Freyburg was awarded the Victoria Cross: ‘Again at a critical moment in the battle Colonel Freyburg retrieved the situation by himself leading the assault, followed by a mixed detachment of his own men, details of Drake, Hawke, Nelson and H.A.C., and the 13th K.R.R.C. In a moment Beaucourt was ours, the garrison of eight hundred surrendering, almost without a pretence of resistance.’ (The Royal Naval Division by Douglas Jerrold refers). Jerrold goes on to state that ‘the success of the Hood and Drake Battalions was both brilliant and astonishing, and it was decisive’. However, it could scarcely redeem the severe losses suffered by the two Naval Brigades. For the Drake Battalion’s part, only three officers and some 280 petty officers and men survived the battle unwounded. Immediately after the Ancre, on 5 December 1916, Chapman was discharged to the R.N.A.S. as a C.P.O. Mechanic, having been rated exceptional in his assessment. He was awarded the D.C.M. (London Gazette 1 January 1917) for his gallantry with the Naval Division since its formation, the annotated gazette entry for the award stating ‘France’ with an additional side note stating ‘Gallipoli’. Whilst the timing of this D.C.M. is consistent with other Ancre awards, in later interviews Chapman would describe his D.C.M. as a Gallipoli award. It seems most correct, however, to take the citation at face value and regard it as a decoration for distinguished conduct...
German post-Great War Kyffhäuserbund. Comprising two Prussian Landeskriegervernband Kriegerverein-Ehrenkreuz Second Class badges, silver; together with a selection of Kyffhäuserbund badges and pins including a Kyffhäuserbund Frauengruppe pendant, generally good condition (16) £120-£160
German Second World War Army Award Certificates. Three award citations to Feldwebel Heinrich Burose, comprising an A5 size, non punch holed, folded once citation for the Wound Badge in Black to Heinrich Burose as a member of 4./Komp./J.R.251 date of award 19 February 1942 signed by Unit Doctor; a Wound Badge in Silver, non punch holed, folded once, slight foxing, A5 size to Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Burose now a member of 14./Gren.Rgt.67, with three award dates qualifying him for the Wound Badge in Gold but no gold certificate issued, date 28 November 1944 by an unidentified Unit Hauptmann; and a Winter Medal in the East, A5 size, non punch holed, folded once citation to Feldwebel Heinrich Burose in the same unit 14./Gren.Regt 67, date of award 21 February 1944, pencil signature of Colonel and Commander; together with a de-nazified example of the Wound Badge in Silver, good condition (4) £80-£100
A scarce Great War 1917 ‘Airship Coxswain’s’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2, later Flying Officer, F. Miller, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, present in the aftermath of the Messina Earthquake disaster, he later flew DH9A’s with 55 Squadron during operations in Kurdistan Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (223410 F. Miller, C.P.O. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917.); 1914 Star, with clasp (223410. F. Miller, A.M. 1 GR. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (W.O. 2 F. Miller. R.N.A.S.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F/O. F. Miller. R.A.F.) surname officially corrected; Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, mounted on card for display, last with edge bruising, remainder generally very fine or better (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period 1 July - 31 December, 1917.’ Fred Miller was born in Cheshire in July 1887. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in November 1902, and Miller transferred to Air Service duties as a Coxswain Airships, 23 October 1913. He advanced to Air Mechanic 1 in July 1914, and to Petty Officer Mechanic in August 1915. Postings included to H.M.A.S. Pembroke III, H.M.A.S. President II, Killingnorth, Inchmore and Barrow Airship Station. Miller’s service record shows him as a Balloon Pilot and Airship Coxswain, and he advanced to Warrant Officer Class 2 in December 1917. Miller was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in April 1918, and subsequently qualified as a fixed wing pilot flying DH9A’s with 55 Squadron from Hinaidi during operations in Kurdistan. Having advanced to Flying Officer, Miller retired in 1932. He re-engaged for service during the Second War, and died in June 1946. Miller wore the Messina Earthquake Medal throughout his entire service, and was present in H.M.S. Aboukir after the disaster. The Admiralty, however, ruled against the ship being eligible for the medal. It is clear that Aboukir’s role in the Messina affair was no more than that of a royal yacht, taking HRH The Duke of Connaught from Malta to the scene of the disaster. However, there were other ships and personnel who also did nothing in the way of rescue and who were permitted to accept the award. No doubt Miller, along with many others felt aggrieved and obtained a medal and wore it accordingly. Thus adding to what was already a rare group.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private C. N. Alexander, 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (C-12980 Pte C. N. Alexander. 21/K.R.R.C.) nearly extremely fine £280-£340 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Charles Norman Alexander, a Poulty Farmer, from Shipley, Yorkshire, where he was born in 1883, attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 11 November 1915. He served in the Great War, first on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Military Medal, before later service in Italy. He was discharged due to sickness on 10 February 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copy paperwork including his Medal Index Card, his entry on the Silver War Badge roll and medical records.
A Great War M.M. and Belgian Croix de Guerre pair awarded to Sergeant T. Moore, North Staffordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (13400 Sjt: T. Moore. 4/N. Staff: R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, edge bruising to first, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918. Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 12 July 1918. Thomas Moore attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 July 1915. As well as receiving the Military Medal and the Belgian Croix de Guerre, he was also awarded a Silver War Badge.
A fine Regency period breast star of the Order of the Garter The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Knight’s breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, c.1811-20, 74mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers to His Majesty, His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, and the Royal Family’, fitted with twin-pronged gold retaining pin, minor loss to final letter of motto, otherwise extremely fine £5,000-£7,000
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; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-£800
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Sold with letter of notification from the Secretary to the Governor of Sind advising award of C.B.E. Civil Division to ‘Robert Hesketh Martin, Esquire, Manager, Forbes, Forbes, Campbell and Company, Karachi, Sind, announced in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, June 13, 1946.
An inter-War ‘Royal Tour of India’ R.V.M. group of three awarded to Private T. Clare, Army Service Corps Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, in case and outer card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (M-339655 Pte. T. Clare. A.S.C.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- R.V.M. in silver awarded 11 March 1922. Thomas Ferguson Clare was employed by Crossley Motors, and served as Chauffeur to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his 1922 Tour of India.
A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Festubert’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Mills, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who was also wounded in action during the Battle, and awarded the Russian Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6548 Cpl. J. Mills. 2/Sco: Gds:); 1914 Star, with loose clasp (6548 Cpl J. Mills. S. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (6548 Cpl. J. Mills. S. Gds.) light contact marks overall, generally very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the 16th May, 1915, at Festubert, when, after the German front line had been taken and many wounded were lying between the British and German trenches, he repeatedly went out during the day under a heavy shell fire, which was killing many of the wounded, and carried back wounded men until he was himself hit. His gallant conduct undoubtedly saved many lives.’ Russia, Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class London Gazette 25 August 1915. James Mills enlisted in the Scots Guards in June 1906, and transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1913. He rejoined the Colours, 4 August 1914, and served with the 2nd Battalion in the French theatre of war from 7 October 1914. Mills distinguished himself during the Battle of Festubert, when the Battalion moved to ‘Hinges 12th May. Moved forward 15th and took part in attack north of Festubert. Casualties - 10 officers, 401 other ranks killed, wounded or missing.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front January to June 1915, by R. Westlake refers). Mills advanced to Sergeant, and was discharged due to sickness, 9 July 1917 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He subsequently joined the 57th A/T Regiment, 13 February 1940.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, mounted for display purposes along with Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, all mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (5) £200-£240
Three: Major J. H. L. M. Toone, 11th Bengal Cavalry Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, fitted with a small ring and silver straight bar suspension, with silver riband buckle and contemporary top silver brooch bar; Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. J. H. L. M. Toone 11th. Regiment Light Cavalry) with original hook and modern split ring suspension, with contemporary top silver riband buckle; Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Bt. Capt. J. H. L. M. Toone, 11th. Bengal Cavy.) with contemporary top silver riband buckle, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200 --- James Hastings Lindsay Toone was born at Ghazipur, United Provinces, on 8 January 1816 and was commissioned Cornet in the Honourable East India Company’s Forces on 27 February 1833. He arrived in India on 19 June 1833, and was posted initially to the 8th Bengal Light Cavalry. Transferring to the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry on 9 June 1836, he served with them during the First Afghan War, where he distinguished himself as the British Column advanced towards Kandahar: ‘The cavalry outposts often found themselves skirmishing with robber bands. One such was disposed of near Quetta by a detachment of the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry. Cornet Toone of that regiment cut down its leader and decapitated him.’ (A History of British Cavalry, Vol. 1, by the Marquess of Anglesey refers). Following the disbandment of the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry, Toone was subsequently as Adjutant of the 7th Irregular Cavalry on 28 April 1841. In handing up Toone’s name for that appointment his late Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Salter, stated: ‘Cornet Toone acted as Adjutant for a short time at Cabool and was zealous and anxious to acquire every part of his arduous duty. A good horseman. Speaks both Persian and Hondoostanee fluently, and has a great predilection for the acquirement of these languages. Temper excellent, steady and gentlemanly in his conduct.’ Promoted Lieutenant on 16 November 1841, Toone was subsequently posted to the newly-raised 11th Bengal Light Cavalry. He served as Adjutant of this new unit during the Gwalior campaign, and was present at the Battle of Punniar, 29 December 1843. Appointed Instructor and Quartermaster of the 11th Light Cavalry on 27 August 1847, he saw further service with the 11th Bengal Light Cavalry during the Second Sikh War, where he was present at the siege of Mooltan and the action at Suraj Khund, and was appointed Brevet Captain. He transferred to the Retired List on 1 May 1854, and was promoted Honorary Major on 28 November of that year. He died in Madeira on 15 December 1886, leaving an estate valued at over £55,000. Sold with copied research.
Four: Trumpet Major W. H. Orman, Bengal Horse Artillery Punniar Star 1843 (Half Pay Trumpeter William Orman 3rd. Troop. 3rd. Brigade Horse Artillery) original suspension hook replaced with a contemporary silver straight bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Trumpr: W: H: Orman 3rd. Brigade H: Ay.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Bombr. Wm. Henry Orman. 3rd. Tp. 3rd. Bde. H Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Tpt. Major. Wm. Hy. Orman, 3rd. Bde. He. Art.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £2,200-£2,600 --- William Henry Orman was born in Cawnpore on 21 August 1826 and was appointed a half pay Trumpeter with the Bengal Artillery on 8 May 1838. Attesting as a Gunner at Meerut on his 18th Birthday, 21 August 1844, he was again appointed a Trumpeter on 20 November 1845, and was promoted Bombardier on 12 December 1848, and Trumpet Major on 10 June 1857. He transferred to the Royal Artillery on 18 February 1861, and was promoted Sergeant on 6 July 1861. He was discharged at his own request on 3 May 1870, after 27 years and 283 days’ service, the entire period of which was spent soldiering in India. He was not entitled to a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Sold with copied record of service; medal roll extracts; and other research.
An important Crimea and Indian Mutiny group of four awarded to Major J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders, much of whose ‘active service correspondence’ survives in the Regimental Museum: it was he who supported the mortally wounded Brigadier Adrian Hope in his arms during the disastrous attack against Fort Rooyah in April 1858, a selfless act that nearly resulted in his own demise, with both his bonnet and kilt being shot through Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol, the reverse of each privately engraved ‘20th. September 1854’, ‘25th October 1854’, and ‘8th September 1855’ respectively (Capt. J. C. Ross Grove, 42d Royal Highlanders) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow, the reverse privately engraved ‘14th March 1858’ (Capt. J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders) ‘C. Ross’ privately corrected; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse with contemporary and privately engraved inscription, ‘Captain J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders’, enamel damage to Crescent suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Captain J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders) contemporary engraved naming, all fitted with contemporary top silver riband bars or buckles and housed in a fitted leather case, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- Joseph Charles Ross Grove was commissioned into the Black Watch as an Ensign in September 1851, and was advanced to Lieutenant in May 1854. As verified by relevant sources, and his own surviving correspondence, he served throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, and participated in the Kertch and Yenikale expeditions, in addition to the battles of Alma and Balaklava. The following account, taken from a letter home, describes his experiences at Alma on 20 September 1854: ‘Meanwhile, the First Division (our own), deployed on our side of the river and were ordered to lie down to avoid the shell and shot which came like hail amongst us. Many of us had narrow escapes but only three men were knocked over then. In half an hour after we deployed we got the order to advance. We crossed the river and got into a vineyard. The whistling of the bullets was perfectly astonishing. The thickness of the foliage, the river, half a dozen dykes to cross and five or six houses broke us completely. I am now speaking of my cause. We formed line as quickly as possible under a most fearful fire of shot, shell, grape and canister, and musketry. How we escaped I know not. Immediately we got into order we opened fire and continued advancing up a tremendous steep brae so rapidly that their artillery could not get our range - we were only two hundred yards from full regiments and a battery of seven guns! So the heavy shot now went over our heads ... We now came up with the 79th which were, I am sorry to say, wavering. We broke through them - cheering, they gave way to us, saying “Let them go they are mad.” We were now with fixed bayonets and were ordered to cease firing. The Duke and Sir Colin Campbell were with our Colonel riding in front, waving their swords. Oh it was splendidly exciting and we cheered again and again, and then went laterally and determinedly up the hill as quick as we could march. It was too steep to double. The fire was as heavy as ever. When we came within 50 yards of the top of the hill we cheered. They gave us a parting volley and scuttled down the other side. We then got to the top of the heights. We were the first regiment of the Army who gained the position!’ It would seem Ross Grove’s obvious enthusiasm added to his reputation in the ranks, a contention supported by the following extract from the memoirs of a fellow Black Watch veteran: ‘There was another duty to perform, which was no joke. That was to take down the shot and shell to the batteries through the open ground, exposed to all the fire that came out of Sebastopol, as we could not drag the waggon in the trenches. I was twice on that duty - once under Captain M’Leod, now Sir John, and once under Captain Ross Grove. I will say there could not have been better officers for that duty. They were cool and collected, and both nights there was a tremendous fire kept up, and the Russians were firing what was called “happy family” - that was a cluster of small shell that were sent in one gun together.’ Ross Grove himself refers to at least one near squeak in the trenches before Sebastopol in a letter home dated 31 July 1855: ‘On Thurday afternoon a shell burst in the air almost 100 yards from me. I saw a fragment coming straight at me. I considered for a moment and determined not to move. If I had done so I would have lost my left arm. The piece in descending smacked a man’s thigh and I calculate would have caught me about the elbow. We are too much used to these things now for them to affect us. It was amputated next day and he is doing well ... after a beef broth pudding and a glass of port and some brandy and water I enjoyed bed tremendously.’ Again before Sebastopol, in the final operations against the Redan, we find Ross Grove experiencing further close shaves: ‘The minute after we got to our ground I had my men posted. We were so close we had to crawl on our bellies and speak in a whisper without daring to lift a head or move a joint, for about 200 of the enemy’s riflemen discovered us and kept up a fearful fire of musketry on us. I can only attribute my preservation to the Almighty. I got up for one moment and immediately a ball struck where I had been. This continued up to lunch, when all of a sudden the firing ceased and we came to the conclusion that something was going to be done. A thought came over me that the enemy had evacuated the place and it might be a grand thing to enter the Redan by oneself and return to Sir Colin and say it was ours. It had hardly entered my brain before there was a rumbling in the earth and then a fearful explosion followed by others in quick succession. We were all nearly killed. The stones from the batteries falling round us like hail. The enemy at midday saved us the trouble of storming her. The bitter cold that night I shall never forget ...’ For his services in the Crimea Ross Grove was awarded the Fifth Class of the Ottoman Order of Medjidie and was advanced to Captain. Seeing further service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny he witnessed extensive active service, not just in the engagements at Cawnpore and elsewhere which led to the fall of Lucknow - when he was present at the assault on the Martiniere and on “Bank’s Bungalow” - but afterwards in several of the “mopping up” operations fought by the Highland Brigade under Brigadier Adrian Hope, not least the attack on Fort Rooyah in March 1858. Ross Grove’s part in this action is mentioned in several relevant accounts, the unenvious task of commanding the storming party largely falling on his shoulders, in his capacity as C.O. of No. 8 Company: ‘The rebels were prepared to evacuate the fort, and they had intended to fire a few rounds and retreat. But, when they saw the British general sending his infantry in skirmishing order against the face which could be defended, they changed their minds and determined to show fight. Meanwhile, Walpole had ridden up to a company of the 42nd that was in advance, commanded by Captain Ross Grove, and had directed that officer to extend and pass through the wooded ground in his front; then to close on the fort, hold the gate, and prevent the enemy from escaping. Another company o...
Three: Colour-Sergeant Alexander Goodbrand, 79th Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (2680. Color. Serjt. Alexr. Goodbrand. 79. Cameron. Highlanders.) regimentally impressed naming as usual for the Highland Brigade; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Colr. Sergt. Alexr. Goodbrand, 79th Highlanders) fitted with Crimea suspension; France, Second Empire, Médaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, gilt worn and chips to enamel on last, first with light contact marks, otherwise about very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Medaille Militaire: ‘For good and gallant conduct at the Battles of the Alma and Balaklava, and in the trenches before Sebastopol.’ One of six such awards to the non-commissioned officers and men of the 79th Highlanders for the Crimean War. Alexander Goodbrand left the Army March 1857 and was afterwards for a period Colour-Sergeant and Drill Instructor to the 1st Aberdeenshire Militia. In 1874 he took up a position in the Natal Government Railway, becoming Point station master at Durban. In his application to join the railways he stated: ‘I have served in the Army for nearly 10 years and was with the 79th Highlanders throughout the whole of the Crimean Campaign, including the Battles of the Alma, Balaklava, Expedition to Kertch and siege of Sebastopol. Crimean Medal with 3 clasps, Turkish Medal and French Medal with mention for good & gallant conduct. Held the rank of Colour Serjeant from 20 Sept. 1854 till the date of my discharge on the 31st March 1857. Since leaving the Army I have had large experience in business - chiefly in London. I am competent to undertake any description of Office Work.’ Alexander Goodbrand died at Durban on 26 May 1892, aged 61, his profession being described as that of ‘Accountant N.G.R.’
Family Group: Four: Captain J. Thompson, 9th Foot, late 67th Foot China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Josh. Thompson. 67th. Regt.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. J. Thompson. 2/9th. Foot.); Empress of India 1877, silver (Serjt. Major Joseph Thompson 67th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, with neck riband, in case of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (175. S. Maj: J. Thompson. 67th. Foot) light contact marks, generally very fine and better Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Mr. J. G. Thompson. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Joseph Thompson was born in Penrith, Cumberland, on 8 February 1838 and attested for the 67th Regiment of Foot on 11 December 1857. He served with the Regiment in India from 16 December 1858 to 15 October 1859, and then in China from 16 October 1859 to 13 April 1865, and was present during the latter stages of the Second China War. He saw further service in India and Burma from 1 November 1872 to 9 March 1883, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 December 1875, as well as receiving the Empress of India Medal (service papers confirm). Thompson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot on 29 September 1877, after 19 years and 292 days in the ranks, on which occasion he was presented by the Officers of his former Regiment with ‘a sword and belt, and a gold watch, in recognition of his good services during a long membership of the regiment, including the China campaign.’ (Regimental History refers). He served with his new Regiment during the Second Afghan War from 28 September 1879 to 7 September 1880, and was promoted Lieutenant on 11 October 1879. Advanced Captain on 12 March 1883, he died in service on 28 September 1886. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research. John George Thompson, the eldest son of the above, was born at Aldershot on 11 July 1870, and served as a Civilian Blacksmith with the 37th Company, Army Service Corps in South Africa during the Boer War. Note: The original medal roll shows entitlement to the Cape Colony clasp; this has then been crossed out, and the roll subsequently annotated ‘Medal only.’ Presumably the medal had already been issued by the time this change was made to the roll, as the medal appears entirely as issued. Sold with copied research
The Queen’s South Africa Medal and group of shooting awards won by Captain E. C. H. Grant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached Imperial Yeomanry, who died of enteric fever at Kimberley in August 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Capt: E. C. H. Grant. Imp: Yeo:) in named card box of issue; together with the following shooting awards and badges: i. Charterhouse Cadet embroidered marksman badges for 1883 - 1884 ii. Army Regimental Rifle Matches 1889, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1889, reverse engraved ‘Infantry Abroad 2nd Lieut. E. Grant, 1st A. & S. Highlanders 89 Points’ with additional silver ribbon bar inscribed ‘1890 - 89 points’, in B. Ninnes fitted case iii. Scottish Rifle Association 1897, embroidered arm badge iv. The Army Eight 1887, Officers Match, Regulars v. Auxiliaries, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1896, reverse engraved ‘Captain E. C. H. Grant, A. & S. Highrs.’ the ribbon fitted with silver buckle and dated bars for 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, in B. Ninnes fitted case v. A.R.M. Gregory Jewel 1897, 15 carat gold and enamels, reverse engraved ‘Won by Capt. Grant. A. & S.H. Aggregate 600’ in fitted case vi. Army Eight, silver-gilt medal for 1898, hallmarked Birmingham 1897, reverse engraved ‘Captain E. C. H. Grant A. & S. Highs.’ with ribbon buckle and dated bar for 1899, in B. Ninnes fitted case vii. School of Musketry, Ninnes Challenge Cup 1898, 15 carat gold and enamel, hallmarked Birmingham 1897, reverse engraved ‘Won by Capt. E. C. H. Grant’ in Ninnes Goldsmith Hythe fitted case viii. The Methuen Cup 1899, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1899, reverse engraved ‘Won by The Hythe Staff. Av. 96.37. Capt. E. Grant’ in Ninnes Goldsmith Hythe fitted case, extremely fine (9) £400-£500 --- Edward Chetwood Hamilton Grant, Captain 1st Batalion,. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died of enteric fever at Kimberley on 25 August 1901. He was born in May 1868, educated at Charterhouse, and entered the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders January 1888; was promoted Lieutenant in January 1890, and Captain in July 1897. Having served as adjutant of his Regiment, June 1894 to December 1897, he was then appointed an Instructor on the Staff of the School of Musketry at Hythe, which post he held till October 1899. He was District Inspector of Musketry at Aldershot, November 1899. At the time of his death he was serving as adjutant of the 24th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry to which he was appointed in April 1901, having been allowed to give up his staff appointment at Aldershot to enable him to go to South Africa. His name is inscribed on the tablet in the War Memorial Cloister erected at Charterhouse.
Three: Major C. L. Lovell, Assam Valley Light Horse, who commanded the A.V.L.H. Vickers Maxim Gun Detachment in the Abor Expedition 1911-12 and was mentioned in despatches India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (510 Captain C. L. Lovell Assam Valley Lt. Horse); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Captain C. L. Lovell A.V. Lt. Horse.); Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Maj. W. C. L. Lovell 6th Assam Valley Lt. Horse I.D.F.) together with a silver A.V.L.H. shooting shield, the obverse inscribed ‘Assam Valley Challenge Trophy 1899-1900 Won by “A” Troop A.V.L.H.’, the reverse inscribed ‘Team & Score T.S.M.R.R. F. E. Holder 69 Segt. D. J. Mackintosh 66 Lce Corpl. J. W. Hayward 66 Trooper C. L. Lovell 75 Total 276’, good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 16 July 1912: ‘Assam Valley Light Horse Dismounted Detachment.—The members of this detachment showed a most soldier like spirit in volunteering, in many cases at great personal inconvenience and pecuniary loss, to accompany the expedition. They underwent considerable hardship in a most cheerful spirit and played an important part in the taking of the Kekar Monying position. Captain C. L. Lovell commanded the detachment in an efficient manner.’ This small Assam Valley Light Horse detachment comprised Captain Lovell, Squadron Sergeant-Major Webster, Sergeant Davies, Corporal Ashe, and Troopers Falconer, Floyer, Hardwicke, Henning, Kilgour, Lemon, Middleton, Southon and Whitten. Surgeon-Captain J. M. Falkener was also present on detached service.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, by Garrard, London, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1967, minor test mark to edge; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, unmarked, with miniature width neck riband, minor bruise to gilt central band around motto on Star, otherwise extremely fine (2) £600-£800
A Second War M.B.E. awarded to Miss Constance I. Murray, Clerical Officer, Offices of the Cabinet and Minister of Defence The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946. Miss Constance Irene Murray, later Mrs. Cosslett, served as a Clerical Officer at the Cabinet Office during the Second World War. Sold with a copy of the London Gazette announcing the award; various official letters regarding the award, including those from 10 Downing Street and the Central Chancery; various letters of congratulations on the award; and other letters.
Three: Private A. H. Lewin, Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (L-10677 Pte. A. H. Lewin. 1/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10677 Pte. A. H. Lewin. 1/Middx: R.) mounted as worn, contact marks, generally very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Arthur Henry Lewin was born in Deptford in 1887 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 24 October 1905 seeing pre-war service in India and at Home before Great War service on the Western Front from 5 September 1914 where he received gun shot wounds to his shoulder, arm and back. Returning to the U.K. on 1 November 1914, he then served at home, transferring to the Suffolk Regiment for service as a Drummer on 13 April 1916. Discharged on 1 January 1919, he was awarded a weekly pension of 10/- and a Silver War Badge no. 106734.
Five: Sergeant A. Alexander, Gordon Highlanders, later Royal Army Medical Corps, who was wounded in action on the Western Front on 25 September 1915, and was awarded the Serbian Obilich Medal for Bravery 1914 Star (869 Cpl. A. Alexander. 1/6 Gord: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (869 Cpl. A. Alexander. Gord. Highrs.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (300137 Sjt. A. Alexander. R.A.M.C.); Serbia, Kingdom, Obilich Medal for Bravery, silver, unnamed as issued, suspension ring altered for mounting; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B313542’, nearly extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- One of only 313 Serbian Obilich Medals for Bravery awarded to British personnel during the Great War. Adam Alexander was born in 1892 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Alford, Aberdeen, on 23 November 1911. He served with the 1st/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 November 1914, and was wounded in action by gun shot to his left leg on 25 September 1915. Repatriated to England three days late, he subsequently contracted diphtheria and scarlet fever whilst in hospital. Transferring to the Royal Army Medical Corps on 1 November 1917, he was promoted Sergeant on 16 March 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, as well as receiving the Serbian Obilich Medal for Bravery (London Gazette 20 September 1919). He was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 299 of 1923, and died in June 1960. Sold with the recipient’s original riband bar; a brass shoulder title; and copied research.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, mounted for display purposes along with Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued, all mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (5) £200-£240
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card box; together with the related miniature award similarly mounted on a bow riband, extremely fine £80-£100
Three: Stoker First Class J. W. Rean, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (308688, J. W. Rean, Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (308688 J. W. Rean. Sto. 1 R.N.)’ together with an unofficial silver 1911 Coronation Medal, the reverse inscribed ‘Coronation Festivities George V June 22nd 1911, Buenos Aires Sailors Sports’, heavy contact marks to BWM, otherwise very fine, the last scarce Three: Electrical Artificer Second Class E. McMellon, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M.14241, E. Mc. Mellon, Act. E.R.A. 4., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.14241 E. Mc Mellon. E.A. 2 R.N.) good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- John William Rean was born at Nottingham on 3 August 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Nelson on 15 August 1905. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, on 18 October 1906, and at the time of the Coronation in 1911 was serving in H.M.S. Glasgow. He was posted to H.M.S. Dolphin in November 1913, and served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Arrogant, being advanced to Acting Leading Stoker on 16 February 1915. He than served in the submarine depot ship H.M.S. Titania (for service in G 4), being advanced to Stoker First Class on 31 April 1916, and was posted to H.M.S. Cockatrice in July 1916. He was shore demobilised in February 1919. Edward McMellon was born at Glossop, Derbyshire, on 22 August 1886 and joined the Royal Navy on a hostilities only basis as an Acting Electrical Artificer Fourth Class in H.M.S. Vernon on 13 July 1915. He was confirmed in that rate on 12 July 1916, when serving in H.M.S. St. George, and was advanced to Electrical Artificer Second Class on 31 July 1918. He was shore demobilised from H.M.S. Pembroke II on 3 March 1919. Sold with a privately made silver wrist identity tag, hallmarks for Birmingham 1917, engraved ‘E. Mc.Mellon No. M14241 Electrical Artificer H.M.S. St. George’; and a gold plated locket, containing to one side a colourised photo of the recipient in uniform.
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Five: Lieutenant-Commander W. Nicholls, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (S. Lieut. W. Nichols [sic], R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. W Nicholls, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William Nicholls); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, unnamed as issued, mounted for display purposes in this order, very fine and better (5) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 March 1918: ‘For services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas during the period ending 31 December 1917.’ William Nicholls was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 1 July 1913, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caribbean from 6 December 1914, H.M. Torpedo Boat 99, from 8 January 1915, H.M.S. Zealandia from 5 April 1916, H.M. Torpedo Boat 26 from 29 October 1916, and H.M.S. Thorn from 17 December 1917. He was promoted Lieutenant on 2 August 1915, and was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ Decoration whilst holding the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (London Gazette 26 September 1924).
Five: Petty Officer J. M. Clarke, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (C.2054 J. M. Clarke, L.S., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2054C J. M. Clarke. P.O., R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (C.2054 J. M. Clarke, P.O., R.N.R.); Russia, Empire, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver, on ‘St. Stanislaus’ riband (C2054 J. M. Clarke, Lg. Sea., R.N.R. H.M.S. Jupiter) contemporarily named in the style associated with this ship, good very fine --- John May Clarke was born in Bideford, Devon in 1874, and joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1911, serving during the early stages of the Great War in H.M.S. Jupiter. In January 1915 the Admiralty received a request for assistance from the Russian Government, the latter’s icebreaker used to keep open the passage to Archangel in the White Sea having broken down. In response the Royal Navy sent out the Tyne Guard Ship H.M.S. Jupiter, an old Majestic-class battleship. She departed for Archangel in February 1915, freeing en route a number of vessels stuck in the ice, occasionally by using explosive charges. She, too, sometimes became icebound, but still managed to make a major impression on the problem, improving the safe passage of numerous vessels, many of them laden with highly important war materials, among them the S.S. Thracia. The latter was taken in tow after the use of explosive charges to free her. Throughout these operations it was not unusual for the temperature to fall as low as minus 20 degrees, a hard test indeed on the morale and well being of the Jupiter’s crew. Her mission completed by May 1915, the Tsar expressed his gratitude by the presentation of a variety of Russian Honours and Awards to her crew. Clarke remained in the Royal Naval Reserve, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 January 1920. Sold with copied service papers and other research, including various photographic images of H.M.S. Jupiter.
Three: Acting Leading Seaman E. W. Vanstone, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (A.7690, E. W. Vanstone. Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (7690A E. W. Vanstone. Act. L.S. R.N.R.) light contact marks, very fine Three: Stoker G. Price, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (U.1044, G. Price, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1044U G. Price. Sto. R.N.R.) Star sometime silver plated, otherwise very fine (6) £60-£80 --- Ernest William Vanstone was born at Teignmouth, Devon, on 30 September 1885 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 29 January 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vivid, H.M.S. Victory, H.M.S. Excellent, and in the ‘R’ Class Destroyer, H.M.S. Sabrina. He was demobilised in March 1919. George Price was born at Swansea on 16 June 1876 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 2 May 1901. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vivid, the Armed Merchant Cruiser Empress of Britain, H.M.S. Challenger and H.M.S. Mars. He was discharged on demobilisation from naval service on 3 March 1919.
Three: Stoker J. Thomson, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (S.4358, J. Thomson, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4358S. J. Thomson. Sto. R.N.R.) good very fine Three: Seaman W. Quinn, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (B.4403, W. Quinn, Smn. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4403B W. Quinn. Smn. R.N.R.) very fine (6) £60-£80 --- James Thomson was born at Prestonpans, Scotland, on 2 September 1892 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 25 November 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Victory, H.M.S. Egret, H.M.S. Satellite, H.M.S. Crescent and H.M.S. Implacable. He was invalided from the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar on 4 July 1918; as his debility was attributed to his own conduct, he was denied a Silver War Badge. William Quinn was born at Kinsale, Ireland, on 5 November 1885 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 1 October 1906. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle. He was invalided from the Royal Naval Hospital Chatham, on account of traumatic neurasthenia and deafness, on 21 December 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 7078, and a disability pension.
Four: Captain C. S. Hazeon, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who survived the explosion that destroyed H.M.S. Natal on 30 December 1915, and was subsequently killed in action when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk on 5 June 1916 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. S. Hazeon, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. Hazeon. R.M.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued; Memorial Plaque (Cyril Stafford Hazeon); together with a H.M.S. Hampshire lapel badge, nearly extremely fine (5) £700-£900 --- Cyril Stafford Hazeon was born in Chiswick, London, on 25 June 1883 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 1 January 1901. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 January 1902, he served in H.M.S. Minerva from 22 September 1908 to 17 October 1910, and took part in the relief operations following the Messiana Earthquake, 28 December 1908. Promoted Captain on 1 January 1912, Hazeon served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Natal, and narrowly escaped being blown up when the Natal was sunk by an internal explosion that destroyed the armoured cruiser whilst at anchor in the Cromarty Firth on 30 December 1915. Out of her complement of over 700 men more than half (25 officers and 380 ratings) perished. The loss of life would have been even greater had not most of the off-duty watch been absent on shore leave at the time. Hazeon transferred to H.M.S. Hampshire on 16 February 1916, and his luck ran out when he was killed in action when the Hampshire, conveying Field Marshal Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic mission to Russia, struck a German-mine off Orkney on 5 June 1916 and sank within 15 minutes with the loss of 737 lives. There were only 12 survivors. Hazeon’s body was recovered from the sea and he is buried in Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; copied record of service and other research.
Six: Sergeant E. S. L. Hase, Royal Engineers, who was wounded whilst serving with the 10th Signal Company in Egypt, and was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Medal of Honour 1914-15 Star (56325, Cpl. E. S. L. Hase, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (56325 Sjt. E. S. L. Hase. R.E.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ernest Samuel Llewellyn Hase) in card box of issue; France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, silver medal with swords, unnamed as issued, silver marks to edge, in case of issue, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Ernest Samuel Llewellyn Hase was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in 1886 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Bristol on 10 October 1914, a Telegraphist by trade, having previously served in the Isle of Wight Rifles. Posted to the 10th Signal Company, he was promoted Corporal on 23 February 1915, and served with them during the Great War in Egypt from 24 July 1915, being wounded by shrapnel to the neck on 4 September 1915. Advanced Sergeant on 16 March 1916, he proceeded to France with the Reserve Army Signal Company on 8 June 1916, and saw further service on the Western Front. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 17 May 1918) and was awarded the French Medal of Honour (London Gazette 29 January 1919). Hase was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 May 1919. Subsequently resuming his career with the Post Office, latterly as an Overseer in Bristol, he finally retired in 1946, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal (London Gazette 15 October 1946). Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the Victory Medal; original Gloucestershire T.A. and A.F. Association letter confirming the award of the Defence Medal; and copied research.
Pair: Shipwright First Class W. S. Brock, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.6757 W. S. Brock. Shpt. 1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Stoker First Class F. J. Freegard, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (S.S.112923 F. J. Freegard. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Able Seaman J. S. Behn, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.54383 J. S. Behn. A.B. R.N.) good very fine Pair: Able Seaman R. A. Glover, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (221707 R. A. Glover. A.B. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140 --- William Samuel Brock was born at Devonport on 30 April 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 28 October 1913. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Blonde, H.M.S. Pembroke II and H.M.S. Bacchante. He was invalided from H.M.S. Pembroke II on 23 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. R.N.38516. Frederick James Freegard was born at Bath, Somerset, on 16 November 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 30 October 1912. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Suffolk, on 1 November 1913, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Fox, at the Naval Depot, Bombay, and in H.M.S. Vivid II. He was demobilised on 7 June 1921. John Segar Behn was born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, on 13 September 1898 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Victory I on 4 January 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Hyacinth, and was advanced to Able Seaman on 26 September 1918. He was demobilised on 4 October 1919. Roland Arthur Glover was born at Battersea, London, on 29 August 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 24 July 1902. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Firequeen, on 29 August 1904, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Good Hope, on 23 October 1905, and was invalided from the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar with an ulcer to the cornea on 10 September 1908. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1910, and was recalled for War service in August 1914 to join H.M.S. Vindictive, when she was assigned to the 9th Cruiser Squadron and captured the German merchantmen Schlesien and Slawentzitz on 7 August and 8 September respectively. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Victory I on 4 June 1921.
Pair: Stoker Petty Officer W. R. K. Stephens, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (363307 W. R. K. Stephens. Sto. 1 R.N.) mounted as worn; together with a Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewel, silver gilt (hallmarks for Chester 1936) and enamel, named to the recipient, in case of issue, light contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Stoker First Class N. S. Barrett, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.44211 N. S. Barrett. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Stoker First Class F. Church, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.37481 F. Church. Sto. 1 R.N.) edge nicks to BWM, otherwise good very fine Pair: Joiner Fourth Class H. Healey, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.20946 H. Healey. Jr. 4 R.N.) nearly extremely fine (9) £100-£140 --- William Robert Kennedy Stephens was born at Brixton, London, on 4 January 1889 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Domestic in H.M.S. Vivid I on 10 January 1905. He was appointed Boy Second Class, H.M.S. Boscawen II, on 16 November 1905, and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. St. George, on 4 January 1907. Posted to H.M.S. Amphitrite on 13 April 1907, he was further advanced to Stoker First Class on 9 July 1907 and was appointed Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Blake on 20 April 1916. During the Great War he also served in H.M.S. Bonaventure (Bonetta), H.M.S. Pembroke II, H.M.S. Vivid II, and H.M.S. Tiger. Advanced to Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Impregnable, on 1 June 1926, he was discharged to Pension in February 1929, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was recalled for service in 1940 and served in H.M.S. Eaglet, being shore demobilised in January 1943. Nicholas Stanley Barrett was born at Gunnislake, Cornwall, on 7 November 1895 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 16 July 1917. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Challenger, on 1 July 1918, and was shore demobilised from H.M.S. Vivid II on 23 May 1919. Fred Church was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, on 15 September 1892 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II on 30 October 1916. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Gibraltar, H.M.S. Boadicea, and H.M.S. Pembroke II. He was advanced to Stoker First Class on 14 August 1917 and was shore demobilised in May 1919. His service record notes that he had prior service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Harry Healey was born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 7 March 1889 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Carpenter’s Crewman in H.M.S. Victory II on 15 December 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. King George V, H.M.S. Victory II, H.M.S. Victory III, and H.M.S. Dolphin. He was advanced to Joiner Fourth Class on 1 October 1918, and was shore demobilised in February 1920.
Pair: Chief Motor Mechanician C. Moule, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.B.2834 C. Moule. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) very fine Pair: Able Seaman C. H. Dyer, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.1294 C. H. Dyer. A.B. R.N.V.R.) good very fine Pair: Able Seaman J. P. Lewis, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (L.Z. 5256 J. P. Lewis. A.B. R.N.V.R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘R.N.40498’, good very fine Pair: Signaller W. Reeves, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 10276 W. Reeves. Sig. R.N.V.R.) good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Charles Moule was born on 13 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for hostilities only, on 11 June 1918. He commenced naval service as a Chief Motor Mechanician in H.M.S. Hermione, the guard ship at Southampton that served as the depot ship for motor launches and coastal motor boats, on 11 June 1918, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Vanessa II. He was shore demobilised on 21 February 1919. Charles Henry Dyer, a native of Chippenham, Wiltshire, was born on 29 May 1880 and enlisted into the Army Reserve on 10 December 1915, but was called up to serve in the Royal Naval Division on 16 April 1917. He joined the 4th Reserve Battalion, R.N.D., at Bedford on 16 April 1917, and was posted to the Nelson Battalion, R.N.D. on 9 July 1917. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 9 July 1917 and, serving with the British Expeditionary Force, was hospitalised on a couple of occasions. He was discharged on 30 March 1919. John Penry Lewis was born on 17 September 1889 and joined the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve on 19 January 1916. He served in the Royal Naval Division (Pembroke) and was advanced to Able Seaman, on 25 August 1918. He subsequently served with the Drake Battalion, R.N.D., as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and suffered from the effects of gas shell on 13 March 1918, being admitted to No. 3 General Hospital at Etaples. He rejoined the R.N.D. Base Depot on in May 1918, and was again wounded (shell shock) on 27 May 1918. He was invalided (neurasthenia) on 18 June 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. R.N.40498. William Reeves was born in South Leicester on 29 April 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for hostilities only, on 21 May 1917, as Ordinary Signaller in H.M.S. Victory VI. He was appointed to H.M.S. Vivid II, in September 1917, and was advanced to Signaller on 5 October 1917. He was shore demobilised on 31 January 1919.
Pair: Acting Aircraftman 1st Class F. A. Singer, Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (F.7104 F. A. Singer. Act. A.M. 1 R.N.A.S.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘R.N. 21233’, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Frederick Augustus Singer was born at Marylebone, London, on 5 May 1897 and commenced naval service as Probationer Aircraftman Second Class, H.M.S. President II, on 30 July 1915. He was posted to No. 3 Wing, in France as Acting Aircraftman First Class on 15 December 1916, and later served at Crystal Palace, H.M.S. Riviera and H.M.S. Daedalus (Cattewater). He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, but was invalided on 10 April 1918. He is confirmed on the Royal Navy Silver War Badge Roll as having been awarded Badge No. R.N.21233, issued from H.M.S. Vivid.
Four: Major H. James, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major H. James.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major H. James. R.A.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Henry James was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), and served with the 1st/1st Wessex Brigade during the Great War in Mesopotamia from October 1916. He is mentioned in the History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association in relation to his service at Kut: ‘We remained here until the Turks evacuated Kut on 23 February, being in action all the time. My Adjutant, Major H. James, and I lived in a little dug-out for nine weeks, in front of Kut.’ For his services during the Great War James was advanced Major, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 27 August 1918 and 5 June 1919). Remaining in the Territorials, he was awarded his Territorial Decoration in 1927, whilst a Major with the 54th (Wessex) Field Brigade (London Gazette 4 February 1927). Sold with copied research.
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel K. V. Mead, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals Lieut. K. V. Mead.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Territorial, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- Kenneth Victor Mead was born in Portsmouth in 1897 and was educated at Taunton School and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire (Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) on 11 November 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1918, and was promoted Captain on 14 May 1924, and Brevet Major on 1 January 1932. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1936 (London Gazette 25 February 1936), and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 May 1938. He saw further service during the Second World War, and ceased to belong to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 7 March 1953. In civilian life he was a medical practitioner in Southsea. Sold with copied research, which confirms the award of the Coronation Medal.
Pair: Lieutenant E. J. M. Griffiths, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. J. M. Griffiths.) good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Eric John Mortlock Griffiths was born in Mussoorie, India, the son of the Reverend Talbot Monkton Milnes Griffiths, an Army Chaplain, in 1891, and prior to the Great War was working as a fruit farmer in South Africa. ‘In about 1914, my father ran away from his job on a fruit farm near Pietersburg in South Africa, hitchhiked to Cape Town, and stowed away on board a ship bound for England so that he could sign up to fight in the British army against the Germans. Due to his family status (his father had been an army chaplain in India and was related to the Earl of Crewe), he was automatically given a commission and he joined the war as a Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment. One day, he was ordered to lead his platoon in a direct frontal attack against enemy lines and as ordered, they charged into battle - only to face a barrage of bullets that made it suicide to continue. He immediately told his men to retreat and waited until they were on their way back to their own lines before starting to follow in their footsteps. Suddenly, one of his men was hit and went down. He ran to him, picked him up, slung him across his shoulders, and began to run for the safety of the British Lines. Unfortunately, the German gunners were beginning to find the correct range for their guns and a machine gun suddenly started pumping bullets around my father as he ran, dodging as best he could with the man hanging over his shoulders. Suddenly, he felt the impact of bullets hitting the man’s dangling legs, and blood sprayed wet against his face. But he kept going and at last he was out of range of the machine gun. Making straight for the medic tent, he placed the injured soldier on a cot and ordered the medics to take care of him. As they hurried to comply, he noticed that they seemed to be staring at him and he assumed it was because the man’s blood was all over him. Then an orderly came up to him and asked: “Excuse me, sir; but have you seen your face?” My father asked him what he meant, and in reply, the man silently handed him a mirror. He took one look - and fainted. One of the bullets from the German machine gun had taken his nose clean off his face. The surgeons eventually built a new nose for my father, using a bone from the middle finger of his left hand, which they had to amputate. All the men in my father’s platoon felt that he should have been awarded the V.C. for his bravery, but apparently the V.C. was only awarded to an officer when a more senior officer recommended it, and there were no senior officers around to make that recommendation.’ (family recollections refer). Following the Great War Griffiths returned to southern Africa, and died at Salisbury (now Harare), on 14 February 1976. Sold with the recipient’s identity bracelet, engraved ‘2nd. Lt. E. J. M. Griffiths. C. of E. 9th Cheshires’, the reverse engraved ‘Mametz Wood, July 1916; Kemmel Hill, Aug. 1916; Ploegsteert, Sept. 1916’; wound stripe; the recipient’s father’s silver matchbox, engraved ‘ Revd. T. M. M. Griffiths, D.D., M.R. V. P.L.H. 1896’; various Rhodesia Regiment insignia; and other ephemera; together with an account of the the recipient by his family and various photographic images.
Pair: Second Lieutenant A. W. Marslen, East Surrey Regiment, late Tank Corps and 5th (City of London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A W. Marslen.) very fine Pair: Lieutenant C. H. Pye, Royal Air Force, late 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice wounded on the Western Front British War and Victory Medals (5852 Pte. C. H. Pye. 15-Lond. R.) very fine Memorial Plaque (Frank Perton) traces of verdigris, otherwise generally very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Ambrose William Marslen, an Accountant from Henley-on-Thames, was born in Balham on 20 September 1893. He attested for the 2nd/5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment on 4 January 1916 and saw service on the Western Front from 6 January 1917, where he injured his knee whilst falling into a trench during a raid, south of Mori, on 12 June 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, he received a war time commission into the Tank Corps on 16 November 1917, before transferring into the East Surrey Regiment, with whom he was wounded at Cambrai, as a result of the effect of mustard gas on 20 October 1918. Invalided to the Dover convalescent home, he relinquished his commission on account of ill health contracted on active service, on 14 May 1919, retaining the rank of Second Lieutenant. Sold with detailed copy service papers and research and an original black and white photograph of the recipient. Charles Hugh Pye, a Civil Service Clerk, was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire on 9 March 1891. He attested for the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment on 10 February 1916, serving on the Western Front from 22 July 1916. He was wounded, with a gunshot wound to his right thigh on 7 October 1916, whilst serving in the Somme sector and further wounded by the effects of mustard gas at Bourlon Wood on 3 December 1917. He was commissioned as an Honorary Lieutenant into the Royal Air Force on 5 July 1918 with whom he served in the U.K. before his discharge on 7 May 1919. Awarded a Silver War Badge, his Great War medals were sent to his address at 15 Homecroft Road, Sydenham, London SE26. Sold with detailed copy service records and copy Medal index Card. Frank Perton, a Trade Painter from Shepherds Bush, London, was born in November 1888 in Battersea, London and attested for Rifle Brigade on 16 January 1906. A frequent offender, he saw pre-war service at Home and in Egypt and returned from India with the 4th Battalion before entering the Western Front theatre on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action on 10 May 1915 in the Hooge area. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. A unique name on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register.
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 1 D. P. White, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (7586680 W.O. Cl. 1. D. P. White. REME.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (7586680 W.O. Cl. 2. D. P. White. R.E.M.E.) mounted for wear; together with silver medal engraved ‘Bombr White 75th Battery R.F.A. C Winners Subsection Tournament 1914’, this brooch mounted and edge additionally engraved ‘To Minna With Love From Ted’, generally good very fine (8) £70-£90
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