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Lot 40
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH STAINLESS STEEL GENTLEMAN’S WRISTWATCH, the black dial with tachymetre scale, day/date apertures, sweep centre seconds, subsidiary constant seconds, hour recording dial and twenty-four hour dial, cal. 1045 17 jewel movement, no. 39200986, integral bracelet with deployment clasp, 41mm (Omega box)
Lot 81
OMEGA SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL CHRONOGRAPH STAINLESS STEEL GENTLEMAN’S WRISTWATCH, rotating bezel, the blue dial with luminous dot markers, sweep centre seconds, date aperture and subsidiary constant seconds, thirty minute and hour recording dials, cal. 1154 25 jewel movement, no. 49617196, integral bracelet, 44mm
Lot 240
OMEGA 18K CONSTELLATION CHRONOMETER AUTOMATIC GENTLEMAN’S WRISTWATCH, the silvered dial with sweep centre seconds, baton markers and date aperture, cal. 561 24 jewel five position adjusted movement, no. 23053449, integral woven bracelet, 34mm (with Omega box and original papers dated 29/3/69)
Lot 594
A Russian St. George Cross for Bravery pair awarded to Petty Officer Mechanic N. E. Martin, Royal Naval Air Service, for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia Victory Medal 1914-19 (F.2870 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery, 4th Class, silver, rev. inscribed, 978487, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500 Nelson Ernest Martin was born in Paddington, London on 1 October 1895. A Motor Mechanic by occupation, he enlisted into the R.N.A.S. as a Petty Officer Mechanic on 29 December 1914. He served in No.15 Squadron in Belgium and France. On 1 December 1915 he embarked for Russia and served with No.1 Squadron Armoured Cars. His official record of service states: Aug.-Novr. 1916. On detached service in Persia. Nov.-Dec. On detached service in Dobrudsha. In action Topolul. Dec. On detached service in Roumania. Galatz base. January 1917. At Tiraspol base. March. On detached service in Roumania. Galatz. 22nd May Returned to Tiraspol base. Awarded St. George Cross for "conspicuous gallantry in action" at Galatz. Cross No.978487. 8th June. Left Tiraspol base for service in Galicia. Telyache. 12th August. Left Proskurov Base for Brovary Base. 22nd August Aug. Left Brovary for England on leave. 18.9.17. Arrived in England. 3.4.18. Discharged unfit. Sold with a Russian diary for 1917, inscribed to N. E. Martin, British Armoured Cars Russia, with handwritten entries in pencil, 1 January-18 September, with additional entries made for 11 June, 1 July, 11 July. With a modern typed transcription of the diary entries. Together with an ornate discharge certificate (damaged) mounted on card, an original photograph of the recipients parents and copied service papers. 25 April: Our 3pdr. fired from the new position, and the enemy replied with 6 inch h.ex. Killed two of our chaps, both pals of mine. J. Graham was blown absolutely away & P. Smith was terribly smashed, decapitated, disembowelled etc. All that could be found of J.G. was two bits of legs.... Additional entry 11 June: I was listening to the conversation of some soldiers this evening & it appeared that a day or two previously, during a discussion on peace, etc, one soldier gave a speech against making an advance (Russian). Another soldier, hearing this, picked up a piece of wood & hit the speaker on the head with it, killing him on the spot. A court martial ensued & after discussing the evidence, the court martial found that the prisoner had acted quite right, and awarded him with the Cross of St. George (4th Class).... 1 July. Front Line Trenches Galicia. The attack was timed for 10.00 am. At 9.55 enemy artillery opened up a heavy bombardment of the first line. Ten oclock came & the soldiers having arrived some twenty minutes earlier, the order was given to mount the parapet. ... The enemy fire was devilish by this time. I opened fire about 10.05, my orders being to sweep the enemy trenches over the heads of the advancing infantry. I got a unique sort of souvenir. It is a Russian officers epaulette. The soldiers would not get out of the trench in our sector of the line, & the officer, who had been over himself & had come back, was telling us about it & he was that furious & ashamed, that he said that he would not command such men & ripped his epaulettes off, throwing them into the trench, from which place I afterwards recovered one. Another officer was beating the men over with a big stick. There is another incident, may be called humerous, may be called pathetic. It was this. About six soldiers were afraid to go over, but at the same time they were ashamed to stop back, one of our chaps from a trench mortar crew, a big Australian, was near & they called him, & pointing to their backs & then over the trench, he understood them to want putting over, so he gets on the step, & getting them by the slack of their clothing, he throws them over one after the other . In the book The Czars British Squadron, the Australian is named as Petty Officer Gardiner. He is very likely to be one and the same as Petty Officer Mechanic G. Gardner, who was to win the D.S.M. for his bravery that day (see lot 591). 26 July: Left Proscurov about 11.30 am for the front on an armoured [car] we built ourselves. Arrived at the village where our camp is about 4.00 pm. This car is the invention of our Sqdrn. Comdr. It is a Ford armoured body, put into a light lorry. The gun is mounted inside the armoured body. The driver is armoured in with odd pieces of plate, & the whole thing is the biggest piece of madness I have seen. The Sketch photographer took snaps of it.
Lot 841
A rare Uganda D.S.O group of three awarded to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. G. Sitwell, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, killed in action at Harts Hill, 24 February 1900 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; East and Central Africa 1897-991 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Capt. C. G. H. Sitwell, Uganda Rif.); Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lt. Col. C. H. G. Sitwell, D.S.O., Rl. Dublin Fus.) extremely fine (3) £6000-7000 Claude George Henry Sitwell was born on 18 October 1858. He joined the 85th Foot as a Second Lieutenant from the Militia, 14 September 1878, and served in the Afghan War, 1879-80, with the Kuram Division, Yarmusht Expedition (Medal).ÊHe became a Lieutenant, Shropshire Light Infantry, 1 July 1881, and in 1882 served with the Egyptian Expedition, being present at the defence of Alexandria, occupation of Kafr Dowar and surrender of Damietta (Medal and Star). He was promoted to Captain in the Manchester Regiment, 13 July 1886 and Major in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 13 October 1898.Ê From 11 May 1895 to 10 October 1899, he was employed in the Uganda Protectorate.ÊHe commanded the expeditions against the Kitosh, Kabras and Kikelwa tribes, 1895.ÊFor the Nandi Expedition, 1895-96, he was mentioned in Despatches. In Uganda, in 1897-98; in February and March 1898, he commanded the operations against the Mwanga, and fought an action near Katonga River, and other engagements.ÊFor these services he was mentioned in despatches; was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, 4 October 1899, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette, 24 January 1899): Claude George Henry Sitwell, Major, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. In recognition of services during the recent operations in Uganda.Ê The D.S.O. was sent to the Foreign Office and thence to H.M. Commissioner in Uganda.ÊLieutenant Colonel C. G. H. Sitwell's medals, etc, were returned by Sir R. Buller, Lieutenant Colonel C. G. H. Sitwell having been killed at Tugela.ÊThe D.S.O., Warrant and Statutes were sent to Miss Blanche Sitwell for Colonel Sitwell's daughter, Miss C. D. C. Sitwell.ÊColonel Sitwell was killed in action 24 February 1900.Ê Sir A Conan Doyle in The Great Boer War, p.216-219 wrote:Ê Brigadier Fitzroy Hart, to whom the assault was entrusted, is in some ways as singular and picturesque a type as has been evolved in the war, a dandy soldier, always the picture of neatness from the top of his helmet to the heels of his well-polished brown boots, he brings to military matters the same precision which he affects in dress.ÊPedantic in his accuracy, he actually at the battle of Colenso drilled the Irish Brigade for half an hour before leading them into action, and threw out markers under a deadly fire in order that his change from close to extended formation might be academically correct.ÊThe heavy loss of the brigade at this action was to some extent ascribed to him, and affected his popularity; but as his men came to know him betterÑhis romantic bravery, his whimsical soldierly humourÑtheir dislike changed into admiration.ÊHis personal disregard for danger was notorious and reprehensible.Ê'Where is General Hart?' asked someone in action.Ê'I have not seen him, but I know where you will find him.ÊGo ahead of the skirmish line, and you will see him standing on a rock', was the answer.ÊHe bore a charmed life.Ê It was a danger to be near him.Ê'Whom are you going to?' 'General Hart', said the aide-de-camp.Ê'Then good-bye!' cried his fellows.ÊA grim humour ran through his nature.ÊIt is gravely recorded and widely believed that he lined up a regiment on a hill-top in order to teach them not to shrink from fire.ÊAmid the laughter of his Irishmen, he walked through the open files of his firing line holding a laggard by the ear.ÊThis was the man who had put such a spirit into the Irish Brigade that amid that army of valiant men there were none who held such a record.Ê'Their rushes were the quickest, their rushes were the longest, and they stayed the shortest time under cover', said a shrewd military observer.ÊTo Hart and his brigade was given the task of clearing the way to Ladysmith. The regiments which he took with him on his perilous enterprise were the 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers, the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers, the 1st Connaught Rangers, and the Imperial Light Infantry, the whole forming the famous 5th Brigade.ÊThey were already in the extreme British advance, and now, as they moved forwards, the Durham Light Infantry and the 1st Rifle Brigade from Lyttelton's Brigade came up to take their place.ÊThe hill to be taken lay on the right, and the soldiers were compelled to pass in single file under a heavy fire for more than a mile until they reached the spot which seemed best for their enterprise.ÊThere, short already of sixty of their comrades, they assembled and began a cautious advance upon the lines of trenches and sangars which seamed the brown slope above them. For a time they were able to keep some cover, and the casualties were comparatively few.ÊBut now at last, as the evening sun threw a long shadow from the hills, the leading regiment, the Inniskillings, found themselves at the utmost fringe of boulders with a clear slope between them and the main trench of the enemy.ÊUp there where the shrapnel was spurting and the great lyddite shells crashing they could dimly see a line of bearded faces and the black dots of the slouch hats.ÊWith a yell the Inniskillings sprang out, carried with a rush the first trench, and charged desperately onwards for the second one.ÊIt was a supremely dashing attack against supremely steady resistance, for among all their gallant deeds the Boers have never fought better than on that February evening.ÊAmid such a smashing shell fire as living mortals have never yet endured they stood doggedly, these hardy men of the veldt, and fired fast and true into the fiery ranks of the Irishmen.ÊThe yell of the stormers was answered by the remorseless roar of the Mausers and the deep-chested shouts of the farmers.ÊUp and up surged the infantry, falling, rising, dashing bull-headed at the crackling line of the trench.Ê But still the bearded faces glared at them over the edge, and still the sheet of lead pelted through their ranks.ÊThe regiment staggered, came on, staggered again, was overtaken by supporting companies of the Dublins and the Connaughts, came on, staggered once more, and finally dissolved into shreds, who ran swiftly back for cover, threading their way among their stricken comrades.ÊNever on this earth was there a retreat of which the survivors had less reason to be ashamed.ÊThey had held on to the utmost capacity of human endurance.ÊTheir colonel, ten officers, and more than half the regiment were lying on the fatal hill.ÊHonour to them, and honour also to the gallant Dutchmen who, rooted in the trenches, had faced the rush and fury of such an onslaught! To-day to them, to-morrow to us; but it is for a soldier to thank the God of battles for worthy foes. It is one thing, however, to repulse the British soldier, and it is another to rout him.ÊWithin a few hundred yards of their horrible ordeal at Magersfontein, the Highlanders re-formed into a military body.ÊSo now the Irishmen fell back no farther than the nearest cover, and there held grimly on to the ground which they had won.ÊIf you would know the advantage which the defence has over the attack, then do you come and assault this line of tenacious men, now in your hour of victory and exultation, friend Boer! Friend Boer did attempt it, and skilfully too, moving a flanking party to sweep the position with their fire.Ê But the brigade, though sorely hurt, held them off without difficulty, and was found on the morning of the 24th to be still lying upon the ground which they had won. Our losses had been very heavyÑColonel Thackeray of the Inniskillings
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