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Lot 538
WW1 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry / Royal Navy Submarine Captains Family Grouping of Campaign Medals. An interesting an emotive grouping of medals spanning two Generations and two World Wars, representing the Rendel family, one brother Killed in Action leading his men forward in May 1915 with the 2nd Ox & Bucks, the other a distinguished Royal Navy Submarine Captain . Comprising: The medals of Lieutenant Reginald Dacres Rendel, 1914/15 Star “LIEUT” OXF & BUCKS L.I.”, British War Medal, Victory Medal “LIEUT”, Bronze Memorial Plaque “Reginald Dacres Rendel”. These medals are attractively framed into a contemporary glazed mahogany frame with Buckingham Palace condolence slip and forwarding letter for the medals. (Medals have been opened and confirmed correct). ... #11;Medals of Commander Robert Leopold Rendel who served on various Submarines, before being appointed Captain of E25 Comprising: 1914/15 Star, “LIEUT R.N”, British War Medal, Victory Medal, MID, “LIEUT”, Defence Medal, Italian Order of the Crown, breast badge (Enamel good). The group remains mounted as originally worn. ...#11;Medals of Lieutenant Reginald Aubrey Rendel RN Killed in Action 1944: 1939/45 Star, Atlantic Star, with “France & Germany” clasp (loose), Africa Star, War Medal. ...#11;Medals of Midshipman Guy Dacres Rendel War Medal, USSR 40th Anniversary Medal & Certificate. ... #11;The medal groups are a accompanied by a published family history “An English Tapestry” giving details and photographs of the recipients. Lieutenant Reginald Dacres Rendel at the outbreak of the Great War applied for a Commission and this was granted into the 2nd Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he joined the Regiment at Aldershot and like fellow Officers was desperate to get to France with the fear the war would be over by Christmas. Orders finally arrived and he landed in France on the 26th November 1914. In May 1915 he was in the trenches at Richebourg St Vaast, on the 15th he was ordered “over the top” and lead his men across nomans land to his objective a German trench he was killed close to the German parapet. #11;Commander Herbert Leopold Rendel was joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1907 and was appointed a Midshipman in 1911. In August 1914 with the rank of Sub Lieutenant he volunteered for Submarine Service and was posted to the Submarine B.6 in June 1915. He served at the Dardanelles and promoted to Lieutenant joined K.1 in November 1916. In November 1917, K.1 collided with the Submarine K4 of the Denmark coast and Lieut. Rendel was commended by Their Lordships on the occasion of her loss after the collision “for remaining in the control room, which was full of chlorine gas, after the crew had been ordered on deck, shutting off valves and breaking switches until he fainted.” In April 1918 he was given his own command this being the Submarine E.25. He was MID on the 16th April 1918 and awarded the Italian Order of the Crown LG 7th August 1918. He resigned his commission in 1920 due to ill health, but was recalled to the Fleet in April 1934, serving throughout WW2 at HMS Dolphin with the Submarine branch.#11;Lieutenant Reginald Aubrey Rendel was the oldest son of Commander H.L. Rendel He volunteered for service in the RN in 1940 and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant in 1942. He served on the Arctic Convoys and in June 1944 was part of the D-day landings. On the 26th December 1944 he was serving onboard HMS Capel, which was torpedoed by the German Submarine U-486, he was Killed with 7 fellow Officers the Captain and 67 Ratings. ...#11;Midshipman Guy Dacres Rendel was the youngest son of Commander H.L. Rendel, he saw brief service at the end of WW2 serving onboard the escort carrier H.M.S. Nairana, his participation in the Arctic convoys JW. 064 and RA. 064. His period in theatre was not long enough for the award of the Atlantic Star and his group represents full entitlement.
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A late 19th early 20th century mahogany inlaid corner chair, scrolling back and pierced splats on turned legs and cross stretcher, upholstered in green velvet and a late 19th early 20th century chair of round form with curving back and turned spindles to the back on tapering turned legs on pad feet and a 19th century mahogany bedroom chair on tapering legs with blue floral tapestry upholstery (3).
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