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Click here to subscribeA Mahogany Eight Day Centre Seconds Longcase Clock with Calendar Displays, signed Joseph Brown, Worcester, circa 1790, case with swan neck pediment, flame veneer trunk door, plinth with raised quatre form panel and upon a later skirting, 13-inch one piece arched silvered dial, centre seconds hand, arch with rolling moonphase and signed, four pillar movement with deadbeat escapement and rack striking on a bell, 237cm high
Everard (Major H.). History of Thos. Farrington`s Regiment, Subsequently Designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Foot 1694 to 1891, Worcester, 1891, Dmounted frontispiece portrait of Queen Victoria, b & w portraits and illustrations, bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, original blue cloth, regimental crests to upper cover, a few minor dampstains, 4to Inscribed to Philip Lyttelton Gell from the author to front endpaper, and additionally inscribed to title. With a 3pp. letter tipped-in to Gell from Everard, dated 1899, presenting and discussing the book and the Boer War. (1)
Stacke (Captain H. Fitz Maurice). The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, pub. Cheshire, Kidderminster, c. 1929, half-tone plates and folding maps, one or two light repairs, first few leaves with vertical creases, original cloth, rubbed, thick 4to (number 382 of an unspecified limited edition), together with Birdwood (Lieutenant Colonel Lord), The Worcester Regiment 1932-1950, 1st ed., Aldershot, 1952, b & w illusts. and maps, orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, plus Bennett (Roger Wilmot), Badges of the Worcestershire Regiment, 1st ed., 1994, two copies, one signed on title by the author, col. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., slim 4to (4)
* A Group of Five to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant J. Beale, 15th Calgary Light Horse, late Fort Garry Horse and Worcestershire Yeomanry, Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, South Africa 1901, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7289 Sgt J. Beale, 16th Coy 5th Imp:Yeo:), British War and Victory Medals (117053 Cpl. J. Beale. F.G.H.), Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (R.Q.M.S. J. Beale. 15th. C.L.H.), Imperial Yeomanry Long Service & G.C. (129 Sjt: J. Beale. Worc:I.Y.), second officially renamed, contact marks to first and last, very fine and better, mounted court style, together with a Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (117053 C.S.M. J. Beale), the suspension bar engraved Christina Beale, the lot is sold with an extensive amount of research Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. notified in Army Orders of February 1905. C.A.F. L.S. & G.C. Canada Gazette 23 September 1922. Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant James Beale (1866-1945), born in Lewisham, Kent, served during the Boer War with the 16th (Worcestershire) Company, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry from 8.2.1900 - 11.6.1901, discharged in Worcester 18.6.1901. Beale emigrated to Alberta, Canada where he enlisted with the 15th Calgary Horse 6.1.1915 and served in the Great War on the Western Front with the Fort Garry Horse unit 23.2.1916 - 22.10.1917, discharged unfit after service on the Somme (November 1916) and later in 1917 being knocked down by a horse and trampled. After his death in September 1945, his widow Christina Beale was issued with a Memorial Cross in January 1946. Provenance: The John Tamplin Collection. (6)
* A Pair to Corporal H.J. Shapland, Worcestershire Yeomanry, Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7225 Pte H.J. Shapland, 16th Coy 5th Imp:Yeo:), Imperial Yeomanry Long Service & G.C. (711 Cpl H.J. Shapland. Worc: (Q.O.W.Hrs.) I.Y.), light contact marks to first, generally good very fine 711 Corporal Henry J. Shapland, born Worcester 1881, enlisted with the Worcestershire Yeomanry 7.12.1899. Received a gunshot wound accidentally from a colleague 25.2.1913, and discharged as a result of wound to the wrist. (2)
* A Great War Pair to Private P. Whebell, Worcestershire Yeomanry, Dangerously Wounded at Ras el Nagb 3.11.1917, British War and Victory Medals (3894 Pte. Whebell. Worc.Yeo.), good very fine 3894 Private P. Whebell, served with the Worcestershire Regiment in the Egyptian Theatre of War from 30.1.1917, attached to the 5th Mounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron 7.3.1917, reported dangerously wounded by a gunshot wound to the chest received at Ras el Nagb 3.11.1917, the Turks were entrenched in the slopes around Ras el Nagb, and the Brigade came to the relief of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade who had already been in the thick of it, the Worcester`s led up the valley at a steady canter under a hail of machine-gun and rifle fire bullets, the pace of the Bridage put the Turkish marksmen off their aim and the target was reached with little loss. Most of the casualties were through sniping during this action. Had the Allied Forces not have taken the position at Ras el Nagb its position would have rendered the infantry attacks on the far side of the valley even more difficult than they were, if not almost impossible. (2)
* Three: Corporal J. Allsopp, Worcestershire Yeomanry, British War and Victory Medals (2604 Cpl. J. Allsopp. Worc.Yeo.), Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R. with `Long Service, 1948` Second Award Bar (James Allsopp), extremely fine, mounted for wearing 2604 Corporal James Allsopp, a native of Castle Place, Worcester, served during the Great War with the Worcestershire Yeomanry, wounded in action and entitled to a silver wound badge. (3)
* A Victorian Worcestershire Regiment Other Rank`s Scarlet Tunic, with white facings to the collar and cuffs and inner breast edge and rear of jacket, the breast with seven brass Queen`s Crown Royal Crest buttons, two further to the rear and one for each shoulder strap, shoulder straps stitched `Worcester, remains of label to lining and inscribed `19282/063`, wear in places notably to the lining and stitching (1)
Sarkar (Dilip). Missing in Action, Resting in Peace?, 1st ed., Worcester, 1998,b&w illusts., initialled presentation inscription from the author to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, (one of 100 initialled copies with an additional ten signatures on a special page, tipped in at front, this copy marked `A.P.`), together with Bader`s Tangmere Spitfires, The Untold Story, 1941, 1st ed., 1996, b&w illusts. from photos, signed presentation inscription from the author to Richard James and additionally signed by James (his copy), and twenty-four others to half title and main title, the names in various inks, usually identifying the original Squadron, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Smith (Richard C.), Second to None, A Pictorial History of Hornchurch Aerodrome Through Two World Wars and Beyond, 1915-1962, 1st ed., 2004, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed, 4to, a quantity of other mostly modern aviation books, including some paperbacks, plus first day covers, small prints, magazines, and other ephmera (3 cartons)
A pair of Royal Worcester blush ivory flat back jugs decorated with polychrome and gilt floral sprays and with gilt reeded gilt handles, rims and bases. Puce marks and shape no.1094 (approx 13cms high) and another slightly smaller similar Royal Worcester flat back jug with a chip missing from the spout (approx 11cms as viewed)
An early 19th Century creamware jug of baluster form inscribed "Wm Jackson Oakenshaw 1809", an early 20th Century pottery jug transfer decorated with a picture of the cricketer Herbert Sutcliffe, a collection of four Royal Worcester trinketwares, a Wedgwood "Wild Strawberry" pattern trinket pot, two Tetley`s Ales brass ashtrays, one volume Joshua Tetley & Son Limited "A Hundredth Birthday reviewing a Century of Progress", together with a Copeland Spodes "Italian" pattern plate, a Danish porcelain plate commemorating "The Olympic Games Munich 1972", a commemorative mug and a Wedgwood blue Jasperware vase
A Royal Worcester porcelain lidded canister decorated with Chinese figures, two matching saucers, a Minton "Marlow" pattern posy vase, a collection of cups and saucers depicting wild birds, a Lilliput Lane Cottage ornament, and another cottage ornament, three Wedgwood jasperware items, three ceramic miniature ornaments, and a "Leonardo Collection" figure of a Victorian skater
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