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22 NOVEMBER 2012<br />

LONDON<br />

ORDERS, DECORATIONS,<br />

CAMPAIGN MEDALS<br />

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<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

Order of Sale<br />

Thursday 22 November 2012<br />

Orders <strong>and</strong> Decorations for Gallantry or Distinguished Service .............. 1- 26<br />

Campaign Groups <strong>and</strong> Pairs ...................................................................... 27- 70<br />

A Collection of Volunteer Medals<br />

The Property of a Gentleman ................................................................ 71-141<br />

Single Campaign Medals .......................................................................... 142-347<br />

Coronation, Jubilee <strong>and</strong> Long Service Decorations <strong>and</strong> Medals ............ 348-353<br />

Miscellaneous ............................................................................................ 354-359<br />

Militaria .................................................................................................... 360-363<br />

Life Saving Medals .................................................................................... 364-368<br />

Miniature Awards .................................................................................... 369-394<br />

Foreign Orders, Decorations <strong>and</strong> Medals ................................................ 395-438<br />

A Fine Selection of Flying Awards from the<br />

Collection of the late Arthur Jones Esq............................................... 439-497<br />

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THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012<br />

Commencing at 10.00 a.m.<br />

All Sales are subject to the Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions for Buyers printed at the back of this catalogue.<br />

Estimates<br />

The estimated selling price of each lot is printed below the lot description <strong>and</strong> does not include the Buyer’s Premium.<br />

Bidders should bear in mind that estimates are prepared well in advance of the sale <strong>and</strong> are not definitive.<br />

They are subject to revision.<br />

ORDERS AND DECORATIONS<br />

FOR GALLANTRY OR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE<br />

Obverse 1<br />

Reverse<br />

1<br />

The Indian Mutiny V.C. to Sergeant Major, Later Lieutenant, P. Gill, Loodiana<br />

Regiment, for Saving the Life of an Officer <strong>and</strong> His Family at Benares, 4.6.1857,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Seeing Off 27 Mutinous Sepoys With Only His Sergeant’s Sword- The First<br />

Victoria Cross Awarded to an N.C.O. of the Indian Army<br />

Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ‘Serjt Major Peter Gill Loodiana<br />

Regt’, reverse of Cross engraved ‘4 June 1857’, nearly extremely fine<br />

£80,000-100,000<br />

V.C. London Gazette 23.8.1858 Serjeant-Major Peter Gill, Loodiana Regiment<br />

‘Date of Act of Bravery, 4th June, 1857. This Non-Commissioned Officer conducted himself with<br />

gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June, 1857. He volunteered, with Serjeant-Major<br />

Rosamond, of the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to bring in Captain Brown, Pension<br />

Paymaster, <strong>and</strong> his family, from a detached Bungalow into the Barracks, <strong>and</strong> saved the life of the<br />

Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, in the early part of the<br />

evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just bayonetted him. Serjeant-Major Gill<br />

states, that on the same night he faced a Guard of 27 men, with only a Serjeant’s sword; <strong>and</strong> it is<br />

also represented that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, 37th Regiment of Bengal Native<br />

Infantry, when attacked by Sepoys of his own Regiment.’<br />

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Lieutenant Peter Gill, V.C., was born Dublin in 1816, <strong>and</strong> after leaving school trained as a tailor.<br />

Moving to London he enlisted for service with the Honourable East India Company in the Bengal<br />

Artillery, February 1842, <strong>and</strong> sailed for India aboard the H.E.I.C. Steamship Henry. Upon his<br />

arrival in India he was posted to 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, Bengal Artillery as a Gunner, <strong>and</strong><br />

served with the Artillery in both the First <strong>and</strong> Second Sikh Wars, <strong>and</strong> was awarded both the Sutlej<br />

<strong>and</strong> Punjab Medals, before transferring to the Loodiana Regiment of Sikhs as Sergeant Major in<br />

April 1850.<br />

Mutiny at Benares<br />

The Great Sepoy Mutiny started at Meerut on the 10th May 1857, <strong>and</strong> before the month was out<br />

unrest had spread across large parts of northern India. Reports of the mutinies had made the large<br />

‘ruffian population’ of Benares, many of whom openly carried arms, even more volatile than usual,<br />

<strong>and</strong> fearing a civil uprising the Commissioner, Henry Tucker, <strong>and</strong> the temporary Station<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Colonel Patrick Gordon, Loodiana Regiment, proposed evacuating the garrison,<br />

comprising of the Loodiana Regiment, the 37th Native Infantry under Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur<br />

Spottiswoode, a wing of the 13th Irregular Cavalry, <strong>and</strong> a half battery of European Foot Artillery,<br />

to the nearby stronghold at Chunar. However, owing to the importance of securing the road, river,<br />

<strong>and</strong> telegraph links between Calcutta <strong>and</strong> upper India, it was decided to stay put in the town, <strong>and</strong><br />

re-enforcements were called for.<br />

News of the Azimgarh mutiny reached Benares during the afternoon of the 4th June- by this time<br />

the European Garrison had been reinforced by 150 men of the 10th Foot, <strong>and</strong> 60 men of the 1st<br />

Madras Fusiliers, under the comm<strong>and</strong> of Lieutenant-Colonel James Neill. Immediately upon<br />

arriving in Benares Neill was determined to disarm the 37th N.I., the most suspect regiment in the<br />

town. Despite the reservations of the Officers of the 37th, including their Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer,<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Spottiswoode, <strong>and</strong> Major Barrett, who was convinced that the Regiment would<br />

remain loyal, Neill got his way <strong>and</strong> At 5:00pm the disarmament parade began. However, the<br />

preparations had been so hurried that that none of the supporting European troops was in position<br />

by the time the comm<strong>and</strong> was given, <strong>and</strong> one company after another came up to lodge their muskets<br />

in the bells-of-arms. As No. 6 Company were lodging their arms the advance guard of the 10th<br />

Foot, accompanied by a number of guns, appeared on the parade ground. A cry went up from the<br />

37th N.I.: ‘Our officers are deceiving us, they want us to give up our arms, that the Europeans who<br />

are coming up may shoot us down!’ (The Indian Mutiny, Saul David refers). P<strong>and</strong>emonium broke<br />

out. The Sepoys rushed forward to reclaim their muskets from the bells-of-arms, <strong>and</strong> opened fire on<br />

the nearby European troops, who replied with rifle <strong>and</strong> accurate artillery <strong>and</strong> grape fire. Meanwhile<br />

the Officers of the 37th were seeking safety with the guns, with the exception of Major Barrett who,<br />

believing that his troops had been most unfairly treated, cast in his lot with them <strong>and</strong> was carried<br />

away by Sepoys of his own Regiment. Several Europeans were hit in the ensuring fight, <strong>and</strong><br />

comm<strong>and</strong> soon devolved to Colonel Neill, who ordered the European <strong>and</strong> Sikh troops to charge<br />

the lines of the Sepoys. In the confusion, sowars of the still-loyal 13th Irregular Cavalry shot in the<br />

direction of the Sikhs, who faced about <strong>and</strong> returned fire. Assuming that the Sikhs had mutinied,<br />

the European gunners opened fire on them, causing the whole Regiment to scatter.<br />

Fighting continued into the evening; those mutineers who had sought shelter in the Lines were<br />

driven out <strong>and</strong> destroyed, whilst a few who succeeded in hiding themselves were burnt to death in<br />

their huts. During the operations Gill volunteered along with Sergeant-Major Rosamond, 37th<br />

N.I., to collect to safety the Pension Paymaster <strong>and</strong> his family, who were cut off in an isolated<br />

detached bungalow, which the mutineers had set on fire. He also claimed to have twice saved the<br />

life of Major Barrett, who having entrusted his life to the men of his Regiment soon found himself<br />

under attack by mutinous sepoys. For these acts of Gallantry Gill was awarded the Victoria Cross,<br />

the first V.C. to be awarded to a Non-Commissioned Officer of the Bengal Army, <strong>and</strong> the first to a<br />

Sikh Regiment.<br />

Commissioned Ensign in the Moradabad Infantry Levy on the 16th April 1858, Gill served with his<br />

new Regiment for the rest of the Mutiny until frontier operations in Oudh came to an end in April<br />

1859, <strong>and</strong> he was presented with his Victoria Cross later that year in India. Promoted Lieutenant,<br />

Indian Establishment, in May 1863, he served as Lieutenant on Duty at Lucknow for the next four<br />

years, before being appointed Barrack Master (1st Class) at Morar, Gwalior, on the 21st October<br />

1867. Lieutenant Peter Gill died at Morar a year later on the 24th October 1868, aged 52, <strong>and</strong> is<br />

buried in the Artillery Lines Cemetery, Gwalior.<br />

2<br />

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael <strong>and</strong> St. George, Knight Gr<strong>and</strong> Cross<br />

(G.C.M.G.) set of Insignia, sash Badge, 100mm including crown suspension x 75mm,<br />

silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel; Star, 89mm, silver, silver-gilt, <strong>and</strong> enamel, with gold retaining pin,<br />

extremely fine, with full length <strong>and</strong> evening dress section sash rib<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> miniature width<br />

neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in <strong>Spink</strong> <strong>and</strong> Son, London, case of issue, with Central Chancery enclosure<br />

cards (2)<br />

£1,800-2,200<br />

3<br />

Knight Bachelor’s breast Badge, 77mm x 56mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London<br />

1926) <strong>and</strong> enamel, extremely fine<br />

£240-280<br />

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4<br />

4<br />

An Outst<strong>and</strong>ing North-West Frontier Operations C.B. Group of Eight to<br />

Brigadier-General H.A. Abbott, Indian Army, Six Times Mentioned in<br />

Despatches <strong>and</strong> Twice Severely Wounded During a Career Which Spanned 20<br />

Years of Hard Campaigning with the 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs: ‘A Fine Hard-<br />

Fighting Soldier who was Never Daunted or Dismayed’, On One Occasion he<br />

Refused to be Evacuated After Being Shot ‘Bang in His Face’ by a Blunderbuss<br />

a) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.)<br />

breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1896) <strong>and</strong> enamel, with integral<br />

silver-gilt rib<strong>and</strong> buckle, minor enamel damage to central medallion<br />

b) Delhi Durbar 1903, silver<br />

c) Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ahmed Khel, K<strong>and</strong>ahar (Capt. H.A. Abbott,<br />

15th Ben. N.I.)<br />

d) Kabul to K<strong>and</strong>ahar Star 1880 (Capt. H.A. Abbott, 15th Regt. Bengal N.I.)<br />

e) Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Capt. H.A. Abbott,<br />

15th Sikhs)<br />

f) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (Major H.A. Abbott, 15th<br />

Bengal Infy.)<br />

g) India General Service 1895-1902, three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana<br />

1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Ltt. Coll. H.A. Abbott, 15th Sikhs)<br />

h) Khedive’s Star 1884-6, minor contact wear <strong>and</strong> edge bruising, nearly very fine or<br />

better, with various photographic images of the recipient (8)<br />

£5,500-6,500<br />

C.B. London Gazette 20.5.1898 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Alexius Abbott, Indian Staff Corps<br />

‘In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India.’<br />

Brigadier-General Henry Alexius Abbott, C.B., was born in Allahabad in January 1849, the<br />

fourth son of Major-General Augustus Abbott, C.B., Bengal Artillery, <strong>and</strong> was educated at King<br />

William’s College on the Isle of Man. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 37th (North<br />

Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, February 1868, he transferred to the Indian Army with the rank<br />

of Lieutenant in the 15th Sikhs, November 1870. He served with the Regiment during the<br />

Second Afghan War, <strong>and</strong> was present at the actions of Ahmed Khel <strong>and</strong> Urzoo, near Ghuznee,<br />

<strong>and</strong> in the march from Kabul to the relief of K<strong>and</strong>ahar, including the action of the 2.9.1880;<br />

Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3.12.1880), <strong>and</strong> promoted Captain, February 1880.<br />

Abbot was next actively employed in the Suakin Expedition of 1885, where he was present at<br />

the actions of Hasheen <strong>and</strong> Tofrek, 22.3.1885, where the 15th Sikhs held the left flank, <strong>and</strong><br />

‘stood their ground most gallantly, pouring volley after volley into the enemy without any sign<br />

of unsteadiness’, <strong>and</strong> at the operations at Tamaai; Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette<br />

25.8.1885), <strong>and</strong> promoted Brevet Major.<br />

Back in India, Abbott comm<strong>and</strong>ed the 15th Sikhs in the Miranzai Expedition of 1891, <strong>and</strong> was<br />

again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15.9.1891). Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel,<br />

February 1894, he saw extensive service on the North-West Frontier in 1897-98, where he was<br />

present during operations on the Samana <strong>and</strong> in the Kurram Valley during August <strong>and</strong><br />

September 1897, as part of Colonel G.L.R. Richardson’s flying column, <strong>and</strong> was again<br />

Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry <strong>and</strong> good work: ‘I cannot speak too highly of the able<br />

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Brigadier-General H.A. Abbott (front row, second from left)<br />

manner in which Lieutenant-Colonel Abbott h<strong>and</strong>led his small force. The fact that this force,<br />

in the middle of an August day, captured the Samana Ridge, relieved Laka <strong>and</strong> Saifuldarra, <strong>and</strong><br />

fought a rear-guard action home, with the loss of one Sepoy killed, one wounded, one follower<br />

killed <strong>and</strong> one wounded, testifies to the skill with which the operation was conducted...<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Abbott, comm<strong>and</strong>ing the 15th Sikhs, was my right-h<strong>and</strong> man<br />

throughout the operations. His vast experience <strong>and</strong> untiring energy I cannot speak too highly<br />

of. He is a most valuable officer.’ (Colonel Richardson’s Despatch, dated Shinwari, 28.1.1898<br />

refers). During the Tirah operations in November 1897, Abbott was twice severely wounded,<br />

having been present in the actions of Chagru Kotal <strong>and</strong> Dargai, at the capture of the Sampagha<br />

<strong>and</strong> Arhanga Passes, the reconnaissance of Saran Sar subsequent action, <strong>and</strong> in operations in the<br />

Waran Valley <strong>and</strong> the resulting action, 16.11.1897, where the 15th Sikhs were charged with<br />

defending the heights either side of the Tseri K<strong>and</strong>ao, an incident later described by a fellow<br />

officer: ‘After a bit the Colonel [Abbott] arrived with about 10 men. He had signalled back to<br />

the main body that we were running short of ammunition <strong>and</strong> had too many wounded to retire<br />

<strong>and</strong> asking for help. Just as he arrived, the answer came from Kempster, ìretire on the Gurkhasî.<br />

Again we signalled that we could not retire without leaving our wounded <strong>and</strong> got the same<br />

answer twice. So we ignored it <strong>and</strong> made up our minds to stick it out the night if we could. Just<br />

then Custance <strong>and</strong> two companies of the 36th Sikhs arrived <strong>and</strong> almost immediately he <strong>and</strong> our<br />

Colonel were wounded. The Colonel had taken a rifle <strong>and</strong> was trying to Shikar a man who was<br />

heaving bricks, when the man fired a blunderbuss loaded with slugs <strong>and</strong> telegraph wire, bang in<br />

his face. He refused at first to go back <strong>and</strong> I had to forcibly put him in a stretcher <strong>and</strong> pack him<br />

off.’ For his gallantry on the North West Frontier Abbott was thrice mentioned in despatches<br />

(London Gazettes 1.3.1898, 5.4.1898, <strong>and</strong> 3.5.1898); promoted Colonel; <strong>and</strong> appointed a<br />

Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final appointment was as a Temporary Brigadier-<br />

General comm<strong>and</strong>ing Allahabad District, in which capacity he was awarded the Delhi Durbar<br />

Medal, before retiring with the rank of Brigadier-General in August 1912. Appointed Colonel<br />

of the 15th Sikhs in 1913, General Abbott died at his home up in the Simla Hills in June 1924.<br />

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Captain H.M. Carless, having received his C.M.G. at Buckingham Palace, 1976<br />

5<br />

The C.M.G. Group of Five to Captain H.M. Carless, Intelligence Corps, Later Diplomatic Service, Whose<br />

Tenure as Chargé d’Affairs to Argentina <strong>and</strong> Ambassador to Venezuela coincided with the Lead Up <strong>and</strong><br />

Aftermath of the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s War- He Previously Achieved Literary Fame as Eric Newby’s Travel<br />

Companion in ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’<br />

a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael <strong>and</strong> St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in <strong>Spink</strong>, London, case of issue<br />

b) France <strong>and</strong> Germany Star<br />

c) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

d) Brazil, Republic, Order of the Southern Cross, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s neck Badge, 89mm including wreath<br />

suspension x 64mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in H. Stern case, nearly extremely fine, with the following<br />

related items:<br />

- The recipient’s related miniature awards<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Order of the Southern Cross, named to Senor Hugh Carless, <strong>and</strong> dated 24.5.1976<br />

- Central Chancery letter for the C.M.G., dated 12.6.1976<br />

- Two photographs of the recipient, one outside Buckingham Palace having just received his C.M.G.<br />

- The recipient’s silver letter opener (5)<br />

£500-700<br />

C.M.G. London Gazette 12.6.1976 Hugh Michael Carless, Counsellor, Foreign <strong>and</strong> Commonwealth Office.<br />

Captain Hugh Michael Carless, C.M.G., born Nainital, India, 22.4.1925, the son of Henry Alfred Carless, C.I.E., Indian<br />

Police; educated at Sherborne; the School of Oriental <strong>and</strong> African Studies, London, where he spent a year learning Persian;<br />

<strong>and</strong> Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Intelligence Corps, 8.1.1944 <strong>and</strong> served during the Second<br />

World War with the 12th Indian Division in Tehran, as part of the Persia <strong>and</strong> Iraq Force (Paiforce), <strong>and</strong> in North West Europe<br />

with the 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Promoted Lieutenant, 8.7.1944, <strong>and</strong> Captain, 1.1.1949, Carless entered the<br />

Foreign Service in 1950, <strong>and</strong> the following year was posted as Third Secretary to Kabul. While in Afghanistan he <strong>and</strong> an<br />

American colleague travelled to the Panjshir Valley to make a reconnaissance of Mir Samir, an unclimbed glacial peak of 20,000<br />

feet. In 1953 he was posted as Second Secretary to Rio de Janeiro, <strong>and</strong> whilst there he represented Brazil in a cricket match<br />

against Argentina.<br />

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‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’<br />

In the spring of 1956 Carless was finishing his posting in<br />

Rio de Janeiro, before being transferred to Tehran, when<br />

he received a cable from his good friend Eric Newby: ‘Can<br />

you travel to Nuristan, June?’ He immediately sent back the<br />

reply: ‘Of course’, <strong>and</strong> arriving back in London the two<br />

men got together. After a week-end’s mountain climbing in<br />

Wales, the two men set off for Afghanistan, where they<br />

planned to climb Mir Samir, the still-unclimbed mountain<br />

that Carless had recced four years previously. The tale of<br />

their adventure was described in Newby’s classic account,<br />

‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’, which he dedicated to<br />

his travelling companion ‘To Hugh Carless of Her<br />

Majesty’s Foreign Service, without whose determination, it<br />

must be obvious to anyone who reads it, this journey could<br />

never have been made.’ Later described as ‘the book that<br />

virtually invented modern travel writing’, the work was<br />

notable for its hilarious account of the disasters that befell<br />

the inexperienced pair as they floundered <strong>and</strong> bumbled<br />

their way across Afghanistan. After several tries, they<br />

eventually managed to come within 700 feet of the summit<br />

of Mir Samir, only to realise that they would have to spend<br />

the night at the top <strong>and</strong> they had not brought their<br />

sleeping bags with them. ‘I’m afraid we wouldn’t last out’,<br />

Newby recalled Carless saying, before adding: ‘We can try<br />

if you like.’ As they made their final descent, Newby<br />

recorded: ‘The fact that we were roped together <strong>and</strong> had<br />

one another’s lives in our h<strong>and</strong>s, produced in me a feeling<br />

of great affection for Hugh, this tiresome character who<br />

had led me to such a spot.’ The expedition famously ended<br />

with a chance encounter on the banks of the Upper<br />

Panjshir river between the distinctly amateurish pair <strong>and</strong> the<br />

very professional explorer Wilfred Thesiger. At the end of a<br />

long evening swapping anecdotes, the three men prepared<br />

to turn in for the night. Watching as they blew up their<br />

airbeds to sleep on the hillside, Thesiger dryly remarked:<br />

‘God, you must be a couple of pansies’, giving Newby’s<br />

book its ending, <strong>and</strong> Carless his share of literary fame.<br />

Carless resumed his diplomatic career as Oriental Secretary<br />

in Tehran, a period that coincided with the Suez crisis,<br />

before returning to London for a long spell at the Foreign<br />

Office, two years of which were spent as private secretary to<br />

Lord Dundee, Minister of State at the Foreign Office under<br />

Harold Macmillan. Following postings to Budapest,<br />

Lu<strong>and</strong>a, <strong>and</strong> Bonn, Carless was appointed head of the Latin<br />

America Department at the Foreign Office in 1973. In May<br />

1976 President Geisel of Brazil was invited on a<br />

The intrepid explorers: Carless (top) <strong>and</strong> Eric Newby<br />

controversial state visit to Britain, which went ahead despite<br />

fierce opposition from the Labour back-benches opposed<br />

to the country’s military dictatorship. On the eve of the visit, the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, said to Carless: ‘Hugh, if we don’t get<br />

one large contract out of the Brazilians you had better look for another job.’ Carless accompanied President Geisel to Buckingham Palace<br />

<strong>and</strong> acted as interpreter. The visit resulted in British investment in an offshore oil development, the contract worth £300 million- <strong>and</strong> for<br />

his involvement Carless was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael <strong>and</strong> St. George (ahead of his seniority) <strong>and</strong> awarded the<br />

Brazilian Order of the Southern Cross.<br />

Offered the job of Ambassador to Peru in 1977, Carless instead opted to go to Buenos Aires as chargé d’affaires, the Argentine government<br />

having dismissed the previous British ambassador. For the next three years he was involved in talks about the status of the Falkl<strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

In 1982, after the end of the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s War, he was appointed Ambassador to Venezuela. The Venezuelans had been keen supporters of<br />

Argentina during the War, <strong>and</strong> anti-British sentiment was high, leading to the cancellation of a number of lucrative contracts <strong>and</strong><br />

initiatives. For the next three years Carless pursued a ‘cultural diplomacy’, which ‘restored great warmth to our relations.’<br />

Hugh Carless retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1985, <strong>and</strong> in retirement served as vice-chairman of the South Atlantic Council <strong>and</strong><br />

chairman of the British Committee, Argentine-British Conferences, as ‘an endeavour to re-establish constructive relations after the war.’<br />

He died in London, 20.12.2011.<br />

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The C.V.O., ‘Korean War’ O.B.E. Group of Eleven to Comm<strong>and</strong>er<br />

S.R. Le H. Lombard-Hobson, Royal Navy<br />

a) The Royal Victorian Order, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.V.O.) neck Badge, silvergilt<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘1485’, with full <strong>and</strong><br />

miniature width neck rib<strong>and</strong>s, in Collingwood, London, case of issue<br />

b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military<br />

Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt<br />

c) Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-39,<br />

clasp a tailor’s copy, naming neatly erased<br />

d) 1939-1945 Star<br />

e) Atlantic Star<br />

f) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar<br />

g) Italy Star<br />

h) War Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaf<br />

i) Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (Cdr. S.R. Le H. Lombard-<br />

Hobson. O.B.E. R.N.), rank <strong>and</strong> initials officially corrected<br />

j) United Nations Medal for Korea<br />

k) Italy, Republic, Order of Merit, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s neck Badge, 74mm<br />

including tower suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with neck<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> lapel rosette, in Cravanzola, Rome, case of issue, generally<br />

nearly extremely fine, the breast awards mounted court style as worn, with<br />

the recipient’s related miniature awards, all housed in a Gieves, London,<br />

fitted case, the lid embossed ‘S. L-H.’, with the following related items:<br />

- The recipient’s rib<strong>and</strong> bar <strong>and</strong> Naval cloth badge<br />

- Portrait Photograph of Her Majesty the Queen, black <strong>and</strong> white,<br />

230mm x 170mm, the mount signed ‘Elizabeth R.’ <strong>and</strong> dated ‘1961’,<br />

Her Majesty in evening dress wearing the sash, Badge, <strong>and</strong> Star of the<br />

Order of the Garter, <strong>and</strong> the Royal Family Orders of George V <strong>and</strong><br />

George VI, in Plante, London, leather glazed frame<br />

- Illuminated Scroll, granting John William Edmund Lombard the arms<br />

of Hobson, dated 29.7.1924, with two attached seals, in box of issue (lot)<br />

£800-1,000<br />

C.V.O. London Gazette 30.5.1961 Captain Samuel Richard Le Hunte Lombard-<br />

Hobson, O.B.E., Royal Navy.<br />

O.B.E. London Gazette 1.6.1953 Comm<strong>and</strong>er Samuel Richard Le Hunte<br />

Lombard-Hobson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Newcastle<br />

‘For distinguished service in operations in Korean waters.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 27.8.1940 Lieutenant Samuel Richard Le Hunte<br />

Lombard-Hobson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Whitshed<br />

‘For good services in Operations off the Dutch, Belgian <strong>and</strong> French Coasts.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 14.7.1942 Lieutenant Samuel Richard Le Hunte<br />

Lombard-Hobson, Royal Navy<br />

‘For skill <strong>and</strong> judgment while escorting a Convoy.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 4.4.1944 Lieutenant Samuel Richard le Hunte Lombard-<br />

Hobson, Royal Navy<br />

‘For undaunted courage, determination <strong>and</strong> endurance in H.M.<br />

Ship...Rockwood...in many sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean under<br />

fierce <strong>and</strong> constant attack from the air, <strong>and</strong> in maintaining supplies to the isl<strong>and</strong>s of<br />

Kos <strong>and</strong> Leros until they fell to superior enemy forces.’<br />

Captain Samuel Richard Le Hunte Lombard-Hobson, C.V.O., O.B.E.,<br />

Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 16.1.1934; promoted Lieutenant,<br />

16.7.1936; served during the Second World War <strong>and</strong> appointed to the comm<strong>and</strong><br />

of the patrol vessel H.M.S. Guillemot, 11.7.1941; <strong>and</strong> of the escort destroyer<br />

H.M.S. Rockwood, 11.8.1942; Promoted Lieutenant-Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 16.7.1944;<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 30.6.1949; Captain, 31.12.1953; Appointed a Comm<strong>and</strong>er of the<br />

Royal Victorian Order <strong>and</strong> awarded the Italian Order of Merit on the occasion of<br />

H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Italy, 2-5.5.1961; Appointed Naval Aide-de-<br />

Camp to H.M. The Queen, 7.1.1963; retired, 28.11.1963.<br />

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The Historically Important C.B.E. <strong>and</strong> Boer War Pair to Mr. C.S. Franklin, Wireless Telegraph<br />

Department, Who, As Marconi’s Right H<strong>and</strong> Man, Was a Giant in the Development of Wireless<br />

Transmission, <strong>and</strong> Who Developed <strong>and</strong> Designed the Transmitters Used For Both The First Ever Radio<br />

Broadcast in 1922 <strong>and</strong> First Ever Television Broadcast in 1936 of the British Broadcasting Corporation<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge,<br />

silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with full neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in Garrard, London, case of issue<br />

b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (Mr. C.S. Franklin. Wireless. Tel: Dpt), toned,<br />

extremely fine, extremely scarce, with various photographs <strong>and</strong> copied research (2)<br />

£1,000-1,200<br />

C.B.E. London Gazette 9.6.1949 Charles Samuel Franklin, Esq., M.I.E.E., Consultant, Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph<br />

Company, Ltd.<br />

Mr. Charles Samuel Franklin, C.B.E., was born in Walthamstow, Essex, in March 1879, the thirteenth child of a local<br />

builder, <strong>and</strong> was educated at the local school <strong>and</strong> Finsbury Technical College, where he received his engineering <strong>and</strong> scientific<br />

training, before working briefly in Manchester <strong>and</strong> Norwich. In 1899 he joined Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph <strong>and</strong> Signal<br />

Company, with which he remained associated for the next 40 years. However, no sooner had he started work, he was sent to<br />

South Africa with five other engineers from Marconi to establish the wireless telegraph during the Boer War, the first time the<br />

British Army had attempted to use portable wireless stations in the field. Although the heliograph remained the usual method<br />

of communication, the wireless telegraph played a key part in the operations.<br />

Franklin returned to Engl<strong>and</strong> in 1902, <strong>and</strong> was soon appointed Wireless Telegraph <strong>and</strong> Signal Company’s main wireless<br />

operator. Thus began a long personal association with Guglielmo Marconi, with whom he remained close friends throughout<br />

their lives. In 1902 they sailed across the Atlantic together to investigate the range of wireless messages being sent from their<br />

high-powered transmitter in Cornwall, <strong>and</strong> such was the success, <strong>and</strong> the speed of development, that within a year the President<br />

of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was able to send a message from the U.S.A. to King Edward VII. The Atlantic<br />

conquered, in 1904 Franklin moved to Russia, where he worked on sending radio messages across vast tracts of l<strong>and</strong>. Returning<br />

to Engl<strong>and</strong> in 1907, he continued with his work, which by now involved short-wave transmissions, <strong>and</strong> soon after invented the<br />

multiple tuner, a device that allowed for different signals to be sent <strong>and</strong> received simultaneously. By 1922 he <strong>and</strong> Marconi had<br />

established a voice-radio link between London <strong>and</strong> their station in Cornwall, <strong>and</strong> had for the first time noticed the effect of<br />

reflections of short-wave signals by large metallic objects located a considerable distance from their transmitter, a finding which<br />

they suggested could be developed so as to allow for short-wave apparatus to be installed on ships to provide warnings as to<br />

the presence of other ships in conditions of poor visibility. That November a Franklin designed transmitter was used for the<br />

first ever broadcast of the newly-formed British Broadcasting Corporation. Later Franklin designed the transmitters <strong>and</strong> the<br />

aerial system for the BBC station at Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Palace, which transmitted the world’s first regular television service in 1936,<br />

before retiring from day-to-day work in 1939, shortly after Marconi’s death, although staying on as a Consultant. In 1949 he<br />

was appointed a Comm<strong>and</strong>er of the Order of the British Empire, <strong>and</strong> awarded the Faraday Medal by the Institute of<br />

Engineering <strong>and</strong> Technology ‘for his distinguished work in radio engineering, <strong>and</strong> more particularly for his development of the<br />

beam aerial <strong>and</strong> other devices that made long-range high-frequency communication a practical possibility.’ He died at home in<br />

Ilford, Essex, in December 1964.<br />

Approximately 6 Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to the Wireless Telegraph Department.<br />

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Franklin (second on left) <strong>and</strong> Marconi (far right) with Pope Pius XI (centre) having installed<br />

a radio telephone service between the Vatican <strong>and</strong> Castel G<strong>and</strong>olfo, the Pope’s summer residence, April 1932<br />

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The C.B.E. Group of Ten to Colonel W. Tozer, York <strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division,<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, lacking suspension ring<br />

b) 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. Tozer. York. & Lanc. R.)<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. W. Tozer.)<br />

d) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

e) Jubilee 1935 (Lt. Col. W. Tozer T.D. 1935.), engraved in sans-serif capitals<br />

f) Coronation 1937 (Col. W. Tozer, T.D., 1937), engraved in serif capitals<br />

g) Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

h) Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1952’, with top ‘Territorial’<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> bar, <strong>and</strong> two E.II.R. Additional Award Bars, nearly very fine or better, mounted<br />

court style as worn, with the recipient’s Master of the Cutlers Company of Sheffield<br />

Badge, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1934) <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse engraved ‘Col:<br />

Wm. Tozer. Master Cutler. 1936-37.’ (10)<br />

£400-500<br />

C.B.E. London Gazette 9.6.1938 Lieutenant-Colonel <strong>and</strong> Brevet Colonel William Tozer, T.D.,<br />

Officer Comm<strong>and</strong>ing, The Hallamshire Battalion, The York <strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment, Territorial<br />

Army.<br />

T.D. London Gazette 13.10.1920 Maj. William Tozer, Hallamshire Bn., Y. & L.R.<br />

Efficiency Decoration, with First <strong>and</strong> Second Bars London Gazette 19.2.1952 Col. W. Tozer,<br />

C.B.E., T.D. (23969), Comm<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Staff (late Infantry).<br />

Colonel William Tozer, C.B.E., T.D., born Sheffield, Yorkshire, February 1894, the elder son<br />

of Major William Tozer, V.D.; educated at Malvern College <strong>and</strong> Clare College, Cambridge;<br />

served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York<br />

<strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment, promoted Lieutenant, 2.1.1915; Captain, 3.1.1916; Mentioned in<br />

Despatched (London Gazette 1.1.1916); appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Comm<strong>and</strong>ing, York <strong>and</strong><br />

Lancaster Regiment, 1931; promoted Brevet Colonel, 1935; Colonel, 1939; served during the<br />

Second World War as Assistant Adjutant <strong>and</strong> Quarter Master General. Colonel Tozer served as<br />

Master of the Cutlers Company of Sheffield, 1936-37; he died March 1971.<br />

For the other <strong>medals</strong> to the Tozer family see Lots 18 <strong>and</strong> 356.<br />

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The Great War ‘1915 Neuve Chapelle V.C. Action’ D.S.O., ‘1916 Somme’ M.C. Group of<br />

Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel H.D. Harington, West Yorkshire Regiment<br />

a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

b) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in serif capitals ‘Captain H.D. Harington. D.S.O. West<br />

Yorkshire Regiment, “For Conspicuous Gallantry” 15th. 16th. Sept. 1916.’<br />

c) 1914 Star, with Bar (Capt. H.D. Harington. W. York: R.)<br />

d) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. H.D. Harington.)<br />

e) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, both privately engraved ‘Lt. Col. H.D. Harington.’, good very fine (7)<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

D.S.O. London Gazette 28.4.1915 Captain Henry Douglas Harington, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s<br />

Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)<br />

‘For the ability <strong>and</strong> gallantry displayed on 12th March, 1915, at Neuve Chapelle. After the enemy had gained<br />

temporary possession of a portion of our trenches he brought a flank fire to bear on them, which saved the<br />

situation.’<br />

M.C. London Gazette 14.11.1916 Capt. Henry Douglas Harington, D.S.O., W. York. R.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> consistent good work. Regardless of his personal safety, he was frequently in a<br />

fire-swept area encouraging all ranks. He was a splendid example.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 22.6.1915 Harington, Captain H. D., D.S.O., 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment<br />

‘For gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished service in the field.’<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Douglas Harington, D.S.O., M.C., born May 1886, the son of Colonel F.W.<br />

Harington, West Yorkshire Regiment, <strong>and</strong> educated at Bedford Grammar School <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>hurst; Commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant, West Yorkshire Regiment, 7.11.1906; promoted Lieutenant, 24.4.1909, <strong>and</strong> Captain,<br />

14.3.1914; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 4.11.1914; awarded the<br />

Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle, 12.3.1915, during a major German counterattack.<br />

Harrington’s Battalion, the 2nd West Yorkshires, had a position on the line next to a salient held by the<br />

Sherwood Foresters. At 5:00 a.m. the enemy attacked along the entire length of the British line, <strong>and</strong> at the salient<br />

they were able to approach unhindered, being mistaken in the mist for a British listening post returning at daybreak.<br />

The garrisons of the trenches near were rushed, <strong>and</strong> either kiled, captured, or driven out, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

remnants of the Sherwood Foresters, who had lost nearly all their officers on the previous two days, were carried<br />

back towards the support trenches two hundred yards to the rear. Other lines of the enemy followed into the<br />

gap. Sensing the danger, the West Yorkshires, to the south, then fired on them ‘<strong>and</strong> charged with bomb <strong>and</strong><br />

bayonet on the initiative of the company comm<strong>and</strong>er’ (Official History of the War refers.) The swift action of<br />

Harington’s Battalion forced the enemy back to their own trenches, <strong>and</strong> undoubtedly saved a far more serious<br />

situation from developing; as it was casualties amongst the Sherwood Foresters amounted to 16 Officers <strong>and</strong> 342<br />

other ranks, including Private Jacob Rivers, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for two acts of great<br />

bravery that materially assisted in checking the attack.<br />

Appointed Brigade Major, 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, B.E.F., 10.12.1915; awarded the Military Cross for<br />

conspicuous gallantry at the capture of Courcelette, Somme, September 1916; appointed Staff Captain, War<br />

Office, 1.9.1917; promoted Brevet Major, 1.1.1919.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, March 1974<br />

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The Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Second War 617 Squadron ‘Special Duties’ 1944 D.S.O., ‘Pathfinder’s’<br />

D.F.C., D.F.M. Group of Nine to Wellington, Lancaster <strong>and</strong> Mosquito Pilot, Squadron<br />

Leader R.S.D. ‘Terry’ Kearns, Royal New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Air Force. He Flew in At Least 87<br />

Operational Sorties, 30 of Which Were With the “Dam Busters”. A Veteran of The First<br />

Thous<strong>and</strong> Bomber Raids, He Became a “Tallboy” Specialist; Arguably His Finest Hour Came<br />

When He Scored A Direct Hit, With the “Earthquake” Bomb, on the Entrance of the Saumur<br />

Tunnel, 8.6.1944; Having Obliterated Leonard Cheshire’s Marking Flare He Caused the<br />

Squadon Comm<strong>and</strong>er to Remark “Hold on Chaps, I’ll Have to Mark it Again.” After A Brief<br />

Flirtation With Vampire Jets Over the Malayan Jungle, Kearns Returned to Bomber<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong> To Take Part in Operations During the Suez Crisis, November 1956<br />

a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse of suspension bar dated<br />

‘1944’, with integral top-rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse dated ‘1943’<br />

c) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (NZ. 405572 Sgt. R.S.D. Kearns. R.N.Z.A.F.), suspension<br />

slack<br />

d) 1939-1945 Star<br />

e) Air Crew Europe Star, with France <strong>and</strong> Germany Bar<br />

f) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

g) New Zel<strong>and</strong> War Service Medal<br />

h) General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, Malaya, Near East, 2nd clasp loose on rib<strong>and</strong> as<br />

issued (Flt. Lt. R.S.D. Kearns. R.A.F.), light contact marks throughout, very fine, with an Operation<br />

Overlord Commemorative Medal, in card box, <strong>and</strong> the following contemporary related items:<br />

- Pathfinder Force Badge with two Enclosures relating to the award of the Badge; Rib<strong>and</strong> Bar<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, dated 26.9.1944<br />

- Two R.N.Z.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (5.5.1941-30.6.1946 <strong>and</strong> 15.7.1946-23.5.1960), 1st<br />

signed by Leonard Cheshire in his capacity as Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer 617 Squadron<br />

- Civil Pilot’s Log Book <strong>and</strong> Pilot’s Certificate <strong>and</strong> Licence For Public Transport or Aerial Work<br />

Flying Machines, whilst employed by British Overseas Airways Corporation<br />

- Congratulatory Postagram for the award of the D.S.O. from Air Chief Marshal A.T. ‘Bomber’<br />

Harris, dated 18.8.1944<br />

- Air Ministry Letter to recipient on the occasion of his retirement from the Service, dated 7.3.1963<br />

- Two Audio CDs with recordings of interviews carried out with recipient relating to his war<br />

memories (original recordings held by the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive)<br />

- A number of photographs relating to various stages of recipient’s career<br />

- First Reunion Dinner of 617 Squadron Menu, dated 19.10.1951, with a large number of<br />

signatures including: Barnes Wallis <strong>and</strong> Jack Buckley<br />

- A 617 Squadron Reunion Dinner Menu, dated 3.6.1966, with a large number of signatures<br />

including: Leonard Cheshire, Barnes Wallis, Bill Reid, David Shannon, <strong>and</strong> Don Maclean; with<br />

other ephemera (lot)<br />

£14,000-18,000<br />

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Squadron Leader R.S.D. Kearns<br />

D.S.O. London Gazette 26.9.1944 Acting Flight Lieutenant<br />

Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns, D.F.C., D.F.M.<br />

(N.Z.405572), R.N.Z.A.F., 617 Sqn.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Kearns has<br />

now completed a total of 87 operational sorties as captain of<br />

aircraft, 39 of which have been undertaken since he was<br />

awarded the D.F.C. in March, 1943. He has, moreover,<br />

frequently operated against the most heavily defended<br />

objectives in Germany <strong>and</strong> has on many occasions returned to<br />

base with his aircraft damaged through enemy action. During<br />

the last seven months he has been employed on Special<br />

Duties <strong>and</strong> a particularly high st<strong>and</strong>ard of leadership <strong>and</strong> skill<br />

has been essential for the successful completion of the<br />

independent <strong>and</strong> often hazardous operations of his<br />

Squadron. This officer has never failed to rise magnificently<br />

to the occasion <strong>and</strong> he has truly set an outst<strong>and</strong>ing example<br />

of fortitude <strong>and</strong> determination. He has consistently brought<br />

back aiming-point photographs <strong>and</strong> he has never once failed<br />

to complete his task.<br />

The unsurpassed gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty which this<br />

officer has so long <strong>and</strong> so enthusiastically displayed has had a<br />

most profound effect upon the morale <strong>and</strong> fighting spirit of<br />

his Squadron. His cheerfulness, great courage, <strong>and</strong><br />

determination have enabled him to create a crew whose<br />

efficiency could not be exceeded in the Royal Air Force of<br />

today. His efforts have resulted in much damage to the<br />

enemy <strong>and</strong> his conduct <strong>and</strong> leadership throughout his<br />

operational career have been an inspiration to all <strong>and</strong> are<br />

worthy of the highest praise.’<br />

Remarks by Base Comm<strong>and</strong>er: ‘During his long tour of<br />

operational duty, Flight Lieutenant Kearns has shown<br />

exceptional determination <strong>and</strong> courage. He proved himself<br />

one of the best Captains in the Squadron <strong>and</strong> he set an<br />

example which was admired by all his associates.’<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 20.4.1943 Acting Flight Lieutenant<br />

Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns, D.F.M. (N.Z.405572),<br />

Royal New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Air Force, No. 156 Squadron.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘This officer has carried out 46<br />

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During the time he has been with this squadron, he has<br />

completed 19 operational sorties against targets in Germany,<br />

Italy <strong>and</strong> enemy occupied territory. Flight Lieutenant Kearns<br />

has been consistent in pressing home his attacks, <strong>and</strong> has at<br />

all times displayed the highest qualities as a pilot, <strong>and</strong> it has<br />

been largely due to his sense of airmanship that his many<br />

operations have been successfully performed. By his<br />

capabilities as a pilot, <strong>and</strong> supreme devotion to duty, he has<br />

set a very high example to the other members of the<br />

squadron.’<br />

D.F.M. London Gazette 27.10.1942 N.Z.405572 Sergeant<br />

Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns, Royal New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Air<br />

Force, No. 75 (N.Z.) Squadron.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘The above named N.C.O. has<br />

completed 22 major operations <strong>and</strong> in each <strong>and</strong> every case<br />

has displayed determination of a very high order. He expends<br />

every effort to find <strong>and</strong> bomb the target <strong>and</strong> to date he has<br />

been most successful, bringing back a photograph of the<br />

aiming point when many other crews have been unsuccessful<br />

in their mission. He sets a fine example to all aircrew of high<br />

devotion to duty <strong>and</strong> cool courage in the face of intense<br />

opposition.’<br />

Covering Remarks of Station Comm<strong>and</strong>er: ‘An outst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

operational pilot whose courage, keeness, enthusiasm <strong>and</strong><br />

devotion to duty deserve the highest recognition. Through<br />

an intensive operational period this pilot maintained these<br />

qualities up to an exceptional level.’<br />

Squadron Leader Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns,<br />

D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M., born Reefton, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>,<br />

1920; studied Engineering at Canterbury College; joined<br />

Royal New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Air Force, December 1940; carried out<br />

Pilot training at No.1 E.F.T.S Taieri <strong>and</strong> No.1 F.T.S.<br />

Wigram, gaining his ‘Wings’, 26.7.1941; arrived in Engl<strong>and</strong>,<br />

November 1941, <strong>and</strong> undertook a refresher course at No.1<br />

A.F.U., R.A.F. College Cranwell; posted to No.11 O.T.U.,<br />

Bassingbourn, for conversion to Wellingtons, March 1942;<br />

whilst at Bassingbourn Kearns formed his crew of: Navigator<br />

W.J. ‘Hone’ Barclay, Wireless Operator M.W. Egerton, <strong>and</strong><br />

the two Gunners J.A. Moller <strong>and</strong> H.E.A. Price; this crew<br />

were to carry out two tours of operations together, with<br />

Kearns <strong>and</strong> Barclay flying together for most of the war; whilst<br />

stationed at No.23 O.T.U. he flew on the first ‘Thous<strong>and</strong><br />

Bomber’ raid to Cologne, 30.5.1942, quickly followed by<br />

the ‘Thous<strong>and</strong> Bomber’ raid on Essen, 1.6.1942; posted for<br />

operational flying to 75 (New Zeal<strong>and</strong>) Squadron<br />

(Wellingtons), Feltwell, Norfolk , 17.6.1942; <strong>and</strong> carried out<br />

25 operational sorties with the Squadron including: Emden;<br />

Bremen (3), including 25.6.1942, ‘Attacked by Three ME<br />

110s - Evasive Action Successful’ (Log Book refers); St.<br />

Nazaire, 28.6.1942, ‘Very Sticky Trip - 17 x 250lbs. 2 Runs<br />

on Target - Shot Down Both Times - Flak Very Accurate in<br />

Search Light Cone - Shot Up By “E” Boats Off French Coast<br />

- Rear Gunner Slightly Wounded’; Frisian Isl<strong>and</strong>s (2);<br />

Wilhemshaven; Duisberg (4); Hamburg (2), including<br />

26.7.1942, ‘Load 9 S.B.C.s - Very Busy Trip - Bombs in<br />

Target Area - Brought to OFT By Flak <strong>and</strong> Searchlights & 7<br />

Searchlights Destroyed <strong>and</strong> One Machine Gun Nest Silenced<br />

- Good Trip’; Saarbrucken (2), including 29.7.1942, ‘Load 1<br />

x 1000lb, 7 x 500lb, 2 x 250lb. Bombs in Target - No<br />

Searchlights - Flak Weak - One Ju 88 Encountered - Close<br />

Call’; Dusseldorf; Essen; Osnabruck (2); Mainz (2);<br />

Frankfurt, 24.8.1942, ‘Load 9 S.B.C.s 9lb Incendaries. Flak<br />

Intense - Searchlights Poor. Attacked By F.W. 190 Evaded<br />

Successfully’; Kassel, 27.8.1942, ‘Attacked By Two Enemy<br />

Fighters. Evaded Successfully’; <strong>and</strong> Nurnburg; transferred<br />

156 (Pathfinder Force) Squadron (Wellingtons <strong>and</strong> later<br />

Lancasters), Warboys, September 1942; Pathfinder Force had<br />

been formed in August 1942, <strong>and</strong> 156 Squadron was one of<br />

the four squadrons to form the nucleus of the new force;<br />

Kearns flew in 31 operational sorties with the Squadron<br />

including: Bremen; Wilhelmshaven (2), including 19.2.1943,<br />

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Kearns (third from left) with 617 Squadron, Woodhill Spa, 1944.<br />

The motif of the saint holding a bomb on the side of the Lancaster was the<br />

design of Kearns. His crew had it emblazoned on their flying jackets<br />

H.E.T. - Vis. Good - Hit By Flak Over Target - Returned on<br />

3 Motors - E A/C Encountered Over A. - A. Photos. Very<br />

Interesting Trip - W/Op’s Final Op.’; Essen (4);<br />

Saarbrucken; Krefeld; Genoa; Hamburg (2); Turin (3);<br />

Stuttgart; Mannheim; Duisburg; Munich (2); Lorient (2);<br />

Dusseldorf; Cologne; St. Nazaire (2); Berlin; Keil; La Spezia;<br />

<strong>and</strong> Pilsen (raid on Skoda Armaments Factory), 16.4.1943.<br />

617 ‘Dam Buster’ Squadron<br />

Once Kearns had finished his second tour, ‘I completed a<br />

Flying Instructor Course <strong>and</strong> was posted back to No.11<br />

O.T.U. now located at R.A.F. Westcott. I was an Instructor<br />

on the satellite airfield - R.A.F. Oakley - converting pilots to<br />

Wellington Aircraft before they joined the remainder of their<br />

crew at R.A.F. Westcott for advanced training. I was recalled<br />

to Operational Flying with No. 5 Group in September 1943.<br />

My Navigator Flight Lieutenant Barclay <strong>and</strong> I joined [C<br />

Flight] No. 617 Squadron as it moved to R.A.F.<br />

Conningsby. We formed a new crew <strong>and</strong> trained to the<br />

operational requirements in Low Level Flying <strong>and</strong> Specialist<br />

attack procedures. In addition when the Stabilised Automatic<br />

Bomb Sight (SABS) was introduced, we trained for the<br />

delivery of the 12,000lb Blast Bomb. This was replaced by<br />

the 12,000lb Tallboy <strong>and</strong> later by Gr<strong>and</strong> Slam (22,000lb).<br />

Our best effort on the practice range was - I believe - never<br />

beaten. The average error of eight practice bombs dropped<br />

from 20,000ft on Wainfleet Bombing Range was 15 yards<br />

from the Aiming Point Peg ‘(typed manuscript included with<br />

lot refers); due to the casualties suffered by 617 Squadron<br />

during the Dams Raid, May 1943, Kearns was one of several<br />

skippers drafted in to bolster the squadrons strength, ‘it was<br />

a new squadron being formed for a special low level operation<br />

on an unknown target - all very Hush Hush. He [Len<br />

Chambers] passed my name on to the C.O. Guy Gibson - as<br />

a recruit - but I could not get my release from instructing at<br />

Westcott/Oakley until after the Dams Raid’ (Ibid); he flew<br />

his first operational sortie with the squadron, now led by<br />

Leonard Cheshire, to the Antheor Viaduct, 11.11.1943; this<br />

was the first of 30 operational sorties flown with 617<br />

Squadron, including to 7 Special Duties Targets over<br />

December 1943-January 1944 - a series of pin-point attacks<br />

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against factories in France which were reluctantly working for<br />

the German war effort, where the object was ensure<br />

maximum damage with minimum loss of French lives; other<br />

operations included: the Gnome & Rhone Aero-Engine<br />

Factory, Limoges, 9.2.1944, when Cheshire tried out his<br />

newly developed low-level marking system for the first time<br />

on operations; Aircraft Factory at Albert, 2.3.1944; La<br />

Ricamerie, 10.3.1944 ‘To Ball Bearing Factory St. Ettienne -<br />

1 x 12,000lbs - Good Raid - Factory Destroyed - Bombed<br />

7,500 feet’; Aero-Engine Factory, Metz, 15.3.1944;<br />

Michelin Tyre Factory, Clermont-Ferr<strong>and</strong>, 16.3.1944,<br />

‘Direct Hit - 1 x 12,000lb. Factory Destroyed - L<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

Conningsby’; Powder Factory, Bergerac, 18.3.1944;<br />

Explosive Works, Angouleme, 20.3.1944, “Pouderie<br />

Nationale” Explosive Works - Angouleme - Southern France.<br />

Photo A/P Factory Destroyed - Wizard Prang’; Aero-Engine<br />

Factory, Lyons (3); he converted to Mosquitos <strong>and</strong> returned<br />

to fly, as one of the squadron’s four Mosquito markers, on<br />

operations over Juvisy Railway Sidings, 18.4.1944; Railway<br />

Marshalling Yards, La Chappelle, North of Paris, 20.4.1944;<br />

Brunswick, 22.4.1944 - the first time the squadron used its<br />

low-level marking method over a heavily defended German<br />

city; Munich, 24.4.1944; German Military Barracks, Mailly-<br />

Le-Camp, 3.5.1944; returning to Lancasters he flew in<br />

Operation Taxable, 5/6.6.1944, as part of the D Day<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ings, ‘Tactical Operation Causing a Diversion to Cover<br />

the Initial L<strong>and</strong>ings on the Cherbourg Peninsular. Ht. 3000!<br />

- Believed Very Successful’; two days later he flew in the<br />

attack led by Cheshire on the Saumur Railway Tunnel; this<br />

was the first occasion that Barnes Wallis’ new 12,000lb<br />

Tallboy bombs were used <strong>and</strong> Kearns used it to very good<br />

effect, ‘Bombing Very Accurate - Load 1 x 12,000lb Tallboy<br />

- Direct Hit Tunnel Mouth. Believed Very Successful Raid’<br />

(Log Bok refers); a newspaper cutting adds the following<br />

detail ‘Kearns... scored a bull’s eye with his “Tallboy” - a<br />

12,000lb earthquake bomb. He was so accurate that he<br />

obliterated the squadron comm<strong>and</strong>er Leonard Cheshire’s<br />

marking flare, preventing other Lancaster crews from seeing<br />

their target. “Hold on chaps,” Cheshire said. “I’ll have to<br />

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tunnel was destroyed, <strong>and</strong> a German Panzer division was prevented from reaching the Allied invasion beach-head<br />

that had been established two days earlier; four days later Kearns was part of the operation over the Submarine<br />

Pens at Le Havre, ‘Blue Flight Formation Leader - 1 x 12,000T.B. Very Good Raid - A/B Claims Direct Hit’;<br />

the next day he attacked, with the same bomb load, the “E” Boat Pens at Boulogne; he flew two abortive sorties<br />

on a V-Weapon site at Wizernes, Pas De Calais, before carrying out his final operational sortie of the war,<br />

25.6.1944, ‘Operation to “Siracourt” Rocket Installation - 3 Direct Hits On Installation - Flak Damage - Cat<br />

A/C. Load 1 x 12,000lb T.B.’; posted as Chief Flying Instructor, No. 17 O.T.U., Silverstone, October 1944;<br />

towards the end of the war he was seconded to British Overseas Airways Corporation to fly transports on the<br />

Karachi route <strong>and</strong> on 28.5.1946 he piloted the ‘1st BOAC Service Out of London Airport’ (Log Book refers);<br />

on 8.6.1946, he helped fly a Sunderl<strong>and</strong> in ‘ “V” Day Fly Past In London’; discharged in 1947, he returned to<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> to complete his studies before accepting a permanent commission in the R.A.F. in 1949; posted to<br />

3 (T) Squadron at the start of 1949, he spent the following two years at No. 1. I.T.S., flying a mixture of aircraft<br />

including Vampires <strong>and</strong> Meteors; posted for operational service in Malaya to 60 (Fighter) Squadron (Vampires),<br />

Tengah, December 1952; he carried out numerous “strikes”, rocket attacks <strong>and</strong> jungle reconnaissance as “A”<br />

Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er; having spent two years at Tengah he was posted back to the UK, April 1954; returned to<br />

Tengah in the Summer, <strong>and</strong> continued to serve with the squadron over the Malayan jungle until the end of July<br />

1955; having taken part in 49 “strikes” with the squadron he returned to Bomber Comm<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> was posted to<br />

R.A.F. Lindholm, followed by No. 231 O.C.U., Bassingbourn, where he converted to Canberras; Squadron<br />

Leader 1956; posted as Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 139 (Jamaica) Squadron (Canberras), Binbrook, January 1956;<br />

the squadron took part in the Suez Crisis, <strong>and</strong> flying from Nicosia, Kearns’ Log Book gives the following:<br />

31.10.1956, ‘1st Strike Inchas Airfield’; 1.11.1956, ‘2nd Strike Luxor Airfield’; 2.11.1956, ‘3rd Strike Huckster<br />

Depot’; 5.11.1956, ‘4th Strike Port Said, Mkr. For French Para Drop’; posted to H.Q. Bomber Comm<strong>and</strong><br />

Communications Squadron (Meteor Flight), April 1959, <strong>and</strong> subsequently held a number of appointments<br />

including as part of the operational control of the Thor Missile Programme; in 1963 he contracted tuberculosis<br />

<strong>and</strong> was forced to retire later that year; in civilian life he went on to work for Shell, before retiring in 1980<br />

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A Superb <strong>and</strong> Well Documented Second War<br />

‘1944’ D.S.O., 1941 ‘Defence of Malta’ D.F.C.<br />

Group of Seven to Hurricane Fighter Ace, Wing<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er H.W. ‘Chubby’ Eliot, Royal Air<br />

Force; Who Claimed 2 Victories, 2 Damaged <strong>and</strong> 1<br />

Shared During the Battle of France; Was Shot<br />

Down During the Battle of Britain, <strong>and</strong> Returned<br />

to Add to His Score With At Least 3 Victories By<br />

Day <strong>and</strong> 1 By Night in the Skies Over Malta,<br />

1940-41; He Recorded Further Victories in<br />

Beaufighters <strong>and</strong> Mosquitos. Eliot was Killed in<br />

Action Whilst Leading His Squadron in an Attack<br />

on a Bridge in Northern Italy, 4.3.1945<br />

a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse of suspension bar dated ‘1944’,<br />

with integral top-rib<strong>and</strong> bar, in Garrard & Co. Ltd<br />

case of issue<br />

b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse dated<br />

‘1941’, in Royal Mint case of issue<br />

c) 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Bar<br />

d) Air Crew Europe Star<br />

e) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar<br />

f) Italy Star<br />

g) War Medal, nearly extremely fine, <strong>campaign</strong> awards<br />

in card box of issue addressed to ‘F.H. Eliot, Esq., 3,<br />

Romanhurst Gardens, Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent’,<br />

with named Condolence Slip <strong>and</strong> the following<br />

contemporary related items <strong>and</strong> documents:<br />

- Pair of Second War Flying Gauntlets, leather, inside<br />

inscribed ‘F/O Eliot’<br />

- Cockpit light; canvas Gas Mask bag <strong>and</strong> First Aid bag<br />

- Two R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (27.6.1939-<br />

30.11.1943 <strong>and</strong> 1.12.1943-10.1.1945), both<br />

annotated ‘Killed in Action’ <strong>and</strong> stamped ‘Central<br />

Depository Royal Air Force, Apr. 1946’, both bound<br />

in leather<br />

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19<br />

- Air Ministry Certificate of Competency <strong>and</strong> Licence<br />

to Fly Private Flying Machines, dated 3.8.1939<br />

- Commission appointing Hugh William Eliot an<br />

Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force, dated<br />

1.9.1939, this glazed <strong>and</strong> framed<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service<br />

Order, dated 23.5.1944<br />

- M.I.D. Certificate, dated 22.7.1940<br />

- Central Chancery Letter requesting recipient’s<br />

attendance at Investiture, dated 28.3.1942; two<br />

Buckingham Palace Investiture Tickets, dated<br />

14.4.1942<br />

- Telegram addressed to recipient’s father, dated<br />

7.9.1940, informing him that his son has been<br />

wounded <strong>and</strong> admitted to Twickenhurst Hospital,<br />

Kent<br />

- Telegram similarly addressed, 6.3.1945, informing<br />

him that his son has been reported missing as a result<br />

of air operations<br />

- Metropolitan Police Telegram similarly addressed<br />

informing him that his son is believed dead, dated<br />

20.5.1945; Air Ministry Letter confirming the death<br />

of recipient, dated 23.5.1945<br />

- Letter to Mr. <strong>and</strong> Mrs. Eliot from F/O Richard<br />

Bradley, 19 S.A.A.F. Squadron, containing a poem he<br />

composed in memory of their son, dated 10.4.1945<br />

- An archive of over 100 Letters <strong>and</strong> Telegraphs, the<br />

vast majority addressed to recipient’s parents, mostly<br />

from the recipient dated between 1938-1945, from his<br />

various postings including with the B.E.F. in France<br />

<strong>and</strong> whilst stationed in Malta; the balance relating to<br />

him, his service <strong>and</strong> death<br />

- St. Dunstan’s College Chronicle, Michaelmas Term<br />

1945, which carries an Obituary for the recipient<br />

- A number of family <strong>and</strong> service photographs relating<br />

to various stages of recipient’s life, newspaper cuttings<br />

<strong>and</strong> other ephemera (lot)<br />

£28,000-32,000


D.S.O. London Gazette 23.5.1944 Acting Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er<br />

Hugh William Eliot, D.F.C. (42490), Royal Air Force, No.<br />

255 Squadron<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 26.9.1941 Acting Flight Lieutenant<br />

Hugh William Eliot (42490), No. 185 Sqn.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘This officer has carried out 14<br />

months continuous operational flying as a fighter pilot. When<br />

serving with No. 73 Squadron in France he shot down 2<br />

enemy aircraft <strong>and</strong> damaged a further 1 E/A. Was shot down<br />

<strong>and</strong> badly burnt during the Battle of Britain. He was posted<br />

to Malta to 261 Squadron <strong>and</strong> then to 185 Squadron. Whilst<br />

at Malta he has shot down 3 <strong>and</strong> a half enemy aircraft by day<br />

<strong>and</strong> 1 E/A by night <strong>and</strong> 1 probable, making his total<br />

successes 6 <strong>and</strong> a half enemy aircraft confirmed, 1 enemy<br />

aircraft probable <strong>and</strong> 2 damaged. He has at all times shown<br />

great courage <strong>and</strong> a gr<strong>and</strong> spirit even when against heavy<br />

odds. He has been an inspiration to those under him <strong>and</strong> has<br />

led his flight with skill <strong>and</strong> determination.’<br />

Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er Hugh William Eliot, D.S.O., D.F.C.,<br />

born Bromley, Kent, 1921; educated at St. Dunstan’s<br />

College, Catford, 1931-1938; briefly employed by Coutts<br />

Bank before taking up a Short Service Commission into the<br />

Royal Air Force; commenced his training as a Pilot at No.6<br />

E.&R. F.T.S., Sywell, 27.6.1939; Acting Pilot Officer<br />

22.8.1939; after further training at No.12 F.T.S. he was<br />

posted for training in Hurricanes to No. 6 O.T.U., Sutton<br />

Bridge, 12.3.1940; posted for operational flying to 73<br />

Squadron (Hurricanes) as part of the B.E.F. in France,<br />

6.5.1940; on the 10th May German ‘Blitzkrieg’ commenced<br />

with the invasion of Belgium <strong>and</strong> Holl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Eliot was in<br />

the thick of it the following day whilst on Patrol, ‘Disabled<br />

He III Damaged’ (Log Book refers); two days after his first<br />

success in damaging an enemy aircraft he wrote to his<br />

mother, ‘As you have read in the papers the old balloon has<br />

really gone up this time <strong>and</strong> action is thick <strong>and</strong> fast. I am<br />

feeling very pleased with myself just now <strong>and</strong> I expect you can<br />

guess why. Old “Jerry” certainly has lost a lot of<br />

machines!..... Well there goes the air raid warning again but<br />

I have got to the stage now when I only run when I hear the<br />

bombs beginning to whistle!’; success continued 14.5.1940,<br />

‘Patrol - Shot Down Me.109 Near Namur. Also Met 110s’;<br />

the following day whilst on, ‘Defensive Patrol - Shot Down<br />

Me.110 Crashed in Flames. Damaged A Second Me.110’; he<br />

moved with the squadron to Gaye, <strong>and</strong> on 13.6.1940,<br />

‘Interception 3 Heinkel III. Shot One Down With Sgt.<br />

Friend. Bullet Grazed My Ear Piece!’; with the collapse of<br />

France returned with the Squadron to the UK, 18.6.1940;<br />

the squadron was taken out of the front line <strong>and</strong> based at<br />

Church Fenton for a rest; he was detached to Sherburn for<br />

Night Fighter training; the squadron was operational again<br />

on the 7th July, <strong>and</strong> operatational as a Night Fighter<br />

Squadron during the Battle of Britain on the 8th August;<br />

moved with the squadron to Castle Camps, 5.9.1940; <strong>and</strong> on<br />

the same day flew in a defensive patrol, ‘Enemy Contacted.<br />

Sgt. Griffin Shot Down. Chased Several E.A.s’; the following<br />

day he was shot down near Maidstone <strong>and</strong> had to bale out,<br />

‘Attacked 6 Me 109s. What A Sucker!’; he suffered serious<br />

burns leading to a period of recuperation in a hospital just up<br />

the road from his place of birth.<br />

Malta - What A Way To Make An Entrance<br />

Eliot rejoined the squadron in the first week of October<br />

volunteering for service in Malta shortly after; in early<br />

November he embarked upon the carrier H.M.S. Argus, as<br />

part of Operation White; the Argus sailed for Gibraltar with<br />

twelve Hurricanes <strong>and</strong> two Skuas aboard, plus thirteen R.A.F.<br />

fighter pilots <strong>and</strong> two naval crews, ‘at dawn on the 17th...<br />

engines were started <strong>and</strong> at 0615 the first six Hurricanes took<br />

off, together with Skua L2882.... It was some 400 sea miles<br />

to Malta which should have meant that the Hurricanes, if<br />

flown at appropriate speed, revs <strong>and</strong> altitude, would reach the<br />

isl<strong>and</strong> with 45 minutes’ fuel to spare. In the event it took 15<br />

minutes to get all the seven aircraft into the air <strong>and</strong> formed<br />

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up, so that a third of their safety margin had already<br />

evaporated. At last they set off; the flight was led by newly<br />

promoted Flt. Lt. J.A.F. MacLachlan, D.F.C.... The other<br />

pilots were Plt. Offs. C.E. Hamilton <strong>and</strong> H.W. Eliot, <strong>and</strong><br />

Sgts. J.K. Norwell, R.A. Spyer <strong>and</strong> W.G. Cunnington. They<br />

headed for Malta at 150mph at a height of 2,000 feet - far<br />

from ideal, since the Hurricane’s best cruise range was<br />

achieved at 10,000 feet <strong>and</strong> at a lower speed. The second<br />

flight followed an hour later.... As the first flight headed on<br />

towards Malta it was noticed that the cloud shadows <strong>and</strong> sea<br />

patterns were changing. A smoke float was dropped from the<br />

Skua, showing that the wind had veered from west-southwesterly<br />

to east-south-easterly, thereby presenting the aircraft<br />

with an almost direct headwind to fly into. Soon visibility<br />

worsened....the first l<strong>and</strong>fall - Galite Isl<strong>and</strong> - was safely<br />

reached, although 25 minutes behind schedule. Here a<br />

Sunderl<strong>and</strong> from 228 Squadron met the formation to lead<br />

them on to Malta. Now, however, fuel was running very low.<br />

At 0908, when still some 30-40 miles from the isl<strong>and</strong>, Sgt<br />

Spyer’s V7413 ran out of fuel <strong>and</strong> fell towards the sea. The<br />

pilot was able to bale out <strong>and</strong> MacLachlan followed him<br />

down, calling in the Sunderl<strong>and</strong>. The latter l<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> picked<br />

up the very relieved pilot out of the sea. Taking off again, the<br />

flying boat joined formation with MacLachlan <strong>and</strong> they set<br />

off after the rest. Well ahead, the other four Hurricanes could<br />

be seen straggling after the Skua. They passed through some<br />

cloud, but on emerging from this, there were only three. Sgt.<br />

Cunnington too had run out of fuel; he waved farewell <strong>and</strong><br />

baled out at 0912. By the time the Sunderl<strong>and</strong> appeared<br />

there was no sign of him however, <strong>and</strong> he was never found.<br />

Finally the four remaining Hurricanes <strong>and</strong> the Skua l<strong>and</strong>ed at<br />

0920, MacLachlan with four gallons of fuel left <strong>and</strong> Norwell<br />

with only two. The engine of another aircraft cut before it<br />

could taxi off the runway, <strong>and</strong> the fourth had little more left<br />

than Norwell’s.... Fortunately the most successful, Norwell,<br />

who had three individual <strong>and</strong> four shared victories listed in<br />

his log book, had survived, as had Hugh ‘Chubby’ Eliot, who<br />

had three <strong>and</strong> two shared with 73 Squadron during the Battle<br />

of France’ (Malta: The Hurricane Years 1940-41, C. Shores<br />

& B. Cull, refers); Eliot’s log book entry for the 17th shows<br />

the fate of the second flight, ‘H.M.S. Argus To Ta Kali.<br />

Twelve Hurricanes Took Off, Four of Which Arrived At<br />

Malta. Remaining Eight Were Lost. I Just Made It, With 5<br />

Gallons of Petrol To Spare.’<br />

261 Squadron<br />

Once Eliot had refuelled at Ta Kali, he flew off to join the<br />

detachment of 261 Squadron at Luqa; Eliot arrived in time<br />

for the increase of fighter-bomber raids over the dockyard<br />

<strong>and</strong> Luqa; the Hurricanes carried out interceptions at high<br />

level, <strong>and</strong> left the isl<strong>and</strong>’s remaining Gladiator aircraft to<br />

patrol at low level; on 10.1.1941, ‘Interception - Chased 3<br />

Macchis. No Luck. F/Lt. MacLachlan 2 Macchi <strong>and</strong> F/O<br />

Taylor 2 Macchi Destroyed’; in late January the competition<br />

stiffened with the Luftwaffe joining the Italians in heavy divebombing<br />

raids; the Hurricanes were hard pressed, with<br />

scramble after scramble, 15.1.1941, ‘Interception - Met 4<br />

Me 109s. Enemy Aircraft Retired in Disorder!’, 16.1.1941,<br />

‘Interception - 10 Me 109s F/Lt MacLachlan Shot Down<br />

(We Retired In Disorder!)’; Eliot’s first success over Malta<br />

came on the 26th February, when Axis forces launched one<br />

of their biggest ‘Blitzes’ to date, ‘Interception - One Ju 87 In<br />

Flames Confirmed. One Ju Probable. (Five Hurricanes v +<br />

100 Enemy) F/O Taylor, P/O Kearsey, P/O Langdon<br />

Missing;’ he was successful at night, 11.3.1941, ‘Night<br />

Interception - Shot Down Dornier 215. Crashed In Sea<br />

(Illuminated By Searchlights)’; on the 22nd March the<br />

squadron suffered a beating, ‘Interception Ju 88s Me 109s.<br />

Squadron “Jumped” From Astern While Chasing Bombers.<br />

Five Pilots Lost Out Of Eight. Shot Down Me 109.’; despite<br />

the squadron’s continued success their battle against<br />

overwhelming odds continued into April, 11.4.1941,<br />

‘Intercepted And Shot Down Me 110 With Sgt. Pollard. Rest<br />

Of Squadron Jumped By 40 109s & Macchi 200s. P/O


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Kennett, Sgt. Waghorn Killed. P/O Mortimer & Sgt.<br />

Deacon & P/O Whitney Forced Down.’; his last victory with<br />

the squadron came on the 29th April, ‘Shot Down One Of<br />

Six Ju 88s Bombing Harbour. Shared With AA And Rest Of<br />

Section. P/O Dredge Probable 109.’<br />

Just Up The Road To 185 Squadron<br />

Due to losses 261 Squadron was forced to disb<strong>and</strong> at the end<br />

of April 1941; the remaining aircraft <strong>and</strong> crews, including<br />

Eliot, were drafted to 185 Squadron to form up at Hal Far;<br />

Eliot, as “B” Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er, was now operating against<br />

almost incessant Axis raids, 1.5.1941, ‘Interception - Jumped<br />

By Six Me 109s At 22,000ft. Sgt. Walmsley Bailed Out. P/O<br />

Innes Forced Down Wounded. Jumped Again 10 Minutes<br />

Later But No Damage. No Enemy Shot Down. Sgt. Ottey<br />

Crashed And Was Killed’ <strong>and</strong> 16.5.1941, ‘Interception -<br />

Large Formation of Me 109s Dropping Bombs And Also Me<br />

109 Fighters. Self Attacked By Two. No Damage’; despite<br />

the pressures Eliot wrote home to his mother thus,<br />

20.5.1941, ‘Well the weather here is fairly settled now <strong>and</strong> of<br />

course air activity is getting very frequent. We have many<br />

difficulties to contend with here but none the less we are<br />

getting along all right. On the whole I should say that France<br />

wasn’t a patch on this. So I leave the rest to you.<br />

I had a fairly narrow escape some weeks ago when a “small”<br />

bomb burst about eighteen yards from where myself <strong>and</strong><br />

another fellow had flung ourselves. No damage was sustained<br />

as there was a small stone wall between us <strong>and</strong> the bomb! It<br />

might have been worse!’; in September he returned to the<br />

UK, where he was awarded the D.F.C.<br />

Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er H.W. Eliot<br />

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255 Squadron - North Africa<br />

Eliot was very briefly posted as a Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 242<br />

Squadron, Digby, before being posted as a Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 74 Squadron (Spitfires), Llanbedr, October<br />

1941; with the latter he mainly flew convoy patrols until<br />

posted as Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer of 3 Delivery Flight, High<br />

Ercal, 1.4.1942; converted to Beaufighters at No. 54 Night<br />

Fighter O.T.U., August 1942; posted to 255 (Night Fighter)<br />

Squadron, Honiley, September 1942; he flew with the<br />

Squadron to North Africa in November of the same year; the<br />

Squadron got off to a disasterous start when three days after<br />

arriving, ‘Maison Blanche Bombed. F/O Wyrill Killed 12 a/c<br />

Written Off’; the surviving aircrew, including Eliot, returned<br />

to the UK to re-equip <strong>and</strong> arrived back in Algiers with their<br />

new Beaufighters, by 5.12.1942; they were immediately<br />

operational <strong>and</strong> their Beaufighters were now fitted with A.I.<br />

radar; crewed with Flying Officer Lewis, Eliot was to<br />

experience the usual technical difficulties that plagued<br />

Beaufighters fitted with A.I.; enemy activity died down at the<br />

start of the New Year leading the Squadron to undertake<br />

intruder <strong>and</strong> convoy patrols in April 1943; 16.4.1943,<br />

‘Intruder Patrol - Shot Up M.T. On Road. Sardinia’; in<br />

August 1943 Eliot became Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer of 255<br />

Squadron <strong>and</strong> took them to Sicily; 255 Squadron took part<br />

in the Salerno Bay L<strong>and</strong>ings as part of the Allied invasion of<br />

Italy, 8.9.1943, ‘Patrol Salerno Bay. Covering Allied L<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Craft’; Eliot achieved success in his Beaufighter at last,<br />

9/10.9.1943, ‘Patrol Naples - Salerno. Me 210 Destroyed.<br />

Crashed In Flames’; flying intruder patrols over the Italian


coast, he took the Squadron to Taranto on the mainl<strong>and</strong> in<br />

November; he flew patrols over the Anzio beaches in support<br />

of the Anzio L<strong>and</strong>ings, 22.1.1944; he recorded his last<br />

victory with the squadron, 31.1.1944, ‘Patrol Adriatic -<br />

Destroyed Do. 217 At Nought Feet.’<br />

256 Squadron, Central Mediterranean Force<br />

At the end of February Eliot was posted to H.Q.<br />

Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force; he served under Air<br />

Commodore J.H. Edwards, HQ MACAF, CMF <strong>and</strong> the<br />

latter wrote thus to Eliot’s father 18.3.1945, ‘I have known<br />

Hugh now for well on two years. I knew him first of all as a<br />

Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er in a Night Fighter Squadron under my<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> as CO of the same squadron during the<br />

Salerno l<strong>and</strong>ings. During that difficult time by sheer brilliance<br />

<strong>and</strong> drive he kept the squadron going on most difficult night<br />

operations for tow months continuously. These operations<br />

were only supposed to have lasted for a few days. Last<br />

summer he came... to my Headquarters in Algiers, where he<br />

had been a delightful person to have on one’s Staff. He was<br />

always itching to get back on operations <strong>and</strong> as soon his six<br />

months were up he again took over comm<strong>and</strong> of the present<br />

squadron. Within the first few nights of his arrival he had<br />

destroyed two enemy aircraft... the first successes that the<br />

squadron had had for some months. He was a brilliant pilot,<br />

a born leader <strong>and</strong> a very gallant officer. His delightful<br />

personality has endeared him to everyone. I have not written<br />

this in the formal manner of a Senior Officer to a missing<br />

officer’s parents, but as a friend of his who has admired <strong>and</strong><br />

like him enormously for a long time’; Eliot was posted as<br />

Acting Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er to the comm<strong>and</strong> of 256 Squadron<br />

(Mosquitos), Foggia, 24.9.1944; he recorded victories on<br />

4.10.1944, ‘Intruder Patrol Salonika - Ju 52 Shot Down In<br />

Flames’ <strong>and</strong> 6.10.1944, ‘Intruder Patrol Athens - Do.24<br />

Shot Down In Flames’; as targets became harder to come by<br />

the squadron extended it’s intruder patrols over Southern<br />

France <strong>and</strong> Yugoslavia; Eliot’s Mosquito was shot down by<br />

flak whilst attacking a bridge in northern Italy, 4.3.1945,<br />

both he <strong>and</strong> his navigator were killed in action; further details<br />

are given in Eliot’s obituary which was published in his old<br />

school’s chronicle, ‘He had already been reported missing<br />

<strong>and</strong> it is with very great regret that we now receive<br />

confirmation of the news of his death. We thus lose, at the<br />

eleventh hour, one whose personal charm endeared him to all<br />

<strong>and</strong> whose achievements in the R.A.F. few can have<br />

surpassed. From the earliest days of the war down to the time<br />

of his death he had seen almost continuous operational<br />

service - as P/Offr. in 1940, when he was wounded <strong>and</strong><br />

“mentioned in despatches”, as F/Lieut. in 1941 in Malta,<br />

where he was credited with the destruction of at least eight<br />

enemy planes <strong>and</strong> awarded the D.F.C.; as Sq. Ldr. in 1942 in<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> North Africa; as Wing Cmdr. in 1943 in Sicily,<br />

where he must have been one of the youngest officers to hold<br />

such rank; <strong>and</strong> in the following year in Italy, where he<br />

received the D.S.O. for his distinguished services. On March<br />

3 [sic], 1945, when he might very easily have left the duty to<br />

others, his keeness took him on an operational flight over<br />

Northern Italy from which his plane was the only one not to<br />

return, <strong>and</strong> it has since been established that he <strong>and</strong> his<br />

navigator were killed instantly in the Polesella area <strong>and</strong> given<br />

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a ceremonial burial by the local Priest in the Polesella<br />

cemetery. His long <strong>and</strong> splendid service <strong>and</strong> the near<br />

approach of the end of the war in Europe heighten the<br />

tragedy of his death, <strong>and</strong> we cannot but feel that this is one<br />

of the saddest of the many sad losses we have had to record.’<br />

The effect of his loss on friends <strong>and</strong> family is illustrated in the<br />

fine archive of letters accompanying his <strong>medals</strong>. A selection<br />

from which is listed below:<br />

A poignant returned letter addressed to him from his<br />

sweetheart, dated 12.3.1945, eight days after he was killed in<br />

action, ‘I have one of your pictures in the celluoid backed<br />

side of my wallet. The more I look at it the more I love it. I<br />

must answer your last letter, let me see what did you say - You<br />

were going on a “Show”. I do hope you got back safely<br />

without mishap. Would I know if anything happened darling?<br />

I couldn’t bear to think anything would, oh it musn’t darling.<br />

I hate to admit it but I say a prayer for you every night,<br />

honestly.... Hugh I only wish you could have another leave in<br />

the UK <strong>and</strong> just bully me into the nearest church.’<br />

A letter to Eliot’s parents, dated 28.9.1945, from Air Chief<br />

Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, ‘I am writing to you to express my<br />

deepest regrets at the loss of your son Hugh. I have known<br />

Hugh for a long time <strong>and</strong> I have the greatest admiration for<br />

his stirling qualities. We were together in Malta. Later, he<br />

joined me in North Africa where he served under me as a Staff<br />

Officer <strong>and</strong> Flight <strong>and</strong> Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er. I was very<br />

fond of Hugh. He was by far the most efficient <strong>and</strong> popular<br />

officer on my Staff <strong>and</strong> a superlative Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

Everyone in his squadron admired his courage <strong>and</strong> with it of<br />

course, he had such a delightful personality.<br />

His death came as a very great shock to me as I had always<br />

looked forward to seeing Hugh again. We knew each other<br />

so well <strong>and</strong> he stayed with me often.’<br />

Shortly after Eliot’s death, his friend Flying Officer Richard<br />

Bradley composed a poem about him entitled ‘Hugh’, which<br />

he sent to Eliot’s parents, 10.4.1945:<br />

High-borne upon the capricious billows of this life,<br />

Sedulous of duty, his faith unmoved by strife<br />

Of warring elements around, within, above,<br />

His instant neighbour death, his constant confide love.<br />

He passed in sudden tumult, ‘the great surrender made<br />

Into that light that never more shall fade,’<br />

The sky o’er Venice claimed him, the ‘Eternal L<strong>and</strong>’ his<br />

limbs,<br />

And the Eternal City arose, his hymn of hymns.<br />

Fire met fire, his spirit fervent, heroic, good,<br />

Of glorious dissemination passed on to the flood;<br />

His life - a vibrant freshet in Time’s gravid, steady wave;<br />

His death - a cry ‘to save mankind, himself he scorned to<br />

save.’<br />

But from our sphere of sorrow we see nor light nor gain;<br />

Our conning of God’s subtle ways that pass <strong>and</strong> turn again,<br />

Our scanning books, our aching prayers unanswered, all seem<br />

vain.<br />

Yet in our hearts in depths profound our Hugh, dear Hugh<br />

will live,<br />

Encompassed by the warmest, greatest gifts that man can give<br />

To man - his thoughts.


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The Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. Group of Eight to Brigadier-<br />

General D.J.E. Beale-Browne, 9th Lancers, Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 2nd Cavalry<br />

Brigade<br />

a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with integral top<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia,<br />

Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. D.J.E. Beale-Browne. 9/Lcrs.)<br />

c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Capt. D.J.E. Beale-Browne. 9/Lcrs.)<br />

d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Major D.J.E. Beale-Browne. 9/Lrs.)<br />

e) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Brig. Gen. D.J.E. Beale-<br />

Browne.)<br />

f) Coronation 1911<br />

g) Coronation 1937, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn,<br />

with the recipients nine related miniature awards, these also including a Belgian<br />

Order of the Crown (8)<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

D.S.O. London Gazette 26.6.1916 Maj. <strong>and</strong> Bt. Lt.-Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) Desmond John<br />

Edward Beale-Browne, 9th Lrs.<br />

‘For distinguished service in the field.’<br />

Brigadier-General Douglas John Edward Beale-Browne, D.S.O., born July 1870;<br />

educated at Eton <strong>and</strong> Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 9th<br />

Lancers, May 1891; promoted Lieutenant, January 1893; served as Adjutant, March 1895<br />

to April 1899; served in South Africa as Aide-de-Camp on the Staff of Lieutenant-General<br />

Sir F. Forestier Walker August 1899 to May 1900, <strong>and</strong> present during operations in<br />

Rhodesia, April to May 1900; Staff Intelligence Officer, May to October 1900; <strong>and</strong><br />

Assistant Military Secretary, November 1900 to October 1901; promoted Captain,<br />

1.1.1901; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 16.8.1914 (Twice<br />

Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22.6.1915 <strong>and</strong> 15.6.1916), Awarded the<br />

D.S.O., <strong>and</strong> appointed Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel); Appointed temporary Brigadier-<br />

General Comm<strong>and</strong>ing 2nd Cavalry Brigade; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 15.3.1916;<br />

retired with the rank of Brigadier-General, 1.9.1920; Appointed a Justice of the Peace,<br />

1925; High Sheriff of Sussex, 1932; <strong>and</strong> Deputy Lieutenant, April 1937; Appointed<br />

Colonel of the 9th Lancers, 13.3.1936; retired, 4.7.1940. Brigadier-General Beale-Browne<br />

died 26.1.1953.<br />

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The Second War ‘Italian Theatre’ M.B.E. Group of Seven to Major M. Moss,<br />

Royal Electrical <strong>and</strong> Mechanical Engineers, Late Royal Army Ordnance Corps<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division,<br />

Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver<br />

b)1939-1945 Star<br />

c) Africa Star<br />

d) Italy Star<br />

e) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf<br />

f) Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension<br />

(7580939 W.O. Cl.II, M. Moss. R.A.O.C.), light contact marks throughout, generally<br />

very fine, mounted as originally worn (7)<br />

£250-300<br />

M.B.E. London Gazette 13.12.1945 Major (temporary) Matthew Moss (199181), Royal<br />

Electrical <strong>and</strong> Mechanical Engineers (Chorley, Lancs.)<br />

‘In recognition of gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished services in Italy.’<br />

The recommendation, dated 7.10.1945, states: ‘This officer has been in charge of the REME<br />

Civil Labour Officer which has dealt with the trade testing, allocation, <strong>and</strong> payment of all skilled,<br />

semi-skilled, <strong>and</strong> unskilled civilian labour in REME Base Installations. These installations are<br />

mostly located in Naples, Rome, <strong>and</strong> the Bari area, <strong>and</strong> sub-labour offices were set up by Major<br />

Moss in all these towns. The total civilian labour employed exceeds 24,000. Major Moss has<br />

displayed quite exceptional devotion to duty in organising this complex work, <strong>and</strong> it is largely<br />

through his outst<strong>and</strong>ing personal efforts that labour troubles in the workshops have been<br />

negligible, <strong>and</strong> that the vital programmes of operational tasks have never been interrupted.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 29.11.1945 Maj. (temp.) M. Moss (199181), Royal Electrical <strong>and</strong><br />

Mechanical Engineers<br />

‘In recognition of gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished services in Italy.’<br />

Major Matthew Moss, M.B.E., Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance<br />

Corps, 7.6.1941; transferred <strong>and</strong> appointed Lieutenant Quarter Master, Royal Electrical <strong>and</strong><br />

Mechanical Engineers, 1.10.1942; served during the Second War with the Royal Electrical <strong>and</strong><br />

Mechanical Engineers in North Africa <strong>and</strong> Italy, in charge of the Civil Labour Office; transferred<br />

to the General List, 25.1.1952; relinquished his Commission with the honorary rank of Major,<br />

29.3.1956.<br />

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The Great War 1915 D.S.C. <strong>and</strong> Lloyd’s Medal Group of Four to Lieutenant J.R. Green, Royal<br />

Naval Reserve, For His Gallantry In Facing Down a German U-Boat in a Four Hour Duel And<br />

Keeping the Union Flag ‘Proudly Flying High’<br />

a) Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1914), reverse engraved in large serif<br />

capitals ‘Lieut. John R. Green. R.N.R. 27th. March 1915’<br />

b) British War Medal (John. R. Green)<br />

c) Mercantile Marine War Medal (John. R. Green.)<br />

d) Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service, silver, circular type (Captain John Richard Green, D.S.C..<br />

S.S.”Vosges”, 27th. March 1915.), suspension claw loose on last, otherwise nearly extremely fine, together with<br />

various newspaper articles (4)<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

D.S.C. London Gazette 9.4.1915 Lieutenant John Richard Green, Royal Naval Reserve<br />

‘In recognition of his gallant <strong>and</strong> resolute conduct when the steamship “ Vosges,” of which he was in comm<strong>and</strong>, was<br />

attacked by a German submarine on the 27th March, 1915.’<br />

Attack on the Vosges<br />

‘At 10:15 a.m. on the 27th March, 1915, the Vosges, bound for Cardiff, was approaching the Scilly Isles when the<br />

German Submarine U28 [comm<strong>and</strong>ed by Captain G. von Forstner] suddenly appeared <strong>and</strong> ordered the steamer to heaveto.<br />

Captain Green refused, increased speed, <strong>and</strong> fired rockets to summon help, having ordered all the firemen below <strong>and</strong><br />

asked the passengers to volunteer to assist them, which they did willingly. The submarine opened fire from straight astern.<br />

A shell crashed into the Vosges, near the bridge, <strong>and</strong> Captain Green, hoisting the British Colours as a sign that he was<br />

ready to accept battle, swung his steamer round in an attempt to ram the U boat. Although shell after shell crashed into<br />

the Vosges, Captain Green did not ab<strong>and</strong>on efforts to ram his attacker. One of the enemy shells cut the steamer’s ensign<br />

staff <strong>and</strong> blew the flag overboard. Instantly Green hoisted another Union Jack at the foremast head. When this was also<br />

carried away by a shell, the indomitable captain hoisted new colours which fluttered proudly from a signal yard.<br />

The duel lasted four hours, <strong>and</strong> the steamer’s hull was riddled in some places, <strong>and</strong> numerous fires were raging, which the<br />

crew <strong>and</strong> passengers were striving to extinguish. The chief engineer was killed near the stokehold by a shell striking him<br />

in the chest whilst he was exhorting the firemen <strong>and</strong> volunteers to further efforts. The second mate was hit in the arm<br />

whilst on the bridge. One fireman was hit in the wrist, <strong>and</strong> the mess-room boy was hit in the leg. The mate was slightly<br />

wounded in the h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> splinters also grazed the captain’s h<strong>and</strong>. One lady passenger was slightly wounded in the foot.<br />

Eventually the submarine sheered off, when destroyers were signalled, <strong>and</strong> the Vosges made all speed to Milford Haven.<br />

Water, however, was gaining rapidly on the pumps. Then H.M.S. Wintonia came up, all h<strong>and</strong>s were safely transferred,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Vosges sank beneath the waves’ (account in the Liverpool Echo refers).<br />

In recognition of his gallant conduct Green was granted a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve, back-dated to the date<br />

of the action, <strong>and</strong> awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Captain von Forstner, the comm<strong>and</strong>er of U28, writing that<br />

evening in his diary, recorded: ‘I was so impressed by the extraordinary gallantry of this English captain, whose conduct<br />

was above all praise, that if, contrary to expectation, his severely damaged ship reaches port, he, by his plucky conduct,<br />

will have earned the reward offered by his Government.’<br />

Lieutenant John Richard Green, D.S.C., of Liverpool; Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, 27.3.1915,<br />

<strong>and</strong> awarded the Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service.<br />

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15<br />

The Superb <strong>and</strong> Scarce Great War ‘Western Front’<br />

M.C., D.C.M. Group of Seven to Sergeant Major<br />

J. Littler, Grenadier Guards, Who Formed Part of<br />

the Bearer Company at the Funeral of King<br />

Edward VII, For Which He Was Awarded the<br />

R.V.M.<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily<br />

engraved ‘8380 Sgt. Major J. Littler, 4th Bn. Gren<br />

Gds’<br />

b) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8380 Drill<br />

Sjt. J. Littler. 2/G.G.)<br />

c) 1914 Star, with Bar (8380 Dr. Sjt. J. Littler, 2/G.<br />

Gds.)<br />

d) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(8380 W.O.Cl.I. J. Littler. G. Gds.)<br />

e) Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze (8380 Sgt.<br />

J. Littler. 1st Bn. Gren. Gds. Bearer Party)<br />

f) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field<br />

Marshal’s bust’ type (8380 S. Mjr. J. Littler. G. Gds.),<br />

suspension repaired on R.V.M., otherwise generally<br />

nearly very fine or better, with a group photograph of<br />

the recipient (7)<br />

£4,000-5,000<br />

M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1918 8380 S.M. Joseph Littler,<br />

D.C.M., G. Gds<br />

‘For distinguished service in connection with Military<br />

Operations in France <strong>and</strong> Fl<strong>and</strong>ers.’<br />

D.C.M. London Gazette 30.6.1915 8380 Drill-Serjeant (now<br />

Warrant Officer, Class II), Littler, J. 2nd Battalion, Grenadier<br />

Guards<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry throughout the <strong>campaign</strong>. He has<br />

rendered invaluable service on all occasions <strong>and</strong> has never<br />

failed in any duty allotted to him however dangerous.’<br />

R.V.M. London Gazette 7.6.1910 Colour Sergeant Littler,<br />

Joseph, King’s Company (Bearer Company), 1st Battalion,<br />

Grenadier Guards<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 22.5.1917 Littler, No. 8380 Serjt.-<br />

Maj. J., Grenadier Guards<br />

Sergeant Major Joseph Littler, M.C., D.C.M., R.V.M.,<br />

born Runcorn, Cheshire, 1876; enlisted in the Grenadier<br />

Guards, October 1899; formed part of the Bearer Party at the<br />

Funeral of H.M. King Edward VII, 20.5.1910; served during<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Sergeant Major J. Littler (centre)<br />

the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front<br />

from 13.8.1914, <strong>and</strong> promoted Drill Sergeant ‘in the field’;<br />

transferred to the 4th Battalion with the rank of Sergeant<br />

Major, May 1918; discharged October 1920 after 21 years<br />

with the Colours.


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Family Group:<br />

The Great War 1918 ‘Salonika’ M.C. Group of Four to Captain G.E. Gleave,<br />

Royal Lancaster Regiment<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. G.E. Gleave.)<br />

c) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm<br />

on rib<strong>and</strong>, Victory Medal fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with the recipient’s<br />

related miniature awards <strong>and</strong> the following related items:<br />

- A portrait photograph of the recipient on his wedding day<br />

- A most extensive <strong>and</strong> comprehensive file of research<br />

M.C. London Gazette 1.2.1919 T./2nd Lt. George Edmund Gleave, R. Lan. R. (Salonika)<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> initiative on 19th September, 1918. The O.C. <strong>and</strong> adjutant<br />

being wounded early in an attack on P4, he took over duties of adjutant. During the attack he<br />

displayed great gallantry in supervising the operation. The final objective was not carried out,<br />

<strong>and</strong> a withdrawal was ordered, when the captain comm<strong>and</strong>ing the battalion was wounded. He<br />

reorganised all the available men he could find, took comm<strong>and</strong> of these <strong>and</strong> informed the<br />

brigade of his disposition. Throughout the day he showed himself a gallant <strong>and</strong> fearless leader,<br />

<strong>and</strong> set a fine example to all under his comm<strong>and</strong>.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 30.1.1919 Gleave, T./ Lt. G.E., M.C., Royal Lancaster Regiment<br />

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21.7.1919 Temporary Lieutenant (acting Captain)<br />

George Edmund Gleave, M.C., Royal Lancashire Regiment<br />

‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the <strong>campaign</strong>.’<br />

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<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

16<br />

The Second War ‘Operation Market’ Dutch Bronze Cross Group of Five to<br />

Dakota Observer Warrant Officer G.D. Gleave, Royal Air Force Volunteer<br />

Reserve, Shot Down Over Arnhem, 23.9.1944, He Was Taken Prisoner of War<br />

1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star, with France nd Germany Bar; Defence <strong>and</strong> War<br />

Medals;<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Kingdom, Bronze Cross, in Gaunt, London, case of issue, suspension<br />

ring re-affixed on last, otherwise extremely fine, with the following related items:<br />

- Two Bestowal Documents for the Dutch Bronze Cross, one in Dutch <strong>and</strong> one in<br />

English, with Air Ministry enclosure<br />

- The recipient’s rib<strong>and</strong> bar <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force Observer’s brevet<br />

- The recipient’s identity tag <strong>and</strong> Prisoner of War identity tag<br />

- Arnhem 50th Anniversary Medal<br />

- The recipient’s Engl<strong>and</strong> Lacrosse blazer badge<br />

- Portrait photograph of the recipient<br />

- A most extensive <strong>and</strong> comprehensive file of research (lot)<br />

£1,400-1,800<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Bronze Cross London Gazette 2.9.1949 Flight Sergeant 1531331 George Derek<br />

Gleave, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve<br />

‘In recognition of valuable service rendered during the war.’<br />

The original Dutch citation states: ‘This airman joined No. 48 Squadron in September 1943,<br />

<strong>and</strong> as navigator of aircraft he has participated in many operational sorties. Flight Sergeant<br />

Gleave participated in four sorties during the airborne operations at Arnhem <strong>and</strong> on the last of<br />

these missions his aircraft was shot down. Flight Sergeant Gleave was wounded <strong>and</strong> made a<br />

prisoner of war. Throughout he has set a fine example <strong>and</strong> contributed materially to the success<br />

achieved by his crew.’<br />

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Captain G.E. Gleave on his wedding day<br />

Captain George Edmund Gleave, M.C., born Manchester,<br />

1891; enlisted as 511899 Private, Royal Highl<strong>and</strong>ers (Black<br />

Watch), 11.11.1915; served with the Regiment on the<br />

Western Front from 11.3.1916; wounded by a gun shot<br />

wound to the head, 16.6.1916; Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Lancaster<br />

Regiment, 28.3.1917; served with the Regiment in Salonika,<br />

<strong>and</strong> awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at the Battle of<br />

Doiran, 19.9.1918, when, following the order to retire, as<br />

the only officer in the Battalion not taken as a casualty, he<br />

immediately took the necessary measures for defence;<br />

appointed Adjutant <strong>and</strong> acting Captain, 20.9.1918; retired,<br />

22.3.1919; died 1958.<br />

1531331 Warrant Officer George Derek Gleave, born<br />

Manchester, August 1922, the son Captain G.E. Gleave,<br />

M.C.; educated at Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire, where<br />

he became a keen lacrosse player; on the outbreak of the<br />

Second War joined the Home Guard, enlisting in the 39th<br />

Cheshire Battalion, <strong>and</strong> volunteered for the Royal Air Force.<br />

Enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,<br />

26.5.1941, <strong>and</strong> posted to No.5 Initial Training Wing at<br />

Torquay. Following training in Canada, he was presented<br />

with his Observer’s Brevet <strong>and</strong> promoted Sergeant,<br />

19.9.1942. Following further training in Canada, he<br />

returned to the U.K., <strong>and</strong> his first operational posting was to<br />

No.48 Squadron (Hudsons), Coastal Comm<strong>and</strong> in<br />

September 1943, based in Gibraltar <strong>and</strong> engaged on air sea<br />

rescue, anti-submarine sweeps, <strong>and</strong> air cover for shipping<br />

duties. In February 1944 the Squadron returned to Bircham<br />

Newton <strong>and</strong> transferred from Coastal to Transport<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong> duties.<br />

Gleave’s first operation with the Squadron in its new role was<br />

on the 5th/6th June 1944. Taking off at 23:26 hours on the<br />

eve of ‘D’ Day, carrying 15 paratroopers in his Dakota, he<br />

‘dropped’ them over Norm<strong>and</strong>y at 01:04 hours on ‘D’ Day.<br />

For the next three months he was involved in transporting<br />

materials, bombs, blood, <strong>and</strong> medical supplies to l<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

grounds in France, returning with casualties <strong>and</strong> the<br />

occasional German Prisoner of War.<br />

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Warrant Officer G.D. Gleave<br />

Operation Market<br />

On the 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was<br />

launched. Gleave’s Dakota took off from Down Ampney at<br />

09:57 hours, towing a ‘Horsa’ glider with troops of the 1st<br />

Airborne Division, bound for L<strong>and</strong>ing Zone ‘S’, west of<br />

Arnhem. A successful release was made on the approach to<br />

the L<strong>and</strong>ing Zone. The next day he was involved in identical<br />

duties, <strong>and</strong> again made a successful release. Two days later,<br />

on the 20th September, on his third trip to Arnhem his<br />

Dakota was met with accurate machine gun fire <strong>and</strong> heavy<br />

flak, although he came through unscathed. Three days later,<br />

on the 23rd September, he was involved on a re-supply<br />

mission, carrying medical supplies to Drop Zone ‘V’. On the<br />

initial run up to the Drop Zone the aircraft was hit several<br />

times, <strong>and</strong> on the final run the aircraft was again hit by<br />

incendiary bullets, resulting in the whole of the underside of<br />

the aircraft <strong>and</strong> cabin being set ablaze. His pilot, Pilot Officer<br />

Pring, attempted to l<strong>and</strong> the blazing Dakota on the south<br />

side of the Rhine, which was in Allied h<strong>and</strong>s, but, having to<br />

ab<strong>and</strong>on the attempt, crashed near the railway bridge at<br />

Oosterbeek in German-held territory. Pring was killed<br />

instantly; Gleave <strong>and</strong> two of his companions managed to get<br />

out of the blazing aircraft, but, despite being obviously<br />

unarmed, were immediately sniped at by an SS unit, killing<br />

one of the crew. Eventually, Wehrmacht soldiers came to<br />

their rescue, <strong>and</strong> Gleave was taken to hospital, where he was<br />

operated on to remove two bullets from his abdomen <strong>and</strong> to<br />

treat burns to his face, ears, <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s. His sole surviving<br />

crew-mate died in the hospital,<br />

Having recovered sufficiently from his injuries, he was sent in<br />

February 1945 as a Prisoner of War to Stalag VIIA at<br />

Mooseburg where he remained until the closing stages of the<br />

War until, along with two other PoWs, he liberated himself<br />

when the German guards left the camp, <strong>and</strong> arrived in Paris<br />

on VE-Day to join in the celebrations. Repatriated back to<br />

the U.K., he was discharged on the 10th October 1946.<br />

After the War he maintained his sporting interests, <strong>and</strong><br />

represented Great Britain in Lacrosse against a team from the<br />

United States at Wembley Stadium, 5.8.1948, in an<br />

exhibition match as part of the 1948 London Olympics.


17<br />

The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of<br />

Grace’s set of insignia, neck Badge, 54mm, silver <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, lions <strong>and</strong> unicorns in angles; Star, 70mm,<br />

silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, lions <strong>and</strong> unicorns in angles, good<br />

very fine, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in case of issue<br />

The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Officer’s<br />

breast Badge, 42mm, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, lions <strong>and</strong><br />

unicorns in angles, extremely fine (3)<br />

£300-400<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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The Order of St. John Group of Eight to Major<br />

W.G.S. Tozer, Grenadier Guards<br />

a) The Most Venerable Order of St. John,<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s neck Badge, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, lions<br />

<strong>and</strong> unicorns in angles<br />

b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Officer’s<br />

breast Badge, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, lions <strong>and</strong> unicorns in<br />

angles<br />

c) 1939-1945 Star<br />

d) France <strong>and</strong> Germany Star<br />

e) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

f) General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus<br />

(Major W.G.S. Tozer Gren. Gds.), surname partially<br />

officially corrected<br />

g) Coronation 1953, good very fine, mounted court<br />

style as worn, with the recipient’s related miniature<br />

awards <strong>and</strong> a silver Order of St. John lapel badge (8)<br />

£350-450<br />

Major William Gordon Sykes Tozer, the son of Colonel<br />

William Tozer, C.B.E., T.D.; Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards, 8.3.1941; promoted<br />

Lieutenant, 17.8.1943; Captain, 17.2.1948; Major,<br />

17.2.1955.<br />

For the other <strong>medals</strong> to the Tozer family see Lots 8 <strong>and</strong> 356.


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The Boer War D.C.M. Group of Eight to<br />

Squadron Sergeant Major G.W. Mortiboy, 18th<br />

Hussars, attached Bethune’s Mounted Infantry,<br />

Later City of London Imperial Yeomanry<br />

a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt:-<br />

Maj: G.W. Mortiboy. Bethune’s M.I.)<br />

b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of<br />

Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2734 Sq. Sjt. M:<br />

G.W. Mortiboy. 18/Hrs.)<br />

c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2734 S.<br />

Serjt:-Maj: G. Mortiboy. 18th. Hussars)<br />

d) Defence Medal<br />

e) Coronation 1902, bronze<br />

f) Coronation 1937<br />

g) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (2734 Sq: Sjt:<br />

Maj: G.W. Mortiboy. 18th. Hussars.)<br />

h) Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sq. S. Mjr.<br />

G.W. Mortiboy. D.C.M. 18-Hrs.), very fine or better,<br />

with the following related items:<br />

- A silver three piece presentation tea set, by Joseph<br />

Rodgers <strong>and</strong> Sons, Sheffield, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

Sheffield 1910), the tea pot inscribed ‘Presented to<br />

S.S.M. G.W. Mortiboy by his comrades in the City of<br />

London Yeo. (Rough Riders) on his retirement 1st<br />

May 1911’<br />

- A silver 12-inch presentation salver, by Joseph Rodgers<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sons, Sheffield, electro-plated, inscribed ‘Presented<br />

to S.S.M. G.W. Mortiboy by the Members of<br />

Permanent Staff City of London Yeo. (Rough Riders)<br />

on his retiring 1st May 1911’<br />

- The recipient’s Bible, given to him by his<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>mother, with h<strong>and</strong>written details of his military<br />

service on the flyleaf<br />

- Three photographs of the recipient (lot)<br />

£3,000-3,500<br />

D.C.M. London Gazette 31.10.1902 Sergeant-Major G.W.<br />

Mortiboy, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry<br />

‘In recognition of services during the operations in South<br />

Africa.’<br />

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31<br />

Squadron Sergeant Major George William Mortiboy,<br />

D.C.M., born Edmonton, Middlesex, 1864; enlisted in the<br />

18th Hussars, October 1884; promoted Corporal, May<br />

1888; Sergeant, September 1889; served with the Regiment<br />

in India from September 1891 to October 1898; promoted<br />

Squadron Sergeant Major, May 1894; sailed with the<br />

Regiment to South Africa in October 1898, <strong>and</strong> saw action<br />

during the Boer War, both with the 18th Hussars <strong>and</strong><br />

subsequently on attachment with Lieutenant-Colonel<br />

Bethune’s Mounted Infantry from 20.12.1899: ‘While we<br />

were at Ladysmith a force under Colonel Bethune had been<br />

holding Greytown <strong>and</strong> the line of the Tugela, that force<br />

being five squadron’s Bethune’s M.I., one squadron Umvoti<br />

Mounted Rifles, two 12-pounders, R.G.A., two 7-pounders,<br />

Natal Field Artillery, two Hotchkiss, Natal Field Artillery, <strong>and</strong><br />

six companies of Imperial Light Infantry. This force I had<br />

directed to advance concurrently with our advance on<br />

Vermaak’s Kraal, <strong>and</strong> we established connection with it on<br />

the morning of the 13th May. Colonel Bethune’s<br />

arrangements had been very good. He had seized during the<br />

night, with his left, the hills which comm<strong>and</strong>ed the southern<br />

sides of the pass up which we had to approach. Shortly before<br />

noon we advanced up the pass. The enemy made a poor<br />

defence <strong>and</strong> fled, pursued by the Colonial mounted troops<br />

Natal was, almost without loss, cleared of the enemy’<br />

(General Buller’s Despatch, dated 24.5.1900 refers). Twice<br />

Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 8.2.1901 <strong>and</strong><br />

29.7.1902), the first being in the despatch mentioned above,<br />

<strong>and</strong> awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal; awarded the<br />

Coronation Medal 1902 for being part of the Coronation<br />

Contingent; Awarded L.S.&G.C., 11.4.1903; transferred to<br />

the City of London Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders),<br />

16.5.1903; discharged, 1.5.1911; re-enlisted for service<br />

during the Great War in the City of London Yeomanry<br />

Reserve, 14.9.1914, <strong>and</strong> served throughout the War in<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> as Regimental Sergeant Major; retired, 23.5.1919.<br />

Squadron Sergeant Major Mortiboy was awarded<br />

Meritorious Service Medal in June 1939, <strong>and</strong> died in<br />

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 12.3.1948.


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20<br />

The Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Sergeant J. Mundy,<br />

Wiltshire Regiment<br />

a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2734 Serjt: J. Mundy. Wilts:<br />

Regt.)<br />

b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange<br />

Free State, Transvaal (2734 Sgt. J. Mundy, 2nd. Wilts: Regt.), unofficial<br />

rivets between 2nd <strong>and</strong> 3rd clasps<br />

c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2734 Serjt: J. Munday. Wilts:<br />

Regt.), light contact marks, nearly very fine (3)<br />

£1,800-2,200<br />

D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Sergeant J. Mundy, The Duke of Edinburgh’s<br />

(Wiltshire Regiment)<br />

‘In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.’<br />

2734 Sergeant J. Mundy, D.C.M., served with the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire<br />

Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War; Mentioned in Despatches (London<br />

Gazette 10.9.1901) <strong>and</strong> awarded the D.C.M. ‘for assisting a wounded officer under<br />

heavy fire at Hobkirk’s Farm, Rensburg, 12.2.1900.’ (Rudolph refers). ‘That day the<br />

Battalion lost 2 men killed <strong>and</strong> 1 officer [Captain W.S. Brown] <strong>and</strong> 11 men<br />

wounded’ (British Regiments in South Africa, J. Stirling, refers).<br />

For the <strong>medals</strong> to Captain W.S. Brown see Lot 53<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

21<br />

A Scarce 1920 ‘Aden Field Force’ I.D.S.M. to Private Nayanar, 75th<br />

Carnatic Infantry, Indian Army<br />

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Pte Nayanar, 75 C. Infy),<br />

heavy edge bruising <strong>and</strong> contact marks, nearly very fine<br />

£500-600<br />

I.D.S.M. Indian Government General Order 89 1919 Nayanar, 3705 Pte., 75th<br />

Carnatic Infantry (Aden).<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 23.7.1920 Nayanar, 3705 Pte., 75th Carnatic Inf., I.A.<br />

‘For valuable <strong>and</strong> distinguished service rendered in connection with Military<br />

Operations in the Aden Field Force, during the period 1st June, 1918, to 30th<br />

April, 1919.’<br />

Approximately 67 I.D.S.M.s awarded for Aden during the period 1914-1922.<br />

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Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D. Mc.Kenzie, Greasr. (M.M.)<br />

H.M.S. Princess Margaret. 1915-6.), lacquered, good very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

D.S.M. London Gazette 25.10.1916 Greaser Duncan McKenzie, Mercantile Rating.<br />

The award of the Distinguished Service Medal was in recognition of good services<br />

<strong>and</strong> devotion to duty whilst serving in the Minelayer H.M.S. Princess Margaret. In<br />

December 1914 the Princess Margaret was taken up from Merchant Service <strong>and</strong><br />

converted to a Minelayer, with a mine carrying capacity of 500 mines. She was one<br />

of the largest Minelayers used by the Royal Navy.<br />

23<br />

The Great War 1916 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. Group of Four to<br />

Lieutenant J. Barratt, Royal Army Medical Corps, Later Tank Corps<br />

a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (42047 Sjt: J. Barratt. 59/F.A. R.A.M.C.)<br />

b) 1914-15 Star (42047 Cpl.- A.Sjt.- J. Barratt. R.A.M.C.)<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Barratt), nearly extremely<br />

fine (4)<br />

£200-240<br />

M.M. London Gazette 11.11.1916 42407 Sjt. J. Barratt, R.A.M.C.<br />

Lieutenant J. Barratt, M.M., served with the 59th Field Ambulance, Royal Army<br />

Medical Corps, during the Great War on the Western Front; Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Tank Corps, 30.1.1918; promoted Lieutenant, 30.7.1919; retired,<br />

10.8.1920.<br />

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24<br />

A Scarce Second War 1941 ‘Evacuation of Greece <strong>and</strong> Yugoslavia’ D.F.M. Group of<br />

Six to Sunderl<strong>and</strong> Air Gunner Warrant Officer W.H. Yates, Royal Air Force; Later<br />

Shot Down Whilst Engaging A Submarine Over the Mediterranean He Was Taken<br />

Prisoner of War by the Italians, 1.8.1941; Having Managed to Escape, He Was Re-<br />

Captured by the Germans in 1943<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (536375. L.A.C. W.H. Yates. R.A.F.)<br />

b) 1939-1945 Star<br />

c) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar<br />

d) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

e) Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the following<br />

related documents &c.:<br />

R.A.F. Observer’s <strong>and</strong> Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 4.10.1939-<br />

1.8.1941<br />

- R.A.F. Service <strong>and</strong> Release Book<br />

- The recipient’s Goldfish Club Card, dated 1.8.1941<br />

- The recipient’s Returned British Prisoners of War Association Membership card<br />

- A copy of ‘Flight Out of Yugoslavia’, the recipient’s account of evacuating V.I.P.s from<br />

Yugoslavia, 17.4.1941, prior to its fall to Germany<br />

- H<strong>and</strong>le with Care, a book of sketches drawn in German Prison Camps, inscribed by the<br />

recipient<br />

- The recipient’s Ministry of Aviation Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Licence<br />

- Various letters regarding the award of the Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal<br />

- Commemorative Italian Prisoner of War Medal for Merit, bronze, with top rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

- Various photographs of the recipient (lot)<br />

£2,200-2,600<br />

D.F.M. London Gazette 21.11.1941 536375 Leading Aircraftman William Henry Yates, Royal Air Force<br />

‘For gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty in the execution of air operations.’<br />

The Recommendation, dated 30.7.1941, states: ‘Leading Aircraftsman Yates was Rigger/ Air Gunner<br />

in Sunderl<strong>and</strong> L2166 during the evacuation from Greece. L2166 carried out 58 hours 10 minutes<br />

operational flying <strong>and</strong> carried 138 passengers during the evacuation operations between 17 April <strong>and</strong> 2<br />

May 1941. Although called upon to work both day <strong>and</strong> night <strong>and</strong> often 24 hours at a stretch he has<br />

never once failed any dem<strong>and</strong>. His devotion to duty <strong>and</strong> continual cheerfulness under adverse conditions<br />

has been a continual inspiration to the Officers <strong>and</strong> men of the aircraft. LAC Yates has carried out 102<br />

sorties totalling 657.40 operational hours since the outbreak of War with Italy. He has been under<br />

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Warrant Officer W.H. Yates<br />

continual operations during this period. The serviceability of the machine has been such that not once<br />

has it failed to answer to requirements. This has been largely due to this airman. He has been involved<br />

in 5 enemy actions <strong>and</strong> has displayed skill <strong>and</strong> efficiency. His devotion to his duties which not only<br />

included those of an air gunner but also the maintenance of his aircraft has been outst<strong>and</strong>ing particularly<br />

when operating from advanced bases without the usual ground staff facilities.’<br />

536375 Warrant Officer William Henry Yates, D.F.M., born 15.4.1917; enlisted in the Royal Air<br />

Force, 24.11.1936; served during the Second World War with No.230 Squadron (Sunderl<strong>and</strong>s), based<br />

in Egypt, carrying out anti-submarine patrols over the Mediterranean; Operations stepped up with the<br />

entry of Italy to the War, <strong>and</strong> Yates’s first direct contact with the enemy occurred when flying from<br />

Malta to Alex<strong>and</strong>ria, 15.9.1940: ‘Engaged Cant 506 fired 300 rounds’ (recipient’s Log Book refers);<br />

Yates saw further action on the 12th October: ‘Bombed 4 M.T. Boats <strong>and</strong> sighted Italian Fleet’ (ibid),<br />

before the Squadron’s role shifted to transporting freight <strong>and</strong> troops between Egypt <strong>and</strong> North Africa.<br />

Between April <strong>and</strong> May 1941 Yates was involved in the evacuation of Greece, Yugoslavia, <strong>and</strong> Crete,<br />

during which his Sunderl<strong>and</strong> safely transported 138 passengers, including a number of V.I.P.s on the<br />

German ‘Hit List’ that were evacuated from Kotor, Montenegro, 17.4.1941, the day the Yugoslav Royal<br />

Army capitulated to the Germans.<br />

Yates had further contact with the enemy on the 12th June: ‘Italian submarine machine gunned. 100<br />

rounds front turret’ (ibid), before resuming passenger operations, including carrying the Air Officer<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ing in Chief, Middle East Comm<strong>and</strong>, Air Marshal Arthur Tedder (later Marshal of the Royal<br />

Air Force Lord Tedder, G.C.B.) from Cairo to Aboukir, 26.7.1941. Yates’s final flight was a patrol over<br />

the Mediterranean, 1.8.1941- his Sunderl<strong>and</strong> was shot down over the sea by an Italian submarine; eight<br />

of his crew members were killed, while Yates <strong>and</strong> three others joined the Goldfish Club by making use<br />

of their emergency dinghy, later to be picked up by the submarine <strong>and</strong> made Prisoners of War.<br />

Incarcerated in the Sulmona camp, in the mountains approximately 60 miles east of Rome, Yates<br />

succeeded in escaping in 1943, before being re-captured by the Germans <strong>and</strong> spending the rest of the<br />

War in a German Prisoner of War camp (newspaper cutting refers).<br />

Following the end of the War Yates left the Royal Air Force, 6.4.1946, <strong>and</strong> subsequently trained as a<br />

civilian Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, based at Filton, Bristol. In October 1973 he returned to his old<br />

Italian Prisoner of War camp at Sulmona, where he was presented with the Italian Prisoner of War Medal<br />

for Merit by the Italian Ministry of Defence.<br />

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A Second War 1943 Lancaster Air Bomber’s D.F.M. Group of Four to Flight<br />

Sergeant G.H. Wood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Took Part in<br />

Operation Hydra, the Raid on Peenemunde, 17.8.1943, And Bombed Berlin<br />

On No Fewer Than Seven Occasions<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1575276. F/Sgt. G.H. Wood. R.A.F.)<br />

b) Air Crew Europe Star<br />

c) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, light contact marks, nearly very fine or better (4)<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

D.F.M. London Gazette 15.2.1944 1575276 Flight Sergeant Guy Huitson Wood, Royal Air<br />

Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 626 Squadron<br />

The Recommendation, dated 11.12.1943, states: ‘Flight Sergeant Wood is an Air Bomber who<br />

has completed thirty successful sorties, including seven visits to Berlin. On June 25th 1943<br />

during an attack on Gelsenkirchen, the aircraft was severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire over<br />

the target area <strong>and</strong> the port outer engine set on fire. In spite of this a second bombing run was<br />

made although the aircraft was still engaged by searchlights <strong>and</strong> anti-aircraft fire. By his skill,<br />

determination, <strong>and</strong> high degree of courage during this <strong>and</strong> many other sorties this N.C.O. had<br />

contributed in a large measure to the successful conclusion of many attacks against heavily<br />

defended enemy targets. I strongly recommend the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal to<br />

this N.C.O.’<br />

Remarks by Station Comm<strong>and</strong>er: ‘The skill of this air bomber in guiding his captain accurately<br />

over the centre of any target <strong>and</strong> his courage in any adversity has been a source of inspiration<br />

to his crew. I strongly recommend that the presence of mind <strong>and</strong> gallantry displayed by Flight<br />

Sergeant Wood deserve recognition by the award of the D.F.M.’<br />

1575276 Flight Sergeant Guy Huitson Wood, D.F.M., served during the Second World<br />

War as a Lancaster Air Bomber in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; his first operational<br />

sortie was a raid over Lille, 13.4.1943, <strong>and</strong> he followed that up at the end of May with a raid<br />

over Wuppertal; subsequent targets over the next five months included Dusseldorf (2);<br />

Bochum; Krefeld; Gelsenkirchen, 25.6.1943; Cologne; Turin; Hamburg (4); Peenemunde-<br />

Operation Hydra, 17.8.1943; Leverkausen; Berlin (3); Munchen Gladbach; Hannover (3);<br />

Kassel; Frankfurt; <strong>and</strong> Leipzig; transferred to the newly-formed No.626 Squadron (Lancasters),<br />

Wickenby, on their formation, 7.11.1943, <strong>and</strong> took part in the Squadron’s first operational<br />

mission, a raid on Modane, 10.11.1043, before completing his tour with four more raids on<br />

Berlin by the end of month.<br />

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The Unique Posthumous Falkl<strong>and</strong>s’ Q.G.M.<br />

Group of Four to Colour Sergeant B. Johnston,<br />

Royal Marines, Coxswain of LCU Foxtrot Four, A<br />

L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft Veteran, Who Gallantly Came to<br />

the Aid of the Stricken H.M.S. Antelope, When<br />

One of Two Undetonated Bombs Exploded inside<br />

Her, 23.5.1982; Despite Being Ordered to Stay<br />

Clear of the Ship Because of the Severity of the<br />

Flames <strong>and</strong> the Presence of a Second Unexploded<br />

Bomb, Johnston Remained Alongside Her Until<br />

His Load Was Complete - Rescuing Over 100 Men<br />

in the Process; Johnston <strong>and</strong> His Crew Were Killed<br />

in Action, When Foxtrot Four Was Attacked in<br />

Choiseul Sound, By Four Argentinian Aircraft,<br />

8.6.1982<br />

a) Queen’s Gallantry Medal (A C Sergt. Brian<br />

Johnston, R.M. PO23116X.)<br />

b) General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, South<br />

Arabia, Northern Irel<strong>and</strong> (RM-23116 B.R. Johnston.<br />

Mne. R.M.)<br />

c) South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ACSGT B R<br />

Johnston PO23116X RM)<br />

d) Naval Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (Sgt. B R<br />

Johnston PO23116X RM), generally very fine or<br />

better, mounted for wear, with the following related<br />

contemporary documents:<br />

- Parchment Certificate of Service<br />

- Two Letters addressed to Mrs. Johnston with regard<br />

to the award of the Q.G.M. to her husb<strong>and</strong>, from<br />

John Nott M.P., then Secretary of State for Defence,<br />

dated 11.10.1982, <strong>and</strong> Lieutenant General Sir Richard<br />

Trant, K.C.B., L<strong>and</strong> Deputy to the Comm<strong>and</strong>er in<br />

Chief Fleet, dated 8.10.1982<br />

- Two Letters of condolence, from Colonel H.J.<br />

Flamank, O.B.E., 9.6.1982, <strong>and</strong> Sir Peter Emery<br />

M.P., dated 30.7.1982<br />

- Letter to Mrs. Johnston regarding Dedication<br />

Service for a Memorial Plaque, from Comm<strong>and</strong>er G.S.<br />

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Pearson, H.M.S. Fearless, dated 2.8.1982<br />

- Letter to Mrs. Johnston from Michael Heseltine<br />

M.P., then Secretary of State for Defence with regard<br />

to the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s Memorial at San Carlos, dated<br />

27.1.1984<br />

- A number of contemporary newspaper cuttings (lot)<br />

£30,000-40,000<br />

Q.G.M. London Gazette 8.10.1982 Acting Colour Sergeant<br />

Brian Johnston, Royal Marines, PO23116X, ‘Colour<br />

Sergeant Johnston, coxswain of LCU F4, was working in the<br />

vicinity of H.M.S. Antelope when her unexploded bomb<br />

detonated, starting an immediate fire which caused her crew,<br />

already at emergency stations, to be ordered to ab<strong>and</strong>on ship.<br />

Without hesitation Colour Sergeant Johnston laid his craft<br />

alongside the Antelope <strong>and</strong> began to fight the fire <strong>and</strong> take off<br />

survivors. At approximately 2200Z he was ordered to stay<br />

clear of the ship because of the severity of the fire <strong>and</strong> the<br />

presence of a seconded unexploded bomb. Colour Sergeant<br />

Johnston remained alongside until his load was complete. In<br />

all LCU F4 rescued over 100 survivors from the Antelope.<br />

On 8 June, LCU F4 was attacked by enemy aircraft in<br />

Choiseul Sound. During this action Colour Sergeant<br />

Johnston <strong>and</strong> five of his crew were killed.<br />

Colour Sergeant Johnston’s selfless bravery in the face of<br />

extreme danger was in the highest traditions of the Corps.’<br />

Colour Sergeant Brian Ronald Johnston, Q.G.M., born<br />

Belfast, 1948; employed as an Apprentice Tea Buyer prior to<br />

enlisting in the Royal Marines, 25.8.1964; served in 45<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o, December 1965 - December 1966; served as<br />

part of the Royal Marine complement on H.M.S. Protector<br />

(Antarctic Patrol Vessel), March 1967 - March 1968; Lance<br />

Corporal, September 1973; served with 42 Comm<strong>and</strong>o <strong>and</strong><br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o Logistic Regiment intermittently between 1973-<br />

1975; Sergeant, August 1978 (L.S. & G.C. 16.12.1980)<br />

;served in H.M.S. Intrepid, <strong>and</strong> at R.M. Poole, July 1980 -<br />

October 1981; whilst serving at the latter he was part of the<br />

L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft Branch under the comm<strong>and</strong> of Ewen Southby-<br />

Tailyour, whose book Reasons in Writing, A Comm<strong>and</strong>o’s<br />

View of the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s War is dedicated to Johnston <strong>and</strong> the<br />

crew of Foxtrot 4; whilst at Poole ‘part of my job [Southby-<br />

Tailyour] was to continue the practice, each winter, of the


inshore Arctic warfare tactics in independent support of the<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o Brigade that we had first attempted in 1972. To<br />

do this I would fit out by fair means or foul (money being<br />

unavailable for even conventional trials) one of my onehundred-ton<br />

LCUs (L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft Utility designed to carry<br />

two main battle tanks) to operate in temperatures down to -<br />

30 degrees centrigrade. She would be transported to north<br />

Norway in the ‘duty’ assault ship (Fearless or Intrepid),<br />

replacing one of those they carried in their internal dock.<br />

It was during just such an exercise in the winter of<br />

1981/1982 that we loaded into Fearless a l<strong>and</strong>ing craft<br />

named, eventually, The Black Pig. Her cox’n was Colour-<br />

Sergeant Brian Johnston who had left his own Foxtrot Four<br />

behind at Poole for the duration of the winter deployment.<br />

Other cox’ns had helped me <strong>and</strong> many l<strong>and</strong>ing craft officers<br />

over the previous winters, but none were as willing to take<br />

the calculated risks required to reach beyond the limits of ‘the<br />

book’ as Colour Sergeant Johnston. His crew were Sergeant<br />

R.J. Rotheram, Marine A.J. Rundle, Marine P.A. Cruden,<br />

MEA A.S. James <strong>and</strong> LMEM D. Miller’; posted as Acting<br />

Colour Sergeant for service with H.M.S. Fearless,<br />

23.10.1981; the Fearless was a L<strong>and</strong>ing Platform Dock, ‘a<br />

13,000-ton ship with a small flight deck <strong>and</strong> a dock. They can<br />

operate support helicopters from two spots, while beneath,<br />

the dock floods to float out four one-hundred-ton l<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

craft (L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft Utility or LCU) each designed to carry<br />

two main battle tanks. The ships also carry four smaller<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ing craft (L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft Vehicle <strong>and</strong> Personnel) on<br />

davits, each of which can carry thirty troops equipped for<br />

temperate climate operations’ (Ibid); she set out, as part of<br />

the Naval Task Force, for the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s in April 1982; based<br />

on the Fearless were the Staff of the Amphibious Force<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er (Commodore M. Clapp), <strong>and</strong> the Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Officer of 3 Comm<strong>and</strong>o Brigade (Brigadier J. Thompson) as<br />

well as his staff <strong>and</strong> elements of the l<strong>and</strong>ing force; on the 11th<br />

April Fearless was ordered to Ascension Isl<strong>and</strong>, the half way<br />

‘stop’ <strong>and</strong> a place for the L<strong>and</strong>ing Force Task Group to plan;<br />

Johnston left the isl<strong>and</strong> in H.M.S. Fearless on the 7th May,<br />

with <strong>orders</strong> to proceed to the Falkl<strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Operation Sutton<br />

Having arrived in the waters surrounding the Falkl<strong>and</strong>s,<br />

Johnston <strong>and</strong> his LCU Foxtrot Four were to be prominently<br />

involved in the l<strong>and</strong>ing of the Amphibious Task Group on<br />

the beaches around San Carlos Water; approximately 4,000<br />

men of 40, 42, 45 Comm<strong>and</strong>o <strong>and</strong> 2 <strong>and</strong> 3 Para, with<br />

support units <strong>and</strong> equipment, were to be l<strong>and</strong>ed on various<br />

beaches on the night of the 21st May; they were to be<br />

disembarked from H.M.S. Fearless, her sister ship H.M.S.<br />

Intrepid, SS Canberra <strong>and</strong> SS Norl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> transported to<br />

shore by the 8 LCUs <strong>and</strong> 8 LCVPs of Fearless <strong>and</strong> Intrepid;<br />

the unarmed L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft, under the comm<strong>and</strong> of Southby-<br />

Tailyour, were to l<strong>and</strong> the force in waves; the whole<br />

operation was to be carried out in radio silence <strong>and</strong> without<br />

visual signalling; the ships were to progress to a certain<br />

distance from the shore <strong>and</strong> as Southby-Tailyour states, ‘the<br />

complication for us on D Day would be that once we<br />

rounded Chancho Point we would be out of sight <strong>and</strong> sound<br />

of the flag ship, meaning that even if we were to be so<br />

minded there would be no contact at all. We would not be<br />

able to seek advice if things went wrong, nor would the<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> be able to abort or alter. The responsibility for any<br />

change would be mine or the cox’ns, some of whom were<br />

young Corporals.’<br />

With the arrival of D Day, Southby-Tailyour, ‘went below [in<br />

H.M.S. Fearless] to the blue-smoke-filled dock. Some things<br />

never change <strong>and</strong> exhaust fumes from eight three hundred<br />

horse-power diesels are among them. At last (<strong>and</strong> it was one<br />

of the longer waits of my l<strong>and</strong>ing craft career) the welcome<br />

noise of the stern gate’s massive hydraulics drowned out that<br />

of air escaping from the ballast tanks. Slowly the dim outline<br />

of the far hills to the south <strong>and</strong> east opened up as the lip of<br />

the stern gate swung out <strong>and</strong> down to sink into Falkl<strong>and</strong><br />

Sound. A cool breeze replaced the heavy blue smoke of the<br />

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Colour Sergeant B. Johnston<br />

well dock...<br />

“Retract the LCUs.” The order from ‘Dock Control’ to my<br />

leading cox’n came over the internal comms. It was the final<br />

word of comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> came from a Royal Naval Lieutenant.<br />

The LCUs backed stern-first into the dark. The sudden nearsilence<br />

was comforting as the exhaust noise no longer echoed<br />

back from the closed steel walls. Men now whispered, if they<br />

spoke at all... From across the Sound the ‘crump’ of naval<br />

gunfire was loud <strong>and</strong> sudden. Four-inch shells l<strong>and</strong>ing on<br />

Fannings Head, <strong>and</strong> the long, silent arcs of small-arms tracer,<br />

were a telling reminder that this was not Lulworth Cove,<br />

Loch Eribol or even Lyngen Fiord.’<br />

Johnston <strong>and</strong> the LCUs of H.M.S. Fearless travelled the 5<br />

mile passage at full throttle to l<strong>and</strong> 40 Comm<strong>and</strong>o on Blue<br />

Beach One; having completed the first wave of the l<strong>and</strong>ing,<br />

Johnston went to the Intrepid to load up with 3 Para; the<br />

latter was destined for the unexplored S<strong>and</strong> Bay Beach<br />

(Green Beach) to the west of Port San Carlos; with dawn<br />

rapidly approaching <strong>and</strong> keen to get 3 Para l<strong>and</strong>ed before<br />

daylight the LCUs arrived at Intrepid; Southby-Tailyour led<br />

the second wave from Johnston’s LCU, ‘I was thrilled to be<br />

back on board Foxtrot Four. Colour Sergeant Johnston <strong>and</strong><br />

his crew were the friends with whom, so recently, I had<br />

shared many amusing <strong>and</strong> professional moments north of the<br />

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us tense <strong>and</strong> impotent.... I shared a cup of tea - my first of the<br />

already long day - with the crew as we waited for the first men<br />

of 3 Para to appear.... Once the leading two craft were loaded<br />

the next two replaced them. In the lead craft we orbited<br />

slowly astern of the ship.’<br />

As the L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft were running behind schedule, a direct<br />

line of approach was taken to Green Beach, but ‘the worry of<br />

mines still niggled at my brain. A mine of any size would<br />

destroy a LCU <strong>and</strong>, of greater importance, its human cargo’;<br />

the LCUs were accompanied by four LCVPs carrying the<br />

balance of the battalion, while two of the LCUs carried light<br />

tanks of the Blues <strong>and</strong> Royals; having found the beach, ‘one<br />

of my fears was realized about 20 yards short of the narrow<br />

beach. I had just gone forward to tell Hew Pike [C/O 3<br />

Para] that the men I had spotted at the back of the beach<br />

were SBS when we hit the bottom. The craft had grounded<br />

forward in about three foot of crystal-clear water. It was not<br />

sensible to ask any man to begin a <strong>campaign</strong> at the onset of<br />

the austral winter after he had waded ashore in waist-deep<br />

water, so I ordered the other 3 LCUs to hold off. The enemy<br />

were not in evidence, the SBS were on the beach, it was<br />

daylight <strong>and</strong> as the four shallow-draft LCVPs roared past us<br />

at ten knots to l<strong>and</strong> their men I shouted to them to back off<br />

when empty <strong>and</strong> moor alongside Foxtrot Four.<br />

Heavily laden men then clambered up <strong>and</strong> over the catwalks,<br />

either side of the LCU, to drop into the bellies of the LCVPs<br />

to be ferried ashore dryshod. The makeshift operation went<br />

smoothly <strong>and</strong> 3 Para quickly fanned out to begin their<br />

advancement eastwards <strong>and</strong> towards the settlement. Behind<br />

us, <strong>and</strong> on the northern shore about a third of a mile to the<br />

west, the other 3 LCUs had each found a rocky, dry l<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

for the two unwaterproofed Scorpions <strong>and</strong> the balance of the<br />

battalion.’<br />

All eight of the L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft retracted <strong>and</strong> formed up in two<br />

columns to return to H.M.S. Fearless; enroute, however, as<br />

recorded in Southby-Tailyour’s diary at the time, “returning<br />

to Fearless, which is steaming up San Carlos Waters - along<br />

with Intrepid, Norl<strong>and</strong>, Canberra, the LSLs, Nordic Ferry<br />

<strong>and</strong> Plymouth - the fleet has now come under attack. A<br />

Mirage <strong>and</strong> Pucara have just flown past us being chased by a<br />

Sea Cat Missile which went straight on into the hill above<br />

Ajax Bay. Very exhilarating sight but it l<strong>and</strong>ed just where 45<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o are trying to digin. Once Fearless anchored, we<br />

asked permission to dock but have just been told to lie off as<br />

she is under attack <strong>and</strong> ‘would call us in when more<br />

convenient’.<br />

The unarmed LCUs would have been sitting ducks in open<br />

water during the daylight hours, <strong>and</strong> as a consequence hid<br />

beneath the cliffs of Doctor’s Head; they were eventually<br />

given the all clear <strong>and</strong> returned to the Fearless having<br />

successfully carried out their part of the operation.<br />

H.M.S. Antelope<br />

On the 22nd of May, with the beachead secured, Johnston<br />

now concentrated on his duties as ship-to-shore transport;<br />

the L<strong>and</strong>ing Craft set up <strong>and</strong> ran Amphibious Beach Units at<br />

the two re-supply beaches (Bonners <strong>and</strong> Ajax Bay); the LCU<br />

crews had to be flexible <strong>and</strong> constantly available for whatever<br />

tasks needed urgent attention - <strong>and</strong> this was put into practice<br />

on the 23rd, when H.M.S. Antelope was hit by two<br />

unexploded bombs; Antelope continued to steam around the<br />

Sound belching smoke until ‘H.M.S. Antelope’s bomb<br />

exploded later that evening... I was called immediately to the<br />

Captain [of H.M.S. Fearless].... a calm but concerned Jeremy<br />

Larken greeted me without taking his eyes off the glare from<br />

beyond the bridge windows. The enormous flames flared <strong>and</strong><br />

died causing alternate light <strong>and</strong> shadow across the<br />

surrounding ships <strong>and</strong> shore. Through this changing<br />

kaleidoscope searchlights from a number of helicopters<br />

probed <strong>and</strong> hunted. It was a majestically awful sight.<br />

“Can you tow her onto a beach if I give you three LCUs?”<br />

“Yes”<br />

“Right - get on with it. You don’t have much time.”<br />

Whilst gathering his gear Southby-Tailyour, ‘ran back to the<br />

39<br />

bridge to find that in those few moments events had over<br />

taken me. Antelope was burning fiercely, <strong>and</strong> now<br />

continually, with the two LCUs already alongside fighting<br />

fires <strong>and</strong> picking up survivors. I hated the impotence of my<br />

position <strong>and</strong> longed to be able to give some positive form of<br />

help; but this personal feeling of helplessness was mollified by<br />

the remarkable sight of the boats alongside the inferno, quite<br />

clearly acting against the direct <strong>orders</strong>, being relayed to them<br />

from the flag ship, to leave the area. Leading the rescue<br />

attempt were Foxtrot One comm<strong>and</strong>ed by Colour Sergeant<br />

Francis <strong>and</strong> Foxtrot Four with Colour Sergeant Johnston....<br />

“Survivors coming on board <strong>and</strong> I was thrilled - but deeply<br />

sad - to see Nick Tobin her Captain <strong>and</strong> great friend. She has<br />

lost one dead <strong>and</strong> a RE Staff Sergeant [J. Prescott - awarded<br />

a Posthumous C.G.M.] who was killed trying to defuse the<br />

thing (His Warrant Officer [J.H. Phillips - award a D.S.C.]<br />

was to lose an arm in the Ajax Bay Hospital - obviously quite<br />

remarkable men). The LCUs had to be ordered away from<br />

the ship before she finally blew up - great work by the lads.”<br />

‘It was indeed great work by the l<strong>and</strong>ing craft crews who man<br />

slow <strong>and</strong> unwieldy craft with no personal protection <strong>and</strong> I felt<br />

immense pride <strong>and</strong> humility watching their calm bravery’<br />

(See Q.G.M. Citation).<br />

Another Night -Time L<strong>and</strong>ing Operation<br />

On the 24th May <strong>orders</strong> were received for 42 Comm<strong>and</strong>o to<br />

be moved from their position in Cerro Montevideo to Port<br />

San Carlos; this was to be a night transit using Tango One <strong>and</strong><br />

Foxtrot Four to negotiate the Port San Carlos River; Southby-<br />

Tailyour was to once again lead the way in Foxtrot Four,<br />

‘<strong>orders</strong> were simple enough. Sunset was at 2003Z <strong>and</strong> high<br />

water 0115: we had four hours to cover a total of 16 miles,<br />

each leg being four nautical miles, <strong>and</strong> we could lift half the<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>o in each wave of two craft. We would plan to<br />

steam at about four knots to give us time in h<strong>and</strong> for possible<br />

obstacles (I used the word on purpose), delays, <strong>and</strong> loading<br />

<strong>and</strong> unloading times... Neither craft would show any lights,<br />

but I decided that a method of judging distance-off between<br />

the two should be determined. We did not want the rear craft<br />

riding over our stern in a rather suggestive manner if the lead<br />

LCU were suddenly to halt on a s<strong>and</strong> bank. I was, though,<br />

anxious that the craft steamed as close together as safety<br />

would allow in order to give maximum military support, <strong>and</strong><br />

take men off, in an emergency.... I asked that two dim lights<br />

be placed, one on each quarter, of the leading LCU so that<br />

the cox’n of the second craft would have a perspective of the<br />

vessel ahead..... Orders were given for the drills in case of<br />

enemy action <strong>and</strong> in the rather more likely event of craft<br />

becoming str<strong>and</strong>ed. The only communication would be by<br />

pin-point red light.’<br />

At 9pm on a moonless night the two LCUs set off from Clam<br />

Valley <strong>and</strong> proceeded up the Port San Carlos River, ‘from the<br />

cox’n’s position, perched on his ‘high chair’ it is not easy to<br />

read the water nor to see any distance ahead. There were no<br />

silhouettes against the river <strong>and</strong> the dark cliffs behind masked<br />

any constrast in tones, but luckily I had kept the passive night<br />

goggles <strong>and</strong> again they were to prove invaluable. Very quickly<br />

Colour Sergeant Johnston <strong>and</strong> I established our wellpractised<br />

bad-weather routine first tried in the testing<br />

conditions of an Arctic winter.<br />

While the cox’n was all but blind I kept up a constant barrage<br />

of course <strong>and</strong> speed corrections based on my radar <strong>and</strong><br />

passive night goggles observations..... To an outsider the<br />

continual stream of <strong>orders</strong> interspersed with relevant<br />

anecdotes <strong>and</strong> reminiscences must have been unitelligible <strong>and</strong><br />

probably rather puzzling. To someone with a little<br />

underst<strong>and</strong>ing it would have sounded highly suspect <strong>and</strong> not<br />

very comforting to his confidence, but to Colour Sergeant<br />

Johnston <strong>and</strong> me it was our natural method of working <strong>and</strong><br />

was developed to mask the drama of our navigational <strong>and</strong><br />

visibility problems. Paradoxically, we had found that this<br />

each-way interplay of <strong>orders</strong> <strong>and</strong> double checks <strong>and</strong><br />

seemingly unconnected banter, kept us both more alert <strong>and</strong><br />

alive to the task. There was no other way to con the craft.’


Southby-Tailyour <strong>and</strong> Johnston safely navigated the first<br />

hour of the trip, mainly using the middle of the river for<br />

depth reasons, when ‘suddenly, we hit solid ground. The<br />

craft slewed against the tide, which, though rising, was also<br />

pushing us harder aground. There had been no warning, no<br />

unexplained ripples on the surface of the otherwise flat<br />

waters. The undeniable sound <strong>and</strong> feel of a steel ship grinding<br />

harder into solid rocks <strong>and</strong> shifting stones quivered through<br />

the deck. Colour Sergeant Johnston slammed both engines<br />

into reverse - a process with a ‘V’ drive, which takes precious<br />

seconds to engage. The slope was too gentle, which meant<br />

that, although any damage would be minimal, we would have<br />

travelled some way across <strong>and</strong> up the shoal. Astern of us<br />

Colour Sergeant Davies had seen the gap between our two<br />

stern lights suddenly widen <strong>and</strong> guessed what had happened.<br />

Without altering course he slowed down <strong>and</strong> brought his<br />

bows close to our transom. His crew, waiting for just such an<br />

event, <strong>and</strong> without <strong>orders</strong>, passed two warps, crossed over,<br />

one for each of our quarters. As soon as turns had been taken<br />

around the Staghorns Tango One backed away against the<br />

flood stream. Both craft set their engines to full astern <strong>and</strong><br />

with the same, but psychologically more satisfying noise, we<br />

slid off into deep water. The lines were slipped; I plotted the<br />

position of the shoal, judged which side lay the deepest water<br />

<strong>and</strong> the convoy set off again at slightly reduced speed. The<br />

teasing between myself <strong>and</strong> my cox’n took on a different<br />

note. Relief on my part <strong>and</strong> a smile on his. “Like to change<br />

places, boss? We need younger eyes for this sort of thing!” I<br />

reminded him that the safety of the vessel was his<br />

responsibilty; I was merely a ‘local pilot’ in an advisory<br />

capacity!’<br />

The rest of the first trip to pick up 42 Comm<strong>and</strong>o passed<br />

without incident; in total Johnston had to do four passages in<br />

these tricky waters, mainly navigating by instinct alone,<br />

‘almost exactly at high water we disembarked the second<br />

wave at Port San Carlos while Brian Johnston poured us all a<br />

well-earned tot... however, the new day was not yet over; the<br />

offloading rota was short of two LCUs so we returned to San<br />

Carlos Waters at best speed.’<br />

Daylight <strong>and</strong> Dangerous Waters<br />

The fleet were subject to almost continual air-attack, <strong>and</strong> on<br />

the 25th, ‘during the day there were a number of air raids. I<br />

watched one from the bridge of an LCU while it unloaded<br />

cargo across Bonners Bay jetty <strong>and</strong> recorded seeing a pilot<br />

eject over H.M.S. Fearless. He l<strong>and</strong>ed in the water alongside<br />

the ship <strong>and</strong> was rescued by Colour Sergeant Johnston. He<br />

had a badly torn knee but was otherwise in fair shape.’<br />

Having successfully l<strong>and</strong>ed 3 Comm<strong>and</strong>o Brigade, the LCUs<br />

were once again heavily occupied with the arrival of the<br />

Army’s 5th Infantry Brigade (consisting of 1st Battalion<br />

Welsh Guards, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 1/7th Gurkha<br />

Rifles, along with equipment <strong>and</strong> support units) in the first<br />

week of June; whilst the Scots Guards were succesfully l<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

at Bluff Cove, confusion over <strong>orders</strong> delayed the l<strong>and</strong>ing of<br />

the Welsh Guards; with the result that only half the battalion<br />

were l<strong>and</strong>ed by Foxtrot One <strong>and</strong> Foxtrot Four at Bluff Cove;<br />

on the 7th June, six out of eight available LCUs (including<br />

Johnston’s) were employed unloading the LSL Sir Tristram<br />

at Fitzroy, ‘as sunset grew nearer I made my way back to<br />

‘clock in’ with the Army headquarters to discover that at dusk<br />

we were due to lose the four Intrepid LCUs, leaving us to rejuggle<br />

the offload priorities, procedures <strong>and</strong> timings... We<br />

knew we could not complete the task that night, but if we<br />

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worked fast, I suggested, she might, just might, be ready to<br />

sail the following night.<br />

During this conversation it was suggested that we send one<br />

of the two LCUs to Darwin to collect the Brigade radio<br />

vehicles so urgently needed [5th Brigade forward positions<br />

had no radio contact]. While the collection of the radios was<br />

vital for 5 Brigade, there were distinct disadvantages in<br />

transporting them by LCU. On the other h<strong>and</strong> there were<br />

two other ways of getting the vehicles to Fitzroy - overl<strong>and</strong><br />

or slung beneath a Sea King. These, though, were also<br />

fraught with difficulties, not least of which was the average<br />

speed over the peat at that time of year <strong>and</strong> the lack of<br />

helicopters.... Now that we had lost Intrepid’s four we<br />

needed both the remaining LCUs, working flat out, to<br />

ensure that Sir Tristram was unloaded in time for her return<br />

journey to San Carlos after dark. Secondly, as we could not<br />

tell the garrison at Darwin that the LCU would be on its way,<br />

I was hesitant to risk it when I knew that the Gurkhas had<br />

<strong>orders</strong> to destroy anything that moved up Choiseul Sound.....<br />

Thirdly, if I did send a LCU it would not be available until<br />

the next night as Gurkhas or no Gurkhas, it was clearly a<br />

target for Pucara over the Sound by day.... I was being<br />

cautious, but also trying to ensure that the LSL was given the<br />

first priority.... The unloading of the LSL <strong>and</strong> the safety of<br />

the LCU were, rightly or wrongly, uppermost in my mind at<br />

that stage.... During a brief discussion with Colour Sergeant<br />

Johnston he helped me with my decision by stating: “LCUs<br />

have been shot up by the Royal Navy on both flanks [he had<br />

been challenged twice when on a run back from Teal Inlet]<br />

<strong>and</strong> I would rather not face the Gurkhas. My luck may not<br />

last.” These were to be tragically prophetic words.’<br />

In the early hours of the 8th June, Southby-Tailyour was<br />

‘woken by Barnie Rolfe-Smith to tell me that MV Monsunen<br />

has returned from GG <strong>and</strong> has comms with the RN <strong>and</strong> is<br />

prepared to escort Foxtrot Four up Choiseul Sound so I have<br />

now ordered Colour Sergeant Johnston to sail but to make<br />

absolutely certain that he remains in comms with Monsunen<br />

in whatever way he <strong>and</strong> they deem fit to ensure that the<br />

Gurkhas know they are transiting the Sound. Told him that<br />

under no circumstances is he to sail back until dark tonight<br />

regardless of who <strong>orders</strong> him to do so.’<br />

On the evening of the fateful day that Southby-Tailyour<br />

witnessed the air-attack on Sir Galahad <strong>and</strong> Sir Tristram he<br />

received news about Foxtrot Four - ‘2000. “F4 reported<br />

sinking - 6 wounded 11 dead or missing.”<br />

A cool army signaller had managed to get a message through<br />

while his L<strong>and</strong> Rover remained chained to the sinking LCU.’<br />

Southby-Tailyour immediately sent out Foxtrot One to look<br />

for survivors, ‘my thoughts, though, were for Colour<br />

Sergeant Johnston <strong>and</strong> his men.<br />

“Who the hell ordered F4 to sail back in daylight down<br />

Choiseul Sound I would like to know.”<br />

‘I do know now. Colour Sergeant Johnston, having loaded<br />

his craft, turned to the senior passenger <strong>and</strong> said: “Bugger the<br />

<strong>orders</strong>. The Brigade needs these vehicles forward now. We’ll<br />

sail.” He was a brave man who was to be awarded,<br />

posthumously, the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.’<br />

Returning from Goose Green Foxtrot Four had been attacked<br />

by four Argentinian aircraft, three of these aircraft were<br />

eventually shot down. Johnston <strong>and</strong> his crew are<br />

commemorated on the memorial at San Carlos, there is also<br />

a memorial to the crew of Foxtrot Four on Lively Isl<strong>and</strong>.


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Three: Sergeant C. Maxen, King’s German Legion<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, nine clasps, Talavera,<br />

Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca,<br />

Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Charles Maxen, Serjt.<br />

5th. Line Bn. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Charles Maxen.<br />

5th Line Batt. K.G.L.), with contemporary silver clip <strong>and</strong><br />

original split ring suspension; Germany, Hanover, King’s<br />

German Legion Volunteer Medal, bronze, unnamed as<br />

issued, some contact marks to the Waterloo medal, otherwise<br />

generally very fine (3)<br />

£3,800-4,200<br />

Sergeant Charles Maxen, born Gottingen, Hanover; served with<br />

the King’s German Legion in the Peninsula, <strong>and</strong> in the 7th<br />

Company, 5th Line Battalion, K.G.L. during the Waterloo<br />

Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged 1815.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, May 1909<br />

Glendining, 1919<br />

Seaby, 1976<br />

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Pair: Chaplain J. Jenkins, Royal Navy<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(John Jenkins, Chaplain.); St. John d’Acre 1840,<br />

silver, pierced for ring suspension as issued, with<br />

contemporary silver straight bar, minor edge bruising<br />

to first, nearly extremely fine (2)<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

John Jenkins served as Chaplain in H.M.S. Benbow during<br />

operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

The Rev. John Jenkins, joined the Royal Navy as Chaplain,<br />

June 1835, <strong>and</strong> posted to H.M.S. Barham for service in the<br />

Mediterranean; posted to H.M.S. Benbow (Captain Houston<br />

Stewart, C.B.), May 1839; appointed Naval Instructor <strong>and</strong><br />

Schoolmaster alongside his role as Chaplain, August 1839;<br />

posted as Chaplain <strong>and</strong> Naval Instructor, H.M.S. Curacoa,<br />

for service in the South Americas, March 1843; future<br />

postings included H.M.S. Superb, May 1845; H.M.S. Victory,<br />

December 1850; H.M.S. Seringapatam, Cape of Good<br />

Hope, June 1851; <strong>and</strong> H.M.S. Castor, January 1856; died<br />

1860.<br />

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Pair: Assistant Surgeon E. Robertson, Royal Navy<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (E.<br />

Robertson, Asst. Surgn.); St. John d’Acre 1840, silver,<br />

pierced for ring suspension as issued, minor edge nicks,<br />

nearly extremely fine (2)<br />

£900-1,100<br />

Ebenezer Robertson served as Assistant Surgeon in H.M.S.<br />

Benbow during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.


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Pair: Mate H. Ley, Royal Navy<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(Henry Ley, Mate.); St. John d’Acre 1840, silver,<br />

pierced for ring suspension as issued, with<br />

contemporary silver straight bar, edge bruise <strong>and</strong> heavy<br />

contact mark to first, therefore nearly very fine (2)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Henry Ley served as Mate in H.M.S. Vanguard during<br />

operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

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Pair: W. Biddlecombe, Royal Navy<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(William Biddlecombe.); St. John d’Acre 1840,<br />

bronze, pierced for ring suspension as issued, piercing<br />

on second strengthened, <strong>and</strong> cut to edge, otherwise good<br />

very fine (2)<br />

£550-650<br />

William Biddlecombe served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S.<br />

Edinburgh during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria,<br />

1840.


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Three: Sergeant-Major T. Bulkley, 1st European<br />

Bengal Fusiliers<br />

Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, one clasp, Sobraon (Qr.<br />

Mr. Serjt. T: Buckley [sic] Nusseeree Battn.), with<br />

contemporary silver eye-let <strong>and</strong> ring suspension; India<br />

General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Serjt. Majr.<br />

Timy. Bulkley. 40th Regt. N.I.); Indian Mutiny<br />

1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Timy. Bulkley, 1st<br />

Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.), 1st with contact marks, otherwise<br />

generally very fine or better (3)<br />

£600-700<br />

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Pair: Sergeant T. White, 1st European Bengal<br />

Fusiliers<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Thos.<br />

White. 1st Eur. Bengal Fusrs); Indian Mutiny<br />

1857-58, two clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Serjt. Thos.<br />

White, 1st Eurn. Bengal Fusrs), light contact marks,<br />

very fine (2)<br />

£600-700<br />

34<br />

Three: Sergeant E. Rushton, Royal Artillery<br />

Crimea 1854-56, two clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol,<br />

unofficial rivets between clasps (Bombdr. E. Rushton<br />

12th. Battln. Royl. Artly.), contemporarily engraved in<br />

predominately large serif capitals; Army Long Service<br />

& G.C., V.R. (458, Serjt. E. Rushton, 12th. Brigade.<br />

RA); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, unnamed as<br />

issued, plugged <strong>and</strong> fitted with a Crimea-style<br />

suspension bar, edge bruise to first, generally good very<br />

fine (3)<br />

£250-300


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Pair: Surgeon A. Burn, Rajpootana Field Force<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Field<br />

Surg. A. Burn.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp,<br />

Central India (Surgn. A. Burn, M.D. Rajpootana Fd.<br />

Force), nearly extremely fine (2)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Surgeon Alex<strong>and</strong>er Burn, born East Lothian, Scotl<strong>and</strong>;<br />

appointed to the Madras Medical Establishment, February<br />

1829; served with the Rajpootana Field Force during the<br />

Indian Mutiny <strong>and</strong> present at the siege, assault, <strong>and</strong> capture<br />

of Kotah, 30.3.1858 (Mentioned in Despatches, London<br />

Gazette 11.6.1858).<br />

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Three: Colonel W.W. Woodward, Royal Artillery, Late<br />

Bombay Artillery<br />

Empress of India 1877, edge engraved in large serif capitals<br />

‘Major W.W. Woodward. Comg. II/II Mountain Battery<br />

Royal Artillery.’; India General Service 1854-95, one clasp,<br />

Persia (Lieut. W.W. Woodward. Artillery), with<br />

contemporary top silver rib<strong>and</strong> buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-<br />

59, no clasp (Lieutenant W.W. Woodward, Bombay<br />

Artillery.), nearly extremely fine, with the recipient’s related<br />

miniature awards for the two <strong>campaign</strong> <strong>medals</strong>; <strong>and</strong> various<br />

cloth rank insignia (3)<br />

£1,200-1,600<br />

Colonel Walter William Woodward, born May 1834;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bombay Artillery, June 1852;<br />

served with the Bombay Artillery in Persia 1856-57, <strong>and</strong> present at<br />

the Battle of Kooshab; promoted Lieutenant, April 1858, <strong>and</strong> saw<br />

further service during the Indian Mutiny, including the action on<br />

the Taringa Hills at Mybeekanta <strong>and</strong> Goozerat; promoted Captain,<br />

February 1861; transferred to the Royal Artillery <strong>and</strong> subsequently<br />

appointed Adjutant, March 1866; promoted Major, July 1872;<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel, October 1877; Colonel, October 1881;<br />

retired, May 1889.<br />

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Pair: Private J. Shipp, 19th Foot, Late Madras Fusiliers<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (J. Ship, 1st.<br />

Madras Fusrs.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp,<br />

Northwest Frontier (1050 J. Shipp. 1st. Bn. H.M.s. 19th.<br />

Regt.), minor edge bruising, therefore good very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

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Pair: Sergeant H. Trydell, 73rd Foot<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Hy. Trydell, 73rd. Regt.);<br />

Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (3426. Sergt. H. Trydell.<br />

73rd. Foot), suspension claw re-affixed on first, edge bruising,<br />

nearly very fine or better (2)<br />

£220-260<br />

3426 Sergeant Henry Trydell, born Montreal, Canada, 1840;<br />

enlisted in the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot at St. Helier,<br />

Jersey, January 1855; served with the Regiment in South Africa,<br />

Ceylon, <strong>and</strong> in India during the Indian Mutiny; promoted<br />

Corporal, March 1868; Sergeant, October 1869; awarded L.S.&<br />

G.C., November 1876; discharged, February 1879, after 21 years<br />

<strong>and</strong> 3 days with the Colours.<br />

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Pair: Corporal J. Brown, Army Hospital Corps, Late<br />

74th Foot<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Jas. Brown. 74th.<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong>ers); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1733. 2nd.<br />

Corpl. J. Brown, A.H. Corps), first polished, therefore nearly<br />

very fine, second nearly extremely fine (2)<br />

£250-300<br />

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Pair: Corporal M. Grace, 9th Lancers<br />

Afghanistan 1878-80, three clasps, Charasia, Kabul,<br />

K<strong>and</strong>ahar (1083. Corpl. M. Grace. 9th. Lancers.);<br />

Kabul to K<strong>and</strong>ahar Star 1880 (1083 Corpl. M. Grace<br />

9th. Lancers), light pitting, good very fine (2)<br />

£600-800<br />

1083 Corporal Michael Grace, born Cashel, Tipperary,<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1850; enlisted in the 9th Lancers, February 1868;<br />

promoted Corporal, July 1878; served with the Regiment in<br />

Afghanistan, March 1879 to December 1880; promoted<br />

Sergeant, October 1879; discharged, February 1889, after 21<br />

years with the Colours.<br />

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Pair: Quarter Master Sergeant Foreman of Works<br />

J. Middleton, Royal Engineers<br />

South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (13016, Lce.<br />

Corpl. J. Middleton, R.E.); Army Long Service &<br />

G.C., V.R. (13016. Q.M.S. F. of Works, J. Middleton.<br />

R.E.), light contact marks, very fine (2)<br />

£450-550<br />

Quarter Master Sergeant Foreman of Works James<br />

Middleton, born Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1855; enlisted in the<br />

Royal Engineers, April 1875; promoted Lance Corporal,<br />

November 1878; served with the Engineers in South Africa<br />

from December 1878 to May 1880, <strong>and</strong> present at the Battle<br />

of Inyezane, 22.1.1879, the Blockade of Eshowe, 23.1-<br />

3.4.1879, <strong>and</strong> Operations before Ulundi, 4.7.1879;<br />

promoted Corporal, April 1882; Sergeant, April 1885;<br />

Company Sergeant Major, April 1886; Quarter Master<br />

Sergeant Foreman of Works, April 1892; awarded L.S.&<br />

G.C., October 1893; discharged, May 1901, after 26 years<br />

<strong>and</strong> 47 days service.


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Three: Blacksmith A. Wright, Royal Navy<br />

Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alex<strong>and</strong>ria 11th.<br />

July (A. Wright. B’Smith’s Crew. H.M.S. “Superb”.);<br />

Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R. (A. Wright,<br />

Blacksmith, H.M.S. Pembroke.); Khedive’s Star 1882,<br />

unnamed as issued, light pitting throughout, nearly very<br />

fine (3)<br />

£300-350<br />

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Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885<br />

(2199. Pte. F. Middleton. 20th. Husrs.); Khedive’s<br />

Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, Star gilded, heavy<br />

pitting, therefore nearly very fine (2)<br />

£180-220


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Three: Private E.D. Barton, Rifle Brigade<br />

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2090. Pte. E. Barton. 2/R.<br />

Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps,<br />

Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith,<br />

Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, unofficial<br />

rivets between last two clasps (2090 Pte. E. Barton, Rifle<br />

Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp,<br />

Khartoum (2090. E. Barton. Rifle Brigade.), engraved<br />

in upright serif capitals, edge bruising to last, nearly very<br />

fine or better (3)<br />

£380-420<br />

2090 Private Edward Daniel Barton, born Ashford, Kent,<br />

1870; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, February 1892; served<br />

with the Brigade in Egypt <strong>and</strong> the Sudan, July to September<br />

1898, <strong>and</strong> with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, November<br />

1899 to March 1901; wounded at Grootvlei, 26.12.1900;<br />

discharged, June 1902, after 10 years <strong>and</strong> 131 days with the<br />

Colours.<br />

The Rifle Brigade at Grootvlei, Boxing Day 1900<br />

After a quiet Christmas based at the Oceana Mine near<br />

Grootvlei, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Colville, 1st Battalion,<br />

Rifle Brigade, proceeded on a farm-clearing expedition, with<br />

a small column consisting of six companies of the 1st<br />

Battalion, a squadron of the 13th Hussars, four guns of 63<br />

Battery, Royal Field Artillery, as well as one ‘pom-pom’.<br />

Colville left ‘F’ Company under the comm<strong>and</strong> of Captain<br />

Radclyffe, as well as some artillerymen, to guard the baggage<br />

wagons based at the mine. The Column moved out in the<br />

direction of Roddewal, where after five miles they became<br />

involved in a small skirmish at the first of the target farms.<br />

During the skirmish a large party of approximately 450 Boers<br />

were spotted heading towards the Oceana Mine. A signal was<br />

sent to Captain Radclyffe informing him of this development,<br />

<strong>and</strong> he at once set about disposing his small force in an<br />

attempt to protect the baggage, with the pom-pom located<br />

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near a small hollow. After a couple of hours had passed a<br />

number of mounted Boers appeared on a ridge a thous<strong>and</strong><br />

yards away. As Radclyffe’s men opened fire the Boers<br />

dismounted, pushed forward, <strong>and</strong> sent out small parties to<br />

the left <strong>and</strong> right in an encircling movement against the Rifle<br />

Brigade position. Under heavy <strong>and</strong> accurate fire the pompom<br />

was moved down towards the hollow <strong>and</strong> back towards<br />

the compound- of the nine men who assisted in moving the<br />

pom-pom one was killed <strong>and</strong> the other eight all wounded.<br />

Seeing that the enemy were now advancing in considerable<br />

force, Radclyffe decided to send the baggage back to the<br />

Column, whilst attempting to hold the Boers in check for as<br />

long as possible. Under cover of heavy Rifle Brigade fire from<br />

behind the wagons, the native teams began inspanning the<br />

oxen. When they were ready to move the native teams started<br />

off the wagons in the direction of Colville’s column <strong>and</strong>, as<br />

they did so, the small Rifle Brigade covering party came<br />

under very severe fire <strong>and</strong> had to retire, as the Boers saw that<br />

they were losing their target. During this time, Radclyffe <strong>and</strong><br />

his sections continued their holding action but suffered a<br />

number of casualties, with their ammunition running out<br />

fast. With the baggage now well on its way, Radclyffe, who<br />

was lying wounded, ordered those in advanced positions who<br />

could do so to retire to the compound so as to avoid capture.<br />

No.1 section provided covering fire until their ammunition<br />

ran out, at which point the Boers advanced rapidly, forcing<br />

their surrender, along with the wounded soldiers.<br />

Fortunately, at this point, the main column appeared on the<br />

horizon, forcing the Boers to withdraw, leaving their<br />

wounded prisoners behind. For some time the wounded on<br />

the ridge were exposed to fire from both the returning<br />

column <strong>and</strong> the Boers, <strong>and</strong> a corporal was seen to make a<br />

valiant attempt to carry the wounded Radclyffe to safety.<br />

Total losses that day were heavy, with 13 Officers <strong>and</strong> men<br />

killed, 44 wounded, <strong>and</strong> 19 taken prisoner. For his gallantry<br />

in defending the position, Captain Radclyffe was awarded the<br />

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An I.G.S. <strong>and</strong> Boer War Pair to Sergeant W.<br />

Christie, Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, Wounded at<br />

Magersfontein, 11.12.1899, on Which Occasion<br />

Corporal Shaul of the Regiment was Awarded the<br />

Victoria Cross for Dressing Men’s Wounds Under<br />

Heavy Fire Out in the Open; Severely Wounded at<br />

Retief’s Nek, 23.7.1900; <strong>and</strong> Mentioned in<br />

Despatches<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,<br />

Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (No.3424. Sergt: W.<br />

Christie. 2. High: L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-<br />

1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg,<br />

Wittebergen (3424 Sgt. W. Christie, 1st. High: Lt.<br />

Infy.), nearly very fine (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

3424 Sergeant William Christie, born North Leith,<br />

Edinburgh, 1871; enlisted in the Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry,<br />

November 1889; promoted Corporal, June 1892; served<br />

with the 2nd Battalion in India, November 1894 to March<br />

1899; promoted Sergeant, 1895, <strong>and</strong> took part in the<br />

Campaigns on the North West Frontier at Malak<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong><br />

present at the operations in Bajour, in Mamund Country, at<br />

Buner, <strong>and</strong> the attack <strong>and</strong> capture of the Tanga Pass; served<br />

with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, October 1899 to<br />

December 1900; wounded at Magersfontein, 11.12.1899,<br />

when the Battalion’s losses throughout the day were 2<br />

Officers <strong>and</strong> 12 men killed <strong>and</strong> 7 Officers, including the<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer, <strong>and</strong> 73 men wounded- Corporal John<br />

Shaul, in charge of the Battalion’s stretcher-bearers, was<br />

awarded the Victoria Cross at Magersfontein for most<br />

conspicuous gallantry during the day in dressing men’s<br />

wounds out in the open under continuous heavy fire, in one<br />

instance ‘as calmly as if there had been no enemy near’.<br />

Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry in action at<br />

Wittebergen, 9.7.1900 (London Gazette 30.11.1900), <strong>and</strong><br />

severely wounded at Retief’s Nek, 23.7.1900: ‘That day the<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry did much useful work, gaining a<br />

footing on the lower spurs <strong>and</strong> kloofs of the rocky height to<br />

our left of the nek. During the night a portion of the H.L.I.,<br />

guided by several men of Lovat’s Scouts, succeeded in<br />

gaining possession of the highest peak of the hill on the east<br />

of the pass, a point of vantage whence a successful occupation<br />

of the whole height was made next day’ (British Regiments in<br />

South Africa 1899-1902 refers); discharged, 28.3.1901, after<br />

11 years <strong>and</strong> 145 days with the Colours; died Perth,<br />

26.11.1914.<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. S<strong>and</strong>ys-Lumsdaine<br />

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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. S<strong>and</strong>ys-Lumsdaine,<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,<br />

Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Capt. <strong>and</strong> Adjnt. F.M.<br />

S<strong>and</strong>ys-Lumsdaine 2. High: L.I.); Queen’s South<br />

Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, South<br />

Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets<br />

between State <strong>and</strong> date clasps (Capt. F.M. S<strong>and</strong>ys-<br />

Lumsdaine, H’l<strong>and</strong>: L.I.), minor contact marks, nearly<br />

very fine, together with various photographic images<br />

of the recipient (2)<br />

£500-600<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Myles S<strong>and</strong>ys-Lumsdaine,<br />

born November 1865, the second son of the Rev. F. S<strong>and</strong>ys-<br />

Lumsdaine, of Lumsdaine <strong>and</strong> Blanerne, Berwickshire, <strong>and</strong> of<br />

Innergellie, Fife; Commissioned Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion,<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, November 1885; promoted<br />

Captain, December 1892; served as Adjutant, 2nd Battalion,<br />

April 1897 to June 1900; served with the Regiment in the<br />

<strong>campaign</strong> on the North West Frontier of India under the<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> of Sir William Lockhart, <strong>and</strong> took part in the<br />

operations of the Malak<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Buner Field Forces including<br />

the forcing of the Tanga Pass (Mentioned in Despatches);<br />

Appointed Brigade Major, August 1900, he served in South<br />

Africa on the Staff as Station Comm<strong>and</strong>ant at Riversdale,<br />

Cape Colony, from January 1901; whilst in South Africa he<br />

served as prosecuting counsel at the trial of Frederick Toy, a<br />

Swedish-born guerrilla <strong>and</strong> spy in Boer service, charged with<br />

High Treason <strong>and</strong> Attempted Murder; Toy was subsequently<br />

found guilty <strong>and</strong> executed in September 1901. Promoted<br />

Major, February 1904, S<strong>and</strong>ys-Lumsdaine transferred to the<br />

Reserve of Officers in February 1913. On the outbreak of the<br />

Great War he was appointed to the Comm<strong>and</strong> of the 12th<br />

(Service) Battalion, Argyll <strong>and</strong> Sutherl<strong>and</strong> Highl<strong>and</strong>ers, a<br />

position he held until 1915; subsequently he held Staff<br />

appointments at home, finally retiring with the rank of<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1919. He died in October 1938.


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Pair: Corporal T. MacDonald, Highl<strong>and</strong> Light<br />

Infantry<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,<br />

Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (No. 4055. Pte. T.<br />

Mc.Donald. 2. High: L.I.); Queen’s South Africa<br />

1899-1902, two clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen<br />

(4055 Corl. T. Mc.Donald, 1: High: Lt. Inft.), good<br />

very fine (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

4055 Corporal T. McDonald, enlisted in the 1st Battalion,<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, 1892; served with the 2nd<br />

Battalion in India from November 1894; served with the 1st<br />

Battalion in South Africa from 1899; wounded at<br />

Magersfontein, 11.12.1899, when the Battalion’s losses<br />

throughout the day were 2 Officers <strong>and</strong> 12 men killed <strong>and</strong> 7<br />

Officers, including the Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer, <strong>and</strong> 73 men<br />

wounded- Corporal John Shaul, in charge of the Battalion’s<br />

stretcher-bearers, was awarded the Victoria Cross at<br />

Magersfontein for most conspicuous gallantry during the day<br />

in dressing men’s wounds out in the open under continuous<br />

heavy fire, in one instance ‘as calmly as if there had been no<br />

enemy near’.<br />

Killed in action at Retief’s Nek, 23.7.1900: ‘That day the<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry did much useful work, gaining a<br />

footing on the lower spurs <strong>and</strong> kloofs of the rocky height to<br />

our left of the nek. During the night a portion of the H.L.I.,<br />

guided by several men of Lovat’s Scouts, succeeded in<br />

gaining possession of the highest peak of the hill on the east<br />

of the pass, a point of vantage whence a successful occupation<br />

of the whole height was made next day’ (British Regiments in<br />

South Africa 1899-1902 refers).<br />

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The Regimentally Unique Group of Four to Major<br />

C.E. Andrews, Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, Who<br />

Served on Secondment With the West Africa<br />

Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, And Was<br />

Killed in Action on the Western Front,<br />

25.10.1916<br />

East <strong>and</strong> West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1898<br />

(Capt: C.E. Andrews. High’d. L.I.); Queen’s South<br />

Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Modder River, Orange<br />

Free State (Capt. C.E. Andrews, Highd. L.I.); British<br />

War Medal (Major C.E. Andrews); Delhi Durbar<br />

1911, unnamed as issued, very fine or better, with<br />

various photographic images of the recipient (4)<br />

£700-900<br />

Major Charles Edward Andrews, born August 1871, the<br />

only son of Captain Henry Andrews, 74th Highl<strong>and</strong>ers;<br />

educated at Oundle School <strong>and</strong> R.M.A. S<strong>and</strong>hurst;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Highl<strong>and</strong><br />

Light Infantry, May 1891; promoted Lieutenant, May 1893;<br />

seconded for service under the West Africa Frontier Force,<br />

March 1898, <strong>and</strong> served in the expeditions in Northern<br />

Nigeria; re-joined his Regiment <strong>and</strong> promoted Captain,<br />

February 1900; served in South Africa with the 1st Battalion,<br />

<strong>and</strong> took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the<br />

actions at Modder River <strong>and</strong> Magersfontein; the operations<br />

in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900; <strong>and</strong> in the<br />

Orange River Colony, May to November 1900. At<br />

Magersfontein Andrews had a lucky escape: ‘Of course there<br />

were many strange escapes, none more so than that of<br />

Andrews. A Mauser bullet passed through his right h<strong>and</strong><br />

pouch (he was wearing a private soldier’s accoutrements, as<br />

were we all) <strong>and</strong>, striking the metal plate fastening the belt,<br />

exactly over the middle of the stomach, glanced harmlessly<br />

away instead of going right through him’ (South Africa 1899-<br />

1900 by Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. Kelham refers).<br />

Appointed as Adjutant to the Lanark Volunteer Rifles, May<br />

1905, he was promoted Major in August 1908 <strong>and</strong> re-joined<br />

his original Battalion in India in November of that year, <strong>and</strong><br />

was present at the Delhi Durbar in 1911, where he was one<br />

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action) who received the Regiment’s new Colours from<br />

H.M. King George V. Transferred to the Reserve, December<br />

1913; he re-joined on the outbreak of the Great War <strong>and</strong><br />

served as Second-in-Comm<strong>and</strong> of the 11th (Service)<br />

Battalion, H.L.I, <strong>and</strong> served with the Battalion on the<br />

Western Front from May 1915; Mentioned in Despatches<br />

(London Gazette 1.1.1916), Major Andrews was killed in<br />

action whilst comm<strong>and</strong>ing the Battalion in Le Sars sector,<br />

25.10.1916, <strong>and</strong> is buried in Peake Wood Cemetery, France.<br />

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Pair: Private M. Moss, Connaught Rangers<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of<br />

Ladysmith, Transvaal (3707 Pte. M. Moss. 1st.<br />

Connaught Rang:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two<br />

clasps (3707 Pte. M. Moss. Con: Rang:), very fine (2)<br />

£120-150<br />

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Five: Gunner H. Abrey, Royal Garrison Artillery<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of<br />

Ladysmith (16064 Gnr: H. Abrey, 4th. M.B.,<br />

R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps<br />

(16064 Gnr: H. Abrey. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (1963<br />

Gnr. H. Abrey, R.G.A.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory<br />

Medals (SR-1963 Gnr. H. Abrey. R.A.), generally very<br />

fine (5)<br />

£140-180<br />

Major C.E. Andrews<br />

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Pair: Private J. Middleton, Royal Berkshire<br />

Regiment<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5010 Pte. J.<br />

Middleton, 2nd. Rl. Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa<br />

1901-02, two clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa<br />

1902 (5010 Pte. J. Middleton. Rl: Berks: Regt.),<br />

contact marks, nearly very fine (2)<br />

£110-130<br />

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Family Group:<br />

Four: Private G.G. Hargraves, 4th Dragoon<br />

Guards, Late East Surrey Regiment<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, South Africa 1902 (2167 Pte. G. Hargraves.<br />

E. Surrey Regt.); 1914 Star (5369 Pte. G.G.<br />

Hargreaves. 4/D. Gds.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory<br />

Medals (5369 Pte. G.G. Hargraves. 4-D. Gds.),<br />

mounted as worn, nearly very fine, with a 4th Dragoon<br />

Guards Rifle Club prize medal, bronze, the reverse<br />

engraved ‘Presented to Pte. G. Hargraves by the 4th<br />

Dragoon Gds. Rifle Club 1915’<br />

Pair: Trooper G.G. Hargraves, Royal Armoured<br />

Corps<br />

Defence Medal (G.G. Hargraves Tpr 7686836<br />

R.A.C.); War Medal (Tpr G.G. Hargraves 7686836<br />

R.A.C.), both impressed ‘Boots style’, good very fine<br />

(6)<br />

£140-180<br />

5369 Private G.G. Hargraves, served during the Great War<br />

on the Western Front from 31.10.1914; discharged<br />

2.12.1915.


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Five: Lieutenant-Colonel W.S. Brown, Wiltshire Regiment, Wounded During the<br />

Boer War, He Subsequently Served on the Court Martial of Lieutenant ‘Breaker’<br />

Morant; In the Great War he Comm<strong>and</strong>ed the 1st Battalion Until Killed in Action<br />

at the Battle of the Somme, 6.7.1916<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal,<br />

Wittebergen (Capt. W.S. Brown. 2/Wilts. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps<br />

(Maj. W.S. Brown. Wilts. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W.S. Brown. Wilts. R.); British<br />

War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lt. Col. W.S. Brown.), very fine or better (5)<br />

£600-800<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sidney Brown, born March 1871; educated at Harrow; served with<br />

the 7th (Militia) King’s Royal Rifle Corps; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment,<br />

March 1892; promoted Lieutenant, January 1894; served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion<br />

Northamptonshire Regiment during the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont,<br />

Enslin, Modder River, <strong>and</strong> Magersfontein; promoted Captain, February 1900, <strong>and</strong> served with the<br />

2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment during operations in the Cape Colony, February to May 1900,<br />

including the action at Colesberg, <strong>and</strong> in the Orange River Colony, May to June 1900, including<br />

the actions at Bethlehem <strong>and</strong> Wittebergen; severely wounded at Hobkirk’s Farm, 12.2.1900;<br />

Mentioned in Dispatches, <strong>and</strong> appointed Brevet Major, 22.8.1902. Whilst in South Africa, he sat as<br />

a board member on the Court Martial of Lieutenant ‘Breaker’ Morant, Bushveldt Carbineers, who<br />

stood accused with other officers of that unit of murdering Boer prisoners- Lieutenant Morant was<br />

found guilty <strong>and</strong> subsequently executed in one of the more celebrated incidents of the War. Served<br />

as Staff Captain, Western Counties Regimental District, <strong>and</strong> No.8 District, Southern Comm<strong>and</strong>,<br />

June 1905 to March 1908; Deputy Assistant Adjutant <strong>and</strong> Quarter Master General, Wessex<br />

(Territorial) Division, Southern Comm<strong>and</strong>, April 1908 to June 1909; promoted Major, January<br />

1909; Appointed Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer <strong>and</strong> temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Battalion, Wiltshire<br />

Regiment, 19.8.1914; served with the Regiment on the Western Front during the Great War, <strong>and</strong><br />

took comm<strong>and</strong> of the 2nd Battalion after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Appointed to the comm<strong>and</strong><br />

of the 1st Battalion, 1.7.1915, at the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme he was the longest serving<br />

Wiltshire Battalion comm<strong>and</strong>er on the Western Front; killed in action at Thiepval, 6.7.1916, <strong>and</strong> is<br />

buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.<br />

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A Fine Campaign Group of Six to Major D.A. Blair, Indian Army, Late Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, Twice Mentioned<br />

in Despatches for the Boer War, In Which He Organized <strong>and</strong> Led the Gallant Defence of Commissie Bridge,<br />

6.12.1900- ‘A Small Affair, But Still it Was Something For A Second Lieutenant to Have Beaten De Wet’<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen (Lieut. D.A. Blair. 1/High. L.I.); King’s South<br />

Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lt. D.A. Blair. High. L.I.); 1914 Star, with copy Bar (Capt. D.A. Blair, 2/39/Garhl. Rfls.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Capt. D.A. Blair), surname partially officially corrected; Defence Medal (Major D.A. Blair),<br />

impressed in large sans-serif capitals, generally good very fine, mounted court style as worn (6)<br />

£500-600<br />

Major Douglas Alex<strong>and</strong>er Blair, born July 1879; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, October 1899; served<br />

with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, <strong>and</strong> was present in the advance on Kimberley <strong>and</strong> the engagements at Modder River <strong>and</strong><br />

Magersfontein, 11.12.1899, when the Battalion’s losses throughout the day were 2 Officers <strong>and</strong> 12 men killed <strong>and</strong> 7 Officers, including<br />

the Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer, <strong>and</strong> 73 men wounded; took part in operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900, <strong>and</strong> in the Orange<br />

River Colony, May to November 1900, including the actions at Wittebergen <strong>and</strong> Witpoort.<br />

Defence of Commissie Bridge<br />

In December 1900 half of ‘D’ Company, under Blair, was given the task of holding Commissie Bridge: ‘We found the Commissie Bridge<br />

to be a fine iron one about 200 yards long, supported by four massive stone pillars, <strong>and</strong> spanning the Caledon River, which there runs<br />

between high banks; therefore an important place to protect, for, although there is a drift a little higher up the river, the destruction of<br />

the bridge would have caused our forces a good deal of inconvenience had the Boers succeeded in blowing it up. The only buildings were<br />

a stone house, occupied by a native labourer connected with the bridge, <strong>and</strong> a tin one for the toll collector who had disappeared.’<br />

(Recipient’s own account in the H.L.I. Chronicle, April 1901, refers).<br />

The defences consisted of four trenches covering either end of the bridge <strong>and</strong> four more from which fire could be directed up or down<br />

the gorge. Although Blair had been left alone with his Platoon of 40 men in this remote spot for some weeks, he was evidently keeping a<br />

sharp look-out, so that when, on the 6th December, scouts of De Wet’s advanced guard arrived they were immediately spotted: ‘The Boer<br />

Scouts having reported the bridge held, the advanced guard of some 300 men attempted to cross at a point where the gorge levelled out<br />

lower down, but were frustrated by the enfilade fire which Blair opened on them <strong>and</strong> withdrew out of range. An envoy under a flag of<br />

truce then arrived, was halted some distance away, <strong>and</strong> then brought in blindfolded. He h<strong>and</strong>ed Blair a written order from De Wet to<br />

surrender within ten minutes, but was sent back a reply which was, the Cape Times stated “a sarcastic one”.<br />

The Boers then brought up two of the guns which they had captured at Dewetsdorp <strong>and</strong> bombarded the defences at either side of the<br />

bridge, while their riflemen dismounted <strong>and</strong> endeavoured to work forward from three sides. Unable to make any headway, they then<br />

desisted for a while <strong>and</strong> finally renewed the attack from in front in considerable force, but could get no closer than 300 yards. Finally they<br />

drew off discomforted, having been held up by Blair <strong>and</strong> his men for 24 hours. Hector MacDonald in his official report of this incident<br />

stated that “Second Lieutenant Blair’s presence of mind <strong>and</strong> resolution are in the General’s opinion worthy of all praise”. It may only have<br />

been a small affair, in which Blair <strong>and</strong> his Platoon did no more than their plain duty, but still it was something for a Second Lieutenant to<br />

have beaten De Wet.’ (Proud Heritage, The Story of the Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, by Lieutenant Colonel Oates refers).<br />

Promoted Lieutenant, 2.1.1901, <strong>and</strong> Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 7.5.1901 <strong>and</strong> 10.9.1901); Blair transferred to the<br />

Indian Army, November 1903, <strong>and</strong> initially joined the 2nd (King Edward’s Own) Gurkha Rifles before moving, prior to the outbreak of<br />

the Great War, to the 39th Garhwal Rifles. Served during the Great War on the Western Front, promoted Major, September 1915, <strong>and</strong><br />

appointed a Regimental Company Comm<strong>and</strong>er, March 1916.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

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Six: Warrant Officer Class I J. Alex<strong>and</strong>er, Highl<strong>and</strong><br />

Light Infantry<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Modder River<br />

(3506 Serjt: J. Alex<strong>and</strong>er. Highl<strong>and</strong> L.I.); King’s South<br />

Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3506 Serjt: J. Alex<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> L.I.); 1914-15 Star (3506 C.Sjt. (A.S.Mjr.) J.<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er. High: L.I.), number officially corrected; British<br />

War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (3506 W.O. Cl.1 J. Alex<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

High. L.I.), VM lacking recipient’s initial; Army Long<br />

Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type<br />

(3506 C. Sjt: J. Alex<strong>and</strong>er. H.L.I.), light contact marks to<br />

QSA <strong>and</strong> KSA, otherwise good very fine or better (6)<br />

£300-350<br />

3506 Warrant Officer Class I John Alex<strong>and</strong>er, enlisted in the<br />

Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, 1892; promoted Corporal, July 1893;<br />

Sergeant, November 1895; granted Certificate, School of Musketry,<br />

Hythe, June 1899; served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa <strong>and</strong><br />

wounded at Magersfontein, 11.12.1899, when the Battalion’s losses<br />

throughout the day were 2 Officers <strong>and</strong> 12 men killed <strong>and</strong> 7<br />

Officers, including the Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer, <strong>and</strong> 73 men<br />

wounded- Corporal John Shaul, in charge of the Battalion’s<br />

stretcher-bearers, was awarded the Victoria Cross at Magersfontein<br />

for most conspicuous gallantry during the day in dressing men’s<br />

wounds out in the open under continuous heavy fire, in one<br />

instance ‘as calmly as if there had been no enemy near’; promoted<br />

Colour Sergeant, July 1903.<br />

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Four: Lieutenant Comm<strong>and</strong>er R.W. White, Royal Naval<br />

Reserve<br />

Transport Medal 1899-1902, two clasps, China 1900, S.<br />

Africa 1899-1902 (R.W. White.); 1914-15 Star (Lt.<br />

Commr. R.W. White, R.N.R.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory<br />

Medals (Lt. Commr. R.W. White. R.N.R.), edge bruise to<br />

first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4)<br />

£800-1,000<br />

Lieutenant Comm<strong>and</strong>er Reginald William White, served as 3rd<br />

Officer on the British India (Steam Lines) Ship Pundua, employed<br />

in the transport service 1899-1902; Commissioned temporary<br />

Lieutenant Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 2.8.1915, <strong>and</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>ed the British<br />

India Steam Navigation Company’s vessel S.S. Lunka, fitted out as<br />

an armed boarding steamer, during the Great War; relinquished<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>, 12.3.1917.<br />

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Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic L.W. Barnes<br />

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Family Group:<br />

Five: Stoker Petty Officer B. Barnes, Royal Navy,<br />

Later Royal Fleet Reserve<br />

Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp,<br />

Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (312459. B. Barnes, Sto. 1Cl.<br />

H.M.S. Philomel.); 1914-15 Star (312459, B. Barnes,<br />

S.P.O., R.N.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals<br />

(312459 B. Barnes. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve<br />

Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’<br />

type (312459 (PO.B. 9633) B. Barnes. S.P.O.<br />

R.F.R.), good very fine, with a portrait photograph of<br />

the recipient<br />

Five: Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic L.W. Barnes,<br />

Royal Navy<br />

1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, with North<br />

Africa 1942-43 Bar; Burma Star; War Medal, good very<br />

fine, with the following related documents &c.:<br />

- The recipient’s parchment Certificate of Service<br />

- The recipient’s History Sheet for Stoker Ratings <strong>and</strong><br />

Recommendations for Advancement <strong>and</strong> Conduct<br />

Record Sheet<br />

- The recipient’s Passing Certificate for Stoker Petty<br />

Officer <strong>and</strong> Interim Trade Certificate<br />

- The recipient’s Ancient Order of Shellbacks<br />

Certificate (10)<br />

£250-300<br />

Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic Leonard Walter Barnes,<br />

born Mortlake, Surrey, 11.9.1919; enlisted in the Royal<br />

Navy, 24.4.1939; service during the Second World War<br />

included in H.M.S. Suffolk, September 1939 to April 1941,<br />

H.M.S. Lucifer, October 1941 to July 1942; H.M.S.<br />

Cormorant, July 1942 to March 1943; <strong>and</strong> H.M.S.<br />

Hannibal, April 1943 to March 1944; advanced Stoker Petty<br />

Officer, 10.8.1944; Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic, 2.5.1947;<br />

discharged, 7.12.1952.<br />

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Four: Engine Room Artificer A.G. Stuart, Royal<br />

Navy<br />

1914-15 Star (M.15436, A.G. Stuart, Act. E.R.A.4.,<br />

R.N.); British War Medal (M.15436 A.G. Stuart.<br />

E.R.A.2 R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal<br />

(Andrew G. Stuart); Victory Medal (M.15436 A.G.<br />

Stuart. E.R.A.2 R.N.), good very fine<br />

Three: Able Seaman F.R. Long, Royal Navy<br />

1914-15 Star (J.38983, F.R. Long, Boy.1., R.N.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (J.38983 F.R. Long.<br />

A.B., R.N.), worn, good fine<br />

Three: Fireman G.J. Laxton, Mercantile Marine<br />

Reserve<br />

British War Medal (G.J. Laxton. Fmn. M.M.R.);<br />

Mercantile Marine War Medal (G.J. Laxton); Victory<br />

Medal (G.J. Laxton. Fmn. M.M.R.), nearly extremely<br />

fine (10)<br />

£80-120<br />

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Four: Corporal F. Mansbridge, Coldstream Guards<br />

1914-15 Star (12679 Pte. F. Mansbridge. C.Gds:);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (12679 Cpl. F.<br />

Mansbridge. C.Gds.); Coronation (Metropolitan<br />

Police) 1902, bronze (P.C. G. Mansbridge. T. Div.),<br />

nearly very fine, with the recipient’s Silver War Badge,<br />

lacking pin, the reverse impressed ‘134699’ (4)<br />

£80-120<br />

12679 Corporal F. Mansbridge, born 1883; died<br />

12.7.1966.<br />

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Four: Ordinary Seaman A.L. May, Royal Navy<br />

1914-15 Star (L.3908. A.L. May, O.S.2., R.N.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (L.3908 A.L. May.<br />

O.S.1 R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st<br />

‘Admiral’s bust’ type (L.3908 A.L. May. O.S.1.<br />

H.M.S. Ramillies.), light pitting to BWM, nearly very<br />

fine or better (4)<br />

£70-90<br />

L.3908 Ordinary Seaman Alwyne Llewellyn May, born<br />

Truro, Cornwall, September 1890; enlisted in the Royal<br />

Navy, 27.8.1912; posted to H.M.S. Actaeon, 6.6.1913;<br />

transferred to H.M.S. Dido, 25.6.1917; further postings<br />

included to H.M.S. Ramillies, 27.1.1927; awarded L.S. &<br />

G.C., 1927; discharged, 28.12.1928.


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Three: Able Seaman A. Noble, Royal Naval<br />

Volunteer Reserve<br />

1914-15 Star (CZ-603, A. Noble. A.B., R.N.V.R.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (C.Z. 603 A. Noble.<br />

A.B. R.N.V.R.), good very fine, with a small portrait<br />

photograph of the recipient framed in a gilt fob (3)<br />

£100-140<br />

CZ-603 Able Seaman Andrew Noble, born Fraserburgh,<br />

April 1894; enlisted in the Clyde Division, Royal Naval<br />

Volunteer Reserve, 6.10.1914; served with the Royal Naval<br />

Division in Gallipoli from April 1915; wounded by a gunshot<br />

wound to the head, 1.5.1915; wounded a second time<br />

by a severe gun-shot wound to the leg <strong>and</strong> chest, 13.7.1915;<br />

discharged on medical grounds, 6.5.1916; received War<br />

gratuity of £8, 10/-, 26.2.1919<br />

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Three: Corporal T.P. White, Royal Artillery<br />

1914-15 Star (53999. Gnr. T.P. White, R.H.A.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (53999 Cpl. T.P.<br />

White. R.A.), very fine, with the recipient’s Royal Life<br />

Saving Society bronze medal, the reverse engraved<br />

‘Gr. T.P. White June 1914’<br />

Pair: Private F.W. Carter, London Regiment<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (1409 Pte. F.W.<br />

Carter. 23-Lond. R.), very fine<br />

Pair: Airman P.J. Rundle, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (26601. 2.A.M. P.J.<br />

Rundle. R.A.F.), good very fine<br />

Second World War Medals (5), 1939-1945 Star;<br />

Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; France <strong>and</strong><br />

Germany Star, the first a later issue, good very fine (12)<br />

£80-120<br />

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Three: Private C. Gough, Army Service Corps<br />

1914-15 Star (M2-101676. Pte. C. Gough, A.S.C.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (M2-101676 Pte. C.<br />

Gough. A.S.C.), very fine, with the recipient’s<br />

National Fire Brigades Association Long Service<br />

Medal, bronze, two clasps, Ten Years, Five Years,<br />

second clasp loose on rib<strong>and</strong> (11703 Charles Gough)<br />

Three: Private W.J. Belcher, Army Service Corps<br />

1914-15 Star (M2-149292. Pte. W.J. Belcher,<br />

A.S.C.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (M2-149292<br />

Pte. W.J. Belcher. A.S.C.), good very fine (7)<br />

£70-90<br />

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Three: Private J. Hursey, London Regiment<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (1589. Pte. J. Hursey.<br />

7-Lond.R.); Territorial Force War Medal (1589 Pte. J.<br />

Hursey. 7 Lond.R.), nearly very fine (3)<br />

£100-140<br />

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Able Seaman A. Noble<br />

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Pair: Driver J. Smythe, Army Service Corps<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (T4-234243 Dvr. J.<br />

Smythe. A.S.C.), extremely fine, with named card box<br />

of issue<br />

British War Medal (2) (L.Z.4170 A.E. Miller. Sig.<br />

R.N.V.R.; 379 Sjt. F.J. Walburn. E. Surr. R.), very<br />

fine<br />

Second World War Medals (6), 1939-1945 Star;<br />

Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal;<br />

War Medal, generally good very fine (10)<br />

£60-80<br />

379 Sergeant Frederick Joseph Walburn, born Brixton,<br />

London; served with the 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment<br />

during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action,<br />

13.8.1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an<br />

attack north of Ovillers, in which they met strong enemy fire<br />

<strong>and</strong> heavy bombing <strong>and</strong> suffered 169 casualties, <strong>and</strong> is buried<br />

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Flight Sergeant N.A. Lacey-Johnston<br />

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A Poignant Group of Three to Flight Sergeant N.A. Lacey-Johnston, Royal Air Force, Killed in Action<br />

In the Raid on Mailly-le-Camp, 4.5.1944, His First <strong>and</strong> Only Operational Sortie of the War<br />

1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, extremely fine, with the following related items:<br />

- Air Council enclosure, named to ‘F/Sgt. N.A. Lacey Johnson’<br />

- The recipient’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s brevet<br />

- Mailly-le-Camp 50th Anniversary of the Bombardment by the Royal Air Force commemorative medallion<br />

1994<br />

- One of the Many, an Account of the events leading to the death of F/Sgt. N.A. Lacey-Johnson, by<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel L. Lacey-Johnson, the recipient’s brother<br />

- A comprehensive file of research, including many letters from the recipient’s brother (lot)<br />

£200-300<br />

1576434 Flight Sergeant Nigel Arthur Lacey-Johnson, born Birmingham; enlisted in the Royal Air Force, 8.7.1941;<br />

advanced Sergeant Navigator, 13.2.1943; promoted Flight Sergeant, 13.2.1944; after three years of training posted to<br />

No.101 Squadron (Lancasters), Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, 12.4.1944; his first <strong>and</strong> only operational sortie of the War<br />

with the Squadron was the raid on Mailly-le-Camp, 3.5.1944<br />

Raid on Mailly-le-Camp<br />

The decision to bomb Mailly was part of the change in bombing strategy in the early part of 1944, when preparations for<br />

Operation Overlord required that every effort should be made to minimise the German capabilities for reinforcement of<br />

the forthcoming invasion area. The target for the raid was a German military depot housing the major part of the 21st<br />

Panzer Division. A force of 495 Lancasters, including 20 from No.101 Squadron took part in the raid. Lacey-Johnson’s<br />

crew took off from Ludford Magna at approximately 22:00 hours on the 3rd May 1944 <strong>and</strong> crossed the French coast at<br />

Dieppe. German night fighters soon appeared once the coast was crossed, attacking them nearly all the way to the target<br />

area. The target was successfully marked by low level pathfinder Mosquitos backed up by Lancaster marker aircraft under<br />

the comm<strong>and</strong> of Marker Leader Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er G.L. Cheshire. The main attack commenced just after midnight, with<br />

No.101 Squadron in the second wave at about 00:30 hours on the 4th May. In all approximately 1,500 tons of bombs<br />

were dropped from heights of around 8,000 feet with great accuracy. 114 barrack buildings, 47 transport sheds, <strong>and</strong> some<br />

ammunition buildings were hit, 102 vehicles, including 37 tanks were destroyed, <strong>and</strong> 218 German soldiers, mostly Panzer<br />

N.C.O.s, were killed <strong>and</strong> 156 wounded. But a delay in starting the attack had brought most of the German night fighters<br />

to the area, <strong>and</strong> the highest casualties occurred during <strong>and</strong> shortly after the attack when the bombers were on their way<br />

home. Lacey-Johnson’s aircraft fell victim to a German night fighter, <strong>and</strong> was shot down over the town of Voué. The future<br />

Mayor of Voué described the air battle as terrible, ‘with aircraft exploding in the air <strong>and</strong> falling in pieces over a large area.’<br />

His account of Lacey-Johnson’s aircraft was that ‘it was in flames <strong>and</strong> exploded at 1,500 feet. The remains of the crew were<br />

collected by the French <strong>and</strong> buried secretly by the Catholic Priest of Voué.’ (One of the Many refers).<br />

Lacey-Johnson was buried with his crew in Voué churchyard; in 1991, to mark the 47th Anniversary of the raid, the French<br />

authorities erected a permanent memorial to honour those crews, some 42 in all, that were lost in the attack. The unveiling<br />

ceremony was attended by amongst others Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C., O.M., D.S.O., D.F.C., <strong>and</strong><br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Lacey-Johnson, the brother of Flight Sergeant Nigel Lacey-Johnson.<br />

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The Second War ‘Comm<strong>and</strong>o’ Group of Six<br />

Attributed to Captain G.J. Jones, No. 6<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o, Late Hampshire Regiment<br />

1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 1st Army Bar; Italy<br />

Star; France <strong>and</strong> Germany Star; Defence <strong>and</strong> War<br />

Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, extremely fine, with the<br />

following related items:<br />

- The recipient’s Comm<strong>and</strong>o ‘Fighting Knife’, by<br />

Wilkinson, with scrolled blade inscriptions, ‘No. 6<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>o’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Capt. G. Jones’, complete with<br />

metal-tipped leather scabbard<br />

- The recipient’s related miniature awards, the Africa<br />

Star lacking 1st Army Bar, mounted in a glazed display<br />

frame<br />

- The recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate,<br />

date 21.4.1944, housed in a glazed display frame<br />

- War Office letter to the recipient on the occasion of<br />

his release from active duty, granting him the honorary<br />

rank of Captain, dated 16.7.1946<br />

- Letter from the recipient to his sister, dated<br />

28.3.1945, written on German writing paper<br />

- The recipient’s Old Comrades Association of Army<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>os membership booklet<br />

- Group photograph of the recipient (6)<br />

£400-500<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 27.4.1944 Lt. G.J. Jones (153962),<br />

Hampshire R.<br />

‘In recognition of gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished services in the<br />

field.’<br />

Captain Gerald James Jones, Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Hampshire Regiment, 26.10.1940; served with<br />

the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War; taken<br />

Prisoner of War at Tebourba, North Africa, ‘before escaping<br />

<strong>and</strong> re-joining the Army in No. 6 Troop Comm<strong>and</strong>o’<br />

(accompanying h<strong>and</strong>written note refers); subsequently took<br />

part in the advance through Germany: ‘The War is going first<br />

class over here, <strong>and</strong> all the boys are in fine fettle- if we can’t<br />

beat the Russians to Berlin I’ll give up soldiering <strong>and</strong> start a<br />

girl’s school’ (Letter from the recipient, dated 28.3.1945<br />

refers); released from active service with the rank of Captain,<br />

16.7.1946.<br />

For the action at Tebourba in December 1942 Captain H.<br />

W. Le Patourel, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was<br />

awarded the Victoria Cross.<br />

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Five: Major L.J. Ghost [M.V.O.], Royal Artillery,<br />

Later Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth Verge of<br />

the Palaces<br />

1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence <strong>and</strong><br />

War Medals, extremely fine, with the following related<br />

items:<br />

- Card box of issue for the Second War awards,<br />

addressed to ‘Major L.J. Ghost, 17, Carlisle Street,<br />

Soho Square, W1’<br />

- The recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate,<br />

dated 23.5.1946<br />

- Central Chancery letter informing the recipient that<br />

he has been appointed a Member of the Fourth Class<br />

of the Royal Victorian Order, dated 24.11.1983<br />

- Various letters <strong>and</strong> enclosures relating to the Royal<br />

Victorian Order <strong>and</strong> the Board of the Green Cloth<br />

Verge of the Palaces (5)<br />

£60-80<br />

M.V.O. London Gazette 31.12.1983 Leonard John Gost<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 23.5.1946 Maj. (temp.) L.J. Ghost<br />

(233027), Royal Regiment of Artillery<br />

‘In recognition of gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished services in the<br />

Mediterranean Theatre.’<br />

Major Leonard John Ghost, M.V.O., Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Artillery 16.4.1942; served during the<br />

Second World War, advanced Major <strong>and</strong> Mentioned in<br />

Despatches; after the War changed his name to Gost,<br />

11.3.1948, <strong>and</strong> served as Clerk to the Board of Green Cloth<br />

Verge of the Palaces; retired October 1983, <strong>and</strong> appointed a<br />

Member (Fourth Class) of the Royal Victorian Order on<br />

retirement.<br />

The Board of the Green Cloth comprised officials of the<br />

Royal Household, among them the Lord Steward, Treasurer<br />

<strong>and</strong> Comptroller, <strong>and</strong> took its name from the green baize<br />

that covered the table at which the members met. Among<br />

other duties the Board audited accounts <strong>and</strong> made royal<br />

travel arrangements.


Captain J.H. Wansey-Jackson crossing<br />

the Ardennes, December 1944<br />

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A Fascinating <strong>and</strong> Well-Documented Second War Group<br />

of Four to Auster Pilot Captain J.H. Wansey-Jackson,<br />

Royal Artillery, attached No. 652 (Air Observation<br />

Post) Squadron, Royal Air Force<br />

1939-1945 Star; France <strong>and</strong> Germany Star; Defence <strong>and</strong><br />

War Medals, about extremely fine, with the recipient’s<br />

scrapbook, covering his career from the Norm<strong>and</strong>y l<strong>and</strong>ings<br />

through to post-war Germany as a member of the B.A.O.R.,<br />

the contents including his h<strong>and</strong>written monthly reports;<br />

over 250 photographs, many being air-to-ground<br />

intelligence shots taken from No. 652 Squadron’s Austers,<br />

but also including a fine series of pictures taken in the chaos<br />

of immediate post-war Germany; various assorted<br />

banknotes, newspaper cuttings, <strong>and</strong> leaflets; a signed receipt<br />

for ‘1 - Mercedes Benz’, delivered by Wansey-Jackson to<br />

H.Q., 31st A.A. Artillery Brigade, 21.5.1945; examples of<br />

German <strong>and</strong> Allied ‘anti-radar paper’ from the Caen<br />

battlefront; <strong>and</strong> several embroidered unit shoulder flashes,<br />

among them a most unusual <strong>and</strong> rare ‘Three Witches’ badge<br />

of I.S.9 (Western European Area), a component of M.I.9 (4)<br />

£500-600<br />

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Captain Jeffrey Howard Wansey-Jackson, born<br />

October 1919; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal<br />

Artillery, 19.10.1940. Promoted Lieutenant, 17.4.1942,<br />

he qualified as a pilot in Austers <strong>and</strong> joined the strength<br />

of No. 652 (Air Observation Post) Squadron, Royal Air<br />

Force, in readiness for the Norm<strong>and</strong>y invasion. The<br />

unit’s priority task was to spot for Allied artillery, work<br />

that sometimes entailed drawing enemy fire to reveal<br />

their gun positions: ‘We l<strong>and</strong>ed with Ground Party at<br />

H+5 on D-Day 6 June 1944, near Arromanches at a little<br />

village called Courseilles. Throughout the month we<br />

remained in the small bridgehead after an unpleasant<br />

little battle with the Radar Station at La Deliver<strong>and</strong>e- an<br />

enemy pocket. Our first Advanced L<strong>and</strong>ing Ground at<br />

Beny-sur-Mer proved too hot <strong>and</strong> we moved to<br />

Reviers... During the month [July] the Yank Fortesses<br />

bombed Caen <strong>and</strong> my Auster got a few holes in it from<br />

exploding ammunition. We leave 3rd Canadian Division<br />

<strong>and</strong> go to 6th Airborne Division, <strong>and</strong> then to 49 (W.R.)<br />

Division’ (Recipient’s scrapbook refers).<br />

Wansey-Jackson moved with his unit onto Belgium <strong>and</strong><br />

Holl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> was involved in operations on the River<br />

Maas, while in December 1944, as a result of the<br />

Ardennes offensive, its Auster pilots were rushed down<br />

to ‘plug the gap - flying furiously throughout Christmas<br />

Eve, Christmas Day <strong>and</strong> on till the end of the month’<br />

(ibid). In late January 1945, after further flying in the<br />

Roer sector in support of 12 Corps ‘one of our pilot’s<br />

got the D.F.C. for his work in this battle’ (ibid) he<br />

returned to the United Kingdom on leave, but he was<br />

back on active service in the following month, this time<br />

employed in a cl<strong>and</strong>estine role: ‘Spent most of the month<br />

on cloak <strong>and</strong> dagger work, intermingled with a little<br />

shooting on the banks of the Maas. We are in a large<br />

“Luny Bin” but quite comfortable. Weather throughout<br />

the month atrocious!’ (ibid). He continued his ‘cloak<br />

<strong>and</strong> dagger work’ in March <strong>and</strong> made contact with<br />

members of I.S. 9 (Western European Area), a<br />

component of M.I. 9, a unit charged during this period<br />

with rounding up <strong>and</strong> taking witness statements from<br />

British P.O.W.s as the Allies advanced, <strong>and</strong> also for<br />

getting members of the Dutch Resistance to carry out<br />

intelligence gathering missions. He ended the War at<br />

Wilhelmshaven, having latterly returned to spotter duties<br />

with a Polish Armoured Division.<br />

Promoted Captain, 18.10.1946, he was attached to<br />

Headquarters, B.A.O.R. post-War, <strong>and</strong> played a role in<br />

support of the Berlin Airlift, as well as serving with No.2<br />

Reconnaissance Squadron: ‘We mapped all Russian<br />

occupied Germany <strong>and</strong> the Russians didn’t know’ (ibid),<br />

before retiring, 30.4.1949.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Penhall Collection, September 2006.<br />

‘Three Witches’ badge of I.S.9 (Western European Area), a component of M.I.9<br />

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Sergeant N.J. Scarisbrick Scarisbrick competing for Great Britain at the<br />

2002 Winter Olympics<br />

70<br />

An Unusual ‘2002 Winter Olympics’ Group of Three to Sergeant<br />

N.J. Scarisbrick, Royal Tank Regiment, <strong>and</strong> the Driver of the British<br />

Bobsleigh Team<br />

Iraq 2003, no clasp (24797029 Cpl N J Scarisbrick RTR); Jubilee 2002;<br />

Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension<br />

(Sgt N J Scarisbrick RTR 24797029), extremely fine, the latter two in<br />

boxes of issue, with the following related items:<br />

- XIX Olympic Winter Games Commemorative Plaque, Salt Lake City<br />

2002, bronze, in wooden presentation box inscribed with the Olympic<br />

rings<br />

- The recipient’s Armed Forces Veterans lapel badge<br />

- Copy of Tank magazine, June 2002, featuring an article on the<br />

recipient’s Olympic experiences<br />

- Photograph of the recipient in Iraq (3)<br />

£500-700<br />

Sergeant Neil J. Scarisbrick, born 6.6.1970; represented Great Britain in the<br />

2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in both the two-man <strong>and</strong> four-man<br />

bobsleigh teams, as the driver of both sleds; subsequently served with the Royal<br />

Tank Regiment in Iraq.<br />

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A COLLECTION OF VOLUNTEER MEDALS<br />

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN<br />

71<br />

71<br />

Royal Regiment of Artillery 1821<br />

A large impressive circular, convex medal, 83mm,<br />

silver (Hallmarks for London 1821), with integral<br />

struck floriate rim interspersed with roses, obverse<br />

centre engraved with the Royal Arms, Artillery<br />

Cannon <strong>and</strong> motto below, reverse inscribed ‘Won by<br />

Sergt. James Bruce, Royal Regiment of Artillery, at<br />

Woolwich, 14th. June 1821.’, minor dinting therefore<br />

very fine, with integral silver floriate suspension loop<br />

£350-400<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

Due to the uncertainty that exists with the original provenance <strong>and</strong> manufacture of some<br />

early engraved Volunteer Medals, the following 70 Lots are sold as viewed.<br />

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72<br />

Bethnal Green Volunteer Infantry 1803<br />

A finely-struck circular medal, by P. Wyon, 50mm,<br />

silver, obverse featuring Britannia st<strong>and</strong>ing on dragon<br />

holding olive branch aloft <strong>and</strong> inscribed ‘Engl<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

Perseverance Dethroned Buonaparte’ <strong>and</strong> additionally<br />

neatly engraved in field ‘Robt. Bone’, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Bethnal Green Volunteer Infantry’ above <strong>and</strong> ‘Lt. Col<br />

Carrick’ below, oak <strong>and</strong> laurel wreath surround, the<br />

centre inscribed ‘Enrolled 13th. Aug. 1803, <strong>and</strong><br />

Disembodied at the General Peace of Europe, 24th.<br />

June 1814.’, nearly extremely fine, a scarce named<br />

example of this medal<br />

£180-220<br />

Presented in silver by Lieutenant Colonel Carrick to<br />

members of his Comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Stanley Gibbons 1972<br />

72<br />

73<br />

65<br />

73<br />

Bethnal Green Volunteer Infantry 1803<br />

A finely-struck circular medal, by P. Wyon, 50mm,<br />

silver, obverse featuring Britannia st<strong>and</strong>ing on dragon<br />

holding olive branch aloft <strong>and</strong> inscribed ‘Engl<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

Perseverance Dethroned Buonaparte’, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Bethnal Green Volunteer Infantry’ above<br />

<strong>and</strong> ‘Lt. Col Carrick’ below, oak <strong>and</strong> laurel wreath<br />

surround, the centre inscribed ‘Enrolled 13th. Aug.<br />

1803, <strong>and</strong> Disembodied at the General Peace of<br />

Europe, 24th. June 1814.’, nearly extremely fine<br />

£120-150


74<br />

Loyal Birmingham Light Horse Volunteers 1798<br />

A circular struck medal, 40mm, gilt-bronze, obverse<br />

featuring Peace seated by column inscribed ‘LBLHV<br />

BLA’ h<strong>and</strong>ing sprig of olive to a cupid, inscribed<br />

‘Ducit Amor Patriae’ above, ‘Instituted June 1797’ in<br />

exergue, reverse featuring crossed Union Flag <strong>and</strong><br />

Pennant behind crowned pedestal inscribed ‘Struck to<br />

commemorate the Presentation of Colours to the<br />

Birmingham Loyal Association June 4 1798’,<br />

retaining almost all original gilt, good very fine<br />

£150-180<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

74<br />

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75<br />

Loyal Birmingham Light Horse Volunteers 1798<br />

A circular struck medal, 40mm, bronze, obverse<br />

featuring Peace seated by column inscribed ‘LBLHV<br />

BLA’ h<strong>and</strong>ing sprig of olive to a cupid, inscribed<br />

‘Ducit Amor Patriae’ above, ‘Instituted June 1797’ in<br />

exergue, reverse featuring crossed Union Flag <strong>and</strong><br />

Pennant behind crowned pedestal inscribed ‘Struck to<br />

commemorate the Presentation of Colours to the<br />

Birmingham Loyal Association June 4 1798’,<br />

extremely fine<br />

£100-120


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76<br />

Loyal Birmingham Light Horse Volunteers 1798<br />

A circular struck medal, 40mm, bronze, obverse<br />

featuring Peace seated by column inscribed ‘LBLHV<br />

BLA’ h<strong>and</strong>ing sprig of olive to a cupid, inscribed<br />

‘Ducit Amor Patriae’ above, ‘Instituted June 1797’ in<br />

exergue, reverse featuring crossed Union Flag <strong>and</strong><br />

Pennant behind crowned pedestal inscribed ‘Struck to<br />

commemorate the Presentation of Colours to the<br />

Birmingham Loyal Association June 4 1798’, the edge<br />

engraved in running script ‘Edward Jones. Flautist.’,<br />

good very fine, with swivel ring suspension<br />

£100-120<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Stanley Gibbons 1980<br />

76<br />

77<br />

67<br />

77<br />

Birmingham Loyal (Volunteers) Association 1802<br />

A fine circular struck medal, 48mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring Peace awarding a medal to a Roman soldier,<br />

City of Birmingham in background ‘For True<br />

Patriotism’ above, ‘Peace MDCCCII’ in exergue,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Jno. Jones 6th. Compy.<br />

Birmm. Loyl. Associat. by the Town of Birmingham<br />

May XXVIII MDCCCII’ all within laurel wreath,<br />

neatly plugged below suspension ring, otherwise good very<br />

fine, with later silver ring suspension<br />

£150-180


78<br />

Birmingham Loyal (Volunteers) Association 1802<br />

A fine circular struck medal, 48mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring Peace awarding a medal to a Roman soldier,<br />

City of Birmingham in background ‘For True<br />

Patriotism’ above, ‘Peace MDCCCII’ in exergue,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Lieutt. Josh. R<strong>and</strong>ell<br />

L.B.L.H.V. by the Town of Birmingham May XXVIII<br />

MDCCCII’ all within laurel wreath, some edge<br />

bruising, otherwise nearly very fine<br />

£150-180<br />

A Joseph R<strong>and</strong>all is listed in ‘Yeomanry Volunteers 1804’<br />

(War Office 1804), advanced from Lieutenant, September<br />

1803, <strong>and</strong> noted as serving with the Birmingham (Loyal) 2nd<br />

Battalion.<br />

Lieutenant Joseph R<strong>and</strong>ell served with the Loyal<br />

Birmingham Light Horse Volunteers.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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79<br />

Birmingham Loyal (Volunteers) Association 1802<br />

A fine circular struck medal, 48mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring Peace awarding a medal to a Roman soldier,<br />

City of Birmingham in background ‘For True<br />

Patriotism’ above, ‘Peace MDCCCII’ in exergue,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Corpl. Michl. Smith<br />

1st. Compy. Birmm. Loyl. Associatn. by the Town of<br />

Birmingham May XXVIII MDCCCII’ all within laurel<br />

wreath, good very fine, with applied silver ring<br />

suspension<br />

£150-180


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80<br />

Royal Bristol Volunteers 1816<br />

A somewhat ovoid struck medal, 55mm x 36mm,<br />

silver, obverse featuring Bristol Coat of Arms, ‘Royal<br />

Bristol Volunteers’ inscribed above <strong>and</strong> ‘In Danger<br />

Ready’ below, reverse inscribed ‘Imbodied for the<br />

Maintenance of Public Order & Protection of their<br />

fellow Citizens of the Threat of Invasion by France<br />

MDCCXCVII. Revived at the Renewal of Hostilities<br />

MDCCCIII. Disb<strong>and</strong>ed when the Deliverance of<br />

Europe was Accomplished by the Perseverance <strong>and</strong><br />

Magnanimity of Great Britain <strong>and</strong> Her Allies<br />

MDCCCXIV’ in centre, ‘GR’ above <strong>and</strong> ‘Pro Patria’<br />

below, nearly extremely fine <strong>and</strong> one of the most<br />

intricate obverse strikings seen on a Volunteer award<br />

£120-140<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Baldwin 1971<br />

80<br />

81<br />

69<br />

81<br />

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Horse 1821<br />

A circular struck medal, 35mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a laureated head of George IV <strong>and</strong> inscribed<br />

‘Georgius IIII D.G. Britanniarum Rex F.D.’ around,<br />

reverse featuring three godesses attending the<br />

crowning of the King, ‘Proprio Jam Jure Animo<br />

Paterno’ above, ‘Inauguratus die Julii XIX Anno<br />

MDCCCXXI’ in exergue, edge engraved ‘Robt. Jarvis<br />

1st. Reg. B.Y.C.H.’, edge bruise, very fine, pierced as<br />

issued with ring suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

These interesting <strong>and</strong> understated awards were made in<br />

imitation of the official Pistrucci Coronation Medal to the<br />

order of the Colonel of the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry<br />

Cavalry Horse for the members of his comm<strong>and</strong> who lined<br />

the Coronation route but who did not receive the official<br />

medal.


82<br />

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Horse 1821<br />

A circular struck medal, 35mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a laureated head of George IV <strong>and</strong> inscribed<br />

‘Georgius IIII D.G. Britanniarum Rex F.D.’ around,<br />

reverse featuring three godesses attending the<br />

crowning of the King, ‘Proprio Jam Jure Animo<br />

Paterno’ above, ‘Inauguratus die Julii XIX Anno<br />

MDCCCXXI’ in exergue, edge engraved ‘Jas. Side.<br />

2d. Reg. B.Y.C.H.’, edge bruising, good very fine,<br />

pierced as issued with ring suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

82<br />

83<br />

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83<br />

14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1818<br />

A circular engraved medal with triple-stepped rim,<br />

43mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1818), obverse<br />

featuring a spirited horse in full gallop, ‘14th.<br />

Regiment Foot’ inscribed above, ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’<br />

below, reverse inscribed ‘Regimental 100 Yards<br />

Shooting Prize won by Quarter-Master Wm. Harris<br />

1818’, some dints, otherwise very fine, with silver loop<br />

suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

A Medal for Military Merit won by William Harris in April<br />

1816 is referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1972


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84<br />

Bury (Lancaster) Volunteers 1803<br />

A Maltese Cross, 61mm x 45mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1803), obverse engraved ‘Best Shot Prize<br />

Medal’ on arms of cross, central crown surrounded by<br />

‘Bury Volunteers’, reverse engraved ‘Sir Robert Peel<br />

Bart., Lieut. Col. Comm<strong>and</strong>ant’ on top arm, ‘John<br />

Scholes 1803’ on bottom arm, very fine, with integral<br />

fitting for ring suspension<br />

£180-220<br />

Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt., was the father of the better-known<br />

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt., sometime Prime Minister <strong>and</strong><br />

founder of the Metropolitan Police.<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

84<br />

85<br />

71<br />

85<br />

Cardiff Volunteer Artillery 1804<br />

A large circular engraved medal with double-stepped<br />

rim, 60mm, silver, obverse featuring various cannon<br />

<strong>and</strong> other paraphernalia of war, ‘Cardiff Volunteer<br />

Artillery’ inscribed above, ‘Reward of Merit 1804’<br />

below, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Thos. Jones by<br />

the Officers of the Battery’, nearly extremely fine, with<br />

integral ring suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, December 1975


86<br />

86<br />

Chatham <strong>and</strong> Gillingham Artillery Volunteers 1813<br />

A large finely-engraved oval medal, with deeply embossed<br />

floriate border, 94mm x 70mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1813), obverse featuring Britannia seated amidst a<br />

swirl of clouds, holding a cannon-ball which radiates beams<br />

of light upon two soldiers st<strong>and</strong>ing left <strong>and</strong> right on guard,<br />

a marquee top partially open above the clouds, from which<br />

a lion <strong>and</strong> a unicorn look out, ‘Chatham <strong>and</strong> Gillingham<br />

Arty.’ engraved in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘Prize Medal<br />

for the Best Shot of the Regiment the Gift of The Officers<br />

won by Mr. John Skillet September 1813’, nearly extremely<br />

fine, <strong>and</strong> exhibiting some of the most unusual artistry noted on<br />

any military award, with integral silver floriate loop<br />

suspension<br />

£300-350<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

J.B. Hayward, November 1971<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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87<br />

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot 1785<br />

A circular struck medal, 38mm, bronze-gilt, obverse<br />

featuring Hercules crowning a Roman soldier, ‘Order<br />

of Merit Established MDCCLXXXV’ in exergue,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Reward of Military Virtue from Lt.<br />

Col. Crosbie’ within two palm branches, ‘XXII or<br />

Cheshire Regiment’ around, retaining almost all<br />

original gilt, good very fine, with integral silver-gilt<br />

loop suspension<br />

£110-130<br />

Gilt-bronze Medal awarded for 10 years’ service.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, 1973<br />

87<br />

88<br />

73<br />

88<br />

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot 1820<br />

A circular struck medal, 35mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring George III receiving a medal from Colonel<br />

Crosbie on the terrace at Windsor, the Castle in the<br />

background, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’<br />

around, ‘1785’ in exergue, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Reestablished by Col: Sir H: Gough 1st. January<br />

1820’ in centre, ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment’<br />

around, minor edge bruise, therefore nearly extremely<br />

fine, with integral hinged-bar suspension, together<br />

with a similar striking in white metal, good very fine,<br />

lacking suspension (2)<br />

£140-180<br />

Silver Medal awarded for 14 years’ service<br />

White metal Medal awarded for 4 years’ service.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

(i) J.B. Hayward, May 1971


89<br />

Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Militia 1778<br />

A circular struck medal, 45mm, silver, obverse<br />

inscribed ‘Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Militia’ above crown <strong>and</strong> ‘G.R.<br />

1778’ within oakleaf wreath, the reverse featuring a<br />

Dragon within wreath inscribed ‘For Merit’,<br />

‘Presented by Colonel James Lowther’ above, ‘Won<br />

by P. Taylor’ below, good very fine, with integral ring<br />

suspension ring<br />

£140-180<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Midl<strong>and</strong> Medals 1973<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Rangers 1806<br />

A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim,<br />

52mm, silver, obverse featuring crossed muskets with<br />

fixed bayonets with a crown <strong>and</strong> bugle between,<br />

‘Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Rangers’ inscribed above, ‘Best Shot at<br />

the Target’ below, reverse inscribed ‘First Prize at the<br />

Whitehaven Shooting Trials won by Mr. Josh.<br />

Chambers. B<strong>and</strong>sman April 1806’, good very fine, with<br />

integral suspension ring<br />

£240-280<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward, 1972


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91<br />

Dewsbury Light Horse<br />

Volunteers 1801<br />

An oval finely-engraved<br />

medal with deeply embossed<br />

floriate border, 65mm x<br />

42mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring ram suspended<br />

from clouds, Coat of Arms<br />

below, inscribed ‘Dewsbury<br />

Light Horse Volunteers’<br />

above, ‘Merit Rewarded’<br />

below, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Presented to James<br />

Knowles by the Members of<br />

the Troop. A Reward for his<br />

Skill as a Swordsman <strong>and</strong><br />

Proficiency at Military<br />

Exercises 1801’, good very<br />

fine, with silver ring<br />

suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972<br />

92<br />

Diss<br />

1811<br />

Volunteer Infantry<br />

An oval engraved medal with<br />

triple-stepped rim, 67mm x<br />

50mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1811), obverse<br />

centre inscribed ‘G.R.’ with<br />

‘Diss Volunteer Infantry’<br />

around, surrounded by<br />

trophy of arms including<br />

cannon, balls, sword,<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards, drum &c.,<br />

‘Reward of Merit 1811’ in<br />

exergue, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Awarded to Mr. Jabez<br />

Waller for Proficiency at the<br />

Military Exercises’, good very<br />

fine, with silver loop<br />

suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, August 1971<br />

75<br />

91<br />

92


93<br />

Doddington <strong>and</strong> March Troop of Cavalry 1809<br />

A most exquisite oval inscribed award with embossed<br />

floriate border, 58mm x 44mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1809), obverse featuring an Officer at ease in<br />

full Hussar-style uniform within laurel wreath,<br />

‘Doddington & March Troop of Cavalry’ inscribed<br />

around, ‘Reward of Merit 1809’ below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Mr. John Matthews was awarded this Medal<br />

for his Great Proficiency as a Cavalryman’, minor<br />

dinting, otherwise good very fine, with integral floriate<br />

silver ring suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

J.B. Hayward, August 1972<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Dukinfield Independent Riflemen 1807<br />

A circular struck medal, 43mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a rifleman in a kneeling firing position,<br />

‘Dukinfield Independent Riflemen’ inscribed around,<br />

‘Embodied July XXII MDCCCIV’ in exergue, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Presented by Captain Francis Dukinfield<br />

Astley’ around, <strong>and</strong> ‘To Thespn. Hurst for firing the<br />

best at the Target March 2d. 1807’ within wreath in<br />

centre, some edge bruising, nearly very fine, pierced for<br />

suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911


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95<br />

(Loyal) Edenside Rangers 1802<br />

An oval engraved medal with<br />

embossed floriate border, 60mm x<br />

43mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1802), obverse featuring a<br />

Crowned Garter inscribed ‘Loyal<br />

Edenside Rangers’ enclosing a<br />

bugle, ‘Fortiter et Recte’ above,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘To George Moss,<br />

a Token of Regard from Colnl.<br />

Henry Howard July 1802.’, nearly<br />

extremely fine, with integral silver<br />

floriate loop suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward, December 1975<br />

96<br />

(Royal) Edinburgh Volunteers<br />

1804<br />

An oval struck medal, 54mm x<br />

42mm, silver-lemon gilt, obverse<br />

featuring a Rifleman st<strong>and</strong>ing at the<br />

firing position, ‘Best shot at ball<br />

practice’ inscribed above, ‘Given by<br />

the Society for the Defence of the<br />

Country’ in exergue, reverse<br />

featuring Crown <strong>and</strong> Garter with<br />

motto, ‘Alexr. Lawson 1st. Battn.<br />

2d. Regt. R.E.V. 23 March 1804’<br />

engraved within, minor edge<br />

bruising, good very fine, with<br />

integral ring suspension<br />

£180-220<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Lawson won the Best<br />

Marksman Medal previously on 11th<br />

July 1801; this medal is referenced in<br />

Hastings Irwin<br />

77<br />

95<br />

96


97<br />

Royal Flint Regiment 1807<br />

A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim,<br />

56mm, silver, obverse inscribed ‘George Rex III’<br />

above crown, ‘1807’ below, ‘Royal Flint Regiment’ on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> around, reverse inscribed ‘James Wilkie Best<br />

Shot wh. Ball at 100 Yards September Firings’, nearly<br />

extremely fine, with silver ring suspension<br />

£220-250<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

97<br />

98<br />

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98<br />

Central Regiment Glamorgan Local Militia 1810<br />

A circular engraved medal, 33mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring central Prince of Wales’s feathers within<br />

crown, surrounded by laurel leaves, ‘Reward of Merit<br />

Central Regt. Glamorgan Local Militia’ inscribed<br />

around, reverse inscribed ‘Won by Henry Thomas<br />

Capt. Morgan Davie’s Compy. 22nd. July 1810’,<br />

nearly very fine, with silver twisted loop suspension<br />

£150-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911


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99<br />

37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1801<br />

An interesting, finely engraved, circular medal, 50mm,<br />

silver <strong>and</strong> gold, obverse featuring a central eight-sided<br />

gold filigree-work lozenge, with bugle, crossed flags,<br />

<strong>and</strong> drum within, flanked by ‘North Hampshire’ to the<br />

left, <strong>and</strong> ‘Regiment of Foot’ to the right, crossed rifles<br />

with fixed bayonets behind, Crowned rose above, <strong>and</strong><br />

‘37 1801’ below, all encompassed by alternate roses<br />

<strong>and</strong> crowns, reverse inscribed ‘1st Merit at Shooting<br />

awarded by Lieut. Colonel John Hope to<br />

Quartermaster Samuel Woodford’, this encompassed<br />

by similar alternate roses <strong>and</strong> crowns, edge bruise,<br />

therefore good very fine <strong>and</strong> highly decorated, with<br />

integral silver loop suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward, August 1971<br />

99<br />

100<br />

79<br />

100<br />

North Hampshire (Volunteers) 1843<br />

A circular struck medal, 38mm, silvered-copper,<br />

obverse featuring a crowned circulet with ‘North<br />

Hampshire XXXVII’ at centre, surrounded by<br />

alternate roses, shamrocks, <strong>and</strong> thistles, ‘July 12th<br />

1843’ below, reverse inscribed ‘The Best Marksman<br />

Light Company’ within laurel wreath, edge bruise,<br />

therefore very fine, with integral silver rings suspension<br />

£100-120


101<br />

101<br />

Loyal Honiton Volunteers 1796<br />

A large circular engraved medal with double-stepped<br />

rim, 54mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1796),<br />

obverse featuring a crowned laurel wreath around<br />

‘Merit Rewarded 1796’, surrounded by ‘Loyal<br />

Honiton Volunteers’, reverse inscribed ‘Quarterly Ball<br />

Firing Competition won by Captn. J. Townsend<br />

September 1796’, minor dinting, therefore very fine,<br />

with silver ring suspension<br />

£180-220<br />

Captain James Townsend was advanced to Major,<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ing the Loyal Honiton Volunteers, September<br />

1803.<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, June 1972<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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102<br />

Irvine Archers 1817<br />

An oval medal with a reeded <strong>and</strong> decorated border,<br />

50mm x 44mm, silver, obverse inscribed ‘Given by<br />

John Campbell of Ardoch to the Irvine Archers’,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Prize Medal 1817 Shot for on 18th.<br />

Octr. 1817 <strong>and</strong> Won by John Dean Irvine.’, good very<br />

fine, with integral ring suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

102<br />

103<br />

81<br />

103<br />

King’s Royal Bodyguard Company 1822<br />

A most unusual circular ‘Multi-Award’ engraved<br />

medal with finely decorated rim, 50mm, silver, obverse<br />

Prince of Wales’s feathers within crown <strong>and</strong> flanked by<br />

motto, hunting horn &c. below, ‘Royal King’s Body<br />

Guard Compy.’ inscribed around, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Ball Firing Target 100 Yards’ in centre, ‘Wm. Egerton<br />

21st. June 1822 XI’ at top, ‘W.W. Drake 5th July<br />

1822 XX’ at side, ‘Wm. Egerton 30th August 1822<br />

VIII’ at bottom, ‘W.W. Drake 21st. Decr. 1822 XXI’,<br />

at side, nearly extremely fine, with integral one piece<br />

ring suspension<br />

£200-240<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin


104<br />

Royal Liverpool Volunteers 1806<br />

A finely engraved circular medal on a struck planchet<br />

with double-stepped rim, 40mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring the Arms of Colonel Bolton, ‘Royal<br />

Liverpool Volunteers’ inscribed on rib<strong>and</strong> below,<br />

reverse featuring a Royal Crown, <strong>and</strong> inscribed below<br />

‘Lieut. Colonel Bolton to Corporal Williams for his<br />

Faithful Services August 25 1806’, edge bruise,<br />

therefore very fine, with silver loop suspension<br />

£130-150<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1972<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

104<br />

105<br />

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105<br />

Royal Liverpool Volunteers 1806<br />

A finely struck circular medal with double-stepped<br />

rim, 40mm, silver, obverse featuring the Arms of<br />

Colonel Bolton, ‘Royal Liverpool Volunteers’<br />

inscribed on rib<strong>and</strong> below, reverse featuring a Royal<br />

Crown, <strong>and</strong> inscribed below ‘Lieut. Colonel Bolton to<br />

Sergeant Longworth for his Faithful Services August<br />

25 1806’, all struck lettering except for recipient’s<br />

name, good very fine, with silver loop suspension<br />

£150-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin


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106<br />

Lochaber Rifle Volunteers 1869<br />

A Maltese Cross, 2nd Volunteer Movement engraved<br />

award, 38mm, silver, obverse featuring a soldier in the<br />

kneeling firing position, ‘Lochaber Rifle Volunteers<br />

1869’ engraved on arms, reverse inscribed ‘Presented<br />

by Henry Burrell’, very fine with silver ring suspension<br />

<strong>and</strong> reverse central brooch fitting<br />

£40-50<br />

106<br />

107<br />

83<br />

107<br />

London (Loyal) Volunteers 2nd Company, 6th<br />

Regiment 1805<br />

A fine quality deeply struck circular medal, 48mm,<br />

silver, obverse featuring laureated head of George III<br />

right, ‘G III R’ below, within heavy beaded border,<br />

reverse featuring a central drum with ‘VI Regt. L.L.V.’<br />

inscribed, crossed Colours of the Union <strong>and</strong> the City<br />

of London, fasces below, inscribed above ‘From Sir<br />

Robert Wigram Bart. M.P. Lieut. Col. Comm<strong>and</strong>ant,<br />

Adjudged to Richard Winter.’, all surrounded by oak<br />

leaves, edge inscribed ‘Best Shot of the 2nd Company,<br />

30th July 1805’, edge bruising, therefore good very fine,<br />

with silver ring suspension<br />

£200-240<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911


108<br />

Duke of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteers<br />

(Middlesex) 1804<br />

A circular struck medal, 43mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring Britannia seated, a lion couchant at her feet,<br />

presenting a palm branch to a soldier with rifle <strong>and</strong><br />

fixed bayonet, reverse all engraved ‘Prize Medal the<br />

gift of Sir Wm. Pulteney Bt. won by Corporal Richard<br />

Cox Grenadier April 13, 1804’, surrounded by ‘Duke<br />

of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteers’, good very fine,<br />

pierced with ring suspension<br />

£120-140<br />

A similar medal won by a Corporal in the 4th Company, 13th<br />

April 1804 is referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

108<br />

109<br />

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109<br />

Acrotormentarian Society of Riflemen (Middlesex<br />

Rifle Volunteers) 1814<br />

A circular finely casted <strong>and</strong> chased medal, 45mm,<br />

silver, obverse with central skull <strong>and</strong> crossbones<br />

surrounded by a serpent seemingly devouring itself<br />

<strong>and</strong> open laurel wreath, ‘Acrotormentarian’ engraved<br />

above, <strong>and</strong> ‘Society’ engraved below, reverse inscribed<br />

‘R.L.V.R. Presented by the Acrotormentarian Society<br />

of Riflemen for Merit at Arms 1814.’, good very fine,<br />

with integral ring suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

Sotheby, January 1973


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110<br />

Monmouthshire Volunteers 1798<br />

An oval engraved medal with scalloped edge, 52mm x<br />

40mm, silver, obverse featuring a central Royal Crown<br />

above ‘GR’, ‘Monmouthshire Volunteers 1798’ <strong>and</strong><br />

laurel wreath around, reverse inscribed ‘Presented by<br />

Colonel Chas Morgan to Mr. Wm. Manning for his<br />

Great Services in raising this Regt to 1656.’, good very<br />

fine, with integral silver ring suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

110<br />

111<br />

85<br />

111<br />

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1820<br />

A well struck circular medal, 45mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a central Griffin st<strong>and</strong>ing, ‘Anorchfygol’<br />

below, ‘Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry’ around,<br />

reverse featuring an oak leaf wreath, nearly extremely<br />

fine, with integral silver ring, clip, <strong>and</strong> bar suspension<br />

£150-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972


112<br />

Newcastle Volunteers 1806<br />

A finely engraved circular medal, 46mm, silver<br />

(Hallmarks on edge indistinct), obverse featuring a<br />

Roman Centurion leading a Militiaman to a seated<br />

Britannia with lion couchant behind, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Prize Medal presd. by Coll. Clennell to Mark<br />

Lambert, Rifle Compy. N.V.’, ‘Decr. 24 1806’ below,<br />

‘Engl<strong>and</strong> Expects Every Man to do his Duty’ around,<br />

some edge bruising <strong>and</strong> light contact marks, very fine,<br />

with silver ring suspension<br />

£180-220<br />

A similar medal to Thomas Johnson, Left Battalion,<br />

Newcastle Volunteers, 24th December 1806 is referenced in<br />

Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, December 1975<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

112<br />

113<br />

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113<br />

48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot 1819<br />

A circular engraved medal with single-stepped rim,<br />

37mm, silver, obverse featuring a Royal Crown above<br />

‘48’, ‘Thos. Davison.’ on central rib<strong>and</strong>, ‘1819’<br />

below, ‘Northamptonshire’ around, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Oporto, Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos,<br />

Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes,<br />

Toulouse’, laurel leaves around, good very fine, with<br />

integral silver hinged suspension bar <strong>and</strong> M.G.S.<br />

rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£300-350<br />

A similar medal instituted in April 1819 is illustrated <strong>and</strong><br />

referenced in Hastings Irwin to a different recipient. Hastings<br />

Irwin states that the reverse refers to the number of Peninsula<br />

Battles in which the recipient was engaged; these vary in<br />

number from 1 to 11.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972


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114<br />

5th (Northumberl<strong>and</strong> Fusiliers)<br />

Regiment of Foot 1830<br />

A circular engraved medal with heavystruck<br />

reeded edge, 44mm, silver<br />

(Hallmarks for London 1830), obverse<br />

featuring a central grenade numbered ‘5’<br />

dividing ‘Northumbd. Fusiliers 1830’,<br />

‘Awarded to Corpl. C. Knuck’ below,<br />

reverse featuring a lily wreath with ‘Pro<br />

Merito’ inscribed in centre, good very fine,<br />

with integral ring <strong>and</strong> upper <strong>and</strong> lower<br />

silver rib<strong>and</strong> bar suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

114<br />

115<br />

5th (Northumberl<strong>and</strong> Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1818<br />

A circular finely engraved medal with a triple-stepped edge,<br />

50mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1818 on decorated<br />

suspension), obverse featuring a mounted St. George slaying the<br />

dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ inscribed above, ‘V Foot’ below,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Presented to John Watson by Coln. Sir C. Pratt,<br />

K.C.B., <strong>and</strong> the Officers of the Regiment. A Token of Regard May<br />

1818’, nearly extremely fine, with decorated silver ring suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, September 1971<br />

115<br />

87


116<br />

5th (Northumberl<strong>and</strong> Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot<br />

c.1840<br />

A circular struck medal, 34mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a mounted St. George slaying the dragon,<br />

‘Quo Fata Vocant’ on scroll above, reverse inscribed<br />

‘V Northumberl<strong>and</strong> Fusiliers Merit March 10th 1767<br />

[date of institution]’, within laurel wreath, edge<br />

inscribed ‘No. 1948 Pte. T. Dixon. 1/5th Fus.’, very<br />

fine, with later ‘Indian Mutiny’ type silver swivel<br />

suspension<br />

£120-150<br />

The silver medal was awarded for 21 years’ service with the<br />

Regiment.<br />

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116<br />

117<br />

117<br />

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry 1802<br />

A well struck circular medal, 36mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a laureated bust of George III right,<br />

‘Georgius III Rex’ above, ‘MDCCCII’ below, reverse<br />

featuring a green dale oak in centre, the oak in full<br />

flower with ‘Foi Loi Roi’ on trunk, ‘Notts Yeomanry’<br />

above, minor contact marks, therefore very fine, with<br />

integral silver ring suspension<br />

£100-120<br />

Also awarded in gold to Officers.<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Baldwin 1971<br />

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118<br />

Oxford Light Dragoons 1796<br />

A circular engraved medal with triple-stepped rim,<br />

38mm, silver (Hallmarks for 1795), obverse featuring<br />

a cavalryman holding a bugle <strong>and</strong> banner inscribed<br />

with a crowned ‘GR’, ‘Oxford Light Dragoons’ above,<br />

crossed sabres <strong>and</strong> ‘Practice’ in exergue, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Prize First Troop the gift of Coln. Hon.<br />

Thos. Parker May 1st. 1796’, good very fine, with silver<br />

loop suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972<br />

118<br />

119<br />

89<br />

119<br />

Prince of Wales’s Volunteers 1799<br />

A circular engraved medal with single-stepped rim,<br />

44mm, silver, obverse featuring a Royal Crown with<br />

Garter inscribed ‘Pro Rege et Patria’, ‘P.W.V.’ in<br />

central field, laurel wreath surround, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Prize Medal for skill at Ball Practice awarded to Henry<br />

Brymer Best Shot 8th May 1799’, good very fine, with<br />

integral silver ring suspension<br />

£160-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

Sotheby, January 1973


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

120<br />

120<br />

95th (Rifle Brigade) Regiment of Foot 1807<br />

A circular engraved medal, 37mm, silver, obverse featuring a<br />

Crowned bugle horn in centre, ‘95’ inscribed between suspension<br />

cords, surrounded by a Garter inscribed ‘Rifle Regiment’, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Monte Video’, very fine, rare, with integral silver ring<br />

suspension<br />

£500-600<br />

On the 13th June 1806 Major Gardner marched to Portsmouth with three<br />

Companies of the 2nd Battalion, 95th Regiment <strong>and</strong> embarked for Monte<br />

Video, as part of a force destined for service under Brigadier General<br />

Auchmuty in the South Americas. On the 16th January 1807 the troops<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> General Auchmuty immediately occupied the suburbs of Monte<br />

Video. On the 20th January the enemy in large force made a desperate sortie<br />

<strong>and</strong> the detachment of the 95th on this occasion lost five men killed <strong>and</strong> 25<br />

wounded. A breach having been reported to the General as practicable, he<br />

resolved to take the town by storm. On the 3rd February, before daybreak,<br />

the attacking column was on the move, the Forlorn Hope being led by<br />

Captain Dickenson (95th Regiment) at the head of his own Company. After<br />

a desperate struggle with the defenders the British troops forced themselves<br />

into the town <strong>and</strong> the Union flag was soon raised above the walls of Monte<br />

Video. During the attack Captain Dickenson fell gloriously at the head of his<br />

Company; casualties were a further ten men killed, <strong>and</strong> two Officers <strong>and</strong> 19<br />

men wounded. The riflemen engaged were specially thanked in General<br />

Orders. Eleven Sergeants received Silver Medals under the sanction of the<br />

Duke of York for their Gallantry on this occasion; similar <strong>medals</strong> were also<br />

awarded for other achievements.<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

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121<br />

Sadlers Sharpshooters 1802<br />

A circular engraved medal with triple-stepped rim,<br />

52mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1802), obverse<br />

featuring a Militiaman in the st<strong>and</strong>ing firing position,<br />

military camp in background, ‘Sadlers Sharpshooters’<br />

above, ‘Best Shot at Ball Practice’ in exergue, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Awarded to Corpl. Wm. Staples for the Best<br />

Target at 100 Yards September 30th 1802’, good very<br />

fine, with heavy silver scroll supported suspension ring<br />

£280-320<br />

This medal is illustrated <strong>and</strong> referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward October 1971.<br />

121<br />

122<br />

91<br />

122<br />

Sidmouth Loyal Artillery c.1801<br />

A large circular engraved medal with integral silver<br />

roped border, 66mm, silver (Hallmarks for London<br />

1800), obverse inscribed ‘GR’ in centre, Royal Crown<br />

above, Cannon below, surrounded by laurel wreath,<br />

‘Sidmouth Loyal Artillery’ on banner at top, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘First Prize adjudged to Gunner Geo. Smith<br />

for skill in Gun Practice’, very fine, with silver loop<br />

suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin


123<br />

13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot c.1830<br />

A circular cast <strong>and</strong> chased uniface medal, 46mm, silver,<br />

obverse featuring a Sphinx with ‘Egypt’ inscribed on<br />

plinth <strong>and</strong> a Bugle horn inscribed ‘Ava’ <strong>and</strong><br />

‘Martinique’ with ‘XIII’ between suspension cords in<br />

centre, ‘Medal of Merit’ above, ‘For 14 Years Good<br />

Conduct’ below, reverse blank, very fine for issue, with<br />

a flattened loop suspension<br />

£120-150<br />

Silver <strong>medals</strong> were awarded for 7, 10, or 14 Years’ Good<br />

Conduct; a Gold medal was awarded for 20 Years’ Good<br />

Conduct. Some of these awards are noted with the recipient’s<br />

name.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, January 1973<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

123<br />

124<br />

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124<br />

West Somerset Yeomanry 1868<br />

A circular 2nd Volunteer Movement struck medal,<br />

35mm, silver, obverse featuring a mounted<br />

cavalryman, sabre at the ready, ‘West Somerset<br />

Yeomanry’ above, ‘W.H.B. Portman Coll.’ in exergue,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Awarded to Corpl. J. Slade Ilminster<br />

Troop for being best shot in the Regt. 1868’, edge<br />

bruising, therefore very fine, with contemporary silver<br />

swivel suspension<br />

£100-140


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125<br />

Loyal Volunteers St. John’s Southwark 1799<br />

A circular finely engraved medal with double-stepped<br />

rim, 49mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1799),<br />

obverse featuring Arms for Southwark in central field,<br />

lion <strong>and</strong> unicorn couchant left <strong>and</strong> right, ‘Pro Rege et<br />

Patria’ on scroll above, all encompassed by a Garter<br />

inscribed ‘Loyal Volunteers of St. John’s Southwark’,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Given by the Corps of Loyal<br />

Volunteers of St. John’s Southwark to Joseph Knight<br />

one of their members for the Best Shot upon the<br />

second essay of the Corps with Ball Cartridge on<br />

Thursday Septr. 19th 1799’, nearly extremely fine,<br />

with silver loop suspension<br />

£280-320<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, October 1971<br />

125<br />

126<br />

93<br />

126<br />

Staffordshire Yeomanry 1840<br />

A circular struck medal, 38mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a Royal Crown above a Staffordshire Knot in<br />

centre, ‘Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry’ around,<br />

reverse inscribed ‘Firm <strong>and</strong> Constant’ in central field<br />

with oak leaf wreath, ‘Private Samuel Coates 1840’<br />

inscribed around, minor edge bruising, therefore very<br />

fine, with steel clip <strong>and</strong> split ring suspension<br />

£120-140<br />

Granted the title ‘Queen’s Own Royal Regiment of<br />

Staffordshire Yeomanry’ in 1838.<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin


127<br />

Surrey Rifle Volunteers 1813<br />

An oval finely engraved medal with double-stepped<br />

rim, 58mm x 44mm, silver (Hallmarks for London<br />

1812), obverse featuring a defensive, patriotic lion<br />

astride a trophy of arms including cannon, Union flag,<br />

drum &c. on a bed of roses, ‘Surrey Rifle Volunteers’<br />

above, ‘Merit Rewarded’ in exergue, reverse inscribed<br />

‘The Gift of Cptn. Comm<strong>and</strong>ant John Dabbs to Mr.<br />

H.M. Young, Best Shot at Ball Practice June 1813’,<br />

good very fine, with integral flattened silver loop<br />

suspension<br />

£280-320<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, October 1971<br />

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127<br />

128<br />

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128<br />

Loyal Tooting Volunteers 1811<br />

A circular engraved medal with single-stepped rim,<br />

42mm, silver (Hallmarks for 1810), obverse inscribed<br />

‘The Reward of Merit’ within laurel wreath, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘The gift of Lieut. Coll. Hardy Inspg. Field<br />

Officer to Serjeant Overton Loyl. Tooting Volrs. 4<br />

June 1811’, good very fine, with silver ring suspension<br />

£140-180


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129<br />

Tower Hamlet Volunteers 1804<br />

A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim,<br />

50mm, silver (Hallmarks for 1804), obverse inscribed<br />

‘Ratcliff Division of Tower Hamlet Volunteers’ within<br />

wreath, reverse inscribed ‘The gift of Captn. Easum to<br />

Serjt. Balfour of the third Company being the best<br />

shot at Highbury Septr, 27 1804’, good very fine,<br />

pierced at top for suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

129<br />

130<br />

95<br />

130<br />

Loyal United West <strong>and</strong> East Ham Volunteers 1799<br />

A circular struck medal, 38mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a volunteer Militiaman st<strong>and</strong>ing at attention<br />

with rifle <strong>and</strong> fixed bayonet in front of trees <strong>and</strong><br />

church, ‘The Loyal United West <strong>and</strong> East Ham<br />

Volunteers’ around, ‘Associated May 18 1798’ in<br />

exergue, reverse featuring central Coat of Arms<br />

flanked left <strong>and</strong> right by the Union flag <strong>and</strong> Royal<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard with ‘G.R.’, ‘Toy Apietetein Eneka’ above,<br />

‘Deus Major Columna’ below, ‘For Preservation of<br />

Internal Peace our King <strong>and</strong> Constitution’ around,<br />

‘Presented by Sr John Henniker Bt Stratford House<br />

Essex 1799’ in exergue, minor edge bruise, otherwise<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

£140-160<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin


131<br />

Royal Westminster Rifle Volunteers 1804<br />

A large circular engraved medal with triple-stepped<br />

rim, 55mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for 1803), obverse<br />

featuring a large portcullis, ‘R.W.R.V.’ above, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Presented to the 5th Company by Major<br />

Twining Won May 15th 1804 by Mr. John Dunn.’,<br />

good very fine, pierced at top with ring suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

131<br />

132<br />

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132<br />

Westmorel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Yeomanry Cavalry<br />

c.1868<br />

A circular 2nd Volunteer Movement finely struck<br />

medal, 37mm, silver, obverse featuring an attractive<br />

<strong>and</strong> youthful Queen Victoria left, surrounded by laurel<br />

leaves, ‘Westmorel<strong>and</strong> & Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Yeomanry<br />

Cavalry’ around, reverse featuring two mounted<br />

Yeoman either side of a Coat of Arms, all on a<br />

decorated dais, ‘W.C.Y.C.’ within laurel wreath above,<br />

edge inscribed ‘Trumpeter W. Hogg. Whitehaven<br />

Troop.’, nearly extremely fine, pierced with ring <strong>and</strong><br />

silver straight bar suspension<br />

£100-140


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133<br />

Westmorel<strong>and</strong> East <strong>and</strong> West Ward Volunteers<br />

1809<br />

A large oval engraved medal with embossed floral<br />

border, 65mm x 50mm, silver, obverse featuring a<br />

volunteer soldier st<strong>and</strong>ing presenting arms,<br />

‘Westmorel<strong>and</strong>’ above, ‘East <strong>and</strong> West War<br />

Volunteers’ below, reverse inscribed ‘Won by Richd.<br />

Bellus. Lieut. 1809. The Best Shot’, nearly extremely<br />

fine, with integral silver ring suspension<br />

£280-320<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972<br />

133<br />

134<br />

97<br />

134<br />

Colonel Williams’ Corps of Volunteers 1800<br />

A circular engraved medal with integral doublestepped<br />

rim, 42mm, silver (Hallmarks for London<br />

1800), obverse engraved with Coat of Arms featuring<br />

crossed foxes <strong>and</strong> inscribed ‘Colonel Williams’ above<br />

<strong>and</strong> ‘Corps of Volunteers’ below, reverse inscribed ‘J.<br />

Carey, Best Shot wh. Ball at 100Yds. August 1800’,<br />

minor dints, otherwise very fine, with integral<br />

suspension ring<br />

£120-140<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, 1972


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

135<br />

135<br />

Worcester Loyal Volunteers 1799<br />

A superb <strong>and</strong> highly decorated multi-faceted oval jewel,<br />

67mm x 56mm, enamelled, contained within glazed lunettes<br />

held in a gold frame, obverse featuring a trophy of arms <strong>and</strong><br />

Regimental flag in centre, wreath around, ‘A token of<br />

Respect from Major Forester June 4th 1799’ inscribed<br />

around edge on glazed lunette, reverse inscribed ‘W.L.V.’<br />

within a wreath, all depicted in fine seed pearl work, on blue<br />

enamel, Royal Crown painted in gold on glazed lunette,<br />

obverse glazing cracked <strong>and</strong> repaired, otherwise good very fine<br />

<strong>and</strong> of the highest rarity, with integral gold top loop<br />

suspension<br />

£1,000-1,200<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

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136<br />

Worlingworth Volunteers 1798<br />

A circular struck medal, 38mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a volunteer soldier at attention with<br />

shouldered arms, a drum in the foreground, houses<br />

<strong>and</strong> tower with Union flag flying in background,<br />

reverse transposed, featuring a Crowned Garter with<br />

‘For King <strong>and</strong> our Country’ inscribed, a heart<br />

surrounded by nine h<strong>and</strong>s in central field, the whole<br />

surrounded by branches of roses, ‘1798’ above, ‘John<br />

Henniker Major Commt.’ below, edge inscribed<br />

‘Robert Gooch’, edge bruising <strong>and</strong> heavy contact marks<br />

to obverse, therefore fine, reverse better, with applied ring<br />

suspension, this partially obscuring the recipient’s name<br />

£100-120<br />

136<br />

137<br />

99<br />

137<br />

Yarmouth Cavalry 1805<br />

A circular engraved medal with single-stepped edge,<br />

41mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1805),<br />

obverse featuring a mounted galloping cavalryman,<br />

sabre at ready, ‘Pro Rege et Patria’ inscribed above,<br />

‘For Merit’ in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘Yarmouth<br />

Cavalry to Corpl. H. Curtis for Skill at Sword exercise<br />

Sept. 1805.’, good very fine, with silver-gilt ring<br />

suspension<br />

£160-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

J.B. Hayward, October 1971


138<br />

Yarmouth Volunteer<br />

Infantry 1803<br />

A large oval engraved<br />

medal with triple-stepped<br />

rim, 71mm x 57mm, silver<br />

(Hallmarks for 1803),<br />

obverse featuring Britannia<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ing in a defiant pose,<br />

one h<strong>and</strong> on hip, the other<br />

supporting a spear, with<br />

the Union flag flying<br />

behind, lion couchant at<br />

feet, ‘Yarmouth Volunteer<br />

Infantry’ inscribed on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘The Best Shot of<br />

the Corps Mr. W. Jacobs<br />

1803’, laurel wreath<br />

around, very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, October 1971<br />

139<br />

Yorkshire Volunteers,<br />

5th North Riding<br />

Regiment 1811<br />

A large circular engraved<br />

medal with doublestepped<br />

rim, 57mm, silver,<br />

obverse featuring a<br />

Crowned bugle horn in<br />

central field, ‘G’ <strong>and</strong> ‘R’ to<br />

the left <strong>and</strong> right,<br />

‘Yorkshire Volunteers’<br />

above, ‘5th North Riding<br />

Regiment’ below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Reward for<br />

Military Merit awarded to<br />

John Taylor 1811’, good<br />

very fine, with silver ring<br />

suspension<br />

£280-320<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

C.J. Dixon, June 1973<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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138<br />

139


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140<br />

23rd Light Dragoons 1814<br />

An oval well-struck medal, 43mm x 36mm, silver,<br />

obverse featuring frontal view of Sphinx, Pyramids<br />

behind, ‘Egypt’ in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘The<br />

Reward of Merit <strong>and</strong> Faithful Service XXIII LD’, edge<br />

inscribed as issued ‘R. Johnson. 1814.’, good very fine,<br />

with integral ring <strong>and</strong> contemporary wide bar<br />

suspension with original ‘Waterloo’ rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£160-200<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1972<br />

140<br />

101<br />

141<br />

HASTINGS IRWIN, D.<br />

War Medals <strong>and</strong> Decorations, issued to the British<br />

Military <strong>and</strong> Naval Forces <strong>and</strong> Allies from 1588 to<br />

1910, 4th Edition, London 1910. Duodecimo,<br />

536pp, with plates, bound in original two-tone cloth<br />

with gilt title inscription<br />

£40-60<br />

The fourth edition <strong>and</strong> best of the series which includes 192<br />

pages of Regimental <strong>and</strong> Volunteer Medals


142<br />

Battle of Dogger Bank 1781, oval silver medal, 39mm<br />

x 29mm, obverse featuring Victory on prow facing<br />

right, reverse featuring inscription within wreath, with<br />

integral ring for suspension (Milford Haven I, 630),<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£200-300<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, March 1974<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS<br />

142<br />

143<br />

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143<br />

General Eliott’s Medal for the Defence of Gibraltar<br />

1782, 49mm, silver, no suspension, as issued, minor<br />

contact marks, otherwise good very fine<br />

£500-600


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144<br />

Red Hot Shot Medal 1782, 41mm, copper, obverse<br />

featuring a moored floating battery with fire bombs<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ing on the roof, ‘The Pastora Battl. Ship Adml.<br />

Morino’ inscribed below, recipient’s name ‘H. Hobbs’<br />

at bottom, reverse featuring an active furnace with<br />

‘Fur’ to the left <strong>and</strong> ‘nace’ to the right, ‘Spaniards<br />

defeated by Red Hot Shot at Gibraltar Septey. 13th.<br />

1782’ inscribed below, minor dinting, good very fine,<br />

with integral large ring suspension<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Approximately ten named <strong>medals</strong> are known to exist.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1909<br />

Glendining, July 1923<br />

Glendining, July 1928<br />

Glendining, June 1947<br />

Charles Lovell Collection 1977.<br />

144<br />

145<br />

103<br />

145<br />

Red Hot Shot Medal 1782, 38mm, copper, obverse<br />

featuring a moored floating battery with three fire<br />

bombs l<strong>and</strong>ing on the roof, ‘The Pastora Battery Ship<br />

Adl. Morino’ inscribed below, recipient’s initials<br />

‘H.C.’ at bottom, reverse featuring an active furnace<br />

with ‘Fur’ to the left <strong>and</strong> ‘nace’ to the right, ‘Spaniards<br />

defeated by Red Hot Shot at Gibraltar Sept. 13th.<br />

1782’ inscribed below, nearly very fine, with integral<br />

large ring suspension<br />

£300-400


146 147<br />

146<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 1 June<br />

1794 (Allan Wilson.), very fine<br />

£2,000-2,400<br />

Allan Wilson served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Gibraltar<br />

during the fleet action that became known as ‘The Glorious<br />

First of June.’ A total of seven Large Naval Gold Medals <strong>and</strong><br />

15 Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1952<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

WWW.spiNK.Com<br />

147<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp,<br />

Camperdown (James Turner.), very fine<br />

£1,400-1,800<br />

James Turner served as Private, Royal Marines in H.M.S.<br />

Belliqueux for the defeat of the Dutch fleet by the British<br />

Naval squadrons under Admiral Duncan, including the<br />

capture of nine ships of the line <strong>and</strong> two frigates off the<br />

Dutch coast, 11.10.1797. Two Large Naval Gold Medals <strong>and</strong><br />

fourteen Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for<br />

Camperdown. Two other men with this name appear on the<br />

Admiralty Claimants’ List both as single clasp awards for<br />

Syria.


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148 149<br />

148<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Egypt<br />

(John Mayhew, Purser.), virtually Mint state<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

John Mayhew served as Purser in H.M.S. Pallas in cooperation<br />

with the Army on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Egypt, 1801.<br />

105<br />

149<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 4 Novr.<br />

1805 (John M. Denney.), good very fine<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

John M. Denney served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Santa<br />

Margarita as part of Commodore Sir Richard Strachan’s<br />

squadron, when he captured four French ships of the line, off<br />

Ferrol on the north coast of Gallicia, Spain, 4.11.1805. Four<br />

Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

McKenzie Collection, 1873<br />

Lord Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, February 1974


150<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, San<br />

Fiorenzo 8 March 1808 (John Finch.), good very fine<br />

£5,000-7,000<br />

John Finch served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. St. Fiorenzo<br />

(36 guns) during the chase, action <strong>and</strong> capture over three<br />

days of the French 40 gun frigate Piémontaise off Cape<br />

Comorin, in the Gulf of Manaar, Indian Ocean, 6-8.3.1808;<br />

one other man with this name appears on the Admiralty<br />

Claimants’ List, as a single clasp award for Egypt.<br />

Ordinary Seaman John Finch was severely wounded in<br />

action, 7.3.1808, the day before his Captain was killed by a<br />

broadside from the Frenchman. The San Fiorenzo suffered 15<br />

officers <strong>and</strong> ratings killed or died of wounds, <strong>and</strong> 23<br />

wounded as a consequence of this action.<br />

Approximately 16 clasps issued for this action<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1940<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

150 151<br />

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151<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Anse La<br />

Barque 18 Decr. 1809 (John Clements.), edge bruise,<br />

good very fine<br />

£1,800-2,200<br />

John Clements served as L<strong>and</strong>sman in H.M.S. Elizabeth for<br />

the storming of enemy batteries at Barque Isl<strong>and</strong>,<br />

Guadeloupe, <strong>and</strong> the chase <strong>and</strong> capture of the French 40-gun<br />

frigates Loire <strong>and</strong> Seine, 17-18.12.1809; one other man with<br />

this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, as a<br />

single clasp award for Camperdown.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Murray Collection, Glendinning May 1965 (£85)


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152<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp,<br />

Guadaloupe (J.L. Thompson.), good very fine<br />

£1,200-1,600<br />

John L. Thompson served as Acting Master in H.M.S. Blonde<br />

for the combined naval <strong>and</strong> military operations comm<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

by Vice Admiral the Honourable Sir Alex<strong>and</strong>er Cochrane <strong>and</strong><br />

Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith which culminated<br />

in the capture of the French-held isl<strong>and</strong> of Guadaloupe,<br />

January-February 1810.<br />

Lieutenant John Last Thompson, R.N., born 1779; joined<br />

the Royal Navy, 1804, <strong>and</strong> was posted for service as Acting<br />

Master in H.M.S. Snipe later the same year; served as Master<br />

in H.M. ships Snipe, Volcano, Camilla <strong>and</strong> Blonde, on the<br />

Home Station, Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> in the West Indies, May<br />

1805 - April 1810; when ‘in the Volcano he was often in<br />

action with the enemy’s batteries <strong>and</strong> flotilla at Boulogne,<br />

<strong>and</strong> saw, as a volunteer, much hazardous boat-service. On 24<br />

Sept. 1809, being then in the Blonde, he offered, of his own<br />

accord, to cut out a privateer schooner from under two<br />

batteries in the south-east part of Guadaloupe; <strong>and</strong> while<br />

endeavouring to accomplish this object he lost his right arm,<br />

<strong>and</strong> was otherwise much injured in the side by a grape-shot<br />

shattering his musket. He was in consequence presented by<br />

the Patriotic Society with the sum of 150l, <strong>and</strong> was allotted,<br />

7 May, 1810, a pension of 91l. 5s per annum. Prior to uniting<br />

in the Blonde in the operations immediately connected with<br />

the reduction of Guadaloupe, Mr. Thompson aided, in Dec.<br />

1809, in Anse la Barque, the French 40-gun frigates Loire<br />

<strong>and</strong> Seine, together with a heavy battery by which they had<br />

been defended. He had witnessed in the same ship the<br />

surrender, in Dec. 1807, of the Danish isl<strong>and</strong>s of St.Thomas<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ste. Croix’ (O’Byrne refers); nominated Acting-<br />

Lieutenant of the Statira <strong>and</strong> Neptune, before being<br />

promoted Lieutenant, December 1810; employed in<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> of a Signal station at Gunton, near Lowestoffe,<br />

1812-1814.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Seaby July 1963<br />

Christie February 1982<br />

152 153<br />

107<br />

153<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp,<br />

Guadaloupe (William Driver.), very fine<br />

£800-1,000<br />

William Driver served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S.<br />

Melampus for the combined naval <strong>and</strong> military operations<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ed by Vice Admiral the Honourable Sir Alex<strong>and</strong>er<br />

Cochrane <strong>and</strong> Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith<br />

which culminated in the capture of the French-held isl<strong>and</strong> of<br />

Guadaloupe, January-February 1810.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendinning July 1909 (51/-)


154<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Lissa<br />

(William Hays.), minor edge bruising, very fine<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

William Hays served as Carpenter in H.M.S. Amphion, as part<br />

of a British squadron, for the action with a Franco-Venetian<br />

squadron, capture of two enemy frigates, the 40-gun Bellona,<br />

the 40-gun Corona, <strong>and</strong> the destruction of the 40-gun frigate<br />

Favorite, off the isl<strong>and</strong> of Lissa in the Adriatic, 13.3.1811. A<br />

total of four Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this<br />

action.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendinning February 1906<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

154 155<br />

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155<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, St.<br />

Sebastian (William J. [sic] Scott, Capt. R.N.), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

William Isaac Scott served as Captain in H.M.S. Freija, which<br />

assisted in the capture of St. Sebastian when some ship’s boats<br />

were employed in the inner blockade, 8.9.1813.<br />

Captain William Isaac Scott, R.N., joined the Royal Navy<br />

as a Volunteer, <strong>and</strong> was appointed to H.M.S. Windsor Castle<br />

(Captain W.H. Kelly); served as Midshipman, H.M.S. St.<br />

George <strong>and</strong> the Solebay, on the West India station, <strong>and</strong> was<br />

‘part of the force engaged in 1794 at the reduction of the<br />

French isl<strong>and</strong>s’ (O’Byrne refers); served in the Veteran <strong>and</strong><br />

the Revolutionnaire prior to being appointed Lieutenant,<br />

H.M.S. Voltigeur, May 1799; he served in the Clyde <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Urania <strong>and</strong> with the latter returned to the West Indies,<br />

August 1808; served in H.M.S. Hibernia (flag-ship of Sir<br />

Charles Cotton), at Lisbon; promoted Comm<strong>and</strong>er, October<br />

1810; served in H.M.S. Freija, 1812-1814; Captain 1814.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, November 1987


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156<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Gaieta<br />

24 July 1815 (Charles Barclay.), very fine<br />

£2,000-2,500<br />

Charles Barclay served as L<strong>and</strong>sman in H.M.S. Berwick when<br />

she combined with H.M.S. Malta during the attack <strong>and</strong><br />

reduction of Gaieta, on the Italian coast, in the Kingdom of<br />

Naples, 8.8.1815.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Baldwin, 1969<br />

156 157<br />

109<br />

157<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers<br />

(J. Garrett, Midshipman.), good very fine<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

John Garrett served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Granicus<br />

when the combined English <strong>and</strong> Dutch fleets attacked the<br />

heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816. British casualties<br />

amounted to 128 killed, 690 wounded; the Dutch suffered<br />

13 killed <strong>and</strong> 52 wounded. The Granicus, Glasgow,<br />

Impregnable, Le<strong>and</strong>er, <strong>and</strong> Superb, had their masts <strong>and</strong> yards<br />

greatly damaged.<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er John Garrett, R.N., was the second son of<br />

John Garrett, Esq., of Ellington, near Ramsgate <strong>and</strong> was the<br />

brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett, K.H., Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Officer 46th Foot; joined the Royal Navy as First Class<br />

Volunteer, 1810, <strong>and</strong> was appointed to H.M.S. Hamadryad<br />

(Captain Sir Thomas Staines); in the latter he visited St.<br />

Helena <strong>and</strong> cruized on the Irish station until 1812, when he<br />

removed as Midshipman with his Captain to H.M.S. Briton;<br />

he served with the later in the Pacific until August 1815,<br />

when he served in the Niger followed by the Granicus;<br />

promoted Lieutenant, March 1822, <strong>and</strong> was appointed to<br />

H.M.S. Euryalus, on the Mediterranean station; appointed to<br />

H.M.S. Shannon, September 1828, <strong>and</strong> saw subsequent<br />

service in the West Indies with H.M. ships Slaney, Mersey <strong>and</strong><br />

Racehorse; assumed acting-comm<strong>and</strong> of H.M.S Falcon, 1831;<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er 1833.


158<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers<br />

(Joseph Smithson.), minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Joseph Smithson served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Superb<br />

when the combined English <strong>and</strong> Dutch fleets attacked the<br />

heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816. British casualties<br />

amounted to 128 killed, 690 wounded; the Dutch suffered<br />

13 killed <strong>and</strong> 52 wounded. The Granicus, Glasgow,<br />

Impregnable, Le<strong>and</strong>er, <strong>and</strong> Superb, had their masts <strong>and</strong> yards<br />

greatly damaged.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

158 159<br />

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159<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers<br />

(Geo. Selby.), minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely<br />

fine<br />

£700-900<br />

George Selby served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Hebrus<br />

when the combined English <strong>and</strong> Dutch fleets attacked the<br />

heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1916. British casualties<br />

amounted to 128 killed <strong>and</strong> 690 wounded; the Dutch<br />

suffered 13 killed <strong>and</strong> 52 wounded. One other man with this<br />

name appears on the Admiralty Claimants List, for a single<br />

clasp award for Royalist May & June 1810 (one of only three<br />

recipients of this clasp).<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, December 1970<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, February 1974


November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

160<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Navarino<br />

(J.G. Mackenzie, Midshipman.), toned, good very fine<br />

£1,200-1,600<br />

James George Mackenzie served as Midshipman in H.M.S.<br />

Philomel during the battle of Navarino in which the<br />

combined fleets of Britain, France <strong>and</strong> Russia engaged <strong>and</strong><br />

routed the Turkish fleet, 20.10.1827. The morning after the<br />

battle Admiral Sir Edward Codrington described the state of<br />

the Turkish fleet as such, ‘Out of a fleet composed of eightyone<br />

men-of-war, only one frigate <strong>and</strong> fifteen smaller vessels<br />

are in a state to ever put to sea again.’<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er James George Mackenzie, R.N., joined the<br />

Royal Navy, 1823; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Philomel<br />

(Captain the Lord Viscount Ingestrie) at Navarino;<br />

Lieutenant May 1830; appointed to H.M.S. Caledonia, on<br />

the Mediterranean station, 1833; in February of the<br />

following year appointed to the comm<strong>and</strong> (as Flag-<br />

Lieutenant to Sir Thomas Briggs, Admiral-Superintendent of<br />

Malta) of the Ceylon receiving-ship; appointed First-<br />

Lieutenant, H.M.S. Indus, October 1840; Comm<strong>and</strong>er April<br />

1847, <strong>and</strong> was employed as Second-Captain of the Caledonia<br />

at Devonport.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1927<br />

160 161<br />

111<br />

161<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Navarino<br />

(John Underhill, Gunner.), good very fine<br />

£800-1,200<br />

John Underhill served as Gunner in H.M.S. Talbot during<br />

the battle of Navarino in which the combined fleets of<br />

Britain, France <strong>and</strong> Russia engaged <strong>and</strong> routed the Turkish<br />

fleet, 20.10.1827.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, August 1973


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

162<br />

162<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Navarino<br />

(William Kell.), good very fine<br />

£700-900<br />

William Kell served as a Boy in H.M.S. Dartmouth during the Battle<br />

of Navarino in which the combined fleets of Britain, France, <strong>and</strong><br />

Russia engaged <strong>and</strong> routed the Turkish fleet, 20.10.1827. The<br />

morning after the Battle Admiral Sir Edward Codrington described<br />

the state of the Turkish fleet as such, ‘Out of a fleet composed of<br />

eighty-one men-of-war, only one frigate <strong>and</strong> fifteen smaller vessels<br />

are in a state to ever to put to sea again.’<br />

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November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

163<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (H.W. Craufurd, Comm<strong>and</strong>er.),<br />

good very fine, with Royal Naval College Second Mathematical Prize Medal, silver,<br />

53mm., reverse engraved, ‘Henry Willm. Craufurd, 17 Decr. 1822’ (2)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Henry William Craufurd served as Comm<strong>and</strong>er in H.M.S. Powerful during operations on <strong>and</strong><br />

off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

Captain Henry William Craufurd, R.N., joined the Royal Navy, 1821; passed his examination<br />

in 1827, <strong>and</strong> acquired the rank of Lieutenant, March 1828; appointed to H.M.S. Pelorus<br />

(Captain M. Quinn), on the Mediterranean station, 1830-1831; served in H.M.S. Melville (flagship<br />

of Sir John Gore), in the East Indies, 1831-1835; Comm<strong>and</strong>er, July 1835; comm<strong>and</strong>ed the<br />

sloop Racehorse on the North American <strong>and</strong> West India stations, 1837-1839; married at<br />

Barrackpore, by the Bishop of Calcutta, to the daughter of the Dean of Wells, 1853; retired<br />

Captain, April 1856; died 1859.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, April 1978<br />

163<br />

163<br />

113


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

164<br />

164<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Henry H. Bingham,<br />

Senr. Lieut. R.N.), suspension re-constituted, very fine<br />

£400-600<br />

Henry Hope Bingham served as Senior Lieutenant in H.M.S. Princess Charlotte<br />

during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

Captain Henry Hope Bingham, R.N., second son of the Reverend Richard<br />

Bingham, Canon of Chicester; joined the Royal Navy as First Class Volunteer,<br />

December 1813, <strong>and</strong> was appointed to H.M.S. Rosamond (comm<strong>and</strong>ed by his uncle<br />

Captain D. Campbell), in which he accompanied with convoy to Hudson’s Bay; he<br />

served in the Leven, co-operating with the Royalists in La Vendee, 1815; attained<br />

the rank of Midshipman whilst serving in H.M.S. Rivoli; <strong>and</strong> served in the Carron<br />

(Captain J. Furneaux), ‘under whom he was wrecked, as Master’s Mate, in the Bay<br />

of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820, <strong>and</strong>, with others, cast senseless on the beach’<br />

(O’Byrne refers); passed his examination, August 1821, whilst serving in H.M.S.<br />

Queen Charlotte (flag-ship of Sir James Whitshed); subsequent postings included in<br />

the Seringapatam, ‘in the boats of which frigate we find him as Mate, repeatedly<br />

employed in the suppression of piracy in the Grecian Archipelago - <strong>and</strong> the Warspite,<br />

fitting at Portsmouth, towards the close of 1825, for the flag of his uncle, Rear-<br />

Admiral Bingham, whose premature death, when on the point of sailing, proved in<br />

a great measure detrimental to his prospects’ (Ibid); Lieutenant, January 1826;<br />

served in H.M.S. Hyperion, 1828-1831, ‘lying in Newhaven harbour for the<br />

purposes of the extended Cost Blockade.... <strong>and</strong> experienced during that period<br />

much arduous boat-service. From 8 May, 1833, until 17 June, 1836, he served as<br />

Senior of the Larne... on the West India station, where he appears to have been very<br />

actively employed, the latter part of the time in protecting the British mercantile<br />

interests on the coasts of New Granada <strong>and</strong> Venezuela, then in a state of<br />

insurrection. The Larne was also present throughout the siege of Puerto Caballo, by<br />

Gen. Paez..... Mr. Bingham joined the Princess Charlotte bearing the flag in the<br />

Mediterranean of Sir Robert Stopford, <strong>and</strong> for his services as First Lieutenant of that<br />

ship, during the operations on the coast of Syria, particularly at the capture of St.<br />

Jean d’Acre, was advanced to the rank of Comm<strong>and</strong>er 4 Nov. 1840, <strong>and</strong> appointed,<br />

15. Dec. following, her Second-Captain’; appointed Second-Captain, H.M.S.<br />

Formidable, August 1842....in March, 1844, Comm<strong>and</strong>er Bingham witnessed the<br />

settlement of the Greek Constitution at Athens....Captain Bingham... was also<br />

presented with the Gold Cross of the Order of the Saviour of Greece, but existing<br />

regulations prevented him from accepting it’ (Ibid); he was latterly employed as<br />

Inspecting Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Coast Guard, 1845-1850; retired Captain, April 1856.<br />

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November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

165<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(William Gul<strong>and</strong>. Surgn.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£800-1,000<br />

William Gul<strong>and</strong> served as a Surgeon in H.M.S. Bellerophon on<br />

<strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, May 1940<br />

Sotheby, June 1990<br />

165 166<br />

115<br />

166<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(Robert Anderson, Asst. Surgn.), lacquered, very<br />

fine<br />

£800-1,000<br />

Robert Anderson served as Assistant Surgeon in H.M.S.<br />

Princess Charlotte during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of<br />

Syria, 1840.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, September 1923<br />

Christie, November 1982


167<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(J.E. Price, Clerk.), initial ‘E’ neatly corrected, good<br />

very fine<br />

£600-800<br />

John E. Price served as a Clerk in H.M.S. Hydra during<br />

operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1980<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

167 168<br />

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168<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(Angelo Aguis.), very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

Angelo Aguis served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Asia during<br />

the operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.


November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

169 170<br />

169<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(William Barter.), light contact marks, therefore very<br />

fine<br />

£400-500<br />

William Barter served as Boy in H.M.S. Hazard during<br />

operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

117<br />

170<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(Thomas Webb.), suspension slack, very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

Thomas Webb served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Castor<br />

during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840; two<br />

other men of this name appear on the Admiralty Claimant’s<br />

List, this being the only award for Syria.


171<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria<br />

(John W. Jeffery.), very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

John W. Jeffery served as Boy in H.M.S. Princess Charlotte<br />

during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

171 172<br />

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172<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Gut of<br />

Gibraltar 12 July 1801, Algiers (William Strath.), very<br />

fine<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

William Strath served as Gunner’s Mate in H.M.S. Pompee as<br />

part of the successful attack upon the Franco-Spanish<br />

squadrons under the enemy batteries in Algerciras Bay,<br />

12.7.1801. This resulted in the destruction of the Spanish<br />

three-decker, 112-gun Real Carlos abd San Hermenegildo<br />

together with the French 74-gun St. Antione; Strath served as<br />

Quarter Master’s Mate in H.M.S. Impregnable when the<br />

combined English <strong>and</strong> Dutch fleets attacked the heavily<br />

fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816. British casualties<br />

amounted to 128 killed, 690 wounded; the Dutch suffered<br />

13 killed <strong>and</strong> 52 wounded. The Granicus, Glasgow,<br />

Impregnable, Le<strong>and</strong>er, <strong>and</strong> Superb, had their masts <strong>and</strong> yards<br />

greatly damaged.<br />

William Strath, born Aberdeen, 1770; between 1795-1798<br />

he was borne on H.M.S. Pompee’s books as Quarter Gunner,<br />

Midshipman <strong>and</strong> Gunner’s Mate; he was invalided out service<br />

in 1802, only to rejoin the Royal Navy in 1816; he was<br />

invalided out of service once again, July 1817, <strong>and</strong> finally<br />

received his medal through the Staff Officer for Pensions at<br />

Exeter.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1915<br />

<strong>Spink</strong>, March 1979


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173 174<br />

173<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Basque<br />

Roads 1809, St. Sebastian (William Jeram.), minor<br />

edge nicks, good very fine<br />

£3,000-3,500<br />

William Jeram served as Cooper in H.M.S. Beagle during<br />

Lord Cochrane’s successful destruction of a number of<br />

French ships, including four ships of the line, in the Basque<br />

Roads, off St. Nazaire, 11-12.4.1809; Jeram served as the<br />

same rate in the same vessel, when she assisted in the capture<br />

of St. Sebastian when some ship’s boats were employed in the<br />

inner blockade, 8.9.1813.<br />

119<br />

174<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps,<br />

Navarino, Syria (John Brown.), minor edge bruising,<br />

good very fine<br />

£1,000-1,200<br />

John Brown served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Albion during<br />

the battle of Navarino in which the combined fleets of<br />

Britain, France <strong>and</strong> Russia engaged <strong>and</strong> routed the Turkish<br />

fleet, 20.10.1827; Brown served as the same rate in H.M.S.<br />

Cambridge during operations on <strong>and</strong> off the coast of Syria,<br />

1840; there are several men of the same name listed on the<br />

Admiralty Claimant’s List, however, the medal appears<br />

entirely as issued.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1923


175<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,<br />

Corunna (G. Middleton, R. Arty. Drivers.), minor<br />

edge nicks, good very fine<br />

£600-700<br />

Driver George Middleton, born Fettercairn, Montrose,<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong>, 1782; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, December<br />

1804; served with the Artillery in the Peninsula; discharged<br />

August 1824, after 19 years <strong>and</strong> 109 days service.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, 1974.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

175 176<br />

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176<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,<br />

Barrosa (R. Whenn, Serjt. 1st. Foot Guards), issued<br />

as Wrenn, surname neatly <strong>and</strong> contemporarily partially<br />

corrected to read Whenn, very fine<br />

£1,000-1,200<br />

Sergeant Robert Whenn (latest published transcript of the<br />

Medal roll lists recipient as Wrenn), born Norwich, Norfolk,<br />

1782; enlisted in the 1st Foot Guards, February 1801; served<br />

with the Regiment in the Peninsula at the Battle of Barrosa,<br />

5.3.1811, <strong>and</strong> in Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. James<br />

Stanhope’s company during the Waterloo <strong>campaign</strong>, 16-<br />

18.6.1815 (received medal); severely wounded at Quatre<br />

Bras, losing his right arm above the elbow, <strong>and</strong> receiving a<br />

wound in the thigh; discharged as a result of his wounds,<br />

March 1816; died, Romford, Essex, November 1859.


November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

177<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, two clasps,<br />

Sahagun & Benevente, Vittoria (G. Harman,<br />

Serjeant, 10th. Hussars.), some edge bruising,<br />

otherwise nearly extremely fine<br />

£1,400-1,600<br />

1 Sergeant George Harman, born Clonakilty, Co. Cork,<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1785; enlisted in the 10th Hussars, September 1805;<br />

promoted Corporal, April 1806; Sergeant, May 1807; served<br />

with the Regiment in the Peninsula <strong>and</strong> wounded through<br />

the right lung by a sword at Morales, Spain, 2.6.1813: ‘At the<br />

village of Morles the rear guard of the French was overtaken<br />

on the 2nd June by the Hussar Brigade, of which the 10th<br />

were the leading Regiment. The French horsemen<br />

immediately passed a bridge <strong>and</strong> a swamp under fire, <strong>and</strong><br />

then facing about in two lines, gave battle. The British<br />

charged the French dragoons with such effect that their first<br />

line was at once overthrown, <strong>and</strong>, becoming a confused mass,<br />

galloped back on to their supports. Following up their<br />

success, the 10th, with the 18th still in support, the 15th in<br />

reserve, attacked the second line; this soon broke <strong>and</strong> fled,<br />

the pursuit being carried on for two miles. In addition to<br />

their loss in killed <strong>and</strong> wounded, two Officers <strong>and</strong> 202 men<br />

of the enemy, with an equal proportion of horses, were<br />

captured’ (Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars refers).<br />

When Regimental numbers were introduced in the 1820s<br />

Harman was allocated the number 1 as the longest serving<br />

N.C.O.; discharged, September 1830, after 24 years <strong>and</strong> 350<br />

days with the Colours; died, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

December 1864.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, April 1918.<br />

177 178<br />

121<br />

178<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, two clasps,<br />

Vittoria, Toulouse (J. Freeman, R. Arty. Drivers.),<br />

edge bruise, nearly extremely fine<br />

£500-600<br />

Driver James Freeman, born Upminster, Essex; enlisted in<br />

the Royal Artillery, March 1803; discharged, August 1816,<br />

after 13 years <strong>and</strong> 244 days service.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, April 1964<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1974


179<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,<br />

Egypt, Talavera, Salamanca (J. Holl<strong>and</strong>, Coldstm.<br />

Guards), minor edge nick, otherwise nearly extremely<br />

fine<br />

£1,300-1,500<br />

Private John Holl<strong>and</strong>, born Oxendon, Tewkesbury,<br />

Gloucestershire, 1780; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards,<br />

January 1799; served with the Regiment in Egypt <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Peninsula, wounded in the left h<strong>and</strong> in Egypt, March 1801;<br />

discharged, March 1817, on account of ‘his being subject to<br />

asthma <strong>and</strong> being infirm from the effects of service in Egypt<br />

<strong>and</strong> different parts of Europe’ after 18 years <strong>and</strong> 55 days with<br />

the Colours; died, Tewkesbury, March 1851.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

179 180<br />

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180<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,<br />

Martinique, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (M.<br />

Middleton, 23rd. Foot.), edge nick, good very fine<br />

£900-1,100<br />

Private Matthew Middleton, born Norwich, Norfolk;<br />

served with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Peninsula;<br />

discharged due to ‘fracture of right leg from gunshot wound’<br />

(WO97 refers).<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, September 1958<br />

J.B. Hayward, March 1971


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181 182<br />

181<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,<br />

Salamanca, Pyrenees, Toulouse (P. Canavan, 11th.<br />

Foot.), minor edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£1,400-1,600<br />

Private Patrick Canavan, born Dozenart, Tyrone, Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

1790; enlisted in the 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of<br />

Foot, January 1808; served with the Regiment in the<br />

Peninsula, <strong>and</strong> present at the Battle of Salamanca, 22.7.1812,<br />

when casualties for the Regiment were 16 Officers <strong>and</strong> 325<br />

men out of a total force of 516, earning the Regiment the<br />

soubriquet ‘The Bloody Eleventh’; discharged, May 1816,<br />

on account of being ‘lame from a gunshot to left leg <strong>and</strong><br />

wound in breast from fall at Bayonne’ after 8 years <strong>and</strong> 133<br />

days with the Colours.<br />

123<br />

182<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,<br />

Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (Thomas Green, 10th.<br />

Hussars.), lacquered, edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£700-900<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, May 1937<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1974


183<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,<br />

Sahagun & Benevente, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (J.<br />

Fowler, Serjeant, 10th. Hussars.), lacquered, nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£1,000-1,200<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1974<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

183 184<br />

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184<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,<br />

Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Badajoz (E.<br />

Middleton, 14th. Lt. Dgns.), lacquered, good very<br />

fine<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

Private Edward Middleton, born Northolt, Middlesex,<br />

1783; enlisted in the 14th Light Dragoons, June 1805;<br />

served with the Regiment in the Peninsula; transferred to the<br />

11th Royal Veterans Regiment, June 1813, on account of a<br />

viscural obstruction; discharged, July 1814, on the<br />

disb<strong>and</strong>ment of the Regiment, after 9 years <strong>and</strong> 50 days with<br />

the Colours.


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185 186<br />

185<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,<br />

Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Toulouse (H.<br />

Firth, 7th. Foot.), minor edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£1,200-1,400<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, November 1928<br />

Glendining, December 1965<br />

125<br />

186<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps,<br />

Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees,<br />

Nivelle, Orthes (Michl. Smith, Serjt. 51st. Foot),<br />

light contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine<br />

£1,400-1,600<br />

Sergeant Michael Smith, born Clanterbant, Monaghan,<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1777; enlisted in the 10th (North Lincolnshire)<br />

Regiment of Foot, January 1800; transferred to the 51st<br />

(West Riding) Light Infantry, November 1803; promoted<br />

Corporal, June 1804; Sergeant, November 1806; served<br />

during the Waterloo Campaign in Captain Edward Kelly’s<br />

Company, 16-18.6.1815 (entitled to a Waterloo Medal,<br />

which is recorded as having been sold at Baldwin’s in March<br />

1909); discharged, October 1820, after 22 years <strong>and</strong> 283<br />

days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, March 1974


187<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, eight clasps,<br />

Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo,<br />

Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees (James Brush,<br />

52nd. Foot.), minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine<br />

£1,800-2,200<br />

Private James Brush, born Glasgow; enlisted in the 52nd<br />

(Oxfordshire) Light Infantry, April 1805; served with the<br />

Regiment in the Peninsula <strong>and</strong> wounded in the left shoulder<br />

at Sarré, France, 10.11.1813; discharged, May 1815, after 10<br />

years <strong>and</strong> 14 days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, February 1927<br />

J.B. Hayward, February 1972.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

187 188<br />

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x188<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, nine clasps,<br />

Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca,<br />

Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Alexr.<br />

Mc.Gregor, 42nd. Foot.), left h<strong>and</strong> side of third clasp<br />

facing sprung, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine<br />

£2,400-2,800<br />

Private Alex<strong>and</strong>er McGregor, born Glasgow, May 1793;<br />

enlisted in the 42nd (Royal Highl<strong>and</strong>ers) Regiment of Foot,<br />

May 1808; served with the Regiment in the Peninsula <strong>and</strong> in<br />

Captain John Campbell’s Company during the Waterloo<br />

Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged, November 1837, after<br />

28 years <strong>and</strong> 105 days with the Colours


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189<br />

189<br />

Military General Service 1793-1814, ten clasps, Martinique,<br />

Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca,<br />

Vittoria, Pyrenees, St Sebastian, Toulouse (William<br />

Campbell, 7th. Foot.), left h<strong>and</strong> side of penultimate clasp<br />

sprung, edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

Private William Campbell, born Drogheda, Louth, Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1786;<br />

enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, January 1805; served with the<br />

Regiment in the Peninsula <strong>and</strong> severely wounded in the left thigh by<br />

a musket shot at Pamplona, during the Battle of the Pyrenees, 28-<br />

30.7.1813, when the Royal Fusiliers charged with the bayonet on<br />

four separate occasions; discharged February 1823, after 18 years<br />

<strong>and</strong> 26 days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Whitehouse Collection 1869<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, March 1974<br />

127


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

190<br />

190<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

silver, mounted in a silver casing with glazed lunettes,<br />

the outer silver rim engraved in large serif capitals ‘A<br />

Tribute of Regard from Alexr. Davison Esgr. St.<br />

James’s Sqr’, contact marks, otherwise good very fine,<br />

with ring suspension<br />

£900-1,200<br />

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x191<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

silver, edge bruising, slightly worn in parts, nearly very<br />

fine<br />

£700-900<br />

191<br />

192<br />

129<br />

192<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

bronze-gilt, nearly extremely fine, with contemporary<br />

ring suspension<br />

£280-320


x193<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

bronze-gilt, minor edge bruising, gilding rubbed in<br />

places, therefore nearly very fine, with contemporary<br />

loop suspension<br />

£250-300<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

193<br />

194<br />

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194<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

bronze, nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-250


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195<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

bronze, with contemporary bronze loop suspension,<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

£240-280<br />

195<br />

196<br />

131<br />

x196<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,<br />

bronze, good very fine, with contemporary ring<br />

suspension<br />

£200-250


x197<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, silver-gilt, Soho Mint,<br />

contact marks, otherwise good very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

197<br />

198<br />

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198<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, silver, Royal Mint,<br />

extremely fine, with contemporary silver loop<br />

suspension<br />

£800-1,000


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199<br />

x199<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, silver, Soho Mint, pierced<br />

with ring suspension, contact marks, therefore nearly<br />

very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

133


x200<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, bronze, Soho Mint,<br />

minor edge bruising, very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

200<br />

201<br />

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x201<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, pewter, Soho Mint,<br />

pierced, nearly very fine<br />

£200-250


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x202<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 45mm, gold, Calcutta Mint,<br />

about extremely fine, rare<br />

£4,000-5,000<br />

202<br />

203<br />

135<br />

203<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for<br />

Seringapatam 1799, 45mm, silver, Calcutta Mint, with<br />

contemporary silver loop suspension, good very fine<br />

£500-500


204<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Laswarree (J. Kernon, 8th. Lt.<br />

Dragns.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, about<br />

extremely fine<br />

£2,200-2,500<br />

Corporal Joseph Kernon, born Kells, Co. Meath, Irel<strong>and</strong>;<br />

enlisted in the 14th Dragoons, May 1792; transferred to the<br />

8th Light Dragoons, August 1794; served with the Regiment<br />

in India during the Second Mahratta War, 1803-05, as part<br />

of General Lake’s force, <strong>and</strong> took part in the decisive Battle<br />

of Laswarree, 1.11.1803, when Lake defeated the Scindhia of<br />

Gwalior’s army- the 8th Light Dragoons gallantly charged<br />

three times through the enemy lines; casualties for the<br />

Regiment were 2 Officers, including their Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Officer, Colonel T.P. V<strong>and</strong>eleur, <strong>and</strong> 16 men killed, <strong>and</strong> 2<br />

Officers <strong>and</strong> 34 men wounded; wounded a year later at<br />

Futtehgarh in the subsequent final operations of the War;<br />

discharged, August 1805, on account of ‘having lost three<br />

fingers of his left h<strong>and</strong> by a sabre wound’; died at Chelsea<br />

Hospital, December 1851.<br />

Approximately 8 Army of India Medals with the single clasp<br />

Laswarree issued to Europeans.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Lord Dillon Collection 1892<br />

Christie, July 1987.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

204 205<br />

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205<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Nagpore (Cornet B. Roxburgh, 6th.<br />

L. Cav.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, lacquered,<br />

good very fine<br />

£1,800-2,200<br />

Captain Bruce Roxburgh, born Calcutta, December 1797,<br />

the son of Dr. William Roxburgh, Superintendent, Calcutta<br />

Botanical Gardens; educated at Charterhouse <strong>and</strong><br />

Addiscombe; Commissioned Cornet, October 1816, <strong>and</strong><br />

posted to the 6th Light Cavalry; served with the Regiment in<br />

India during the Pindari <strong>and</strong> Third Mahratta War, 1817-19,<br />

as part of General Doveton’s force, <strong>and</strong> took part in the<br />

advance <strong>and</strong> action at Nagpore, 16.12.1817, when Doveton<br />

drove out the Bhonsla of Berar’s force; promoted Lieutenant,<br />

September 1818; appointed Acting Instructor <strong>and</strong><br />

Quartermaster, 6th Light Cavalry, November 1824;<br />

promoted Captain, December 1829; retired, September<br />

1832, after 17 years with the Colours; died Torquay, Devon,<br />

June 1861.<br />

Approximately 13 Army of India Medals with this clasp to<br />

European cavalrymen<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong>, June 1987


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206<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Maheidpoor (J. H<strong>and</strong>y, 22nd. Lt.<br />

Dragns.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, extremely<br />

fine<br />

£1,600-1,800<br />

Trooper John H<strong>and</strong>y, born Hanley, Worcestershire, 1796;<br />

enlisted in the 22nd Light Dragoons, May 1813; served with<br />

the Regiment in India during the Pindari <strong>and</strong> Third Mahratta<br />

War, 1817-19, with Captain William Blundell’s Troop as part<br />

of General Hislop’s force, <strong>and</strong> took part in the Battle of<br />

Maheidpoor, 21.12.1817, when Hislop defeated the Holkar<br />

of Indore’s numerically superior army; discharged, July 1819<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, March 1893<br />

Needes Collection, 1939<br />

Ritchie Collection, 2005<br />

206 207<br />

137<br />

207<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Ava (Asst. Surg. W. Stevenson. 2nd.<br />

Locl. Hse.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India,<br />

traces of lacquer, light contact marks, therefore very fine<br />

£1,200-1,400


208<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (Serjt. W. Hallam, 14th.<br />

Foot.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, minor edge<br />

bruise, nearly extremely fine<br />

£800-1,000<br />

Sergeant William Hallam, born Nottingham, 1788;<br />

enlisted in the 14th (Prince of Wales’ Own) Regiment of<br />

Foot, April 1809; promoted Corporal, January 1810;<br />

Sergeant, January 1814; served with the Regiment in India,<br />

October 1818 to June 1831; discharged April 1832, after 29<br />

years <strong>and</strong> 132 days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, July 1974<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

208 209<br />

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209<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, two clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (T. Emery,<br />

29th. Lt. Dragns.), officially impressed, Royal Mint,<br />

minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

Private Thomas Emery, born Haywood, Staffordshire,<br />

1782; enlisted in the 29th Light Dragoons, September 1802;<br />

served with the Regiment in India during the Second<br />

Mahratta War, 1803-05, as part of General Lake’s force, <strong>and</strong><br />

took part in the attack on the fortress of Alligurh, 4.9.1803,<br />

<strong>and</strong> in the decisive Battle of Laswarree, 1.11.1803, when<br />

Lake defeated the Scindhia of Gwalior’s army: ‘The trumpet<br />

of the 29th Dragoons sounded the charge, <strong>and</strong> was answered<br />

forthwith by the roar of every Mahratta gun; but the<br />

troopers, galloping through a tempest of grape-shot <strong>and</strong> a<br />

general volley of musketry, rode straight into the line of the<br />

guns, scattering the gunners, then crashed into the first line<br />

of infantry <strong>and</strong> broke it up, then pressed on against the<br />

second line of infantry <strong>and</strong> swept it away to its right, <strong>and</strong><br />

finally wheeling to the left, fell again on the Mahratta horse<br />

<strong>and</strong> routed them completely’ (A History of the British Army,<br />

Vol. V, Sir J.W. Fortescue, refers). Casualties for the 29th<br />

Light Dragoons were 62 of all ranks, including their<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer who was killed, <strong>and</strong> 112 horses.<br />

Discharged, May 1808; Emery re-enlisted in the 6th (Royal<br />

Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, <strong>and</strong> served with the<br />

Regiment in South Africa; finally discharged, May 1825, after<br />

18 years <strong>and</strong> 243 days with the Colours.<br />

Note: The 29th Light Dragoons were re-numbered as the<br />

25th Light Dragoons, July 1804, whilst Emery was still<br />

serving with them out in India.<br />

Approximately 14 Army of India Medals awarded to the 29th<br />

Light Dragoons, all with Laswarree clasp.<br />

Approximately 8 Army of India Medals with this clasp<br />

combination.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Christie, July 1987


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210<br />

210<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, two clasps, Ava, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. E.C.<br />

Archbold, 8th. Lt. Cavy.), officially impressed, Royal<br />

Mint, extremely fine<br />

£2,200-2,500<br />

Captain Edward Cook Archbold, born Gibraltar,<br />

November 1800; Commissioned Cornet, May 1820, <strong>and</strong><br />

posted to the 8th Light Cavalry, September 1820; appointed<br />

Aide de Camp to the Governor-General, October 1823, <strong>and</strong><br />

served with the Governor-General’s Bodyguard from<br />

November 1823; promoted Lieutenant, May 1824, <strong>and</strong><br />

appointed Extra-Assistant to the Resident at Nagpur, July<br />

1824; served during the First Burma War 1824-25 with the<br />

Governor-General’s Bodyguard, <strong>and</strong> wounded at Kokein, on<br />

the banks of the Irrawaddy near Rangoon, 15.12.1824, when<br />

the enemy forces of 25,000 men were attacked by 1,500<br />

troops- without artillery- under General Willoughby Cotton<br />

<strong>and</strong> routed with incredible loss; returned to Calcutta,<br />

February 1825, <strong>and</strong> re-joined his parent unit; took part in the<br />

siege <strong>and</strong> capture of Bhurtpoor, 10.12.1825-18.1.1826;<br />

Appointed Deputy Paymaster at Benares, January 1828; Sub<br />

Assistant Commissary General, June 1828; promoted<br />

Captain, May 1835; retired, February 1836; died, Brighton,<br />

January 1867.<br />

Approximately 14 Army of India Medals with this clasp<br />

combination, <strong>and</strong> the only one to a European cavalryman.<br />

139


211<br />

The Earl St. Vincent’s Medal 1800, 48mm, silver, with<br />

contemporary silver loop suspension, small collector’s<br />

number ‘2373’ on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely<br />

fine<br />

£450-550<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

211<br />

212<br />

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212<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for Egypt<br />

1801, 48mm, silver, with contemporary pillar<br />

suspension, a fine quality later striking with die cracks<br />

to obverse, good very fine<br />

£350-400


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213<br />

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, 48mm,<br />

bronze, extremely fine<br />

£200-250<br />

213<br />

214<br />

141<br />

214<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for the<br />

Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon, <strong>and</strong> Isle of<br />

France 1809-10, 49mm, silver, with contemporary<br />

silver loop suspension, a superb early striking, good very<br />

fine<br />

£1,600-1,800


215<br />

Spanish Medal for Bagur <strong>and</strong> Palamos 1810, 46mm,<br />

silver, good very fine <strong>and</strong> rare, with original eyelet <strong>and</strong><br />

ring suspension<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

This medal was awarded by the Spanish Government in gold<br />

<strong>and</strong> silver to the crews of H.M. Ships Ajax, Cambrian <strong>and</strong><br />

Kent for their part in expelling the French from Catalonia on<br />

the 10th <strong>and</strong> 14th September 1810. At Bagur Spanish forces<br />

in conjunction with British Marines defeated a French<br />

detachment <strong>and</strong> destroyed a battery. Palamos was similarly<br />

captured from the French.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

215<br />

216<br />

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216<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for Java<br />

1811, 50mm, silver, with contemporary silver loop<br />

suspension, a later striking with slight traces of rust on<br />

dies, very fine<br />

£250-300


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217 218<br />

217<br />

Waterloo 1815 (Will. Cocker, Gunner, Royal Horse<br />

Artillery.), minor edge bruise, good very fine, with<br />

original steel clip <strong>and</strong> split ring suspension<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

Gunner William Cocker, born Aberdeen, September 1777;<br />

enlisted in the Royal Artillery, September 1794; served in<br />

Captain Mercer’s “D” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery during<br />

the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged,<br />

September 1816, after 23 years with the Colours.<br />

143<br />

218<br />

Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Moass, 1st Reg. Dragoon<br />

Guards.), traces of lacquer, nearly very fine, with<br />

original steel clip <strong>and</strong> split ring suspension<br />

£1,400-1,800<br />

74 Private Joseph Moass, born Newbury, Berkshire, March<br />

1796; enlisted in the 1st Dragoon Guards, March 1813;<br />

served with the Regiment in the Waterloo Campaign, 16-<br />

18.6.1815; discharged, April 1838, after 26 years <strong>and</strong> 46 days<br />

with the Colours.


219<br />

Waterloo 1815 (John Compton, 10th Royal Reg.<br />

Hussars.), traces of lacquer, nearly very fine, with<br />

original steel clip <strong>and</strong> split ring suspension<br />

£1,200-1,600<br />

Private John Compton served in Captain Charles Wood’s<br />

No.5 Troop, 10th Royal Regiment of Hussars during the<br />

Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

219 220<br />

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220<br />

Waterloo 1815 (Richard Middleton, Royal Artill.<br />

Drivers.), some edge bruising, nearly very fine, with<br />

later silver clip <strong>and</strong> straight bar suspender<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

Driver Richard Middleton served in Major N. Turner’s ‘A’<br />

Troop during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815.<br />

221<br />

Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Wood, 2nd Batt. 69th.<br />

Reg. Foot.), polished, heavy edge bruising, therefore<br />

good fine, with later silver clip <strong>and</strong> ring suspension<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Private Thomas Wood, born Stanford, Essex, 1790; enlisted<br />

in the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot,<br />

December 1813; served during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-<br />

18.6.1815, <strong>and</strong> wounded at Waterloo with a musket ball in<br />

the thigh, 18.6.1815; discharged, November 1827, after 15<br />

years <strong>and</strong> 339 days with the Colours.


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222<br />

222<br />

Waterloo 1815 (William Greenwood, 3rd Batt.<br />

95th Reg. Foot.), good very fine, with original steel<br />

clip <strong>and</strong> split ring suspension<br />

£4,000-5,000<br />

Private William Greenwood, born Market Rasan,<br />

Lincolnshire; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, May 1812; served<br />

in Captain J. Fullerton’s Company during the Waterloo<br />

Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, <strong>and</strong> wounded by gun shot to the<br />

left shoulder in action at Waterloo, 18.6.1815; discharged as<br />

a result of his wounds, August 1816, after 6 years <strong>and</strong> 119<br />

days with the Colours.<br />

Only two companies of the 3/95th were present during the<br />

battle, making it the smallest British infantry unit at<br />

Waterloo.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Murray Collection, 1908.<br />

145<br />

223<br />

223<br />

Waterloo 1815 (Tr. Ser. Maj. J. Schumacher, 1st.<br />

Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.), minor edge bruise, good<br />

very fine, with original steel clip <strong>and</strong> later split ring<br />

suspension<br />

£1,200-1,400<br />

Troop Sergeant Major John Schumacher served in Captain<br />

Philip Sichart’s No.5 Troop, King’s German Legion during<br />

the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815


224<br />

Honourable East India Company’s Medal for Burma<br />

1824-26, 38mm, silver, edge nicks, very fine, with<br />

contemporary silver loop <strong>and</strong> ring suspension<br />

£600-800<br />

225<br />

Ghuznee 1839, reverse ornately engraved ‘T. O’Brien<br />

13th. or Prince Albert’s Lt. Infantry’ in large serif<br />

capitals, edge additionally engraved ‘Pte. Ths.<br />

O’Brien 13 P-A-L-I’ in serif letters, nearly very fine,<br />

with contemporary silver straight bar suspension<br />

£400-500<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974<br />

226<br />

Ghuznee 1839 (Private Samuel Middleton H.C. 1st<br />

European Regt.), reverse engraved in running script,<br />

nearly very fine, with later ball <strong>and</strong> ring suspension<br />

£450-550<br />

Private Samuel Middleton, killed in action at Sobraon,<br />

10.2.1846<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

224 226 227<br />

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227<br />

C<strong>and</strong>ahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private James<br />

Shrivell, H.M. 40th. Regt.), contact marks, nearly<br />

very fine, with original steel clip, screw fitting, <strong>and</strong><br />

straight bar suspension<br />

£300-400<br />

865 Private James Shrivell, born Brighton, Sussex, 1801;<br />

enlisted in the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot,<br />

December 1825; promoted Corporal, January 1829;<br />

Sergeant, August 1830; transferred to the 40th (2nd<br />

Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, October 1836, with the<br />

rank of Private; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan,<br />

February 1839 to December 1842, <strong>and</strong> in the Gwalior<br />

Campaign; present at the Battle of Maharajpoor, 29.12.1843<br />

(entitled to Star); discharged, April 1846, after 20 years <strong>and</strong><br />

56 days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974<br />

228<br />

Defence of Jellalabad 1842, 1st ‘Mural Crown’ type<br />

(Gowan XIII P.A.L.I.), edge impressed in serif<br />

letters, good fine<br />

£400-500<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974


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229<br />

China 1842 (James Cock. Royal Marines.), minor<br />

edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£500-550<br />

James Cock, born Castle Cary, Somerset, 1822; enlisted in<br />

the Royal Marines, October 1840; killed, October 1853,<br />

when the main top mast of his ship H.M.S. Sybille<br />

accidentally fell on deck.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

229 230<br />

147<br />

230<br />

Scinde 1843, for Meeanee <strong>and</strong> Hyderabad (Lieut.<br />

C.P. Leeson.), engraved in serif capitals, nearly very<br />

fine, with contemporary silver clip <strong>and</strong> silver straight<br />

bar suspension<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Lieutenant Charles Ponsonby Leeson, born Dublin,<br />

January 1810; posted to the Bombay Native Infantry,<br />

December 1832; transferred to 25th Native Infantry, January<br />

1834; appointed Brigade-Major at Poona, December 1838;<br />

served as Baggage-Master during the Scinde Campaign,<br />

1843, <strong>and</strong> Mentioned in Major-General Napier’s Despatch,<br />

24.3.1843; posted to Native Veterans Battalion, April 1845;<br />

appointed Adjutant, Native Veterans Battalion, March 1851;<br />

Paymaster of Pensioners, Poona, September 1851; died at<br />

Poona, July 1852.<br />

231<br />

Scinde 1843, for Meeanee <strong>and</strong> Hyderabad (Ratr.<br />

Thaynor. (I) 22nd. Regt.), engraved in serif capitals,<br />

nearly fine, with original steel clip <strong>and</strong> bar suspension<br />

£300-400


232<br />

232<br />

Family Group:<br />

Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Joseph Gainsford<br />

H.M. 40th. Regt.), nearly very fine, original brass<br />

riveted hook replaced with brass ring <strong>and</strong> silver<br />

straight bar suspension<br />

Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private James Gainsford<br />

H.M. 40th. Regt.), very fine, with original brass<br />

hook, this pierced, but lacking ring suspension (2)<br />

£800-1,000<br />

1022 Private Joseph Gainsford, born Tunbridge Wells,<br />

Kent, 1813; enlisted in the 40th (2nd Somersetshire)<br />

Regiment of Foot, December 1837; served with the<br />

Regiment in Afghanistan, <strong>and</strong> awarded the C<strong>and</strong>ahar<br />

Ghuznee Cabul Medal 1842; served during the Gwalior<br />

Campaign <strong>and</strong> awarded the Maharajpoor Star 1843;<br />

discharged, December 1858, after 20 years <strong>and</strong> 359 days with<br />

the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, January 1974<br />

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233 234 237<br />

233<br />

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, no clasp (Lieut.<br />

E:V: Utterson 27th. Regt. N:I:), good very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

234<br />

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (Serjt. Wm.<br />

Morley 10th. Regt.), good very fine<br />

£450-550<br />

677 Sergeant William Morley, born Dymchurch, Kent,<br />

1811; enlisted in the 10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of<br />

Foot, December 1830; promoted Corporal, January 1832;<br />

Sergeant, November 1834; served with the Regiment during<br />

the First Sikh War <strong>and</strong> severely wounded at the battle of<br />

Sobraon, 10.2.1846, resulting in his right leg being<br />

amputated; discharged as a result of his wounds, June 1847,<br />

after 16 years <strong>and</strong> 171 days with the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

149<br />

235<br />

Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd.<br />

Lieut. W. Delane, 2nd. Tp. 2nd. Bde. H. Arty.),<br />

officially re-impressed, suspension claw re-affixed, very<br />

fine<br />

£380-420<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Delane, born at East<br />

Hampstead, Berkshire, 1829; Commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery, December 1845; served<br />

throughout the Second Sikh War, <strong>and</strong> present at the passage<br />

of Chenab <strong>and</strong> the Battles of Chilianwala, 13.1.1849, <strong>and</strong><br />

Goojerat, 21.2.1849; promoted Lieutenant, March 1852;<br />

Captain, August 1858; Appointed Comm<strong>and</strong>ant, Governor-<br />

General’s Body Guard, March 1862; promoted Major, July<br />

1872; retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, August<br />

1872.<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Delane was entitled to the Punjab Medal<br />

with the clasps Chilianwala <strong>and</strong> Goojerat, not Mooltan <strong>and</strong><br />

Goojerat. In light of the fact that his medal is officially reimpressed,<br />

it is possible to speculate that his was a slightly<br />

later claim, <strong>and</strong> that his medal, taken from the Mint’s<br />

mountain of returns, had originally been issued with these<br />

clasps.<br />

236<br />

Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat<br />

(John Middleton. 14th. Lt. D.), heavy contact marks,<br />

lacquered, good fine<br />

£400-500<br />

237<br />

South Africa 1834-53 (D. Huggett. 1st. Btn. Rifle<br />

Bde.), minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine<br />

£380-420<br />

Private David Huggett served with the 1st Battalion, Rifle<br />

Brigade, in South Africa during the Second Kaffir War, 1846-<br />

47.


238<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan<br />

(113 H Thompson H Ms. 55th. Reg), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£200-240<br />

239<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (83<br />

Pte. E. Middleton. 80th. Foot.), minor edge nick,<br />

very fine<br />

£240-280<br />

240<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara<br />

1888 (3049 Pte. C. Willement, 2nd. Bn. R.Ir.R.),<br />

good very fine<br />

£140-160<br />

241<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hunza<br />

1891 (1004 Sepoy Illahia 3rd. Kash: L. Infy.<br />

I.S.T.), suspension slightly loose, nearly very fine<br />

£450-550<br />

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238 239 241<br />

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242<br />

India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Waziristan<br />

1894-5 (3678 Corpl. J. Durkin 2d. Bn. Border<br />

Regt.), officially renamed, good very fine<br />

£80-120<br />

243<br />

India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Samana<br />

1891, Hazara 1891 (1083 Sergt. D. Mc.Niven 2d.<br />

Bn. High. L.I.), traces of lacquer, good very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

244<br />

Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, suspension claw slightly<br />

loose, extremely fine<br />

£100-140<br />

245<br />

Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued, nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£80-100


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246<br />

Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Balaklava (T.<br />

Broomfield. 2nd. Dragns.), officially impressed,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£600-800<br />

1164 Private Thomas Broomfield, served with the 2nd<br />

Dragoons in the Crimea from 3.10.1854, <strong>and</strong> in all<br />

probability took part in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at<br />

Balaklava, 25.10.1854.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, January 1974<br />

246<br />

247<br />

Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Serjt. A.<br />

Kell. 10th. Hussars.), officially impressed, contact<br />

marks, very fine, with top silver floral rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

£180-220<br />

58 Sergeant Alfred Kell, born Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1826;<br />

enlisted in the 58th (Rutl<strong>and</strong>shire) Regiment of Foot, April<br />

1844; transferred to the 4th Light Dragoons, December<br />

1844; 10th Hussars, April 1846; promoted Corporal,<br />

December 1852; Sergeant, August 1855; discharged,<br />

December 1865, after 21 years <strong>and</strong> 239 days with the<br />

Colours.<br />

248<br />

Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, this loose as<br />

issued to foreign troops (Norm<strong>and</strong> 3’Art. 5263),<br />

engraved in large serif capitals, minor edge bruise, very<br />

fine<br />

£80-120<br />

151<br />

x249<br />

Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava,<br />

Inkermann, Sebastopol (H. Burgess. 11th.<br />

Hussars.), officially impressed, good very fine<br />

£3,000-4,000<br />

1232 Private Henry Burgess, born Norfolk; enlisted in the<br />

11th Hussars, March 1846; served with the Regiment in the<br />

Crimea, <strong>and</strong> was present with the Regiment on the occasion<br />

of the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854; died at<br />

Scutari, 21.1.1855.<br />

Although Private Burgess’s name does not appear on the list<br />

of confirmed ‘Chargers’, this does not preclude him from<br />

having taken part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Most<br />

members of the Light Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp,<br />

in the absence of any evidence or status details to the<br />

contrary, took part in the Charge.<br />

Verified on Muster roll.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Hamilton Smith Collection 1927<br />

Glendining, December 1937<br />

Darwent Collection 2004.<br />

249<br />

250<br />

Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (Wm. Friend. 10.<br />

Hussars.), impressed in large serif capitals, very fine,<br />

with contemporary silver straight bar suspension<br />

£70-90


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251 252 253<br />

251<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Qr. Master Jas. Irvin.<br />

Pearl.), good very fine<br />

£550-650<br />

Quarter Master James Irvin, born Gosport, Hampshire, October<br />

1816; enlisted in the Royal Navy, September 1837; advanced<br />

Quarter Master, serving in H.M.S. Algiers, December 1854;<br />

transferred to H.M.S. Pearl, February 1856; retired June 1859.<br />

252<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (G. Bennett 2nd<br />

Dragoon Guards), unit partially re-impressed, very fine<br />

£120-160<br />

225 Private George Bennett, born Guildford, Surrey, 1833;<br />

enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, December 1856; discharged,<br />

September 1875, after 18 years <strong>and</strong> 220 days with the Colours, of<br />

which 12 years were spent in India.<br />

253<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Josh. Hughes. 82nd.<br />

Regt.), suspension claw tightened, contact marks, therefore<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£120-160<br />

2392 Private Joseph Hughes, born Glenoe, Co. Tyrone, Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

1828; enlisted in the 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment<br />

of Foot, February 1846; served with the Regiment in the Crimea<br />

(Medal <strong>and</strong> clasp for Sebastopol <strong>and</strong> Turkish Medal), <strong>and</strong> in India<br />

for ten years; discharged, May 1868, after 21 years <strong>and</strong> 296 days<br />

with the Colours.<br />

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254 255 256<br />

254<br />

Family Group:<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Schoolmr. H.L. Shead,<br />

2nd. Bn. Rifle Bde.), good very fine<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony<br />

(12841 Dr: H. Shead, A.S.C.), extremely fine (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

255<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Sepoy Lanah Sing 3rd.<br />

Regt. Sikh Infy.), suspension claw tightened, good fine<br />

£100-140<br />

256<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Lieut. Taylor. Civil<br />

Service), minor edge bruise, good very fine<br />

£300-350<br />

Two men with the name of Taylor were employed as Sixth Class<br />

Civil Servants in the Bengal Presidency at the time of the Indian<br />

Mutiny- Mr. V.T. Taylor, Assistant Under-Commissioner of<br />

Revenue, Benares Division; <strong>and</strong> Mr. R. Taylor, Assistant to the<br />

Magistrate <strong>and</strong> Collector, Benares.<br />

153


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257 258 259<br />

257<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (W.W. Mc.Mullen,),<br />

suspension claw re-affixed, very fine<br />

£120-160<br />

Mr. W.W. McMullen served during the Indian Mutiny with the<br />

Customs Foot Patrol, Agra, <strong>and</strong> took part in the Battle of Agra,<br />

4.7.1857.<br />

258<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Geo. A. Thomson.),<br />

extremely fine<br />

£200-300<br />

259<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Asst. Surgn. R.<br />

Parker, Cashmere Contingent), very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

Surgeon Robert Parker, born August 1825; appointed Assistant<br />

Surgeon, January 1849; served during the Indian Mutiny <strong>and</strong><br />

present at the Siege <strong>and</strong> Capture of Delhi; promoted Surgeon,<br />

February 1863; retired, June 1865.<br />

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260 261 262<br />

260<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Thos. Smith,<br />

Qr. Master. Shannon.), extremely fine<br />

£700-900<br />

Quarter Master Thomas Smith, born Hampshire, September<br />

1815, enlisted in the Royal Navy, serving in H.M.S. Sparrowhawk,<br />

November 1833.<br />

261<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Thos. Cox,<br />

A.B. Shannon.), light contact marks, nearly extremely fine<br />

£600-700<br />

Able Seaman Thomas Cox, born Hayling Isl<strong>and</strong>, June 1832;<br />

enlisted in the Royal Navy, serving in H.M.S. Excellent, March<br />

1851; transferred to H.M.S. Leopard with the rank of Ordinary<br />

Seaman, January 1853; transferred to H.M.S. Shannon, August<br />

1856; promoted Able Seaman, February 1858, <strong>and</strong> present at the<br />

Capture of Lucknow; discharge, May 1862.<br />

262<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Wm.<br />

Hackett, A.B. Shannon.), extremely fine<br />

£600-800<br />

Able Seaman William Hackett, died at Lucknow, 26.3.1858.<br />

155


263<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Saml.<br />

Jeffries, A.B. Shannon.), contact marks, very fine<br />

£600-700<br />

Samuel Jeffries (also listed as Jeffery), born Underwood, Devon,<br />

March 1836; entered the Royal Navy, serving in H.M.S.<br />

Indefatigable, November 1853; transferred to H.M.S. Shannon,<br />

August 1856; transferred to the Coast Guard, May 1875; advanced<br />

Chief Boatman in Charge, at Bangor, December 1885; retired<br />

February 1892.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, January 1974<br />

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263 264 265<br />

264<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Gunner Wm.<br />

Cockl<strong>and</strong>, F Tp. R.H.Art), naming double struck in parts,<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

£280-320<br />

Gunner William Cockl<strong>and</strong>, born Lewes, Sussex, 1823; enlisted in<br />

the Royal Horse Artillery, August 1842; served with the Artillery in<br />

Bengal from November 1857; died 13.5.1858.<br />

265<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Bombr. &<br />

Colr. Maker Wm. Warboys, 12th. Bn. R. Arty.), contact<br />

marks, nearly very fine<br />

£260-300<br />

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266 267 268<br />

266<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Gunner<br />

Edwd. Watson, Arty. Recruit Depot.), backstrap of clasp<br />

repaired, minor edge bruise, therefore good very fine<br />

£260-300<br />

267<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (W. Hyrons,<br />

38th. Regt.), contact marks, nearly very fine<br />

£240-280<br />

4378 Private William Hyrons, born Nuneaton, Warwickshire,<br />

1827; enlisted in the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot,<br />

March 1855; served with the Regiment in the Crimea (Medal <strong>and</strong><br />

clasp for Sebastopol <strong>and</strong> Turkish Medal), <strong>and</strong> in India for 14 years;<br />

discharged, September 1874, after 19 years <strong>and</strong> 56 days with the<br />

Colours.<br />

268<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (John.<br />

Wilson. 3rd. Bn. Rifle Bde.), suspension claw re-affixed,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£200-240<br />

157


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

269 270<br />

269<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Revd. C J<br />

Waterhouse. Asst. Chaplain.), nearly extremely fine, with<br />

contemporary top silver rib<strong>and</strong> buckle<br />

£400-500<br />

270<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Capt. E.S.<br />

Daniell, 1st. Madras Fusrs.), contact marks, otherwise good<br />

very fine, with contemporary top silver rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

£400-500<br />

Captain Edward Staines Daniell, born Bl<strong>and</strong>ford, Dorset, 1828;<br />

Commissioned Ensign, Madras Fusiliers, June 1845; promoted<br />

Lieutenant, December 1849; Captain, February 1857; retired,<br />

October 1870; died, November 1906.<br />

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271 272 273<br />

271<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Hospl.<br />

Appce. Jas. Duncan, 1st. Bde. Bengl. H. Art.), good very<br />

fine<br />

£250-300<br />

272<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. Foote,<br />

Attd. Goorkha Force), good very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

Lieutenant F.B. Foote, Commissioned Ensign, 71st Native<br />

Infantry, December 1849; served with the Force under Sir Colin<br />

Campbell against the Hill Tribes on the Peshawar Frontier, 1851;<br />

promoted Lieutenant, September 1854; served during the Indian<br />

Mutiny <strong>and</strong> present at the siege <strong>and</strong> capture of Lucknow; twice<br />

Mentioned in Despatches, <strong>and</strong> received the Thanks of Government;<br />

appointed to the Comm<strong>and</strong> of the Hoshungabad Military Police, he<br />

subsequently took part in several actions against the rebels in<br />

Hoshungabad District, <strong>and</strong> received the Thanks of the Lieutenant-<br />

Governor, N.W.P. on two occasions.<br />

273<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Corpl.<br />

Alexr. Rhind, 72nd. Highl<strong>and</strong>ers), about extremely fine<br />

£280-320<br />

1717 Corporal Alex<strong>and</strong>er Rhind, born Aberdeen, 1825; enlisted<br />

in the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highl<strong>and</strong>ers) Regiment of<br />

Foot, January 1843; promoted Corporal, April 1857; discharged,<br />

April 1860, after 16 years <strong>and</strong> 281 days with the Colours.<br />

159


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274 275<br />

274<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Capt.<br />

W.S.S. Mulcaster, 6th. Madras Cavalry.), extremely fine<br />

£500-700<br />

Major-General William Sidney Smith Mulcaster, born<br />

November 1825, the son of Captain Sir W. Mulcster, R.N.;<br />

Commissioned Cornet, Madras Cavalry, March 1842; promoted<br />

Lieutenant, April 1845; appointed Acting Quarter Master, 1st<br />

Regiment Light Cavalry, August 1849; Quarter Master, 6th<br />

Regiment Light Cavalry, October 1852; sub-Assistant Commissary<br />

General <strong>and</strong> Superintendent of Police at Mhow, January 1855;<br />

promoted Captain, November 1856; served during the Indian<br />

Mutiny <strong>and</strong> present at the affair near Sehora, 11.12.1857, <strong>and</strong> at<br />

Kooagaum, 29.12.1857, <strong>and</strong> with Brigadier Rowcroft’s Sarun Field<br />

Force in the action at Amorah, 9.6.1858; Comm<strong>and</strong>ed the Cavalry<br />

in action at Hurriah, 18.6.1858, where he had his horse wounded<br />

under him (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 5.10.1858),<br />

<strong>and</strong> at Bansee, 9.9.1858 (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette<br />

31.1.1859); promoted Major, September 1866; Lieutenant-<br />

Colonel, March 1868; retired with the rank of Major-General,<br />

October 1874.<br />

275<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Asst.<br />

Chaplain. C.T. Wilson, M.A. Rajpootana Fd. Force),<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

£400-500<br />

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276 277 278<br />

276<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Gunr.<br />

Peter Watson, 1st. C, 2nd. Bn. Bombay Arty.), very fine<br />

£260-300<br />

277<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Asst.<br />

Apothy. R. Mc.Leane, Bombay Med. Dept.), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£280-320<br />

278<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Delhi, Relief of<br />

Lucknow (Hy. Steggles, 75th. Regt.), good very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

279<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Lucknow, Defence of<br />

Lucknow, clasps in this order (Pte. Edwd. Bairstow. 84th.<br />

Foot.), an officially impressed post-1873 issue, very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

Clasps Confirmed.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974<br />

161


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280 281 282<br />

280<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow,<br />

Lucknow (John Thomas, 1st. Bn. 23rd. R.W. Fusrs.),<br />

suspension claw slightly loose, otherwise nearly extremely fine<br />

£400-450<br />

Two men of the name John Thomas who served as Privates with the<br />

1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Indian Mutiny<br />

received the medal with clasps for Relief of Lucknow <strong>and</strong> Lucknow;<br />

both died out in India, 6.10.1858 <strong>and</strong> 10.7.1859.<br />

281<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow,<br />

Lucknow (John O’Connor, 53rd. Regt.), edge nicks, toned,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

3425 Sergeant John O’Connor, born Limerick, Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1834;<br />

enlisted in the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, June 1853;<br />

promoted Corporal, August 1860; Sergeant, March 1861;<br />

discharged, August 1871, after 18 years <strong>and</strong> 67 days with the<br />

Colours.<br />

282<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow,<br />

Lucknow (Michl. Blake 53rd. Regt.), minor edge bruise,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£400-450<br />

1863 Private Michael Blake, born Limerick, Irel<strong>and</strong>, 1836;<br />

enlisted in the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, March 1854;<br />

served with the Regiment in India <strong>and</strong> present at the Relief of<br />

Lucknow <strong>and</strong> subsequent operations; transferred to the 99th (Duke<br />

of Edinburgh’s) Regiment, February, <strong>and</strong> served with the Regiment<br />

in China, <strong>and</strong> took part in the advance on <strong>and</strong> capture of Pekin<br />

(Medal <strong>and</strong> clasp); transferred to the 32nd (Duke of Cornwall’s<br />

Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot, June 1870; discharged, May<br />

1875, after 21 years <strong>and</strong> 39 days with the Colours<br />

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284 285 286<br />

283<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1866 (3181<br />

Henry Mc.Cormick, 50th. Qn’s. Own Rgt.), very fine<br />

£340-380<br />

284<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 1845-66, reverse dated 1865-1866 (811 Wm.<br />

Henley, 57th. Regt.), very fine<br />

£320-360<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, March 1974<br />

285<br />

Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid<br />

1866 (Pte. T.L. Rogers, 3rd. V.V.R.), nearly extremely<br />

fine<br />

£200-240<br />

286<br />

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F.H.M. Whitfield, Asst.<br />

Payr. R.N., H.M.S. Active, 73-74), good very fine<br />

£240-280<br />

287<br />

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (2037. Pte. E. Mc.Kay. 42nd.<br />

Highds. 1873-4.), suspension claw re-tightened <strong>and</strong> loose,<br />

good very fine<br />

£180-220<br />

163


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288<br />

x288<br />

The South African Campaign Medal to Private T.<br />

Walsh, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, Killed in Action at the<br />

Battle of Is<strong>and</strong>hlwana, 22.1.1879<br />

South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (285. Pte. T.<br />

Walsh. 1/24th. Foot.), minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£5,000-6,000<br />

285 Private Thomas Welsh, enlisted in the 24th (2nd<br />

Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, June 1875; served with the 1st<br />

Battalion in the South African Campaign, 1877-79; killed in action<br />

at Is<strong>and</strong>hlwana, 22.1.1879.<br />

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289 290 291<br />

289<br />

South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8 (1502.<br />

Sergt. J. Nokes. 2-24th. Foot.), contact marks, very<br />

fine<br />

£400-450<br />

1509 Sergeant John Nokes, born Birmingham, 1846;<br />

enlisted in the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot,<br />

July 1864; promoted Corporal, January 1875; Sergeant, June<br />

1875; served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa;<br />

transferred from ‘B’ to ‘F’ Company at Rorke’s Drift,<br />

4.2.1879; disembarked in Engl<strong>and</strong>, March 1879; Awarded<br />

Long Service & G.C. Medal, March 1883; discharged,<br />

February 1885, after 20 years <strong>and</strong> 229 days with the Colours.<br />

x290<br />

South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (2231. Pte. B.<br />

Walters. 17th. DCO. Lrs.), pawn broker’s mark to<br />

obverse field, suspension bar slightly loose, nearly very fine<br />

£420-450<br />

165<br />

291<br />

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one<br />

clasp, Transkei (Sappr. C. Rutter. C.T. Vol. Engrs.),<br />

traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-240<br />

292<br />

Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (W.A. Worley.<br />

Caulkr. H.M.S. “Minotaur”.), light pitting, very fine<br />

£80-100<br />

293<br />

Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Suakin 1885<br />

(25272. Gunr. H. Middleton. 5/1st. Sco. Div:<br />

R.A.), pitting from Star, otherwise very fine<br />

£120-150


294<br />

Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885,<br />

Tofrek (2452. Pte. J. Robins. 1/Rl. Berks: R:),<br />

minor edge bruise, good very fine<br />

£180-220<br />

295<br />

Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good very<br />

fine<br />

£50-70<br />

296<br />

British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for<br />

Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J.F. Buske. “L”.<br />

Troop. B.F.F.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-250<br />

297<br />

British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for<br />

Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J. Berry. M.F.F.),<br />

good very fine<br />

£200-250<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

294 296 299<br />

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298<br />

British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for<br />

Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. H. Long. Gwelo<br />

Vol.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-250<br />

The latest published transcript of the medal roll lists Trooper<br />

H. Long as receiving the B.S.A. Company’s Medal for<br />

Matabelel<strong>and</strong> 1893, as a trooper with Raaff’s Column; <strong>and</strong> a<br />

clasp for Rhodesia 1896, as a trooper with the Gwelo<br />

Volunteer Corps. However, the medal here appears entirely<br />

as issued.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, February 1974<br />

299<br />

Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894 (Private R. Tranter,<br />

S.L.I.), edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£900-1,100<br />

3713 Private Richard Tranter, born Hereford, May 1871;<br />

enlisted in the Shropshire Light Infantry, June 1892; served<br />

with the Regiment in Hong Kong, December 1893 to<br />

December 1894; discharged, October 1901.<br />

300<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,<br />

Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4115 Pte. S. Rees 1st. Bn.<br />

Som: Lt. Infy.), very fine<br />

£100-140<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974


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301 303 304<br />

301<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps,<br />

Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3120 Pte.<br />

M. Middleton 2d. Bn. K.O. York: Lt. Infy.), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£160-200<br />

302<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps,<br />

Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98,<br />

Tirah 1897-98, unofficial links between first <strong>and</strong> second<br />

clasps (4408 Pte. J. Ward 2nd. Bn. K.O. Sco:<br />

Bord:), good very fine<br />

£200-240<br />

167<br />

303<br />

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., four clasps,<br />

Malak<strong>and</strong> 1897, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah<br />

1897-98, Waziristan 1901-02 (3754 Sepoy Magh<br />

Singh 45th. Sikhs), good very fine<br />

£140-180<br />

304<br />

Jummoo <strong>and</strong> Kashmir Medal 1895, one clasp, Chitral<br />

1895, unnamed as issued, good very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974


305<br />

Ashanti Star 1896 (1390 L.Sgt. J.W. Goodall 2. W.<br />

Yorks R.), reverse engraved as named to Regiment,<br />

very fine<br />

£340-380<br />

1390 Lance Sergeant J.W. Goodall served with the 2nd<br />

Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in the Ashanti,<br />

December 1895 to January 1896.<br />

306<br />

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2588. Pte. W. Lakin. 1/R.<br />

War: R.), initial officially corrected, toned, good very<br />

fine<br />

£160-200<br />

307<br />

East <strong>and</strong> Central Africa 1897-99, one clasp, 1898<br />

(122 Rifn. Waras Khan. 1/Ug<strong>and</strong>a. Rif:), nearly<br />

very fine<br />

£220-260<br />

308<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State (5445 Pte. J. Menzies,<br />

Arg: & Suth: Highrs:), nearly extremely fine<br />

£60-80<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

305<br />

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309<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Wittebergen (Lieut. J. Shearer. 1/ High.<br />

L.I.), toned, retaining rod re-affixed, good very fine<br />

£200-240<br />

Captain John Shearer, Commissioned Lieutenant, 2nd<br />

Volunteer Battalion, Highl<strong>and</strong> Light Infantry, July 1898;<br />

served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, <strong>and</strong> present at<br />

the actions at Wittebergen, July 1900; Captain, March 1902<br />

310<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, South Africa 1901 (459 Tpr: A.G. Gillies.<br />

Warren’s M.I.), edge bruise, slightly worn, therefore<br />

fine<br />

Jubilee (Metropolitan Police) 1887 (P.C. J. Page. L.<br />

Divn.), gilded, very fine (2)<br />

£60-80<br />

311<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, South Africa 1902 (Capt & Qr: Mr: W.<br />

Bissett, Highl<strong>and</strong>. L.I.), edge bruise <strong>and</strong> minor edge<br />

nicks, otherwise extremely fine, with the recipient’s<br />

mechanical silver pen, engraved ‘W. Bissell, H.L.I.<br />

Regt.’<br />

£240-280<br />

Major William Bissett, enlisted as 1312 Private, Highl<strong>and</strong><br />

Light Infantry, 1867; Commissioned Lieutenant <strong>and</strong> Quarter<br />

Master, April 1882; Captain <strong>and</strong> Quarter Master, April 1892;<br />

served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa, 1902;<br />

promoted Major, February 1903. Major Bissett died at home<br />

at Blairgowrie, July 1913.


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312 315<br />

312<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Defence<br />

of Ladysmith, Belfast (4375, Pte. J. Clayton.<br />

19/Hrs.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£400-500<br />

4375 Private J. Clayton, killed in action at Lake Chrissie,<br />

6.2.1901.<br />

313<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6199 Pte. S.<br />

Miller, E. Yorkshire Regt.), edge bruising, good very<br />

fine<br />

£70-90<br />

314<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5703 Pte. G.<br />

Middleton. Hampshire Regt.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£100-120<br />

5703 Private G. Middleton, served with the 2nd Battalion,<br />

Hampshire Regiment in South Africa; died of disease at<br />

Pretoria on Christmas Day 1900.<br />

169<br />

x315<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: W.L.L.<br />

Palk, Durham. L.I.), good very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

Lieutenant Sir Wilmot Lawrence Lancelot Palk, Bt., of<br />

Haldon House, Devon, born August 1876, the youngest son<br />

of William Palk; served as Midshipman, Royal Navy;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry,<br />

14.9.1901; served in South Africa with the 3rd Battalion in<br />

Cape Colony <strong>and</strong> the Orange River Colony, <strong>and</strong> with the 1st<br />

Battalion in the Transvaal; promoted Lieutenant,<br />

19.10.1904; retired, 7.10.1905; succeeded his second cousin<br />

Edward Arthur Palk, 5th Baron Haldon, to the Baronetcy as<br />

9th Baronet, 11.1.1939; died heirless, 27.10.1945.<br />

316<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4725 Pte. A.<br />

Strickl<strong>and</strong>, 2: Sea: Highrs:), good very fine<br />

£60-80<br />

317<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8044 Pte. D.<br />

Middleton, Gordon Highrs:), good very fine<br />

£70-90


<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

319 322<br />

318<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9682 Pte. H.<br />

Middleton. 45th. Coy. Impl. Yeo.), edge bruising,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£100-120<br />

9682 Private H. Middleton, served with the 45th (Dublin<br />

Hunt) Company, 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South<br />

Africa; taken Prisoner of War at Lindley, 31.5.1900.<br />

x319<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief<br />

of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (2058. Tpr.<br />

F.C. Loscombe. 2nd. L. Gds:), nearly extremely fine<br />

£240-280<br />

2058 Trooper F.C. Loscombe, served with the Second Life<br />

Guards in South Africa; taken Prisoner of War at Sannah’s<br />

Post, 31.3.1900; died in captivity at Winburg, 13.4.1900.<br />

320<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa<br />

1902 (6771 Pte. P. Woodcock. E. Surrey Regt.),<br />

edge bruising, nearly very fine<br />

£70-90<br />

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321<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901,<br />

last clasp unofficially attached (7891 Pte. A.<br />

Cummings, Scots: Guards), good very fine<br />

£80-100<br />

7891 Private Alex<strong>and</strong>er Cummings, born Inverness, 1864;<br />

enlisted in the Scots Guards, December 1887; served in<br />

South Africa, March 1900 to April 1901; discharged<br />

December 1903, after 16 years with the Colours; died<br />

Inverness, December 1939.<br />

Clasps confirmed.<br />

322<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Talana,<br />

Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3439<br />

Pte. H. Mould, 1: Leic: Regt.), toned, good very fine<br />

£120-150<br />

3439 Private Howard Mould, born Leicester, 1873;<br />

enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment, June 1892; served<br />

with the Regiment in South Africa. December 1895 to<br />

September 1902; discharged June 1908, after 16 years with<br />

the Colours.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

323<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief<br />

of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal<br />

(2585 Pte. E. Middleton, E. Kent Regt.), right<br />

h<strong>and</strong> rivet between 2nd <strong>and</strong> 3rd clasps missing, good<br />

very fine<br />

£100-140<br />

2585 Private E. Middleton, served with the 2nd Battalion,<br />

East Kent Regiment in South Africa; died of disease at<br />

Pretoria, 29.12.1900.


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324<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange<br />

Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa<br />

1902 (6152 Pte. G. Ross, Rl. Highldrs:), partially<br />

officially corrected, very fine<br />

£50-70<br />

325<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa<br />

1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between<br />

State <strong>and</strong> date clasps (4227 Pte. F. Blackburn. 6th.<br />

Dragoon Gds:), edge bruise, slight scratching to obverse<br />

field, otherwise very fine<br />

£80-120<br />

326<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa<br />

1901, South Africa 1902 (4500 Pte. W.G. Luxton.<br />

6th. Dragoon Gds.), edge bruising, very fine<br />

£80-120<br />

327<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape<br />

Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa<br />

1901, South Africa 1902 (27724 Tpr: W.H. Jones.<br />

31st. Coy. Imp: Yeo:), good very fine<br />

£70-90<br />

27724 Trooper W.H. Jones served with the 31st<br />

(Montgomeryshire) Company, 9th Battalion Imperial<br />

Yeomanry during the Boer War.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

328 329<br />

171<br />

328<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps,<br />

Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley,<br />

Paardeberg, Driefontein (178059 A-B: J.H.<br />

Branton, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming,<br />

contact marks, therefore nearly very fine<br />

£600-800<br />

Approximately 19 five clasp awards to H.M.S. Powerful.<br />

178059 Chief Petty Officer John Henry Branton, born<br />

Monkleigh, Devon, 1878; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd<br />

Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900;<br />

Petty Officer, 1.4.1904; service during the Great War<br />

included in H.M.S. Berwick (armoured cruiser), 17.6.1916-<br />

19.8.1918.<br />

329<br />

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Belmont,<br />

Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond<br />

Hill, Belfast (8528 Pte. W.H. Designey, Cldstm:<br />

Gds:), light contact marks, good very fine<br />

£100-140<br />

8528 Private William Henry Designey, born Woolwich,<br />

Kent, 1870; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, June 1891;<br />

served with the Regiment in South Africa from October 1899<br />

to July 1902; discharged, June 1903, after 12 years with the<br />

Colours.


330<br />

Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (8023 Pte. C.<br />

Allen. Yorks: L.I.), nearly extremely fine, with a<br />

contemporary silver ‘Mediterranean’ rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

£200-240<br />

331<br />

King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3) (4656<br />

Pte. A. Quayles. 18th. Hussars; 1154 Pte. J.<br />

Isherwood. Liverpool Regt.; 1139 Serjt: W.<br />

Organ. C.T. Highrs:), generally very fine or better (3)<br />

£80-120<br />

332<br />

China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (Jemdr.<br />

Krishna Appaji. No. 2 Coy: Bo: S.& M.), contact<br />

marks, nearly very fine<br />

£180-220<br />

333<br />

British North Borneo Company’s Medal 1900, bronze<br />

issue, one clasp, Tambunan (41. Corporal Powan.),<br />

good very fine<br />

£800-1,000<br />

334<br />

Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,<br />

Somalil<strong>and</strong> 1908-10 (297770 W. Stacey, Act. Lg.<br />

Sto., H.M.S. Philomel.), light pitting, very fine<br />

£100-140<br />

335<br />

Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (Dvr. Boota<br />

6th. Mule Corps), nearly very fine<br />

£60-80<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

330 333 336<br />

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336<br />

Tibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (1553 Naik<br />

Nainsing Gurung 18th Gurkha Rifles), very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

337<br />

Natal 1906, no clasp (Pte: A.C. Pearce, Durban<br />

Light Infantry.), good very fine<br />

£90-110<br />

338<br />

Natal 1906, no clasp (Pte: D. Middleton, Natal<br />

Medical Corps.), edge bruising, nearly very fine<br />

Pair: Private D. Middleton, 1st Infantry, South<br />

African Forces<br />

1914-15 Star (Pte. D. Middleton 1st. Infantry);<br />

Victory Medal, bi-lingual reverse (Pte. D. Middleton<br />

1st. Infantry.), good fine<br />

British War Medal (Spr. D. Middleton. M.T.C.),<br />

good very fine (4)<br />

£80-120<br />

339<br />

Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Pte. T. Cone, Lancs. &<br />

Yorks. Contg.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£140-180<br />

340<br />

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (2),<br />

Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (DM2-163300 A. Cpl. W.<br />

Titchener, R.A.S.C.); Waziristan 1919-21<br />

(1850414 Spr. R. Howard. F. Dvl. Signals.),<br />

number corrected on first, nearly very fine or better (2)<br />

£60-80


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341<br />

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,<br />

Malabar 1921-22 (5718464 Pte. R. Keech, Dorset.<br />

R.), nearly extremely fine<br />

£60-80<br />

342<br />

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,<br />

Burma 1930-32 (6282399 Pte. G.J. Goldsack. The<br />

Buffs.), minor edge nicks, good very fine<br />

£60-80<br />

343<br />

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,<br />

North West Frontier 1935 (10216 Sepoy Bostan Ali,<br />

1-15 Punjab R.), good very fine<br />

India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West<br />

Frontier 1937-39 (7907 Sep. Hakim Khan, Tochi<br />

Scouts.), very fine<br />

India Service Medal, very fine<br />

Indian Independence Medal 1947 (SS-13728 Capt.<br />

B. Nanavati, A.O.C.), officially re-impressed, good very<br />

fine<br />

Pakistan Independence Medal 1947, unnamed as<br />

issued, very fine (5)<br />

£40-60<br />

347<br />

173<br />

344<br />

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps,<br />

Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (6077699<br />

Pte. A. Trebell. The Queens R.), extremely fine<br />

£60-80<br />

345<br />

Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp,<br />

Palestine 1936-1939 (J.112583 F. Hissey. Slmmkr.<br />

Mte. R.N.), extremely fine<br />

£80-100<br />

346<br />

General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Radfan<br />

(684059 Jnr. Tech. R.E. Pilcher R.A.F.), very fine<br />

£60-80<br />

x347<br />

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (WEM(O)1 D N<br />

Turnbull D183708V HMS Hermes), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£500-600


348<br />

Empress of India 1877, silver, light contact marks,<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

£300-350<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974<br />

349<br />

Jubilee 1935 (3), unnamed as issued, nearly extremely<br />

fine<br />

Coronation 1937 (2), unnamed as issued, good very<br />

fine (5)<br />

£50-70<br />

350<br />

Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (2282 Geoe.<br />

Sansome. 61st. Foot.), light contact marks, very fine<br />

£70-90<br />

2282 Private George Sansome, born December 1824;<br />

enlisted in the 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of<br />

Foot, November 1842; transferred to the 61st (South<br />

Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, July 1844; discharged,<br />

February 1864, after 21 years <strong>and</strong> 67 days with the Colours.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

CORONATION, JUBILEE AND<br />

LONG SERVICE DECORATIONS AND MEDALS<br />

348<br />

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351<br />

Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular<br />

Army’ bar suspension (4185964 W.O. Cl.2. T.R.<br />

Phillips. R.W.Fus.), good very fine<br />

Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated<br />

‘1950’, lacking top ‘Territorial’ bar, very fine (2)<br />

£80-100<br />

352<br />

Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s<br />

bust’ type (2) (PO.13610 E.G. Jepson, Pte,<br />

R.M.L.I.; 210038 C. Parker. P.O. H.M.S.<br />

Pembroke.), generally very fine (2)<br />

£60-80<br />

353<br />

Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R., silver<br />

(Hallmarks for London 1892) <strong>and</strong> silver-gilt, with<br />

integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar, nearly extremely fine, in<br />

Garrard, London, case of issue<br />

£100-140


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354<br />

Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, very fine<br />

£400-500<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1974<br />

MISCELLANEOUS<br />

354<br />

355<br />

175<br />

355<br />

Death of Lord Nelson 1805, by T. Webb, 53mm,<br />

bronze, obverse featuring a bust of Nelson left, W on<br />

truncation, reverse showing Bellona hurling<br />

thunderbolts at War galleys, ‘Ipse Belli Fvlmen’ above<br />

(BHM.577; MH.507; S.LL/28), extremely fine<br />

£200-250


356<br />

356<br />

Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire Master’s Jewel,<br />

78mm x 52mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, obverse<br />

featuring the arms of the company, the reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Edward Tozer, Esq. Master Cutler of<br />

Sheffield 1876 & 1877.’, gilding slightly rubbed on<br />

reverse centre, otherwise good very fine, with integral<br />

silver-gilt loop suspension<br />

Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, attributed to Major<br />

W. Tozer, York <strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment, V.R., silver<br />

(Hallmarks for London 1899) <strong>and</strong> silver-gilt, good very<br />

fine, lacking integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire is a trade guild of<br />

metalworkers based in Sheffield. It was incorporated in 1624<br />

by Act of Parliament, <strong>and</strong> is headed by the Master Cutler.<br />

V.D. London Gazette 17.8.1900 Captain <strong>and</strong> Honorary<br />

Major William Tozer, 1st (Hallamshire) Volunteer Battalion,<br />

The York <strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment.<br />

Major William Tozer, the son of Edward Tozer, Master<br />

Cutler of Sheffield, served with the 1st (Hallamshire)<br />

Volunteer Battalion, the York <strong>and</strong> Lancaster Regiment;<br />

advanced Major, 22.5.1895.<br />

For the other <strong>medals</strong> to the Tozer family see Lots 8 <strong>and</strong> 18.<br />

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359<br />

357<br />

Birmingham Medical School Prize Medal, 40mm,<br />

frosted silver, obverse featuring the bust of a Greek<br />

philospher, reverse featuring a male torso, ‘Schola.<br />

Med. Birm. L.M’ above, housed in a silver frame with<br />

glazed lunettes, nearly extremely fine, with integral<br />

silver ring suspension<br />

£30-50<br />

358<br />

Birmingham University Fire Guards General Service<br />

Cross, silver (Hallmarks for London 1974), reverse<br />

named ‘H.A. Lilly’, extremely fine, in box of issue<br />

£30-40<br />

359<br />

A Spanish ‘Piece of Eight’ (Reales) 1814<br />

Minted at Potosi, Bolivia, in the Reign of Ferdin<strong>and</strong><br />

VII of Spain, contemporarily inscribed on obverse<br />

‘Taken in Algiers by Ge. Jones of the Heron’, fine,<br />

pierced for suspension<br />

£60-80<br />

H.M.S. Heron was present during Lord Exmouth’s<br />

bombardment of Algiers, 27.8.1816, <strong>and</strong> this personal <strong>and</strong><br />

interesting relic was probably worn for many years by Mr.<br />

Jones in testimony to his presence in the Battle. As G. Jones<br />

does not appear on the Naval General Service Medal roll for<br />

Algiers it may be assumed that, like so many of those entitled<br />

to the retrospective award, he died before the official medal<br />

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MILITARIA<br />

362<br />

360<br />

Royal Warwickshire Regiment Helmet<br />

A Home Service Helmet of the Royal Warwickshire<br />

Regiment, by Hobson & Sons, London, complete with<br />

Helmet plate, 1881-1901 st<strong>and</strong>ard crowned star pattern<br />

with laurel <strong>and</strong> Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of<br />

black velvet a silver antelope ducally gorged <strong>and</strong> chained,<br />

<strong>and</strong> at the base a silver scroll inscribed ‘The Royal<br />

Warwickshire Regiment’, gilt metal cross piece at top with<br />

spike, complete with gilt <strong>and</strong> velvet strap<br />

£600-800<br />

361<br />

King’s Royal Rifle Corps Officers’ Helmet Plate<br />

A Victorian silver Officers’ Helmet plate of the King’s Royal<br />

Rifle Corps, in the shape of a Maltese Cross, Royal Crown<br />

above, bugle horn in centre with ‘The King’s Royal Rifle<br />

Corps’ around, lions in angles between arms of cross,<br />

complete with four screw attachments, these partly resoldered<br />

to back-plate<br />

£100-150<br />

362<br />

Birmingham Volunteers c.1800<br />

A fine quality Officer’s oval cross-belt plate, 72mm x 54mm,<br />

silver, obverse inscribed with Royal Crown above <strong>and</strong> ‘B.V.’<br />

in large floriate letters below, reverse interestingly inscribed<br />

in neat running script ‘Mr. John Innes No. 9 Broad St.<br />

Buildings’, good very fine, retaining original reverse fittings,<br />

together with two glazed <strong>and</strong> framed documents relating to<br />

the Royal Birmingham Volunteers<br />

£800-1,000<br />

363<br />

Ceylon Light Infantry Helmet Plate<br />

A Victorian Helmet plate of the Ceylon Light Infantry,<br />

crowned Prince of Wales feathers with motto surmounting a<br />

bugle horn, ‘C.L.I.’ intertwined between straps, complete<br />

with three ring attachments, together with the related<br />

Regimental Cap Badge <strong>and</strong> a pair of Collar Badges (4)<br />

£80-120<br />

177<br />

360


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LIFE SAVING MEDALS<br />

364<br />

364<br />

A Rare Royal Humane Society <strong>and</strong> Northern Review Order of the Silver Shield Pair to Mr. A.R. Curson, For<br />

Gallantry in Rescuing a Child From Middlesbrough Dock, 4.9.1892; Although Suffering From Pneumonia,<br />

Curson, On Hearing of the Accident, Immediately ‘Threw Aside His Blankets, And Pluckily Plunged Into the<br />

Water’<br />

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal, successful (Arthur R. Curson, 4th. September, 1892.), with integral top<br />

bronze rib<strong>and</strong> buckle, in Warrington, London, fitted case of issue; Northern Review Order of the Silver Shield, Knight’s<br />

breast Badge, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1892), reverse engraved ‘Presented to Knight A.R. Curson, in recognition<br />

of his bravery in Rescueing [sic] a Child in the Middlesbro Dock. Sep. 4 1892.’, with rib<strong>and</strong> emblem <strong>and</strong> top silver rib<strong>and</strong><br />

buckle, in A.C. Bloxham, London, case, good very fine, together with two Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Joseph<br />

Smith Lodge Jewels, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1903 <strong>and</strong> 1904 respectively) <strong>and</strong> enamel, the reverses engraved<br />

‘Presented by the Joseph Smith Lodge to Primo Arthur R. Curson, Sept. 14th. 1904’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Joseph Smith Lodge M’bro. &<br />

Clevel<strong>and</strong> Province, Presented to Primo Arthur R. Curson by Host George Harker, for Services Rendered during 1904.<br />

Feb. 2nd. 1905’ (4)<br />

£500-700<br />

Mr. Arthur R. Curson, citation reads: ‘4th September 1892: At great personal risk rescued Miss Polly Hunter from drowning at<br />

Middlesbrough.’<br />

Mr. Arthur Richmond Curson (1873-1942) was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving the life of twelve-yearold<br />

Polly Hunter, ‘who, accompanied by some companions, fell into the water on the 4th September whilst playing on some floating<br />

baulks of timber in the dock entrance. She had disappeared, <strong>and</strong> only one h<strong>and</strong> was visible, when Mr. A.R. Curson, who is a clerk at Messrs<br />

Rolckow, Vaughan, <strong>and</strong> Co., <strong>and</strong> a son of the Middlesbrough Dockmaster, pluckily plunged into the water <strong>and</strong> rescued her. Mr. Curson<br />

had only been a short while out of bed, where he had been suffering from an attack of pneumonia for a fortnight; but, on hearing of the<br />

accident, he promptly threw aside the blankets in which he was wrapped, <strong>and</strong> rescued the child. No one was near at the time, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

gallantry of the act was all the more notable.’ (extract from the Northern Echo refers).<br />

Curson was presented with the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal <strong>and</strong> Northern Review Order of the Silver Shield by the Mayor of<br />

Middlesbrough, Councillor C.L. Bell, in his first public act as Mayor, at a ceremony held at the Athletic Institute, Middlesbrough, in which<br />

the Mayor, in making the presentation, ‘urged the boys present to be manly in the true sense of the word, which did not mean smoking<br />

a clay pipe <strong>and</strong> lounging about public-houses, but in showing their devotion to their fellow creatures <strong>and</strong> doing their duty as citizens.’<br />

(extract from the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette refers). The ceremony ended with a musical performance, in which the little girl who was<br />

rescued participated.<br />

The Order of the Silver Shield was established by the proprietors of the Northern Review as a reward ‘for bravery <strong>and</strong> manliness’ in 1892;<br />

Curson was the first Knight of the Order.<br />

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365<br />

365<br />

Scout Association Silver Cross for Gallantry, reverse<br />

engraved ‘M.E. Beale 7.8.1944’, silver (Hallmarks<br />

for Birmingham 1943), with top silver rib<strong>and</strong> bar,<br />

extremely fine, with related cloth badge <strong>and</strong> a<br />

photographic image of recipient<br />

£600-800<br />

Scout Association Silver Cross for Gallantry, promulgated<br />

4.10.1944<br />

‘For his gallantry in supporting until the arrival of a boat a<br />

man <strong>and</strong> a boy the occupants of an overturned canoe who<br />

were in danger of drowning at Bucks Mills, North Devon,<br />

7th August 1944.’<br />

Boy Scout Martin Edward Beale was a member of the 17th<br />

Wimbledon Scout Group, London.<br />

179<br />

366<br />

366<br />

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type,<br />

gold (9ct., Hallmarks for Edinburgh 1965), the<br />

reverse engraved ‘William McAuley 1971’, nearly<br />

extremely fine, lacking top gold rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

£180-220<br />

Mr. William McAuley, citation reads: ‘For bravery in helping<br />

to rescue a family from a burning house on 13th February,<br />

1971.’<br />

Family of Five Saved from Fire<br />

‘Mary Fox, aged 11, <strong>and</strong> her brother Steven, aged 4, of<br />

Parkhouse Road, Nitshill, Glasgow, were both “satisfactory”<br />

in the Southern General Hospital yesterday after being<br />

rescued from a fire in their home on Saturday night. Their<br />

mother, father, <strong>and</strong> brother Robert, aged 2, also escaped.<br />

Mary was injured after jumping 30 feet from a window into a<br />

blanket being held by neighbours. Robert <strong>and</strong> Steven, who<br />

was detained in hospital for observation after inhaling smoke,<br />

were rescued by Mr. William McAuley, aged 22, who pulled<br />

his shirt over his head <strong>and</strong> ran through the smoke <strong>and</strong> the<br />

heat to reach the bedroom. Their father Mr. Charles Fox,<br />

who was trapped unconscious in the living room, was rescued<br />

by firemen.’ (Account in the Glasgow Herald, dated<br />

15.2.1971, refers).


367<br />

367<br />

C.Q.D. Medal, 45mm, silver (H. Robinson<br />

Fireman), good very fine, a scarce named example<br />

Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, extremely fine,<br />

in card box of issue (2)<br />

£200-250<br />

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368<br />

368<br />

Hundred of Salford Humane Society Medal,<br />

cruciform type, silver (J. Middleton, Liverpool, 9th<br />

March 1898), nearly extremely fine, lacking top<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

£60-80


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369<br />

Miniature Awards: Victoria Cross; Royal Red<br />

Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.) Badge, G.V.R., silvergilt<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R.;<br />

Distinguished Flying Cross, E.II.R.; Air Force<br />

Cross, G.VI.R.; Distinguished Service Medal,<br />

G.VI.R.; Military Medal, G.V.R.; Queen’s<br />

Gallantry Medal, generally very fine or better (8)<br />

£100-140<br />

370<br />

Miniature Awards: The Most Eminent Order of<br />

the Indian Empire, Companion’s (C.I.E.) Badge<br />

(2), gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, with integral top rib<strong>and</strong><br />

bar; silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel; Kaisar-i-Hind Medal,<br />

2nd Class, V.R., silver, with integral top rib<strong>and</strong><br />

bar, first two with light test marks to reverse, good<br />

very fine (3)<br />

£60-80<br />

371<br />

Miniature Awards: The Most Excellent Order of<br />

the British Empire (10), 1st type (6), Military<br />

Division (2), Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge, silvergilt;<br />

Member’s (M.B.E.) Badge, silver; Civil<br />

Division (4), Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.B.E.) Badge,<br />

silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel; Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge<br />

(3), silver-gilt, one on Lady’s bow rib<strong>and</strong>; 2nd<br />

type (4), Military Division (2), Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s<br />

(C.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel; Officer’s<br />

(O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Civil Division (2),<br />

Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Member’s<br />

(M.B.E.) Badge, silver, generally very fine or<br />

better (10)<br />

£100-120<br />

372<br />

Miniature Awards: An Unattributed M.B.E.<br />

Group of Three<br />

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,<br />

2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.)<br />

Badge, silver; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R.,<br />

three clasps, Cyprus, Near East, Arabian<br />

Peninsula; General Service 1962-2007, three<br />

clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, Northern Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

very fine, mounted court style as worn<br />

Miniature Awards: General Service 1918-62 (9),<br />

G.V.R. (4), no clasp [sic]; one clasp (3), S.<br />

Persia; Khurdistan; Iraq; G.VI.R. (3), one clasp<br />

(2), Palestine; Java 1946-47 [sic]; two clasps,<br />

Bomb <strong>and</strong> Mine Clearance 1945-8 [sic],<br />

Palestine 1945-48; E.II.R. (2), one clasp,<br />

Brunei; two clasps, Malaya, Cyprus; General<br />

Service 1962-2007, three clasps, Borneo, Malay<br />

Peninsula, South Vietnam, generally very fine or<br />

better (13)<br />

£100-140<br />

Note: Service in Java between 3rd September 1945<br />

<strong>and</strong> 30th November 1946 qualified for the S.E. Asia<br />

1945-46 clasp.<br />

MINIATURE AWARDS<br />

373<br />

Miniature Awards: Military Cross (2), G.VI.R.; E.II.R.;<br />

Distinguished Conduct Medal (2), G.VI.R.; E.II.R.; George<br />

Medal (2), G.VI.R.; E.II.R.; Military Medal (2), G.VI.R.;<br />

E.II.R.; Queen’s Gallantry Medal; Jubilee 2002, all of<br />

modern manufacture, nearly very fine or better (10)<br />

£30-40<br />

374<br />

Miniature Awards: Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry,<br />

G.VI.R.; Ceylon Police Medal for Merit, G.VI.R.; Colonial<br />

Police Medal for Meritorious Service, G.VI.R.; Royal<br />

Canadian Mounted Police Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R.;<br />

Ceylon Police Long Service & G.C., E.II.R.; Colonial Police<br />

Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R.; Indian Volunteer Forces<br />

Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

<strong>and</strong> Second Award Bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’<br />

Decoration, E.VII.R., with integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar <strong>and</strong><br />

Second Award Bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service<br />

Medal, G.V.R.; Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the<br />

Seas Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., generally very fine or<br />

better, some scarce (10)<br />

£80-120<br />

375<br />

Miniature Awards: Medal of the Order of the British Empire<br />

(2), Military Division, silver; Civil Division, silver, good very<br />

fine, scarce (2)<br />

£50-70<br />

376<br />

Miniature Awards: Military General Service 1793-1814, two<br />

clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse, with contemporary silver top<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> buckle; Waterloo 1815; Ghuznee 1839; Baltic 1854<br />

(2), one with contemporary silver top rib<strong>and</strong> buckle; New<br />

Zeal<strong>and</strong> 1845-66, reverse undated, good very fine (6)<br />

£100-140<br />

377<br />

Miniature Awards: Waterloo 1815; Sutlej 1845-46, for<br />

Aliwal 1846, one clasp, Aliwal [sic]; Punjab 1848-49, two<br />

clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat; South Africa 1834-53; India<br />

General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7; Crimea<br />

1854-56, one clasp, Balaklava; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one<br />

clasp, Lucknow; Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie;<br />

South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879; Afghanistan 1878-<br />

80, one clasp, Kabul; Kabul to K<strong>and</strong>ahar Star 1880; King’s<br />

South Africa 1901-02, one clasp, South Africa 1901 [sic];<br />

China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin; Africa General<br />

Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp, Nyasal<strong>and</strong> 1915; India<br />

General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West<br />

Frontier 1935; 1914 Star, with Bar; 1914-15 Star; British<br />

War Medal; Victory Medal; Territorial Force War Medal;<br />

General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine;<br />

Burma Star; Italy Star; France <strong>and</strong> Germany Star; Korea<br />

1950-53, 2nd ‘Dei Gratia’ type; General Service 1962-2007,<br />

one clasp, South Arabia; United Nations Medal for Cyprus;<br />

South Atlantic 1982; Gulf 1990-91, one clasp, 16 Jan to 28<br />

Feb 1991; United Nations Medal for former Yugoslavia, all<br />

of modern manufacture, nearly very fine or better (30)<br />

£60-80<br />

181


378<br />

Miniature Awards: India General Service 1854-95<br />

(10), one clasp (7), Persia; Umbeyla; Looshai; Hazara<br />

1888; Burma 1889-92; Hazara 1891; N.E. Frontier<br />

1891; two clasps (3), Bhootan, Perak; Bhootan,<br />

Jowaki 1877-8; Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9, edge<br />

bruise to third, otherwise good very fine (10)<br />

£140-180<br />

379<br />

Miniature Awards: Indian Mutiny 1857-58 (2), one<br />

clasp, Central India; two clasps, Relief of Lucknow,<br />

Lucknow, with contemporary top silver rib<strong>and</strong> buckle;<br />

China 1857-60 (3), no clasp; one clasp, Fatshan 1857;<br />

three clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, Pekin<br />

1860; China 1900, no clasp, good very fine (6)<br />

£100-140<br />

380<br />

Miniature Awards: Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp; East<br />

<strong>and</strong> West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp (5), Witu 1890,<br />

Niger 1897, Benin 1897, 1898, Sierra Leone 1898-<br />

99, good very fine (6)<br />

£80-120<br />

381<br />

Miniature Awards: South Africa 1877-79, one clasp,<br />

1879; Royal Niger Company’s Medal 1886-99, silver,<br />

one clasp, Nigeria 1886-97; British South Africa<br />

Company’s Medal 1890-97 (2), for Matabelel<strong>and</strong><br />

1893, two clasps, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonal<strong>and</strong> 1897;<br />

for Rhodesia 1896, one clasp, Mashonal<strong>and</strong> 1897;<br />

Ashanti 1900, no clasp; Natal 1906, no clasp, good very<br />

fine or better, second scarce (6)<br />

£80-120<br />

382<br />

Miniature Awards: Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp,<br />

El-Teb_Tamaai; Khedive’s Star 1882; Khedive’s Star<br />

1884-6; Khedive’s Star, undated; Queen’s Sudan<br />

1896-98; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908 (2), one clasp,<br />

Khartoum; two clasps, Sudan 1899, Gedid, pitting to<br />

first, otherwise very fine or better (7)<br />

£80-120<br />

383<br />

Miniature Awards: India General Service 1895-1902<br />

(3), V.R. (2), no clasp [sic]; one clasp, Relief of Chitral<br />

1895; E.VII.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1901-02; 1914<br />

Star (3); Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one<br />

clasp, Palestine 1936-1939; India General Service<br />

1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37<br />

(2); 1939-1945 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Burma Star;<br />

Defence Medal (2); War Medal (2); United Nations<br />

Medal for Korea, generally nearly very fine or better<br />

(18)<br />

£60-80<br />

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388<br />

384<br />

Miniature Awards: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902<br />

(9), one clasp, Def. [sic] of Ladysmith; two clasps (2),<br />

Cape Colony, Wepener; Natal, South Africa 1901;<br />

three clasps (2), Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Relief of<br />

Mafeking; Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein;<br />

four clasps (2), Cape Colony, Orange Free State,<br />

Transvaal, Talana; Cape Colony, Johannesburg,<br />

Wittebergen, Defence of Kimberley; five clasps,<br />

Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State,<br />

Transvaal, South Africa 1901; six clasps, Relief of<br />

Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg,<br />

Diamond Hill, Belfast; Anglo-Boer Oorlog Medal;<br />

Transport Medal, no clasp [sic], generally good very fine<br />

(11)<br />

£140-180<br />

385<br />

Miniature Awards: Africa General Service 1902-56<br />

(7), E.VII.R., one clasp (2), Somalil<strong>and</strong> 1902-04;<br />

Somalil<strong>and</strong> 1908-10; G.V.R., one clasp (5), S. Nigeria<br />

1903-04 [sic]; Jidballi [sic]; Nyasal<strong>and</strong> 1915; Jubal<strong>and</strong><br />

1917-18; Somalil<strong>and</strong> 1920, very fine (7)<br />

£60-80<br />

386<br />

Miniature Awards: India General Service 1908-35 (9),<br />

E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908;<br />

G.V.R. (8), one clasp (5), Abor 1911-12; 3rd Afghan<br />

War 1919 [sic]; Waziristan 1921-24; Burma 1930-32;<br />

North West Frontier 1935; two clasps (3), Waziristan<br />

1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24; Mahsud 1919-20,<br />

Malabar 1921-22; N.W. [sic] Frontier 1930-31,<br />

Mohm<strong>and</strong> 1933, the last on a ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ type<br />

obverse, nearly very fine or better (9)<br />

£80-120<br />

387<br />

Miniature Awards: Imperial Service Medal (2),<br />

G.VI.R.; E.II.R.; Jubilee (Metropolitan Police) 1887,<br />

with 1897 Bar; Jubilee (Metropolitan Police) 1897;<br />

Coronation (Metropolitan Police) 1902, bronze (2);<br />

Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, lacking integral rib<strong>and</strong><br />

buckle; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, very fine or better (8)<br />

£40-50<br />

388<br />

Miniature Award: Empress of India 1877, silver, struck<br />

on a thicker flan, nearly extremely fine, scarce<br />

£40-50


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389<br />

Miniature Awards: Meritorious Service Medal (3),<br />

E.VII.R., ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type; G.V.R.,<br />

‘Coinage head’ type; G.VI.R.; Army Long Service &<br />

G.C. (6), E.VII.R.; G.V.R. (3), 1st ‘Field Marshal’s<br />

bust’ type (2); 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ type, with<br />

‘Regular Army’ bar suspension; G.VI.R., with<br />

‘Regular Army’ bar suspension; E.II.R., with ‘Regular<br />

Army’ bar suspension; Naval Long Service & G.C. (2),<br />

G.V.R., 2nd ‘coinage head’ type’ G.VI.R., generally<br />

good very fine (11)<br />

£60-80<br />

390<br />

Miniature Awards: Volunteer Officer’s Decoration,<br />

E.VII.R., with integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar <strong>and</strong> Second<br />

Award Bar; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (2),<br />

E.VII.R.; G.V.R.; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R.,<br />

lacking integral top rib<strong>and</strong> bar; Efficiency Decoration<br />

(2), G.VI.R., with top ‘Territorial’ rib<strong>and</strong> bar; E.II.R.,<br />

with top ‘Territorial’ rib<strong>and</strong> bar; Territorial Force<br />

Efficiency Medal (2), E.VII.R.; G.V.R.; Territorial<br />

Efficiency Medal, G.V.R.; Efficiency Medal (5),<br />

G.V.R. (2), with ‘Canada’ bar suspension; with ‘India’<br />

bar suspension; G.VI.R. (2), with ‘Territorial’ bar<br />

suspension; with ‘Canada’ bar suspension; E.II.R.,<br />

with ‘T.& A.V.R.’ bar suspension, nearly very fine or<br />

better (14)<br />

£80-120<br />

391<br />

Miniature Awards: Royal Naval Reserve Decoration,<br />

G.VI.R.; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration,<br />

E.II.R.; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service<br />

& G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type; Royal Fleet<br />

Reserve Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s<br />

bust’ type; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R.; Civil Defence<br />

Long Service, British type; Indian Independence<br />

1947; Voluntary Medical Service Medal; British Red<br />

Cross Society Medal for War Service, with integral top<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> bar; Queen Alex<strong>and</strong>ra’s Imperial Military<br />

Nursing Service Cape Badge (2), silver; bronze;<br />

Territorial Force Nursing Service Cape Badge, very<br />

fine (12)<br />

£60-80<br />

183<br />

394<br />

392<br />

Miniature Awards: Royal Humane Society Medal (2),<br />

silver, successful; bronze, successful, with integral<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> buckle; Royal National Lifeboat Institution<br />

Medal, V.R., silver, with double dolphin suspension,<br />

nearly very fine or better, the last scarce (3)<br />

£100-140<br />

393<br />

Miniature Awards: France, Kingdom, Second<br />

Restoration 1815-30, Legion of Honour, silver, gold,<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, enamel damage to points of star <strong>and</strong><br />

central motto, nearly very fine, together with a<br />

miscellaneous selection of approximately 24 foreign<br />

Orders, Decorations, <strong>and</strong> Medals (lot)<br />

£60-80<br />

x394<br />

Miniature Award: Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Kingdom, Military<br />

Order of William, a fine quality Knight’s Badge, silver,<br />

gold, <strong>and</strong> enamel, some enamel flaking on reverse, good<br />

very fine, scarce<br />

£60-80


395<br />

Honours <strong>and</strong> Awards Bestowed Upon Monsieur<br />

P.A. Lambin, Belgian Railways<br />

a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil<br />

Division, Comm<strong>and</strong>er's neck Badge, 86mm including<br />

crown suspension x 56mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, French<br />

motto, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in J. Heremans, Schaerbeek,<br />

case of issue, with lapel rosette<br />

b) France, Third Republic, Legion of Merit, Officer's<br />

breast Badge, 57mm including wreath suspension x<br />

43mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, with rosette on rib<strong>and</strong>, in<br />

Athus Bertr<strong>and</strong>, Paris, case of issue, with lapel rosette<br />

c) Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Knight's<br />

breast Badge, 41mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, in embossed<br />

fitted case of issue<br />

d) Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second<br />

Class neck Badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 49mm,<br />

gold (56 zolotniki) <strong>and</strong> enamel, maker's name <strong>and</strong><br />

mark on reverse, 1896-1908 kokoshnik mark <strong>and</strong> gold<br />

mark on suspension ring, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in<br />

embossed red leather box of issue, with lapel rosette<br />

e) Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third<br />

Class neck Badge, 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, sacred beads all present, with neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in<br />

rio-nuri lacquered fitted box of issue, with lapel rosette<br />

f) Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog,<br />

Knight's breast Badge, C.IX.R. (1863-1906), 57mm<br />

including crown suspension x 26mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel<br />

g) United States of America, Fifth Universal Postal<br />

Congress Member's Medal, Washington 1897, silver,<br />

generally nearly extremely fine or better, with the<br />

recipient's miniature awards, additionally including a<br />

Belgian Civic Decoration <strong>and</strong> Medal for the Reign of<br />

Leopold II, the Prussian Order of the Crown missing,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the United States Postal Congress Medal not<br />

represented, mounted Continental style on a double<br />

braided gilt chain with fixing pins at either end; <strong>and</strong><br />

the following named bestowal documents &c.:<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Belgian Order of<br />

Leopold, Comm<strong>and</strong>er, dated Lacken, 28.11.1910,<br />

with Ministry of Foreign Affairs enclosure<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Belgian Order of<br />

Leopold, Officer, dated Wiesbaden, 31.3.1899, with<br />

Ministry of Foreign Affairs enclosure, <strong>and</strong> Ministry of<br />

Railways, Posts, <strong>and</strong> Telegraphs congratulatory letter<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Belgian Order of<br />

Leopold, Chevalier, dated Brussels, 21.7.1891, with<br />

Ministry of Foreign Affairs enclosure, <strong>and</strong> Ministry of<br />

Railways, Posts, <strong>and</strong> Telegraphs congratulatory letter<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Commemorative Medal<br />

for the Reign of Leopold II, dated Brussels,<br />

31.10.1905<br />

- Bestowal Document for the French Legion of<br />

Honour, Officer, dated Paris, 21.3.1905, with<br />

Ministry of Foreign Affairs enclosure <strong>and</strong> Belgian<br />

Permission to wear document<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Prussian Order of the<br />

Crown, Knight, dated 12.7.1896, with Belgian<br />

Permission to wear document, <strong>and</strong> various Ministry of<br />

Railways, Posts, <strong>and</strong> Telegraphs enclosures <strong>and</strong><br />

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- Bestowal Document for the Russian Order of St.<br />

Stanislas, Second Class, dated 24.10.1907, with<br />

Russian Railways enclosure letter <strong>and</strong> Belgian<br />

Permission to wear document<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Japanese Order of the<br />

Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class, with Belgian Permission to<br />

wear document, <strong>and</strong> Imperial Railway Bureau of Japan<br />

congratulatory letter, dated 22.7.1903<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Danish Order of the<br />

Dannebrog, Knight, dated Copenhagen, 12.4.1894,<br />

with various enclosures, Belgian Permission to wear<br />

document, <strong>and</strong> Ministry of Railways, Posts, <strong>and</strong><br />

Telegraphs congratulatory letter<br />

- Two portrait photographs of the recipient (lot)<br />

£4,000-5,000


396<br />

Honours <strong>and</strong> Awards Bestowed upon Monsieur<br />

Julien Delacourt, Belgian Army<br />

a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Knight’s<br />

breast Badge, 67mm including crown suspension x<br />

40mm, silvered <strong>and</strong> enamel, bi-lingual motto, with<br />

Second World War Crossed Swords on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

b) Belgium, Kingdom, War Medal 1940-45, bronze,<br />

with gilt crossed swords on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

c) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for the Resistance<br />

1940-45, bronze<br />

d) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for Volunteers 1940-<br />

45, bronze, with Pugnator rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

e) France, Republic, Order of the Association of<br />

Former Servicemen, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s neck Badge,<br />

62mm including tower suspension x 52mm, gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, uniface, with neck rib<strong>and</strong><br />

f) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for the Military Fighter<br />

of the War 1940-45, bronze<br />

g) Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Society of Former<br />

Servicemen, Officer’s breast Badge, 53mm including<br />

crown suspension x 30mm, bronze, with bronze<br />

A.I.R. palm <strong>and</strong> rosette on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

h) United States of America, Military Order of the<br />

Firing Squad, Cross, bronze<br />

i) Franco-Belgian Victoria Medal 1939-1945, bronze<br />

j) Franco-Belgian Association of Former Servicemen<br />

<strong>and</strong> Resistance Fighters, Officer’s Badge, gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, with rosette on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

k) National Society for Encouragement <strong>and</strong><br />

Development, Officer’s breast Badge, 64mm<br />

including suspension x 40mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel<br />

l) National Society for Encouragement <strong>and</strong><br />

Development, Gold Medal, gilt, generally good very<br />

fine or better, with three unofficial commemorative<br />

awards; the recipient’s related miniature awards for<br />

<strong>medals</strong> a) to e); <strong>and</strong> the following bestowal<br />

documents, all named to Monsieur Julien Delacourt:<br />

- Bestowal Document for the French Order of the<br />

Association of Former Servicemen, Comm<strong>and</strong>er,<br />

dated 28.2.1979<br />

- Two Bestowal Documents for the Belgian Royal<br />

Society of Former Servicemen, Chevalier, dated<br />

20.5.1973, <strong>and</strong> Officer, dated 7.3.1976<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Military Order of the<br />

Firing Squad, dated 16.3.1975<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Victoria Medal, undated<br />

- Bestowal Document for the Association of Former<br />

Servicemen <strong>and</strong> Resistance Fighters, Officer, dated<br />

12.10.1975<br />

- Three Bestowal Documents for the National Society<br />

for Encouragement <strong>and</strong> Development, Officer, dated<br />

1.9.1982, Chevalier, dated 20.9.1977, <strong>and</strong> Gold<br />

Medal, dated 10.3.1973 (lot)<br />

£120-150<br />

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397<br />

397<br />

China, Republic, Order of Extreme Bravery, Third<br />

Class Medal, 71mm x 63mm, bronze, bronze-gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine<br />

£450-550<br />

The Order of Extreme Bravery was instituted by Tsang Tso-<br />

Lin (1875-1928), Generalissimo; Supreme Comm<strong>and</strong>er of<br />

Manchuria <strong>and</strong> the 3 Eastern States.


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398 399<br />

x398<br />

Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog,<br />

Silver Merit Cross, C.IX.R. (1863-1906),<br />

55mm including crown suspension x 27mm,<br />

silver, good very fine<br />

£150-200<br />

x399<br />

Ethiopia, Empire, Order of Menelik II (Order<br />

of the Lion of Judah), Knight Gr<strong>and</strong> Cross Star,<br />

82mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-240<br />

400<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong>, Republic, Medal for Liberty, First Class, silver,<br />

reverse dated 1941, reverse the edge stamped with Finnish<br />

fineness mark 813H, town mark for Helsinki, <strong>and</strong> date mark<br />

O6 for 1943, very fine<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong>, Republic, Medal for Liberty, Second Class, bronze<br />

(16), reverse dated 1939 (8), reverse dated 1941 (8), good<br />

very fine (17)<br />

£120-150<br />

401<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong>, Republic, Medal for the Winter War 1939-40,<br />

blackened bronze (11), one with crossed swords <strong>and</strong> bar<br />

‘Tolvajarvi’ on rib<strong>and</strong>, nearly extremely fine, together with<br />

approximately 37 loose ‘Kenttaarmeija’ rib<strong>and</strong> bars<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong>, Republic, Medal for the War with the Soviet Union<br />

1941-45, bronze, good very fine (12)<br />

£80-120<br />

187


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403 404<br />

402<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong>, Republic, Silver Medal for Life-Saving, 39mm, silver, Finnish Lion<br />

on obverse, h<strong>and</strong> holding flame on reverse the edge stamped with Finnish<br />

fineness mark 813H, town mark for Turku, <strong>and</strong> date mark F6 for 1935,<br />

extremely fine, scarce, with ring suspension<br />

£120-150<br />

x403<br />

France, First Empire 1804-14, Legion of Honour, an Early ‘1st type’ 1804-<br />

06 Knight’s breast Badge with affixed ‘2nd type’ crown suspension, 50mm<br />

including crown suspension x 36mm, silver, gold, <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse centre<br />

medallion depressed, minor enamel restoration to one arm, very fine, scarce<br />

£1,400-1,800<br />

First Empire Legion of Honour Badges were often converted by the recipient to<br />

conform with changes in the Legion of Honour regulations regarding the appearance<br />

of the Badge.<br />

x404<br />

France, First Empire 1804-14, Order of the Three Golden Fleeces, prototype<br />

Badge of Coudray’s 1809 proposed design, 93mm including crowned eagle<br />

suspension x 35mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, uniface, a fine quality collector’s<br />

copy made during the Second Empire, good very fine, scarce<br />

£400-600<br />

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405<br />

x405<br />

France, Kingdom, Second Restoration 1815-30,<br />

Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 65mm<br />

including crown suspension x 45mm, silver, gold, <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, Hallmarked on obverse tassel, minor enamel<br />

damage to one point of arm, otherwise good very fine<br />

£200-300<br />

x406<br />

France, Second Empire, Campaign in Mexico Medal<br />

1862-63, by E. Falot, Paris, silver, nearly extremely<br />

fine, with original embroided rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£200-300<br />

x407<br />

Germany, Baden, Order of the Lion of Zahringen,<br />

Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 60mm<br />

including Oakleaves suspension x 40mm, silver, silvergilt,<br />

green crystal, <strong>and</strong> enamel, minor chip to green<br />

crystal, otherwise very fine<br />

£300-350<br />

189<br />

406<br />

407


408<br />

x408<br />

Germany, Brunswick, Waterloo 1815 (Ioh.<br />

Siebrecht. Leib. Bt.), bronze, with orignal clip <strong>and</strong><br />

split ring suspension, good very fine, scarce to a casualty<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

Jäger Johann Siebrecht, served with the Brunswick Leib<br />

Battalion during the Waterloo <strong>campaign</strong>; killed in action,<br />

18.6.1815.<br />

409<br />

Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Knight’s<br />

breast Badge, 38mm, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, extremely fine,<br />

in fitted case<br />

£160-200<br />

410<br />

Germany, Prussia, Pour le Merite, a fine quality<br />

contemporary copy, possibly manufactured as a<br />

replacement, 50mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, lacking ring<br />

suspension, extremely fine<br />

£300-500<br />

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411 412<br />

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x411<br />

Germany, Saxon Duchies, Saxe-Ernestine House<br />

Order, 2nd type, Civil Division, Knight First Class’s<br />

breast Badge, 69mm including crown suspension x<br />

43mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, enamel damage to one arm of<br />

cross on reverse, otherwise extremely fine<br />

£400-500<br />

The Saxe-Ernestine House Order was awarded by the<br />

Duchies of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, <strong>and</strong> Saxe-<br />

Meiningen. Up until 1864 insignia was marked to signify<br />

which Duchy had made the award; post 1864 the insignia is<br />

not marked.<br />

x412<br />

Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type,<br />

Officer’s breast badge, 55mm including crown<br />

suspension x 35mm, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel, extremely fine<br />

£300-400


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413 414<br />

413<br />

Hungary, Regency, Order of the Holy Crown of St.<br />

Stephen, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge,<br />

43mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’,<br />

hilt of one sword missing, extremely fine, scarce, in fitted<br />

case of issue<br />

£250-300<br />

x414<br />

Italy, Parma, Sacred <strong>and</strong> Military Constantine Order<br />

of St. George, Star, skeletal type, 76mm, gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, of more recent manufacture, extremely fine<br />

£150-200<br />

x415<br />

Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Roman Eagle, Officer’s<br />

breast Badge, with Swords, 38mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, nearly extremely fine <strong>and</strong> rare, with rosette on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£200-250<br />

191<br />

415


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416<br />

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417 418 419<br />

x416<br />

Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian<br />

Republic, Gr<strong>and</strong> Cross set of Insignia, by Gardino,<br />

Rome, sash Badge, 94mm including tower suspension<br />

x 70mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel; Star, 82mm, silver, silvergilt,<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse,<br />

extremely fine, with full sash rib<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> lapel rosette,<br />

in fitted case of issue (2)<br />

£400-500<br />

x417<br />

Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class<br />

breast Badge, 70mm including paulownia flowers x<br />

46mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with red cabochon in<br />

centre, extremely fine, with rosette on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£120-150<br />

193<br />

x418<br />

Mexico, Empire, Imperial Order of the Mexican<br />

Eagle, Officer’s breast Badge, 70mm including crown<br />

suspension x 39mm, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, nearly<br />

extremely fine, rare, with rosette on rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£600-800<br />

x419<br />

Mexico, Empire, Imperial Order of Our Lady of<br />

Guadalupe, Civil Division, Officer’s breast Badge,<br />

65mm including eagle suspension x 36mm, silver-gilt<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, nearly extremely fine, with rosette on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£300-400


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420 422<br />

x420<br />

Norway, Kingdom, Coronation Medal 1906,<br />

silver, about extremely fine, on Lady’s bow<br />

rib<strong>and</strong>, in case of issue<br />

£100-140<br />

421<br />

x421<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast<br />

Badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 35mm, gold (56 zolotniki)<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, Court stamp <strong>and</strong> maker’s mark on reverse,<br />

1865-96 assay office mark <strong>and</strong> gold mark on suspension<br />

ring, nearly extremely fine<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

422<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck<br />

Badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 46mm, gold (56 zolotniki)<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s mark <strong>and</strong> court stamp on reverse,<br />

1865-96 assay office mark <strong>and</strong> gold mark on suspension<br />

ring, slight damage to gold suspension loop, good very fine<br />

£1,000-1,400<br />

423<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck<br />

Badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 48mm, gold (56<br />

zolotniki) <strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s name <strong>and</strong> mark on reverse,<br />

gold mark on suspension ring, nearly extremely fine, with<br />

neck rib<strong>and</strong>, in embossed read leather box of issue, with the<br />

following related items:<br />

- Bestowal Document for the award, named to a Monsieur<br />

Salaun, <strong>and</strong> dated 17.8.1914<br />

- The recipient’s related miniature award, a fine quality<br />

badge of Continental manufacture in gold <strong>and</strong> enamel<br />

£4,000-5,000<br />

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424<br />

424<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Third Class<br />

breast Badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 39mm, gold<br />

(56 zolotniki) <strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s mark on reverse,<br />

1896-1908 kokoshnik mark, maker’s mark, <strong>and</strong> gold<br />

mark on suspension ring, slight re-soldering to attached<br />

eagles in one angle of cross, otherwise nearly extremely<br />

fine, with original loop suspension replaced, but<br />

present, with a Continental-style ring suspension<br />

£800-1,200<br />

425<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Third Class<br />

breast Badge, 39mm, gold (56 zolotniki) <strong>and</strong> enamel,<br />

obscured maker’s mark on reverse, gold mark on<br />

suspension ring, nearly very fine, with a Continentalstyle<br />

ring suspension<br />

£650-750<br />

426<br />

Russia, Imperial, Medal for Blameless Service in the<br />

Prison Guard, Nicholas II, 36mm, silver, good fine <strong>and</strong><br />

scarce<br />

£200-250<br />

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426<br />

427<br />

Russia, Imperial, Medal for the 100th Anniversary of<br />

the War of 1812, bronze, good fine<br />

Russia, Imperial, Commemorative Medal for the<br />

300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, bronze,<br />

nearly very fine<br />

Russia, Imperial, Red Cross Medal for the Russo-<br />

Japanese War 1904-05, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, nearly very<br />

fine<br />

Russia, Imperia, Cross for Service in the Caucasus<br />

1864, 50mm, bronze, a later cast copy, lacking<br />

swords, uniface, fair (4)<br />

£50-100<br />

428<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Nicholas the Miracle<br />

Worker, breast Badge, with Swords, 35mm, gilt <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, good very fine<br />

£300-400<br />

The Order of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker came in one<br />

class <strong>and</strong> was instituted in 1929 by H.I.M. Kyrille<br />

Vladimirovitch, a cousin of Tsar Nicholas II <strong>and</strong>, following<br />

the murder of the Romanov family, the pretender to the<br />

throne. The Badge of the Order could be obtained by any<br />

Russian veteran of the Great War, <strong>and</strong> had to be bought by<br />

the recipient.<br />

x429<br />

Russia, Soviet Union, Order of the Red Banner, 4th<br />

type breast Badge, with rib<strong>and</strong> suspension, ‘CCCP’<br />

obverse, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse officially<br />

numbered ‘434631’, nearly extremely fine<br />

£200-300


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x431<br />

Russia, Soviet Union, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky,<br />

Second Class, 1st type, 2nd variation breast Badge,<br />

with screwback suspension, gold <strong>and</strong> silver, reverse<br />

officially numbered ‘429’, good very fine, scarce<br />

£3,000-4,000<br />

430<br />

x430<br />

Russia, Soviet Union, Order of Suvorov, Third Class,<br />

3rd type breast Badge, with screwback suspension,<br />

silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘2324’,<br />

lacking reverse screw plate, nearly extremely fine<br />

£2,000-3,000<br />

431 432<br />

197<br />

x432<br />

Russia, Soviet Union, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky,<br />

Third Class, 2nd type breast Badge, with screwback<br />

suspension, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘2714’,<br />

lacking reverse screw plate, very fine <strong>and</strong> a very low<br />

serial number for this type<br />

£2,000-3,000


433<br />

Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fourth<br />

Class breast Badge, 78mm including Star <strong>and</strong> Crescent<br />

suspension x 62mm, silver, silver-gilt, <strong>and</strong> enamel,<br />

minor enamel damage to two points of star on obverse,<br />

otherwise good very fine, in case of issue<br />

£240-280<br />

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434<br />

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x434<br />

Vatican, Holy See, Order of Christ, set of early<br />

Insignia from the reign of Pope Pius IX, 1846-1878,<br />

neck Badge, 120mm including crown <strong>and</strong> trophy of<br />

arms suspension, gold <strong>and</strong> enamel; Star, 75mm, silver,<br />

gold, <strong>and</strong> enamel, extremely fine, rare (2)<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

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Vatican, Holy See, Order of Christ, a Superb Quality<br />

Star, by P. Stopin, Palais Royal, c.1860, 77mm, silver,<br />

gold, <strong>and</strong> enamel, no wreath, maker’s cartouche on<br />

reverse, extremely fine<br />

£1,400-1,800<br />

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436<br />

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Vatican, Holy See, Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Civil<br />

Division, a late 19th Century Knight Gr<strong>and</strong> Cross<br />

Star, by G. Wolfers, Brussels, 83mm, silver, gold, <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, about extremely<br />

fine<br />

£300-400


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Vatican, Holy See, Order of St. Gregory, Civil<br />

Division, an early 19th Century Knight Gr<strong>and</strong><br />

Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 67mm<br />

including wreath suspension x 47mm, gold <strong>and</strong><br />

enamel; Star, 74mm, silver, gold, <strong>and</strong> enamel,<br />

nearly extremely fine, very rare, with full original<br />

sash rib<strong>and</strong> (2)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

x438<br />

Vatican, Holy See, Order of Pius, Knight Gr<strong>and</strong><br />

Cross set of Insignia, by Tanfani, Rome, c.1865,<br />

sash Badge, 57mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s<br />

cartouche on reverse; Star, 79mm, silver, gold,<br />

<strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, nearly<br />

extremely fine, rare, with full sash rib<strong>and</strong> (2)<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

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439<br />

A Fine ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E., Great War Fighter<br />

Ace’s 1917 M.C. Group of Five to Captain W.T.<br />

Price, 48 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal<br />

Warwickshire Regiment, Who Having Shot Down<br />

2 Enemy Scouts, 9.5.1917, Became Lothar von<br />

Richthofen’s 22nd Victory on the Same Day<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,<br />

2nd type, Civil Division, Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.B.E.) neck<br />

Badge, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel<br />

b) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. W.T.<br />

Price. R.F.C.), rank officially corrected on BWM<br />

d) Coronation 1937, generally good very fine, with<br />

named card boxes of issue for <strong>campaign</strong> awards (5)<br />

£4,000-5,000<br />

C.B.E. London Gazette William Thomas Price, Esq., M.C.,<br />

Principal, Harper Adams Agricultural College, Newport,<br />

Shropshire<br />

M.C. London Gazette 18.7.1917 Temp. Lt. William Thomas<br />

Price, R. War. R., <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. His<br />

machine being disabled by fire, <strong>and</strong> his gun out of action, he<br />

managed by skilful h<strong>and</strong>ling to effect a safe l<strong>and</strong>ing, thus<br />

saving the machine <strong>and</strong> his passenger from capture. He has<br />

previously done fine work against hostile aircraft.’<br />

The Recommendation, from the Officer Comm<strong>and</strong>ing 48<br />

Squadron, dated In the Field, 13.5.1917, states: ‘May I bring<br />

to your notice the good work done, successful patrols <strong>and</strong><br />

combats carried out, <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty displayed by 2/Lt.<br />

W.T. Price 13th Royal Warwicks <strong>and</strong> R.F.C. <strong>and</strong> 2/Lt. M.A.<br />

Benjamin R.F.C. (S.R.) Observer in the same machine. These<br />

two Officers working together have on a great many<br />

occasions successfully engaged Hostile Formations. By their<br />

pluck <strong>and</strong> daring in action at all times have set a magnificent<br />

example to other pilots <strong>and</strong> observers. Lt. Benjamin’s<br />

cheerfulness <strong>and</strong> stoicism on the ground at all times <strong>and</strong><br />

especially when casualties were heavy went a long way to<br />

maintaining the spirits of others.<br />

On 6.4.1917 an Albatros Scout was driven down out of<br />

control.<br />

On 9.4.1917 while on O.P. <strong>and</strong> after having fired a green<br />

light to signify engine trouble <strong>and</strong> their intention to return to<br />

our lines, H.A. were seen <strong>and</strong> without hesitation attacked;<br />

diving from 12,000 to 2,500 feet at which height H.A. was<br />

destroyed <strong>and</strong> seen to crash. This subsequently confirmed by<br />

A.A.<br />

On 25.4.1917 three hostile scouts were engaged, one of<br />

which was destroyed <strong>and</strong> the remainder dispersed.<br />

On 27.4.1917 two large two-seater H.A. were seen being<br />

escorted by 3 H.A. scouts; without hesitation <strong>and</strong> in spite of<br />

superior numbers <strong>and</strong> low altitude 3,500 feet, they attacked<br />

by diving on one 2-seater H.A. which also dived steeply, the<br />

fight finished at only 400 feet <strong>and</strong> not until H.A. was seen to<br />

crash into the River Scarpe.<br />

On 7.5.1917, dived from 10,000 to 2,500 feet after a twoseater<br />

which was forced to l<strong>and</strong> in a field.<br />

On 9.5.1917 in company with another Bristol Fighter Lt.<br />

Price with another Observer dived from 8,000 to 1,200 feet<br />

on 2 L.V.G.’s one of which was forced to the ground <strong>and</strong><br />

there again fired at <strong>and</strong> ultimately left when no movement<br />

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Captain W.T. Price<br />

was observed in hostile machine on ground as it was<br />

presumed both occupants were killed. The other H.A. was<br />

driven East.<br />

On 9.5.1917 Lt. Price (with Lt. Claye as Observer this time)<br />

engaged H.A. which, according to reports received from<br />

Machine Gunners in the trenches, they destroyed. During<br />

this fight a vital part of Lt. Price’s gun broke <strong>and</strong> he <strong>and</strong> his<br />

passenger were wounded. His machine was put out of action.<br />

But in spite of these disabilities Lt. Price successfully<br />

manoeuvred his machine, l<strong>and</strong>ing this side of the line,<br />

thereby saving his machine, his passenger <strong>and</strong> himself from<br />

falling into the enemy’s h<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Lt. Price was the best exponent of flying on a Bristol Fighter<br />

in the Squadron <strong>and</strong> probably the Corps. His demonstrations<br />

to <strong>and</strong> with new pilots as passengers over the aerodrome<br />

instilled great confidence in young officers, besides showing<br />

them how the machine could <strong>and</strong> should be h<strong>and</strong>led; an<br />

example which most of them followed with excellent results.’


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Captain William Thomas Price, C.B.E., M.C. (1895-1982), born Cheltenham;<br />

educated at Christ’s College, London <strong>and</strong> Reading University; commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 26.8.1915;<br />

attached Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> gained Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 4121),<br />

28.11.1916; confirmed <strong>and</strong> gazetted Flying Officer on the latter date; accompanied<br />

48 (Fighter) Squadron (BF2b’s) as a ‘founder member’ to Bertangles, France,<br />

8.3.1917; the squadron’s first patrol (flying F2a’s) was on the 5th April during the<br />

Battle of Arras <strong>and</strong>, as a consequence of using defensive tactics unsuited to the<br />

aircraft, it went disastrously; four of the six aircraft on patrol were shot down by<br />

Jasta 11, including that of Captain W. Leefe-Robinson, V.C.; in the next eleven<br />

days a further eight aircraft were lost before one or two pilots started to fly the twoseater<br />

aircraft like a single-seater fighting scout; one of those pilots was Price who<br />

drove down an enemy scout out of control over Douai, 6.4.1917; three days later<br />

he destroyed an Albatros over Arras; working in t<strong>and</strong>em with another Bristol he<br />

drove down out of control another Albatros over Vitry, 23.4.1917; two days later<br />

he destroyed an enemy scout over Arras, before sharing another destroyed over<br />

Vitry, 27.4.1917; on the 9th of May he destroyed two enemy aircraft, both over<br />

the Vitry area, before both he <strong>and</strong> his Observer (Second Lieutenant C.G. Claye)<br />

were wounded <strong>and</strong> forced down to a crash-l<strong>and</strong>ing by the great German Ace,<br />

Lothar von Richthofen (brother of ‘The Red Baron’); Price was the von<br />

Richthofen’s 22nd victory out of an eventual 40; despite his wounds Price managed<br />

to safely l<strong>and</strong> in British lines, north-east of Fampoux; the Combat Report taken by<br />

Captain Wall in the Ambulance Train on the day of the action gives the following,<br />

‘Lieutenant Price states that:<br />

Whilst on Offensive Patrol over Vitry with a formation led by Lt. Holliday, he<br />

observed an enemy Scout machine flying about 1,000 feet below. He dived to<br />

engage the hostile machine <strong>and</strong> continued firing upon it until his gun stopped. On<br />

recovering from the dive he found himself attacked by five enemy machines which<br />

neither he nor his Observer had previously seen. Two of these fastened on to his<br />

tail, <strong>and</strong> he was unable to shake them off even by the most rapid manoeuvring.<br />

Finally he got into a spin from which he was able to recover only with extreme<br />

difficulty. Upon straightening out he found himself only a few feet from the ground<br />

with a hostile machine still after him. He was now compelled to l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> he<br />

pancaked his machine on to the ground, his undercarriage settling into a shell hole.<br />

The enemy machine was lost to view.’ Price was presented with his M.C. by the<br />

King at Buckingham Palace, 9.3.1918; after leaving the R.A.F. ‘he flew for a time<br />

with a civilian aviation company, giving joyrides to holiday-makers in Blackpool.<br />

His career-path changed dramatically when he became a Lecturer in Dairy<br />

Husb<strong>and</strong>ry at the Staffordshire Farm Institute from 1920 to 1922, before going on<br />

to lecture on Estate Management at the Harper Agricultural College from 1922 to<br />

1924.... In 1926, he was appointed Organiser of Agricultural Education, a position<br />

he held until 1946, when he was made Principal of the Harper Adams Agricultural<br />

College. In 1960, Price was awarded the C.B.E. for his contribution to British<br />

agriculture, retiring two years later. Price worked for the BBC as an agricultural<br />

correspondent, as well as writing books <strong>and</strong> articles on his particular expertise, the<br />

breeding <strong>and</strong> care of pigs. (The Military Cross to Flying Personnel of Great Britain<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Empire 1914-1919, H. Giblin <strong>and</strong> N. Franks, refer); resided in Leamington<br />

Spa in later life.<br />

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440<br />

An Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Great War ‘1914 Cavalry D.S.O.’ <strong>and</strong> 1917 Reconnaissance Pilot’s Second<br />

Award Bar Group of Seven to Major C.E. ‘Chas’ Bryant, 12th Lancers <strong>and</strong> Royal Flying<br />

Corps; For Playing a Prominent Role in Leading the Charge at Moy, 28.8.1914, the Last<br />

Occasion that the Regiment Charged with the Lance; He Was Also An Aggressive Pilot Who<br />

Served as a Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er with both 23 <strong>and</strong> 18 Squadrons, Before Returning to Serve<br />

as Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er of 23 Squadron, 1917-1919<br />

a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, with Second Award Bar, minor<br />

white enamel damage <strong>and</strong> obverse centre depressed, with integral top-rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

b) 1914 Star, with copy Bar (Capt: C.E. Bryant. 12/Lrs:)<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major C.E. Bryant. R.A.F.), minor official<br />

correction to surname on BWM<br />

d) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf<br />

e) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, avec Palmes, generally nearly<br />

very fine or better (7)<br />

£4,500-5,500<br />

D.S.O. London Gazette 18.2.1915 Charles Edgar Bryant, Capt. 12th (Prince of Wales Royal) Lancers<br />

‘For services in connection with operations in the field.’<br />

D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 18.7.1917 Capt. Charles Edgar Bryant, D.S.O., Lrs. <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. He has displayed the utmost gallantry <strong>and</strong> skill in leading<br />

photographic reconnaissances. In spite of overwhelming opposition by hostile aircraft, he has never failed to<br />

carry out his difficult task.’<br />

The Recommendation additionally states: ‘On 23rd April while leading a formation of Bombing machines to<br />

bomb Epinoy Aerodrome his formation of 5 machines was attacked by about 20 hostile scouts. These were<br />

successfully engaged <strong>and</strong> the raid carried out. One of the hostile scouts was driven down by Captain Bryant<br />

completely out of control.<br />

On March 6th 1917 he carried out an urgently needed reconnaissance of the localities Havrincourt - Vaulx<br />

Vraucourt - Ervillers during nearly the whole of which his formation carried out an engagement with vastly<br />

superior numbers of enemy machines.<br />

Captain Bryant led his formation with the greatest skill, drove down one hostile scout out of control, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

second with its engine damaged.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 17.2.1915 Bryant, Capt. C.E., 12th Lancers<br />

‘For gallant <strong>and</strong> distinguished service in the field.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Major Charles Edgar Bryant, D.S.O., Royal Air Force (France)<br />

‘For valuable services rendered during the war.’<br />

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21.9.1918 Capt. (T./Major) Charles Edgar Bryant, D.S.O.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘For rendering a great service to the French Army during the German offensive<br />

of March <strong>and</strong> April 1918. Every day he carried out reconnaissance at low altitude <strong>and</strong> provided precise<br />

photographs.’<br />

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Major Charles Edgar ‘Chas’ Bryant, D.S.O. (1885-1950);<br />

commissioned Second Lieutenant 12th Lancers, 21.5.1905;<br />

whilst serving with the regiment in India he became a notable<br />

big game hunter <strong>and</strong> polo player; he was a member of the<br />

Subalterns’ Cup winning team in both 1908 <strong>and</strong> 1909;<br />

appointed Adjutant, April 1914, <strong>and</strong> was to join the 7th<br />

Hussars in India, July 1914; due to the outbreak of the Great<br />

War he remained as Adjutant with the 12th Lancers <strong>and</strong><br />

served with the regiment in the French Theatre of War, from<br />

17.8.1914; the Regimental Journal gives the following for<br />

the actions behind the award of Bryant’s D.S.O., ‘The<br />

Regiment, however, have always regarded the award as being<br />

for the action at Moy. On 28th August, 1914, the 12th Royal<br />

Lancers were resting in the grounds of the Chateau of Moy,<br />

on the River Oise, when gunfire was heard. This was assumed<br />

to come from a patrol of the Scots Greys which, along with<br />

the 20th Hussars <strong>and</strong> the Twelfth, was part of the 5th Cavalry<br />

Brigade. The Regiment was ordered to saddle up<br />

immediately, <strong>and</strong> ride towards the sound of the firing. The<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ing officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wormald, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Adjutant, Captain Bryant, led the Regiment. ‘C’ Squadron<br />

under Captain J.C. Michell, <strong>and</strong> Lieutenant Styles’ machine<br />

gun section followed close behind. A squadron of German<br />

cavalry was spotted, about half a mile away, moving in close<br />

formation down the hill towards Moy on the east side of the<br />

road. ‘C’ Squadron <strong>and</strong> the machine gun section dismounted<br />

to engage the enemy. Rapid fire forced the Germans to<br />

dismount also, <strong>and</strong> they retreated disorganised up the<br />

forward slope of the hill to the crest. By this time ‘A’ <strong>and</strong> ‘B’<br />

Squadrons had arrived, <strong>and</strong> these were ordered to move<br />

under cover to some high ground on the Germans’ east flank.<br />

Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode Bart., comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

the 5th Cavalry Brigade, sent two squadrons of the Greys to<br />

support ‘A’ <strong>and</strong> ‘B’ Squadrons of the Twelfth. He also sent<br />

the 20th Hussars west of the St. Quentin road in order to<br />

attempt to turn the Germans’ east flank. The 13 pounder<br />

guns of ‘J’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, then came into<br />

action in support of ‘C’ Squadron.<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel Wormald now decided to try to close the<br />

distance between ‘C’ Squadron <strong>and</strong> the enemy, while the<br />

latter’s attention was engaged by ‘A’ <strong>and</strong> ‘B’ Squadrons.<br />

Thus he ordered ‘C’ Squadron to mount, <strong>and</strong> sent Captain<br />

Bryant ahead to reconnoitre. Bryant found the ground<br />

immediately in front of the German position was such that it<br />

was possible to approach within fifty yards of it without being<br />

seen. Reporting back to Lieutenant-Colonel Wormald, he<br />

gave his opinion that the ground offered a wonderful<br />

opportunity for a charge. Wormald agreed, <strong>and</strong> moved ‘C’<br />

Squadron forward, forming line just below the crest of a hill.<br />

As the squadron topped the crest ‘Gallop’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Charge’ were<br />

sounded in quick succession by Trumpet-Major Mowlam <strong>and</strong><br />

the ‘C’ Squadron trumpeter. The squadron, led by a small<br />

group consisting of Wormald, Bryant, Mowlam <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Colonel’s two orderlies (Privates Pacey <strong>and</strong> Nolan), rapidly<br />

closed with the enemy.<br />

Surprise was complete, though the Regiment did suffer<br />

casualties; particularly among the leading group: Wormald<br />

was wounded, Mowlam was wounded in the thigh <strong>and</strong> later<br />

captured, Private Nolan was killed, <strong>and</strong> Private Pacey, had his<br />

horse shot from under him. Only Bryant was unscathed, <strong>and</strong><br />

he passed through the enemy position having accounted for<br />

five Germans. Bryant later accorded his success to the type of<br />

sword he was using, “The C.O. was using a new Wilkinson<br />

thrusting sword (1912 Pattern), which buckled like an ‘S’<br />

<strong>and</strong> was wrenched out of his h<strong>and</strong> after transfixing a German.<br />

I was using the old cutting sword (1895 Pattern), well<br />

sharpened, which went in <strong>and</strong> out of Germans like a pat of<br />

butter.”<br />

‘C’ Squadron lost Captain Michell, killed as he topped the<br />

rise, <strong>and</strong> so it fell to Bryant to rally the Squadron after it had<br />

also passed right through the German position. Bryant led<br />

‘C’ Squadron back through the position to the bottom of the<br />

hill, <strong>and</strong> then wheeled to charge a second time. The squadron<br />

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reformed, <strong>and</strong> withdrew under the covering fire of ‘J’ Battery<br />

<strong>and</strong> the rest of the Brigade. ‘C’ Squadron’s other casualties<br />

were three killed <strong>and</strong> six wounded’; the German regiment<br />

that had been engaged was the 2nd Prussian Dragoons, <strong>and</strong><br />

due to the large number of casualties that they suffered<br />

during the action they were withdrawn into the reserve; the<br />

charge at Moy was the last time that the 12th Royal Lancers<br />

charged with the lance.<br />

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Bryant left the regiment in June 1916 <strong>and</strong> was attached<br />

Captain, Royal Flying Corps, 13.11.1916; posted as a Pilot<br />

to 23 (Fighter) Squadron (F.E. 2b’s), Vert Gall<strong>and</strong>, France<br />

30.11.1916; the squadron was mainly tasked with flying<br />

offensive patrols; appointed Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er 22.12.1916,


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<strong>and</strong> in the New Year his Combat Reports written by his<br />

Observers show that he was in the thick of the action,<br />

23.1.1917, ‘Warlencourt. Several hostile aircraft were seen<br />

under fire from British Anti-Aircraft about the place<br />

mentioned. Two of these machines passed above us at about<br />

10,500 feet <strong>and</strong> I opened fire on them. After firing a drum of<br />

tracer ammunition into them with the rear gun, they turned<br />

Eastwards <strong>and</strong> disappeared’; 6.2.1917, ‘While on Defensive<br />

Patrol near Le Sars four hostile machines were seen flying low<br />

over Hermies in a southerly direction. On our approaching<br />

they climbed <strong>and</strong> turned W. over Achiet-le-Gr<strong>and</strong>, making to<br />

attack. One of the H.A. manoeuvred behind us <strong>and</strong> I at once<br />

opened fire on him with the rear gun at about 200 yards, my<br />

shots appearing to take effect. When about 100 yards away he<br />

opened fire on us, hitting the propeller <strong>and</strong> the body of the<br />

machine, <strong>and</strong> wounding the observer slightly. F/Sgt<br />

Critchley <strong>and</strong> Sgt. Watling (Observer) came up <strong>and</strong> opened<br />

fire, <strong>and</strong> being joined by 2/Lt. Russell <strong>and</strong> 2/Lt.<br />

Higginbottom (Observer) drove off the attacking H.A., one<br />

of which was evidently hit as it went down <strong>and</strong> was last seen<br />

about 1,000 feet off the ground preparing to l<strong>and</strong> under<br />

control’; 6.3.1917 (see D.S.O. Second Award Bar<br />

Recommendation), ‘While on Photographic Reconnaissance<br />

over Havrincourt I observed a two seater Albatros about 500<br />

feet below us, at which I fired half a drum apparently with<br />

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good effect, as he made off in the direction of Cambrai. We<br />

then proceeded to carry out our duties, when we were<br />

attacked over Morchies by several formations of H.A., which<br />

we had seen rising from the ground to intercept us. Our<br />

formation was heavily <strong>and</strong> persistently attacked, causing us to<br />

ab<strong>and</strong>on our reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> join in the fight. I opened<br />

fire with my back gun on a Halberstadter Scout, which was<br />

directly on the tail of one of our machines, slightly behind<br />

<strong>and</strong> to the left. My fire took immediate effect causing the<br />

H.A. to dive steeply away <strong>and</strong> break off the combat. I could<br />

not observe if he was out of control as I had to turn my<br />

attention at once to an Albatros two seater which was<br />

pursuing one of our machines at very close range. I fired a<br />

drum at this machine <strong>and</strong> in spite of having to risk hitting our<br />

machine I opened fire, using one drum. He left the machine<br />

he was attacking <strong>and</strong> my pilot observed him go down with his<br />

engine apparently out of action.<br />

Immediately after this I observed another two seater Albatros<br />

shooting at me from below. I fired one <strong>and</strong> a half drums at<br />

this H.A. who also took no further part in the fight. I then<br />

found I had a type K scout on my tail about 30 feet away. I<br />

brought my back gun to bear <strong>and</strong> gave him one drum. He<br />

immediately diasppeared beneath us, as apparently my fire<br />

took effect, as the range being so close it was hardly possible<br />

for me to miss him.


By this time we had fought our way back alone to over<br />

Moyenneville, as our own formation had been broken up, our<br />

machine being shot in the radiator <strong>and</strong> petrol tank. From<br />

there until we crossed the line we were engaged with<br />

Halberstadters at comparatively long range, using the<br />

remainder of my ammunition, which kept them from making<br />

a concentrated attack.<br />

I am of the opinion that the type K machines were using<br />

explosive bullets at me owing to the peculiar noise they made<br />

on striking our machine’; Bryant transferred as Senior Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 18 Squadron (F.E. 2b’s), France, 5.4.1917;<br />

Bryant spent most of April leading Photo Reconnaissance<br />

including, 23.4.1917 (see D.S.O. Second Award Bar<br />

Recommendation), ‘While proceeding to bomb Epinoy our<br />

formation was attacked by two hostile formations consisting<br />

of at least 20 machines. 35 shots were fired at an Albatros<br />

Scout at 100 yds range. Tracers appeared to enter the H.A.<br />

just in front of the pilot’s seat. The H.A. which was attacking<br />

the F.E. suddenly turned on its side <strong>and</strong> went down<br />

absolutely out of control. It was last seen several thous<strong>and</strong><br />

feet below the F.E. still going down out of control. A second<br />

H.A. was seen going down very steeply apparently out of<br />

control with engine smoking badly’ (Combat Report refers);<br />

he was regularly heavily engaged with larger enemy<br />

formations throughout April - May 1917, including<br />

30.4.1917, ‘Captain Bryant (P) & 2/Lt. Couve (O) No. 18<br />

Sqn. Captain Bryant was leading a photographic<br />

reconnaissance of No. 18 Squadron which engaged a<br />

formation of about 20 hostile machines near Baralle. A<br />

general combat ensued, which lasted for about half an hour.<br />

Capt. Bryant <strong>and</strong> 2/Lt. Couve fired three double drums at<br />

various hostile machines during this fight <strong>and</strong> drove down<br />

one small red hostile machine apparently under control, <strong>and</strong><br />

had several other combats. They also report that one of the<br />

rear machines of their reconnaissance was seen to be in<br />

trouble, but the whole of the formation turned on the hostile<br />

machine attacking it drove it down. The F.E.s which took<br />

part in this combat showed great skill <strong>and</strong> kept together well<br />

throughout. In spite of this fight the reconnaissance<br />

succeeded in obtaining 24 photographs’; posted Temporary<br />

Major <strong>and</strong> Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er of 89 (Training)<br />

Squadron, Netheravon, 9.7.1917; returned to 23 (Scout)<br />

Squadron (Spads <strong>and</strong> later Dolphins), La Lovie, France <strong>and</strong><br />

served as Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 27.10.1917-4.3.1919; the<br />

squadron was tasked with operational patrols <strong>and</strong> ground<br />

attack; after brief postings with 20 <strong>and</strong> 48 Squadrons, he was<br />

posted as Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er 79 Squadron (Dolphins),<br />

4.5.1919; posted to Home Establishment 16.7.1919 (Five<br />

Times Mentioned in Despatches); despite being<br />

recommended for promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel (Flying)<br />

four times between November 1918-April 1919 he returned<br />

to the 12th Lancers, August 1919, with his substantive rank<br />

of Captain; Major 1920; retired 1925; re-engaged for service<br />

during the Second War as a Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R.,<br />

for Intelligence Duties, March 1941 (M.I.D. London Gazette<br />

14.6.1945).<br />

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441<br />

A ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. Group of Six to Wing<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er W.L. Milburn, Royal Air Force, A<br />

Great War R.E. 8 Pilot with 16 Squadron, Royal<br />

Flying Corps<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,<br />

2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast<br />

Badge, silver-gilt<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. W.L.<br />

Milburn. R.A.F.), BWM with minor official correction,<br />

VM erased<br />

c) Defence Medal<br />

d) Coronation 1953<br />

e) Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award<br />

Bar (Act. Sqn. Ldr. W.L. Milburn. R.A.F.V.R. (T.)),<br />

generally very fine, with several newspaper cuttings<br />

picturing recipient in uniform (6)<br />

£180-220<br />

O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1959 Acting Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er<br />

Wilton Legender Milburn (65119), Royal Air Force<br />

Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch)<br />

Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er Wilton Legender Milburn, born<br />

Sunderl<strong>and</strong>, 1899; studied as a Dental Student at Durham<br />

University, 1915-1917, <strong>and</strong> was a member of the University<br />

O.T.C.; enlisted as 3/A.M, Royal Flying Corps, 29.5.1917;<br />

became a Cadet, June 1917; after training was posted as a<br />

Pilot to 16 Squadron (R.E. 8’s), Bruay, France 27.3.1917;<br />

the squadron was mainly tasked with reconnaissance <strong>and</strong><br />

artillery observation; returned to the Home Establishment,<br />

25.1.1919; transferred to the Unemployed List, 27.1.1919;<br />

re-engaged as Acting Pilot Officer, Training Branch,<br />

R.A.F.V.R., for service with A.T.C., 1.2.1941; advanced<br />

Squadron Leader, 26.7.1943; Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Durham<br />

Wing, A.T.C., 25.11.1947; retired 1965.


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A Civil M.B.E. Group of Six to Sopwith Camel Pilot, Second Lieutenant, Later<br />

Squadron Leader, W. Cox, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Shot<br />

Down Over France <strong>and</strong> Taken Prisoner of War, 8.8.1918<br />

a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division,<br />

Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2.Lieut. W. Cox. R.A.F.)<br />

c) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals<br />

d) Cadet Forces Medal, G.V.I., with Bar (Act. Flt. Lt. W. Cox. R.A.F.V.R. (T).),<br />

BWM <strong>and</strong> VM slightly worn, therefore nearly very fine or better (6)<br />

£300-400<br />

M.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1963 Squadron Leader William Cox, Member, No. 1054 (Llanelly)<br />

Squadron Committee, Air Training Corps<br />

Squadron Leader William Cox, M.B.E., born Shrewsbury, 1899; educated at Alatts School,<br />

Shrewsbury; served as an engineer rating with No. 3 Wing R.N.A.S. in France, prior to<br />

transferring to No. 2 Officer Cadet Wing, Shorncliffe, Royal Flying Corps, 5.11.1917;<br />

commissioned Second Lieutenant (On Probation), 9.3.1918; Second Lieutenant, Royal Air<br />

Force, 1.4.1918; posted as Pilot to 201 Squadron (Sopwith Camels), St. Marie Cappel, France,<br />

27.7.1918; he mainly flew in offensive patrols including, 7.8.1918, when in conjunction with<br />

six other aircraft he took off, ‘Height 13,000 ft. 10 Fokker Biplanes encountered at 12,000 ft.<br />

at 3.30pm at Morla Court, were indecisively engaged, E.A. diving away East’ (Squadron Record<br />

Book refers); the following day he took off at 9.30am <strong>and</strong> ‘2/Lieut. Cox dropped four 25lb<br />

bombs amongst troops in streets of Harbonnieres <strong>and</strong> shot up transport leaving the village,<br />

causing it to panic. Also fired into a party of men E. of Mericourt scattering them in all<br />

directions’ (Ibid); at 11.20am, on the same day, he took off on a ‘Low Flying Patrol. Lt.<br />

McLaughlin shot down in flames at Harbonnieres. Pilot safe. 2/Lt. Cox failed to return’; he<br />

was reported as ‘Missing’ the same day <strong>and</strong> recorded as Prisoner of War, 10.8.1918; Cox was<br />

flying Camel No. B.7157 <strong>and</strong> his is believed to be the aircraft claimed by German Ace<br />

Oberleutnant Robert Ritter Von Greim in combat near Bayonvillers; Cox being the 17th out<br />

of 28 victories; Cox was imprisoned at Karlsruhe Camp, 23.8.1918; he was repatriated<br />

13.12.1918; transferred to the unemployed list 18.4.1919; re-engaged for the Second War as<br />

Acting Pilot Officer, Training Branch, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, for service with the<br />

Air Training Corps, 30.3.1941; advanced Acting Flight Lieutenant, 7.12.1943; appointed ATC<br />

Liaison Officer, R.A.F. Pembrey, 1.4.1952; Squadron Leader 5.3.1958; retired 31.3.1960.<br />

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The Rare <strong>and</strong> Emotive Great War M.C. <strong>and</strong> Bar,<br />

D.F.C. Group of Seven to Major A.M. ‘Bunny’<br />

Vaucour, Royal Air Force, Late Royal Field<br />

Artillery <strong>and</strong> Royal Flying Corps, a 7-Victory<br />

Pilot, Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong> Recipient of the<br />

Al Valore Militare, Who Was Killed in a Friendly<br />

Fire Incident on the Italian Front: He Had<br />

Advised Young Pilots on Joining His Squadron<br />

that ‘Should You Ever Find Yourself Alone in a<br />

Fight, Turn Straight at the Nearest Enemy <strong>and</strong> Fly<br />

for a Collision... And Never Give Way!’<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with<br />

Second Award Bar<br />

b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as<br />

issued<br />

c) 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A.M. Vaucour, R.F.A.)<br />

d) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(Major A.M. Vaucour. R.A.F.)<br />

e) Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, reverse<br />

engraved ‘Piave-Trentino-Inverno 1917-18: Vaucour,<br />

Awdry Morris’<br />

f) Italy, Kingdom, Lega Aerea Nazionale, Gold<br />

Medal, with enamelled decoration, reverse inscribed,<br />

‘Al Major, R.F.C., Awdry M. Vaucour, Valoroso<br />

Difensore Del Cielo D’Italia, 1918’, extremely fine,<br />

with a superb Photograph <strong>and</strong> ‘In Memoriam’ Album<br />

containing the following:<br />

- Two Mentioned in Despatches Certificates, dated<br />

30.11.1915 <strong>and</strong> 18.4.1918<br />

- Contemporary newspaper cuttings regarding his<br />

awards <strong>and</strong> death<br />

- Assorted printed or old copy R.F.C. Communiques<br />

- Correspondence regarding the recipient’s tragic<br />

death in a friendly fire incident with an Italian Pilot<br />

- An impressive selection of wartime photographs<br />

- The recipient’s Training Badge transfer card, O.T.C.<br />

Record of Service, War Office Letter of Appointment<br />

to the R.F.A., <strong>and</strong> similar documentation for R.F.C.<br />

Orders <strong>and</strong> Postings<br />

- A number of Telegrams, including those for<br />

Investitures <strong>and</strong> death in Italy<br />

- Copy Letters of Condolence<br />

- Commonwealth War Graves Commission<br />

correspondence <strong>and</strong> photographs<br />

- Various other letters <strong>and</strong> ephemera (lot)<br />

£12,000-15,000<br />

M.C. London Gazette 4.11.1915 Temporary Second<br />

Lieutenant Awdry Morris Vaucour, Royal Field Artillery <strong>and</strong><br />

Royal Flying Corps<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> skill on 28 September 1915,<br />

when, accompanied by Captain Rabagliati, they carried out a<br />

reconnaissance over Valenciennes <strong>and</strong> Douai. They had to fly<br />

in thick cloud for nearly the whole distance, <strong>and</strong> several times<br />

their aeroplane got into a “spin”. The Pilot, however,<br />

succeeded each time in righting his machine, <strong>and</strong> they<br />

reached their objective <strong>and</strong> carried out the reconnaissance at<br />

2800 feet under very heavy fire.’<br />

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M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 25.11.1916 2nd Lt.<br />

(temp. Capt.) Awdry Morris Vaucour, M.C., R.F.A.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He attacked ten hostile<br />

machines <strong>and</strong> completely scattered their formation.<br />

Previously, while returning with a perforated petrol tank, he<br />

shot down an enemy machine. Later, he shot down a hostile<br />

machine, being engaged with eight altogether. On another<br />

occasion he <strong>and</strong> his Observer shot down two hostile<br />

machines.’<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Captain (temp. Major)<br />

Awdry Morris Vaucour, M.C.<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916 Vaucour, Temporary<br />

Second Lieutenant A. M., Royal Field Artillery<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 30.5.1918 Vaucour, Capt. (T./Maj.)<br />

A. M., M.C. (late R.A.)<br />

Italian Al Valore Militare London Gazette 2.11.1918 Captain<br />

(T./Major) Awdry Morris Vaucour, M.C., D.F.C. (R. Art’y.)<br />

‘In recognition of distinguished services rendered.’


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Major Awdry Morris “Bunny” Vaucour, M.C., D.F.C., a clergyman’s son, was<br />

born at Topcliffe, North Yorkshore, in March 1890 <strong>and</strong> was nominated for a<br />

Regular Commission in the 2nd Royal Horse Artillery <strong>and</strong> Royal Field Artillery by<br />

Sir Douglas Haig on 1.9.1914, as a Lieutenant, when 24 years old. He served with<br />

his Regiment for ten months at home before transferring to the R.F.C. <strong>and</strong> being<br />

posted after less than four weeks training as an Observer to No. 10 Squadron in<br />

August 1915. Three months later he was awarded his first M.C.<br />

Having gained his Wings in May 1916 he was posted as a Pilot <strong>and</strong> Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 70 Squadron (Sopwith Strutters), <strong>and</strong> on 24 August flew a<br />

particularly eventful Offensive Patrol with his Observer, Lieutenant Bott, South-<br />

West of Cambrai: ‘Lieutenant Bott discovered that the fuselage was on fire as a<br />

result of an A.A. shell which had fallen inside the fuselage <strong>and</strong> was lying on top of a<br />

longeron. He immediately tore off the surrounding canvas <strong>and</strong> beat out the flames<br />

with his h<strong>and</strong>s. Just previously the machine had been hit by machine-gun fire in a<br />

combat, <strong>and</strong> the engine was firing in eight cylinders only, <strong>and</strong> the pressure pump<br />

propeller had one blade broken off When near Baupaume Lieutenant Vaucour fired<br />

a white light, <strong>and</strong> turned west as the engine was missing badly. East of Le Sars he<br />

saw <strong>and</strong> dived at two enemy machines, engaging them <strong>and</strong> driving them off. He<br />

now discovered that the petrol pressure piping had been shot through. He glided<br />

over the lines, crossing them at 1,500 feet <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ed one mile south of Carnoy’.<br />

Next morning Vaucour was joined at the scene of the forced l<strong>and</strong>ing by First Air<br />

Mechanic Warniinger who carried out the necessary repairs <strong>and</strong> then hitched a ride<br />

with Vaucour to the aerodrome: ‘About three miles South-West of Albert they were<br />

attacked by three H.A., one attacking from the front <strong>and</strong> two from the rear. During<br />

the combat, Lieutenant Vaucour’s machine was hit by high explosive, presumably<br />

from A.A. guns, <strong>and</strong> 1 A.M. Wanninger was seriously wounded. The machine<br />

became uncontrollable for a time, the petrol tank being pierced <strong>and</strong> the engine<br />

stopped, but it was eventually safely l<strong>and</strong>ed’. Warminger, who ‘behaved with great<br />

pluck in an unfamiliar predicament’, died of his wounds the same evening.<br />

On 2 September Vaucour <strong>and</strong> Bott destroyed two Fokker Es on the same patrol<br />

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near Cambrai, one being destroyed with the rear- gun <strong>and</strong> one being sent down out<br />

of control with the front-gun. A fortnight later he secured his third <strong>and</strong> final victory<br />

in France, again with Bott, after they ‘engaged <strong>and</strong> drove off a hostile machine.<br />

During the engagement they lost their formation, <strong>and</strong> were later attacked by three<br />

machines, two of which attacked from below, the third from above. The latter was<br />

fired at by Lieutenant Bott, whereupon the enemy lost height <strong>and</strong> tried to get under<br />

the Sopwith. In endeavouring to do so, he collided with one of the other Germans,<br />

who crashed to earth. The two remaining machines, one of which was damaged,<br />

then left them. Shortly afterwards Vaucour was attacked by several Germans one of<br />

which he drove down’.<br />

After further fierce but inconclusive combats, Vaucour was posted home in January<br />

1917 to comm<strong>and</strong> `B. Flight at the C.F.S. as a Captain, but a short time later was<br />

promoted Major <strong>and</strong> given comm<strong>and</strong> of 45 Squadron (Sopwith Camels) in France,<br />

in spite of the fact he had never attended machine-gun or wireless courses. He<br />

joined 45 on 22.8.1917, <strong>and</strong> by this time severe restrictions had been placed on<br />

operational Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>ers, ‘who as a breed during that period of growth<br />

of R.F.C. Squadrons were relatively scarce <strong>and</strong> too valuable to be needlessly exposed<br />

to the risk of loss’.<br />

Vaucour felt that this was a serious imposition, but on the Squadron’s removal to<br />

the Italian Front felt less restrained. Here, whilst still under <strong>orders</strong> not to cross the<br />

lines in search of battle, he flew regularly with the excuse of ‘inspecting patrols’. But<br />

as patrols ranged deep into enemy territory it was obvious that his intentions were<br />

otherwise. On 27 February flying alone at 15,000 feet in Camel B. 6354 from<br />

Istrana he saw three Albatros D.IIIs diving to attack three Camels, belonging to 28<br />

Squadron, flying along the Piave River at about 3,000 feet. He dived straight at<br />

them giving the Leader a burst of 200 rounds before breaking off at ten yards range,<br />

<strong>and</strong> turning to inject several good bursts into one of the others, sent it earthwards<br />

after its Leader. Vaucour’s next success came nearly three months later when<br />

‘inspecting patrols’ on 25.6.1918 he spotted an aircraft crossing the lines from the<br />

direction of Conegliano at 17,000 feet: ‘He was uncertain of its identity or intent<br />

from his own height of 14,000, so for the next ten minutes he watched it while he<br />

climbed to 18,000. He then saw that it was an enemy two-seater ... He dived at it<br />

<strong>and</strong> opened fire at 50 yards range. After about 50 rounds the E.A. went down with<br />

its engine revving <strong>and</strong> Vaucour saw pieces falling off it in all directions. The Pilot<br />

<strong>and</strong> Observer, after holding on to a machine-gun, fell out’. Later, when he went to<br />

inspect the wreckage on the ground, Vaucour found the King of Italy’s Personal<br />

Guard st<strong>and</strong>ing over it. Retrieving a revolver <strong>and</strong> an air speed indicator he h<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

them to the Officer in Charge as souvenirs for Vittorio Emmanuele.<br />

At 9 a.m. 16.7.1918 ‘Bunny’ Vaucour’s luck ran out. Lieutenant Alberto Moresco<br />

piloting an H.D. of the 78th Squadron, was patrolling the Piave area when he saw<br />

approaching a machine of a foreign make slightly above him. The sun was in his eyes<br />

<strong>and</strong> ‘he imagined he could distinctly see a black cross painted on the aircraft which<br />

appeared to have a yellow transparency’. Believing he had encountered the enemy<br />

he flew over it, made a right h<strong>and</strong> turn, came down within 60 metres of its tail <strong>and</strong><br />

tired five rounds killing Vaucour. Then as the aircraft made an immediate loop, he<br />

realised his fatal mistake. Moresco reported the dreadful error as soon as he l<strong>and</strong>ed,<br />

whereupon the Italian Comm<strong>and</strong> extended its genuine regret at the death of this<br />

well known British Pilot. In 45 Squadron a different version of events was discussed<br />

<strong>and</strong> there was talk of ‘reprisals’, but in the end good sense prevailed due chiefly to<br />

the sensitive cooling of the ‘hot-heads’ by Joubert <strong>and</strong> the C.-in-C., Lord Cavan.<br />

The facts of Vaucour’s death as a tragic accident were communicated throughout<br />

the R.A.F. in Italy <strong>and</strong> vendetta avoided. The Times commented: His Squadron<br />

almost worshipped him, everybody in the Wing liked him ... His loss is irreparable,<br />

but ... he died doing the work which always kept him happy <strong>and</strong> without which he<br />

was miserable’.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Aviation Collection, <strong>Spink</strong>, 6.5.1998<br />

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A Superb Great War Fighter Ace’s ‘Battle of<br />

Cambrai’ M.C. <strong>and</strong> Bar, D.F.C. Group of Five to<br />

Captain J.A. ‘Jimmy’ Slater, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, He Was 64 Squadron’s Top<br />

Scoring Pilot For the Great War; Accredited With<br />

At Least 24 Victories, ‘In 18 Days He Has<br />

Engaged in 25 Combats at Close-quarters,<br />

Shooting Down 8 Enemy Machines’, He Was<br />

Killed in a Flying Accident, 26.11.1925, The Day<br />

Before His 29th Birthday<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in sansserif<br />

capitals ‘Capt. J.A. Slater. Nov. 1917. Bar: March<br />

1918.’, with Second Award Bar<br />

b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., reverse<br />

engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘Capt. J.A. Slater May.<br />

1918’<br />

c) 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J.A. Slater, R.F.C.)<br />

d) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Capt. J.A. Slater.<br />

R.A.F.), generally good very fine (5)<br />

£14,000-18,000<br />

M.C. London Gazette 4.2.1918 T./2nd Lt. (T./Capt.) James<br />

Anderson Slater Gen. List <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘For skill <strong>and</strong> gallantry. On<br />

November 12th when returning from a patrol he attacked<br />

enemy infantry near Monchy, <strong>and</strong> also silenced a Field Gun<br />

<strong>and</strong> fired at transport, etc.<br />

On November 20th near Moeuvres he silenced a battery<br />

under very difficult weather conditions, <strong>and</strong> fired on<br />

ammunition waggons, dumps <strong>and</strong> enemy infantry, <strong>and</strong><br />

brought his patrol back safely.<br />

On November 22nd he led a special reconnaissance to<br />

Bourlon Wood <strong>and</strong> East of the existing lines under heavy<br />

machine gun <strong>and</strong> shell fire. Much information was procured<br />

at an average height of 100 feet <strong>and</strong> an Albatros Scout<br />

engaged <strong>and</strong> driven off.<br />

On November 23rd he led a patrol of twelve machines to<br />

attack the N.E. corner of Bourlon Wood. These machines<br />

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dropped 33 bombs, fired about 3,000 rounds <strong>and</strong> dislodged<br />

the enemy from the edge of the wood, causing heavy<br />

casualties. The whole of this operation was carried out at a<br />

very low height. Six Albatros Scouts were engaged <strong>and</strong><br />

compelled to retire. Having l<strong>and</strong>ed at 1.30pm he again led a<br />

patrol of all available machines (seven in number) to the same<br />

objective, again attacking groups of infantry in the open with<br />

bombs <strong>and</strong> machine guns, 13 bombs being dropped <strong>and</strong><br />

about 2,000 rounds fired.<br />

An excellent leader. This officer by his dash has inspired his<br />

patrols with a very high moral. All these patrols were carried<br />

out in weather which was almost impossible for flying.’<br />

M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 22.6.1918<br />

T./Capt. James Anderson Slater, M.C., Gen. List, <strong>and</strong><br />

R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. On one<br />

occasion during the recent operations he attacked a large<br />

formation of hostile scouts, one of which he drove down in<br />

flames. Later, during the same flight, he took part in a general<br />

engagement, in which he drove down another enemy<br />

machine completely out of control. Two days later heattacked<br />

two enemy scouts, causing one of them to crash to earth. In<br />

eighteen days he has engaged in twenty-five combats at close<br />

quarters, shooting down eight hostile machines. His great<br />

gallantry <strong>and</strong> fine offensive spirit have inspired all ranks to a<br />

very high degree.’<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong><br />

fine leadership during the recent operations.<br />

On 21st March 1918 Capt. Slater attacked a large formation<br />

of scouts near Inchy, shooting down one in flames. Later<br />

during the same flight he joined in a big fight near Bourlon<br />

Wood, causing an enemy machine to fall completely out of<br />

control.<br />

On 23rd March 1918 he attacked two enemy scouts near<br />

Queant, causing one of them to crash to earth.<br />

In 18 days he has engaged in 25 combats at close-quarters,<br />

shooting down 8 enemy machines. He has led 50 offensive<br />

patrols, <strong>and</strong> his fine offensive spirit has inspired all ranks. This<br />

officer gained the Military Cross for low bombing <strong>and</strong><br />

reconnaissance work during the Cambrai operations.’


Captain J.A. Slater (on right)<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 2.7.1918 Lt. (T./Capt.) James<br />

Anderson Slater, M.C., Royal Air Force<br />

‘For exceptional gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. He has led<br />

numerous offensive patrols with the utmost skill <strong>and</strong><br />

determination, <strong>and</strong> it is entirely due to his fine leadership, <strong>and</strong><br />

his total disregard of personal danger, that many enemy<br />

aircraft have been destroyed with the minimum of casualties<br />

to his formation.’<br />

The Recommendation (originally for a D.S.O.) additionally<br />

states: ‘Since the award of the Bar to the Military Cross he has<br />

personally destroyed enemy machines as under:<br />

On 31.5.1918, when on offensive patrol, five Pfalz Scouts<br />

were attacked in the vicinity of Illies. After 200 rounds had<br />

been fired into one it fell in a spin out of control <strong>and</strong> was seen<br />

to crash. (Confirmed by another Pilot). On the same day he<br />

also shot down a Pfalz Scout out of control near Illies.<br />

On 29.5.1918 when on offensive patrol near Boyellies he<br />

fired about 300 rounds into a Pfalz Scout which was flying<br />

below. The enemy machine fell out of control <strong>and</strong> was seen<br />

to crash. (Confirmed by two other Pilots).<br />

On 27.5.1918 when on offensive patrol north of Cagnicourt,<br />

he joined in a combat between Dolphins <strong>and</strong> enemy. He fired<br />

100 rounds into an Albatros Scout which fell out of control<br />

emitting smoke <strong>and</strong> crashed.<br />

On 26.5.1918 when on offensive patrol south-west of<br />

Armentieres he fired about 70 rounds into an Albatros Scout<br />

which was attacking a Bristol Fighter. E.A. fell out of control<br />

<strong>and</strong> is confirmed by Pilots of No. 40 Squadron R.A.F. to have<br />

burst into flames.<br />

On 19.5.1918, when on offensive patrol, a formation of<br />

enemy scouts was attacked east of Arras. He fired 150 rounds<br />

into the rear machine, which fell out of control <strong>and</strong> was seen<br />

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to crash by two other pilots on patrol. A few minutes later<br />

another formation of enemy scouts was attacked. After he had<br />

fired a drum into a Pfalz Scout it turned over, fell completely<br />

out of control <strong>and</strong> was seen to crash by another Pilot.<br />

On 16.5.1918, on offensive patrol south of Douai, 12<br />

Albatros Scouts were attacked. He attacked four of the enemy<br />

machines, in turn, <strong>and</strong> one into which he fired 50 rounds, fell<br />

completely out of control emitting smoke <strong>and</strong> was seen to<br />

crash. (Confirmed by another Pilot).<br />

In addition to the above, this officer has shot down 2 other<br />

enemy machines out of control.’<br />

Captain James Anderson Slater, M.C., D.F.C., born 1896,<br />

the son of Major John Slater, of 4 Polsham Park, Paignton,<br />

Devon; was living <strong>and</strong> working in Brighton at the outbreak<br />

of the Great War; enlisted as a Private, Sussex Regiment,<br />

10.9.1914; gazetted Second Lieutenant, Royal Irish Rifles,<br />

29.9.1914, before transferring to his preferred county<br />

regiment, the Royal Sussex; attached Royal Flying Corps,<br />

qualified as an Observer, 2.6.1915; posted to join 18<br />

Squadron (Vickers F.B. 5’s), in France, 10.11.1915; flew in<br />

fighter-reconnaissance sorties with the squadron; whilst<br />

scouting for Zeppelins with Second Lieutenant J.C.<br />

Callaghan, 6.3.1916, Slater’s aircraft was ‘forced to l<strong>and</strong><br />

through snowstorm <strong>and</strong> machine turned over on l<strong>and</strong>ing’<br />

(Casualty Report refers); Slater was posted to Home<br />

Establishment, 18.3.1916, where he trained as a Pilot, <strong>and</strong><br />

was duly confirmed <strong>and</strong> gazetted Flying Officer, 30.6.1916;<br />

posted to 1 Squadron (Nieuport Scouts), Bailleul, France,<br />

August 1916; whilst flying with the squadron, as part of “A”<br />

Flight, he claimed one enemy scout shot down out of<br />

control, 15.2.1917, <strong>and</strong> shared another 17.3.1917, his C/O<br />

recommended him for a Decoration, 16.2.1917, ‘for gallant<br />

<strong>and</strong> consistent good work in the Field. On 22nd Jany. 1917<br />

he accomplished the attached list of photographic work<br />

under very adverse conditions <strong>and</strong> very heavy fire. He made<br />

three successive attempts to secure these, as owing to the<br />

intense cold the observer taking the photographs was unable<br />

to work the camera successfully. Copies of these photographs<br />

have been submitted to the 2nd Brigade.<br />

On 7th February this officer followed <strong>and</strong> caught up a H.A.<br />

over St. Omer, firing nearly three drums into it from a<br />

distance of 50 feet <strong>and</strong> following it in the direction of Vimy<br />

Ridge. The machine was seen by Lt. Le Gallais of this<br />

Squadron, to be behaving in an erratic manner <strong>and</strong> losing<br />

height, also Lt. Fowler of 2nd Section Anti-Aircraft reports<br />

that he, with his section, observed a Nieuport Scout attacking<br />

a H.A. over Arques going in the direction of Vimy Ridge.<br />

Owing to the fact that definite order were issued against<br />

Nieuport Scouts going near the lines Lt. Slater was forced to<br />

break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards a machine was<br />

seen to come down in flames on the Vimy Ridge.....On 15th<br />

February this officer attacked a H.A. while on Line Patrol<br />

over Warneton.’<br />

1 Squadron continued to fly offensive patrols over the lines<br />

against the German circuses; their first big operation was as<br />

part of the Battle of Arras, <strong>and</strong> from then on they were<br />

principally engaged in air combat as part of the 11th Wing of<br />

2nd Brigade; on 26.9.1916, Slater flew on a ‘H.A. Patrol -<br />

One H.A. seen over Hooge about half a mile from us. One<br />

F.E. dived in front of us to attack but broke off engagement<br />

<strong>and</strong> re-crossed the lines under control. H.A. dived down to<br />

Foret D’ Houthhulst <strong>and</strong> was lost in mist. One H.A. seen<br />

near Menin.’ (Squadron Record Book, refers); Slater returned<br />

to the UK for Instructor duties with Headquarters 7th Wing,<br />

May 1917; promoted Captain <strong>and</strong> appointed Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, he accompanied the newly formed DH5equipped<br />

64 Squadron to St. Omer, France, October 1917;<br />

taking comm<strong>and</strong> of “C” Flight he flew from Izel-le-Hameau;<br />

Slater was thrust into action on the 20th November, groundstrafing,<br />

during the Battle of Cambrai; according to the<br />

R.F.C. Communique No. 115 on the first day of the battle<br />

Slater fired into <strong>and</strong> dispersed enemy troops <strong>and</strong> scored a<br />

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days, despite suffering heavy casualties, the squadron<br />

continued to carry out low-level attacks; on 30.11.1917<br />

Slater claimed the squadron’s first victory, sending down out<br />

of control a DFW two-seater over Bourlon Wood; on the<br />

13th December, Slater was presented with his M.C. by<br />

General Trenchard during his visit to squadron; in January<br />

1918 the squadron re-equipped with S.E.5a’s; after several<br />

weeks of conversion the squadron was operational once again<br />

in March; it appeared that the new aircraft was much to<br />

Slater’s liking, as he again made a first, claiming 64’s first SE5<br />

victory, 8.3.1918 over Cambrai; the squadron’s return to<br />

action coincided with the long awaited German Offensive of<br />

March, <strong>and</strong> during the period of March-August 1918, 64<br />

Squadron shot down 128 enemy aircraft; Slater’s<br />

extraordinary record added greatly to their overall tally:<br />

11th March, Pfalz DIII, forced down out of control, over<br />

Cambrai<br />

11th March, Albatros DV, Destroyed in Flames, over Douai<br />

15th March, Albatros DV, forced down out of control, over<br />

Masnieres<br />

21st March, Albatros DV, Destroyed, over Inchy en Artois<br />

21st March, Fokker DrI, shared forced down out of control,<br />

over Bourlon Wood<br />

21st March, Albatros DV, shared forced down out of control,<br />

over Bourlon Wood<br />

23rd March, Pfalz DIII, Destroyed, over Pronville<br />

23rd March, Fokker DrI, forced down out of control, over<br />

Graincourt<br />

30th March, unidentified two-seater, shared Destroyed, over<br />

Croiselles<br />

1st April, Pfalz DIII, Destroyed in Flames, over Maricourt<br />

20th April, Albatros DV, forced down out of control, over<br />

Neuf Berquin<br />

20th April, Pfalz DIII, forced down out of control, over Neuf<br />

Berquin<br />

16th May, Albatros DV, Destroyed in Flames, south-west of<br />

Brebieres<br />

19th May, Albatros DV, Destroyed, east of Oppy<br />

19th May, Pfalz DIII, Destroyed, Brebieres<br />

26th May, Albatros DV, Destroyed in Flames, over<br />

Erquinghem-Lys<br />

27th May, Albatros DV, Destroyed, over Cagnicourt<br />

29th May, Pfalz DIII, Destroyed, over La Bassee-Boyelles<br />

31st May, Pfalz DIII, Destroyed, over La Bassee<br />

31st May, Pfalz DIII, forced down out of control, over La<br />

Bassee.<br />

The reason for the comparative period of calm in April was a<br />

combination of 64 Squadron changing from III Brigade<br />

R.A.F. to 10 Wing, 1st Brigade <strong>and</strong> Slater taking his first<br />

leave since February; his return to action in May, was very<br />

much ‘business as usual’; Slater ‘was by this time, a most<br />

competent <strong>and</strong> able flight leader, if, on occasion, somewhat<br />

unorthodox in his approach. A contemporary of his on the<br />

squadron recorded that Slater would often fly a loop around<br />

215<br />

a burst of German AA fire, should the shell explode near his<br />

machine. Also, if he doubted that a member of his patrol had<br />

broken formation for other than justifiable reasons, he would<br />

dive after them, fire a warning burst across the delinquent’s<br />

nose <strong>and</strong> chase him back in line... Slater’s last successful<br />

combat came on the last day of May. It was also the date<br />

which saw 64’s most successful day, 12 victories being<br />

claimed. Slater led an Offensive Patrol near Las Bassee <strong>and</strong><br />

found an enemy formation of 11 scouts. A fierce fight ensued<br />

in which four of the enemy were shot down, Slater claiming<br />

one crashed. Later he added a Pfalz out of control to his day’s<br />

score’ (Article entitled Jimmy Slater Fighter Ace, Norman<br />

Franks, refers).<br />

On the 19th June he was awarded one of the newly instituted<br />

D.F.C.’s, before returning to the UK the following month;<br />

after a period of leave he was posted as an Instructor to No.<br />

3 Fighting School, Sedgeford, Norfolk; he ‘enjoyed his<br />

period as instructor at Sedgeford, one of his main delights<br />

being to fly through one end of a hangar <strong>and</strong> out the other.<br />

On one occasion he was asked to give a solo aerobatic display<br />

for Queen Alex<strong>and</strong>ra during a visit to the aerodrome from<br />

S<strong>and</strong>ringham. It was not long before the Queen turned to<br />

the Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer <strong>and</strong> said, ‘Order that young man<br />

down before he kills himself.’ Another favourite sport was to<br />

beat up the town of Hunstanton at chimney pot height at 8<br />

o’clock on Saturday mornings, visiting each of his girlfriends’<br />

houses in turn. Surprisingly enough the local authorities<br />

thought all this was ‘quite in order’.<br />

Immediately after the end of the war Jimmy Slater continued<br />

as an instructor at R.A.F. Thetford <strong>and</strong> was granted a<br />

permanent commission in the Royal Air Force in August<br />

1919. In 1922 he sailed to Egypt <strong>and</strong> became an instructor<br />

at No. 4 FTS. As a Flight Lieutenant he joined 70 Squadron<br />

in 1924, flew with 216 Squadron <strong>and</strong> then joined 1<br />

Squadron, his old unit of 1917 days.<br />

He returned home at the end of 1924 <strong>and</strong> in April 1925<br />

joined 3 (Fighter) Squadron at Upavon, flying Gloster<br />

Grebes. Upavon was also the home of the Central Flying<br />

School. Flying both on the squadron strength he coupled his<br />

duties with that of instructor which he enjoyed but tragically<br />

was killed in a flying accident on November 26, the day<br />

before his 29th birthday. It was, sadly, the old story of an<br />

instructor not taking over control in time. Even so he nearly<br />

retrieved the situation. So died a fighter who, had he lived,<br />

his undoubted flare for the unorthodox <strong>and</strong> his terrific spirit<br />

would have taken him to the top of his chosen profession, in<br />

fact he was just about to be promoted to Squadron Leader<br />

when his luck finally ran out.’ (ibid).<br />

Slater had been instructing Pilot Officer J.R. Early in a Snipe<br />

aircraft, both officers were killed in the crash, <strong>and</strong> were buried<br />

in Upavon Cemetery; Slater’s son followed in his father’s<br />

footsteps, becoming a Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er in the R.A.F. <strong>and</strong><br />

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A Great War 1918 Fighter Ace’s M.C. Group of<br />

Ten to Air Commodore R.W. Chappell, Royal<br />

Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force; Having<br />

Achieved 2 Victories in Elephants with 27<br />

(Bomber Squadron), He Served as a Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er with 41 (Fighter) Squadron <strong>and</strong> ‘A<br />

Highly Successful Tour Gained him a Further 9<br />

Victories Between 2nd February <strong>and</strong> 16th May<br />

1918, Including Two ‘Doubles’ on Single Days’<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in sansserif<br />

capitals ‘RFC Capt. R.W. Chappell. March 1917.<br />

France.’<br />

b) 1914-15 Star (Pte. R.W. Chappell. Hartigans Hse.)<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(Capt. R.W. Chappell. R.A.F.), rank officially corrected<br />

on VM<br />

d) 1939-1945 Star<br />

e) Pacific Star<br />

f) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf<br />

g) Jubilee 1935<br />

h) Coronation 1937, generally very fine, mounted for<br />

display, with the following related items:<br />

- Two photograph albums containing a mixture of<br />

service photographs <strong>and</strong> family photographs, dating<br />

from the Great War onwards<br />

- A number of formal named invitations to various<br />

ambassadorial <strong>and</strong> diplomatic functions (lot)<br />

£3,500-4,500<br />

M.C. London Gazette 22.6.1918 Temporary Captain Roy<br />

Williamson Chappell, No. 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. He showed<br />

the greatest skill <strong>and</strong> courage in leading patrols, with the<br />

result that during four days’ operations the formations which<br />

he led destroyed 19 enemy aeroplanes <strong>and</strong> drove down<br />

several others, the fate of which was not observed, owing to<br />

the intensity of the fighting. He has destroyed altogether five<br />

enemy machines, <strong>and</strong> has driven down seven others out of<br />

control.’<br />

The Recommendation, dated 6.4.1918, states: ‘For<br />

continued gallantry <strong>and</strong> good service in the Field, especially<br />

during the recent operations.<br />

From March 21st to March 25th 1918, whilst on Offensive<br />

Patrols, this Officer has led his formations with the greatest<br />

skill <strong>and</strong> gallantry. As a result of these patrols Capt.<br />

Chappell’s formations destroyed 18 E.A., whilst he personally<br />

drove down two E.A. out of control at Sailly on March 24th,<br />

<strong>and</strong> crashed another at the same place on March 25th. Owing<br />

to the intensity of the fighting it was impossible to ascertain<br />

the fate of several other E.A. driven down by himself, <strong>and</strong> his<br />

formation.<br />

Whilst serving with No. 41 Squadron Capt. Chappell has led<br />

30 Offensive Patrols. The total number of E.A. accounted for<br />

by this officer is 12, 4 crashed, one in flames, <strong>and</strong> seven<br />

driven down out of control.’<br />

Air Commodore Roy Williamson Chappell, M.C. (1896-<br />

1982), educated at Brighton College; was employed in South<br />

Africa at the outbreak of the Great War, <strong>and</strong> enlisted as a<br />

Private in Hartigans Horse for service in the German South<br />

Africa <strong>campaign</strong>, from 20.1.1915; he travelled to Engl<strong>and</strong> at<br />

his own expense, <strong>and</strong> joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.,<br />

20.1.1916; transferred Royal Flying Corps, 17.6.1916;<br />

gained his R.A.C. Aviators’ Certificate (no. 3329) on a<br />

Maurice Farman Biplane at Shoreham, 17.7.1916; after<br />

training was posted as a Pilot to 27 Squadron (Martinsyde<br />

Elephants), Fienvillers, France, September 1916; despite<br />

being a bombing <strong>and</strong> reconnaissance squadron Chappell<br />

claimed his first victory when he forced down out of control<br />

a German biplane, east of Bapaume, 27.9.1916, ‘flying at<br />

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Air Commodore R.W. Chappell<br />

about 12,000ft. patrol was attacked by about four enemy<br />

machines. Pilot [Chappell] dived on fair sized biplane <strong>and</strong> put<br />

about half a drum into enemy machine. Enemy machine then<br />

got underneath Martinsyde <strong>and</strong> firing upwards shot holes in<br />

petrol tank, planes, fuselage <strong>and</strong> one centre section of strut,<br />

top gun was also damaged. Pilot then dived <strong>and</strong> with nose<br />

up, on left h<strong>and</strong> turn got sights of rear gun on to enemy<br />

machine <strong>and</strong> fired drum into him. Tracers were observed to<br />

be going into fuselage by pilot’s seat, <strong>and</strong> machine was<br />

observed to start diving, but whether on to another machine,<br />

or out of control it is impossible to say. Pilot then came home<br />

on gravity tank’; he got his second, <strong>and</strong> last victory, with the<br />

squadron (shared with Lieutenant W.S. Canter), 17.3.1917,<br />

when he forced down out of control a two-seater Albatros,<br />

north of Bois de Havrincourt; he returned to the UK to<br />

become an Instructor at the C.F.S., May 1917; posted as<br />

Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er to 41 (Fighter) Squadron (S.E. 5a’s),<br />

Lealvilliers, France, October 1917; he was wounded,<br />

13.1.1918, ‘At about 12.15pm whilst on C.O. Patrol a<br />

L.V.G. was observed at about 7,000ft. over Bois-de-Bourlon.<br />

Capt. Chappell dived on the E.A. twice <strong>and</strong> got off 100<br />

rounds from about 50yds range. When in his second dive<br />

Capt. Chappell was slightly wounded in the face <strong>and</strong> his<br />

centre section cross bracing wire was shot, he therefore broke<br />

off combat’; whilst on a patrol, 2.2.1918, Chappell destroyed<br />

an Albatros Scout <strong>and</strong> forced another down out of control,<br />

‘at about 2.30pm... over Auberchicourt, 6 E.A. Scouts, were<br />

observed... Major Powell, Capt. Chappell, Capt. Maclean <strong>and</strong><br />

2/Lt. Marchant dived on the E.A. each selecting one. Capt.<br />

Chappell got to within about 20 yards of the E.A. he had<br />

selected, getting off about 60 rounds whereupon the E.A.<br />

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Erchin. Capt. Chappell then zoomed up <strong>and</strong> was immediately<br />

attacked by 6 E.A., Scouts, he spun <strong>and</strong> on coming out<br />

observed 1 E.A. in front of him <strong>and</strong> 5 still above. He attacked<br />

the single E.A. from about 40 yards getting in a burst of 50<br />

rounds whereupon the E.A. did a long side-slip <strong>and</strong> then<br />

spun slowly down - when last seen the E.A. was still spinning<br />

about 2,000ft from the ground. Having lost the formation<br />

Capt. Chappell turned west, <strong>and</strong> was pursued by 4 E.A. to<br />

within about 7 miles of Arras’; he forced down out of control<br />

a Phalz DIII near Niergnies, 6.3.1918, before destroying in<br />

flames a two-seater L.V.G. ten days later; whilst leading a<br />

series of patrols 23rd-25th March (see M.C.<br />

Recommendation above) he accounted for three enemy<br />

aircraft forced down out of control <strong>and</strong> one destroyed,<br />

including 24.3.1918, ‘while on patrol at 6,000ft, between<br />

Sailly & Havrincourt, I observed at 2.55pm, 30 E.A., at<br />

8,000ft. I turned W. <strong>and</strong> climbed above E.A., then dived <strong>and</strong><br />

got a long burst of 150 rounds into 1 Triplane at about 100<br />

yards range, E.A. side-slipped <strong>and</strong> then went down<br />

completely out of control.<br />

Lewis Gun drum then being empty, I reloaded <strong>and</strong> found a<br />

Triplane, painted red, on my tail. I managed to get on E.A.’s<br />

tail, <strong>and</strong> got burst of nearly 200 rounds from both guns into<br />

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E.A. from about 75 yards range. E.A. dived vertically <strong>and</strong><br />

then turned over on his back <strong>and</strong> was still in this position at<br />

about 2,000ft. from ground’; his final success of the Great<br />

War came when he forced down out of control a two-seater,<br />

south-east of Arras, 16.5.1918; returned to the Home<br />

Establishment, July 1918; initially served at R.A.F. Turnberry<br />

before being posted with 84 Squadron, Shaibah, Iraq, 1922;<br />

he was employed as a Test Pilot at R.A.F. Henlow, 1924,<br />

before serving as ‘Language Officer’, in the Embassy in<br />

Tokyo; returned to Japan to give instruction in air fighting to<br />

the Japanese Navy, 1930; after brief appointments in<br />

Palestine <strong>and</strong> at Tangmere he returned to Japan in 1934 as<br />

Air Attache with the rank of Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er; Group<br />

Captain 1938, appointed Deputy Director of Intelligence,<br />

Air Ministry, Far East Section, the following year; was serving<br />

as RAF Representative Far East Comm<strong>and</strong> Bureau,<br />

Singapore, when the latter was invaded by Japan; upon his<br />

return to the UK was appointed Chief Intelligence Officer,<br />

Fighter Comm<strong>and</strong>, 1942; after serving in several other<br />

Intelligence postings he retired Air Commodore, 1946.<br />

Chappell (back row, centre), with the future King George VI, after being wounded<br />

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Family Group<br />

A Great War ‘1917 Salonika Front’ M.C. Group of<br />

Four to Captain H.J. Scales, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er of 47 <strong>and</strong><br />

150 Squadrons, He Was Killed in a Flying<br />

Accident Over Kirec Aerodrome, 12.6.1918<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

b) 1914-15 Star (2290 Pte. H.J. Scales. C. Of Lond.<br />

Yeo.)<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(Capt. H.J. Scales. R.A.F.), VM officially re-impressed,<br />

generally good very fine or better<br />

Three: Lieutenant J.W.H. Scales, Royal Air Force<br />

1914-15 Star (2833 Pte. J. Scales. C. Of Lond. Yeo.),<br />

very lightly impressed; British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals<br />

(Lieut. J.W.H. Scales. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine<br />

(7)<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 T./2nd Lt. Herbert James<br />

Scales, Gen. List <strong>and</strong> R.F.C. (Macedonia)<br />

‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 28.11.1917 T. Lt. H.J. Scales, Gen<br />

List <strong>and</strong> R.F.C. (Salonika)<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Captain Herbert James Scales, M.C., born Surrey; enlisted<br />

as Trooper, City of London Yeomanry (Roughriders),<br />

August 1914; Acting Corporal 5.11.1915; served in the<br />

Egyptian Theatre of War, from 7.5.1915; commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment,<br />

May 1916; attached Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal<br />

Flying Corps, 9.2.1917; after training posted as a Pilot to 47<br />

(Fighter) Squadron (Vickers F.B. 19’s, B.E. 12’s <strong>and</strong><br />

S.E.5a’s), Janes, Salonika, May 1917; the squadron was<br />

tasked with reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> fighter duties, <strong>and</strong> on<br />

19.7.1917, Scales was in combat with an L.V.G. over Lake<br />

Doiran, ‘I went up in response to an E.A. message. When I<br />

first saw the enemy machine I was about 3,000ft. Below, but<br />

I got directly underneath it <strong>and</strong> followed its course climbing<br />

steadily. When I got to within 1,000ft. It came down to my<br />

level <strong>and</strong> turned to the right. The Pilot <strong>and</strong> Observer were<br />

obviously unaware of the presence of my machine in the<br />

vicinity <strong>and</strong> I therefore got them well in my sights. I fired<br />

about 25 rounds when my gun jammed <strong>and</strong> as I was unable<br />

to clear it I came down.<br />

I was using tracer ammunition <strong>and</strong> what shots I did fire<br />

appeared to be going into the machine which was not more<br />

than 50 yards away’; on 8.8.1917, in combat with an<br />

Albatros single seater over Petric, ‘I was escorting bombing<br />

machines from 17 Squadron. After bombs had been dropped<br />

<strong>and</strong> the machines were getting into formation again the<br />

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<strong>and</strong> dived upon the hostile machine <strong>and</strong> fired about 30<br />

rounds with my Vickers gun. The hostile machine turned off<br />

to the left <strong>and</strong> went straight down’; on 21.9.1917, in combat<br />

with an Albatros two-seater over Pobreg, ‘I went up in<br />

response to a message received to the effect that an enemy<br />

machine was doing a shoot. Upon reaching 12,500ft. I saw<br />

the machine above me at about 15,000ft. I followed up<br />

underneath it climbing, <strong>and</strong> when I got to about 13,500ft. I<br />

opened fire with my vertical gun with the object of chasing it<br />

off as quickly as possible. I exhausted all my top gun<br />

ammunition without accomplishing that purpose <strong>and</strong> I then<br />

climbed up to 15,000ft <strong>and</strong> engaged with my Vickers. The<br />

enemy machine immediately turned about <strong>and</strong> went off over<br />

the enemy lines. I followed firing but eventually lost the<br />

machine owing to its superior speed. I continued to patrol<br />

no-mans l<strong>and</strong> for about 30 minutes after the above<br />

mentioned occurance but the enemy machine did not come<br />

across the lines again’; on 24.1.1918 when on escort duties,<br />

‘I observed an enemy machine attacking one of the machines<br />

of the formation. I dived upon it <strong>and</strong> fired 30 rounds. The<br />

shots appeared to be entering the machine. The enemy<br />

turned <strong>and</strong> came straight for my machine almost colliding. It<br />

then went straight off in the direction of the enemy<br />

aerodrome’; appointed Temporary Captain <strong>and</strong> Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 12.2.1918; as part of the fighter flight of 47<br />

Squadron Scales transferred to form <strong>and</strong> comm<strong>and</strong> “C”<br />

Flight 150 Squadron (Sopwith Camel’s), Kirec, Macedonia,<br />

May 1918; <strong>and</strong> on 8.6.1918 over Cestovo, ‘I left the ground<br />

in response to a Zepp message to the effect that 2 E.A. were<br />

over Lake Ardzan at 12.20 hours. I proceeded straight to the<br />

lines <strong>and</strong> picked up the machines at about 14,000ft. I<br />

climbed to within 1,000ft of one of the machines when the<br />

observer opened fire. I side-slipped away as I did not consider<br />

I was close enough to engage successfully. When I reached<br />

E.A.’s height I attacked from the right flank but had great<br />

difficulty in getting guns to fire <strong>and</strong> when they did it was very<br />

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fitful until they stopped altogether. The E.A. was firing at me<br />

so I had to break off. I then endeavoured to get my guns<br />

right meanwhile climbing to 18,000ft but was unsuccessful. I<br />

had about 500 ft in height above E.A. so I dived on him three<br />

or four times but I as I could not get guns to fire I turned to<br />

our lines. E.A. went down over Hudova aerodrome.<br />

Upon l<strong>and</strong>ing I examined my C.C. gear <strong>and</strong> found that the<br />

solder making joint between copper pipe <strong>and</strong> trigger motor<br />

had cracked <strong>and</strong> admitted air. The fact that my propeller was<br />

shot through proves that to be the cause of the failure’; on<br />

12.6.1918 Scales took off to take part in bomber escort<br />

duties, whilst he was gaining height near Kirec aerodrome the<br />

machine suddenly crashed to earth <strong>and</strong> he was killed, ‘His<br />

loss was keenly felt by all those in 47 who had flown with<br />

him. Tall, always immaculate, generous to a degree, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

keen flier who sought the most dangerous jobs, Captain<br />

Scales was a loss to the Air Force’ (Over The Balkans And<br />

South Russia, refers); Scales is buried in Sarigol Military<br />

Cemetery, Greece.<br />

Lieutenant John W. Henry Scales, born Surrey; enlisted as<br />

Trooper, City of London Yeomanry (Roughriders),<br />

September 1914; transferred Lance-Corporal, Army Service<br />

Corps, December 1914; served in the Egyptian Theatre of<br />

War, from 11.4.1915, <strong>and</strong> subsequently served as a Driver<br />

with the Light Armoured Car Brigade, from May 1916;<br />

commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On<br />

Probation), Royal Flying Corps, 27.2.1917; undertook his<br />

training in Egypt <strong>and</strong> was posted as a Pilot to 9 Squadron<br />

(R.E. 8’s), Proven, France, March 1918; subsequently posted<br />

to 52 Squadron (R.E. 8’s), Savy, France; the squadron was<br />

mainly tasked with reconnaissance, <strong>and</strong> on 27.9.1918 Scales<br />

was wounded in the arm by machine gun fire carrying out<br />

such an operation; he was invalided back the UK; discharged<br />

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447<br />

A Fine Great War ‘D.H.4 Observer’s’ M.C. Group of<br />

Four to Captain J.M. Brisbane, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong><br />

Royal Air Force, Who Was Accredited With Shooting<br />

Down At Least 3 Enemy Aircraft, 2 of Which Were<br />

Scored Whilst Flying With Second Lieutenant A.R.<br />

Atkey - The Highest Scoring British Two-Seater Ace of<br />

the Great War<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. J.M. Brisbane.<br />

R.A.F.)<br />

c) Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with ‘India’ scroll suspension<br />

(L-Cpl. J.M. Brisbane. N. Beng. M. Rif., A.F.I.), last with<br />

minor official corrections, very fine, with the following<br />

contemporary related items:<br />

- Rib<strong>and</strong> bar for first three awards<br />

- Commission appointing John Miller Brisbane, Second<br />

Lieutenant, Territorial Force, 15.10.1915<br />

- Commission appointing John Miller Brisbane, Lieutenant,<br />

Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918 (lot)<br />

£2,500-3,000<br />

M.C. London Gazette 22.6.1918 Lt. John Miller Brisbane, R. Scots,<br />

attd R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. When on a lowflying<br />

<strong>and</strong> bombing patrol, he engaged four hostile scouts, one of<br />

which he destroyed. Later, on four enemy two-seater planes<br />

attacking his patrol, he shot one of them down completely out of<br />

control. On the following day, when returning from a low bombing<br />

reconnaissance, his machine was attacked by 12 hostile scouts. He<br />

fired several hundred rounds into one of these, <strong>and</strong> it was seen to<br />

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crash to earth. He is a patrol leader of great dash <strong>and</strong> vigour.’<br />

The Recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous courage <strong>and</strong><br />

devotion to duty with which he has carried out low flying harassing<br />

<strong>and</strong> bombing patrols on Third <strong>and</strong> Fifth Army fronts. He has<br />

inflicted severe casualties to enemy troops with machine gun fire,<br />

<strong>and</strong> brought back most valuable information regarding movements<br />

of enemy troops etc.<br />

On 25.3.1918, when on low flying <strong>and</strong> bombing patrol over the<br />

Bapaume - Flers Road, 4 Pfalz Scouts were engaged. He fired a<br />

burst at one of these enemy machines, <strong>and</strong> it fell out of control <strong>and</strong><br />

crashed in flames near Luisenhof Farm. Later, on the same patrol, 4<br />

Albatros two-seaters attacked. He engaged one <strong>and</strong> shot it down<br />

out of control.<br />

On 26.3.1918 when returning from low bombing reconnaissance<br />

over Bihucourt, his machine was attacked from behind by 12<br />

Albatros Scouts. He fired a long burst into one of the E.A. which<br />

went down <strong>and</strong> was seen to crash. The remaining E.A. followed but<br />

could not catch up the D.H.4<br />

Captain John Miller Brisbane, M.C., born Edinburgh, 1897;<br />

educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, <strong>and</strong> served with<br />

the O.T.C. there; enlisted as Private, Lovat’s Scouts, 3.4.1915;<br />

commissioned Second Lieutenant, 2/4th Royal Scots, 15.10.1915;<br />

transferred to Royal Flying Corps, July 1917; qualified as Flying<br />

Officer (Observer), 19.10.1917, <strong>and</strong> posted to 18 Squadron<br />

(D.H.4’s), Auchel, France; initially crewed with Captain J.L. Head<br />

as his Pilot he spent October carrying out day bombing <strong>and</strong> photoreconnaissance<br />

operations; these including 11.10.1917, ‘8 20lb<br />

bombs dropped on Haubourdin’ <strong>and</strong> 16.10.1917, ‘1 112lb bomb<br />

dropped on H.Q. in Cuincy. One bomb failed to release’ (Squadron<br />

Record Book, refers); he continued to mainly fly with Head into the<br />

new year, including 25.1.1918, whilst on a photo-reconnaissance<br />

mission ‘Height 17,000’ Visibility fair. AA fire active. 36 plates<br />

exposed. Driven off twice by formations of 5 <strong>and</strong> 6 E.A. Formation<br />

of E.A. seen over Lille at 20,000’; Brisbane was involved in a crash,<br />

6.3.1918, whilst flying over the 1st Army front with Second<br />

Lieutenant W. Rochelle, ‘left aerodrome 9.40am... crashed at<br />

11.40am. Cause - Engine was shot thro’ cylinders during combat<br />

with E.A. <strong>and</strong> lost all water. Pilot l<strong>and</strong>ed at 2 Sqdn but misjudged<br />

aerodrome <strong>and</strong> ran into ditch’; whilst flying with Captain A.G.<br />

Waller (an 11 Victory Bomber Pilot Ace), Brisbane claimed a shared<br />

forced down out of control, over Avelin, 15.3.1918, <strong>and</strong> another<br />

between Wavrin <strong>and</strong> Fromelles the following day; in late March the<br />

squadron was heavily involved in countering the German Spring<br />

Offensive, <strong>and</strong> on the 25th-26th Brisbane accounted for another 3<br />

aircraft (see M.C. citation); on both days he was to fly with another<br />

two notable pilots - firstly A.R. Atkey, who with 38 victories was the<br />

highest scoring British two-seater ace of the war, <strong>and</strong> secondly with<br />

R.G. Gould, a veteran pilot, <strong>and</strong> subsequent Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer<br />

of 98 <strong>and</strong> 42 Squadrons; two days after his ‘purple patch’ Brisbane<br />

was involved in another accident, this time when his aircraft<br />

overturned on running into a shell hole; fortunately both pilot <strong>and</strong><br />

observer were emerged unscathed; Lieutenant, Royal Air Force,<br />

1.4.1918; returned to the Home Establishment, 4.5.1918; Brisbane<br />

was seriously injured in an aeroplane accident whilst stationed at<br />

191 Night Training Squadron, Upwood, 6.9.1918; the resultant<br />

injuries effectively ended his operational career <strong>and</strong> he was<br />

discharged 9.5.1919.<br />

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448<br />

A Good Great War 1918 Fighter Ace’s M.C. Group of Three to Captain<br />

H.G. Hegarty, Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er 60 Squadron, Royal Air Force, He<br />

‘Achieved 8 Victories Between 28th January - 1st July 1918’<br />

a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. H.C. Hegarty.<br />

R.A.F.), generally very fine (3)<br />

£3,000-4,000<br />

M.C. London Gazette 16.9.1918 T./2nd Lt. Herbert George Hegarty, R.A.F.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty on offensive patrols. During recent<br />

operations he destroyed four enemy machines <strong>and</strong> drove down two. He is a bold <strong>and</strong><br />

fearless pilot, <strong>and</strong> has done splendid work.’<br />

The Recommendation, dated 16.5.1918, states: ‘On the 14th instant this officer whilst<br />

leading his patrol in extremely adverse weather, attacked alone an E.A. two-seater <strong>and</strong><br />

fought him down from 3,000ft to 100 ft about 4 miles over the lines. He eventually<br />

drove down the E.A. which crashed. Also this morning he, together with another<br />

officer, attacked <strong>and</strong> destroyed an E.A. two-seater which crashed just in the enemy lines<br />

near Arras.<br />

This officer has also the following victories to his credit:<br />

29.1.1918 Attacked 6 E.A. Scouts in vicinity Sheet 20 E22 at height of 13,000 feet <strong>and</strong><br />

succeeded in driving down one completely out of control.<br />

4.2.1918 Together with another officer attacked an E.A. Scout in vicinity of Sheet 28<br />

D14 at 10,000 feet. This E.A. crashed in our lines.<br />

18.2.1918 Attacked an Albatros Scout over Menin at 13,000 feet which he drove down<br />

completely out of control.<br />

30.3.1918 Attacked an Albatros Scout S. of Albert at 12,000 feet <strong>and</strong> fought him down<br />

to 500 feet <strong>and</strong> E.A. crashed.<br />

Lieutenant Hegarty has fought many other combats <strong>and</strong> has driven down several which<br />

he has not claimed owing to lack of confirmation. He is a bold <strong>and</strong> fearless pilot <strong>and</strong> is<br />

extremely modest. He has frequently led patrols in an extremely capable manner.<br />

Throughout the time he has served in the Squadron (five <strong>and</strong> half months) he has never<br />

missed his turn on patrol <strong>and</strong> has always shown a splendid spirit <strong>and</strong> example to all.’<br />

Captain Herbert George Hegarty, M.C., born 1887, a native of County Galway,<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>; educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Irel<strong>and</strong>; employed as a Banker<br />

with the Hong Kong <strong>and</strong> Shanghai Bank prior to the Great War; served as Second<br />

Lieutenant, Hong Kong Volunteer Corps, from October 1911-1917; returned to the<br />

UK <strong>and</strong> joined the Royal Flying Corps, June 1917; after training posted as a Pilot to<br />

60 (Fighter) Squadron (S.E. 5a’s), St. Marie Cappel, November 1917; carrying out<br />

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Captain H.G. Hegarty (back row, second from right) with No.4 Fighter School,<br />

Freiston, Lincolnshire, <strong>and</strong> a delegation from the Imperial Japanese Navy<br />

offensive patrols with the squadron he amassed 2 destroyed, 2 shared destroyed <strong>and</strong> 2<br />

forced down out of control, 28.1.1918-16.5.1918 (see M.C. Recommendation above);<br />

he was promoted Temporary Captain <strong>and</strong> Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er of ‘A’ Flight, June 1918;<br />

on 30.6.1918, he destroyed an Albatros Scout, ‘While leading my patrol, flying south<br />

over Rainecourt, I observed 6 Albatros Scouts (blue tails) flying north at 14,000 feet.<br />

I turned in behind E.A. <strong>and</strong> dived on the leader firing 3 or 4 short bursts - the leader<br />

then spun away. E.A. were trying to fight us, I pulled out to see if any further E.A. were<br />

above us. Seeing no further E.A. I dived repeatedly, trying to get on E.A. who were<br />

good pilots. At 5,000 feet, I got on to an E.A. who was flying straight trying to get on<br />

to Lt. Bartlett <strong>and</strong> I fired a short burst at close range. E.A. stalled <strong>and</strong> at the top of his<br />

stall I fired another short burst into him at very close range <strong>and</strong> saw my tracers round<br />

engine <strong>and</strong> pilot. E.A. side-slipped <strong>and</strong> went into a slow spin. I turned to watch E.A.<br />

crash on Hun Aerodrome, but two E.A. Scouts on my tail <strong>and</strong> I went home at 3,000<br />

feet. At 5,000 feet an additional 4 E.A. Scouts joined in the fight’; the following day<br />

Hegarty achieved his final victory of the war, destroying a Halberstadt two-seater,<br />

‘while leading my patrol at 8.40am over Mericourt at 11,000 feet I observed an E.A.<br />

two-seater close to the ground. I dived but lost sight of him after firing a short burst<br />

from 150 yards range. I returned to our lines <strong>and</strong> climbed 4,500 feet <strong>and</strong> turned north<br />

when I observed 3 E.A. two-seaters very low down coming up to the lines. I tried to<br />

attack but E.A., in every case, turned east, I observed Lt. Griffith firing at one E.A.<br />

Turning south from Albert at 9am I attacked a Halberstadt two-seater over the woods<br />

near Bray firing a long burst at him from 100 yards range. E.A. did a very steep bank<br />

<strong>and</strong> side-slipped - result unobserved, owing to heavy fire from the ground as I was then<br />

at only 700 feet.<br />

I saw an Albatros Scout at 8.45am diving vertically very low down evidently the same<br />

machine that Lt. Griffith fired at. Lt. Daly 24 Sqn reports Halberstadt referred to above<br />

as having crashed <strong>and</strong> confirmation was phoned to Wing H.Q.’; having completed his<br />

tour with 60 Squadron he returned to the Home Establishment, 15.7.1918; he saw out<br />

the remainder of the war as an Instructor at No 4 Fighter School, Freiston,<br />

Lincolnshire; discharged February 1919.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, March 1988<br />

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449<br />

A Scarce Great War 1918 D.F.C., 1919 A.F.C.<br />

Group of Four to H<strong>and</strong>ley Page Bomber Pilot,<br />

Major T.A. Batchelor, Royal Naval Air Service <strong>and</strong><br />

Royal Air Force, For His Gallantry in Leading an<br />

Low-Level Night Attack on the Zeebrugge Lock<br />

Gates, 3.5.1918. A Noted Inventor, He Was Killed<br />

in a Flying Accident, 22.4.1918, Whilst<br />

Undertaking Experimental Night Flights<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as<br />

issued<br />

b) Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

c) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Major T.A.<br />

Batchelor. R.A.F), <strong>campaign</strong> awards lacquered,<br />

generally very fine or better, with the following related<br />

items:<br />

- The recipient’s parchment Conduct Certificates,<br />

1903-1917, bound in a book<br />

- Congratulatory letter dated 13.5.1918<br />

- A portrait photograph of recipient in uniform (lot)<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 2.7.1918 Captain Thomas Archibald<br />

Batchelor, Royal Air Force<br />

‘Displayed great gallantry, determination <strong>and</strong> skill in a night<br />

bomlbing raid under exceptionally adverse conditions. Two<br />

machines set out on this raid, but an accident befell one of<br />

them, which gave the enemy warning, <strong>and</strong> Capt. Batchelor’s<br />

machine was accordingly subjected to very intense fire. He<br />

continued his course, <strong>and</strong> dropped his bombs on a vulnerable<br />

position in the enemy’s strong post from a height of 500 feet.<br />

He was wounded in the arm, but managed with great<br />

difficulty to return. The loss of blood consequent on the<br />

wound made it very difficult to control his heavy machine,<br />

the petrol tank of which had been hit. He invariably displays<br />

great bravery <strong>and</strong> skill in action.’<br />

The Recommendation (originally for a D.S.C.) states: ‘For<br />

conspicuous determination <strong>and</strong> gallantry. On the early<br />

morning of the 3rd instant he took off to Bomb Zeebrugge<br />

Mole <strong>and</strong> Lock Gates, under the following circumstances:<br />

The weather conditions on the night of the 2nd/3rd instant<br />

were not good as the Moon was late <strong>and</strong> there was a ground<br />

mist. It was decided, however, to undertake the operation.<br />

He set out at 2.30am in company with another machine. The<br />

other machine had engine trouble <strong>and</strong> returned after getting<br />

over the objective <strong>and</strong> putting the enemy thoroughly on the<br />

alert. Captain Batchelor, crossing the Mole at 500 feet,<br />

released his bombs, coming under intense anti-aircraft <strong>and</strong><br />

machine gun fire. He was wounded in the wrist, but still kept<br />

on <strong>and</strong> attempted to take the line over the Lock Gates. He<br />

was unable to keep the machine on the correct course owing<br />

to the wound in his arm <strong>and</strong> on account of being blinded by<br />

searchlights.<br />

The return journey was made under great difficulties. Capt.<br />

Batchelor was in severe pain <strong>and</strong> suffering from loss of blood,<br />

which made it particularly difficult for him to control the<br />

heavy machine (a H<strong>and</strong>ley Page) which he was flying. His<br />

petrol tank also had been hit. However, by the exercise of<br />

great determination <strong>and</strong> skill this was successfully<br />

accomplished <strong>and</strong> he made a perfect l<strong>and</strong>ing.<br />

He invariably displays great bravery <strong>and</strong> skill in action <strong>and</strong> his<br />

presence of mind <strong>and</strong> determination on this occasion set a<br />

very fine example to the pilots of his squadron.’<br />

A.F.C. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Captain Thomas Archibald<br />

Batchelor, D.F.C.<br />

‘For distinguished service rendered during the war.’<br />

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Major T.A. Batchelor<br />

Major Thomas Archibald Batchelor, D.F.C., A.F.C., born<br />

Aldershot, Hampshire, 1886; served as Assistant Clerk, Royal<br />

Navy, <strong>and</strong> was posted in that capacity to H.M.S. Wildfire,<br />

July 1903; served as Assistant Paymaster <strong>and</strong> Additional<br />

Secretary to Captain G.H.W. Moore, H.M.S. Dreadnought<br />

(battleship), from April 1907; after serving as Paymaster at<br />

R.N.A.S. Calshot he transferred as Acting Flight Lieutenant,<br />

Royal Naval Air Service, 11.11.1915 (1914 Star Roll gives<br />

entitlement to medal as ‘Asst. Payr. R.N. Compensation<br />

Officer’ <strong>and</strong> that the medal was ‘Retd to R. Mint 1934’);<br />

gained RAC Aviators’ Certificate in a Maurice Farman<br />

Biplane, C.F.S. Upavon, 17.12.1915; served as Armament<br />

Officer at R.N.A.S. Cranwell <strong>and</strong> at Freiston, March 1916 -<br />

July 1917; served at Air Ministry (Hotel Cecil, Str<strong>and</strong>), July<br />

1917 - March 1918; Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er 31.12.1916; posted<br />

as Pilot to 214 Squadron (H<strong>and</strong>ley Page Bombers),<br />

Coudekerque, April 1918; the squadron was tasked with<br />

bombing raids <strong>and</strong> on 3.5.1918, he carried out a night attack<br />

on the Zeebrugge Lock Gates with Captain C. Darley,<br />

‘experimental night raid... using a silent gliding approach<br />

from 9,000 ft. within 80ft. of the target; the aim was to<br />

release simultaneously one bomb close to each lock <strong>and</strong> a<br />

third midway between them, so that the combined underwater<br />

blast would burst open the lock gates. For this<br />

operation Captain Batchelor had designed a special lowaltitude<br />

bombsight <strong>and</strong> had carefully rehearsed its use with<br />

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ground at Cranwell, where Darley <strong>and</strong> both crews had<br />

attended a special briefing. On the first attempt the two<br />

aircraft were spotted during their approach <strong>and</strong> heavily<br />

engaged at 500 feet by anti-aircraft guns, Batchelor <strong>and</strong> his<br />

observer being wounded <strong>and</strong> barely able to return to a safe<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ing at Coudekerque’; posted as Officer Comm<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

207 Squadron (H<strong>and</strong>ley Page Bombers), Ligescourt,<br />

26.7.1918; he was wounded once again, 7.8.1918, whilst<br />

leading a bombing raid on Peronne Railway Sidings;<br />

invalided back the UK; Batchelor was killed in a flying<br />

accident whilst serving at No. 2. School of Navigation <strong>and</strong><br />

Bombing, 22.4.1919; he was engaged in experimental night<br />

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time flying, ‘another O 400 (F3758), starting a similar flight<br />

had crashed in flames at Weyhill on take-off at 2am that same<br />

morning, killing the pilots Major Batchelor <strong>and</strong> Captain<br />

Adkins <strong>and</strong> three of their crew, two survivors being<br />

uninjured. Major Batchelor’s death was a severe loss to the<br />

peacetime R.A.F. as his contribution to navigational training<br />

was very great: his part in low-level bombing at Cranwell has<br />

already been mentioned <strong>and</strong> probably his most important<br />

invention was the Batchelor Mirror for training bombaimers’;<br />

Batchelor was buried in Penton Mewsey (Holy<br />

Trinity) Churchyard, Hampshire.


450<br />

A Fine Great War ‘1918 Salonika Front’ Ace’s<br />

D.F.C. Group of Eight to Flying Officer F.D. ‘On<br />

Line’ Travers, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air<br />

Force, An Extremely Aggressive Pilot Who<br />

‘Zoomed Up to My Left <strong>and</strong> Met a DV Coming<br />

Head On for My Machine... From About 200<br />

Yards. E.A. Continued to Come Straight for My<br />

Machine As I Did for His Nose On... I Fired about<br />

100 Rounds from Both Guns Up To Point Blank<br />

Range... My Machine Just Managed to Avoid<br />

Collision. I Then Turned Sharply Round <strong>and</strong><br />

Observed the DV Going Down in a Steep Nose<br />

Dive, With Smoke Pouring’. He Later Accounted<br />

for 2 Albatros Scouts in the Space of 5 Minutes. In<br />

Between the Wars Travers Became a Pioneer of<br />

Civil Aviation, <strong>and</strong> in 1943, As a Master Pilot, He<br />

Piloted the ‘Golden Hind’ During the First<br />

Crossing of the Indian Ocean from West to East<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as<br />

issued<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(Lieut. F.D. Travers. R.A.F.), minor official correction<br />

to BWM<br />

c) 1939-1945 Star<br />

d) Africa Star<br />

e) Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, with King’s<br />

Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, silver<br />

Badge<br />

f) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated<br />

‘1914-1918’, avec Palmes, traces of verdigris to Africa<br />

Star, otherwise good very fine, with the following<br />

related material<br />

- The recipient’s two Imperial Airways <strong>and</strong> BOAC<br />

pilot’s bullion cap badges<br />

- Several original photographs of recipient in uniform<br />

- A quantity of letters from the recipient’s widow<br />

during the 1980s<br />

- A large amount of copied research including his Log<br />

Books, 1926-66, the originals being held along with<br />

other documents at the R.A.F. Musuem Hendon (lot)<br />

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D.F.C. London Gazette 3.12.1918 Lieut. Frederick Dudley<br />

Travers (Herts. Yeo)<br />

‘A gallant <strong>and</strong> able officer who has displayed on many<br />

occasions boldness in attack, never hesitating to engage the<br />

enemy as opportunity occurs. On June 1st he, in company<br />

with two other pilots, attacked a hostile formation of twelve<br />

machines, four of which were shot down <strong>and</strong> the remainder<br />

driven off.’ (Salonika)<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 7.6.1918 Lieut. F.D. Travers, R.A.F.<br />

(Salonika)<br />

France, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes London Gazette<br />

8.2.1919 Lieut Frederick Dudley Travers, D.F.C.<br />

‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the war.’<br />

Flying Officer Frederick Dudley ‘On Line’ Travers,<br />

D.F.C. (1897-1970), born Yorkshire; educated at the John<br />

Lyon School, Harrow; enlisted as ‘No. 4031 Private’,<br />

Hertfordshire Yeomanry, 7.6.1915; commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Hertfordshire Yeomanry,<br />

1.1.1916; sailed with the regiment for Mesopotamia, April<br />

1916, arriving in Basra on the 27th May; as part of the Indian<br />

Expeditionary Force “D” took part in the relief of Kut-al-<br />

Amara; whilst serving in Mesopotamia was attached Royal<br />

Flying Corps, April 1917; commissioned Lieutenant, R.F.C.,<br />

1.7.1917; after training at No. 3 School of Military<br />

Aeronautics, Egypt, was posted as a Pilot to 47 Squadron<br />

(B.E. 12’s), Salonika, Macedonia, 16.10.1917; the squadron<br />

was occupied with a variety of tasks including reconnaissance,<br />

bombing <strong>and</strong> air fighting; he recorded his first victory with<br />

the squadron whilst escorting three aircraft on photoreconnaissance,<br />

west of Lake Doiran, 19.12.1917, ‘One<br />

single seater scout DIII with one top gun on upper plane <strong>and</strong><br />

believed one synchronised gun. Hostile Scout attacked from<br />

the sun my starboard planes with a burst from his upper plane<br />

gun <strong>and</strong> the shots missed my machine altogether. The Hun<br />

was then underneath me <strong>and</strong> I manoeuvred so that my three<br />

top Lewis guns were on to him when I gave him a burst of<br />

about 15 rounds. Unfortunately two of my guns stopped but<br />

I got underneath him to fire my vertical gun <strong>and</strong> this also<br />

stopped... The Hun then manoeuvred while I was rectifying<br />

the stoppages <strong>and</strong> had another burst at me missing again. By<br />

now my top guns were alright <strong>and</strong> he being underneath I<br />

dived on him <strong>and</strong> let him have my three guns which worked<br />

alright. I observed the tracer ammunition all round <strong>and</strong> into<br />

the machine <strong>and</strong> then the Hun went down in a spin several<br />

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refers); he took on another Albatros Scout over Stojakovo,<br />

3.1.1918, however the combat proved inconclusive; whilst<br />

flying a S.E. 5b, 13.2.1918, ‘I observed an E.A. coming out<br />

of the sun towards me <strong>and</strong> so turned my machine’s nose<br />

towards the E.A. As the E.A. was about 1,000ft. above my<br />

machine I again turned <strong>and</strong> followed it climbing in the<br />

endeavour to a good target <strong>and</strong> reach the E.A.’s height which<br />

I did <strong>and</strong> opened with a burst from the overhead Lewis gun.<br />

The E.A.’s observer then fired at my machine so I then again<br />

opened fire with both Lewis <strong>and</strong> Vickers guns. The shots<br />

judging by the tracers appeared to be hitting the E.A. until all<br />

the double drum was finished <strong>and</strong> the Vickers gun stopped as<br />

a result of a cross-feed. As I was changing my drums <strong>and</strong><br />

rectifying the stoppage I observed the E.A. to go down in a<br />

nose dive towards his lines’; on 27.2.1918, ‘Whilst escorting<br />

a bomb raid on Platenwald with Capt. Bell also on an S.E. 5a<br />

I observed Capt. Bell diving on a two-seater which appeared<br />

to be driven down. A D3 scout then dived on me firing but<br />

did not harm. I then joined up with Capt. Bell to attack the<br />

E.A.’s Four D3’s had then climbed above our machines <strong>and</strong><br />

two of them attacked each of us with no affect. The E.A.’s<br />

broke off the combat for a few minutes <strong>and</strong> so Capt. Bell <strong>and</strong><br />

I circled round to get an opportunity of engaging the E.A.<br />

favourably. I then observed two of the E.A. scouts above us<br />

<strong>and</strong> one D3 below me, so dived on the single D3 following<br />

him down as he dived firing my two guns into his tail until he<br />

spun <strong>and</strong> went down out of my sight. One of the E.A.’s that<br />

was above then dived on my tail with Capt. Bell firing on his<br />

tail <strong>and</strong> another of the D3’s diving on Capt. Bell’s tail. We<br />

then broke off the combat as all the E.A.’s returned towards<br />

their aerodrome <strong>and</strong> we had to escort our bombers over our<br />

lines’; Travers did not always get it all his own way,<br />

13.3.1918, ‘Whilst escorting a formation on the Cestovo<br />

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Bomb Raid observed 5 DIIIs above in the sun. When the<br />

formation turned round for home the E.A’s attacked our<br />

S.E.s from above with dives at our machines. Owing to<br />

engine trouble was compelled to spin out of the E.A.’s fire.<br />

One E.A. then singled out my machine <strong>and</strong> stuck on my tail<br />

firing. Then did a series of sharp turns <strong>and</strong> spins to get away<br />

from E.A. until Capt. Bell came to my assistance <strong>and</strong> drove<br />

E.A. off a little. Then turned <strong>and</strong> faced E.A. firing my Vickers<br />

until E.A. turned home <strong>and</strong> broke off combat.’<br />

150 Squadron - Carry On With the Good Work<br />

Travers was posted to the newly formed 150 (Fighter)<br />

Squadron, Salonika, April 1918; he continued to fly similar<br />

escort missions in the same areas, <strong>and</strong> in May 1918, he<br />

encountered four enemy scouts with painted red cowlings, ‘I<br />

observed 4 E.A. getting height over Hudova Aerodrome. As<br />

the reconnaissance returned to our lines the E.A. followed at<br />

a distance <strong>and</strong> did not engage. When the recco. machine was<br />

across our lines I turned about to meet the E.A... When I got<br />

within range they appeared to be D5 scouts. I fired a burst at<br />

about 150yards at an E.A. which was slightly below my level<br />

whereupon 2 of the E.A. above dived at me <strong>and</strong> I had to<br />

break away turning S. E.A. then patrolled together up <strong>and</strong><br />

down just N. of the lines gradually getting over Lake Doiran<br />

when I turned into a D5 just below firing several bursts <strong>and</strong><br />

as another D5 above me dived firing at my machine I was<br />

forced to break off the combat. One E.A. left the formation<br />

for its aerodrome. The E.A. <strong>and</strong> myself fired periodical bursts,<br />

at each other at about 200 yards range just S. of Lake Doiran.<br />

At 0745 E.A. turned N. <strong>and</strong> returned to aerodrome. As my<br />

ammunition was getting short I returned to the aerodrome’;<br />

Travers continued with his aggressive approach <strong>and</strong> it<br />

continued to get results, 15.5.1918, ‘On returning from


Cestovo Reconnaissance I observed three E.A. getting height<br />

over Piravo <strong>and</strong> when the reconnaissance machines were over<br />

our lines Capt. Bell <strong>and</strong> I turned N. to meet E.A. over<br />

Cestovo. We dived down on two of the E.A. following them<br />

down to about 6,000ft. just S. of Hudova Aerodrome at close<br />

range with both guns. I fired about 150 rounds. I then<br />

zoomed up to my left <strong>and</strong> met a DV coming head on for my<br />

machine at 7,000ft. from about 200 yards range. E.A.<br />

continued to come straight for my machine as I did for his<br />

nose on. I fired about 100 rounds from both guns up to<br />

point blank range when E.A. <strong>and</strong> my machine just managed<br />

to avoid collision. I then turned sharply round <strong>and</strong> observed<br />

the DV going down in a steep nose dive, with smoke pouring<br />

from the centre section on to Hudova Aerodrome. E.A. was<br />

lost to sight as I had then to face another which was about to<br />

dive on my machine. Capt. Bell <strong>and</strong> I then climbed up to<br />

about 12,000ft. over Cestovo <strong>and</strong> patrolled but no E.A. were<br />

then to be seen. S.E.5a B688 [Travers’ aircraft] was so badly<br />

shot about that it partially collapsed on l<strong>and</strong>ing’; he shared a<br />

Halberstadt D.F.W. shot down in flames, east of Vardarhoe,<br />

28.5.1918, <strong>and</strong> shot down an Albatros Scout, 1.6.1918; the<br />

first week of September provided Travers with somewhat of a<br />

‘purple patch’; on the 2nd he shared a two-seater shot down<br />

in flames, S.E. of Seres; on the 3rd he shot down two<br />

Albatros Scouts in the space of five minutes <strong>and</strong> on the 4th<br />

he shared another two seater, ‘Whilst returning home from<br />

Recco. observed an E.A. two-seater flying N. of Rupel Pass.<br />

I dived down <strong>and</strong> met E.A. first at 9000ft, firing a burst into<br />

its starboard side. E.A. dived away followed by Lieut.<br />

Hamilton on another S.E. 5a. E.A. continued to make large<br />

spirals down <strong>and</strong> I followed it firing bursts at intervals with<br />

both guns with Lieut. Hamilton. We followed E.A. down to<br />

a few hundred feet of the ground. I managed to get on its tail<br />

<strong>and</strong> fired a long burst to point blank range when the E.A.<br />

slipstream turned me off from firing. E.A. then dived down<br />

to about 50 ft. <strong>and</strong> I next saw it strike some horses in a field<br />

turning completely over <strong>and</strong> crashing just N. of Karasu<br />

Bridge. The pilot of E.A. crawled out <strong>and</strong> ran across the<br />

fields’; he achieved his last success of war, forcing down a<br />

Fokker Biplane out of control, 16.9.1918, ‘Whilst returning<br />

with our formation of D.H.9’s after a Bomb Raid at 1200<br />

hours on Hudova I observed 5 enemy Fokkers coming in<br />

pursuit below. E.A. continued to follow the formation until<br />

they returned over our lines. I dived down on the E.A. over<br />

Lake Doiran several times when opportunity permitted finally<br />

getting on the tail of one of the Fokker Scouts which was<br />

behind the rest of the E.A. formation. I fired a good burst at<br />

close range into the E.A. then it fell over on its back <strong>and</strong><br />

continued falling from side to side <strong>and</strong> spinning. Owing to 2<br />

other E.A. engaging my machine I lost sight of the falling<br />

E.A. after 3,000ft.’; Travers was posted to 17 Squadron,<br />

September 1918, <strong>and</strong> the squadron sent “A” Flight to<br />

Batoum in December 1918 to co-operate with the forces<br />

fighting the Bolsheviks; in 1919, ‘he was a pioneer pilot on<br />

the Salonica-Constantinople mail service <strong>and</strong> was the Air<br />

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He joined Imperial Airways in 1926 as a captain <strong>and</strong> was one<br />

of the first pilots on the African <strong>and</strong> Far East air routes flying<br />

Hercules, Atlanta <strong>and</strong> Hannibal aircraft.... He became a<br />

senior captain first-class <strong>and</strong> flew all types of Imperial Airways<br />

<strong>and</strong> British Overseas Airways Corporation flying boats <strong>and</strong><br />

amassed a total of 19,500 flying hours. He first flew to East<br />

Africa in 1931.<br />

One of his many memorable flights was the first crossing of<br />

the Indian Ocean from west to east when he flew ‘Golden<br />

Hind’ from Mombasa to the Seychelles <strong>and</strong> on non-stop to<br />

Colombo, for which he received the King’s Commendation<br />

for valuable services in the air. This operation was carried out<br />

with no aids to navigation’ (Obituary refers); in 1922 he had<br />

transferred to the Reserve, <strong>and</strong> from 1925-26 he operated a<br />

private air taxi service to the south of France; employed by<br />

Imperial Airways from the following year he started to<br />

pioneer the Cairo-Basra-Karachi air mail route, <strong>and</strong> as he<br />

stated in an interview, “We had no radio to speak of, no blind<br />

flying instruments that worked, practically no weather<br />

reports, <strong>and</strong> navigational aids which were in their infancy.<br />

With temperatures up to 127 degrees in the shade, we sat in<br />

open cockpits in the full blast of scorching air from our hot<br />

engines. The heat was so intense, the consumption of oil was<br />

enormous, <strong>and</strong> we had to feed in oil by h<strong>and</strong> from two-gallon<br />

tins. We had to force l<strong>and</strong> frequently to wait for s<strong>and</strong> storms<br />

to pass; <strong>and</strong> on one occasion in Gaza’s heavy rains, water got<br />

into the petrol tanks. All three engines cut over the Syrian<br />

Desert, but we glided down safely on to a caravan track.<br />

Even at the best of times we had to do a lot of hard routine<br />

work which the modern pilot leaves to efficient ground crews<br />

with their up-to-date mechanical aids. We had to refuel in the<br />

desert at emergency l<strong>and</strong>ing grounds by pumping our petrol<br />

from locked tanks in the ground. We had to raise the fuel<br />

about thirty feet - a back breaking job. L<strong>and</strong>ing grounds were<br />

strips smoothed out of the desert with harrows drawn by<br />

camels. A single line furrow ploughed across the Arabian<br />

desert, which was frequently obliterated after s<strong>and</strong> storms,<br />

was the sole guide through that featureless expanse of<br />

desolation.” (Article included in lot refers); along with<br />

Captain L.A. Waters he was granted the first Master Air<br />

Pilot’s Certificate by the British Air Ministry, February 1934;<br />

with the advent of the Second War Travers was employed to<br />

fly VIPs, secret agents <strong>and</strong> refugees to Lisbon, he also flew<br />

the famous “Horse-shoe” route to Australia; in 1943 he<br />

made his epic crossing of the Indian Ocean in the Golden<br />

Hind; <strong>and</strong> in 1945 he comm<strong>and</strong>ed Argentina on the first<br />

BOAC commercial service to South America; he retired to<br />

Kenya in 1951, having flown approximately 19,500 hours, 3<br />

million miles <strong>and</strong> carried 140,000 passengers; during the<br />

Mau-Mau rebellion Travers joined the Kenya Police Reserve<br />

Air Wing as a District Comm<strong>and</strong>ant (he did not claim his<br />

medal); his last employment was a British Government<br />

Courier - collecting documents from Queen’s Messengers<br />

<strong>and</strong> delivering them to smaller outposts; he died in 1970 <strong>and</strong><br />

his ashes were scattered over Lake Naivasha.


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A Great War ‘Aegean Theatre’ D.F.C. Group of Three to Short Seaplane <strong>and</strong> Sopwith<br />

Camel Pilot, Captain J.A. Yonge, Royal Naval Air Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued<br />

b) British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Capt. J.A. Yonge. R.A.F.), good very fine (3)<br />

£2,000-2,400<br />

D.F.C. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Capt. John Arthur Yonge<br />

Captain John Arthur Yonge, D.F.C., born 1893, a native of Cranleigh, Surrey, <strong>and</strong> the son of the<br />

Reverend G. Yonge; commissioned Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service,<br />

24.12.1915; after initial postings to the Northern Aircraft Company <strong>and</strong> R.N.A.S. Calshot, he served as a<br />

Seaplane Pilot on H.M.S. Riviera (Seaplane Carrier - converted from a Cross-Channel passenger ship), from<br />

1.6.1916; <strong>and</strong> seventeen days later in concert with Flight Sub-Lieutenant J.H. Woolner, was involved in ‘4<br />

unsuccessful attacks on destroyer 4m off Belgian coast nr. Ostende’; Yonge was also tasked with spotting for<br />

warships, including H.M.S. Terror, off Zeebrugge, 24.9.1916; he also served at intervals in one of two Short<br />

184’s embarked on the Monitor H.M.S. General Craufurd, for the bombardment of the Belgian coast, July<br />

1916-April 1917; advanced Flight Lieutenant 1.10.1917; after service at R.N.A.S. Westgate, Yonge was<br />

posted to 222 Squadron (Shorts <strong>and</strong> Blackburn Babies), H.M.S. Ark Royal (Aircraft Carrier), <strong>and</strong> served on<br />

her from 18.10.1917; 222 Squadron was part of No.2 Wing, R.N.A.S., 2 Aegean Group; the squadron, as<br />

well as 220, 221 <strong>and</strong> 223 Squadrons were based on H.M.S. Ark Royal, at Mudros; No. 2 Wing took off<br />

from the Ark Royal to participate in the attack on S.M.S. Goeben, 20.1.1918, in what was to be the war’s<br />

greatest sustained air attack on a capital ship; Yonge was mainly tasked with aerial surveillance, sea patrols,<br />

<strong>and</strong> scouting for submarines, he is mentioned several times in The War Diary of a Naval Airman 1915-1918,<br />

Captain A.F. Marlowe; an Ops report from Gliki Air Station, gives the following, ‘a hostile Seaplane<br />

patrolling the mouth of the Straits, 8.8.1918, was pursued by two camels (Captain J.A. Yonge <strong>and</strong> Second<br />

Lieutenant J. Lynch) which continued to engage until Nagara Seaplane Shed was reached. Tracers from both<br />

Camels had been seen to enter fuselage of enemy machine which did not move after l<strong>and</strong>ing. Our machines<br />

were subjected to intense machine gun fire when at a height of about 100 feet, but were only slightly<br />

damaged <strong>and</strong> were turning for home when two Halberstadt Scouts from behind Chanak dived on them.<br />

An engagement which lasted 15-20 minutes took place over the Narrows <strong>and</strong> Chanak at an altitude of 50<br />

to 1200 feet. The enemy machines eventually drew off <strong>and</strong> the camels, subjected to severe A.A. <strong>and</strong> machine<br />

gun fire from the l<strong>and</strong>, did not follow, as Captain Yonge had expended all his ammunition’; Lieutenant<br />

(Honorary Captain), 1.4.1918; returned to Engl<strong>and</strong>, November 1918; after the war Yonge travelled the<br />

country as a stunt pilot, putting on aerial displays.<br />

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A Scarce Great War 1918 ‘French Theatre’ D.F.M. Pair to ‘Gunner Ace’<br />

Sergeant Mechanic J. Grant, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force<br />

a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (100425 Sergt.-Mech. Grant, J., R.A.F.)<br />

b) British War Medal (100425. Sgt. J. Grant. R.A.F.), generally very fine or better,<br />

with the following related documents:<br />

- Four Photographs of recipient in uniform<br />

- Two Letters from the Royal Air Force Records Central Registry to addressed to<br />

recipient concerning the dispatch of his D.F.M., dated 20.11.1919 <strong>and</strong> 26.11.1919<br />

- Two Letters from recipient’s sister written to a collector, dated in the 1970’s<br />

1914-15 Star (1291. L-Cpl. J. Grant. A.&S. Highrs.), very fine (3)<br />

£3,000-3,500<br />

D.F.M. London Gazette 3.12.1918 100425 Sergt.-Mech. James Grant (S<strong>and</strong>bank, Argyllshire)<br />

‘A gallant <strong>and</strong> capable non-commissioned officer who has accounted for six enemy aeroplanes.<br />

On 1st September, whilst on a bomb raid his formation was attacked by fifteen Fokker biplanes<br />

<strong>and</strong> five triplanes. In the severe fighting that ensued Sergt. Grant served his gun with exceptional<br />

skill, crashing one enemy machine, <strong>and</strong> it was largely due to his good shooting that the enemy<br />

were eventually driven off.’<br />

100425 Sergeant Mechanic James Grant, D.F.M., the son of Simon <strong>and</strong> Agnes Grant, of<br />

S<strong>and</strong>bank, Argyll; enlisted Royal Flying Corps, 30.10.1917; advanced Sergeant Mechanic,<br />

2.4.1918; re-mustered as Observer, April 1918 <strong>and</strong> qualified as Observer (N.C.O.), 4.7.1918;<br />

served with 57 Squadron (D.H. 4’s), Le Quesnoy, France, from 6.5.1918; <strong>and</strong> flew in long<br />

distance reconnaissance, bombing, <strong>and</strong> photography operations with the squadron; initially<br />

paired with Lieutenant C.W. Peckham, Grant spent the end of May <strong>and</strong> the beginning of June<br />

flying on reconnaissance missions over Bapaume Dump; his first success came on 10.6.1918,<br />

‘during a bomb raid on Bapaume Dump, Lt. C.W. Peckham <strong>and</strong> Sergeant J. Grant, 57<br />

Squadron, were attacked by eight Fokker triplanes at the first of which Sergeant Grant fired,<br />

sending it down in flames. The remaining E.A. then headed off the D.H. 4, compelling it to fly<br />

north. A little later another E.A. opened fired from below; Lt. Peckham dived on it, <strong>and</strong> after<br />

firing 80 rounds saw it crash to the ground. The D.H.4 then returned home’ (R.A.F.<br />

Communiques refers); another success followed nine days later when engaging six Pfalz Scouts<br />

over the Bapaume area; with Lieutenant J.T. Kirkl<strong>and</strong> as his pilot, Grant shared a forced down<br />

out of control with a D.H. 4 piloted by Captain C.H. Stokes; whilst flying with Lieutenant E.M.<br />

Coles, Grant managed to add another two enemy aircraft destroyed to his total, ‘14.8.1918 - A<br />

formation of 57 Squadron was attacked on returning from a bomb raid. One E.A. which got on<br />

the tail of Capt. A. McGregor, was shot down by his observer (Lt. I.F.D. Tanqueray), the pilot<br />

being seen to jump out in a parachute just before the machine caught fire.<br />

Sergeant J. Grant (observer) with Lt. E.M. Coles also shot down a hostile machine which was<br />

on his tail, the pilot again descending in a parachute.<br />

1.9.1918 - during the course of bomb raids carried out by 57 Squadron enemy scouts, which<br />

attacked their formations, were successfully engaged. Sgt. D.E. Edgley <strong>and</strong> Sgt. N. S<strong>and</strong>ison<br />

brought one hostile machine down in flames <strong>and</strong> drove another out of control. Lt. E.M. Coles<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sergeant J. Grant, <strong>and</strong> Lt. F.O. Thornton <strong>and</strong> 2Lt. F.C. Craig, destroyed two more hostile<br />

machines’ (Ibid); the first week of September saw Grant paired with Captain A. MacGregor, this<br />

combination worked to good effect when forcing down out of control another Fokker over<br />

Bourlon Wood on the 4th September, <strong>and</strong> bagging another brace of enemy aircraft destroyed<br />

the following day, west of Marcoing <strong>and</strong> west of Avesnes-le-Sec; despite the early success of the<br />

day Grant <strong>and</strong> MacGregor were forced down themselves by the machine guns of a Fokker DVII;<br />

MacGregor managed to l<strong>and</strong> the aircraft without serious injury; Grant carried on flying with the<br />

squadron until his return to the UK at the end of October 1918; transferred to R.A.F. Reserve,<br />

28.2.1919 (entitled to Victory Medal).<br />

1291 Corporal John Grant, the son of Simon <strong>and</strong> Agnes Grant, of S<strong>and</strong>bank, Argyll; served<br />

during the Great with the 1st/8th Battalion Argyll <strong>and</strong> Sutherl<strong>and</strong> Highl<strong>and</strong>ers in the French<br />

Theatre of War <strong>and</strong> was killed in action, 13.11.1916; on the latter date the battalion were in<br />

action on the Somme <strong>and</strong> attacked Beaumont-Hamel, ‘with 1/5th Seaforth led 152nd Brigade’s<br />

assault - advancing north of Auchonvillers-Beaumont Road sustained heavy casualties from<br />

machine gun fire before first objective was taken - deep mud then hindered advance on to second<br />

line - all objectives taken <strong>and</strong> held. Casualties - 266. Relieved <strong>and</strong> to Mailly-Maillet Wood.’<br />

(British Battalions on the Somme, R. Westlake refers); Grant is buried in Mailly Wood Cemetery.<br />

453<br />

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division,<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er’s (C.B.E.), neck Badge, silver-gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, nearly extremely fine<br />

£180-220<br />

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454 Captain J.M. Child<br />

454<br />

The Great War M.C. attributed to ‘Fighter Ace’ Captain J.M. Child, 19 <strong>and</strong> 84<br />

Squadrons, Royal Flying Corps<br />

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, extremely fine, with the recipient’s silver<br />

identity tag, inscribed ‘Capt. J.M. Child, C of E, Royal Flying Corps’<br />

£550-750<br />

M.C. London Gazette 5.7.1918 Lt. (T./Capt.) James Martin Child, Manch. R. <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. While leading a patrol he encountered four<br />

enemy scouts, one of which he destroyed. On another occasion he attacked one of two enemy<br />

two-seater machines which he encountered over the enemy’s lines. He disabled the machine, <strong>and</strong><br />

skilfully turned it towards our lines, where the enemy pilot was forced to l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> he <strong>and</strong> his<br />

observer were taken prisoner. On another occasion he attacked five enemy scouts, one of which<br />

he destroyed. He showed the greatest judgment <strong>and</strong> determination.’<br />

Captain James Martin Child, M.C., born Leytonstone, Essex, October 1893, <strong>and</strong> educated at<br />

Leyton County High School. After leaving school emigrated to Canada; enlisted as a Private in<br />

the 2nd Canadian Overseas Contingent, 20.11.1914; once back in Engl<strong>and</strong> Commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment, 3.3.1915; seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, <strong>and</strong><br />

gazetted Flying Officer, 2.3.1916; after briefly serving with No.4 Squadron, joined No.19<br />

Squadron, July 1916, flying BE12s <strong>and</strong> later Spads. He achieved his first Victory on St. George’s<br />

Day, 1917, destroying an Albatros north-west of Douai, <strong>and</strong> followed that up with two more<br />

Victories (one Out of Control <strong>and</strong> one Destroyed) with the Squadron, earning himself a<br />

promotion to Captain <strong>and</strong> a Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 15.5.1917). After a rest<br />

joined the newly formed No.84 Squadron as a Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er, flying SE5As, <strong>and</strong> gained a<br />

further five Victories (two Out of Controls (one shared); two Destroyed; <strong>and</strong> one Captured)<br />

between the 21st October <strong>and</strong> 30th November 1917, for which he was awarded the Military<br />

Cross, as well as being appointed a Chevalier of the Belgian Order of Leopold, <strong>and</strong> receiving the<br />

Belgian Croix de Guerre. Returning to the U.K., he was tragically killed in a motor car accident,<br />

23.8.1918, <strong>and</strong> is buried in Chingford Mount Cemetery, Essex.<br />

231


455<br />

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as<br />

issued, very fine<br />

£800-1,200<br />

456<br />

A Great War Campaign Group of Four to Seaplane<br />

Pilot, Lieutenant G.J. Pilgrim, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Late Howe Battalion,<br />

Royal Naval Division, Who Flew Operationally<br />

with 221 Squadron in South Russia, 1919<br />

1914 Star, with later slide Bar (SX1/330. G.J.<br />

Pilgrim, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British<br />

War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. G.J. Pilgrim, R.A.F.);<br />

Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Third Class<br />

breast Badge, with Swords, 37mm, gilt <strong>and</strong> enamel, of<br />

later Continental manufacture, with ball <strong>and</strong> ring<br />

suspension, nearly extremely fine (4)<br />

£300-500<br />

Lieutenant George Jack Pilgrim, born 1896; educated at<br />

Brighton Municipal Secondary School <strong>and</strong> Brighton<br />

Technical College; served during the Great War as a Signaller<br />

in the R.N.V.R. for two years <strong>and</strong> 9 months prior to being<br />

commissioned Temporary Probationary Flight Officer, Royal<br />

Naval Air Service, 19.9.1917; after training was posted for<br />

service with H.M.S. City of Oxford (auxiliary seaplane<br />

carrier), March 1918; posted as a Pilot to H.M. Seaplane<br />

Base (Short 184’s), Port Said, 64 Wing, April 1918, <strong>and</strong> flew<br />

convoy escorts <strong>and</strong> anti-submarine patrols, occasionally<br />

operating from H.M.S. Empress (seaplane carrier); at the end<br />

of April Pilgrim left with the Empress for Malta; posted as<br />

Pilot to “A” Flight 221 Squadron (D.H.9a’s <strong>and</strong> Short’s),<br />

<strong>and</strong> taken by the seaplane carrier Empress to South Russia to<br />

support the White Russian forces, December 1918; operating<br />

out of Petrovsk the squadron’s main task was to provide<br />

reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> bombing support to the White Russian<br />

l<strong>and</strong> forces (awarded 2nd [sic] Class St. Stanislas - ‘in<br />

recognition of services in South Russia’); discharged<br />

2.10.1919<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

456<br />

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At the time of the award of the Order of St. Stanislas,<br />

following the Bolshevik uprising, the production <strong>and</strong> supply<br />

of Russian Orders was severely disrupted, <strong>and</strong> consequently<br />

were often hard to obtain, especially Military Division awards<br />

(i.e. those with swords). As a result, the actual insignia were<br />

often not presented to British servicemen, <strong>and</strong> one can<br />

speculate that Lieutenant Pilgrim was never issued with any<br />

official insignia, <strong>and</strong> had to purchase his own Continentallymanufactured<br />

insignia.<br />

457<br />

Three: Sergeant Mechanic W.J. Bridges, Royal<br />

Flying Corps<br />

1914 Star, with Bar (726 1/A.M. W.J. Bridges.<br />

R.F.C.); British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (726. Sgt.<br />

W.J. Bridges. R.A.F.), generally good very fine or better,<br />

with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque, ‘William<br />

John Bridges’, last with remnants of solder on reverse<br />

added for mounting purposes (3)<br />

£400-500<br />

726 Sergeant William John Bridges, born Horfield,<br />

Bristol, Gloucestershire; prior to the Great War served in the<br />

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; joined Royal Flying Corps as<br />

2/A.M., 31.5.1913; served with 4 Squadron, Mauberge,<br />

France, from August 1914; Corporal 1.9.1915; served as<br />

Sergeant with 8 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron, from October<br />

1915; Sergeant Mechanic, April 1918; died of disease whilst<br />

serving in Salonika, 30.11.1918, <strong>and</strong> is buried in Mikra<br />

British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.


457


458<br />

Four: Flying Officer E.T.H. Ellis, Royal Air Force<br />

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E.T.H. Ellis. R.E.), a post<br />

1921 issue; British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut.<br />

E.T.H. Ellis. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35,<br />

G.V.R., two clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919,<br />

Waziristan 1919-21 (F-Offcr. E.T.H. Ellis, R.A.F.),<br />

last officially re-impressed, generally very fine (4)<br />

£200-240<br />

Flying Officer Eric Thomas Haulton Ellis born 1895, son<br />

of Major T.J. Ellis, a planter in Ambala, India; commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant (South Midl<strong>and</strong>) Royal Engineers<br />

(Territorial Force), 3.10.1914; served during the Great War<br />

with the Royal Engineers in the French Theatre of War from,<br />

March 1915; Lieutenant 1.6.1916; attached Royal Flying<br />

Corps as an Observer, 22.6.1916; posted to 17 Squadron (Be<br />

2d’s), Kirec, Salonika, 1.8.1916, (his service record<br />

erroneously gives him as invalided <strong>and</strong> struck off the<br />

squadron’s strength the same day; the squadron War Diaries<br />

list ‘E.T.H. Ellis’ as regularly flying with the Squadron from<br />

that date onwards; there is no other ‘Ellis’ given in the R.A.F.<br />

Lists for that period, therefore one can assume that his service<br />

record provides a human transcription error); the squadron<br />

was mainly tasked with reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> Army cooperation,<br />

Ellis spent the first few weeks of August, as part of<br />

“A” Flight, taking photographs of the positions around<br />

‘Horseshoe Hill’ <strong>and</strong> the Struma front; he continued in a<br />

similar capacity through to December; having re-mustered as<br />

a Pilot, Ellis was serving with 47 Squadron (Armstrong<br />

Whitworth’s), Macedonia, from June 1917; he flew with the<br />

squadron mainly on reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> artillery spotting<br />

duties; Ellis was also employed on bombing raids, 6.10.1917,<br />

‘4-16lb bombs. One Bomb on Durbali. One Bomb on Kara<br />

Pazarli. Two Bombs on small detachment of enemy infantry<br />

at Fork Rd. 700yds S. of second “A” in Kara. Troops<br />

scattered <strong>and</strong> were machine gunned. Enemy infantry in wood<br />

W. of Gevzekli.’ (Air 29/613 refers); posted to 114<br />

Squadron, India, 24.11.1917, prior to transferring to 31<br />

Squadron (B.E. 2e’s), India, at the start of 1918; whilst<br />

serving with the latter he was part of the detachment at Sibi,<br />

Baluchistan, tasked with dealing with the hostilities against<br />

the Marri Tribe; he flew in reconnaissance operations over<br />

the Marri Hills <strong>and</strong> the Sibi Plain; in 1919 Ellis returned to<br />

47 Squadron, <strong>and</strong> was posted with the squadron to the<br />

Crimea in support of the White Russians; in October of that<br />

year the squadron became “A” Squadron, R.A.F. Mission,<br />

South Russia; Ellis was demobilised 22.2.1920; he returned<br />

to India after service <strong>and</strong> was commissioned into the Army in<br />

India Reserve of Officers.<br />

459<br />

A Well Documented Great War Sopwith Pup<br />

Fighter Pilot’s Group of Seven to Lieutenant,<br />

Later Group Captain, A.J. Warwick, 46 Squadron,<br />

Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Gloucestershire Regiment<br />

1914-15 Star (3532 Pte. A.J. Warwick. 9-Lond. R.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. A.J. Warwick.<br />

R.F.C.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence <strong>and</strong><br />

War Medals, generally nearly very fine or better, with<br />

the following contemporary related items:<br />

- Two Army Book 425 Pilot’s Flying Log Books,<br />

covering the dates 18.11.1920- 21.11.1924 <strong>and</strong><br />

22.11.1924- 15.4.1930, both with repairs to spine<br />

- Card box of issue for Second War awards, addressed<br />

to ‘Mrs. A.J. Warwick, 56 Penn Hill Ave, Parkstone,<br />

Dorset’, with named enclosure slip<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Group Captain A.J. Warwick<br />

- The recipient’s three Identity Tags, two as Second<br />

Lieutenant, 6th Gloucestershire Regiment <strong>and</strong> the<br />

other as Private 9th London Regiment; cloth R.A.F.<br />

Insignia; <strong>and</strong> photographic images of recipient during<br />

both Wars (lot)<br />

£300-500<br />

Group Captain Alwyn John Warwick, born 1898; served<br />

during the Great War as Private, 9th Battalion London<br />

Regiment, in the French Theatre of War, from 14.2.1915;<br />

commissioned Temporary Lieutenant, Gloucestershire<br />

Regiment, 25.10.1915; attached Royal Flying Corps,<br />

28.4.1917, <strong>and</strong> posted as Pilot to 46 (Fighter) Squadron<br />

(Sopwith Pups), Le Hameau, 1.10.1917; he flew in many<br />

sorties with the squadron including 11.10.1917, when in<br />

concert with other aircraft from the squadron he ‘engaged Six<br />

E.A. seen. One E.A. driven down damaged’ (Squadron<br />

Record Book refers); the squadron converted to Camels the<br />

following month <strong>and</strong> added ground attacks to their duties;<br />

Warwick is mentioned <strong>and</strong> pictured in No Parachute - A<br />

Fighter Pilot in World War I, by Air Vice-Marshal A.S.G. Lee,<br />

who was a contemporary pilot <strong>and</strong> ace of 46 Squadron; post<br />

war service included with 216 Squadron in the Middle East,<br />

flying passengers <strong>and</strong> mail between Egypt <strong>and</strong> Palestine,<br />

1922-24; after a period of illness he was appointed to the<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> of ‘C’ Flight, 32 (Fighter) Squadron, November<br />

1926; advanced Wing Comm<strong>and</strong>er 1.7.1938; Temporary<br />

Group Captain 1.12.1940; died 10.11.1946, whilst<br />

employed with the Control Commission (B.E.) in Germany,<br />

<strong>and</strong> is buried in the Munster Heath Cemetery.


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Group Captain A.J. Warwick (second from right) with H.M. The King during an inspection<br />

460<br />

Three: Lieutenant J.E. Carpenter, Royal Air Force<br />

1914-15 Star (1990 Pte. J.E. Carpenter. L’pool R.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves<br />

(Lieut. J.E. Carpenter. R.A.F.), BWM partially<br />

officially corrected, very fine or better (3)<br />

£200-240<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 22.1.1919 Carpenter, Lt. J.E., Royal<br />

Air Force (Egypt)<br />

Lieutenant John Edmund Carpenter born Bristol, 1889;<br />

educated at the Lord Weymouth Grammar School,<br />

Warminster; enlisted Private 6th Battalion, Liverpool<br />

Regiment, October 1914; served during the Great War with<br />

the regiment in the French Theatre of War, from 24.2.1915;<br />

commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Dorset<br />

Regiment, 22.7.1915; attached Machine Gun Corps, April<br />

1916-September 1917; transferred Royal Flying Corps,<br />

October 1917; after training in Egypt was posted as a Pilot to<br />

14 Squadron (R.E. 8’s), Palestine Brigade, February 1918;<br />

the squadron was mainly tasked with bombing <strong>and</strong><br />

reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> on 2.5.1918, Carpenter flew on a<br />

bombing raid over Shunet Nimrin, ‘4 [bombs] fell amongst<br />

a body of 500-600 infantry in Wadi 1 near mountain gun in<br />

action at V.13e causing it to cease fire’; on Amman Station,<br />

7.5.1918, ‘8 - 20lb Coopers. Large explosion caused in<br />

station buildings, which subsequently caught fire. All bombs<br />

burst within effective distance of rolling stock’; <strong>and</strong> on Kerak<br />

Citadel, 2.7.1918; discharged 14.4.1919.<br />

235<br />

461<br />

A Great War Campaign Group of Three to R.E. 8<br />

Reconnaissance Pilot, Lieutenant F. Fowler, Royal<br />

Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Wounded in<br />

Action, 16.7.1918<br />

1914-15 Star (PS-2696 Pte. F. Fowler. R. Fus.);<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Fowler.<br />

R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (3)<br />

£180-220<br />

Lieutenant Frank Fowler served during the Great War with<br />

the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the French Theatre of<br />

War, from 14.11.1915; transferred as Cadet, Royal Flying<br />

Corps, 26.9.1916; after training was Posted as a Pilot, <strong>and</strong><br />

was serving with 15 Squadron (R.E. 8’s), Verts Gal<strong>and</strong>,<br />

France, during May-July 1918; the squadron were mainly<br />

tasked with photo reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> Fowler was wounded<br />

in action, 16.7.1918; discharged 1919.


462<br />

Three: Captain N.F.V. Rockey, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Late 5th Mounted Rifles,<br />

Imperial Light Horse<br />

1914-15 Star (Lt. N. Rockey 5th M.R.); British War<br />

Medal (Capt. N.F.W. Rockey. R.A.F.); Victory Medal<br />

(Lieut. N.F.W. Rockey. R.F.C.), nearly extremely fine<br />

(3)<br />

£180-220<br />

Captain Norman Frank Vere Rockey, born 1890; educated<br />

at St. John’s College, Johannesburg; Bishop’s College, Cape<br />

Town; Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire <strong>and</strong> Transvaal<br />

University College; a British national he was employed as an<br />

engineer in the family firm Raleigh & Rockey Ltd,<br />

Johannesburg; commissioned Lieutenant, 5th Mounted<br />

Rifles, Imperial Light Horse <strong>and</strong> transferred to the Royal<br />

Flying Corps in October 1915; after training he was posted<br />

as a Pilot to 11 (Fighter) Squadron (F.E. 2b’s), Izel-le-<br />

Hameau, France, September 1916; the squadron mainly flew<br />

reconnaissance operations, <strong>and</strong> when flying in one such<br />

operation over Arras, 2.12.1916, ‘this officer when flying at<br />

10,000 feet was struck on the head by his machine gun which<br />

had been dislodged through the explosion of a shell’<br />

(Medical Board report refers); after a period of hospitalisation<br />

he was employed with the Air Ministry; Temporary Captain<br />

1.4.1918; Captain 1.1.1919 <strong>and</strong> discharged later that month.<br />

463<br />

Pair: Lieutenant H.R. Hart-Davies, 48 Squadron,<br />

Royal Air Force, Shot Down <strong>and</strong> Taken P.O.W.,<br />

19.8.1917<br />

1914-15 Star (10364 Bmbr. H.R. Hart-Davies.<br />

R.F.A.); Victory Medal (Lieut. H.R. Hart-Davies),<br />

very fine<br />

Pair: Captain B.C. Tooke, Royal Naval Air Service<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Destroyed a Submarine in the<br />

North Sea, 30.3.1916, And Shot Down <strong>and</strong> Taken<br />

P.O.W., 20.8.1916<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Capt. B.C. Tooke.<br />

R.A.F.), very fine (4)<br />

£250-300<br />

Lieutenant Hugh Rowl<strong>and</strong> Hart-Davies, born Bristol,<br />

Gloucestershire, 1892; employed as an engineer at Vickers<br />

Ltd, Sheffield, prior to the Great War; enlisted as Gunner,<br />

Royal Field Artillery, 1.9.1914; served with the Royal Field<br />

Artillery in the Egyptian Theatre of War, from 14.7.1915;<br />

Bombardier, 7.7.1916; commissioned into the Royal Flying<br />

Corps., 6.10.1916; after training was posted as Observer to<br />

48 (Fighter) Squadron (Bristol F. 2b’s), Bray Dunes,<br />

Dunkirk, France, 14.8.1917; five days later, whilst flying with<br />

Second Lieutenant R. Dutton, he took off in F. 2b A7171 at<br />

5.45am, ‘whilst returning from escorting bombing squadron,<br />

attacked by three enemy planes, Pilot killed by gun fire.<br />

Crashed somewhere near Ostend, exact whereabouts<br />

unknown. Cannot remember anything after crashing’<br />

(Repatriation Form refers); their aircraft was believed to have<br />

been shot down by Leutnant Walter Brachwitz of Jasta 17;<br />

Hart-Davies was wounded during the action, <strong>and</strong> taken<br />

Prisoner of War on the same day; he was repatriated<br />

28.11.1918; after the war he set up Hart-Davies & Haggard<br />

Ltd (Motor Agents & Engineers), Leamington Spa.<br />

Captain Benjamin Cecil Tooke, born Leeds, Yorkshire,<br />

1892; was employed by the White Star Line at the beginning<br />

of the Great War, <strong>and</strong> served in R.M.S. Olympic when she was<br />

employed as a Troopship; he was serving in her when ‘an<br />

endeavour was made to get Audacious in tow, off S.W. coast<br />

of Irel<strong>and</strong> November 1914 (entitled to Mercantile Marine<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Captain B.C. Tooke (second from left), with three other<br />

R.N.A.S. inmates of Clausthal Camp<br />

War Medal); H.M.S. Audacious (battleship) had hit a<br />

German mine of Donegal; gained R.A.C. Flying Certificate<br />

(no.2035), at Central Flying School, Upavon, November<br />

1915; posted as a Flight Sub Lieutenant, Pilot at R.N.A.S.<br />

Seaplane Station, Dunkirk, from December 1915; the<br />

Seaplane Squadron were tasked with flying day <strong>and</strong> night<br />

bombing raids on Ostend <strong>and</strong> Zeebrugge as well as flying<br />

anti-submarine patrols; an article by Norman Franks (on L.H.<br />

Slatter O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C.) that appeared in Cross &<br />

Cockade gives the following, ‘on the 30th March 1916 he<br />

<strong>and</strong> his usual pilot, Lt. Tooke, attacked one of four<br />

submarines they found off Ostend, dropping two 65lb<br />

bombs. The submarine was believed to have sunk. The next<br />

day they bombed another one off Zeebrugge but were then<br />

driven off by two German seaplanes. On 10th April, they<br />

attacked another submarine off Blankenburghe but without<br />

visible result’; as a consequence of the above Tooke was<br />

recommended for a promotion or gallantry award by the<br />

Station Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 25.4.1916; promoted Flight<br />

Lieutenant 30.6.1916; was present when the King visited the<br />

Rest Camp, 13.8.1916; seven days later whilst piloting Short<br />

Seaplane 184 9067, with Lieutenant O.H. Crowther as his<br />

Observer, he was shot down by gunfire ‘while spotting for<br />

monitor H.M.S. General Craufurd off Belgian Coast’;<br />

Crowther was killed <strong>and</strong> Tooke, wounded in both legs <strong>and</strong><br />

his right h<strong>and</strong>, taken Prisoner of War; he was interned at<br />

Clausthal Camp, Germany; after the war he continued to be<br />

employed by the Royal Air Force, <strong>and</strong> died of illness at R.A.F.<br />

Combined Hospital, Basrah, 11.7.1924.


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464<br />

Three: Major J.W. Higgins, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Late Royal Artillery<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Capt. J.W. Higgins.<br />

R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal (Capt. J.W.<br />

Higgins. R.A.), generally very fine or better (3)<br />

£350-400<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 6.7.1917 Higgins, Lt. (temp. Capt.)<br />

J.W., R.F.A. (Egpyt)<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 30.5.1918 Higgins, Lt. <strong>and</strong> Hon.<br />

Capt. J.W. (late R.F.A.), R.A.F.<br />

Major James White Higgins, born 1885; served during the<br />

Great War with the Royal Field Artillery in the Egyptian<br />

Theatre of War, from February 1916; attached Royal Flying<br />

Corps, May 1917, <strong>and</strong> after training posted as Captain,<br />

Observer to 45 (Fighter) Squadron, Fienvillers, France<br />

8.7.1917; eight days later whilst flying with Second<br />

Lieutenant R.H. Deakin as his pilot he forced down out of<br />

control an Albatros D3 over Polygon Wood; the squadron<br />

was gradually re-equipped with single-seater Camels, August-<br />

September 1917; as a consequence of this <strong>and</strong> a combination<br />

of casualties <strong>and</strong> postings Higgins was the last Observer left<br />

with the squadron, ‘that left Capt. J.W. Higgins as the last<br />

manin. James Higgins elected to give up flying <strong>and</strong> stay with<br />

the squadron as its Recording Officer’; he held this position<br />

until June 1918; in October 1917, ‘at about this time<br />

Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, paid a visit to<br />

France. He intimated he intended to come to 45 Squadron<br />

to see our comm<strong>and</strong>ing officer, who had once been his pupil.<br />

The recording officer at the time was Captain J.W. Higgins,<br />

who had been an observer in our 1 1/2 Strutter days, <strong>and</strong><br />

previously a Territorial gunner. He was a Glaswegian <strong>and</strong> a<br />

stout Protestant. Vaucour [comm<strong>and</strong>ing officer] told him,<br />

banteringly, that he would have to kneel <strong>and</strong> kiss the<br />

Cardinal’s ring. Higgins protested his objection <strong>and</strong> on the<br />

day of the visit kept a watchful eye from the squadron office<br />

upon the approach to the airfield. When the Cardinal’s car<br />

appeared he bolted through the back door <strong>and</strong> fled to the<br />

shelter of the camp. No kissing of the ring for him. But<br />

Vaucour received the Cardinal outside his office <strong>and</strong> dutifully<br />

knelt <strong>and</strong> kissed the ring upon the proffered h<strong>and</strong>’; Higgins<br />

moved with the squadron to Italy, December 1917; posted to<br />

the Home Establishment, 18.6.1918; subsequent postings<br />

included to R.A.F. Station Dundee; discharged 26.2.1919.<br />

Major J.W. Higgins (centre, holding Peter the dog)<br />

237<br />

Second Lieutenant J.E.G. Robinson<br />

465<br />

Six: Second Lieutenant J.E.G. Robinson, Royal Air<br />

Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. J.E.G.<br />

Robinson. R.A.F.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star;<br />

Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, Great War awards nearly<br />

very fine, otherwise generally very fine or better, with<br />

R.F.C. bullion blazer badge (6)<br />

£80-120<br />

Second Lieutenant James Edward Greenwood Robinson,<br />

born Hull, Yorkshire, 1899; enlisted Royal Flying Corps, as<br />

3/A.M., 11.6.1917; commissioned Temporary Second<br />

Lieutenant (On Probation) Royal Air Force, 9.1.1918;<br />

served as Lieutenant, 5th Green Howards, 11.4.1921-<br />

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466<br />

Four: Squadron Leader R.S. Kenyon, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R.S. Kenyon.<br />

R.A.F.); Defence <strong>and</strong> War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, very fine<br />

or better, mounted for display, with named lid of card boxes of<br />

issue for both Great War <strong>and</strong> Second War awards, the latter<br />

addressed to ‘S/L R.S. Kenyon, 105, Houghton Lane,<br />

Swinton, Lancs.’, <strong>and</strong> with medal entitlement slip (4)<br />

£80-120<br />

Squadron Leader Ray Swinton Kenyon born Manchester, 1899;<br />

educated at Salford Secondary School; employed as an Apprentice at<br />

the Royal Aircraft Factory Farnborough prior to the Great War; briefly<br />

served as a Private, 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment before<br />

transferring as a Cadet, Royal Flying Corps, November 1917; after a<br />

brief posting to 119 Squadron, Duxford, he was posted as a Pilot to<br />

107 Squadron (D.H. 9’s), Ecoivres, France, August 1918; the<br />

squadron was mainly tasked with attacks on enemy communications<br />

<strong>and</strong> airfields <strong>and</strong> Kenyon carried out bombing raids until November;<br />

returned to the UK <strong>and</strong> was discharged, May 1919; re-engaged for<br />

service during the Second War as Flight Lieutenant,<br />

Administrative/Special Duties Branch, Royal Air Force, 28.7.1943.<br />

M.I.D. Unconfirmed.<br />

467<br />

Four: Flight Lieutenant J.A.W. Jarvis, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. J.A.W. Jarvis.<br />

R.A.F.); Defence Medal; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Act.<br />

Flt. Lt. J.A.W. Jarvis. R.A.F.V.R. (T)), generally very fine or<br />

better (4)<br />

£160-200<br />

Flight Lieutenant John Allan William Jarvis (1899-1983), a native<br />

of Matlock, Derbyshire; employed as a Clerk in the London City <strong>and</strong><br />

Midl<strong>and</strong> Bank, 1915-1917; commissioned Temporary Second<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, 3.8.1918; qualified as an Observer,<br />

24.8.1918; posted 42 Squadron (R.E.8’s), Rely, France 10.9.1918; he<br />

mainly flew in reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> army co-operation duties; reengaged<br />

as Acting Pilot Officer, Training Branch, R.A.F.V.R. for<br />

service with A.T.C., 1.5.1941; retired 1960.<br />

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468<br />

Three: Second Lieutenant A. Smith, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. A. Smith. R.A.F.);<br />

Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Itikhar, 2nd type,<br />

Officer’s breast Badge, 61mm including bow suspension x<br />

42mm, silver <strong>and</strong> enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse,<br />

enamel damage to points of star, nearly very fine (3)<br />

£60-80<br />

Tunisia, Order of Nichan Iftikhar, Officer London Gazette 23.8.1919<br />

Lieutenant Archibald Smith (Flying Officer)<br />

‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’<br />

There are several men with the name A. Smith listed in the R.A.F. Lists<br />

as having served with the Royal Air Force during the Great War.<br />

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469<br />

A Great War ‘Camel Ace’s’ Group of Three to Lieutenant E.C.<br />

Eaton, 65 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Late Saskatchewan<br />

Regiment, Who Was Killed in Combat with the 45 Victory<br />

German Ace Fritz Rumey, 26.6.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medal (Lieut. E.C. Eaton); France, Republic,<br />

Croix de Guerre, reverse dated ‘1914-1917’, with bronze star on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong>, extremely fine, with the recipient’s Great War Canadian<br />

Memorial Cross (Lieut. E.C. Eaton); <strong>and</strong> the following prize <strong>medals</strong><br />

&c.:<br />

- Montreal Y.M.C.A. Swimming Prize Medal, bronze-gilt, obverse<br />

showing a man swimming, reverse inscribed ‘Aquatic Meet Dec 4. 13.<br />

25 Yds. Under 16 1st’<br />

- Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Prize Medal (3), silver,<br />

obverse with silver athlete sprinting, reverse inscribed ‘1914 Running<br />

High Jump Under 16 1st’; bronze, obverse with silvered athlete<br />

sprinting, reverse inscribed ‘1914 120 Yards Hurdles Under 16 2nd’;<br />

bronze, obverse with bronze athlete sprinting, reverse inscribed ‘Boys<br />

Under 16 Years Running High Jump 3rd 1913’, all with ‘Junior City<br />

Championships’ rib<strong>and</strong> bar<br />

- Canadian Y.M.C.A. St<strong>and</strong>ard Medal, bronze, with plaque showing an<br />

athlete appended<br />

- A gilt Locket, featuring a portrait photograph of the recipient<br />

together with a lock of his hair<br />

- Copy of recipient’s Flying Log Book (lot)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

France, Croix de Guerre, London Gazette 17.7.1918 Lt. E.C. Eaton, R.A.F.<br />

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Lieutenant Edward Carter Eaton, born Montreal, Canada, 1896; joined 60th<br />

Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1915 <strong>and</strong> served in the French<br />

Theatre of War as a signaller, from February 1916; commissioned Temporary<br />

Lieutenant 19th (Reserve) Canadian Infantry Battalion, Saskatchewan<br />

Regiment, 28.4.1917; attached Royal Flying Corps, 25.6.1917; after training<br />

was posted as a Pilot to 65 Squadron (Camels), La Lovie, 23.10.1917; on<br />

23.11.1917 he shared with two other pilots the squadron’s first claim, when<br />

they sent down an Albatros Scout out of control, east of Passchendaele; on<br />

4.1.1918, he forced another scout down out of control, ‘while escorting R.E.<br />

8’s 3 Albatros Scouts dived on 2 of our patrol. I turned <strong>and</strong> shot about 15<br />

rounds at 30 yds range into 1 of E.A. who continued his nose dive for several<br />

thous<strong>and</strong> feet below into mist, <strong>and</strong> was then lost sight of.<br />

About 10.55am saw another Albatros Scout about 500 feet below me. Dived<br />

<strong>and</strong> fired about 40 rounds at close range into his machine. E.A. slowly turned<br />

over on its side <strong>and</strong> went into a slow spin obviously out of control, did not<br />

follow it down on account of the number of E.A. about’; on the 16th February<br />

he shared another scout destroyed over Moorslede-Dadizeele; on 20.5.1918 he<br />

shared a Fokker Dr I destroyed with Captain J. Gilmour south-east of Albert,<br />

‘Lt. Eaton <strong>and</strong> I both fired at a triplane at point blank range which went down<br />

vertically. We could not observe any result as we were immediately attacked<br />

from above but Lt. Williams who was 2,000ft. below saw a triplane dive down<br />

vertically breaking up in the air’; his last victory of the war came eight days later,<br />

when he forced down out of control a Pfalz DIII over Bois de Tailleux, ‘Dived<br />

on 5 E.A. who were attacking an R.E. 8. Fired long burst into 1 E.A. at point<br />

blank range, who dived east almost vertically. Could not observe further owing<br />

to remainder of E.A. This was confirmed by Capt. Simpson, No. 3 Australian<br />

Squadron, through 22nd Wing as going down completely out of control’; on<br />

26.6.1918 Eaton took off from the aerodrome at 7.30pm, flying Camel D6630,<br />

he was last seen engaging a Pfalz Scout east of Bouzincourt; the German aircraft<br />

was piloted by the 45 Victory German Ace Fritz Rumey of Jasta 5; Eaton was<br />

shot down <strong>and</strong> killed, making him Rumey’s 25th Victory; Eaton was buried in<br />

Bouzincourt Ridge Cemtery, Albert, France.<br />

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Second Lieutenant C. Taylor (front row, far right)<br />

470<br />

Three: Second Lieutenant C. Taylor, Royal Naval<br />

Air Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. Taylor.<br />

R.A.F.); France, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1918, very<br />

fine, with Commission appointing Cyril Taylor,<br />

Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, dated 1.4.1918,<br />

this framed <strong>and</strong> glazed (3)<br />

£100-140<br />

Second Lieutenant Cyril Taylor, born 1899; commissioned<br />

Temporary Probationary Observer Officer, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service, 27.10.1917; after training posted as an Observer to<br />

202 Squadron (D.H. 4’s), Dunkirk, 17.4.1918; the squadron<br />

was mainly tasked with bombing <strong>and</strong> reconnaissance on<br />

targets in Belgium, <strong>and</strong> on 3.6.1918, when flying with<br />

Lieutenant A.L. Godfrey in D.H. 4 N.5997, ‘When 10 miles<br />

off Ostend, flying at 3,000 feet, observed 7 enemy seaplanes<br />

2,000 feet below. On sighting E.A. went down to see what<br />

they were, then dived on the leading machine, firing but<br />

missed it, so turned to allow Observer to fire. Repeated this<br />

four times; after last dive one two-seater was seen to crash<br />

into the sea nose first, about 3 miles off Ostend, but did not<br />

turn over. Pilot fired a total of 200 rounds, <strong>and</strong> Observer 150<br />

rounds’; <strong>and</strong> on 18.6.1918, when flying with Lieutenant<br />

Round in the same aircraft, ‘Observed 5 E.A. off Ostend at<br />

17,000 feet which were attacked, Pilot fired about 35 rounds.<br />

1 E.A. single seater seen to go down about 4,000 feet when<br />

he was still absolutely out of control. Attention then had to<br />

be paid to two other E.A., so his descent could not be<br />

watched further. Observer’s gun jammed before any rounds<br />

were fired’; discharged March 1919.<br />

Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.<br />

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471<br />

Three: Second Lieutenant E.R. Hiscocks, Royal Air<br />

Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E.R.<br />

Hiscocks. R.A.F.); Italy, War Cross, good very fine (3)<br />

£100-140<br />

Italy, War Cross London Gazette 5.4.1919 2nd Lt. Ernest<br />

Richard Hiscocks<br />

Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Hiscocks, born 1899;<br />

commissioned Temporary Probationary Flight Officer, Royal<br />

Naval Air Service, October 1917; after training posted as a<br />

Pilot to 225 Squadron (Camels), Alminni, Southern Italy,<br />

August 1918; the squadron was mainly tasked with flying<br />

escort missions across the Adriatic to protect bombers;<br />

discharged September 1919.<br />

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Major S.E. Adams<br />

472<br />

Pair: Major S.E. Adams, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong><br />

Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Major S.E. Adams.<br />

R.A.F.), minor official correction to BWM, good very<br />

fine (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

Major Stanley Edward Adams born 1895; commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery; attached Royal<br />

Flying Corps, October 1915; gaining his R.A.C. Aviators’<br />

Certificate (no 2043), on a Maurice Farman Biplane, Castle<br />

Bromwich,15.11.1915; after training posted as a Pilot to 18<br />

Squadron (Vickers F. B5’s, replaced in April by F.E. 2b’s),<br />

Auchel, France, March 1916; the squadron was mainly tasked<br />

with photo reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> artillery co-operation; on<br />

29.5.1916, ‘When on Artillery Patrol over Petit Sains at<br />

8.40am, <strong>and</strong> about 8,000ft up we saw a hostile machine<br />

coming towards us from Aix Noulette about 1,000ft above<br />

us. I [Second Lieutenant C.W. Arkle, Observer] immediately<br />

fired, in bursts, <strong>and</strong> he altered his course. By this time he was<br />

above us right over head. We turned <strong>and</strong> my pilot “stalled”<br />

the machine repeatedly so that I was able to fire at him. After<br />

turning round several times he went off over Cite Calonne<br />

<strong>and</strong> Lens. We followed until my drum was finished. Up to the<br />

time he went he was firing at us, but did not hit the machine’,<br />

Adams <strong>and</strong> Arkle were in action again later the same day, ‘At<br />

9.10am while on Artillery Patrol, <strong>and</strong> about 8,000ft up, over<br />

Souchez we saw a machine (hostile) coming over the line. We<br />

immediately turned towards him. He was about 7,000ft <strong>and</strong><br />

I fired a burst. He then turned <strong>and</strong> went back at 9.15am. He<br />

again tried to come over the lines. We immediately dived <strong>and</strong><br />

I fired in bursts until we were 200 yards off. He turned <strong>and</strong> I<br />

fired the rest of my drum into him. The tracer bullets were<br />

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not very good on this occasion but the few I saw appeared to<br />

be going into the machine which dived <strong>and</strong> went in a<br />

direction towards Fresnoy. We were unable to follow as there<br />

were several other hostile machines above us; <strong>and</strong> we had<br />

only one gun on the machine; <strong>and</strong> only one mounting’;<br />

whilst on an Artillery Patrol with Lieutenant M.D.G. Scott as<br />

his Observer, 22.6.1916, ‘We went up on H.A. duty at 2pm<br />

<strong>and</strong> saw 13 hostile machines over Magnicourt from 7,000ft<br />

to 10,000. I [Scott] immediately opened fire on the leading<br />

machine when he was immediately above us. I had only fired<br />

off about 10 shots when the hostile machine had passed. The<br />

hostile machines were followed by one F.E. & 3 De<br />

Havill<strong>and</strong> Scouts. The next machine I fired at was the last<br />

while my pilot fired at the one next to it. After firing about a<br />

drum <strong>and</strong> a half my gun mounting broke off, my gun fell to<br />

the bottom of the nacelle, loosened the deflector bag &<br />

jammed a round in the bolt guide. My pilot kept on firing.<br />

While firing at the last machine I saw him turn round twice<br />

& then put his nose down & go straight for their lines. By<br />

this time all the hostile machines were over their own lines &<br />

all our ammunition had been fired off - seven <strong>and</strong> half drums<br />

in all’ (Combat Report refers); posted to 27 Squadron<br />

(Elephants), Fienvillers, France, August 1916; he flew<br />

bombing operations with the squadron throughout August-<br />

September; after a period of service with Headquarters,<br />

Adams was posted to 28 (Training) Squadron, April 1917; he<br />

was serving as Lieutenant (Temporary Major) in the Middle<br />

East when he contracted Malaria, July 1918; he was invalided<br />

to the UK in September <strong>and</strong> was in <strong>and</strong> out of service until<br />

passed permanently medically unfit, November 1919; during<br />

that time he was serving at 4 T.D.S., Cheshire, 21.3.1919,<br />

when he was involved in a flying accident, ‘taking off from a<br />

forced l<strong>and</strong>ing, the pilot was unable to clear some high trees<br />

<strong>and</strong> struck some with his wing tip’; Adams was admitted to<br />

Altrincham General Hospital with serious injuries; discharged<br />

November 1919.<br />

473<br />

Pair: Lieutenant J.L. Brewster, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, A Camel Pilot Who Was Shot<br />

Down <strong>and</strong> Killed, 21.5.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. J.L. Brewster.<br />

R.A.F.), VM officially renamed, good very fine (2)<br />

£160-200<br />

Lieutenant Joseph Lamonby Brewster, born 1897; a native<br />

of Hampshire he was employed as an engineer prior to the<br />

Great War; joined the Royal Flying Corps as a Cadet, July<br />

1917; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On<br />

Probation), 8.11.1917; after training posted as a Pilot to 73<br />

(Fighter) Squadron (Camels), Beavois, France, 1.5.1918; the<br />

squadron mainly flew fighter patrols <strong>and</strong> bomber escort, <strong>and</strong><br />

on 21.5.1918 flying Sopwith Camel D6604 Brewster was last<br />

seen east of Armentieres under control; he was reported<br />

missing <strong>and</strong> later as killed in action, ‘Captain Hubbard <strong>and</strong><br />

Lieutenant Graham each shot down an EA but Drew-Brook<br />

<strong>and</strong> JL Brewster were also brought down, the former being<br />

reported a prisoner. They appeared to be the victims of<br />

Leutnant Lehman <strong>and</strong> Leutnant Biebig, both of Jasta 5’;<br />

Brewster has no known grave <strong>and</strong> is commemorated on the<br />

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Lieutenant H.A.A. Brosse Flight Lieutenant D.P. Capper<br />

474<br />

Pair: Lieutenant H.A.A. Brosse, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. H.A.A. Brosse.<br />

R.A.F.), good very fine (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Lieutenant Hugh Alfred Arvid Brosse, born 1894, a native<br />

of Muswell Hill, London; prior to the war was employed as<br />

an Airship Designer by John Wulffing, 1913-1914; served ‘in<br />

German E. Africa 13 months’ (service papers refer), prior to<br />

joining the Royal Naval Air Service, 7.10.1917; gained<br />

R.A.C. Aviators’ Certificate in a B.E. 2c Biplane at R.N.A.S.<br />

Cranwell, 15.3.1918; posted as a Pilot to 273 Squadron<br />

(D.H. 9’s), R.N.A.S. Yarmouth, August 1918; the squadron<br />

was tasked with coastal reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> on 16.9.1918,<br />

when flying with Second Lieutenant Fenn as his Observer,<br />

‘While on the Yellow Patrol with 2 Yarmouth Boats <strong>and</strong> 1<br />

Yarmouth B.H.P. D.H.9 at approximately 11.45. I sighted 5<br />

Hostile Seaplanes in formation at about 500 feet flying<br />

towards the Coast about 2-3 miles north of Shipwash Light<br />

Vessel; another Hostile Seaplane was afterwards sighted<br />

flying behind the others. I was flying at 4,000 feet. I waited<br />

some minutes for the other D.H. 9 to dive with me<br />

meanwhile I endeavoured to get my gun in action but found<br />

that owing to an oil leak in the C.C. Gear it was only possible<br />

to fire one round for every stroke of the h<strong>and</strong> pump. As the<br />

other D.H. 9 did not show any signs of coming down but<br />

remained with the boats I went down to 1,000 feet alone<br />

meanwhile manoeuvring for position behind the Hostile<br />

Aircraft <strong>and</strong> withholding our fire until within effective range.<br />

As I was descending the Hostile Aircraft altered their course<br />

to due south right into the sun slowly drew away from me out<br />

of sight despite my speed being 90 miles per hour... After<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ing at the Base we found 5 bullet holes in our fuselage’;<br />

after the war he was employed as Director <strong>and</strong> Works<br />

Manager, A Behn (London) Ltd. Wireless Manufacturers <strong>and</strong><br />

served in the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 12.8.1932.<br />

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475<br />

Pair: Flight Lieutenant D.P. Capper, Royal Naval<br />

Air Service & Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. D.P. Capper.<br />

R.A.F.), very fine, with a related prize medal, silver<br />

(Hallmarks for Birmingham 1915), the reverse<br />

engraved ‘H.M.S. Indus B.A.A.S. 2nd Tug of War<br />

1916’ (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Flight Lieutenant Douglas Parode Capper, born Sydney,<br />

Australia, 1898; son of Lieutenant-Comm<strong>and</strong>er Capper,<br />

R.N.; initially enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy Artificer,<br />

1914; served at H.M.S. Indus (Training Establishment,<br />

Devonport); transferred as Probationary Flight Sub<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, 25.7.1916; gained RAC<br />

Aviators’ Certificate (no. 4129), flying a Maurice Farman<br />

Biplane, R.N.A.S. Cranwell, 23.12.1916; after training at<br />

RNAS Eastchurch, he was posted as an Observer to 202<br />

Squadron (D.H. 4’s), Bergues, Dunkirk, June 1918; the<br />

squadron was tasked with bombing <strong>and</strong> reconnaissance<br />

missions over Belgium; <strong>and</strong> on 27.6.1918, when flying an<br />

escort operation with Lieutenant Moffett, ‘Encountered 5<br />

Phaltz machines over Ostend. Fired several bursts at two<br />

machines which separated from formation <strong>and</strong> attempted to<br />

cut our machine off’ (Squadron Record Book, refers); on<br />

21.8.1919, when flying an escort operation with Lieutenant<br />

Ringrose, ‘Observed 4 E.A. N. of Zeebrugge. Enemy<br />

Monoplane dived on machine when 8 miles N. of Zeebrugge,<br />

<strong>and</strong> closed to within 70 yards of tail, during which time<br />

Observer fired 50 rounds. E.A. then turned away <strong>and</strong> dived<br />

towards l<strong>and</strong>. E.A. Monoplane dived very fast <strong>and</strong> appeared<br />

to have more speed than D.H. 4 on the level’; two days later<br />

whilst flying with Moffett, ‘On return journey when off<br />

Zeebrugge, observed 2 E.A. Monoplanes about 1,500 feet<br />

below <strong>and</strong> a long way astern of machine. E.A. gave chase, one<br />

shortly giving up, the second catching up with machine,<br />

being on same level <strong>and</strong> 150 yards astern, when Observer<br />

opened fire. At 80 yards tracers appeared to enter his fuselage<br />

<strong>and</strong> he turned sharply <strong>and</strong> dived away. E.A.’s shooting was<br />

erratic. The fuselage of the machine was of dull brown<br />

colour, tail painted white with plain black cross on rudder’;<br />

continued to serve with the squadron until March 1919;<br />

briefly posted to 110 Squadron before being discharged,<br />

October 1919.


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Pair: Lieutenant E.C. Hoar, Royal Flying Corps<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. E.C. Hoar.<br />

R.A.F.), very fine or better (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Lieutenant Ernest Cowley Hoar, born 1899, born<br />

Orpington, Kent; employed by Smith & Milroy Ltd<br />

(Automobile & General Engineers), Orpington, <strong>and</strong> as a<br />

Trade Lad for 10 months in a Chemical Laboratory, at R.A.F.<br />

South Farnborough prior to enlistment in the Royal Flying<br />

Corps, 18.7.1917; commissioned Temporary Second<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps, 8.11.1917; Lieutenant,<br />

Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918; posted as a Pilot to 103 Squadron<br />

(D.H.9’s), Beaulieu, 25.4.1918; transferred to 97 Squadron<br />

(H<strong>and</strong>ley Page O/400’s), 8.5.1918; accompanied the<br />

Squadron to Xaffevillers, France in August, to join the<br />

Independent Force for strategic bombing over Germany;<br />

operational sorties including an attack on Boulay Aerodrome,<br />

23.8.1918 <strong>and</strong> a bombing raid on Lorquin Aerodrome,<br />

5.9.1918; invalided to R.A.F. Hospital, Holly Hill,<br />

Hampstead, 13.11.1918; discharged 23.2.1919, <strong>and</strong><br />

transferred to the Reserve of Officers; Flying Officer,<br />

2.9.1926; retired 2.3.1929.<br />

477<br />

A Great War Pair to R.E.8 Pilot, Lieutenant W.H.<br />

Jackson, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. W.H. Jackson.<br />

R.A.F.), good very fine (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Lieutenant William Harold Jackson, born 1892, served as<br />

1074 Sergeant, 19th Battery Motor Machine Service, on the<br />

Western Front, prior to being commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant (Probationary), Royal Flying Corps, 30.5.1917;<br />

posted for service as a Pilot with 4 Squadron (R.E.8’s),<br />

Abeele, France, 8.9.1917; flew on reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> army<br />

co-operation duties with the squadron, before being<br />

admitted to hospital, 7.1.1918; posted to 16 Squadron<br />

(R.E.8’s), Complain l’Abbe, 2.2.1918; once again he was<br />

mainly tasked with reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> army co-operation<br />

duties, <strong>and</strong> whilst on Artillery Observation, 6.3.1918, with<br />

Lieutenant H.E. Rosborough as his Observer, ‘Two hostile<br />

machines seen flying at 6,500 feet just South of Lens. One<br />

dived on our tail <strong>and</strong> the other fired from above. R.E.8<br />

Observer fired 250 rounds into the first machine as it dived,<br />

after which both broke off fight <strong>and</strong> turned East’ (Combat<br />

Report refers); returned to the UK, September 1918.<br />

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478<br />

Pair: Lieutenant H.L. Jones, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. H.L. Jones,<br />

R.A.F.), VM partially officially renamed, extremely fine<br />

Pair: Lieutenant C.E. Mitchell, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. C.E. Mitchell.<br />

R.A.F.), extremely fine, with two named card boxes of<br />

issue<br />

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. Greenwood, Royal Air<br />

Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. W.<br />

Greenwood. R.A.F.), good very fine, with a<br />

Scarborough <strong>and</strong> District League Cup Runners up<br />

Medal, 1938-39, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham<br />

1938) <strong>and</strong> enamel<br />

British War Medal (2/Lieut. W. Hunt. R.A.F.),<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (George William<br />

Cooper), nearly extremely fine (8)<br />

£120-160<br />

In all of the above cases, there is more than one man with the<br />

same name listed in the R.A.F. Lists as having served with the<br />

Royal Air Force during the Great War.<br />

479<br />

Pair: Lieutenant C.G. Kitchingman, Royal Flying<br />

Corps <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. C.G.<br />

Kitchingman. R.A.F), VM officially renamed, very fine<br />

Pair: Lieutenant D.L.H. Moore, Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. D.L.H.<br />

Moore. R.A.F.), good very fine (4)<br />

£120-160<br />

Lieutenant Cyril Gilbert Kitchingman born Sheffield,<br />

Yorkshire, 1894; educated at Central Sheffield Secondary<br />

School; employed as a Mining Engineer prior to the Great<br />

War; enlisted as 3/A.M., Royal Flying Corps, 7.8.1917;<br />

commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On<br />

probation), 3.11.1917; Flying Officer, 12.2.1918; after<br />

training posted as a Pilot to 82 Squadron (F.K. 8’s), Catigny,<br />

France, 23.3.1918; the squadron were mainly tasked with<br />

reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> artillery co-operation; posted 35<br />

Squadron (F.K. 8’s), Villers Bocage, France, 9.8.1918, <strong>and</strong><br />

flew in similar operations to that of his previous squadron<br />

until the end of the war; discharged to the Reserve, April<br />

1919.<br />

Lieutenant David Lucius Henry Moore, born 1892, the<br />

son of the Reverend J.S. Moore, of Wellington, Salop;<br />

educated at Trinity College, Dublin; served in Dublin<br />

University Officers’ Training Corps; commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, 19.9.1914; served in<br />

Salonika, from 11.11.1915; Lieutenant 1.1.1916; contracted<br />

Malaria, <strong>and</strong> returned to the UK via Malta; transferred by<br />

application to Royal Flying Corps, 17.4.1917; appointed<br />

Flying Officer, 20.9.1917; posted as a Pilot to 18 Squadron<br />

(D.H.9a’s), Izel-le-Hameau, France, October 1918; the<br />

squadron undertook daylight bombing until the end of the<br />

war; admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital, 5.2.1919, before<br />

being discharged with the Honorary Rank of Lieutenant,<br />

8.4.1919.


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Lieutenant K.J.P. Laing<br />

480<br />

A Great War Pair to Fighter Pilot, Lieutenant K.J.P. Laing, 1 Squadron, Royal<br />

Air Force, Who Claimed One Victory Over France, 5.6.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. K.J.P. Laing. R.A.F.), generally good very fine,<br />

with two original named card boxes of issue, <strong>and</strong> a portrait photograph of recipient in<br />

uniform (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

Lieutenant Kenneth Joseph Price Laing, born Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotl<strong>and</strong>, 1890; educated at<br />

Moffat School <strong>and</strong> the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; enlisted Motor Cycle Section, Royal<br />

Engineers, 22.9.1914; Lance Corporal 1.10.1914; transferred to Royal Flying Corps as Cadet,<br />

April 1917; training included at ‘advanced training unit, No. 58 Squadron at Cramlington, Laing<br />

reasoned that this could be his only chance to make a flight over his home town. Although he<br />

had only 12 hrs flying experience <strong>and</strong> was under st<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>orders</strong> not to fly out of sight of the<br />

aerodrome, Laing resolved to make the attempt <strong>and</strong> ordered a mechanic to fill the fuel tank of<br />

F.K. 3 A8093 to the brim... Taking off at 10.35am, Laing made directly for Hawick... Flying low<br />

over the Main street <strong>and</strong> over his parents’ home at Balcary... enroute he “buzzed” his brother<br />

Norman’s farm’; after training posted as a Pilot to 1 (Fighter) Squadron (S.E. 5a’s), Clairmarais<br />

South, France, 13.4.1918; flew on patrols <strong>and</strong> ground attacks with the squadron, including<br />

5.6.1918, ‘when on Special Mission I was flying at about 6,000 feet when I observed a hostile<br />

two-seater at about 3,000 feet S.W. of Bailleul.<br />

I dived on E.A. firing bursts from Lewis & Vickers at about 150 yards range. E.A. was diving<br />

steeply East at 1,000 feet when I left him. Subsequently confirmed by “J” Battery A.A. as having<br />

crashed’; whilst on leave he was involved in a motor-cycle accident, 22.6.1918, he suffered<br />

concussion <strong>and</strong> injuries to his face; he did not return to operational duty <strong>and</strong> was discharged<br />

February 1919.<br />

247


481<br />

A Great War Pair to Lieutenant J.W. Pryor, South<br />

Lancashire Regiment <strong>and</strong> Royal Flying Corps,<br />

Wounded in Action on the Somme, 9.7.1916,<br />

Where His Life Was Saved by Wearing a Steel<br />

Waistcoat; He Was Taken P.O.W., 16.6.1918,<br />

Serving On His 13th Operation as an R.A.F.<br />

Observer<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. J.W. Pryor.<br />

R.A.F.), minor edge bruise to last, otherwise very fine or<br />

better (2)<br />

£240-280<br />

Lieutenant James William Pryor (1896-1942); educated at<br />

Haileybury, where he was a Lance Corporal in the O.T.C.; he<br />

began his studies at Jesus College, Cambridge, August 1914;<br />

was a member of the University O.T.C. prior to being<br />

commissioned Second Lieutenant, South Lancashire<br />

Regiment, 23.9.1914; served with the 10th (Reserve)<br />

Battalion in the UK before joining the 8th (Service) Battalion<br />

in France, 29.5.1916; Pryor’s battalion as part of 75 Brigade,<br />

25th Division, served during the first Battle of Albert, from<br />

3.7.1916; the 8th Battalion were in action opposite Ovillers<br />

on the Somme, <strong>and</strong> the Regimental History Ich Dien gives<br />

the following for 9.7.1916, ‘The enemy’s artillery had now<br />

ranged on the positions held <strong>and</strong> the companies were<br />

subjected to intense shelling. Second Lieutenant J.W. Pryor<br />

<strong>and</strong> several men of “A” Company were buried by one shell<br />

burst <strong>and</strong> had to be dug out; the men were dead, but Pryor<br />

was wearing a steel waistcoat under his uniform jacket which<br />

kept his lungs from injury <strong>and</strong> so saved his life’; Pryor was<br />

evacuated to a casualty clearing station suffering from<br />

shellshock <strong>and</strong> other injuries; returning to the UK he was not<br />

passed fully fit for service until December 1916; joining the<br />

3rd Battalion he returned to France, February 1917; he<br />

rejoined the 8th Battalion two months later, in time to take<br />

part in the advance on the Messine Ridge, 6.6.1917;<br />

Lieutenant 1.7.1917; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps,<br />

October 1917, <strong>and</strong> trained as an Observer; posted to the<br />

newly formed 148 Squadron (F.E. 2b’s), Andover, February<br />

1918; went with the squadron to Auchel, France, April 1918,<br />

where it was employed as a night bomber squadron; to<br />

combat the German Spring Offensive the squadron was<br />

immediately engaged in attacks on enemy targets behind the<br />

lines; initially crewed with Lieutenant B.A.S. Lewin, Pryor<br />

was involved in night operations over targets including:<br />

Rumbeke Aerodrome; Lille; <strong>and</strong> Carvin <strong>and</strong> Le Cateau<br />

Railway Stations; carrying out his 13th operation, this time<br />

with Second Lieutenant C.E. Wharton, he was reported as<br />

missing in action, 16.6.1918; the aircraft was last seen<br />

crossing enemy lines heading for Douai at 10pm; Pryor was<br />

made Prisoner of War, <strong>and</strong> transferred by the Germans from<br />

Lille to a camp at Karlsruhe; he was repatriated 13.12.1918;<br />

after the war he was commissioned into the I.A.R.O. <strong>and</strong> saw<br />

service attached to the 1/131st U.P. Regiment; in later life<br />

he resided in Market Harborough.<br />

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482<br />

Pair: Lieutenant F.L. Wills, Royal Naval Air Service<br />

<strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. F.L. Wills.<br />

R.A.F.), very fine, with the recipient’s related<br />

miniature awards (2)<br />

£80-120<br />

Lieutenant Francis Lewis Mills born 1893; a native of<br />

Balham, London; employed as an Architect <strong>and</strong> Surveyor<br />

prior to the Great War; commissioned Temporary<br />

Probationary Observer Officer, Royal Naval Air Service,<br />

31.5.1917; after training at R.N.A.S. Eastchurch he was<br />

posted as an Observer to R.N.A.S. Yarmouth, 8.10.1917;<br />

tasked with home defence he flew on a variety of aircraft,<br />

including in D.H.9 D1655 with Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er E.<br />

Cadbury, on an anti-zeppelin raid, 12/13.4.1918; the latter<br />

was a night attack carried out by 5 zeppelins; discharged April<br />

1919<br />

483<br />

A Great War Pair to ‘Fighter Ace’ Lieutenant C.E.<br />

‘Worthy’ Worthington, 87 Squadron, Royal Air<br />

Force, Who Claimed 5 Victories in His Dolphin<br />

“Muddles”, May-October 1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (Lieut. C.E.<br />

Worthington. R.A.F.), generally very fine (2)<br />

£400-500<br />

Lieutenant Charles Edward ‘Worthy’ Worthington, born<br />

February 1897, a native of Leicester. Pre-war he had received<br />

part of his education at Heidelberg College, in Germany, <strong>and</strong><br />

spoke fluent German. A law student, Worthington joined the<br />

Artist’s Rifles OTC as a Private (then Lance Corporal) in<br />

December 1915, prior to joining the Royal Flying Corps in<br />

September 1916. Upon learning to fly, he served with a<br />

number of reserve <strong>and</strong> training units prior to going to 87<br />

Squadron just before his 21st birthday. Worthington was a<br />

stalwart of the unit, scoring evenly during the last year of the<br />

war, <strong>and</strong> often acting as Deputy Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er. His<br />

fifth, <strong>and</strong> final, claim came on 4th October, when he shared<br />

in the destruction of a Fokker DVII with his Flight<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, Captain Hollinghurst; posted as a Pilot to 87<br />

Squadron (Dolphins) at the start of 1918, he went with the<br />

squadron to France in April; he recorded his first enemy<br />

aircraft destroyed on the 16th May in the plane he christened<br />

“Muddles”, <strong>and</strong> followed that up with an Albatros DV forced<br />

down out of control, 14.8.1918, ‘whilst on special patrol I<br />

saw 3 Albatros apparently getting height at 9,000 feet over<br />

Nesle. I dived on the rear E.A. from the sun <strong>and</strong> got in a<br />

good burst at close range. I observed the pilot to collapse <strong>and</strong><br />

the E.A. then went down in a vertical dive. I was unable to<br />

wait to see it crash as a large formation of E.A. appeared<br />

above me’; he shared in destroying a Fokker DVII over Velu<br />

Wood, 25.8.1918, following it up five days later with the<br />

same type of aircraft in the same area, ‘I dived on a formation<br />

of E.A. with Capt. Larkin. Selecting one of the E.A. I fired<br />

about 100 rounds into it at close range. E.A. then half rolled<br />

<strong>and</strong> went down in a spin emitting thick clouds of black<br />

smoke. I climbed away west <strong>and</strong> then attacked another E.A.,<br />

firing about 50 rounds at blank range (I had to turn to avoid<br />

crashing into him) E.A. then went down in a fast spin. I saw<br />

this machine to within about 4,000 feet of the ground still<br />

spinning’; his final claim was a shared destroyed 4.10.1918<br />

(see quote above); discharged March 1919


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484<br />

Pair: Second Lieutenant F.W. King, Royal Air<br />

Force, S.E. 5a Pilot, Who Was Shot Down <strong>and</strong><br />

Taken P.O.W. During ‘Black September’ 1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. F.W. King.<br />

R.A.F.), minor official correction to BWM, good very<br />

fine (2)<br />

£160-200<br />

Second Lieutenant Frederick Willis King born Battersea,<br />

London, 1892; served during the Great War as a Corporal,<br />

Despatch Rider, Royal Engineers; commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, December<br />

1917; attached Royal Flying Corps, March 1918; after<br />

training posted as a Pilot to 40 Squadron (S.E. 5a’s), Bryas,<br />

France, 21.8.1918; the squadron was mainly tasked with<br />

offensive patrols <strong>and</strong> low level attacks; on 17.9.1918 whilst<br />

flying S.E. 5a E.4053 on an offensive patrol King was last<br />

seen south of Cambrai; he was listed as missing on the same<br />

day - there is some speculation that he was the German Ace<br />

Fritz Rumey’s 38th victory, however it would appear more<br />

likely that he was shot down by Leutnant Hans Boes of Jasta<br />

34b; King was reported as wounded <strong>and</strong> prisoner of war; he<br />

was reported as ‘Died’, November 1918, only to be<br />

repatriated via Leith the following month! He was finally<br />

discharged, March 1919.<br />

485<br />

A Great War Pair to Camel Pilot, Second<br />

Lieutenant H.K. Scrivener, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, Shot Down <strong>and</strong><br />

Taken P.O.W., 8.7.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H.K.<br />

Scrivener. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (2)<br />

£200-240<br />

Second Lieutenant Hayter Kemball Scrivener, born<br />

Leytonstone, 1898, the son of a Corn Merchant; educated at<br />

Bishop’s Stortford <strong>and</strong> Stationers Company’s School,<br />

Hornsey; enlisted Aircraftman 2nd Grade, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service, 18.6.1916; transferred to Officer Cadet Wing,<br />

Denham, Royal Flying Corps, May 1917; commissioned<br />

Second Lieutenant (On Probation), Royal Air Force,<br />

1.4.1918 <strong>and</strong> posted as a Pilot to 208 (Fighter) Squadron<br />

(Sopwith Camels), Serny, France, 22.5.1918; he flew on<br />

Offensive Patrols throughout June <strong>and</strong> into July including<br />

6.7.1918, when he ‘Drove E.A. East’ <strong>and</strong> 8.7.1918, when on<br />

Offensive Patrol in the Meurchin - Epinoy area he ‘Left<br />

Aerodrome at 7am upon O.P. in company with 10 others.<br />

Patrol engaged E.A. at 7.50am <strong>and</strong> Pilot was not seen after<br />

but it is considered improbable that he could have been<br />

brought down as all E.A. were below Camels <strong>and</strong> there were<br />

many other British machines in the vicinity. Being at a low<br />

altitude <strong>and</strong> rather far over it is considered probable that he<br />

had an engine failure <strong>and</strong> was forced to l<strong>and</strong>’ (R.F.C.<br />

Casualty Report, refers); despite this a Leutnant Becker of<br />

Jasta 52 claimed Scrivener’s Camel as his sole victory of the<br />

war; Scrivener was taken Prisoner of War, <strong>and</strong> repatriated<br />

13.12.1918; discharged 14.3.1919.<br />

249<br />

486<br />

Pair: Second Lieutenant J. Sellers, Royal Naval Air<br />

Service <strong>and</strong> Royal Air Force, A Camel Fighter<br />

Pilot, Who Forced Down a Fokker Biplane,<br />

4.10.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. J. Sellers.<br />

R.A.F.), good very fine (2)<br />

£140-180<br />

Second Lieutenant John Sellers, born 1897; employed as a<br />

Motor Engineer in Harrogate prior to the Great War; served<br />

as 2/A.M. prior to being commissioned Probationary Flight<br />

Officer, R.N.A.S., 27.1.1918; after training posted as a Pilot<br />

to 3 (Fighter) Squadron (Camels), Valhereux, France,<br />

October 1918; the squadron was tasked with fighter <strong>and</strong><br />

ground attack duties, <strong>and</strong> on 4.10.1918, whilst flying<br />

Sopwith Camel F6089, Sellers forced down out of control a<br />

Fokker Biplane, ‘whilst on C.O.P. I observed five Fokker<br />

Biplanes. I dived on the nearest <strong>and</strong> fired 350 rounds. E.A.<br />

flew on straight. My guns then stopped, <strong>and</strong> I saw the E.A.<br />

dive down East. Owing to the presence of other E.A. in close<br />

proximity I was unable to observe anything further’ (Combat<br />

Report refers); discharged February 1919.<br />

487<br />

Pair: Second Lieutenant F. Thornton, 74<br />

Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Shared Two<br />

Enemy Aircraft Forced Down Out of Control, <strong>and</strong><br />

was Listed as Missing in Action, 30.10.1918<br />

British War <strong>and</strong> Victory Medals (2/Lieut. E.<br />

Thornton. R.A.F.), very fine, with British Red Cross<br />

Society Medal for Proficiency in Red Cross First Aid<br />

(07395 F. Thornton.), with ‘1928’ <strong>and</strong> ‘1933’ date<br />

bars, <strong>and</strong> integral top-rib<strong>and</strong> bar (3)<br />

£200-240<br />

Second Lieutenant Frank Thornton, born Moulton,<br />

Northwich, Cheshire, 1897; educated at Middlewich Council<br />

School <strong>and</strong> Technical School, Winsford; enlisted as Airman<br />

2nd Class, Royal Flying Corps, 13.8.1915; served with the<br />

6th Wing, H.Q. Dover, 1915-16; Corporal 1.3.1916; posted<br />

for service with 17th Wing, Gosport, August 1916; Acting<br />

Sergeant 19.12.1916; commissioned Temporary Second<br />

Lieutenant 1.2.1918; having qualified as a Pilot, he served as<br />

Second Lieutenant on the Western Front, from September<br />

1918; posted for service with 74 (Fighter) Squadron<br />

(S.E.5a’s), Clairmarais, October 1918; on 5.10.1918, whilst<br />

piloting S.E.5a C1827, Thornton attempted a l<strong>and</strong>ing in a<br />

cross-wind which resulted in the aircraft turning over; whilst<br />

piloting S.E.5a F907 he shared two enemy aircraft forced<br />

down out of control, 17.10.1918; Thornton was listed as<br />

‘Missing’ in action, 30.10.1918 (Service Papers refer);<br />

returning to action he continued to fly with the squadron<br />

throughout November 1918; returning to the Home<br />

Establishment, February 1919.


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488<br />

488<br />

Pair: Phantom Pilot Comm<strong>and</strong>er N.L.L. Featherstone, Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer<br />

No.750 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy<br />

General Service 1962-2007, three clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, Malay Peninsula<br />

(Lieut. N.L.L. Featherstone. R.N.); Jubilee 1977, nearly extremely fine, with the<br />

recipient’s Fleet Air Arm cloth insignia (2)<br />

£300-400<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er Neville Longdale Lee Featherstone, Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal<br />

Navy, 28.9.1959; Promoted Lieutenant, 26.3.1962, <strong>and</strong> trained as a fixed wing pilot,<br />

carrying out two front-line tours east of Suez flying Sea Vixens from the carrier H.M.S.<br />

Centaur; on return to the U.K. he qualified as a Flying Instructor (QFI) <strong>and</strong> spent two years<br />

at R.N.A.S. Brawdy in Wales teaching ëpipe-lineí pilots to fly the swept wing Hunter.<br />

Towards the end of this appointment he was invited to go to the US Naval Air Station<br />

Miramar at San Diego, California, to fly the F4 Phantom (this was at a time when the United<br />

States Navy was suffering heavy losses in Vietnam <strong>and</strong> was fully stretched to train sufficient<br />

replacements. More importantly it provided invaluable experience on the Phantom which had<br />

been ordered by the Royal Navy as a replacement for the Sea Vixen). In 1968 when the first<br />

Royal Navy Phantoms arrived at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton Featherstone joined 700P, the Intensive<br />

Flying Trials Unit. This metamorphosed into No.767 Squadron where as QFI <strong>and</strong> Senior<br />

Pilot he was responsible for training naval crews for the front-line No.892 Squadron <strong>and</strong><br />

R.A.F. crews for the first Squadron to re-equip with the Phantom. Promoted Lieutenant-<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 1.3.1970; he served as personal pilot to Vice-Admiral J.D. Treacher, Flag<br />

Officer, Naval Air Comm<strong>and</strong>, 1972-73, before being appointed to the Comm<strong>and</strong> of No.750<br />

Squadron at R.N.A.S. Culdrose in 1977. Promoted Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 1.9.1982, he carried out<br />

various staff jobs at the M.O.D. <strong>and</strong> SHAPE in Belgium, before retiring in 1987.<br />

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489<br />

Three: Lieutenant I.R. Phillis, Royal Navy<br />

Gulf 1990-91, one clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Lt I<br />

R Phillis RN); Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the<br />

Liberation of Kuwait, silvered <strong>and</strong> gilt, with rib<strong>and</strong><br />

bar; Kuwait, Emirate, Liberation Medal, Third Class,<br />

silvered <strong>and</strong> enamel, with rib<strong>and</strong> bar, nearly extremely<br />

fine, together with the recipient’s miniature Gulf<br />

medal, <strong>and</strong> Fleet Air Arm insignia (3)<br />

£300-400<br />

Lieutenant Ian Richard Phillis, Commissioned Sub<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 1.1.1987; promoted Lieutenant,<br />

3.1.1990.<br />

Lot 488 - Comm<strong>and</strong>er N.L.L. Featherstone (front row, centre),<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ing Officer No.750 Naval Air Squadron, 1979<br />

251<br />

490<br />

1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. W.A. Wedgewood R.E.),<br />

nearly extremely fine<br />

British War Medal (Lieut. A.P. Freer. R.A.F.), good<br />

very fine (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Second Lieutenant William Armstrong Wedgwood, a<br />

native of Middleton-St.-George, Co. Durham; served during<br />

the Great War with the Durham Fortress Company, Royal<br />

Engineers in the French Theatre of War, from 18.9.1915;<br />

attached Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps <strong>and</strong> after<br />

training was posted as an Observer to 11 (Fighter) Squadron,<br />

France; he was listed as missing, later ‘presumed burnt to<br />

death’, when flying with Lieutenant H.T.L. Speer (Pilot) in<br />

F.E. 2b 6949, 9.7.1916; he is buried in the London<br />

Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse, France.<br />

Lieutenant Albert Paul Freer, born 1897; educated at<br />

Mackenzie College, Sau Paulo, Brazil; enlisted as Private,<br />

Army Service Corps (M.T.), April 1916; served with the<br />

A.S.C. in the French Theatre of War, June 1916-March<br />

1917; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On<br />

Probation), Royal Flying Corps, April 1917; after training<br />

posted as a Pilot to 3 (Fighter) Squadron (Camels), Warloy<br />

Baillon, France, 5.1.1918; returned to the UK to for<br />

Instructional duties on fighter aircraft, August 1918; posted<br />

to 47 Squadron (Camels <strong>and</strong> D.H. 9’s) for service in South<br />

Russia, arriving for duty with the squadron, 26.5.1919;<br />

discharged 26.10.1919.


491<br />

British War Medal (Capt. P.K. Fowler. R.A.F.),<br />

naming rubbed, very fine<br />

£80-120<br />

M.I.D. London Gazette 19.12.1917 Flight Sub-Lieutenant<br />

(now Flight Lieut.) P.K. Fowler, R.N.A.S.<br />

Captain Phillip Kenning Fowler (1895-1970), born<br />

Fielding, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>; commissioned Probationary Flight<br />

Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, 30.4.1916; gained<br />

RAC Aviators’ Certificate (no. 3285) in a Curtiss Biplane at<br />

R.N.A.S. Eastbourne, 26.7.1916; after training posted as a<br />

Pilot to No. 2 Wing, December 1916; served with 220<br />

Squadron, “A” Flight, Thasos, <strong>and</strong> the R.N.A.S. Operations<br />

Report gives the following, ‘Thasos Air Station, “A”<br />

Squadron, February 27th [1917]. Raid on Gereviz<br />

Aerodrome - An attack was made at dawn upon Geveriz<br />

Seaplane Base by four Henri Farmans, two Sopwith Bombers,<br />

a Sopwith Fighter, <strong>and</strong> a Bristol Scout. Owing to<br />

unfavourable weather conditions bomb-dropping was<br />

difficult, <strong>and</strong> the full results obtained were not discernable,<br />

but two of the 65lb bombs appeared to have hit the south<br />

end of the hangar. There was a spirited fight between a large<br />

hostile seaplane <strong>and</strong> the Bristol Scout. The enemy machine<br />

was flying over the lake. The Bristol Scout dived down to<br />

within 1,000 feet four times <strong>and</strong> fired three trays, the<br />

Sopwith Fighter joining in from the rear <strong>and</strong> above. The<br />

enemy machine then descended to the lake <strong>and</strong> taxied for<br />

shore, running up on the beach, where both pilot <strong>and</strong><br />

observer deserted their machine. The Sopwith then, from<br />

260 feet up, fired three trays from his rear gun <strong>and</strong> 50 rounds<br />

from his forward gun, rendering the enemy machine useless.<br />

Pilot - Flight Sub-Lieut. J.N. Ingham, Flight Sub-Lieut.<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

Captain P.K. Fowler<br />

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N.H. Starbuck, R.N.V.R., as observer in Sopwith Fighter.<br />

Flight Sub-Lieut. P.K. Fowler in Bristol Scout’; he was in<br />

action again, ‘On the morning of the 30th September [1917]<br />

three enemy seaplanes, two of them single-seater fighters of a<br />

type known to the Royal Naval Air Service as ‘Blue Birds’,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the other a two-seater reconnaissance seaplane, were<br />

reported to be approaching Mudros. Three pilots went up at<br />

once to engage them, but only two came into action. They<br />

were Flight Lieutenant H.T. Mellings in a Sopwith Triplane,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Flight Lieutenant J.W. Alcock in a Sop with ‘Camel’.<br />

The Triplane pilot shot down one of the ‘Blue Birds’, which<br />

dived into the sea <strong>and</strong> broke up, <strong>and</strong> the ‘Camel’ pilot<br />

eventually forced the other to l<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> its wounded pilot was<br />

subsequently picked up by the ‘Acheron’. The German twoseater<br />

was pursued to the Dardanelles, where a Sop with<br />

‘Pup’ pilot from Imbros (Flight Lieutenant P.K. Fowler)<br />

joined in the attack. The observer in the German seaplane was<br />

apparently wounded, but, flying low down, the two-seater<br />

came under cover of the guns of the Dardanelles forts <strong>and</strong><br />

escaped destruction.’ (The War In The Air, Vol. V refers);<br />

Fowler was Mentioned in Despatches for this action, having<br />

‘displayed remarkable skill <strong>and</strong> dash during these operations’<br />

(service papers refer); both the other pilots were awarded the<br />

D.S.C.; transferred to “C” Flight <strong>and</strong> was involved in the<br />

attacks on the Turkish ships Goeben <strong>and</strong> Breslau, January<br />

1918, ‘another attack was made by Flight Sub Lt. Murray in<br />

Sopwith Bomber escorted by Flight Lt. Wincott <strong>and</strong> Flight<br />

Lt. Fowler in “Camels”. About 0752, dropped 4 65lb bombs<br />

at the Goeben. She was then taken about 1 mile up the<br />

Straits, <strong>and</strong> was observed to have a very heavy list to port <strong>and</strong><br />

was down at the stern’; served with 273 <strong>and</strong> 212 Squadrons<br />

at R.A.F. Station Yarmouth, October 1918-Ocotber 1919.


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Captain J.M. Turner Lieutenant J. Buckley<br />

492<br />

British War Medal (2) (Capt. J.M. Turner. R.A.F.; Lieut.<br />

J. Buckley. R.A.F.), minor official correction to surname on<br />

first, good very fine (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Captain John Mackay Turner, born Glasgow, 1896; prior to the<br />

Great War was a Partner in the ship-owning firm J.M. Turner &<br />

Co., based at Southampton; commissioned Probationary Flight Sub<br />

Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, July 1916; gained his RAC<br />

Aviators’ Certificate (No. 3712) on a Graham-White Biplane, at<br />

RNAS Chingford, 21.10.1916; after training on Seaplanes at<br />

Calshot, was posted as a Pilot to H.M.S. Campania (seaplane<br />

carrier), 17.2.1917; posted in a similar capacity to H.M.S. Engadine<br />

(seaplane carrier), based at Malta, June 1917; Flight Lieutenant<br />

31.12.1917; Captain Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918; remained with<br />

Engadine until the end of the war; discharged February 1919.<br />

Lieutenant John Buckley, born Gorton, Lancashire, 1898;<br />

commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation),<br />

Royal Flying Corps, May 1917; gained RAC Aviators’ Certificate<br />

(no. 5616), 23.9.1917; after training posted as a Pilot to R.A.F.<br />

Airship Station Luce Bay, July 1918; subsequently served at Airship<br />

Training Wing, Dundee before being discharged, April 1919.<br />

253


Lieutenant J.S. Ingleby<br />

493<br />

British War Medal (2) (Lieut. A.L. Crow. R.A.F.;<br />

Lieut. J.S. Ingleby. R.A.F.), minor official correction<br />

to first, generally very fine or better (2)<br />

£100-140<br />

Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Crow, born Canterbury, Kent,<br />

1894; educated at the Simon Langton School, Canterbury;<br />

enlisted as Private, 26th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers,<br />

9.8.1915; advanced Sergeant, 14.4.1916, <strong>and</strong> served with<br />

the British Expeditionary Force, 4.5.1916-1.2.1917;<br />

commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion,<br />

East Yorkshire Regiment, 29.5.1917; attached Royal Flying<br />

Corps, October 1917, <strong>and</strong> after training was posted as Flying<br />

Officer Observer to 35 Squadron (F.K. 8’s), Estree-en-<br />

Chaussee, France, 14.12.1917; the squadron was mainly<br />

tasked with photo reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> artillery co-operation,<br />

<strong>and</strong> on 10.2.1918 Crow was flying with Lieutenant Williams<br />

‘Arty Patrol - 4 25lb bombs dropped in Trench Junction...<br />

with good effect causing hostile retaliation with M.G...<br />

200rds (Vickers) fired into Bellenglise <strong>and</strong> Bellicourt main<br />

streets from 1,000ft’ (Squadron Record Book refers).<br />

Lieutenant John Seymour Ingleby, born Kingston-on-Hill,<br />

1899; educated at Harrow, 1914-1917; commissioned Flight<br />

Officer (On Probation), Royal Naval Air Service, 9.7.1917;<br />

gained R.A.C. Aviators’ Certificate (No. 5619) in a<br />

Cauldrom Biplane at Vendome, France, 23.10.1917; carried<br />

out further training at Cranwell before being posted to<br />

R.N.A.S. Eastchurch; Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant,<br />

January 1918; served as a Delivery Pilot with 14 A.A.P.,<br />

Castle Bromwich, from May 1918; he was killed when he<br />

crash l<strong>and</strong>ed a DH10, 11.6.1919 <strong>and</strong> is buried in Sonning<br />

(St. Andrew’s) Churchyard, Berkshire.<br />

494<br />

British War Medal (Lieut. M. Gibson. R.A.F.),<br />

naming rubbed, good very fine<br />

£180-220<br />

Lieutenant Max Gibson, born 1893; prior to the Great War<br />

was employed as a Salesman in Toronto, Canada;<br />

commissioned Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps, 8.9.1917,<br />

<strong>and</strong> was employed as an Instructor with 86 C.T.S., 43rd<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

WWW.spiNK.Com<br />

Wing, Texas; arrived in the UK, February 1918; posted as a<br />

Pilot to 45 (Fighter) Squadron (Camels), Grossa, Italy, June<br />

1918; flying on offensive patrol with another Camel,<br />

6.8.1918, ‘Saw 6 E.A. (1 Aviatik 2/Str. 5 Scouts) at 10.50am<br />

at 11,000ft vicinity of Segusino. 1 E.A. driven down <strong>and</strong><br />

crashed by Lt. James <strong>and</strong> 1 by Lt. Gibson. Confirmed by<br />

both Pilots. 2 others possibly crashed by Lt. James (Squadron<br />

Record Book refers); the Combat Report adds further insight,<br />

‘While on Special O.P. ordered by telephone, Lt. James<br />

sighted 5 New type scouts escorting an Aviatik 2/Str. at<br />

11,000ft over Segusino. He signalled to Lt. Gibson the other<br />

member of the patrol of their whereabouts but the latter did<br />

not observe his signal <strong>and</strong> dived on the 2/Str. not seeing the<br />

5 scouts. The 2/Str. did not seem to see him approaching<br />

<strong>and</strong> he was able to get in two long bursts at very close range.<br />

The E.A. turned over on its back <strong>and</strong> dived vertically down<br />

absolutely out of control; Lt. Gibson followed it down to<br />

7,000ft. <strong>and</strong> saw it crash N. of Alono. On seeing Lt. Gibson<br />

attack the 2/Str. the 5 scouts immediately dived on him. Lt.<br />

James at once attacked the scouts to guard Lt. Gibson who<br />

was in a dangerous position, firing long bursts at close range<br />

into each E.A. as they dived on him (Lt. Gibson). After firing<br />

a long burst into the first one it dived vertically down out of<br />

control. He then attacked the second E.A. <strong>and</strong> after firing a<br />

long burst into it, it stalled <strong>and</strong> fell down out of control. He<br />

fired long bursts at the third <strong>and</strong> fourth as they dived, but<br />

they immediately turned away. Lt. James then singled out the<br />

last E.A. <strong>and</strong> fired two long bursts at point blank range. The<br />

E.A. stalled, turned over on its back <strong>and</strong> dived vertically down<br />

with engine full on; he followed it down to 3,000ft. <strong>and</strong><br />

observed it to crash in the valley of St. Pietro. Lt. James was<br />

unable to observe the crash of the first two scouts owing to<br />

the remainder of the enemy patrol attacking Lt. Gibson but<br />

strongly believes them to have crashed at Valdobbiadene <strong>and</strong><br />

Moriago respectively. Lt. Gibson’s machine was badly shot<br />

about by machine gun fire’; Gibson was in the thick of it<br />

again, when flying on close patrol with Captain J. Cottle <strong>and</strong><br />

Lieutenant E.H. Masters, 20.8.1918, ‘Saw 3 E.A. 2/Strs.<br />

(type unknown) at 7.10pm at 14,000ft. S. Asiago. Capt.<br />

Cottle shot one down. Lt. Masters shot one down. Lt.<br />

Gibson shot one down’ (Squadron Record Book refers); once<br />

again the Combat Report offers more detail, ‘While on No.<br />

12 C.O.P. Capt. Cottle observed 3 2/Str. E.A. W.of Asiago<br />

travelling S.E. Capt. Cottle climbed his Patrol into the sun<br />

<strong>and</strong> cut them off from the rear.<br />

Each member of the patrol singled out one E.A. <strong>and</strong> attacked<br />

it at close range. Capt. Cottle getting on to the tail of one<br />

E.A. fired several long bursts at very close range, <strong>and</strong> saw the<br />

observer collapse, after he had fired several rounds. He<br />

observed this E.A. to dive down through the clouds with<br />

engine full on completely out of control at 7,000ft. over the<br />

mountains towards our lines.<br />

At the same time Lt. Masters attacked another E.A. which<br />

immediately dived towards Mt. Forcellona. Obtaining a good<br />

position he fired two long bursts at very close range after<br />

which the E.A. seemed to explode <strong>and</strong> burst into pieces (Lt.<br />

Gibson confirms). He was unable to ascertain where the<br />

wreckage fell owing to the low clouds.<br />

Lt. Gibson fired two long bursts at the above machine but<br />

seeing the other E.A. attempting to escape, chased it<br />

northwards. The E.A. immediately dived <strong>and</strong> Lt. Gibson fired<br />

several long bursts at very close range, after which the E.A.<br />

got into a spin with engine full on <strong>and</strong> dived through the<br />

clouds absolutely out of control (Lt. Masters confirms).<br />

Owing to very low clouds Capt. Cottle <strong>and</strong> Lt. Gibson were<br />

unable to see their E.A. crash but the former believes the E.A.<br />

which he attacked to have crashed on our side of the line’;<br />

Gibson moved with the squadron to France, <strong>and</strong> operated<br />

from Bettoncourt, September 1918; returned to Home<br />

Establishment, 8.2.1919; posted to 186 Squadron,<br />

13.7.1919; the latter was a development squadron based at<br />

Gosport, tasked for naval co-operation duties; discharged<br />

1920.


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495<br />

Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Ralph Neal<br />

Cresswell), good very fine, placed in a wooden mount<br />

£180-220<br />

Lieutenant Ralph Neal Cresswell, born Wakefield,<br />

Yorkshire, 1898; joined the Royal Flying Corps as a Cadet,<br />

6.6.1917; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On<br />

Probation), 11.10.1917, after training he was posted as a<br />

Pilot to 92 (Fighter) Squadron, Chattis Hill, December<br />

1917; posted to 6 (Reconnaissance) Squadron (R.E. 8’s),<br />

Longavesnes, France, 6.10.1918; on the 23rd October whilst<br />

piloting R.E. 8 F6279, in his first operational flight,<br />

Cresswell was shot down by Leutnant Hans Boes of Jasta<br />

34b; Lieutenant Ralph Silk (his Observer) provided an<br />

account of the action that was published in Tommy Goes To<br />

War, ‘I had already made two flights over the enemy’s lines<br />

that day, bombing, strafing <strong>and</strong> taking photographs, <strong>and</strong> had<br />

retired to my tent for rest when the Squadron Comm<strong>and</strong>er<br />

lifted the tent flap <strong>and</strong> said: ‘Silk, you will have to go up<br />

again. The Huns are withdrawing their guns on the Le<br />

Cateau road. I want you to blast the lot.’ Feeling<br />

apprehensive, I remarked: ‘I feel I shall not return this time.’<br />

‘Come, come,’ he said, ‘Your Guardian Angel will still look<br />

after you.’ He gave me a gentle pat. ‘But who’s going to be<br />

my pilot,’ I asked. ‘Creswell the new fellow.’ I shook h<strong>and</strong>s<br />

with him <strong>and</strong> rushed off to the waiting machine. Over the<br />

lines a number of enemy Fokker machines swooped out of<br />

the sun upon our four R.E. 8 machines, the air was full of<br />

wings <strong>and</strong> bullets; when my machine gave a lurch, I turned<br />

my head to my pilot, he had slumped over the controls<br />

mortally wounded. Next I had a gun-shot wound in the head.<br />

Lieutenant R.N. Cresswell<br />

255<br />

The machine went into a spin <strong>and</strong> finally crashed upon some<br />

trees near Le Cateau. I can faintly remember being lowered<br />

to the ground, then passed out.’ Silk was taken Prisoner of<br />

War. Cresswell is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.<br />

496<br />

Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Henry<br />

Carbines), very fine<br />

£80-120<br />

Second Lieutenant Henry Carbines born Aintree, 1898;<br />

educated at Preston Agricultural College; son of Major H.<br />

Carbines, of Ilfracombe, Devon; initially a Private in the<br />

Lancashire Hussars, he was commissioned Second<br />

Lieutenant, 8th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, 29.5.1917;<br />

served in the French Theatre of War, from 1917; attached<br />

Royal Flying Corps, January 1918; after training posted as<br />

Observer to 16 Squadron (R.E. 8’s), Complain l’Abbe,<br />

19.3.1918; on 27.3.1918 whilst flying with Second<br />

Lieutenant L. Playne in R.E. 8 B5028, ‘Machine left<br />

aerodrome at 11.20am on Special Mission on Third Army<br />

Front <strong>and</strong> was shot through petrol tank <strong>and</strong> forced to l<strong>and</strong> on<br />

84 Sqn’s aerodrome at about 3pm. Machine was repaired <strong>and</strong><br />

the pilot left at 6pm to fly back to the Squadron. Nothing has<br />

been since been heard of the machine or personnel-believed<br />

Missing’; both were later confirmed killed in action, <strong>and</strong><br />

having no known grave are commemorated on the Arras<br />

Memorial.


Captain R.L. Chidlaw-Roberts<br />

497<br />

A Great War S.E.5 Propeller<br />

A fine Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 propeller, approx.<br />

1350mm, laminated hardwood fabrication with<br />

original matt painted sage-green fabric covered blade,<br />

mounted on a wooden plinth inscribed ‘Cpt. Chitlaw-<br />

Roberts 60th Sqn 1914-18 SE5 RFC’<br />

£200-300<br />

M.C. London Gazette 5.7.1918 Lt. (T./Capt.) Robert Leslie<br />

Chidlaw-Roberts, Hants. R. <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. He<br />

constantly attacked superior numbers of enemy aeroplanes.<br />

On one occasion he repeatedly attacked five enemy machines,<br />

driving among them <strong>and</strong> attacking each in turn at short<br />

ranges. On three other occasions he brought down enemy<br />

machines. He showed great skill <strong>and</strong> courage.’<br />

Captain Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts, M.C., born<br />

Towyn, Montgomeryshire, June 1896; educated at<br />

University College School, London, <strong>and</strong> R.M.A. S<strong>and</strong>hurst;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Hampshire Regiment,<br />

May 1915, <strong>and</strong> seconded for service with the Royal Flying<br />

Corps as an Observer in No.2 Squadron, flying with them on<br />

the Western Front for six months from May 1915; joined<br />

No.60 Squadron as a Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 18.8.1917, <strong>and</strong><br />

served with them on the Western Front based at St. Marie-<br />

Cappel, flying S.E.5s, from 7.9.1917- his first Victory (Out<br />

of Control) was an Albatros east of Menin, 14.9.1917; over<br />

the next four months he achieved a further eight Victories (7<br />

Destroyed (5 shared) <strong>and</strong> 1 Out of Control (this shared)),<br />

the last when he shared in the destruction of an Albatros<br />

flown by Leutnant Max Muller, the 36 Victory Ace, who<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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497<br />

jumped out <strong>and</strong> was killed. Promoted Captain <strong>and</strong> awarded<br />

the Military Cross, he was appointed to the Comm<strong>and</strong> of ‘A’<br />

Flight, No.40 Squadron, June 1918, <strong>and</strong> shared in the<br />

destruction of a German kite Balloon, 29.9.1918, bringing<br />

his personal score to 10 Victories.<br />

Note: Owing to the large <strong>and</strong> bulky nature of this lot it is<br />

unsuitable for postage <strong>and</strong> we would recommend collection.


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£100 to £300 by £10<br />

£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.<br />

£600 to £1,000 by £50<br />

£1,000 to £3,000 by £100<br />

£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.<br />

£6,000 to £20,000 by £500<br />

£20,000 <strong>and</strong> up auctioneer’s discretion<br />

date saLe No.<br />

Thursday 22 November 2012 at 10.00 a.m. 12004<br />

Lot Number<br />

(in numerical order)<br />

price bid £<br />

(excluding buyer’s premium)<br />

VAT is chargeable on the hammer <strong>and</strong><br />

the premium of daggered (†) <strong>and</strong> (Ω)<br />

lots at the st<strong>and</strong>ard rate (currently<br />

20%), <strong>and</strong> on lots marked (x) at the<br />

reduced rate (currently 5% on the<br />

hammer <strong>and</strong> 20% on the premium).<br />

vat on margin scheme lots is payable<br />

at 20% on the premium only.<br />

trade refereNCes ________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

baNK refereNCes _____________________________________________________________________________________________________


Lot Price<br />

1 £230,000<br />

2 £200,000<br />

3 £6,500<br />

4 £5,000<br />

5 £78,000<br />

6 £1,700<br />

7 £320<br />

8 £260<br />

9 £3,800<br />

10 £900<br />

11 £2,100<br />

12 £900<br />

13 £2,200<br />

14 £9,500<br />

15 £3,500<br />

16 £1,400<br />

17 £1,800<br />

18 £750<br />

19 £750<br />

20 £3,200<br />

21 £900<br />

22 £2,100<br />

23 £580<br />

24 £2,400<br />

25 £2,700<br />

26 £1,600<br />

27 £900<br />

28 £130<br />

29 £800<br />

30 £650<br />

31 £600<br />

32 £9,500<br />

Lot Price<br />

33 £1,500<br />

34 £1,600<br />

35 £260<br />

36 £250<br />

37 £500<br />

38 £650<br />

39 £650<br />

40 £230<br />

41 £850<br />

43 £1,400<br />

44 £260<br />

45 £2,500<br />

46 £2,300<br />

47 £1,500<br />

48 £900<br />

49 £700<br />

50 £450<br />

51 £220<br />

52 £1,900<br />

53 £2,100<br />

54 £500<br />

55 £480<br />

56 £2,300<br />

57 £700<br />

58 £320<br />

59 £400<br />

60 £850<br />

61 £1,100<br />

62 £650<br />

63 £1,200<br />

64 £3,200<br />

65 £400<br />

AUCTION RESULTS<br />

saLe: Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals<br />

<strong>and</strong> Militaria<br />

saLe No: 12003<br />

date: Thursday 19 November 2012<br />

veNue: London<br />

Lot Price<br />

66 £180<br />

67 £160<br />

68 £200<br />

69 £210<br />

70 £250<br />

71 £150<br />

72 £210<br />

73 £150<br />

74 £150<br />

75 £150<br />

76 £400<br />

77 £150<br />

78 £140<br />

79 £290<br />

80 £270<br />

81 £900<br />

82 £280<br />

83 £200<br />

84 £260<br />

85 £190<br />

86 £300<br />

87 £320<br />

88 £950<br />

89 £700<br />

90 £130<br />

91 £200<br />

92 £170<br />

93 £210<br />

94 £140<br />

95 £210<br />

97 £210<br />

98 £800<br />

Lot Price<br />

99 £2,200<br />

100 £170<br />

101 £33,000<br />

102 £1,600<br />

103 £5,000<br />

104 £3,200<br />

105 £3,800<br />

106 £1,400<br />

107 £9,000<br />

108 £4,000<br />

109 £2,100<br />

110 £23,000<br />

111 £1,800<br />

112 £5,000<br />

113 £1,200<br />

114 £3,800<br />

115 £1,800<br />

116 £2,500<br />

117 £1,000<br />

118 £3,000<br />

119 £1,900<br />

120 £600<br />

121 £1,100<br />

122 £1,200<br />

123 £1,000<br />

124 £750<br />

125 £800<br />

126 £650<br />

127 £900<br />

128 £4,500<br />

129 £5,200<br />

130 £1,800<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> & Son Ltd<br />

69 Southampton Row<br />

Bloomsbury<br />

London WC1B 4ET<br />

Tel: (020) 7563 4000<br />

The following prices in sterling do not include the buyer’s premium <strong>and</strong> are rounded to the<br />

nearest pound. Lots which did not sell are not shown.<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> & Son are not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.<br />

Lot Price<br />

131 £900<br />

132 £750<br />

133 £1,700<br />

134 £1,900<br />

135 £1,400<br />

136 £1,800<br />

137 £1,200<br />

138 £1,600<br />

139 £450<br />

140 £480<br />

141 £260<br />

142 £2,400<br />

143 £1,600<br />

144 £500<br />

145 £350<br />

146 £700<br />

147 £950<br />

148 £700<br />

149 £500<br />

150 £380<br />

151 £300<br />

152 £380<br />

153 £550<br />

154 £320<br />

155 £230<br />

156 £380<br />

157 £1,600<br />

158 £1,200<br />

159 £60<br />

160 £160<br />

161 £190<br />

162 £170<br />

Lot Price<br />

163 £230<br />

164 £170<br />

165 £130<br />

166 £250<br />

167 £140<br />

168 £180<br />

169 £140<br />

170 £120<br />

171 £180<br />

172 £580<br />

173 £850<br />

174 £2,200<br />

175 £480<br />

176 £240<br />

177 £600<br />

178 £170<br />

179 £140<br />

180 £480<br />

181 £320<br />

182 £320<br />

183 £350<br />

184 £780<br />

185 £380<br />

186 £900<br />

187 £900<br />

188 £380<br />

189 £320<br />

190 £280<br />

191 £580<br />

192 £320<br />

193 £260<br />

194 £900


Lot Price<br />

195 £1,200<br />

196 £580<br />

197 £580<br />

198 £500<br />

199 £160<br />

200 £260<br />

201 £500<br />

202 £270<br />

203 £320<br />

204 £290<br />

205 £290<br />

206 £240<br />

207 £400<br />

208 £450<br />

209 £130<br />

210 £130<br />

211 £130<br />

212 £180<br />

213 £190<br />

214 £120<br />

215 £380<br />

216 £100<br />

217 £190<br />

218 £130<br />

219 £200<br />

220 £130<br />

221 £160<br />

222 £80<br />

223 £60<br />

224 £70<br />

225 £70<br />

226 £70<br />

227 £240<br />

228 £400<br />

229 £1,500<br />

230 £1,800<br />

231 £140<br />

232 £80<br />

233 £130<br />

234 £800<br />

235 £150<br />

236 £160<br />

Lot Price<br />

237 £150<br />

238 £190<br />

239 £520<br />

240 £270<br />

241 £420<br />

242 £150<br />

243 £400<br />

244 £150<br />

245 £70<br />

246 £150<br />

247 £140<br />

248 £70<br />

249 £130<br />

250 £240<br />

251 £380<br />

252 £700<br />

253 £200<br />

254 £90<br />

255 £380<br />

256 £350<br />

257 £220<br />

258 £50<br />

259 £140<br />

260 £600<br />

261 £110<br />

262 £70<br />

263 £120<br />

264 £100<br />

265 £90<br />

266 £70<br />

267 £100<br />

268 £280<br />

269 £110<br />

270 £170<br />

271 £170<br />

272 £160<br />

273 £160<br />

274 £230<br />

275 £600<br />

276 £140<br />

277 £140<br />

278 £210<br />

Lot Price<br />

279 £180<br />

281 £130<br />

282 £380<br />

283 £100<br />

284 £400<br />

285 £110<br />

286 £160<br />

287 £80<br />

288 £120<br />

289 £120<br />

290 £90<br />

291 £110<br />

292 £70<br />

293 £110<br />

294 £110<br />

295 £70<br />

296 £140<br />

297 £80<br />

298 £380<br />

299 £250<br />

300 £190<br />

301 £450<br />

302 £140<br />

303 £90<br />

304 £120<br />

305 £120<br />

306 £150<br />

307 £100<br />

308 £110<br />

309 £140<br />

310 £130<br />

311 £160<br />

312 £230<br />

313 £80<br />

314 £80<br />

315 £380<br />

316 £240<br />

317 £60<br />

318 £140<br />

319 £90<br />

320 £700<br />

322 £110<br />

Lot Price<br />

323 £270<br />

324 £100<br />

325 £580<br />

326 £110<br />

327 £300<br />

328 £220<br />

329 £140<br />

330 £450<br />

331 £260<br />

332 £180<br />

333 £650<br />

334 £450<br />

335 £2,300<br />

337 £140<br />

338 £130<br />

339 £750<br />

340 £1,400<br />

341 £1,600<br />

342 £400<br />

343 £520<br />

344 £520<br />

345 £210<br />

346 £120<br />

347 £350<br />

348 £120<br />

349 £450<br />

350 £180<br />

352 £210<br />

353 £100<br />

354 £150<br />

355 £350<br />

356 £170<br />

357 £180<br />

358 £190<br />

359 £380<br />

360 £600<br />

361 £420<br />

362 £120<br />

363 £130<br />

364 £380<br />

365 £380<br />

366 £1,600<br />

Lot Price<br />

367 £420<br />

368 £270<br />

369 £400<br />

374 £1,400<br />

375 £40<br />

376 £60<br />

377 £60<br />

378 £70<br />

379 £70<br />

380 £650<br />

381 £500<br />

382 £150<br />

383 £150<br />

384 £200<br />

385 £80<br />

386 £550<br />

387 £210<br />

388 £290<br />

389 £420<br />

390 £170<br />

391 £150<br />

392 £320<br />

393 £150<br />

394 £400<br />

395 £400<br />

396 £300<br />

397 £280<br />

398 £90<br />

399 £100<br />

400 £220<br />

401 £190<br />

402 £170<br />

403 £380<br />

404 £320<br />

405 £230<br />

406 £380<br />

407 £380<br />

408 £120<br />

409 £110<br />

410 £140<br />

411 £210<br />

412 £210<br />

Lot Price<br />

413 £400<br />

414 £120<br />

415 £80<br />

416 £60<br />

417 £120<br />

418 £80<br />

419 £100<br />

420 £320<br />

421 £150<br />

422 £80<br />

423 £140<br />

424 £110<br />

425 £480<br />

426 £480<br />

427 £1,500<br />

428 £700<br />

429 £160<br />

430 £280<br />

431 £170


Lot Price<br />

1 £110,000<br />

2 £30,000<br />

3 £320,000<br />

4 £40,000<br />

5 £7,500<br />

6 £4,500<br />

7 £350<br />

8 £1,700<br />

9 £4,000<br />

10 £75,000<br />

Lot Price<br />

11 £2,900<br />

12 £17,500<br />

13 £26,000<br />

14 £2,800<br />

15 £2,500<br />

16 £2,700<br />

17 £2,300<br />

18 £3,800<br />

19 £8,500<br />

20 £3,000<br />

AUCTION RESULTS<br />

saLe: The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust<br />

Appeal Charity Auction<br />

saLe No: 12044<br />

date: Thursday 6 September 2012<br />

veNue: London<br />

The following prices in sterling do not include the buyer’s premium <strong>and</strong> are rounded to the<br />

nearest pound. Lots which did not sell are not shown.<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> & Son are not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.<br />

Lot Price<br />

21 £2,700<br />

22 £2,400<br />

23 £4,200<br />

24 £320<br />

25 £140<br />

26 £50<br />

27 £550<br />

28 £230<br />

29 £160<br />

30 £240<br />

Lot Price<br />

31 £170<br />

32 £220<br />

33 £190<br />

34 £11,500<br />

35 £800<br />

36 £1,300<br />

37 £420<br />

38 £120<br />

39 £140<br />

40 £120<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> & Son Ltd<br />

69 Southampton Row<br />

Bloomsbury<br />

London WC1B 4ET<br />

Tel: (020) 7563 4000<br />

Lot Price<br />

41 £80<br />

42 £320<br />

43 £130<br />

44 £180<br />

45 £130<br />

46 £900<br />

47 £8,500<br />

48 £1,000<br />

49 £300<br />

50 £950<br />

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Lot Price<br />

51 £3,800<br />

52 £800<br />

53 £230<br />

54 £280<br />

55 £140<br />

56 £320<br />

57 £800<br />

58 £700<br />

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS<br />

These conditions set out the terms on which we (<strong>Spink</strong> <strong>and</strong> Son Limited of 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET (company no. 04369748)) contract<br />

with you (Buyer) either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if we are the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully.<br />

1 DEFINITIONS<br />

The following definitions in this condition apply in these conditions.<br />

Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme means a VAT margin scheme as defined by HM Revenue & Customs;<br />

Buyer’s Premium means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below;<br />

Certificate of Authenticity means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot;<br />

Expert Committee means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with clause 3.4.3;<br />

Forgery means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived <strong>and</strong> executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to<br />

authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description<br />

in the catalogue <strong>and</strong> which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance<br />

with the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

restoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling);<br />

Hammer Price means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a Lot;<br />

Lot means any item deposited with us for sale at auction <strong>and</strong>, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any<br />

catalogue;<br />

Reserve the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold;<br />

Seller means the owner of the Lot being sold by us;<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Group <strong>Spink</strong> <strong>and</strong> Son Limited, our subsidiaries <strong>and</strong> associated companies.<br />

VAT value added tax chargeable under VAT <strong>and</strong> any similar replacement or additional tax; <strong>and</strong><br />

VAT Symbols means the symbols detailing the VAT status of the Lot details of which are set out at the back of the catalogue.<br />

2 SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT<br />

2.1 All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertaken<br />

either as agent on behalf of the Seller or from time to time, as principal<br />

if we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting as<br />

agent on behalf of the Seller rather than as principal, we may have a<br />

financial interest in the Lot.<br />

2.2 The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you <strong>and</strong> the Seller.<br />

3 BEFORE THE SALE<br />

3.1 Examination of goods<br />

You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you<br />

are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are<br />

usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other<br />

than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.13 of these Terms<br />

<strong>and</strong> Conditions.<br />

3.2 Catalogue descriptions<br />

3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made<br />

orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin,<br />

date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance,<br />

condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely<br />

statements of opinion, <strong>and</strong> are not to be relied on as statements of<br />

definitive fact. Catalogue illustrations are for guidance only, <strong>and</strong><br />

should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of<br />

any item or to reveal imperfections. Estimates of the selling price<br />

should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the<br />

price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose.<br />

3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being<br />

in perfect condition <strong>and</strong> some descriptions in the catalogue or given<br />

by way of condition report make reference to damage <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

restoration. We provide this information for guidance only <strong>and</strong> the<br />

absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from<br />

defects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defects<br />

imply the absence of any others.<br />

3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, <strong>and</strong> in the absence of fraud,<br />

neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are<br />

responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the<br />

authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or<br />

provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for<br />

any faults or defects in any Lot.<br />

3.3 Your Responsibility<br />

You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the<br />

goods <strong>and</strong> the matters referred to in the catalogue description.<br />

3.4 Extensions – Stamps only<br />

3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of<br />

Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containing<br />

undescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than<br />

forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Uni (07/11) (20)<br />

4 AT THE SALE<br />

the first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall have<br />

the same effect as notice of an intention to question the<br />

genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause<br />

5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms <strong>and</strong><br />

Conditions <strong>and</strong> the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of<br />

Forgery) shall apply accordingly.<br />

3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of<br />

Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required <strong>and</strong><br />

specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject<br />

to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to<br />

refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity<br />

including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not<br />

known to us.<br />

3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of<br />

Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You<br />

acknowledge <strong>and</strong> accept that the length of time taken by an Expert<br />

Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the<br />

circumstances <strong>and</strong> in any event is beyond our control.<br />

3.4.4 We will not normally accept a request for an extension on<br />

account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having<br />

faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or<br />

Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included<br />

in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.<br />

3.4.5 Should <strong>Spink</strong> accept a request for an extension under the<br />

foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by the<br />

Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot.<br />

3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate<br />

of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only <strong>and</strong> not<br />

on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity.<br />

No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp <strong>and</strong><br />

the return of such a stamp will not be accepted.<br />

4.1 Refusal of admission<br />

Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over<br />

which we have control for the sale, <strong>and</strong> we have the right, exercisable<br />

at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or<br />

attendance at an auction.<br />

4.2 Registration before bidding<br />

You must complete <strong>and</strong> sign a registration form <strong>and</strong> provide<br />

identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we<br />

usually require buyers to undergo a credit check.<br />

Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”,<br />

which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the<br />

item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an<br />

event.


4.3 Bidding as Principal<br />

When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by<br />

way of telephone bids operated by <strong>Spink</strong>, commission or online or<br />

email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal <strong>and</strong> will be<br />

accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the<br />

time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third<br />

party buyer acceptable to us.<br />

4.4 Commission Bids<br />

If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form<br />

provided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonable<br />

endeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not later<br />

than 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a<br />

particular Lot for identical amounts, <strong>and</strong> at auction these bids are the<br />

highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was<br />

received first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to other<br />

commitments at the time of the sale, <strong>and</strong> the conduct of the auction<br />

may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is<br />

undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated,<br />

we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. You<br />

should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of<br />

bidding.<br />

4.5 On-line Bidding<br />

We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not<br />

be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the<br />

internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a<br />

loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a<br />

breakdown or problems with the online bidding software <strong>and</strong>/or (iii)<br />

a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or<br />

system. Execution of on-line internet bids is a free service undertaken<br />

subject to other commitments at the time of the auction <strong>and</strong> we do not<br />

accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors<br />

or omissions in connection with this activity.<br />

4.6 Telephone Bids<br />

If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the<br />

sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you<br />

to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we<br />

be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.<br />

4.7 Currency Converter<br />

At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the<br />

one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank<br />

Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the<br />

date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by<br />

us, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currency<br />

converter is not always reliable, <strong>and</strong> errors may occur beyond our<br />

control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the<br />

converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shall<br />

not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the<br />

currency converter.<br />

4.8 Video images<br />

At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its<br />

operation, <strong>and</strong> we cannot be liable to you regarding either the<br />

correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the<br />

image as a reproduction of the original.<br />

4.9 Bidding Increments<br />

Bidding generally opens below the low estimate <strong>and</strong> advances in the<br />

following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding<br />

increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding<br />

increments are:<br />

Up to £100 by £5<br />

£100 to £300 by £10<br />

£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.<br />

£600 to £1,000 by £50<br />

£1,000 to £3,000 by £100<br />

£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.<br />

£6,000 to £20,000 by £500<br />

£20,000 <strong>and</strong> up Auctioneer’s discretion<br />

4.10 Bidding by <strong>Spink</strong><br />

4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to<br />

the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the<br />

low estimate printed in the auction catalogue.<br />

4.10.2 The <strong>Spink</strong> Group reserves the right to bid on <strong>and</strong> purchase<br />

Lots as principal.<br />

4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion<br />

The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid<br />

to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw<br />

or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots <strong>and</strong>, in the case of<br />

error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.<br />

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4.12 Successful Bid<br />

Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks<br />

the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is<br />

higher than the Reserve (where applicable), <strong>and</strong> the conclusion of a<br />

contract for sale between you <strong>and</strong> the Seller.<br />

4.13 After Sale Arrangements<br />

If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller<br />

within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller<br />

reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in<br />

accordance with these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions, <strong>and</strong> the Seller a<br />

commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement.<br />

4.14 Return of Lot<br />

Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay<br />

for that Lot in accordance with these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions. If there<br />

are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of<br />

receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may then<br />

request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out in<br />

clause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot <strong>and</strong> the refund of<br />

the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We<br />

will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by<br />

us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date.<br />

5 AFTER THE AUCTION<br />

5.1 Buyer’s Premium<br />

In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s<br />

Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer Price of each Lot.<br />

5.2 Value Added Tax<br />

Other than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) (see VAT Symbols for<br />

details), VAT is payable on the Buyer’s Premium <strong>and</strong> on the Hammer<br />

Price, if the Lot has been marked with a sign to that effect in the<br />

catalogue (see VAT Symbols for details).<br />

5.3 VAT Refunds<br />

General<br />

5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they<br />

have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date of<br />

sale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VAT<br />

invoiced. However, if a <strong>Spink</strong> nominated shipper is instructed, then<br />

any refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases credits<br />

will be made when proof of export is provided. If you export the<br />

Lot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from the<br />

Shipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made.<br />

5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of export<br />

certificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail to<br />

return the proof of export certificate to us within such period <strong>and</strong><br />

you have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will be<br />

liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot <strong>and</strong> we<br />

shall be entitled to invoice you for this sum.<br />

5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of export<br />

certificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked<br />

‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment will<br />

be made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Spink</strong> will charge £50 for each refund processed.<br />

VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU<br />

5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> Buyer’s<br />

Premium of Daggered (†) <strong>and</strong> Investment Gold (g) Lots. You must<br />

certify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country <strong>and</strong><br />

that the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3<br />

months of the date of sale.<br />

5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT has<br />

been charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may be<br />

possible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 to<br />

HM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section,<br />

Londonderry.<br />

VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU<br />

5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme<br />

<strong>and</strong> evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months<br />

of the date of sale, the VAT element included within the Buyer’s<br />

Premium may be refunded.<br />

5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold<br />

(g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refunded<br />

where evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3<br />

months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s<br />

Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a<br />

collectibles dealer.<br />

5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an Import<br />

VAT (x) Lot <strong>and</strong> evidence of export from the EU is produced<br />

within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both the<br />

Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Where<br />

required, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specific<br />

form of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on the<br />

export of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibility<br />

in respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie with<br />

you <strong>and</strong> we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain such<br />

certificate.


5.4 Payment<br />

5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name <strong>and</strong> permanent address<br />

<strong>and</strong>, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments<br />

to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising<br />

the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium <strong>and</strong> any applicable VAT)<br />

within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you<br />

wish to export the Lot <strong>and</strong> an export licence is (or may be)<br />

required.<br />

5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due<br />

have been paid in full. This includes instances where special<br />

arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.<br />

5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the following<br />

methods:<br />

II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set<br />

out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you.<br />

Please ensure that your client number is noted on the<br />

transfer.<br />

i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to <strong>Spink</strong> <strong>and</strong> Son Ltd<br />

<strong>and</strong> sent to <strong>Spink</strong> at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,<br />

London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing charges<br />

for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a<br />

non-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the<br />

remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is<br />

enclosed with your payment.<br />

(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied.<br />

Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made by<br />

the card holder in person whilst on our premises.<br />

5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer <strong>and</strong> not by<br />

third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration<br />

that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.<br />

5.5 Invoices<br />

Invoices may consist of one or more pages <strong>and</strong> will show: Zero rated<br />

Lots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme;<br />

Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†),<br />

imported Lots marked (x) <strong>and</strong> (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammer<br />

for EU VAT registered buyers.<br />

5.6 Collection of Purchases<br />

5.6.1 Unless we specifically agree to the contrary, we shall retain items<br />

sold until all amounts due to us, or to the <strong>Spink</strong> Group, have been<br />

paid in full.<br />

5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will<br />

be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for<br />

inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven<br />

days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven<br />

days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot<br />

will be entirely at your risk.<br />

5.6.3 Our policy will not cover <strong>and</strong> we are unable to accept<br />

responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in<br />

atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.<br />

5.7 Notification<br />

We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While<br />

Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept<br />

responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are<br />

requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible<br />

after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid<br />

incurring charges for late payment.<br />

5.8 Packing <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling<br />

5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>and</strong> packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after<br />

seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the<br />

Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the<br />

back of the catalogue.<br />

5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import<br />

Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final<br />

destination. <strong>Spink</strong> will not accept return of any package in order to<br />

avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any<br />

Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of<br />

certain collectibles. <strong>Spink</strong> will not accept return of the Lot(s) under<br />

these circumstances. <strong>Spink</strong> will not accept responsibility for Lot(s)<br />

seized or destroyed by Customs.<br />

5.9 Recommended packers <strong>and</strong> shippers<br />

If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your<br />

agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our<br />

suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such<br />

parties in the past <strong>and</strong> we are not responsible to any person to whom<br />

we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third<br />

parties concerned.<br />

5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases<br />

5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated<br />

payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise<br />

one or more of the following rights or remedies:<br />

5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound<br />

interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full<br />

amount is due;<br />

5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the <strong>Spink</strong> Group may<br />

owe you in any other transaction the outst<strong>and</strong>ing amount<br />

remaining unpaid by you;<br />

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5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other<br />

property in the possession of the <strong>Spink</strong> Group until you have<br />

paid all the amounts you owe us or the <strong>Spink</strong> Group, even if the<br />

unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property.<br />

Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> remaining unpaid, the <strong>Spink</strong> Group shall have<br />

the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We<br />

shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

to us or the <strong>Spink</strong> Group, <strong>and</strong> pay any balance to you;<br />

5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the <strong>Spink</strong><br />

Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount<br />

paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular<br />

transaction, whether or not you so direct;<br />

5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on<br />

your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any<br />

bids.<br />

5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in<br />

addition be entitled:<br />

5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you<br />

at the same or any other auction;<br />

5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, <strong>and</strong>, if<br />

this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance<br />

from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20%<br />

seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions<br />

<strong>and</strong> premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or<br />

otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make<br />

payment; or<br />

5.10.2.3 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit.<br />

5.11 Failure to collect<br />

Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale,<br />

whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay a<br />

storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional h<strong>and</strong>ling cost<br />

that may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing charges are met, together with payment of all other<br />

amounts due to us.<br />

5.12 Export Licence<br />

5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed<br />

provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise you<br />

in relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibility<br />

in respect of any export will lie with you <strong>and</strong> we will not be<br />

responsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences.<br />

5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be h<strong>and</strong> carried by you, you may be<br />

required to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiver<br />

document stating that a licence will be applied for.<br />

5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is required<br />

before exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within two<br />

or three weeks but delays can occur.<br />

5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish<br />

to apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation to<br />

make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on<br />

late payment.<br />

5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on your<br />

behalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursements<br />

<strong>and</strong> out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, together<br />

with any relevant VAT.<br />

5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any<br />

interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made<br />

by you despite the fact that an export licence is required.<br />

5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery<br />

5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, <strong>and</strong> the amount paid refunded to you<br />

if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the<br />

catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not<br />

however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the<br />

catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date<br />

corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or<br />

experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of<br />

opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery<br />

only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted<br />

for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at<br />

the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable<br />

or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you<br />

should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following<br />

conditions are met:<br />

5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the<br />

receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a<br />

Forgery;<br />

5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days<br />

from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the<br />

auction date; <strong>and</strong>


5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must<br />

produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery <strong>and</strong><br />

that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third<br />

party claims.<br />

5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more<br />

than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned <strong>and</strong> you shall<br />

have no claim for interest.<br />

5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being<br />

transferred, <strong>and</strong> is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the<br />

original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold<br />

<strong>and</strong> who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without<br />

disposing of any interest in it to any third party.<br />

5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to<br />

establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process<br />

was used or in use at the date of the auction.<br />

6 LIABILITY<br />

Nothing in these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions limits or excludes our liability for:<br />

6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or<br />

6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or<br />

fraudulent misrepresentation.<br />

7 COPYRIGHT<br />

7.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video<br />

or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image<br />

will belong to us, <strong>and</strong> we shall have the right to use it in whatever way<br />

we see fit.<br />

7.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations <strong>and</strong> written material relating<br />

to a Lot is <strong>and</strong> shall remain at all times our property <strong>and</strong> we shall have<br />

the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow<br />

anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without<br />

our prior written consent.<br />

8 VAT<br />

You shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status <strong>and</strong> that of<br />

the Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues.<br />

Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseen<br />

cost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you will<br />

reimburse to us on dem<strong>and</strong> the full amount incurred.<br />

9 NOTICES<br />

All notices given under these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions may be served personally,<br />

sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other<br />

party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the<br />

second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth<br />

working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be<br />

deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.<br />

10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS<br />

The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for<br />

the purposes of your business.<br />

10.1 Limitation of Liability<br />

Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including<br />

for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation<br />

or otherwise for any:<br />

10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of<br />

contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or<br />

10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss,<br />

costs, damages, charges or expenses.<br />

10.2 Severability<br />

If any part of these Terms <strong>and</strong> Condition is found by any court to be<br />

invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted <strong>and</strong> the<br />

rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid <strong>and</strong> enforceable to the<br />

fullest extent permitted by law.<br />

10.3 Force majeure<br />

We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed<br />

in performing, our obligations under these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions or<br />

from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents<br />

beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes,<br />

lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce<br />

or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or<br />

transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious<br />

damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule,<br />

regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery,<br />

fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.<br />

10.4 Waiver<br />

10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions is only<br />

effective if it is in writing <strong>and</strong> it applies only to the circumstances<br />

for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any<br />

right or remedy under these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions or by law shall<br />

constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor<br />

preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise<br />

of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise<br />

of that (or any other) right or remedy.<br />

10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under<br />

these Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions are cumulative <strong>and</strong> do not exclude<br />

rights provided by law.<br />

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10.5 Law <strong>and</strong> Jurisdiction<br />

10.5.1 These Terms <strong>and</strong> Conditions <strong>and</strong> any dispute or claim arising<br />

out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be<br />

governed by, <strong>and</strong> construed in accordance with, the law of Engl<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Wales.<br />

10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or<br />

claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms <strong>and</strong><br />

Conditions or their subject matter.<br />

Postal Charges<br />

Prices for books<br />

(items sent by this method are not covered by insurance)<br />

Weight UK EU Rest of the World<br />

Up to 1kg £8 for any weight £12 £15<br />

Up to 2kg £8 for any weight £18 £25<br />

Prices for all other items including postage <strong>and</strong> packaging<br />

Invoice Value UK EU Rest of the World<br />

Up to £1,500 £10 £15 £20<br />

Above £1,501 £20 £30 £40<br />

Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to<br />

be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services<br />

are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact<br />

Auctionteam@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to<br />

the above charges.<br />

Value Added Tax (VAT)<br />

Charging of (VAT) at Auction<br />

The information shown on this page sets out the way in which <strong>Spink</strong> intends to<br />

account for VAT.<br />

i. Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme<br />

1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’<br />

Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of any<br />

symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue <strong>and</strong> will not be<br />

subject to VAT on the Hammer Price.<br />

2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to<br />

VAT–registered businesses, the VAT included within the Buyers’<br />

Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day,<br />

we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer<br />

Price <strong>and</strong> the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered<br />

businesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the<br />

normal rules for recovering input tax.<br />

ii. Zero-Rated Lots<br />

Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT in<br />

the United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ Margin<br />

Scheme. In these circumstances no VAT element will be included within<br />

the Buyer’s Premium.<br />

iii. Daggered Lots<br />

Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20%<br />

on both the Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> the Buyer’s Premium.<br />

iv. Starred <strong>and</strong> Omega Lots<br />

Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% on<br />

the Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> 20% on the Buyer’s Premium which is shown as<br />

inclusive of VAT. Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) are subject to<br />

VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> on the Buyer’s Premium. Such Lots<br />

bear VAT because the Lot is liable for VAT at this rate on importation into<br />

the EU.<br />

v. Investment Gold Lots<br />

Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the Hammer<br />

Price <strong>and</strong> are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund of<br />

VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof<br />

of business as a collectibles dealer.<br />

vi. Imported Lots<br />

Lots which are marked (x) <strong>and</strong> Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω)<br />

have VAT charged on the Hammer Price <strong>and</strong> Buyers’ Premium because<br />

they have been imported into the United Kingdom from outside the EU.<br />

In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which in<br />

effect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has been<br />

sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer <strong>and</strong> is liable to pay<br />

the import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you <strong>and</strong> pay it to HM<br />

Customs <strong>and</strong> Excise on your behalf.


STAMPS<br />

BANKNOTES<br />

SALE CALENDAR 2012/2013<br />

3 November The Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS04<br />

13/14 November The Morgan Collection of Australian Commonwealth London 12046<br />

14/15 November The Collector’s Series Sale London 12020<br />

15 November La Collection “Alienor” - Type “Blanc” de France London 12051<br />

15 November The Collector’s Series Sale New York 141<br />

27 November Great Britain - The “Fordwater” Collection London 12049<br />

12 December The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps <strong>and</strong> Covers - Part IV London 12021<br />

13 January The Mizuhara Collection of Korean Stamps Hong Kong 13008<br />

13 January Fine Stamps <strong>and</strong> Covers of Hong Kong <strong>and</strong> China Hong Kong 13009<br />

23 January The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain <strong>and</strong> British Empire Specimen Stamps London 13010<br />

24 January The Collector’s Series Sale London 13011<br />

COINS<br />

3 November The Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS04<br />

12/13 November The Collector’s Series Sale New York 315<br />

4/5 December Ancient, British & Foreign Coins <strong>and</strong> Commemorative Medals London 12027<br />

12 January Fine Coins of Hong Kong <strong>and</strong> China Hong Kong 13007<br />

15/16 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 316<br />

27 March Ancient, British & Foreign Coins <strong>and</strong> Commemorative Medals London 13012<br />

27 June Ancient, British & Foreign Coins <strong>and</strong> Commemorative Medals London 13013<br />

3 November The Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS04<br />

13 December World Banknotes London 12024<br />

14 December The David Kirch Collection of English Provincial Banknotes - Part II London 12050<br />

12 January Banknotes of Hong Kong <strong>and</strong> China Hong Kong 13005<br />

15/16 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 316<br />

9/10/11 April World Banknotes London 13004<br />

MEDALS<br />

22 November Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 12004<br />

25 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 13001<br />

25 July Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 13002<br />

21 November Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 13003<br />

BONDS AND SHARES<br />

3 November The Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS04<br />

29 November Bonds <strong>and</strong> Share Certificates of the World London 12011<br />

12 January Bonds <strong>and</strong> Share Certificates of Hong Kong <strong>and</strong> China Hong Kong 13006<br />

15/16 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 316<br />

17 May Bonds <strong>and</strong> Share Certificates of the World London 13016<br />

AUTOGRAPHS<br />

15/16 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 316<br />

WINES<br />

6 December An Evening of Exceptional Wines Hong Kong SFW02<br />

The above sale dates are subject to change<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> offers the following services:<br />

– VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –<br />

– SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –


£25<br />

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STAMPS COINS BANKNOTES MEDALS BONDS & SHARES AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS WINES<br />

69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET<br />

www.spink.com

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