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| UK1 | Baronet's
Badge silver gilt & enamel, by Spink & Son. In case of issue.
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EF | £800 |
| UK2 |
Officer of the British Empire (OBE), Civil (2nd type), British War Medal (Lieut), India General Service Medal 1908 with 3 clasps, 'Afghanistan - NWF 1919', 'Waziristan 1919 - 21', 'Waziristan 1921 - 24' (Lt, 1/9 Gurkhas) Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937 (unnamed as issued). Court mounted by Spink. Henry Malcom Smyth was born in Oxfordshire in 1898. He came of a distinguished family with a tradition of service in the East; his father was Deputy Commissioner for Burma, and his older brother, Rt. Hon. Sir Hohn Smyth, 1st Bt.,VC, PC, MC won the VC whilst serving with the Sikhs in France. Smyth was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1917 and saw extensive service in the Frontier campaigns 1919 - 1923. In the operations against the Mahsuds around Makin in February 1923, he commanded the battalion's machinegun group and was mentioned in despatches (LG 18 Nov. 1924). He was promoted Captain and appointed Adjutant. In 1929 he went to Riga to study Russian and qualified at Interpreter level. This was an unusual accomplishment for an Indian Army officer and one can speculate that this marked the beginning of his career in intelligence. In 1932 he was attached to the Shanghai Municipal Police as an Assistant Commissioner, in command of the Sikh contingent of the Force. He was successful in this new role and two years later the attachment became a permanent transfer. In 1937 hostilities between China and Japan broke out. The international concession was swamped by millions of refugees and suffered casualties when hit by poorly-aimed bombs. Smyth was awarded the OBE in the King's Birthday Honours List of 1938 for his valuable services and, in the same year, promoted to Deputy Commissioner. In August 1941 he became Acting Commissioner when the incumbent went on furlough. On the outbreak of hostilities between Japan, the USA and the UK, Japan occupied the International Settlement but invited the senior officials of the Police and administration to remain at their posts and, with the encouragement of the British consul, Smyth did so. All the same, it was an extraordinary situation for an officer still listed on the Special Unattached List of the Indian Army, to be sending his policemen to arrest Chinese for anti-Japanese resistance activities at the same time as his former colleagues were battling the Japanese in Malaya and Burma! In August 1942 Smyth was amongst a party of diplomats and senior officials who were repatriated via a neutral territory. Smyth was then recruited by Military Intelligence (MI 6) and returned to China, working in Chekiang, one of the liberated areas behind Japanese lines. At the end of the war he served in Germany, first as a member of the Berlin Military Government (1945 - 46), and later with the Special Police Corps (1946 - 49). Smyth died in England in 1963. Sold with a massive
research file including a photocopy picture of Smyth as an Army
officer, another in a group portrait of SMP officers; copy service
papers relating to military and police service, two original pre-war
postcards illustrating Sikh officers of the SMP, and much other material
relating to Smyth's unique career. See attached
pdf file |
GVF | £3750 |
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| UK3 |
Distinguished Conduct
Medal, GV first issue (987 Sjt. R. Fraser. 1/2 High: F.A. R.A.M.C.-
T.F.); British Empire Medal, EIIR issue, Civil Division (Robert
Fraser, D.C.M.); 1914-15 Star (987. S- Sjt. R. Fraser. R.A.M.C.);
British War & Victory Medals (987 S. Sjt. A. Fraser. R.A.M.C.)
and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, GV issue (303015 S. Sjt.
R. Fraser. R.A.M.C.). Staff Sergeant Robert Fraser, D.C.M.,
B.E.M., was born in Aberdeenshire, in 1894. He joined the Territorials
in 1910 serving with the Royal Engineers, the Gordon Highlanders
and subsequently served during the Great War in France and Flanders
from 15/5/1915 with the Highland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical
Corps. While serving in France in the Highland Field Ambulance Company
of the 51st Highland Division he was buried by a shell during the
battle of the Somme. For bravery in the field during this action
General Plummer of the 2nd Army decorated Mr. Fraser with the D.C.M.
at Armentieres. Early in 1918 he was sent home wounded, and on recovery
was sent to Russia with the Murmansk Force under General Maynard.
In 1941, he joined the A.M.W.D. as clerk of works, building Woodville
Fighter Station and stayed there until 1945. Later he moved to Leicester
East Bomber Station where he stayed until 1948, when he went to No.
16 Maintenance Unit. In 1952 he went to Fauld as clerk of works engineer
in 1958.Fraser was presented with the B.E.M. at R.A.F. Fauld, June
1961, by Air Vice Marshal R.C. Storrar, C.B., O.B.E.. The citations/details
of his decorations are as under; . 'For conspicuous gallantry during operations. When it was reported that stretcher bearers were in difficulty up the road, he immediately went out and, though knocked over and practically buried by a shell, brought in the party to a dressing station. He has done other fine and gallant work.'
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GVF | £1900 |
| UK4 |
Distinguished Conduct Medal (EDVII) (66038 Sjt. C.E. Simms, RFA) Queen's South Africa Medal 5 clasps Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (66038 Serjt. C.E. Simms, RFA), King's South Africa Medal 2 clasps South Africa 1901 & South Africa 1902 (66038 Serjt. C.E. Simms, RFA), Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (66038 Bty Sjt Maj Serjt. C.E. Simms, RFA), Army Meritorious Service Medal GVI (66038 WO Cl 2. C.E. Simms (DCM), RA). Also with Silver War Badge s/n 294850, Defence and War Medals ( came together with the group) and a engraved brass plaque reading: 'Presented to Batty Sergt Maj Simms by the NCOs and Men of 5th Battery RFA on his leaving the service 7 Dec 1908' The DCM, South Africa medals and MSM are mounted as worn while other medals are separate. Seems as if at some point the MSM replaced the LSGC on the mounting. A fascinating gallantly long service group with come with over 40 pages of service documents, details of his Mention in Despatches and his award of the MSM. Charles Edward Simms came from Luttleworth, Leicester and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Preston on 9th January 1888 aged 18 years and a baker by trade. He was promoted Bombardier in Feb 1891, Corpl in Dec 1891, Sergt in May 1895 and Bty Sgt Major Oct 1904. He was discharged from the regular army in Feb. 1909 and immediately attested into the Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery (TF)where he was immediately given the rank of Bty Sgt Major. He attended regular annual trainings until he was mobilized on 5th Aug 1914 as Bty Sgt Major (WO II) Royal Horse Artillery ). He was finally discharged in July 1917 after 29 years service and aged 42 years. Having been recommended for, but presumably declined, a Commission. Bty Sgt Major Simms' Great War service was entirely in the UK which his confirmed by his MIC (copy with group) which refers only to his MSM having been awarded in 1946. There is no entitlement therefore to Great War medals other than the Silver War Badge. WW2 service of any kind cannot be confirmed. He was mentioned in Lord Robert's despatch of 4th Sept 1901 as Sgt C. Simms, RA but listed under the Mounted Infantry section. Simms' DCM was published in the London Gazette of 27 Sept 1901 (copied) confirming that he served in and won the DCM in the 6th Btn Mounted Infantry. Possibly a unique RA DCM to the Mounted Infantry. MIC shows WO
Cl II C.E. Simms, DCM was awarded the MSM with annuity in AO 8th
July 1946. |
GVF | £2500 |
| UK5 |
Distinguished Service Medal (GV) to Leading Seaman John William Footit, Royal Navy.Naming: Ldg Sea. "M33" Archangel River 10 Aug 1919. DSM given for service in
"Churchill's War," the invasion of Russia in 1918-19. Footit was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1884 and enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1901. For the first part of World War I he was on the strength of Hecla, the depot ship of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at Chatham. From March 1916 until the end of the war he served in Mesopotamia, first in the sloop Espiegle which played a prominent role in the campaign. Later he was to serve in commandeered local craft described as schooner/dhows. In April 1919 Footit was transferred to the monitor "M33" which was deployed on the Archangel River (more correctly, Dvina River) in the campaign against the Bolsheviks. Over the summer the British forces engaged in many battles with the "Bolos." A major attack was fixed for 10 August 1919 in preparation for the British retreat from the area. M33 and other monitors and gunboats carried out a heavy bombardment resulting in the complete success of the operation. Footit retired to pension in 1924. Sold with a comprehensive research dossier including copy service papers, original postcards of Espiegle and M33, maps and details of the operation. (Note: M33 was later named
HMS Minerva. She survived to the present day and is currently under
restoration at Portsmouth Dockyard). |
NVF | £1350 |
| UK6 |
Military Medal. GV first issue (MS-933 Pte. G.C. Dickens, MT ASC); 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals (MS-933 Pte. G.C. Dickens, ASC). Come with Silver War Badge. Gilbert Charles Dickens was born in Paddington and enlisted at Weybridge, he entered France on 23rs Spet 1914.. He was awarded the MM for service in France in LG 6th August 1918 while attached to the 16th Field Ambulance RAMC. Pte Dickens died of wounds at home on 16th Feb 1919 and is buried in Paddington Cemetery. He was the son of Mr C.W. Dickens, 9 Woodside Cottages, Waverley Raod, Weybridge, Surrey. With copies of MICs, LG and Soldiers Died. |
GVF | £525 |
| UK7 | Military
Medal (GVR) (290695 Sjt. G. Greenwood. 1/7 Gord. Hdrs. T.F. )1914-15
Star (3212 Pte. G. Greenwood. Gord. Highrs.) British War Medal
& Victory Medals (3212 Sjt. G. Greenwood. Gordons.) Defence
Medal Mounted as worn in this order on original silk ribbons. With a copy of the Supplement to the London Gazette, 18 October 1917 showing Greenwood was from Manchester. MM and BWM nicely toned. |
GVF | £695 |
| UK8 | Military
Medal. GV first issue (353066 Cpl W.M. Turnbull, 15/High: L.I.);
British War and Victory Medals these both named (11438 Cpl. W.M.
Turnbull, R.S.Fus). A fine and desireable 'Western Front' gallantry
group to a member of the 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, the
famous 'Glasgow Tramways Pals Battalion'. William Turnbull came
from Kilmarnock and the MM was published in the London Gazette
07/08/18. As the name suggests, this 'Pals' Battalion was mostly raised
from men who worked on the Glasgow Tramways, a unit also known also known
as the 'Boozy First' (they were the first of 3 'Glasgow' Pals Battalions)
in testimony to their hard drinking when not hard fighting! Copy of MIC
& LG with confirm the recipient's service and numbers in both battalions
and the pair as his only entitlement. |
GVF | £545 |
| UK9 | Military
Medal. GV first issue (28822 Pte- A. L.Cpl, R.Smith, 2/R.S.Fus);
British War and Victory Medals these both named (28822 Pte, R.Smith,
R.S.Fus). Robert Smith came from Glasgow. MM Gazetted 17th
June 1919.The 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers served exclusively
on the Western Front during the Great War. MIC confirms pair as only entitlement. |
GVF | £450 |
| UK10 | Military
Medal. GV first issue named 52295 Sjt H.E. Hardy 92/F.A. RAMC.
with copy of MM MIC and LG 23 Feb 1918 awarded for France. Sgt Hardy came
from Upper Clapham |
GVF | £280 |
| UK11 | Indian
Distinguished Service Medal (GV) (Havr, Daftar Khan 2-13 FF Rjls)
later Honorary Captain, 2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles.
Indian Distinguished Service Medal (Gazette of India, 4 May 1923) "For gallantry and distinguished conduct while serving with the Razmak Field Force" Full medal entitlement: Order of British India,
2nd Class Enlisted 7 May 1914 Daftar Khan was a Punjabi
Moslem, born on 21 August 1898. He enlisted in the 56th Rifles on 7
May 1914, when he was not yet sixteen, and served with this regiment
in France during the First World War. With extensive research
click here to see more. |
GVF | £1150 |
| UK12 | Royal
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (GV), (Ch. Yeo, Sigs, "Cleopatra"
Baltic 1919).
Chief Yeoman of Signals Arthur Patrick Brickel, Royal Navy was born in London in 1882 and enlisted in the RN in 1897. From 1910 to 1917 he served in the battleship Zealandia which was deployed in the Thames Estuary and in the eastern Mediterranean. In October 1918 he was drafted to the light cruiser Cleopatra which formed part of Admiral Tyrwhitt's famous "Harwich Force." The following year she was deployed in the Baltic and took part in the blockade of Kronstadt. For much of the period she was the flagship of that noted fire-eater, Admiral Cowan. In his dispatch at the end of the campaign, Cowan recorded "the spirit in the ship from first to last - and Cleopatra of all ships has been with me the longest, and has seen every other ship in the force arrive and go back again to England - has been a golden example of what naval discipline, combined with perfect understanding and trust between officers and men, can show for the honour of our service, and in waters where day by day most mischievous and specious propaganda are circulated." Referring specially to Brickel, Admiral Cowan recommended him for the MSM "for specially meritorious service in Cleopatra during seven months' service in the Gulf of Finland." Brickel retired to pension in 1922. The Royal Naval MSM was
introduced in 1919 and discontinued in 1928 although no awards were
made after 1923. During this time 1022 were awarded. This medal was
formerly in the Douglas - Morris collection. |
NEF | £650 |
| UK13 | Colonial
Police Medal for Meritorious Service GVI named to 2nd Insp. Ali Ibrahim
Azaizeh, Palestine Police. Awarded in
London Gazette of 12 June 1947 copy included. Some eks |
VF | £225 |
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| UK14 |
Military General Service Medal clasps Abuhera, Vittoria & Pyrenees named George Greenwood, 34th Foot. With research and copy of discharge papers, clasps confirmed in WO 100/6 served with Capt Gibbons Company. 8 men including Greenwood received the 3 clasp combination. With photocopy of Chapter VI of Regimental History 'Tried & Valiant' covering the Peninsula War. George Greenwood was born
in Halifax and enlisted at Halifax on 19th April 1805 at
the age of 26. He was discharged due to the lose of sight in one eye
on 16th July 1823. Provenance: Glendining's 17th. April 1964 # 63. |
NEF | £1450 |
| UK15 | Indian
Mutiny Medal no clasp (Wm Brown, 2nd Rifle Brigade). Confirmed
on Asplin's roll copy included. Also with research from the muster rolls
which shows 124 William Brown was born in London in 1839 and enlisted
in the 2nd Rifle Brigade on 4th August 1857 at London aged 18 years
and 5' 5" in height. He was a basket maker by trade and purchased
his discharge from the same battalion on 16th April 1868 at Devonport.
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VF | £260 |
| UK16 | South
Africa General Service Medal clasp 1879 478 Pte J. Troughton
2nd 4th Foot |
GVF | £435 |
| UK17 | Afghanistan
Medal 1878-80 clasp Ahmed Kel (15B 531 Pte J. Wright, 59th Foot -
East Lancs Regt). With copy of muster & medal rolls. Enlisted
and resided at Burnley, Lancs., discharged 1881 at Chatham and
returned to Burnley. |
GVF+ | £290 |
| UK18 | India
Gerneral Service Medal 1895 clasps Punjab Frontier 1897-98
and Tirah 1897-98 - 13 Subdr Karpal Singh, Nabha I.S. Infy.
An example in unusually good condition for a native Indian issue.
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NEF | £295 |
| UK19 | Queen's
South Africa Medal 3 clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State &
Transvaal 1850 3rd Cl Trp. J. Jack, SAC |
NEF | £100 |
| UK20 |
Queens South Africa Medal
clasp Cape Colony named to 837 D.J. Du Plessis, W.
Prov. MR - Western Province Mounted Rifles. A scarce example
of a QSA to possibly a Boer extraction recipient The Du Plessis family in South Africa
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NEF | £130 |
| UK21 | India
General Service Medal 1908-35 with clasp "Mahsud 1919-20"
(324 Hav. Gulzar Khan. S. Waz. Ml) The South Waziristan Militia
was also raised in 1900 and recruited Pathan tribesmen including Mahsuds,
Waziris and Afridis. In the great Frontier uprising of 1919, many of its
men deserted. In 1921 it was disbanded and then re-formed as the South
Waziristan Scouts. |
EF | £90 |
| UK22 | India
General Service Medal 1908-35 with clasp "Waziristan 1919-21"
- 342629 AC2 C.L. Dougherty, RAF |
NEF |
£155
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| UK23 | British
War Medal - 4780 Pte G.A. Walton, Co of Lond Y - County of London
Yeomanry. Suspender slack |
VF |
£20 |
| UK24 | Victory
Medal (S-16526 Pte J. McKenzie, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders)
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GVF | £18 |
| UK25 | Victory
Medal 1914-1919 named Lieut.F. Colson. An interesting one with
MICs that show Frank Colson seved as 286 Pte in the Imperial Light
Horse and was later commissioned in the same unit. He subsquently
transferred or (re) joined as a Lieut in the Northampton Yeomanry
and went to France on 14th August 1916 . He qualified for the 1914-15
Star to be issued by the South African authorities - presumably for service
in German SW Africa Camapaign. Interesting a 93 Cpl Frank Colson
of the Northampton Yeomanry was awarded the Territorial Efficiency
Medal in 1913. Perhaps having emigrated to South Africa Lt Colson
felt the patriotic urge to return to his old Yeomanry unit and serve in
France |
GVF | £30 |
| UK26 | 1939-45 Star Un-named as issued | EF | £12 |
| UK27 | Pacific Star Un-named as issued | EF | £35 |
| UK28 | Africa Star Un-named as issued | EF | £12 |
| UK29 | Italy Star Un-named as issued | EF | £12 |
| UK30 | Burma Star Un-named as issued | EF | £20 |
| UK31 | France & Germany Star unnamed | EF | £18 |
| UK32 | War Medal 1939-45 Un-named as issued | EF | £12 |
| UK33 | War Medal 1939-45 silver Canadian issue. Un-named as issued | EF | £18 |
| UK34 | India
Service Medal 1939-45 - 27999 L/NK. PERTAP RAI, 5-8 G.R. |
GVF | £18 |
| UK35 | India
Service Medal 1939-45. Un-named as issued. |
VF | £15 |
| UK36 | Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45 with overseas bar unnamed | EF | £25 |
| UK37 | Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45 no bar unnamed | EF | £20 |
| UK38 | General
Service Medal EiiR clasp Cyprus named Flying Officer
A.M Spooner R.A.F. Anthony Michael Spooner appointed to short service
commission in the RAF (4 years regular, 4 reserve) as A/Pilot Officer
on 30/03/1955 (LG 31/01/1956). #2608408, seniority as Flying Officer,
30/03/1957. (RAF Lists)Promoted from FO to Flt. Lt. 29/03/1962 (LG 11/06/1963
p5001) Gone from RAF lists in Autumn 1963. Served throughout with the
RAF Regiment. |
EF | £145 |
| UK39 | General
Service Medal EiiR clasp 'Cyprus' -22799598 Sigmn S.P. Pidgeon,
R. Sigs (Royal Signals). |
EF | £50 |
| UK40 |
Queen's Vietnam Logistics
Medal unnamed as issued. Note the authenticity if this medal is
verified in writing by Staff Officer Policy Research, Directorate of
Honours and Awards, Australia. |
EF | £195 |
| UK41 | Campaign
Service Medal 1962 clasp Northern Ireland named 24357489 Pte
M. Currie, QLR = Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Mounted as worn. |
GVF | £70 |
| UK42 | Campaign
Service Medal with clasp 'Northern Ireland' - 24214390 Gnr.
P. Dixon, RA |
EF | £55 |
| UK43 | Gulf
War Medal 1990/91 named to MA 1 R. Richards D219043Y RN. MA = Medical
Assistance a scarce rank. Mounted as worn. |
EF | £210 |
| UK44 | Iraq
Medal no clasp (25175255 Pte R. Brown, Hldrs). Formed in 1994
by the amalgamation of the Queens Own Highlanders and Gordon Highlanders,
the 'Highlanders' enjoyed only a short existence under that title,
as in 2006 they were absorbed into the Royal Regiment of Scotland and
becoming the 4th Battalion of that Regiment. The 'Highlanders' deployed
to Iraq in October 2005 serving at Al Amarah as part of the Royal Scots
Dragoon Guards Battle Group. Medals named to the 'Highlanders' are
rare on the market. The medal mounted court style presumably as worn |
GVF | £295 |
| UK45 | Iraq
Medal no clasp (225178816 Pte D.M. Arnold, PWRR). |
EF | £260 |
| UK46 | Egypt
1882 no clasp (J. L. Blower, Boy Cl II, HMS Northumberland),
Royal Navy LSGC Vic (J.L. Blower, AB, HMS Vivid) and Khedives
Star 1882 unnamed. With service papers. John Lavers Blower was born
in Plymouth and enlist RN as a Boy on 4th March 1880. Served until 1903
and was recalled for the Great War but served within the UK from 1914-1919.
Egypt medal slit pitting otherwise GVF, LSGC ek at 4 o/c minor pitting
otherise NEF. |
GVF-NEF | £345 |
| UK47 | Queen's
South Africa Medal with 2 clasps 'Modder River' & 'Orange Free
State' (4385Corl S. Morton, 1.High.Lt.Infy) and King's South
Africa Medal with 2 clasps 'South Africa 1901' & 'South Africa
1902' (4385 Pte S. Morton, Highland.L.I.) A scarce clasp combination.
With copies of roll and service papers. Sydney Morton was a
musician by trade and joined the HLI in October 1891 as a Boy
at the age of 14 years. He was discharged in 1903. This is his
only medal entitlement.The medals with old laquering otherwise VF. |
VF | £240 |
| UK48 | 1914-15
Star (Mate G.T. Sullivan, RN), British War Medal and Victory Medal
(Eng. Lt. G.T. Sullivan, RN), Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45,
Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
Captain George Thomas
Sullivan RN was born 1889, in Plymouth. Enlisted 1905 as a Boy
Artificer. In 1912 he was posted to Lion at the beginning of her
maiden commission. In 1913 she became flagship of Admiral Sir David
Beatty, commanding the battlecruiser squadron. He was still serving
in her on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight. |
NEF | £250 |
| UK50 |
1914-15 Star (Sto.1), British War Medal and Victory Medal (L. Sto. C. Churchward), RN Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, GV (L.Sto. C. Churchward HMS Vivid).
Cleo Churchward was born in Plymouth in 1894 and entered the RN as a Stoker in 1912. On completing his basic training, in January 1913 he was drafted to the New Zealand, the ship in which he was to serve for the next 6 years.
New Zealand was a battlecruiser completed in 1912. She was paid for by New Zealand and visited that country in 1913. In the summer of 1914 she made a goodwill visit to Russia.
New Zealand took part in the three main North Sea battles of the Great War, i.e. the Heligoland Bight (28 August 1914), the Dogger Bank (24 January 1915), in which she helped to sink a German armoured cruiser, and Jutland (31 May 1916) in which three British battlecruiser were blown up and lost with nearly all hands.
After the war, Churchward had two tours of duty in HMS Hood and also served in the battlecruiser Tiger.
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VF | £295 |
| UK51 | 1914-15
Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal (all to 81 EC A.E. Wood, E.R.A.1,
R.N.R.), Royal Naval Reserve LSGC Medal (GV) (E.D. 11, A.E. Wood,
E.R.A., RNR). Wood was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1880 and enlisted in the RNR in 1904. On the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914 he was mobilised and assigned to Alsatian. This modern, fast liner of 18,000 tons was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and became flagship of the 10th Cruiser Squadron, patrolling the stormy waters between Norway and the Orkneys and enforcing the blockade against Germany. In September 1915 Wood was transferred to Mesopotamia where he served on two 'Fly' class gunboats, Greenfly and Stonefly. These vessels had a displacement of 98 tons and crew of 22, and supported the Army in its advance up the Tigris towards Baghdad. In July 1916 Wood apparently suffered heat stroke. He was evacuated first to Basra, then to Bombay. After catching malaria as well, he was repatriated to the UK. He recovered and served for the remainder of the war in an Admiralty Whaler. Sold with a substantial
research file including copy service papers, original old postcards
of Alsatian and a Fly class gunboat and other illustrations, maps etc. |
GVF | £260 |
| UK52 | 1914-15
Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal (all to O.S.2, E. Gillespie
RN) Gillespie was born in 1888 in Sunderland, Durham, and was a hall porter. He enlisted in the RN in April 1915 and was posted to HMS Raglan, a monitor equipped with two 14 inch guns. She was deployed in the eastern Mediterranean. On 20 January 1918 the former German battlecruiser Goeben and cruiser Breslau (both with new Turkish names) unexpectedly broke out of the Dardanelles. There was a brief gun-battle in which Raglan and a smaller vessel were sunk with heavy casualties (3 officers and 119 ratings from Raglan were lost). However, the two German/Turkish ships then ran into a minefield and were themselves sunk. Gillespie was one of those killed in the action. Sold with copy service papers, a photo of Raglan and research. Commonwealth
War Graves Details SOLD |
EF | £290 |
| UK53 | British
War Medal, Victory Medal & Defence Medal (2/Lieut.
G. Anderson) Confirmed from MICs as 2/Lieut George Anderson previoulsy
Sapper 85604 of the RE he was commissioned on 19th May 1917 to
the 11th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers. He entered France on 9th
Jan 1916. MIC copied. |
NEF | £85 |
| UK54 | 1914-15
Star (3188 Pte E.R. Dwelley 7-Lond R); British War Medal and Victory
Medal (3188 Pte E.R. Dwelley 7-Lond R). With copy if MIC Edgar
R Dwellwy entered France17 Mar 1915 and was discharged 14 Feb 1919.
Entitled to Silver War Badge. Original ribbons on star and Victory Medal.
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GVF | £75 |
| UK55 | British
War Medal and Victory Medal 534188 Spr S.C. Ballard, RE. Mounted
as worn. |
GVF | £25 |
| UK56 | Indian
General Service Medal 1908(GV) with clasp 'Waziristan 1921-24'
(Gnr S.L. Porter R.A.), 1939-45 Star (Sergt. S.L. Porter R.A.)
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
(G VI, 1st type) with clasp 'Regular Army' (Sgt S.L. Porter. R.A.)
Court Mounted for display. |
GVF | £150 |
| UK57 | India
General Service Medal 1908 clasp North-West Frontier 1935 (310553
Pte S Workman H L I.) 1939-45 Star and War Medal.
Samuel Workman was born in Glasgow and enlisted into the Highland Light Infantry at Glasgow. He died at home on 22nd April.1940 (probably from wounds) and is buried at Glasgow's Riddrie Park Cemetery. Medals have been swing mounted. |
GVF | £165 |
| UK58 | 1939-45
Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-45, Royal Navy LS & GC Medal (GVI, 1st Type) (PO/X.694. A.G.Padwick. Mne. R.M.). With copy of LSGC roll which confirms the award of the LSGC whilst on HMS Rodney in 1945. Mounted as worn. |
GVF | £135 |
| UK59 |
1939-45 Star Royal Navy, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, War Medal . Leading Stoker William Buckingham, medals un-named as issued, but sold with original Admiralty condolence slip with Buckingham's name, and box of issue addressed to his father. William Buckingham was born in or around 1919 in Clowne, Derbyshire. He was KIA on 19 December 1941, aged 22, when his ship, HMS Neptune, was sunk off the North African coast. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Neptune was a Leander class cruiser, launched in 1933. She saw a good deal of action in the early years of the war, her battle honours included 'Atlantic 1939', ' Calabria 1940', 'Mediterranean 1940', 'Bismarck Action 1941' and 'Malta Convoys 1941'. In 1941 Neptune was part
of Force K, a squadron based at Malta which enjoyed great success in
sinking Axis supply vessels on the route from Italy to Libya. On 19
December 1941 Force K sailed to intercept an enemy convoy but, about
20 miles from Tripoli, it entered into a minefield. After striking four
mines Neptune was sunk. A destroyer which went to her assistance suffered
the same fate. Out of her ship's company of 765, there was only one
survivor, who spent five days in the water before being rescued. In
terms of loss of life, this was the second greatest disaster suffered
by the Mediterranean Fleet in World War II. (link to www.hmsneptune.com)
Sold with some research and a fine Wright & Logan postcard of HMS
Neptune. |
EF | £185 |
|
UK60 |
1939-45
Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal & Africa Service
Medal. All South African issue offically named M12809 J.M. Carelse.With
10 pages of service documents. John Morris Carelse came from Jamestown,
C.P. and enlisted into the I.M.C in 1940 an served in North Africa
being discharged in 1946.. Papers confirm medal entitlement. |
GVF | £60 |
| UK61 | 1939-45
Star, Africa Star clasp 8th Army, War Medal & Africa Service
Medal. All South African issue offically named C169608 J. Christoffels.
With 8 pages of service documents. Jafta Chrstoffels from Aberdeen,
South Africa joined the Cape Corps in 1940 and served in Middle East
and North Africa and was discharged in 1940 medically unfit. Papers confirm
medal entitlement. Also comes with orginal ribbon bar. |
GVF | £60 |
| UK62 | Defence
Medal, War Medal and General Service Medal clasp Arabian
Peninsula. Last named to Sqn Ldr J. Bailey, RAF. First two
mounted as worn and with box of issue addressed to F/L J. Bailey, Air
Division, ACA, c/o APO 3564, Vienna, British Troops in Austria |
GVF+ | £149 |
| UK63 | Defence
Medal, War Medal, Campaign Service Medal 1962 clasp Northern Ireland
('Chf.Tech.W.H.Russell (T1371685) RAF Long Service & Good Conduct
Medal EiiR (1371685 Cpl.W.H.Russell ) Mounted as worn. |
GVF | £155 |
| UK64 | Defence
Medal and War Medal in box of issue, greese-proof envolopes and issue
slip. Box addressed to Mr W.J. Reeve, 23, Kimberley Road, Lowestoft,
Suffolk |
Mint | £25 |
| UK65 | War
Medal 1939-45 (unnamed) and General Service Medal 1918. GVI
clasp 'Palestine 1945-48' (Capt. H Green, ACC) Short service
commission as a Lt. in the ACC, 7th June 1944, Captain 28th
June 1950, disappears from Army lists after April 1953. Scarce Army
Catering Corps Officer's pair. |
EF | £120 |
| UK66 | Queens
Korea Medal ( 22443096 Pte P. Wade, R. Norfolks) and United
Nations Korea Medal with clasp 'Korea'. This last medal being the
correct contemporary issue medal from the 1950's. |
GVF | £350 |
| UK67 | Queens
Korea Medal (C/SSX869446 W. Price, A.B., R.N) and United Nations
Korea Medal with clasp 'Korea'. This last medal being the correct
contemporary issue medal from the 1950's, both mounted as worn. |
NEF | £155 |
| UK68 | Royal
Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVI, first type) to Leading
Stoker Frederick Henry Miles, Royal Navy. Miles was born in Reading in 1905, and enlisted as a Stoker on his 18th birthday after brief service as a Boy Seaman. In his early years he served in the battleships Iron Duke, Warspite and Centurion. He was awarded his Long Service Medal in April 1940. At that time he was serving in Hong Kong in HMS Redstart, a small minelayer. On the Japanese invasion in December 1941, Redstart was scuttled to avoid capture. Miles' fate is unknown. Sold with small research
file including copy service papers (up to 1928) and a photo of Redstart. |
NEF | £130 |
| UK69 | Army
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal Vic 2286 Cr Sgt Josh Atkinson,
107th Foot |
NEF | £110 |
| UK70 | Army
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EdVII 5962 Pte J. Bradshaw,
Royal Fusiliers. With copy of LSGC Book entry a 1908 award recommended
on 1st July 1908. Some minor eks to rim hence NVF |
NVF | £70 |
| UK71 | Army
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal GV Uncrowned head. 10504 Gnr
J. Newman, RFA |
EF | £45 |
| UK72 | Australia:
Reserve Force Medal (2104857 Chad/A. D.); National Medal (2104857
A. D. Chad). The Reserve Force Medal is seldom seen on the market. With
research notes of to Staff Sergeant Allen Douglas Chad. S/Sgt Chad claims
service in Vietnam but not confirmed. |
EF | £350 |
| UK73 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal Victoria engraved Volr J.W. Flewker, W.I.
Ry Vol Rifle Corps - Colonial isue to West India Volunteer Rifle Corps. |
NEF | £125 |
| UK74 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (2819 Q.M. Sjt D. Low 3/V.B.
Rl.Hdrs). The 3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Highlanders, or 'Black
Watch' was the City of Dundee, or 'Dundee Highland' Volunteer Battalion. |
GVF | £105 |
| UK75 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (5245 Sjt R. Dudgeon, 1/V.B.H.L.I.). |
GVF | £85 |
| UK76 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (5029 Pte G. McGovern, 2nd
V.B. H'Land L.I.). |
GVF | £85 |
| UK77 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (5133 Sjt J. Robertson, 2/V.B.
H.L.I.). |
GVF | £85 |
| UK78 | Volunteer
Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (7640 Pte W. Smith, 5/V.B.
Highland L.I.). Full title of this battalion was 5th (Glasgow Highland)
Volunteer Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry. |
GVF | £90 |
| UK79 | Territorial
Efficiency Medal GV (2969945 C.Sjt R. Taylor, 7 A&S.H.) |
GVF | £60 |
| UK80 | Air
Efficiency Medal GVI named Flt Lt J.R. Buffham RAF |
GVF | £140 |
| UK81 | Royal
Observer Corps Medal EIIR (BRITT: OMN). named G. A. Garbutt, Observer |
EF | £135 |
| UK82 | Colonial
Police Long Service Medal EiiR engraved to Police Constable 6271 Wong
Yun Sum, Hong Kong. Awarded for 18 years continuous service in
the (Colonial) Royal Hong Kong Police. In orginal Royal
Mint case of issue. Comes with extensive research. Joined 1963
retired 1993 served as detective and received a Commendation for
arresting a bomber during the 1967 Cultural Revolution riots and
a Commissioner's Commendation for the arrest of 7 drug traffickers
while posted to the Narcotics Bureau. |
EF+ | £190 |
| UK83 | Colonial
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal EiiR engraved to Police Constable
Aux 2489 Lung Wing Cheung, Hong Kong. In orginal Royal Mint case of issue.
|
EF | £360 |
| UK84 | EF+ | £360 | |
| UK85 | 1937 Coronation MedalRESERVED | GVF | £19 |
| UK86 | Pakistan
Independence Medal - 3540510 Rfn Sher Gul 13.F.F.RIF. |
GVF | £12 |
| UK87 | Pakistan
Independence Medal - 3835649 Sep. Ghulam Mohd 16 PB. R |
GVF | £12 |
| UK88 | South
African Red Cross Society Proficiency Medal clasp General First Aid
- unnamed. 9 caret gold hallmarked. |
EF | £35 |
| UK89 | South
African Red Cross Society Proficiency Medal clasp General First Aid
- unnamed. 925 Silver hallmarked. |
EF | £20 |
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