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Gallantry.
A 4 WW1 Military Cross and Mons 1914 trio to Major Gordon BEVERIDGE,


RFA, Special Reserve : MC awarded in LG of 1st January 1917. Entitled


to Mons bar. Embarked to France on 6th october 1914, interrupting his


studies in medicine. (he completed his surgeon's qualifications finally in 1919).


With full acocunt of his military career from being commissioned as a Lieutenant


on 8/4/1913. MC engraved on reverse " G. Beveridge Somme July 1916".


1914 star Lieut. RFA, Pair Major. Lived in Edinburgh. GVF++ £1,200




B 3 WW1 Gallantry - Military medal, Geo V and pair to 33377 Pte / A. Cpl.


E.C. PINCHBACK, 1 / Hampshire Regiment. (Pair Pte : Pinchbeck).


MM unresearched as yet. Mounted as worn. VF/+ £425




C 2 Crimea pair, as Crimea medal / bar Sebastopol, with Turkish Crimea medal


British issue to Private J. BARTHOLEMEW, 1st Bn, 1st Regt. (last few


letters of "1st Regt" faint). Turkish Crimea also named - 3889 James


Bartholemew, Royal Regiment. 1st : naming engraved in Hunt & Roskill


style, 2nd : regimental style impressed. (in 1881 1st / Royal regiment


became the Royal Scots : Lothian Regt.) GF/++ £380




D 3 Egypt campaign mounted trio to 1009 Private Joseph TOLAN, 1/Scots


Guards, as : Egypt medal / bar Tel-El-Kebir, Army LS/GC medal and


Khedive's Egypt star 1882. Copy service papers. From Liverpool. GVF Sold




E 3 Egypt campaign trio to S.S.M. W. FLINT, 4th Dragoon Guards, as -


Egypt medal / bar Tel-el-Kebir, Army LS/GC medal (Victoria) and Khedive's


Egypt star 1882. Long Service medal has come adrift at the top swivel.


VF/+, some contact marks to first medal from contact with star. Sold




F 2 Egypt pair to 1942 Private G. BALLHAM, 1 / South Staffs. Regiment, as


Egypt medal / 2 bars : The Nile 1884-85 and Kirbekan, plus Khedive's


Egypt star 1882. GVF £450




G 2 Egypt pair to 307 Private J. ARROWSMITH, 2 / DOCLI (Duke of Cornwall


Light Infantry ), as - Egypt medal / bar Tel-el-Kebir (1882 dated reverse),


with Khedive's Egypt star 1882. GVF, mounted, as for wear. £280




H 2 Egypt mounted pair to 4102 Private Cameron CAMPBELL, 1 / Scots


Guards, as - Egypt medal / bar Tel-El-Kebir and Khedive's Egypt star 1882


With copy of his service papers, confirming bar and further details. VF/+ £300




J 4 Boer War and WW1 court-mounted group to 6817 Private Thomas HOWLEY,


1 / East Surrey Regiment, as : QSA / 5 bars : CC, OFS, Tr., SA1901, SA1902


(re-named) plus WW1 Mons star and bar trio. Mounted by TK&S.


With copy service papers, noting he embarked to France on 16/8/1914.


Wounded, Sept 1914 - Gun Shot wound to left hand. (20% disability). GVF/+ £200




K 4 Boer War and WW1 group to 26631 Bombadier J. WHIPP, RFA, as :


QSA / 3 bars : CC, Tr., Wittebergen, KSA / 2 bars : SA1901, SA1902


with WW1 pair (BWM and Victory). WW1 pair - 14625 Cpl J. Whipp, RA.


Original ribbons to all 4 medals, now slightly frayed. GVF £300




L 2 Boer War pair to 28362 Trumpeter G.B. ROBINS, RFA, as - QSA / 4 bars :


Tugela Heights, OFS, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, plus KSA / 2 bars :


SA1901, SA1902. QSA is named as Gunner 73rd Bty RFA) VF/+ £240




M 2 Boer War pair to 2019 Corporal Joseph CONWAY, KRRC, as -


QSA / 3 bars : CC, OFS, Tr., plus KSA / 2 bars : SA1901, SA1902. With


A4 typed sheet listing his military career. Entitiled also to a WW1 1914/15 trio


with 3rd and later 18th KRRC. Wounded. GVF/++ £240




N 2 Boer War pair to 70776 Gunner W. SMITH, 20th Battery, RFA, as -


QSA / 3 bars : CC, OFS, Tr., plus KSA / 2 bars : SA1901, SA1902. With


matching ribbon bar, and papers confirming entitlements. (KSA has wrong


initial (H) and rank of Driver. KSA roll notes "invalided 18/1/02". GVF/+ £175




P 2 Boer War and L/S medal to 9734 Staff-Sergeant-Major George HOBBS,


Army Service Corps, as : QSA / 3 bars - CC, OFS, Tr., (Staff-Sgt.), plus


Army LS/GC medal, Edward VII. He served for 21 years, including 4 years


in Gibraltar as well as South Africa. Entitled also to a KSA medal with 2 bars.


He married Sarah Ann and had 4 children, 2 of whom died in infancy.


From London. Copy papers (Short Service) . GVF/++ Sold






WW1 Casualties.
Q 2+1 Officer Casualty : WW1 pair and plaque to : 2nd Lieutenant R.G. CLARKE,


Robert George Clarke was KiA by shellfire on 9th September 1918, and is


buried in FINS new British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand. From Newport, Wales.


With much copied paperwork, his service record (signed up with the HAC


as a Gunner 624899 with 2/B Reserve Battery. Colour photo of his grave.


And 5 pages of typed life. SW Argus obituary 21/9/1918. GVF/++ £300




R 3+3+ WW1 set of two trios to two Brothers, both casualties - TURNEY brothers :


Alfred H. TURNEY - S-10558 Private Alfred H. Turney, 8 / Rifle Brigade.


Killed in action on 15th September 1916 on Western Front. (100 men of the


8th Rifle Brigade were killed on that day too). Aged 21 His 1914/15 trio.


With much copied info relating to him and the action on that day.


Bert TURNEY - 9021 Private Bert Turney, 1 / Royal Lancs. Regt.


Died of his wounds on 14th October 1914. 1914 Mons trio and original bar,


went to France on 12th September, only lasted a month ! Also with much


copied paperwork. Aged 27. £400




S 3+1+ WW1 Family medals to the CHURCH brothers -


Arthur John Church : Casualty WW1 pair and plaque, as - 15939 Private


A.J. Church, 1st Bn. / Essex Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 6/8/1915.


He was born in Tring, Herts, but lived in Welling, SE London. Comes with


a condolence card from the family at the time with a b/w photo of him, and a


poem cut from a newspaper then "Beyond the Dark" by Elizabeth Cameron.


S.E. Church : 7578 L/Cpl, 1 / Norfolk Regt. His 1914 Mons Star.


Sold by the family locally. We suspect that over time the other missing


medals have become mixed up : somewhere is the Star to A.J., and the


pair to S.E. Still hoping they might turn up ...... GVF++ Sold




T 4+ WW1 Casualty - 1914/15 trio and Plaque to 10604 Private Arthur BUNDY,


2 / Hampshire Regiment. KiA 9th August 1916, F&F. From Crawley.


With contemporary photo of his grave, and a poignant postcard sent to his


(little ?) brother Freddy - featuring French soldier's medal and green sprig. £260




V 2 WW1 Casualty - BWM plus his Plaque to 38865 Pte Harry McHARDY,


1st Battalion South Wales Borderers. KiA on 16/4/1918, F&F.


From Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancs. With SDGW extract. GVF £110




W 3 WW1 Casualty - Pair and Plaque to 51312 Private Horace PICKERSGILL,


East Yorkshire. He was killed in action on 29th September 1918, F&F.


10th Battalion, from Wakefield. (Was 52823 Pte, KOYLI). GVF £170




X 3 WW1 Casualty - Pair & Plaque to 5494 Private Robert George BONFIELD,


12th London Regiment. He died of wounds on 19th November 1918,


aged 30. He and his wife, Julia Lilian, lived at 61, Westbourne Road,


Barnsbury, NE London. Buried in Islington Cemetery. Later in his service


he transferred to the RDC as 44927 (73rd Protection Coy). EF £180




Y 3+ WW1 Casualty - Pair and Plaque to 4880 Pte Albert Tom STOKER,


2/6th Bn, Gloucestershire Regt. DoW 19th July 1916 F&F. From Bristol.


With further copy papers. Commemorated on the Loos memorial. Plus


copy of local newspaper listing him amongst the casualties. GVF/+ £180




Z 3 WW1 Casualty - Mons Star, BWM and Plaque to 39822 Gunner William


John WOODWARD, Royal Field Artillery. (57th Battery, 45th Brigade).


He died of his wounds on 28th November 1916, and is buried on Grove


Town cemetery, Meaulte (Somme). Aged 29, from Middle Lypiatt, Stroud,


Glos. Victory medal missing. With MiC and CWGC refs. GVF £180




A1 3+ WW1 Canadian casualty group to - 91139 Corporal J.M. BETTS, CFA,


as : WW1 pair (BWM and Victory) plus Canadian Memorial Cross,


named on rev. with its black box from AMcMillan Ottawa. And his SWB


numbered C.43641 which has been altered with a silver enamelled disc


on front "For Service at the Front". With bronze collar dog. GVF £250




A1/1 2 WW1 Canadian casualty pair to - 259110 Pte C.M. YARROW, as ; BWM &


Canadian memorial Cross. He died on 7/8/1922 of TB - "death att. to service"


Charles Mumford Yarrow was born in Uk, emigrated aged 8. Papers. £150




B1 2 WW1 casualty pair to 234538 Gunner Charlton COX, R.F.A. Died as a


Prisoner-of-War, aged 23. With card box of transmittal and registered


envelope addressed to Mrs A. Cox, at 30, Milton Rd., Acton, London. EF £90






World War One medal groups.
C1 3 MSM mounted group to S4-090724 S/Sergeant P. NORTON, A.S.C.,


as - WW1 pair, plus Geo V Meritorious Service medal. LG 17/6/1918.


Philip is mentioned in the Lincolnshire Echo of 20/6/1918, under an item


listing local heroes. From Cleethorpes. With further details. AEF Sold




D1 3 WW1 1914/15 trio, awarded to Captain C.E. RHODES, with all three card


boxes of issue. Star named 68038 Cpl CE Rhodes, R.E. Mint £135




E1 4 Mounted Naval group to 165110 Chief Stoker John SMITH, as : 1914/15


trio plus Naval LS/GC medal Geo V (Admiral's bust) HMS Vivid. GVF/+ £170




F1 4 WW1 mounted trio and ISM to 15961 Private W.R. SMART, 2 / Hamps


1914/15 trio, ISM is EIIR, 2nd obv. William was a London postman, higher


grade. LG 15/1/1963. Later in the war was transferred to the MGC. GVF £95




G1 3 WW1 pair and ISM to L.Z. 6292 Able-bodied H.H. LOVELOCK, RNVR, as


BWM and Victory medals, with ISM Geo VI IndImp and RM case of issue.


Plus file of papers, service records, LG 9/8/1940. Harry Hubert Lovelock. EF £65




H1 3 WW1 trio to 200143 Private Arthur H. WEST, Somerset Light Infantry, as :


WW1 pair, plus Territorial Force War medal (1579 Pte, Som. L.I.).


With MiC, noting change of numbers. GVF/+, 1st and 3rd nicely toned. £280




J1 4 Mounted group to 965 Bombadier J.E. MEGGESON, RA/RFA, as -


WW1 pair, plus TFWM and Geo V oval Territorial Efficiency medal. (This


last numbered 835117.TA) With further copy papers, noting Joseph Ernest


served with 307th Bde HQ. His numbered changed later to 725721. GVF £300




K1 3 WW1 mounted trio to 735359 Driver Albert CORNFORD, Royal Artillery, as :


BWM, Victory and Territorial Force War medal. Presented 'court-style'.


With copy papers, noting his service: in UK 1914-17, Egypt from 1917-19,


and regular Army from 22/1/1919 to 31/3/1921. EF. £240






Family medals,
L1
Family medals to the BELL family, as -


a. Father : WW1 pair 4702 Pte A. Bell, 11th London, with box of issue


b. Son 1 : 23161372 Private J.E. Bell, GSM / bar Malaya EIIR, Queens


c. Son 2 : KA Bell, RASC - WW2 F&G star and War medal, with box


d. Related (?) VA Freeman RAF - 1939/45 star, War medal with box.


Sold by the family; not sure how Freeman fits in. GVF and + £180




M1 2+1+1 Family medals to the MILNE family, as -


a. WW1 mounted pair to 5492 Private H. MILNE, 2 - Scottish Horse


b. WW1 Casualty plaque to James MILNE


c. GSM / bar Canal Zone, to 22867948 Guardsman K.H. MILNE, Scots Gds,


with four further sports and life-saving medallets, date from 1940 to 1957 :


George Watson;s College 50 yds., 2 x Life-Saving medal & star, plus


Swimming NE Trophy to K. Milne. GSM medal in white card case of issue. £350




N1 3+1 Family medals to the FACEY brothers, as :-


WW1 naval LS group to K.57345 SPO L.J. Facey, HMS Coventry : as


WW1 pair with Naval LS/GC medal Geo V 9coinage head) Pair named -


J.74958 Boy 1, RN.


Imperial Service medal, Geo V coinage head to Frank Facey, cased. EF £140




P1 2+3 Family medals to the SIMMON(D)S family, father and son, as :


Father - WW1 pair, T4-042619 Driver W. Simmons, ASC, with ribbon bar;


Son - WW2 trio, as 1939/45 star, Italy star and War medal, attributed to


LAC 1472529 W. Simmonds, RAF, plus RAF sweetheart brooch, the


ticker-tape print-out of medal award, and a RAF personnel card box


addressed to wife Mrs PL Simmonds, in Epsom. (Peggy Lillian). EF £75




Q1 4+1 Family medals to the CONNOLLY brothers, as :


Brother 1 - KOSB group to 3178310 Colour.Sergeant Joseph H. Connolly,


KOSB, as - WW1 pair (A/Cpl 11094) with Army LS/GC medal Geo V and


Corps of Commissionaires medal in silver and enamels "J.Connolly"


Mounted as worn. Pair GF, polished; LS medal AEF


Brother 2 - BWM only to L.8710 OS3 Gerald Sidney Connolly, Royal Navy


HMS Pembroke. Drowned in the services baths at Chatham on 26/2/1919


aged 19. Buried in Gillingham cemetery. He also served in Australia.


Sons of Lieutenant T Connolly from Manor Park London E12 £250




R1 6+4 Family medals to the TOLLERFIELD cousins -


Mounted group to Ernest Tollerfield - GSM / bar Kurdistan : Pte 4525305


W. Yorks Regt., WW2 Defence & War medals plus GSM / bar Palestine


1945-48 as AC1 2215054 RAF with copy papers, confirming.....


Mounted group to Arnold Tollerfield - WW2 1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 1st Army,


Italy star, Defence & War medals as T 237879 Corporal, ASC; wounded


with King's badge and home-made ID tag. Copy papers, confirming. £300






WW1 groups.
S1 4 WW1 group to PLY.13997 Private J.W. COOPER, RMLI, as - 1914/15


trio, plus RFR LS/GC medal, Geo V. (this last B.868). GVF/+ £120




T1 4 WW1 and later group to 3 - 9025 A/Cpl H. BELL, Northumberland Fusiliers,


as : 1914/15 trio, plus GSM / bar Iraq. (Geo V). Trio has rank of Private.


With copy of MiC and service record, noting Henry joined up originally in 1902


until 1906, then again for WW1 and on to Iraq. With neat letter from him in 1930


asking to be considered for a Service pension. About EF. £250




V1 2 WW1 part set to 2388955 Petty Officer W.A. CUNNINGHAM, Royal Navy, as


BWM, plus Royal Fleet Reserve LS/GC medal (DEV. B.12030) GVF £90




W1 3 WW1 pair plus India GSM / bar Waziristan 1919-21 to G-69225 Private


W.E. BRANSON, The Queens Regt. William served in India from 1917,


and after the war in London. With copy of MiC and further documents. GVF £130




X1 2+1 WW1 pair to 2428 Driver Alfred H. LYUS, RA, with his silver wound badge,


no. 496620. Almost mint, with full length original ribbons. Sold




Y1 3 WW1 Mercantile Marine trio to William Dixon GOFF, MFA, as - BWM,


Victory medal (named W. Goff, GSR, MFA) and Mercantile Marine medal


Court-mounted, as for wear/display. With copy papers. Born 1872 in S'ton £100




Z1 2 Mercantile pair to Leonard A. DILREW, as BWM & Mercantile Marine. EF £75




A2 3 WW1 mounted group to 90376 Private Thomas ENGLAND, RAMC, as -


WW1 pair, plus Territorial Force Efficiency medal, Geo V (Mdls Yrbk 234)


With copy papers, noting his service. (TFEM 1325 Dvr., T.P.) Wounded. GVF £95




B2 5++ WW1 pair plus 3 Masonic medals to 9540 Pte H.A. DAVIS, H.A.C., with his


Masonic Hospital silvered medal (Wbro HA Davis No 72), another blue


enamelled & hallmkd Ryl Jubilee Lodge 1819 medal, set enamelled bar No72


on pale blue ribbon, named on gilt rev. Bro A Davis 1945. Steward's badge


RMIG 1954. Plus reprint page from "Timber Trades Journal" of 24/12/1949,


with line drawings of those at annual dinner - HA Davis appears bottom right in


his DJ : "who did the duties of toastmaster". Herbert Arthur also in 1946 & 47 £60




C2 3 WW1 part trio to 1108 Sapper G.S. TAYLOR, R.E., as - 1914/15 star,


& BWM medal (Victory missing), plus Territorial Force Efficiency medal,


TFEM is named - Spr / LCpl 562296. GVF £100




D2 3 WW1 mounted trio to S-18951 Sergeant George Thomas REILLY, A&S


Highlanders, as : WW1 pair, named thus, plus Geo V Territorial Force


Efficiency medal as 65 Sgt GT Reilly, 5th Royal Scots. Plus papers. GVF £130




E2 3 WW1 group to 5 - 209 Private W. SMITH, Northumberland Fusiliers, as -


WW1 pair, named thus, plus Territorial Efficiency medal, Geo V, as -


4260912 Drummer, 5th North'd Fus. GVF £160




F2 3 WW1 and ISM group to 39277 Sapper Alfred JARRETT, Royal Engineers,


as : WW1 pair, plus Imperial service medal, Geo VI, cased. He was awarded


this last medal on 2/5/1939, as a sorting clerk & telegraphist in Manchester,


but died in July 1939. With copy MiC and further details. GVF/+ £65




G2 3 WW1 and later group to Private P. BUTT, as : WW1 BWM 8451 Pte, Welsh


Regt, India GSM / bar Waziristan 1921-24 Pte Welch R., and Army LS/GC


medal, Geo V, Welsh Regt. (Both last medals have no. 3948922) EF/+ £225






WW1 / WW2 groups.
H2 5 Mounted group to : 850322 Gunner H.N. FIELDING, Royal Artillery, as :


WW1 pair, plus WW2 1939/45 star, Defence and War medals. GVF £80




J2 4 WW1/WW2 and Special Constabulary medal group to Herbert William S LEE,


as - WW1 pair (22290 AM2 RAF) with WW2 Defence medal and Geo VI


IndImp Special Constabulary medal set bar Long Service 1950.


He joined up with RFC and later transferred to RAF, With copious copied


service papers. With 28 squadron, he later served in F&F and Italy from


1916 to 1919. During and after the War he served as a "Special" with the


Berkshire Special constabulary. GVF £95




K2 5 Court-mounted WW1/2 group to T - 21425 Driver T. FLETCHER, RASC, as


1914 Mons and bar trio, WW2 Defence medal, and ISM Geo VI IndImp.


(Tom Palmer Fletcher on ISM). With much copy papers, and written history


of his life and service. MiC notes "No 3 Coy, 6th Div T, ASC. WW2 was in


the Home Guard, and latterly a GPO linesman. GVF £130




L2 4 Mounted group to L-3554 Gunner Richard RIMMER, RFA/RA, as - WW1


1914/15 trio, plus WW2 Defence medal. 1939 register notes he was serving


in WW2 as a Police Constable in Liverpool. With copy papers. GVF/+ £75




M2 3 Mounted group to 178985 Signaller George Herbert RYAN, Royal Navy


as - WW1 BWM, WW2 Defence medal, plus ISM, George VI IndImp.


With copy of his Naval service, from 1894 to 1899; re-enrolled in the RFR from


1909. His BWM was never issued (!) - this one is re-named. His ISM is LG


for 9/12/1938 : "Skilled Labourer (Railway Pilot), HM Dockyard, Chatham" £70




N2 8+ South Africa WW1/WW2 group to E.G. LEATHERS, as - WW1 1914/15 trio


(Star Pte, Rand Rifles Pair Dvr SASC ) with WW1 Pretoria Tribute medal


in bronze, "Pretoria Citizens Service medal Great War 1914 - 1919", with


faded orange and yellow ribbon. WW2 medals - all named : 1939/45 star,


Africa star, War medal and silver a frica Service medal. Plus short ribbon


bar for 3 medals (39/45, Africa and Africa Service, set 8 on Africa star.


WW1 Victory is bi-lingual version. GVF/+ £165




P2 4+1 WW1/WW2 mounted group to 2237 Private Theodore CORNELIUS,


Army Cycling Corps, as - 1914/15 trio, WW2 Defence medal plus WW1


Silver Wound Badge, no. B75649. Plus copy papers, confirming. GVF/+ £95




Q2 3+5+ WW1/WW2 medals to H.W. GOOD, as - WW1 trio, to F.799 L.M. Good,


RNAS (Royal Navy Air Service). - Star is A.M.1 with the card boxes of


issue. Together with WW2 medals : 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, Africa


star, Burma star, and War medal. Mint, as issued, with transmittal slip and


card box posted to HW Good at 9, Riverside Road, Highbury, N5


Not clear if this is one man, or father & son, with same initials (?) EF/+ £275




R2 3+ WW1 / WW2 group to 23796 Corporal G.H. GOODWRIGHT, Lancashire


Fusiliers, as : WW1 pair, mounted with attached ribbon bar; WW2 War


medal; his cap badge, a collar dog (gilt L and F around Lancashire Fus


flaming globe); 2 circular cloth patches featuring the red Lancashire rose &


leaf spray; and a old b/w photo of George Henry Goodwright in uniform


with swagger stick, in front of a breakfast wall menu. GVF £60




S2 4+ Court-mounted group to 34232 Private William D. SLOWLEY, L.N. Lancs


Regiment, as - WW1 pair, plus WW2 Defence and War medals. With card


case of issue for WW2 medals, and two very large b/w photos of him and


his platoon (one is of ITC HQ Orderly room staff, Aug. 1941.) GVF/+


Plus A4 page of his life and service history. Sold




T2 7 Mounted group to 51031 Private John King BRAND, Ryl Scots Fusiliers, as -


WW1 pair, plus WW2 1939/45 star, F&G star, Defence & War medals, and


Territorial Efficiency medal, Geo V, set extra LS bar. (this last - 3048940 Sjt.)


He transferred to the Army Cycling Corps for a period in WW1 as 23454.


and was wounded on 19 June 1918. With further copy papers, confirming. £160




V2 4 Mounted group to 202944 Gunner G. EDWARDS, RA, as - WW1 pair,


plus WW2 Defence and War medals. GVF/+ No further details £50




W2 3+ WW1/2 mounted group to 34255 Private Horace Joseph SHAW, as - BWM


and Victory medal, The Queen's Regt., plus WW2 War medal. With card


box of issue for WW2, and demob / discharge papers. From Nottingham £55




X2 4 Mounted WW1 / WW2 group to 1498 Private R. BOYD, RAMC, as -


1914/15 trio plus WW2 Defence medal. GVF/+ £70




Y2 6 Mounted group to J. 58007 Boy 1. (later L. Sto). A.L.R.G. MILES, Royal Navy,


as - WW1 BWM, plus WW2 1939/45 star, Atlantic star / bar F&G, Defence &


War medals, plus Naval LS/GC medal, Geo V, Coinage obv. (this last - K.57515


L.Sto. ALRG Miles, HMS Iron Duke, RN.) With copy of his service record,


noting his ful name as Arthur Leslie Robert Glanbell Miles (!!). GVF £125




Z2 8+5 Red Cross enamelled badges and profocoency medals to the CONYBEER


family; Nursing and First Aid dated 1932 and 1933; LS medals for 3 and


5 years; metal and cloth collar and shoulder badges; hallmarked silver


badges and medal " Proficiency in Mental nursing". To J and E. Conybeer £75




A3 1+++ Voluntary Medical Service medal and badges to Herbert William SMITH,


with red enamelled Proficiency in First Aid, 4 further badges, WW1 British


Red Cross Society medal for War Service, and a b/w photo of him. £50




B3 2 WW1 and inter-War year pair to an Indian - Indian Meritorious Service meda;


Geo V with WW1 BWM to 1602 KOT. DFDR Q.M.D. Badlu SINGH,


5th Cavalry. GVF/+ Sold




C3 2 Inter-War LS pair to 4446528 W.O.Cl. 2 G. BARRASS, Durham Light Infantry,


as : IGSM / bar North-West Frontier 1930-31 with Army LS/GC medal


Geo VI FidDef bar Regular Army. (IGSM as Private Barras). GVF £150




D3 4++ Court-mounted group to 2738573 Guardsman William CLARKE, Welsh Gds.,


as - 1939/45 star, F&G star, War medal and GSM / bar Palestine 1945-48.


With original documents, photo, ID cards for wife Polly, AUEW member's


card, large embroidered Welsh Guards blazer (?) badge. He lived at


1, Kings Avenue, Tividale, Tipton. EF/+ £125




E3 6 Pre-War Palestine and WW2 group to 6007690 Private Thomas JONES,


1 / Essex Regiment, as : GSM / bar Palestine, 1939/45 star, Africa star, Italy


star, Defence and War medals. Copy papers note he was also with East


Surrey Regiment from 2/5/1943 to 13/4/1046. EF, stars nicely toned. £140




F3 5+ WW2 group to C/JX 269764 A.J. BARLOW, as : 1939/45 star, Atlantic star /


bar F&G, Africa star / bar North Africa 1942-43, Burma star and War medal.


With matching ribbon-bar, award certificate and box of issue, to him at


29, Fembrook Road, Lewisham, London SE13. B/W copy picture AEF £120




G3 5+ Mounted group to Lieutenant A. E. RIDDICK, Royal Engineers, as - 1939/45


star, Africa star, Defence and War medals (set MiD oak-leaf on War), plus


ISM EIIR (2nd obv). Albert Edward Riddick was formerly 2185653 QM


Sergeant, postal section RE. MiD LG 15/12/1942 for action at GHQ Egypt.


His ISM is in LG for 4/2/1971, as Ass't Superintendant GPO, Birmingham Sold




H3 4 WW2 unattributable mounted group , as : 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, Defence


and War medals. (last two mounted 'back to front' ! GVF £50




J3 5 Mounted group to SS-122667 Stoker 1 Mortimer SCOTT, RFR, as - 1939/45


star, Atlantic star / bar F&G, Italy star, War medal and RFR Long Service &


Good Conduct medal Geo V. Born in 1901, he served from 1919 till 1938,


then re-joined on 31 July 1930 on HMS Durban. Shrapnel wound AEF £130




K3 5+ Group attributed to Frederick Leonard GOODWIN, 1st Army, as - 1939/45


star, Africa star / bar 1st Army, Italy star, Defence and War medals. With award


slip and card box of issue to him at 14, The Avenue, Bickley, Kent. Plus silver


sports fob - "Champions Prims FC H & D CSAL 1925-26 season" named £75




L3 3 WW2 Canada unnamed silver trio, as ; Defence and War medals, plus


Canada Voluntary service medal. All in silver, EF £100




M3 2+ WW2 Australia pair, both named to V 201189 R.A. WARRY. With 2 little


official slips, one "with the Compliments of the Minister of State for the Army"


other yellow slip "any queries to Army Medal section, Victoria Barracks,


Melbourne". EF Plus card box of issue £90




N3 6 Mounted group to 1407580 LAC Stanley Edward BEARD, RAF, as -


1939/45 star, Africa star / bar North Africa 1942-43, Italy star, Defence and


War medals, plus GSM / bar Palestine 1945-48. He enlisted in Penarth £125




P3 5 Mounted group to 624150 Sergeant Jack GODDARD, RAF, as - 1939/45


Defence & War medals, GSM / bar Malaya, CSM / bar South Arabia, plus


RAF LS/GC medal. (Corporal on GSM and LS medals). He enlisted as a


civilian, but joined as an Aircrafthand after 1938. EF Sold




Q3 5++ WW2 Naval group to JX 583590 AB George Thomas MOWLING, RN, as :


1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 8th Army (!!), Italy star, Defence & War medals.


With box of issue to him in Southend. Plus original Naval service record, noting


he had served for 2 years in the RASC until 1942. (Hence 8th Army). Plus


original docs and booklets; Alexandria (Egypt) dinner menus, signed, mini


bible, medical grade card ........ EF £75




R3 5 WW2 group to 8 Petty Officer Wtr R.S. GURNEY, RNVR, as : 1939/45


star, F&G star, Defence and War medals, plus RNVR medal, Geo VI IndImp


With the card case of posting, addressed to him at 10, Park St., Plymouth.


And further copied details of his service and life. EF (wtr = writer) £125




S3 4 Mounted group to F. Sergeant W.J. BURROUGH, RAF, as - Defence and


War medals, GSM / bar Arabian Peninsula and RAF LS/GC medal EIIR


William John Burrough was Sgt on his GSM. Enlisted in Penarth. EF £150




T3 3++ WW2 medals attributed to 995214 LAC John George McKEAND, RAF


as ; 1939/45 star, Defence and War medals, plus hisRAF cap badge.


He was born on 30/9/1916, but his father died of wounds on the Somme on


9th October 1916. He spent most of his war in India with 121, then 5, then


138 Repair & Servicing unit. With papers confirming this. But with also a


very large photograph album with hundred of photos of him and others in the


Raf in Bombay, all artistically embellished. Unique. A good read. £150




V3 5+++ WW2 medals, plus Masonic medals and regalia, etc, etc to H.L. WILLIAMS,


as - WW2 medals : 1939/45 star, Africa star, Italy star, Defence and War


medals. (no record as to his branch of service), plus much Masonic materials


viz 3 Stewards enamelled badges for 1949, 1954 and 1956; a named


and highly enamelled token of esteem medal from the Magnum Opus Lodge


No. 5641 as Undecimus 1955-56; two certificates, a framed/glazed photo


of him at his desk in later life; 2 masonic books, a pale blue sash with named


triangle and hanger, his apron, arm cuffs, another apron and sash. AEF £75




W3 5 WW2 Court-mounted group to 22222158 Sergeant G. COOK, A.C.C., as -


1939/45 star, Italy star, Defence & War medals, plus Territorial Efficiency


medal, top bar Territorial EIIR post 1953. GVF/+ £90




X3 7 WW2 mounted group to JX.12500 Petty Officer W.G. MORRIS, Royal Navy,


as : 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star / bar North Africa 1942-3,


Pacific star / bar Burma, Defence and War medals, plus Naval LS/GC


medal Geo VI IndImp, HMS Orlando. GVF, original ribbons, as worn. £225




Y3 3 WW2 mounted Police trio to Constable Leonard F. KEEN, as - Defence


and War medals, plus Police LS/GC medal, EIIR (post 1953). GVF/+ £60




Z3 4 WW2 group to a South African - 185869 C.B.S. McCLEEVE, as - 1939/45 star,


Africa star, War medal and Africa service medal. Again, with much paperwork. £50




A4 4 WW2 group to a South African - 168367 Pte J. DOWMAN, as : 1939/45 star,


Africa star, War medal and silver Africa Service medal, all named as always.


Plus full set of copy papers. He was with 'K'Coy, Cape Corps. £50




B4 3 WW2 trio to a South African - M.25628 J. BALIE, as - 1939/45 star, War


medal and Africa Service medal. Unresearched, as yet. £40




C4 3++ WW2 Prisoner of War group to 2615324 Guardsman Charles Bruce SEBBORN


Grenadier Guards, as : 1939/45 star, War medal, plus unofficial (Awards


Productions) PoW medal, cased. Post war, he joined the Southern Railway


as part of the (now) British Transport police, and was awarded a LS medal.


With much original paperwork, letters and ID books. His Soldier's and Pay


book notes his DoB as 22/2/1917. We have his PoW German ID metal,


from Stalag XXA (45), letters to him as a PoW in 1941, his dog-tags


brass GG plate, embroidered GG blazer badge, ribbons bars, BTP and GG


badges, b/w photo of him in uniform in August 1945 at the Bricklayers Arms,


Bermodsey, 2 further photos, 2 police whistles, ......... £150






Fire-brigade.
D4 2 Fire-brigade pair to R.E. AYLING, as - bronze British Fire Services


Association medal, named to him, with number 4856 on edge, and a silver


(hallmarked) BFSA medal, also named to him with number 2209 stamped


on edge. (For 10 and 20 years service). GVF/+ £60




E4 1+1 Fire-brigade pair, awarded to Father & son - MILLER family, as :


Father - 2866 W.H. MILLER, bronze LS medal for 20 years BFSA.


Son - 286 Leading Fireman Bruce R. MILLER in silver, for "Exemplary


Service". Both medals mounted separately on pin, as worn. GVF & + £50






Korea groups.
F4 2 Korea pair to T/22669995 Driver H. LAWTON, RASC, as - UK Korea


medal, (post 1953) plus UN Korea medal, set bar Korea. £165




G4 2 Korea pair to 22258810 Private P.J. CALDERWOOD, RAMC, as -


UK Korea medal ( 1953 obv) plus UN Korea medal, set bar Korea. AEF £165




H4 3 Korea medals to a New Zealander - 333693 Driver James Herd KELLY,


RNZASC, as - UK Korea medal (1953 obv), UN Korea medal / set bar Korea


plus NZ Operational service medal. (First 2 medals named). Presented


'court-style'. With copy of his service and life. Born 1913, died 2001


Jim is buried in the Aramoho cemetery, Whanganui. EF £320






Later groups
J4 2 Mounted pair to P/MX.771779 Jnr 1 L. GADD, Royal Navy, as : Naval


GSM / bar Near East (Jnr 2) plus Naval LS/GC medal EIIR (post 1953)


as Jnr 1, HMS Mercury. AEF, lightly toned. Sold




K4 2 Pair to Flight-Sergeant J.D. FULLER, RAF, as - Campaign service medal


set 2 bars : South Arabia, Northern Ireland, plus RAF LS/GC medal, EIIR


post 1953 obverse. B4269527. Rank on CSM is SAC. AEF, toned. £250




L4 2 Court-mounted pair to 24028149 Corporal M.J. ELLIOTT, Royal Engineers,


as - Campaign Service medal / 2 bars : Borneo, Northern Ireland, plus


UN medal for Cyprus (UNFICYP). With card box for NI bar. AEF £125




M4 3 Court-mounted trio to 24876056 Craftsman M.R. DICKINSON, REME, as


CSM / bar Northern Ireland, Accumulated Campaign Service medal


(Mdls Yrbk 198B) with Nato medal, set bar Former Yugoslavia. EF £350




N4 4+ Court-mounted group to 25114207 Private A.M. SOMERS, 1/PWRR, as :


CSM / bar northern Ireland (original lost, this a copy), Nato medal / bar


Kosovo and "2", Op Telic medal, named as above, plus 2002 Jubilee medal.


Adam Somers was a sniper in the 2nd Gulf War, with the Princess of Wales


Royal Regiment. Plus copy of book : Sniper One by Sgt Dan Mills., which


tells of the exploits of sniper platoon, Telic 4 in 2004. Our man features


throughout, with some action pictures. EF £350




P4 6+6 Court-mounted group to 22295785 Sergeant J. McTOMNEY, RHF (Royal


Highland Fusiliers), as - Oman Peace medal in bronze (?), another Oman


service medal in CuNi, GSM / bar Arabian Peninsula, CSM medal / bar


Northern Ireland (oddly this named to 23957694 Bdr O.A. Piercey, RA)


UN medal for Cyprus (UNFICYP) plus Army LS/GC medal EIIR (post 1953)


set bar Regular Army. With matching court-mounted set of miniatures,


(this mounted by Spink & son). AEF, attractively toned. £450






Forgot we had these !!
A5 6+ WW1/WW2 mounted group to CMT/2569 Pte Richard HESELTINE, ASC, as


Mons 1914 trio, set Mons bar, WW2 1939/45 star, Africa star, War medal.


With a file of papers, noting his life, family and service. GVF/+ Sold
B5 3+ WW1 Mons trio to T1-3500 Driver W. IVES, ASC. With card boxes of issue


and envelope addressed to him. GVF £135
C5 3+ WW1 1914/15 trio to 9649 Pte William A. BRASEBY, 4 / KRRC. Entitled to


SWB (discharged sick). Served in Salonika. With copy papers. GVF/+ £80
D5 3+ WW1 Casualty trio to M2-021339 Private Percival Hook GREEN, ASC.


1914/15 trio. Killed in a M.T. accident in Mantova,Italy, 19/11/1917. £140
E5 3+ WW1 Casualty trio to 20992 Gunner Hugh McGUIRE, 274th Siege Battery,


RGA. 1914/15 trio. KiA 13/10/1918, near "St. Aubert". From Scotland. £100
F5 2 WW1 part trio (Mons star and Victory) to 8085 Sergeant J. BUNCLARK,


1 / Devons. (Pte on the Star). Original ribbons. £100
G5 2+ WW1 part trio (1914/15 star and BWM) to 114965 Pioneer W. SIMS, RE


with the card boxes used to send his medals. GVF/+ £50
H5 2+1 WW1 pair to T-36592 Pte W.D. SMITH, ASC, with his cap badge. VF/+


with photo of him in uniform; later transferred to 10th (& 5th) Yorkshire R. GVF £50
J5 2+ WW1 pair to 242623 Pte John R. HUDSON, S/Lancs. Entitled to SWB from


being gassed on 13/7/1917. With copy papers. £60
K5 2+ WW1 pair to 269533 Pte William T. WARD-BEST, 2/7th King's Liverpool


Gassed on 21/7/1917. Once recovered he transferred to ASC. Papers. £60
L5 2+ WW1 Casualty pair to 6819 Pte Albert Henry PRESTON, 1/23rd London Regt.


Wounded on 16/9/1916 on the somme; also with 2 / 13th London in Egypt.


Killed in W2 as a civilian gardener by a "V" rocket on 3/7/1944 in Blackheath Sold
M5 2+ WW1 Casualty pair to 5028 / 252120 Pte Ernest BENTLEY, 1/3rd Battn,


London Regiment. KiA 28/2/1917. With much copy paperwork £95
N5 2+ WW1 Canadian Casualty pair to 1010064 Pte George Henry ANDERSON,


102nd Canadian Infantry. KiA in Lens by a shell on 11/5/1917. With much


copied paperwork. GVF/+ £110
P5 2 WW1 and later pair to 1818 Gunner William CORNER, 1107 Bty, 21 Bde,


RFA, as - BWM plus India GSM / bar Afghanistan NWF 1919. Not entitled


to Victory. (Served in India). With copied papers. £110
Q5 2+3 Family medals to the HICKS family, as - Father : WW1 pair 35722 2AM


Charles John Hicks, RAF. Son : WW2 1939/45 star, Defence & War medals,


In box posted to him - 1510916 LAC Gordon Charles Hicks, RAF. £90
R5 4 WW1 1914/15 trio and Special Constabulary medal Geo VI to WR4/037449


Driver James JONES, ASC. Police service in Mertyr Tydfil. GVF/+ £90
S5 2+1 Family medals to the JESKINS family, as - Father : Special Constabulary


Geo V / bar The great War 1914-18 Albert Jeskins (in Sonning, Berks)


Son : WW1 pair to 201052 pte Hubert jeskins, 2/4th Berkshire Regt. £85
T5 2 Special Constabulary medal, Geo V to Charles Hamerton BRYANT, (London)


mounted with Imperial service medal, Geo V. (LG 11/5/1928). Post Office £60
U5 5+ WW2 group attributed to 214729 Captain (temp) C.J. COLLINS, Ryl Sigs.,


as : 1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 8th Army, Italy star, Defence and War


medals (oak-leaf on War). LG - MiD for Italy 29/11/45. With box of issue


to him in Mitcham, and 2 photos of him in uniform. AEF £125
V5 5+ WW2 Casualty group attributed to Stoker PO Ralph Buckwolde WALKER,


Royal Navy, as - 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Pacific star and War


medal. Sunk by a U-boat on HMS Welshman on 1/2/1943, aged 27.


With condolence slip, box of issue. C/KX83792. On Chatham Memorial. £145
W5 1+ WW1 BWM to Arthur Edward HESTER, Worker, BRC & StJJ. A storeman


in Mesopotamia 1916-18. With copy papers £40
X5 !+ WW1 BWM to 54416 Pte Samuel HUTTON, D Coy, 1/7th Battn, West


Yorkshire Regt. Wounded and taken PoW on 21/4/1918 in Germany. £40
Y5 1+ WW1 BWM to 2nd Lieutenant Harry RUTHERFORD, "A" Coy, 11th Bn.,


Durham Light Infantry. PoW on 22/3/1918. Released on 1/12/1918. Papers £50












A6 4 WW1/2 Court-mounted group to Major Norman Alexander Aylmer HUGHES,


RAMC, as - WW1 pair, plus WW2 Defence medal and StJJ Service medal


He started the war as a Captain, but was soon promoted to Major. WW1 pair


named as a Major. His MiD states "not eligible for 1915 Star - (Malta not a


T. of W)". His father was Rev'd TAA Hughes, born 1834 and died 1905.


Major Hughes was in WW2 a Physician and Div'l Surgeon with the StJJ


Keighley Division, and A.R.P. (Calverley, Leeds). With a whole sheaf of


copied papers, several LG references . GVF/+ £140




B6 3+4 Family medals to the CARLESS family, father and son, as -


Father - WW1 1914 Mons trio (set copy bar) : 7204 Pte W. Carless, 2nd


South Staffs Regt. Walter enlisted in 1904 and suffered a Gun-shot wound


on 29/4/1918. Born in 1883, plus much copied papers.


Son - WW2 1939/45 star, Burma star, Defence and War medals, to


Pte J. Carless, Royal Signals. With his box of issue, addressed to him as


"J. Careless" !! At Bank street, Parr Village, Wolverhampton. GVF £165




C6 9+ WW2 mounted group of 8 to 4859016 Sergeant W.J. "Bill" ELLIOTT, 1 / 7


Middlesex Regiment, as - Military medal Geo VI (a named copy), 1939/45


star, Africa star, set 8 on ribbon, Italy star, F&G star, Defence and War medals,


plus Territorial Efficiency medal, Geo VI IndImp - this last re-named.


With orginal photos of him and others in North Africa in 1942/43. No record


of him having been awarded a MM, so he has awarded himself one !!


Plus a large coloured card of the 51st Highland Division, who were with 1/7


Middx TA in 1941 to 1946, sent to him by "Jim"; his Dunkirk medal with the


official award certificate no. 63443; a newspaper cutting from the Enfield


Gazette in 1979 about the Middx regiment going off to war; another news-


paper cutting from the South African Daily News of 6th June 1985, featuring a


picture of Bill Elliott, reminiscing about his time at Dunkirk; a large partially


coloured photo of him in khaki shorts "Bill Elliott in Egypt 1942"; his Middx


regt. Cap badge; and a typed letter from Sandhurst College (161 (Inf) (RMC)


by Lt-Col Clopper, referring to WJ Elliott's Military Conduct whilst there as


Exemplary. Evidently, he wanted to "big" himself up in South Africa ......GVF £250




D6 4+ WW1 Casualty trio and plaque to 1308 Sapper Albert OVERHILL, RE, as


WW1 1914/15 star, BWM and Victory, plus memorial plaque. Wounded at


the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, he was sent home and died of his wounds on


April 22nd, 1915, having volunteered in September 1914. Medals and


plaque are all mint condition - trio come with their card cases of issue.


He was with 1 / East Anglian Field Coy; from Queen's Park, Bedford. EF £250




E6 1 Campaign service medal / set 3 bars : Radfan, South Arabia and Northern


Ireland to - 23945249 Private V.R. WILKINSON, 1 / East Anglian . GVF £195