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Lot 164
COPPER INGOT. A copper ingot manufactured by the Cape Copper Co. Ltd. (Wales). NOTE: Many of these copper ingots were recovered from the shipwreck of the SS St. George, which sank with eleven hands 18 miles of Portreath, Cornwall on November 26th 1882. She was carrying amongst other cargoes 60 tons of copper ingots as manufactured by the Cape Copper Co. Ltd. Length 28cm. Approx. 8.840kg.NOTE: We cannot ship this lot by our postal shipping service due to its size, fragility, weight or value. We also cannot ship large or disparate multiple lot purchases unsuitable for posting. Buyer to collect or arrange a carrier. Our recommended carrier is MBE Plymouth: Telephone +44 (0) 1752 257224 or info@mbeplymouth.co.uk
Lot 556
A ROYAL ALBERT 'MOSS ROSE' PATTERN TEA SET TOGETHER WITH A ROYAL ALBERT 'CAPE BRETON ISLAND' PATTERN SUGAR BOWL AND CREAM JUG, comprising five cups, five saucers, six tea plates, a bread and butter plate, sugar bowl and milk jug in the 'Moss Rose' pattern, together with a cream jug and sugar bowl in the 'Cape Breton Island' pattern (21) (Condition report: one cup is chipped, the other pieces have surface scratches and worn gilding)
Lot 106
PABLO PICASSO - JEU DE LA CAPE, 1961 - ORIGINAL KREIDELITHOGRAPHIE. Aus der im Buch A Los Toros Avec Picasso veröffentlichten Ausgabe, Text von Jaime Sabartés. Herausgegeben von André Sauret, Monte-Carlo; gedruckt von Atelier Mourlot, Paris. Katalog: Bloch 1015; Murlot 348; Cramer 113 I Gewebtes Papier, Blatt: 25cm x 32 cm Minimale Stockflecken
Lot 1023
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) - "Los Toros - Le Jeu de la cape", Original-Lithografie aus der vierteiligen Serie "A los Toros avec Picasso", 1961, in der Platte datiert "6.3.61. III", unsignierte Auflage, Druck: Mourlot / Paris, Verlag: André Sauret / Monte Carlo, WVZ: M.348, Blatt im Rahmen leicht gewellt, sichtbares Maß ca. 22 x 27,5 cm, im Passepartout unter Glas gerahmt, Rahmenmaß ca.55x60,5cm
Lot 404
A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO AND MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY. A Great War Trio comprising 1914-15 Star named to Pte S. HOWELL 4TH INFANTRY, War Medal and Victory Medal with bilingual reverse, named to Howell 1st S.A.I. the Memorial plaque to Stanley Howell. 9503 Private Howell was the son of George James Howell and Emily Howell of 6 Beaufort St Graham's Town, Cape Province. He was killed in action at the age of 21 on the 18th October 1916 and is buried at Walencourt British Cemetery, three miles South West of Bapaume on the Somme. Sold with a photograph of the headstone and extensive research to include service records. *CR Modern ribbons, slight surface wear only.
Lot 546
A FIRST WORLD WAR CASUALTY PAIR TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN SERVICE CORPS. A Great War Pair comprising War Medal and bilingual Victory Meal named to Dvr P.A. Van Rooy Z.A.D.K. Pierre Andrew Van Rooy was the son of Karel Cristiaan and Mina Van Rooy of Cape Town. He served with the South African Service Corps and was killed in action on the 9th January 1918 and is buried at Dodoma Cemetery, Tanzania, he was 24 years old. *CR Light surface marks, new ribbons.
Lot 67
2 South Africa general service medals to include a Queen Victoria with 5 clasps for Cape Colony , Orange Free State , Transvaal , South Africa 1901 , and South Africa 1902 , awarded to 26931 Tpr W H Broxton 88th Coy IMP Yeo , and Edward 7th with clasps for South Africa 1901 , South Africa 1902 , awarded to Gun C Rowe R . II . A , and a territorial force efficiency medal , awarded to 533 SJT Broxton Shrops Yeo , together with a mounted Ribbon strip , a South Africa war veterans association 1899-1902 badge and a Cheshire Constabulary Special Constable badge .
Lot 760
Fleming, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Contents very good, clean, bright, the uppermost corners folded on several leaves; cloth split around top of spine, slight wear at bottom; dust-jacket torn around top & bottom of spine, rubbing, wear to corners
Lot 803
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; The Magus, London: World Books, 1967; Daniel Martin, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. All with unclipped dust-jackets, contents generally good and bright with occasional pale marks, some ink annotation to the first title, wear to jackets (3)
Lot 349
Fleming (Ian)Thunderball, Cape, 1961, first edition, dust jacket, (priced 15s); idem, You Only Live Twice, Cape, 1964, first edition, first edition dust jacket (priced 16s);idem, The Man with the Golden Gun, Cape, 1965, first edition, dust jacket (priced 18s);idem, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, Cape, 1966, first edition, dust jacket (priced 10s 6d) (4) You only live twice - Name and Dates to front pastedown Thunderball - Booksellers stamp to front pastedownOther two volumes free of inscriptions
Lot 130
Circle of John Constable R.A. (Suffolk 1776-1837 Hampstead)Portrait of a lady, in a red cape and a black hat, a view to a landscape beyond oil on panel30.7 x 24.8cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon, by whom offeredSale, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1981, lot 136 (as Constable), where purchased by the present owner's father ExhibitedRichmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Painting in England 1700-1850: Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon, 1963, cat. no. 289 (as J. Constable)Washington, National Gallery of Art, John Constable: a selection of paintings from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon, 30 April - 1 November 1969, cat. no. 7For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 612
Fleming., Ian., The Man with the Golden GunJonathan Cape., 1965, first edition., dust wrappers,Condition: Contents clean. Slight browning to top edge and very faint damp mark to bottom of side edge. Wrappers have light spotting to front marginal edge and to rear side . Faint damp marks and losses to inside rear edge bottom right and rear bottom corner of wrappers. Slight loss to surface and rubbing in same area
Lot 1
An India medal group awarded to 3128 Pte J. Handford 13th Btn Royal Scots, comprising India medal with Tirah 1897-98 and Punjab Frontier 1897-98 bars, QSA medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony bars and KSA medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 bars, sold with a photocopy of the award rolls (3).
Lot 2
A QSA medal awarded to 6817 Pte. Townsend (indistinctly named), with Orange Free State, Cape Colony and Transvaal bars.Additional InformationThe naming on the badge is hard to read and there is a possibility that there may be some alterations to the name. The recipient may have been entitled to a KSA as well. Unfortunately we have no further information on this lot.
Lot 109
Three: Private W. Vallance, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2694. Pte W. Vallance, 2.K.O. Sco: Bord:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2694 Pte W. Vallance. K.O. Scot: Bord:); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- William Vallance was born in Dumfries, Scotland, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers in February 1888. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt, July 1888 - January 1890, and in South Africa, January 1900 - January 1901. Vallance was discharged, 30 January 1901, having served 13 years with the Colours.
Lot 120
Four: Staff Sergeant A. Robson, 1st Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4336 Pte. A. Robson. 1st. Dgn: Gds:); British War Medal 1914-20 (1DG-4336 S. Sjt. A. Bobson. 1-D. Gds.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Sgt. A. Robson. K.D. Gds.) contemporarily impressed naming; together with Austria, Empire, Commander’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for Foreigners 1908, bronze (Sgt. A. Robson. K.D. Gds.) contemporarily impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and a scarce combination (4) £600-£800 --- Algernon Robson attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and later as a Staff Sergeant in India during the Great War. His Medal Index Card confirms that the British War Medal was his only medallic entitlement for the Great War. Note: His Imperial Majesty Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Dragoon Guards in 1896, and to celebrate his Diamond Jubilee a small number of his Commander’s Jubilee Medal for Foreigners (in gold, silver, and bronze) were awarded to a selected number of Officers and other ranks of the Regiment in December 1908. Robson was amongst those selected from the Regiment to receive the medal, and would have worn it for six years before gravely removing it from his breast in August 1914.
Lot 121
Four: Sergeant H. J. Ireson, 1st Dragoon Guards, later Machine Gun Corps and County of London Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4396 Pte. H. Ireson, 1st. Dgn: Gds:); 1914 Star (4396 Pte. H. J. Ireson. 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (4396 Sjt. H. J. Ireson. 1-D. Gds.) contact marks, heavily polished and worn, the QSA fine, the Great War trio good fine (4) £200-£240 --- Henry J. Ireson attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1914. He later served with the Machine Gun Corps and the County of London Yeomanry.
Lot 125
Three: Trooper J. A. Heyworth, 23rd (Lancashire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, later Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (28812 Tpr J. W. [sic] Heyworth. 23rd Coy Imp: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (M-33423 Pte. J. A. Heyworth. A.S.C.) some scratches, generally very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Joseph Arthur Heyworth was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1879 and attested for service during the Boer War with the 23rd (Lancashire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. The medal roll extract in relation to the award of his QSA notes the incorrect second initial on his medal. He subsequently served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps and died in Nelson, Lancashire, in 1951.
Lot 126
Pair: Staff Sergeant Major J. Mahon, Imperial Yeomanry, late Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Grownkop at Tweefontein on Christmas Day 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (15472 S. Serjt:- Maj: J. Mahon. 53rd. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1511. Sergt. J. Mahon. Norf: R.) engraved naming, extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- John Mahon was born in Butterstown, Dublin, in 1852 and attested there for the 9th Regiment of Foot on 15 November 1870. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 January 1889, and served with the 1st Battalion in India from 11 February 1889 to 17 May 1897, with the rest of his service being either at Home or in Gibraltar. He was discharged on 31 May 1897, after 26 years and 198 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Boer War Mahon attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Cockspur Street on 24 March 1900, and served with the 53rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 14th Battalion in South Africa. He was killed in action at the Battle of Groenkop, near Tweefontein on 25 December 1901; British losses in this action were 57 killed, 88 wounded, and 240 taken Prisoner of War. He is commemorated on the Groenkop Memorial. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, photographs, and other research.
Lot 127
Eight: Company Sergeant Major W. G. F. Crosby, Royal Engineers, who served with the Railway Battalion, Sappers and Miners, during the Great War in East Africa; was wounded under fire at Tanga on 4 November 1914, when he voluntarily took a party ashore; and for his services in German East Africa was awarded the M.S.M. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (5087 Sapper W. George [sic]. Rl: Engineers.); 1914-15 Star (5087 Sjt. W. G. F. Crosby. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (5087 W.O. Cl.2. W. G. F. Crosby. R.E.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (5087 C.S.M. Crosby R.E., Rly. Bn., S. & M.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (5087 Sjt: - A.C.S. Mjr: - W. G. E. [sic] Crosby. R.E.) number officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5087 Sjt. W. G. F. Crosby. R.E.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear in this order, contact marks and light edge bruising, small excess of solder to obverse field of BWM, generally nearly very fine (8) £600-£800 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918 (East Africa). William George Frederick Crosby was born in Liverpool on 24 September 1879 and attested for the Royal Engineers under the name William George on 12 March 1900. He saw active served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 46th Field Company from 5 March 1901, and remained in South Africa following the cessation of hostilities. Retuning to the U.K. on 9 February 1906, he assumed his true name of William George Frederick Crosby on 9 April 1907, and was appointed Lance Corporal on 17 August 1908. Proceeding to India on 4 March 1910, for service with the 25th Railway Company, Sappers and Miners, he was promoted Corporal on 25 March 1911, and Sergeant on 25 September 1912, and whilst in India was present at the Delhi Durbar as part of the Sappers and Miners Contingent (confirmed on roll as being entitled to the Delhi Durbar Medal). Crosby served with the Royal Engineers Railway Battalion, Sappers and Miners, during the Great War in East Africa from November 1914, and was wounded under fire at Tanga on 4 November 1914, when he voluntarily took a party ashore. He was promoted Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) on 25 September 1917, and for his services in German East Africa was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Returning to India, he saw further service during the Third Afghan War, and was discharged on 11 September 1922, after 22 years’ service. Sold with copied research.
Lot 128
Pair: Private W. Lucas, 67th Battalion (Western Scots), Canadian Infantry, late Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7659 Pte W. Lucas. Rl: Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (102830 Pte. W. Lucas. 67 - Can. Inf.) generally very fine (2) £80-£100
Lot 129
Five: Sergeant L. Jenkins, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3742 Pte. L. Jenkins, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3742 Corpl: L. Jenkins. Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914-15 Star (14963 Sjt. L. Jenkins. R.W. Fus:) British War and Victory Medals (14963 Pte. L. Jenkins. R.W. Fus.) the KSA obverse lightly cleaned with wire brush, minor edge bruise to VM, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Leyshom Jenkins attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in October 1892 and served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 9 March 1894 to 9 December 1897. Transferring to the 1st Battalion in 1900, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 July 1900 to 11 September 1902, and was discharged on 11 October 1904, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Jenkins re-enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with the rank of Sergeant on 14 September 1914, and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War from 15 September 1915, and subsequently with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He was reduced to the ranks due to two courts martial for drunkenness, and was discharged due to sickness on 12 December 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 283381. He died of heart failure on 1 April 1937. Sold with research saved on compact disc.
Lot 130
Pair: Corporal J. Blaney, Royal Highlanders, who was wounded at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (4302 Pte. J. S. Blaney, 2: R. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4302 Corpl: J. Blaney. Rl: Highrs:) nearly extremely fine (2) £240-£280 --- J. Blaney attested for the Royal Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was wounded at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899.
Lot 131
Four: Private J. Docherty, Royal Highlanders, later Mercantile Marine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, last clasp unofficially affixed (3000 Pte. J. Docherty. 2nd. Rl: Highrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John Dougherty) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising to QSA, otherwise good very fine and a rare combination (4) £200-£240 --- John Dougherty was born in Dunipace, Stirling, on 30 June 1873 and attested for the Royal Highlanders. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War (clasps confirmed), and subsequently with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
Lot 132
Pair: Sergeant A. Lowe, Leinster Regiment, later York and Lancaster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6413 Pte. A. Lowe. Leinster Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (11525 Sjt. A. Lowe. Y. & L.R.) edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Albert Lowe was born in 1883 ands attested for the Leinster Regiment, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He enlisted for active service in the Great War on 28 August 1914, and served with 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, in the Balkan theatre of War from 2 July 1915. He contracted nephritis when on active service and was discharged on 9 February 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 155319. His home address following discharge was at 5 Lightfoot Avenue, Castleford, Yorkshire. His pension record card also indicates service with the 1st Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.
Lot 133
Pair: Private W. J. Best, Rifle Brigade, who was severely wounded at Ladysmith on 11 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4031 Pte. W. J. Best. Rifle Brigade.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4031 Pte. W. J. Best. Rifle Brigade.) edge bruising and heavy contact marks, nearly very fine, single clasp to the KSA scarce (2) £300-£400 --- W. J. Best served with the Rifle Brigade in South Africa during the Boer War, and was severely wounded at Ladysmith on 11 December 1899. Note: The Q.S.A. Medal roll indicates that he was additionally entitled to the clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal.
Lot 134
Pair: Private W. H. Dickson, Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3166 Pte. W. H. Dickson. Rifle Brig.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3166 Pte. W. Dickson. Rifle Brigade.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- William Henry Dickson was born at Poplar, Middlesex and enlisted into the Rifle Brigade at Woolwich, on 10 March 1894, declaring prior service with the Medical Staff Corps, Militia, at the age of 20 and eight months. He served overseas in Malta, Egypt, South Africa, India and Aden. He served in the Nile Expedition 1898 and in addition to the Q.S.A. with five clasps and the K.S.A. with two clasps is entitled to the Queen’s Sudan Medal, and the Khedive’s Sudan Medal with clasp for Khartoum. He was discharged on 9 March 1906, at Devonport.
Lot 135
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 1 A. Tulk, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (12101 2d Corl A. Tulk, A.S.C); King’s South Africa 1901-02 (12101 Serjt: A. Tulk. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (S1SR-1019 S.S. Mjr A. Tulk. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S1SR-1019 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Tulk. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (S/12101 W.O. Cl.1. A. Tulk. R.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (12101 S.Q.M. Sjt: A. Tulk. A.S.C.) contact marks to Boer War pair and LSGC, these very fine; the rest nearly extremely fine (7) £280-£340 --- Alfred Tulk, a native of Islington, London attested for the Army Service Corps and saw service during the Boer War. Discharged to the Army Reserve, he was recalled for service during the Great War on 17 September 1914, and served on the Western Front from 22 December 1914 to 14 December 1916. After two months at home he returned to France on 17 February 1917 until 5 November 1917 after which time he served in the Italian theatre.
Lot 136
Family Group: Four: Sergeant S. H. Warren, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (11226 Cpl. S. H. Warren, R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11226 Serjt: S. H. Warren. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (154699 Sjt. S. H. Warren. R.A.M.C.) BWM partially officially corrected, cleaned, very fine and better Three: Staff Sergeant C. Warren, Royal Artillery Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1450111 S.Sjt. C. Warren. R.A.) last in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (7) £220-£260
Lot 137
Pair: Sergeant J. Robertson, Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guards, later 4th Battalion, South African Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (458 Sjt: J. Robertson. Prince Alf: Vol: Gds:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte. J. Robertson. 4th. S.A.I.) good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- James Robertson was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 23 November 1876 and served with Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guards in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently with the 4th South African Infantry during the Great War, attesting on 14 May 1918, and embarking for England on 6 September 1918. He served in France from 4 December 1918 to 15 March 1919 (and consequently was not entitled to the Victory Medal), and was discharged on demobilisation on 24 August 1919. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Lot 147
Five: Leading Stoker J. S. Cornwall, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K.13509. J. S. Cornwall, Sto. 2 Cl. H.M.S. Proserpine.); 1914-15 Star (K.13509, J. S. Cornwall, Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.13509 J. S. Cornwall. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.13509 Ch. B. 14599 J. S. Cornwall. L. Sto. R.F.R.) some scratches, edge bruise to NGS, traces of verdigris on VM, generally very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Jabez Samuel Cornwall, a Newspaper Boy from East Ham, London, was born on 21 December 1891. Enlisting into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 25 August 1908, he changed rating from Ordinary Seaman to Stoker 2nd Class on 1 November 1911. He saw service in the Persian Gulf in H.M.S. Prosperpine before Great War service first in H.M.S. Chatham, in East Africa when on 7 November 1914, she destroyed the German supply ship S.S. Somali by shell fire, up the Rufiji River. Due to the shallow waters, she was unable to reach S.M.S. Königsberg, so the British instead scuttled the collier S.S. Newbridge in the main channel of the Delta, to block her escape. From May 1915 Chatham supported the Allied landings at Gallipoli. On 12-13 July 1915 she providing gunfire support to an attack along the Achi Baba Nullah dry water course on Cape Helles, and on 6-7 August 1915 took part in the Landing at Suvla Bay, acting as the flagship of Rear-Admiral John de Robeck. On 20 December 1915 Chatham acted as the flagship for Admiral Weymss during the evacuation from Sulva Bay and Anzac Cove. Returning to home waters in 1916, she struck a mine off the Norfolk coast and had to be towed to Chatham for repairs. He saw later service in H.M.S. Prince George and H.M.S. Dominion and was discharged to shore on 27 January 1920, two days after joining the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was finally demobbed on 5 June 1921. Sold with copy service records and medal roll extracts.
Lot 228
Pair: Private P. Hindley, Liverpool Regiment British War and Victory Medals (87654 Pte. P. Hindley. L’Ppool. R.) very fine Pair: Private R. Atkinson, 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5817 Pte. R. Atkinson. 5-Lond. R.) extremely fine Pair: Lance Corporal T. R. Donaldson, 4th South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl T. R. Donaldson 4th S.A.I.) very fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harold Hindley) extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Philip Hindley, a stonemason from Rochdale, Lancashire, attested for the the Royal Engineers on 7 February 1917. He transferred to the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment on 8 September 1917 and entered the Western Front on 13 December 1917, when he transferred back to the Royal Engineers. He was wounded in action on 11 August 1918, returning to the U.K. four days later. He was discharged, no longer fit for service, on 6 January 1920 and awarded Silver War Badge no. B219144. Sold together with a brass wound stripe, a hallmarked silver religious badge and his Silver War Badge. Reginald Atkinson attested for service with the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment and was discharged due to sickness on 2 May 1919 and awarded Silver War Badge no. B219144. Sold together with his named box of issue for his medals, an original ‘On War Service 1915’ badge issued to munitions workers and original photographs of the recipient in uniform, and at a military hospital. Thomas Rattray Donaldson, of Benoni, Transvaal, was taken on strength of the 3rd Brigade South African Expeditionary Force on 1 April 1916. Embarking on H.M.A.C. Armadale Castle in early May 1916 for service in East Africa, he disembarked at Kilindi on 8 May 1916 and was taken on the strength of the 12th South African Infantry on 17 June 1916. He disembarked at Durban on 25 December 1917 and discharged temporarily unfit with malaria and dysentery on recuperative leave from 28 March 1917 to 27 April 1917. He proceeded to France his draft on 11 December 1917, arriving at Rouen two days later. He was wounded by gas poisoning on 22 March 1918, whilst serving with the 1st South African Infantry, and again severely on 28 March 1918 at Trouville. Promoted Lance Corporal on 23 October 1918, he returned to England for return to South Africa and struck off the British Expeditionary Force on 13 March 1919. Disembarking at Cape Town on 22 April 1919, he was discharged on 22 May 1919. Sold with copy transcript paperwork.
Lot 255
Three: Staff Nurse Sarah C. Dunne, Territorial Force Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (S. Nurse S. C. Dunne. T.F.N.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display; together with a T.F.N.S. miniature cape badge; and a Q.A.I.M.N.S. lapel badge, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Sarah Charlotte Dunne trained at the Brentford Infirmary, Isleworth, from 1911 to 1914, and subsequently joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service, seeing service post-War in Iraq and North-West Persia. Appointed a Sister in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 1 November 1926, she was placed on Retired Pay in December 1935, and was re-employed in May 1941. Sold with copied research.
Lot 26
A Second War ‘Italian Operations’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Sherman Tank Commander Major C. V. King, Prince Alfred’s Guard and Southern Rhodesian Forces, late Royal Navy, for his gallantry during the crossing of the Finale in April 1945; he had previously been wounded by shell fire on 3 June 1944 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1945, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (J.59714 C. V. King. Boy. 1. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these all unnamed as issued; Africa Service Medal (SR.597707 C. V. King.) Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Southern Rhodesia (Major C. V. King D.S.O.) re-engraved naming, mounted court-style as worn, generally very fine and better (11) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 23 August 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The original Recommendation, for an Immediate Military Cross (subsequently upgraded to a D.S.O.), dated 11 May 1945, states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry, boldness, and devotion to duty. On the night of 22-23 April 1945, Major C. V. King was in command of a squadron of tanks ordered to support the Royal Durban Light Infantry in securing the road and bridge intersection at Finale (Map Ref. 866857). This objective proved to be a strongly held enemy rear guard position. Soon after darkness this strongly held position was overrun and the tanks had driven a wedge right into the centre against heavy opposition. Despite the darkness and lack of manoeuvre, owing to the impossibility of deploying the tanks off the road, Major King pressed his tanks forward through enemy infantry armed with bazookas, he himself moving with the leading troop. From here he was able to effectively engage an animal drawn convoy protected by enemy tanks. By this time the animal convoy had been cut in two, the leading tank began engaging Major King and the leading troop from two sides, resulting in two of our tanks being knocked out. The extent of the damage and loss off equipment caused to the enemy was evident the following morning when some fifty to sixty vehicles were found to be destroyed. During the confused fighting that lasted till 0300 hrs, Major King remained with his leading tanks, and his coolness and imperturbable courage during intensive tank and shellfire was an inspiration to his men, and an outstanding example of zeal and devotion to duty. He displayed an exceptional degree of tenacious courage and resourceful determination under the most adverse tank conditions. His personal bravery and leadership could not be surpassed.’ Cecil Vincent King was born on Robben Island, Cape Town, on 3 August 1900 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 7 August 1916, serving initially in H.M.S. Hyacinth and H.M.S. Impregnable. He was advanced Boy First Class on 26 February 1917, and was promoted to Able Seaman on 3 April 1919. He was invalided out of the service, suffering from Rheumatism, on 10 December 1919. Having moved to Southern Rhodesia King saw early service in North Africa during the Second World War, before being assigned to the Prince Alfred’s Guard, with who he saw extensive service in Italy with the rank of Major, and was wounded on 3 June 1944 when his foot was crushed by a lump of flying earth thrown up by an exploding shell. For his services as a Sherman tank commander at the crossing of the Finale in April 1945 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order; Neil Orpen’s Victory in Italy gives the following coda to his D.S.O. action: ‘Strewn among the wreckage of more than 60 enemy vehicles lay the corpses of Germans who had tried to hold open the line of retreat. The carcasses of horses and oxen killed in the night’s hail of crossfire sprawled among shattered lorries, carts, semi-tracked vehicles, guns, limbers and piles of wrecked enemy equipment of every conceivable kind. At the crossing point over the canal about 200 metres from the river, smashed carts, dead oxen, mules, and horses were so entangled with trucks and knocked-out assault guns and tanks that a bulldozer was needed to clear the way for the advancing columns. A ground check in the area immediately south-east of Finale showed enemy losses amounting to 51 guns, 17 mortars, 2 tanks, 17 half-tracks, 100 or more motor-drawn vehicles, and more than 150 horse-drawn vehicles.’ During the actual fighting the R.D.L.I. had taken 160 prisoners, and no fewer than 200 enemy dead were found on the battlefield, compared to the R.D.L.I. casualties of just 12 wounded.’
Lot 366
The historically interesting South Africa 1834-53 Medal awarded to Mr. R. Graham, Cape Irregular Cavalry and Civil Commissioner of Albany; he was the son of Colonel John Graham, the Founder of Grahamstown South Africa 1834-53 (Mr. R. Graham, Cape Irregular Cavalry) officially renamed in large engraved serif capitals (see Footnote), good very fine and unique to unit £800-£1,000 --- Robert Graham, the only son of Colonel John Graham and Johanna Catharina Cloete, a descendant of Jacob Cloete, the first permanent settler at the Cape, was born at Grahamstown, the settlement that his father established in 1812. He served as Civil Commissioner of Albany, and commanded a Corps of Irregular Cavalry during the Third Kaffir War, 1851-53. ‘With reference to an application for a Kafir [sic] War Medal for Mr. R. Graham, who commanded a Corps of Irregular Horse during the Kafir War of 1851-2. By a General Order dated Horse Guards 19th December 1857 the period for the reception of Claims of this nature has been limited to the 1st December 1858 which has now expired - but as the Claimant in the present case has preferred his application prior to that date, although it was not received until the prescribed period had elapsed, and as he was probably not aware at the time of the existence of the General Order in question, Major General Peel has recommended to His Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief, that the observance of the strict letter of the General Order referred to, should be waived in the present instance as a special case, and the Claim be taken into consideration - and His Royal Highness having expressed his entire concurrence in that recommendation, has informed Major General Peel that the Claim appears to be valid. Under these circumstances, directions have been given for the preparation of a Kafir War Medal for Mr. Graham accordingly.’ (Letter to Lieutenant-General Sir H. G. Smith, Bt., G.C.B. from the War Office, dated 20 January 1859, refers). It would appear that, whilst Mr. Graham’s medal has been renamed, this was officially done at the Royal Mint utilising a previously named but unissued medal, to avoid the need to carry out the 48 separate operations required to produce a single impressed medal from start to finish.
Lot 394
Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Cap. C. E. Nicholls. Kaff. V. Art.) nearly extremely fine, rare to unit £400-£500 --- Only 16 medals awarded to the Kaffrarian Volunteer Artillery, all with Basutoland clasp, to 2 Officers (Captain C. E. Nicholls and Lieutenant W. J. White); and 14 other ranks (1 Trumpet Major, 3 Sergeants, 1 Corporal, and 9 Gunners).
Lot 401
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (5271. Pte. T. Whelan. 2d. Bn. Ryl. Innis: Fus:) minor edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140 --- Thomas Whelan attested for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Punjab Frontier campaign of 1897-98, and later during the Boer War. He is additionally entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with the clasps Cape Colony and Orange Free State.
Lot 409
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4543 Pte. T. Mason. 14th. Hussars.) edge bruise, light contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Thomas Mason attested for the 14th Hussars and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service during the Great War, initially with the 20th Hussars on the Western Front from 22 August 1914, before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.
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