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After Robert Morden, Leicestershire, hand-coloured map, sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & John Churchill,41x46.5cm.

Collection of coins includes Festival of Britain 1951 with St George and Dragon five shilling coin and one other, Canada dollar, Charles and Diana, Churchill etc

E.J. CHURCHILL A 12-BORE 'UTILITY XXV MODEL' BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 4194, for 1929, 25in. nitro reproved barrels with matt Churchill-rib gold-inlaid 'XXV', the tubes engraved 'E. J. CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. ORANGE ST. GUNWORKS. LEICESTER SQUARE. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, left wall at 20-, treble-grip action with hidden third bite, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, bold border and scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the underside engraved with the model designation and gold-inlaid 'XXV', 15 1/4in. figured semi-pistolgrip stock including 1 3/4in. wooden extension, weight 6lb. 2oz., in its makers lightweight leather 'The V.C.' guncase. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

E. J. CHURCHILL A 12-BORE 'CROWN GRADE' BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6110, for 1939, 25in. nitro reproved barrels with matt Churchill-rib inlaid 'XXV', the tubes engraved 'E. J. CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. ORANGE ST. GUNWORKS. LEICESTER SQUARE. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, treble-grip action, automatic safety, bold acanthus scroll engraving, the underside with a crown, 14 1/2in. figured stock including 1/2in. ebonite extension, weight 6lb. 1oz.. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

AYA A 20-BORE 'MODEL 25' BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 487586, for 1977, 25in. nitro chopperlump barrels with Churchill-style rib, with gold-inlaid 'AYA' at the breech end, the right tube engraved 'AYA-AGUIRRE & ARANZABAL - MADE IN SPAIN.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'S' detail, floral and acanthus motif engraving, retaining virtually full original colour-hardening and finish, 13 1/2in. figured stock, weight 5lb. 7oz., in a Brady canvas slip. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

J. BLANCH & SON A PAIR OF 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6414 / 5, circa 1935, 28in. nitro replacement barrels (in 1973), the tubes engraved 'NEW BARRELS FITTED BY CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. 7 BURY STREET, ST. JAMES'S. LONDON. ENGLAND,', the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and with acanthus scroll detailing at the breech-ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke in both, treble-grip actions, automatic safeties engraved '1' and '2', and with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, bold acanthus scroll engraving with beaded borders, the makers names in scrolling banners, bright finish overall, 14 1/4in. figured stocks (No.1 a replacement) including 1/4in. buttplates, weight 6lb. 7oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No.2). S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

CHURCHILL GUNMAKERS LTD. A .270 WINCHESTER BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 55263, for 1985, 23 3/4in. unsighted nitro barrel engraved 'CHURCHILL GUNMAKERS LTD. No. 55263', the receiver mounted with a Swarovski Habicht 4x32 Nova telescopic sight, serial no. 403132, receiver ring engraved 'CALIBRE .270 WINCHESTER' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND', recoil blocks, hinged floorplate with push button release and engraved with bold acanthus scrollwork, figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, pistolgrip-cap sling swivels, 14in. pull including 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, fore-end fitted with a Harris SLM folding bipod, weight 10lb. 4oz.. S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

E.J. CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. A 12-BORE 'THE FIELD MODEL XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 3664, for 1928, 25in. nitro barrels, matt Churchill-rib gold-inlaid 'XXV' at the breech end, the tubes engraved 'E. J. CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. 39 TO 42 LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, some pitting, treble-grip action with hidden third bite, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, acanthus scroll engraving with central floral bouquets, the underside with the model designation, brushed finish, 14 5/8in. replacement stock including 3/4in. recoil pad, weight 6lb. 4oz., in its lightweight leather 'THE "V.C" GUNCASE'. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

AYA A COMPOSED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'MODEL 25' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 206216 and 220512, for 1965 and 1966, 25in. nitro chopperlump barrels, matt Churchill ribs gold-inlaid 'AYA' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and true cyl. choke (No. 206216) and 1/4 and imp. cyl. choke (No. 220512), automatic safeties, removable striker discs, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, the actions, lockplates and furniture profusely engraved with acanthus scrollwork and ribboned floral motifs, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening No. 220512, 14 1/2in. figured stock, No. 206216 and 14 5/8in. figured stock No. 220512, weight 6lb.. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

WEBLEY & SCOTT A 20-BORE 'MODEL 700' BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 136979, for 1966, 26in. nitro barrels with matt Churchill-rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, automatic safety, border and scroll engraving, retaining much original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/4in. stock, weight 5lb. 9oz.. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

A very large quantity of Wedgwood jasperware trinket dishes and ashtrays, mostly in sky blue. Includes Royal Wedding, Royal Birth and Churchill examples.

Books over two shelves, WWII and Winston Churchill 20 books altogether. Including 7 volumes of Winston's Churchill by Martin Gilbert.

A cased Winston Churchill coin

TWO BOXES OF BOOKS CONTAINING THE MAJOR WORKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Centenary First Edition, published by the Hamlyn Group 1974, complete twenty-five volume set, uniform burgundy Morocco gilt, silk end papers, all edges gilt (2 boxes)

FIVE BOXES OF CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE, to include Contemporary fine china six tea cups and saucers and tea plates by Noritake, twelve Churchill blue and white 'Willow' pattern dinner plates, Royal Tudor Ware dinner plates, Denby 'Troubadour' pattern tea cups and saucers, Palissy 'Siera' pattern butter dish, salt glazed dishes and kitchen cannisters, terracotta wine cooler and garlic pot, six sweetcorn dishes, claret jug, sundae dishes, oil decanters, preserve pots, drinking glasses, etc. (s.d) (5 boxes)

FOUR BOXES OF BOOKS, LPS AND 45RPM RECORDS, to include over sixty 45rpm records mostly 1960'- 1980's Tamla Motown Isley brothers, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, over twenty LPs to include Kim Wilde L.P with a signature in black biro on front cover, Elvis, Grease, Disraeli Gears- Cream, The Box Tops- Non Stop, The Rolling Stones - Great Hits, etc. four boxed Folio society books to include The Warden Anthony Trollope, Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh, Adventure Stories From The Strand, Rumpole John Mortimer, a 1930's volume two of The Milk trade by C. Raison, October 1948 The Second world war by Winston Churchill volume I, a 1950's Buffalo Bill annual, a Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales illustrated by W. Heath Robinson (4 boxes)

A CHURCHILL QUARTZ 9CT YELLOW GOLD WRISTWATCH, the champagne dial with black gilt hourly applied marks, dial signed Churchill Quartz, to the plain polished bracelet, hallmarked 9ct gold, quartz movement, approximate gross weight 19.4 grams (condition report: overall condition good)

A group of photo slides including Apollo 17 and Winston Churchill The Nations Farewell

Six Jubilee Mint 9ct gold coin covers, including Prince George, D-Day, Churchill, Great War, Year of Three Kings, QEII, each weighing 1g

Books - Winston Churchill - The Second World War, six hardback volumes with dust jackets.

A mixed lot comprising:an Imperial War Museum boxed set of six Churchill commemorative coins, 'Britain's Darkest Hour'; three medallions (2 VE Day and Concorde);a boxed Queen Elizabeth II paperweight;a quartz watch and two penknives.

A selection of English bank notes to include: 7 ten shilling notes, three £1 notes and a facsimile ten shilling note, a set of four novelty 'Dad's Army' notes and a small selection of commemorative Churchill crowns

Winston Churchill MP grandson of WW2 leader signed rare 50th ann Battle of El Alamein cover, only 105 issued. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

N Gauge Road Vehicles, Buildings and Pointwork by various manufacturers to include Oxford Diecast 5 x NCHT001 Churchill Tank, NPT016 AA Van; NCFE004 Vauxhall Estate Car, NFT010 Eddie Stobart Delivery Van, NTRAC002 Fordson Tractor, NMH014 BR Scammell Mechanical Horse plus other vehicles, some require re-securing to inner box, quantity of unboxed vehicles in both plastic and diecast to include Delivery Vans, Caravans, 4-wheel Lorries, various Cars and Taxis, Articulated Lorry, Military vehicles and others, conditions are Fair to Good Plus. Graham Farish (by Bachmann) 379-301 pack of Police and Security Staff, Graham Farish 9509 Country Station Building Kit, 42-196 Rail Interchange Shed, conditions Good Plus to Excellent in original boxes, also included a quantity a plastic Buildings including houses, greenhouses, footbridge, water tower and other items along with card church, station building (both require some minor attention), conditions are Fair to Good along with 10 x Peco points (8 x small radius and 2 x large radius) plus other items, conditions range from Fair to Excellent. (Large Qty)

ASSORTED COLLECTABLE COINS comprising £50 banknotes series, various £2 coins, William and Kate $1 coin, commemorative coins including Sir Winston Churchill, Elizabeth I, Magna Carta, plate and enamel coins, 1977 jubilee coins, 50 pence collector's coins, Royal Navy 2015 uncirculated £2, large commemorative coins including Diana, National Anthem, Wartime leader, five gilded tin collector's crowns ETCProvenance: private collection Cardiff, consigned via our Cardiff Office

COLLECTION OF COLLECTABLE COINS including Countdown to London 2012 £5 coin, Battle of Waterloo £5 coin, boxed RBL 100 silver sovereign, various commemorative coronation medallions, 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill £5 coin, Royal Birth £5 coin, Queen Elizabeth II part collection set, Diana The People's Princess part set, 50p memorium coins ETCProvenance: private collection Cardiff

T. Goode & Co Ltd “The Churchill Vase” number 173 from a special limited edition of two hundred and fifty, Abbeydale China made in England.

A collection of Sir Winston Churchill glassware to include a glass toasting goblet, a round Crystal plaque in silver inset, a glass decanter, three glass tankards and a glass beaker etched with portraits.

A commemorative Royal Brierley Crystal goblet of Sir Winston Churchill together with a heavy glass paperweight, round with black and white portrait of Winston Churchill with border of flowers.

A collection of approx 39 Sir Winston Churchill mugs.

A collection of five Sir Winston Churchill plates, to include two Royal Winton plates of Churchill and Churchill with Roosevelt both with flags, a Royal Staffordshire Pottery plate of Churchill and Roosevelt, a Royal Doulton plate of Churchill surrounded by oak leaves, and a Solian Ware wartime plate of Churchill.

Edwardian leather covered oak six divison cartridge magazine, with leather liners and brass reinforced corners, hinged lid stamped E. O. Turnbull. Whitby, with two straps, W48cm D35cm H15cm, and two leather trade labels for Holland & Holland and Churchill guns

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.  13 various vols. by or re. Churchill; also 3 others.  (16).Condition Report:World Crisis - Part 1 - "First published 1927". No edition given (1st?).Part 1 - Third Impression 1927.Part II - "First published 1927"Part II - Second Impression March 1927.Part II - Third Impression March 1927.The Aftermath - Second Impression March 1929. Multiple library and other ink stamps in this volume. Cloth has been damp and started to lift/bubble. some wear and marking to boards overall, browning, foxing and offsetting, mainly at front and back of volumes, with sporadic foxing throughout and dust staining and foxing to fore edges. Generally readable but 5/10 condition wise.My Early Life/African Journey - in nice condition. Very clean. Vellum slightly yellowed/mottled. Publisher Library Of Imperial History 1973.New Examiner - with dust wrapper in good clean condition. Very slight staining to fore edge, other without dust wrapper, dust staining to boards and fore edge. 

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.  My African Journal. Photograph illus. Publisher's catalogue at end. Orig. pict. red cloth depicting Churchill beside a rhino. First Edition, 1908.condition:Condition as images, some light foxing and very slight splitting. Fading to spine and light marking to boards. All plates and maps present as called for. 

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.  London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria. Maps & plans (2 fldg.). Orig. pict. fawn cloth, soiling & some wear, foxing & spotting to edges, etc. First Edition, 1900; also The "New Impression" of the same, 1900.  (2).

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.  The Great War. 3 vols. Many illus. & maps. Royal 8vo. Half green morocco. N.d.

Royal Australian Mint - Celebrating the Life of the Queen Mother Pure Silver 999 $5 Proof Coin, With Box and Certificate, Mint Condition, Together with A Winston Churchill Glass Paperweight Mint In Original Box, Together with The Pope John Paul II Canonisation Five Crown Coin, Limited to ONly 4,999 Coins, Layered In 24ct Gold and Bejewelled with Two Swarovski Amethyst Crystals With Box and Certificate, In Mint Condition ( 3 ) Items In Total. From a Gentleman's Own Private Estate.

Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 2008 Champage, in original box. Pol Roger created this in tribute to Winston Churchill in the style of the 1928 vintage. It's made exclusively from Grand Cru Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards. A fitting tribute to one of Britain's most prominent figures.

Royal Doulton Winston Churchill Character Jug, 8.5" tall, in excellent condition.

Two Lima 00 gauge locomotives in associated boxes comprising 34051 'Winston Churchill' in BR green livery and 46200 'The Princess Royal' in LMS crimson livery together with an unboxed Lima 2-6-2 locomotive no.5574 in BR red lined black livery (3)

A HALL MARKED SILVER SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL DISH AND A U S EAGLE COIN

Of political interest - 4 character jugs of Chamberlian, George V, Churchill and Attlee

Of political interest - A character jug of Churchill astride a bull dog, a political jug of King George V and two others impressed GOM 

Of political interest -  A character jug of Ted Heath another of Churchill another of Harold Wilson  another of Prince Phillip and Ted Heath condiments 

Winston S. Churchill. The Gathering Storm, new edition, the free-endpaper inscribed 'Winston S. Churchill', with a note loosely inserted, original cloth, 8vo, London: Cassell and Co., 1950 The note to Wilfrid Stokes, dated 1 April 1951, is from Churchill's private secretary, 'Dear Mr Stokes, Mr Churchill was very pleased to sign your copy of THE GATHERING STORM, which I enclose with your Visitors' Book which he has inscribed too. I am sorry we have kept it so long, but it is only since Easter that Mr Churchill has been able to deal with his non-political work! Yours sincerely, Jane Portal' This item is sold with 7 further volumes by Churchill, matching volumes II - VI of The Second World War, 'My early life' and 'By his contemporaries'. (8). ** Boards slightly soiled, spine frayed at head, note torn along fold.

Halcyon Days - a limited edition enamel box showing Winston Churchill, after Orpen, No 25 of 50, in original packaging 

Costume jewellery to include a Millie Fleurie brooch, a Retro Ingersoll gold tone watch dial fashioned as a pendant, 2 replica base metal stamps of Sir Winston Churchill 1965 First Edition stamps, a 9ct gold plated and engraved bangle, vintage brooches and 2 British one pound bank notes all housed in a 1970's cream jewellery box. Location:R1.2

Coin collection- Great Britian Crowns (1965 - 1981) United Kingdom brilliant uncirculated coin collection 1986 (Royal mint), Battle of Trafalgar 200th Anniversary £5 coin, 1965 Churchill Crown, a ERII 1993 Isle of Man 'Nigel Mansell World champion £5 coin, an ERII 2011/2 Diamond Jubilee coin. Plus a 'Penny for your thoughts' and a Executive decision maker coin.     

Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police, bronze (PC, G. Fitch. B. Divn.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (2) (P.C. S. Hotching; P.C. F. Stops.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Cmdr. James Churchill) good very fine, the last rare to rank (4) £120-£160 --- James Churchill served with the Somerset Special Constabulary, and was released, at his own request, on 7 March 1939. Sold with torn Release Certificate.

A Second War ‘Liverpool Blitz’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Chief Radio Officer B. J. Smith, Mercantile Marine, late Army Service Corps, for his gallantry on the occasion that the ammunition ship S.S. Malakand was bombed and exploded in Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, during the May Blitz, 4 May 1941 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (S4-143301 Pte. B. J. Smith. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S4-143301 Pte. B. J. Smith. A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Brocklebank Medal, 32mm, silver and enamel, the obverse featuring the blue and white enamelled company flag, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, S.S. “Malakand” 4th May 1941, Sunk by Enemy Action’, unmounted, generally very fine and better (8) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946. The original Recommendation, dated 24 February 1943, states: ‘For long and meritorious sea service in dangerous waters from September 1939 (still serving at sea). From 1914 to 1918 this officer served in the Army overseas and joined Brocklebanks’ Wireless Transmission Service in 1925 (This Company owns all the wireless gear on its ships and the Wireless Officers are direct employees of the company). Mr. Smith was the Chief Wireless Officer in our S.S. Makalla when she was bombed, set on fire, and sunk at sea in 1940, and was serving in a similar capacity in our S.S. Malakand, which was set upon fire and blew up in dock during the Liverpool blitz of 1941. From the nature of their service in the wireless room Radio Officers are either the objective of any first attack or are among the last to leave their ship when torpedoed &c. It is not surprising, therefore, to have to record that seven of our Radio Officers have already lost their lives at sea, and one has been badly wounded by shell fire. I have selected Mr. Smith as typical of the men of this particular rank serving in our fleet. When a ship has to be abandoned it is the special duty of one of the radio officers to ensure that the portable transmitting set goes into a boat and that he gets in with it. It is the proud boast of these men that so far they have never failed to do this.’ A further Recommendation, dated 30 July 1945, additionally states: ‘During this War this officer has served continuously in dangerous waters in the North and South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and has at all times set a high example of Leadership and Devotion to Duty.’ Bernard John Smith was born in York in 1897 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 18 November 1915. Discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 September 1919, he joined the Brocklebank Shipping Line, Liverpool, as a wireless operator in 1925, and served with them continuously for the next 25 years. His first ship was the S.S. Matheran, and he then served in the S.S. Mahratta, and the S.S. Maidan. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he served in the S.S. Makalla- whilst in convoy this vessel came under attack for German He.115 bombers off the Pentland Firth, and was set on fire, eventually sinking, with the crew being successfully evacuated. Smith’s next appointment was to the S.S. Malakand. On 3 May 1941, whilst berthed in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, and carrying 1,500 tons of high explosives, the city and docks suffered a heavy German air raid, party of the city’s ‘May Blitz’. Flares and incendiaries showered the ship, causing a huge fire which ignited the ammunition. The fire services could not contain the fire and on 4 May 1941, a few hours after the raid had ended, Malakand exploded, destroying the entire Huskisson No. 2 dock and killing four people. It took seventy-four hours for the fire to burn out. For his gallantry that night Smith was recommended for the M.B.E., which, having been re-recommended on a further three occasions, he eventually received in 1946. For the rest of the Second World War Smith served in the S.S. Fort Churchill. He retired in the 1950s, and died in York on 7 June 1960. During the Second World War, Brocklebanks lost 18 ships and a further 5 were damaged. A total of 255 officers and crew lost their lives. The company produced a silver medal to the crew of those 18 ships lost by enemy action, and a bronze medal to the crew of those 5 ships damaged by enemy action but brought to port. Approximately 1,750 medals were produced. Indian crew members frequently wore these medals on a cord around their necks, and when some Lascars did so at a Liverpool dock parade they attracted the King’s attention, and received his compliments. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

The Second War Mentioned in Despatches Certificate awarded to Captain the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, attached No. 2 Commando, Special Service Brigade, who was killed in action leading his men during a fierce action at Salerno on 16 September 1943; the great-great-grandson of the First Duke, he is the only holder of that illustrious title to lay down his life in action Mentioned in Despatches Certificate ‘Lieutenant (T/Captain) The Duke of Wellington, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (W. Riding)’, dated 28 September 1944, mounted in a glazed display frame, good condition £2,000-£2,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013. M.I.D. London Gazette 28 September 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ Henry Valarian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington, was born on 14 July 1912, the only son of the 5th Duke of Wellington, and the great-great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington. He was educated at Stowe School and on 13 November 1935, as Lord Mornington, was gazetted a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, joining them in early 1937 in Malta. He served with them there and in England until February 1939 when he was seconded to the King’s African Rifles. He went out to join them in East Africa and saw service with them in the Defence of Kenya against the Italians and in the successful Abyssinian Campaign. Having succeeded his father as 6th Duke of Wellington in 1941, he returned to England in 1942 following a severe attack of malaria. Whilst at home on sick and compassionate leave, following the death of his father, he took his seat and made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. His adventurous spirit then prompted him to apply for Commando training, which he won through with flying colours. Appointed to No. 2 Commando, Special Service Brigade, commanded by the charismatic, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Churchill, M.C., he took part in the invasion of Sicily and in the landings at Salerno on 9 September 1943. Commanding No. 2 Troop, was killed in action by a hand grenade in the bitter fighting at Piegolette on 16 September 1943. Recommended for the award of the D.S.O., he was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. He is buried in Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. He was succeeded to the title by his uncle, the 7th Duke of Wellington. A Memorial Service was held at Stratfield Saye Parish Church, at the family seat, on 9 October 1943, conducted by the Bishop of Winchester. In his address, Canon J. B. Barker said: ‘A century and a quarter ago England’s Sovereign conferred a Dukedom on England’s greatest soldier. Today we mourn the sixth holder of that honoured title - the first to lay down his life in action - whom all men knew as ‘Morny’. What kind of man was he? We will ask it first of his fellow-officers and men, and they will tell you of his bravery - his utter fearlessness in the face of danger.’ Sold with a representative group of medals to the Duke of Wellington, comprising 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; and representative unit insignia; a copy of the book ‘Wellington’, by Jane Wellesley; and copied research.

A fine Peninsula Gold Medal awarded to Major-General C. E. Conyers, C.B., 82nd Regiment, for Orthes, 27 February 1814, at which battle he commanded his regiment until severely wounded Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Orthes (Lieut. Coll. Chas. E. Conyers, 82nd Foot.) fitted with original glass lunettes and original gold ribbon buckle and suspension, this once neatly repaired and no longer swivels, a tiny chip to the upper edge of reverse lunette, otherwise good very fine £12,000-£16,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1928; J. B. Hayward & Son, c.1975; Buckland Dix & Wood, April 1995; Dixon’s Gazette, Spring 2003; Baldwin’s, September 2016. Charles Edward Conyers appears to have been born in Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland. Whilst records are scant concerning his lineage, he is believed to be a scion of the influential Conyers family of Castletown-Conyers, County Limerick. Charles Conyers received his first commission into the British Army in 1794, as a young ensign and soon found himself sent, via nine-months spent in Gibraltar, to the island of St Domingo in the West Indies. As part of the 1st Battalion 82nd Foot, this regiment was intended to assist in the establishment of a protectorate at Port-au-Prince at the request of a number of influential islanders, and to dislodge the increasingly beleaguered French military presence located there, which was suffering under something of a national rebellion against French rule and slavery. Some 832 rank and file of the 82nd Foot were embarked on 10 June 1795, under the command of the young Lieutenant-Colonel George Garnier, arriving at Mole St Nicholas, and proceeding immediately to Port-au-Prince to assist the governor, Major-General Sir Adam Williamson K.B., in a military offensive. Fighting from the district of Mirebalais, where, for a period of twelve months, the 82nd were the only European troops, Conyers was made lieutenant on 2 September 1795, and was present during a number of engagements with the enemy. The most serious of these attacks was made by the local chief and leader Toussaint L’Ouverture, on the whole line of the frontier, when 40 men of the 82nd, under Lieutenants Manners and Conyers, accompanied by some two thousand five hundred colonial levies, marched at night to assist Fort Serolle, then invested by four-thousand enemy soldiers, who were taken by surprise, subsequently dislodged and then dispersed with considerable casualties. For this particular success Lieutenant Conyers received a personal letter of thanks from Brigadier-General Churchill. Unfortunately, the 82nd lost their Commanding Officer Colonel Garnier (and his brother Henry, Ensign, amongst many) to yellow fever in December 1796, adding to their difficulties. In 1797 Conyers was placed in command of Fort Desureaux, leading a garrison of forty Europeans and three-hundred colonial troops. He had to repel several assaults during this period, and when Pestel was attacked, he personally led a party against the rear of the enemy, which caused the failure of their enterprise, and for his conduct on this occasion he again received a personal letter of thanks from Brigadier-General Churchill. In March 1798, he was appointed Fort Major of Irois, and during its siege, which lasted for three months, Lieutenant Conyers and two non-commissioned officers of the 82nd were wounded, and the garrison lost more men killed and wounded than its original number of three-hundred. Towards the end of 1798, treaties were made with the hostile chiefs for the evacuation of the island, owing to the constant fighting and the ravages of malaria and yellow fever, the remains of the 82nd were collected at Jaremie, under the command of Lieutenant Conyers, the only remaining officer of the original number which had landed less than three years before at St Domingo. In total, from the original contingent, 22 officers were lost as well as some 1000 men. After returning to England in late January 1799, he served briefly in the expedition to Quiberon Bay in France, before serving in Minorca for two years with the 82nd Foot, until it was ceded to Spain under the terms of the Peace of Amiens, before being removed to Ireland in 1802. In this year Conyers was promoted to captain on 25 June, and made A.D.C. to Major-General Patrick Wauchope. It appears that he subsequently followed Wauchope to Malta for 1 year and 8 months, and then on to Egypt in 1807 as A.D.C., serving as a member of the staff under General Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser, to confront Ottoman forces in that strategic location. He was present with the British force led by Wauchope at the storming and retreat from Rosetta, as the British forces were shot and sniped from windows in the labyrinthine streets. Here Wauchope was killed and Captain Conyers was wounded with him in the fighting, receiving a severe contusion (presumably from a glancing bullet). His service papers then detail that he was subsequently made A.D.C. to Brigadier-General Sir William Stewart during the siege of Rosetta, before the British and Colonial army’s retreat to Sicily, where Captain Conyers served for 2 years and on the staff as brigade major. Returning to England after some 9 years abroad in 1809, he was officially promoted to major on 16 February 1809, when he was granted three months’ leave. His service papers inconveniently end at this point, but it does not appear that he took part in the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition in which both battalions of the 82nd Foot served. We do know, however, from the Royal Military calendar that he served on the staff as brigade major in Spain under Wellington. The 82nd saw a great deal of action throughout the war in Spain and France, and perhaps owing to the severity in senior officer casualties suffered amongst the 82nd Foot during this campaign he appears to have been the highest-ranking able-bodied officer of the regiment by late 1813. Continuing into 1814, he saw his finest hour during the operations on the Gave d’Oleron, at Hastingues and Oyer le Gave across the Pyrenees, culminating in the Battle of Orthes on 27 February. Here he led his regiment into action against concentrated French forces in a superior position, and commanded it successfully until he was severely wounded, being awarded the Army Gold Medal, as well as another being awarded to Major Vincent who succeeded him in command. Despite inflicting heavy French casualties, the 82nd suffered only 2 officer casualties, Conyers severely wounded and Lieutenant Drummond wounded, two other ranks killed and 34 wounded, suggesting that Conyers had been conspicuous at the front of his men. After a brief pause of 4 months, he received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel, and thereafter Conyers was sent to command the 82nd Foot in Canada and North America in the War of 1812. 590 remaining rank and file embarked at Paulliac in Bordeaux on 5 May 1814, travelling to Quebec. Arriving in Canada, they travelled to meet the British army and fight with Canadian and Native Indian Volunteers at Fort Erie on the Niagara Frontier. In particular, it appears that Conyers here commanded the 2nd Battalion 82nd Foot until peace was made with America in March 1815, following the British capture of Washington, and the American victory at New Orleans. The Second Battalion was subsequently reduced and returned to England and Conyers was made lieutenant-colonel on 20 April 1815. He was stationed in Ireland at Birr as commanding officer for two years before returning to England, and whilst at his home in Fulham he married Miss Sarah Teixeria de Sampayo, daughter of the Portuguese consul-general in London (and former inspector general of cavalry in Lisbon) Count Antonio Teixeria de Sampayo, on 14 June 1815. He had three children, Charles Edward Conyers jnr. (himself later an officer in the 2nd ...

Four: Colonel H. R. Milvain, 12th Lancers, who received a ‘bullet through his neck, which came out through his jaw’, during the charge of the 12th Lancers at the Battle of Diamond Hill, 11 June 1900. He later served with the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment during the Irish Rebellion of 1916, and served in France as Horse Master to the Royal Field Artillery. Milvain commanded the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard during the Second World War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Lieut: H. R. Milvain, 12: R: Lancers) impressed naming, edge bruise; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major H. R. Milvain.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, otherwise generally good very fine (4) £800-£1,200 --- Henry Roland Milvain was born in London in January 1880. He was the son of Thomas Milvain, Q.C., of Eglingham Hall, Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham, Recorder of Bradford, and later Judge Advocate General. Milvain’s obituary, which appeared in 9/12 Lancer’s Regimental Journal, gives the following: ‘Roley Milvain joined the 12th Royal Lancers in 1899 from Sandhurst and served in the Regiment during the South African War, when he was badly wounded. As soon as he had recovered, he rejoined the Regiment in India, and subsequently served as Adjutant. He was seconded, in 1907, to become Adjutant of the Northumberland Hussars, and in 1911 he left the 12th Lancers and joined that Regiment. At the start of the 1914 war, he rejoined the 12th Lancers, being posted as Adjutant to the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment (5th and 12th Lancers) who were stationed, first at Marlborough Barracks Dublin, and afterwards in the Gunner Barracks at Kildare, where he was at the time of the 1916 Irish Rebellion. When the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment was disbanded after the Rebellion, Roley joined the B.E.F. in France as a horse master to the Royal Field Artillery. He was demobilized early in 1919. During the 1939-45 war he joined the Home Guard and commanded a Battalion. Roley Milvain was a great foxhunter. Whilst still at Eton, he was master of the Beagles. For the season of 1898, and again in 1910, when he was Adjutant of the Northumberland Hussars, he took over the Mastership of the Percy Foxhounds, hunting hounds himself until 1921, with the exception of the War Years, when his wife hunted hounds for him. In 1921 he retired from the Percy, and formed his private pack of hounds ‘The Milvain’. He hunted these hounds himself, without subscription, until he retired in 1955 at the age of 75. His was one of the last packs of foxhounds to be hunted without a subscription, in Great Britain. During the forty-five years that Roley hunted hounds, he showed most excellent sport, and there were few better judges of hounds on the flags. He took great interest in racing, and rode and trained many winners. He died on 17th August, 1960, in his 81st year. A very great sportsman who will be sadly missed in the County of Northumberland, where he lived.’ The wound that the obituary refers to, was suffered by Milvain during the charge of the 12th Lancers at the Battle of Diamond Hill, 11 June 1900. He received a ‘bullet through his neck, which came out through his jaw.’ The regiment fought conspicuously at Diamond Hill, where they charged to save the guns of “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. It was ‘in this action that the aristocratic and gallant Lord Airlie, commanding the 12th Lancers, was killed just after leading his men in a boot-to-boot charge. The Times History recorded that his last words were an order: “Troops about wheel!” Churchill reported the order as “Files about!” but according to Conan Doyle his last words were addressed to a cursing sergeant: “Pray moderate your language.” (The Great Boer War by B. Farwell refers) Of the 60 men that Lord Airlie led to clear the guns, one other officer apart from himself was killed, one was captured, and Milvain and six other ranks were wounded. He was presented with his Q.S.A. by the King, 29 July 1901. Having survived the Great War, Milvain commanded the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard until their stand down in December 1944. M.I.D. Unconfirmed. Sold with copied research, and several photographic images of recipient in uniform.

Three: Private J. Gerrard, 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘A’ Squadron, alongside Winston Churchill, in the charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3646. Pte. J. Gerrard. 21/L’Crs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3646 Pte. Gerrard. 21/Lrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3646 Pte J. Gerrard 21st Lrs) mounted for display, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: T. Gustard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. J. Gerrard served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of “A” squadron commanded by Major H. Finn, with Lieutenant Winston Churchill as one of its Troop Commanders. Gerrard was discharged in April 1914, the same year in which he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal. Sold with copied research, and a photographic image of recipient in a group stood behind Private T. Byrne, V.C.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Punt) officially re-impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000. Willem Punt was the railway officer who met the captured Churchill on his journey to Pretoria and later in the war rendered services to the British forces that earned him a Queen’s South Africa Medal. ‘The section of track through Elandslaagte fell under the jurisdiction of a railway official named Willem Punt. The story of what befell Winston Churchill on his arrival at the station has been handed down through the family, and was told to me by his grandson also Willem Punt. “It began to rain, and when the prisoners were told to take shelter in the baggage room, Churchill was taken to one side and put under guard in the ticket office. But the fun started when they were all told to board the train. One or two officers who had just joined the party objected to travelling with a newspaperman.” This seems extraordinary, given Churchill’s military background and his recent exploits. It is possible that the officers feared the consequences of Churchill’s determination to escape. “My grandfather,” Willem Punt continued, “told the officers that they would have to put up with the newspaper man. He was unaware of the newspaper man’s identity but I’m sure that in any case he would have ignored the officer’s objections.”’ (Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive refers) The Boer Forces were driven from Natal in 1900 and Willem Punt served under the ‘Staff for Engineer Services’ from 14 February 1901 to 3 August 1901. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

MIXED, complete (4), Ogdens Poultry (one stained to back), Carreras Notable MPs (inc. Churchill), Hill Scenes from the Films, Millhoff British Orders, G to EX, 140

AUTOGRAPHS, signed cards etc., laid down into mainly hardback books, inc. Alan Titchmarsh, Quentin Reynolds, Steven Fry, Paddy Ashdown, Tony Benn, Kingsley Amis, Peter Scott, Chad Varah, Frederick Forsyth, Nosher Powell, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah & Diane Churchill, Edmund Blunden, Laurence Olivier (full), etc., with dj, VG to EX, 16

Two boxes of antique and antique style leather bound and other books, to include: 'The Second World War' Winston S Churchill various volumes, 'The Modern Illustrated Encyclopedia', John Milton 'Paradise Lost and other Poems', George Orwell '1984' etc. (2) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of small gold commemorative coins, to include: History of Aviation Concorde coin (.5g), History of Our Monarchy George V, Edward VIII and George VI coin (.5g), The Twelve Greatest Britons commemorative coin, Sir Winston Churchill (.5g), The 70th Anniversary of VE Day gold coin, Tristan De Cunha (1g) and Queen Elizabeth II gold coin Tristan De Cunha (1g). All appearing mint. 3.5g approx in total. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of oddments, to include: Wood & Sons 'Pride of Britain' portrait jug 'Sir Winston Churchill', five Guinness miniature advertising bottles, Royal Doulton Whyte & Mackay tawny owl whisky decanter, set of six cased silver plated Silver Jubilee souvenir spoons etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)