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Lot 351
A scale model of the French man o’ war, Superbe, fully rigged, with masts, spars, standing and running rigging, furled sails and three lines of cannon, the planked wooden hull finished in black and natural to the waterline and with gold decoration to the stern, mounted on a wooden display stand, 62cm high, 85cm long
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Lot 474
[Books]. Link, O. Winston. Steam, Steel & Stars, second impression, Abrams, New York 1987; Brown, John. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915, third impression, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1995; Stover, John. History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, first edition, Purdue University Press 1987; and assorted other works of American railway interest, (22)
Lot 567
H MUNRO CAUTLEY: 2 TTLS: NORFOLK CHURCHES, 1949, 1st edn, orig cl gt, SUFFOLK CHURCHES AND THEIR TREASURES, 1954, 3rd edn, orig cl gt d/w + H O MANSFIELD: NORFOLK CHURCHES, 1976, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + W J GOODE: ROUND TOWER CHURCHES OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, 1994, 1st edn, 4to, orig pict wraps, (4)
Lot 519
Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 In presentation tin accompanied by 2 glasses Jack Daniel's (2) 1905 Gold Medal Centenary commemorative. Litres. 43% volume Jack Daniel's Litre. Glass decanter. 45% volume Seagram's V O 1.14 litre. 40% volume Rebel Yell 70 cl. 40% volume Canadian Club Classic-12 year-old (3) Litre and 1.14 litre and 75 cl. glass decanters 5 bottles and 4 glass decanters
Lot 187
Dewar's Ancestor De Luxe In original carton Inver House Red Plaid-8 year-old In velvet bag Moorland Long John De Luxe Old Perth Level: middle of shoulder Prince O' Scots Royal Strathythan Level: upper part of shoulder The above 26 2/3 fl. ozs., blended and bottled by their respective proprietary company. All levels good unless stated otherwise 7 bottles
Lot 275
Gillon's Real Mountain Dew-Early 20th Century Gold Medal. Blended and bottled by John Gillon & Co. Ltd., Leith. Sole Agents for the United States Francis O de Luze & Co., New York. Three piece moulded clear glass bottle. Driven cork, embossed lead capsule. Contents 1 pint, 8 fl. oz. Level: top of shoulder. Alcohol by volume, 45.30% 1 bottle
Lot 25
TWO O. MUSTAD & SON (Est. 1832) FISH HOOK DISPLAY BOARDS, frames approx. 30in. by 23in., displaying a comprehensive range of hooks and pins, each fully identified by size and type; together with a set of six commemorative plates by Porsgrund; together with three books on the history of the fish hook and Mustad, the hook maker. (qty) Provenance: This unusual selection of O. Mustad (manufacturers of fish hooks, Oslo, Norway) memorabilia is being sold by the ex-Managing Director of O. Mustad & Sons (UK) 1982 - 2000.. The set of plates is one of just 300 sets commissioned by Mustad, 'depicting old buildings of historical and cultural interest as shown in the company annals'. The drawings are by artist Nils M. Strandkas from original photographs of buildings linked with the firm.
Lot 1036
A FINE SMITH & WESSON .455 SECOND MODEL HAND EJECTOR SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION SERVICE REVOLVER, serial no. 25105, manufactured 1915-17, 6 1/2in. blued sighted barrel, the barrel, cylinder and frame retaining virtually all their original blued finish, the hammer and trigger each retaining virtually all their original case-hardened finish, figured chequered walnut grips, case-hardened lanyard loop with brown cord lanyard; together with brown leather open-top holster marked 'BECKWORTHS LTD / O & M - 1916' on a Pattern 1908 web belt, and a brown leather Sam Browne with ammunition pouch, and some brown leather saddle straps. This revolver appears to be virtually unfired. (6)
Lot 952
Five: Major W. L. Forbes, Royal Fusiliers and Imperial Light Horse, who was severely wounded at Elandslaagte afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (2nd Lieut., 2/7th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut., 2d Bn. R. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., R. of O.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., R. of O.); Coronation 1911, privately engraved, ‘Major W. L. Forbes, Gold Staff Officer, Westminster Abbey’, edge brusing, generally very fine or better and a rare combination of awards £1600-1800 william Lachlan Forbes was born in Aberdeenshire in August 1859, the son of General Sir John Forbes, G.C.B., and was educated at Clifton and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Originally commissioned in the 106th Foot, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Foot in March 1879, and quickly saw action at the defence of Kandahar and in the battle of September 1880, when he served as Orderly Officer to Colonel Daubeny. advanced to Lieutenant in July 1881, he next witnessed active service as an Assistant to the Brigade Commissariat Officer in the Burma operations of 1886-87, and received advancement to Captain in July of the latter year. Having then been placed on half-pay, he served as Adjutant of the 1st (Volunteer) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 1890-96 and was transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1898. but with the outbreak of hostilties in South Africa, he gained appointment as a Lieutenant in the Imperial Light Horse, and was severely wounded at Elandslaagte. Thereafter, he was employed in the Remount Service, and was granted the rank of Major on being placed back on the Reserve of Officers. Onetime a J.P. for Aberdeenshire, Forbes died in the 1930s. £1600-£1800
Lot 1030
Three: Surgeon-Major H. O. Stuart, Medical Service afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surgn. H. O. Stuart, Med. Serv.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Surgeon H. O. Stewart, M.S.); Khedive’s Star 1884, rev. inscribed in ornate script, ‘H.O.S.’, mounted as worn, note different spelling of surname, minor contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £650-750 Henry Ogilvy was born in Woolwich on 25 February 1857. Studying medicine at Guy’s, he gained the M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. in 1878. He became a Surgeon in the Army Medical service in October 1879 and saw service in Southern Afghanistan, 1880-81, but resigned in March 1881. He was re-employed as a Surgeon in the Army Medical Department in February 1882 and saw active service in Egypt and was mentioned in despatches. Promoted to Surgeon-Major in February 1894, he died in the Middlesex Hospital, London, on 11 May 1896. Sold with copied roll extracts and other research. £650-£750
Lot 1066
Pair: Major A. O. Jacob, 20th Hussars coronation 1911, unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Major, 20/Hrs.), mounted as worn, very fine (2) £200-240 Arthur Otway Jacob was born on 28 August 1867 and educated at St. Columba’s College, Co. Dublin. Jacob was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 20th Hussars from the Militia in December 1888. He was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1891; Captain in September 1895; Adjutant in June 1896 and Major in June 1902. He served in the Boer War, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal, February and April-May 1902, and in the Orange River Colony in January-April and May 1902. During the Great War he served as Assistant Officer at the Infantry Record Office. Jacob was the husband of Violet Kennedy-Erskine (1863-1946), the famous Scottish authoress. £200-£240
Lot 1114
An exceedingly well-documented and poignant Great War group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant W. H. Blades, The Rifle Brigade, late Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry), who was killed in action in May 1917 1914-15 Star (4130 Pte., H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), in their card forwarding boxes and registered envelope, virtually as issued (3) £2000-3000 William Henry ‘Harry’ Blades was born in September 1897 and was employed as a clerk at a bank in Kensington on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Having then considered the merits of whether to apply for a commission, and indeed which regiment to join, he attested in the Honourable Artillery Company (H.A.C.) in August 1915, and was embarked for France as a Private in ‘C’ Company, 3rd H.A.C. Infantry Battalion, at the end of the year. For the first few months his unit was employed on garrison duty at St. Omer, but by the summer of 1916, his letters home reveal service of a more active nature on the Somme: ‘We are getting r ady to spend the next few days in a manner not at all comfortable and free from care. I never knew I was so fond of life until recently, when there seemed a chance of losing it ... It seems absolutely absurd to think so many men should be formed up along the line trying to kill each other; and the sun shining overhead, birds singing and green woods in the distance ... The trench mortars are one of the most worrying inventions. They are fired from the trenches, and go high up into the air, dropping somewhere near the trench. You can see them dropping and have to run up and down dodging them, which might be quite interesting if the things didn’t explode with such force.’ Shortly after these operations, Blades applied for a commission and was despatched to a Cadet School, but fell ill with jaundice. It was not, therefore, until February 1917 that he was finally appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion of his favoured regiment - the Rifle Brigade. And towards the end of the following month, his unit moved up to the front line: ‘Things are not so pleasant now; and in a few hours we shall be in the trenches, some of the many Fritz has presented us with. If they are the same as the villages he has left, he can keep them. I have just seen one of them, and it is as desolate a sight as one can imagine - not a vestige of a building - just a gate or railings here and there ... It is awfully noisy here ... This morning we had a unique and rather touching sight of an aeroplane catching fire. The pilot lived to reach the ground, but gradually the flames gained until the plane shrivelled up and dropped. We could see the pilot throw himself out ... My respect for the Church of England has gone; and with the influence of the War, I have become materialistic - everything is chance. If you and a shell arrive at the same place together, that is chance.’ At long last, for he had not been home to Gateshead since he had been embarked for France at the end of 1915, Blades was given 10 days leave at Easter 1917 - ‘I am glad I had eave,’ he wrote on returning to his unit, ‘It won’t be quite so bad now I have seen everybody I wanted to.’ Just a few days later, on 3 May, he led his men over the top in a dawn attack near Cheresy. On the 7th, his Company Commander, Captain W. A. Crebbin, wrote to his father: ‘It is with great regret that I have to inform you that your son is wounded and missing. Much as I should like to, I’m afraid I can’t give you any hope for his safety. The Battalion went into action on May 3rd and shortly after we advanced your son was wounded: one of my stretcher bearers bound up his wounds but the stretcher bearer informed me that Blades had been grievously wounded and that there was very little chance of his living. the enemy counter attacked us heavily after our advance and we had to return to our original line and we were unable to get further information concerning your son. To be quite candid, though I hate being so, I’m afraid it is hoping against hope to think otherwise than that he has been killed in action. It is the best death that we are allowed out here, to fall at the head of one’s men; but it is those at home who have the biggest part of the war to bear, and their’s is the aftermath to suffer. i was your son’s Company Officer and though I have only taken over the Company recently, I know his loss will be greatly felt. His men looked up to him, loved him and would have done anything for him. His will be a great loss to the company. if I hear anything further concerning Blades I will contact you immediately, but in any case if there is any way in which I can help you, please don’t hesitate to write. I will do my best.’ Harry Blades has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was 21 years old. in addition to the archive described below, his awards are also sold with a wonderful biography of some 30,000 words, written by his sister, in which she draws upon some of his correspondence, in addition to many other family sources. Perhaps most moving of all is her account of the occasion that her brother - on his last leave home - confessed that he would never return: ‘He sought her out in the drawing room, where she was sitting alone in the twilight in front of a glowing fire. He walked round the back of the settee and put his hand on her shoulder. As she clasped it in her own, he said slowly and distinctly, ‘I know that I won’t come back. I want you to remember me and tell your children about me.’ The girl felt a lump rise in her throat and the hot tears well up in her eyes. She knew if she tried to speak she would burst into tears, and she must not do that at all costs. She clung to his hand and inclined her head in reply. Her brother waited for a few seconds, and then abruptly strode out of the room ... She felt she had somehow failed him in his hour of need, and that she ought to have been able to give him some words of comfort; but he had spoken with such grave conviction that no words of hers could have dispelled his gloom.’ It was not until September 1984 that she finally made the pilgrimage o see his name on the Arras Memorial. the Archive: (a) An impressive run of postcards, nearly 60, the whole to his family in Gateshead in the period 1913-15, written prior to his volunteering, and detailing his activities in London, not least many visits to the opera, art exhibitions and museums; together with three letters from the same period, with W. Kensington stamp marks, these dated 2 December 1914, 18 July and 21 July 1915. (b) His enlistment form on joining the H.A.C. (Infantry) on 4 August 1915; his Soldiers’ Pay Book (Active Service), with entries ‘In the Field’ covering the period August 1915 to February 1917; his related discharge form on obtaining a commission and official notification for his appointment to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, dated 18 February 1918; together with some miscellaneous souvenirs from his time in France, among them a cinema programme from Rouen Camp, December 1915, a Christmas dinner menu 1916, signed by four Rifle Brigade officers, and detailed annotated maps of trenches and positions, both dating from January 1917, when he was attending a Cadet School for his commission. (c) A quantity of letters home from the H.A.C. Training Camp at Richmond (9), dated between August 1915 and November 1915, and other examples sent from Kensington and Bisley in the same period. (d) A superb run of letters home from France, approximately 60, covering the period December 1915 right through until his death in action in 1917, most of them in ‘On Active Service’ green envelopes and similarly bearing ‘Passed by Field Censor’ stamps, together with a silk embroidered H.A.C. postcard and the occasional field postcard, and, most poignantly, the telegram he sent home reporting his E.T.A. at Gateshead on his last leave, dated 2 April 1917, his last lett
Lot 1248
Three: Warrant Officer H. E. Hawkins, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps british War and Victory Medals (3475 F. Sgt., R.F.C.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (3475 W/O., R.A.F.), last with correction to service number, mounted as worn, very fine and better (3) £140-180 Harry Ernest Hawkins was born in 1886. Before joining the R.F.C. in February 1915 he was by occupation a Carpenter and Joiner. Employed initially as a Rigger, he was later in charge of various repair sections based in the U.K., Egypt and Iraq. He was appointed a Warrant Officer in December 1936. sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Pay Book; a letter of application for appointment to Engineering Officer, dated 28 January 1939; R.A.F. Swimming Association Certificate, dated 1933; with a number of photographs and copied research. £140-£180
Lot 1267
Seven: Warrant Officer J. C. Stewart, Royal Air Force general Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (565026 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (W/O (565026) R.A.F.) good very fine (7) £120-160 M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1946. sold with an undated newspaper cutting, reading, ‘Warrant Officer James C. Stewart, R.A.F., Wellbank Farm, has been mentioned in despatches for distinguished service. Warrant Officer Stewart has been in the R.A.F. for 18 years, and has seen service in Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Palestine. Meantime he is instructing recruits at the R.A.F. headquarters’. £120-£160
Lot 1371
Three: Lance-Corporal W. C. O. Green, Royal Engineers and Ulster Defence Regiment general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24676515 L. Cpl. W. C. Green, RE); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, E.II.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (24676515 Pte. W. C. O. Green, UDR), mounted court style as worn; Jubilee 2002, unnamed, in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £350-400 £350-£400
Lot 1432
An extremely rare Second World War ‘Triple D.F.C.’ group of six awarded to Squadron Leader R. Van den Bok, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, having survived a very close encounter with the Scharnhorst during the famous ‘Channel Dash’ in February 1942, and been awarded his first D.F.C., added an immediate Bar for making a successful evasion attempt after being shot down and wounded over Belgium - a Second Bar followed for radio counter-measure operations in Flying Fortresses in 1944-45 distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second and Third Award Bars, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1942’ and the Bars ‘1942’ and ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals; U.S.A., Silver Star, the reverse inscribed, ‘F./O. R. Van den Bok, D.F.C.’, mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s Caterpillar Club Membership Badge, gold, with ‘ruby’ eyes, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘F./O. R. Van den Bock, D.F.C.’, lacquered, generally good very fine (6) £2500-3000 ex John Hayward collection and thence Hayward’s Gazette (No. 3, October 1974, Item No. 423); just 46 British and Commonwealth aircrew were awarded the D.F.C. with 2 Bars in the 1939-45 War. d.F.C. London Gazette 4 August 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer Van den Bok has taken part in 29 sorties, a large number of them being carried out against heavily defended targets, and pressed home with determination and resolve. He has participated in repeated attacks on Mannheim, Duisberg, Huls, Bremen, Kile and Hamburg, returning from seven different sorties in aircraft severely damaged by enemy A.A. fire. As a Wireless Operator he has been responsible on many occasions for his aircraft’s safe return in bad weather. he was the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner on a Hampden which made a low-level attack on the Scharnhorst during the battleship’s flight from Brest. The whole aircraft was severely damaged by Scharnhort’s A.A. defences: included in this damage was the radio installation: this Flying Officer Van den Bok repaired and re-established communication with his base. While carrying out the repair he observed an enemy fighter stalking his aircraft which by this time was in no condition to face an engagement. By following Flying Officer Van den Bok’s evasive directions, his captain was able to shake off the fighter. while this officer was detached from the Squadron on a course he obtained 48 hours leave in order that he might take part in the Squadron’s effort against Rostock. Last autumn he took part in the Squadron’s daylight attacks on enemy targets in occupied France. as Squadron Signals Officer, Flying Officer Van den Bock is in a large measure responsible for the high standard of W./T. operating obtained in this squadron. Throughout his cool steadfast courage has been an example that the Wireless Operators have been eager to emulate.’ Bar to D.F.C. London Gazette 24 November 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Since the beginning of his tour on operations, commencing 22 August 1941, Flying Officer Van den Bok has taken part in 25 sorties over enemy territory against very heavy enemy defences. Targets he has attacked are Duisberg, Essen, Bremen, Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Huls, Cologne, Rostock and Flensberg. on his last trip to Saarbrucken on 28 August 1942, on returning from the target, his aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and shot down over Belgium. He sustained a wound in his leg by the entry of a piece of flak and despite physical suffering due to his wounded leg, he was able to travel some 3,000 miles through enemy territory to escape capture and arrived in Gibraltar in less than three weeks. under a calm and quiet manner he has a fine offensive spirit in action which inspires confidence in his fellow aircrew.’ Second Bar to D.F.C. London Gazette 26 October 1945. The orginal recommendation states: ‘This officer has operated with No. 214 Squadron 16 times on his second tour, in which number is included the last Bomber Command attack in the Berlin area and the last operation by that Command in Europe. his attention to detail and planning, and his outstandingly good captaincy, have been responsible for the seemingly effortless manner in which he has operated against many targets well known for the strength of their defences. his enthusiasm for operations was in no way diminished by his experiences in evading capture after being shot down by flak over occupied Belgium after 29 sorties on his first tour. He has always been anxious to fly on every possible occasion when his duties as Flight Commander would permit. despite his personal keenness for operational flying, he has, however, devoted a large amount of time to the instruction of new captains and crews, and has always been tireless in his efforts to improve the operational and training efficiency of his flight and the Squadron as a whole.’ Ralph Van den Bok qualified as a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in April 1941, and is believed to have flown an operational sortie to Kiel with No. 83 Squadron, a Hampden unit operating out of Scampton, Lincolnshire, that July. Be that as it may, his operational career commenced proper with his appointment to No. 408 (Goose) Squadron, R.C.A.F., another Hampden unit, operating out of Balderton, Nottinghamshire, in August 1941. between then and being recommended for his D.F.C. in May 1942, he completed 22 sorties and 126 operational flying hours, and gained appointment as Squadron Signals and Gunnery Leader, his targets, as stated, including the Scharnhorst. Not mentioned in the recommendation, however, is the fact his captain, a New Zealander, D. S. N. ‘Tinny’ Constance, attacked the enemy battleship from about 800 feet, or indeed the fact that one projectile came through the fuselage - right between Van den Bok’s legs - and out through the roof: the date in question was the 12 February 1942, the day of the famous ‘Channel Dash’, when another gallant aviator, Eugene Esmonde, won a posthumous V.C. nearing the end of his operational tour with a strike on Saarbrucken on the night of 28-29 August 1942, Van den Beck added an immediate Bar to his D.F.C., when, on returning from the target, his Hampden (AE197 EQ) was shot down by an enemy night fighter - piloted by top-scoring ace Hauptman Wilhelm Herget - and crashed at Boussu-lez-Walcourt, some 25 kilometres S.S.W. of Charleroi. His pilot, Wing Commander J. D. Twigg, and Flight Lieutenant I. Maitland, D.F.C., were killed, but Van den Bok, who was wounded in the leg by a piece of shrapnel, and Flight Lieutenant G. C. Fisher, both evaded - a remarkable journey of 3,000 miles through enemy occupied territory, the whole accomplished in just three weeks. He was duly elected to membership of the Caterpillar Club. grounded and ‘rested’, Van den Bok trained as a pilot, was awarded his ‘Wings’ in November 1943, and returned to the operational scene as an Acting Squadron Leader and Flight Commander in No. 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, an American Flying Fortress unit operating out of Oulton, Norfolk, in November 1944. Charged with carrying out radio counter-measure operations, No. 214 flew ‘Window’ and jamming sorties right through to the War’s end, Van den Bok completing a further 17 sorties, thereby bringing his tally of trips to 46, with a total of 282 operational flying hours. He was duly recommended for a Second Bar to his D.F.C. in June 1945. £2500-£3000
Lot 1459
A rare Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Potts, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 1008 C. H. Potts, C.P.O. Mech., R.N.A.S. Dover Patrol 1916-7); 1914-15 Star (M. 1008 C.P.O. 1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.), the first with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (4) £1500-1700 d.S.M. London Gazette 12 May 1917. The recommendation states: ‘A conspicuous and reliable Chief Petty Officer. He has invented and produced an automatic carburettor which has been fitted to all Clergent engines in the Dunkirk Command.’ Charles Harold Potts was born in Cambridge in March 1888 and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Electrician 4th Class in May 1909. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Hermes in 1913, in which year Commander C. R. Samson tested a new aeroplane fitted with folding wings, which was launched from a special platform built over the bows of that ship, and by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 he had attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer Mechanic in the fledgling Royal Naval Air Service. entering the French theatre of war in June 1915, he was decorated for the above cited achievements at Dunkirk, and was advanced to Warrant Officer in July 1917. He went on to serve in No. 5 Squadron, 5 Wing, R.N.A.S., which unit was operating out of Condekerque on day bombing duties in D.H. 4s, a unit which was subsequently designated No. 205 Squadron on the formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918 - see Bomber Pilot 1916-1918, by Squadron Leader C. P. O. Bartlett, D.S.C., for full details of No. 5’s operations and several references to Potts. The latter returned to the U.K. that July as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and was finally placed on the Retired List in 1930. He is believed to have died in Wandsworth, London in late 1968. £1500-£1700
Lot 1513
A particularly fine Second World War Mosquito navigator's D.F.M. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer L. J. Etheridge, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 50 sorties over France, Holland and Germany in 1944-45, an action packed tour that included a brace of crash-landings back in England after damage sustained in action - once on one-engine with a hung-up 500lb. bomb: so, too, the spectacular daylight raids on the S.S.-occupied Chateau de Fou in August 1944 and S.S. barracks at Arnhem in the following month distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1603309 F./Sgt. L. J. Etheridge, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £3000-3500 D.F.M. London Gazette 8 May 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Etheridge has completed 50 sorties with his pilot, Flight Lieutenant Gasson, including three daylight operations. this N.C.O. has proved himself to be an excellent operational Navigator. He has never failed to bring his pilot to the target area, often despite poor weather conditions and without navigational aids. some of the sorties in which he was engaged involved very deep penetrations into enemy territory, where accurate navigation, without Gee facilities, was vital to the success of the missions. the results obtained by this Navigator and his pilot have been outstandingly good as the following examples will show. on the night of 6-7 August 1944, a moving light was attacked in France and due to the fact that the attack was pressed home to a low level the port engine was hit by a ricochet and caught fire at 1500 feet. The port propeller was feathered and the graviner switch operated. The return flight was made on one engine and Flight Sergeant Etheridge's accurate navigation brought them safely to England. It was found that height could not be maintained with the result that the English coast was crossed at 400 feet and a crash landing made at Ford. on the night of 4-5 October 1944, when carrying out a patrol over Holland and Germany, two trains were found in a railway station at Millingen, which were attacked with bombs and cannon. A large explosion followed the attack and later a fire started. During the same patrol a tug and six barges were found and successfully strafed. flight Sergeant Etheridge also took part in the successful daylight operations against the chateau south of Chatellerault on 2nd August, trains at Chalons on 25 August 1944 and on the barracks at Arnhem on 17 September 1944. flight Sergeant Etheridge possesses great determination and coolness in times of crisis. His fine offensive spirit, which is equal to that of his pilot, has gone to make an ideal Mosquito crew. In view of his fine operational record, I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ Laurence James Etheridge commenced his operational career with No. 107 Squadron, a Mosquito unit of 2nd Tactical Air Force's 138 Wing, operating out of Lasham, in July 1944, when, with his New Zealander pilot, Flight Lieutenant L. Gasson, he completed an offensive patrol over Vire-Falaise-Trouville sector on the night of the 24th-25th. Indeed it was to prove the first of a spate of such patrols in support of the Allied landings, 107s Mosquito VIs targeting enemy troops, transport and communications, often with great success, according to the Squadron's Operational Record Book (O.R.B.), by means of bombing and cannon fire delivered from altitudes as low as 500-1000 feet. Success was also dependent on a bright moon, a case in point being Etheridge's third sortie - against targets in the upper reaches of the Seine, from Rouen on the night of 30-31 July - when 107's Mosquitoes strafed and bombed a variety of trains, bridges, roads and in fact, any moving lights, but not without interference from the usual flak concentrations which had a habit of 'creeping up on the unwary'. etheridge's next sortie was of the daylight variety, one of a series of famous strikes against the S.S. and Gestapo, in this case an attack on troops of the notorious 158th ‘Security’ Regiment - who had recently murdered members of the S.A.S. - in the Chateau de Fou, south of Chatellerault on 2 August, a spectacular raid captured on camera, and one in which his aircraft, Mosquito A-NT. 136, formed part of the third wave - never the best place to be with aroused defences: ‘In the woods to the immediate south of the Chateau, one large explosion was seen after a cannon attack, possibly from motor transport. Bombs landed all round the Chateau but no direct hit was claimed. Strikes were obtained on the roof in a cannon attack and a small fire was seen to start inside. Aircraft ‘D’ sustained the loss of one engine over the target and crash landed at Thorney Island - crew unhurt. The trip back was uneventful except for a little flak soon after leaving the target, which was successfully avoided by all except F./O. Staple in Aircraft ‘J’ ... It is doubtful if the Chateau was entirely destroyed but troops possibly hiding in the woods would have been eliminated’ (107’s Squadron Operational Record Book refers). two days later Etheridge was part of a Squadron effort to lend support to the Army in the Caen sector, when 'much activity was seen in the battle zone and flak was very considerable', while on the night of 6-7 August, as cited above, he and Gasson were compelled to return from France on one engine, the other having been set alight by a ricochet from their own low-level cannon-fire - not mentioned, however, is the fact they were carrying a hung-up 500lb. bomb as they made their crash landing at Ford in Sussex and that said bomb exploded just two minutes after they had scrambled clear of the wreckage. Notwithstanding such a close-call, both were back in action over France, chasing trains out of Paris, the very next night. So, too, on the 8th-9th, evidence indeed of 107's constant operational agenda, another three nights of successive operations taking place between the 12th-15th, in one of which further trains were shot up in the Falaise sector. and as if this "three-nighter" agenda were not punishing enough, Etheridge and Gasson were called upon to carry out two sorties on the night of 16th-17th, both of them strikes against barges on the Seine - such was the ferocity of the flak that neither could see the results of their attacks. Bad weather then having intervened, their next sortie was flown on the night of 23-24 August, on a line between Cap D'Antifer and Lens, another on the 24th-25th, and a daylight operation against railway targets at Chalons in the afternoon of the latter date - a spectacular mission in which a number of oil-trains were hit, exploding 'with a terrific mushroom of flame and black smoke', but a mission, too, in which most of the participating aircraft were also damaged by return fire: a vivid portrayal of 107’s Mosquito VIs on a low-level railway strike over France, by David Pentalnd, is available as a limited edition print from Cranston Fine Arts. the Squadron now having moved to Epinoy, France, September started with a deep penetration sortie into Holland and Germany on the night of the 5th-6th, severe jamming preventing the use of GEE and making Etheridge's navigation role all the more difficult, while on the 9th-10th eight of 107s aircraft destroyed a brace of ammunition trains between Metz and Morhange, taking it in turns to carry out devastating cannon and machine-gun attacks. A successful sortie to Holland followed on the night of the 11th-12th, a less successful one on the 13th-14th, while on the 17th Etheridge and Gasson, piloting Mosquito B-NT. 207 in 107's sky black formation, paved the way for the biggest airborne landings ever made with a daylight attack on the S.S. barracks at Arnhem. At 0700 hours that morning, a total of 32 crews from 107 and 603 Squadrons were assembled for a special briefing, during which models of
Lot 1519
A post-war B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 J. F. Wren, Royal Army Service Corps british Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (T./91617 A./W./O. 2 John F. Wren, R.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (T./91617 W.O. Cl. 2, B.E.M., R.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (T./91617 Sgt., B.E.M., R.A.S.C.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £250-300
Lot 77
The rare and important New Zealand medal issued to Able Seaman J. Hay, for service new Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (J. Hay, A.B. H.M.C.S. Victoria) officially impressed naming in later style similar to that for East & West Africa medals, fitted with silver ribbon brooch, suspension claw tightened, very fine and very rare £4000-5000 Ex Corbett Collection, Glendining June 1994. Sold with an old unsigned manuscript note which states, ‘Presented by Wyon Simm of Wellington, a descendant of the Great Wyon family of die sinkers & medalists, March 1938’. hay's medal was issued on 29 March 1888, having been struck from well-used dies, and was one of two medals to this ship sent to the Agent General in New Zealand in that same year. the naval personnel of this vessel constituted the first ever official Australian force to engage in war services and, although 40 men of Her Majesty’s Colonial Steamer Victoria were entitled, only 10 actually received the medal. Of the 10 medals issued, one is known with the dated reverse 1860 to 1861 to Harold Ford, A.B., and is in a private collection in Sydney. The medal to Mate William Horn, also dated 1860 to 1861 was in the Douglas-Morris Collection, sold by DNW in October 1996 for £3,800, and is now in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The dated medal issued to George Marey was in the Kuriheka Collection in New Zealand and was auctioned at DNW in June 2006 for £10,000. One is known to William Jones A.B. and has the undated reverse, as have all late issues of the Maori War Medal; this is now in the Australian War Memorial at Canberra, where it forms the nucleus of a ‘Colonial’ collection being put together there. The medal sent to Samuel Smith c/o Department of Defence, Melbourne, in 1905, is apparently lost. With the knowledge of the known medals, it is safe to assume that of the 10 issued, 7 were issued with the dated reverse 1860 to 1861, and three were issued with the undated reverse. Sold with full research and medal roll details. £4000-£5000
Lot 160
Three: Captain O. H. Galvin, Postal Department tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Postmr. A. O. Galvin, Postal Deptt.), rank re-engraved, ‘Deptt.’ corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. O. H. Galvin), note different initials, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (2) £300-350 £300-£350
Lot 201
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (Asst. Surgn. O. Codrington, 68th Lt. Inftry.) officially re-impressed naming, some edge bruising, good very fine £300-350 Oliver Codrington was born in Wroughton, Swindon, on 5 May 1837, the sixth son of the Rev. Thomas Codrington, Vicar of Wroughton and his wife Elizabeth Jemima. Qualifying as a M.D., he was appointed an Assistant Surgeon to the Staff in February 1864 and with the 48th Foot in October 1865, returning to the Staff in January 1873. He was advanced to Surgeon-Major in January 1875 and Brigade Surgeon in August 1885. Codrington was placed on Retired Pay with the honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon General in March 1886. sold with copied details and photograph. £300-£350
Lot 612
Efficiency Medal (2), G.V.R., Ceylon (L/Sgt. J. Rajaraksh, C.L.I.) edge slightly rubbed, some scratches to rev; another, G.V.R., India (Pte. D. C. O. Jansen, B.N. Ry. Bn. A.F.I.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Ceylon (4036 Rfn. E. W. March, C.P.R.C.) very fine and better (3) £140-180 Medal to March announced in Ceylon Govt. Gazette 20 February 1953. Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps. £140-£180
Lot 725
Parish of Great & Little Usworth Tribute Cross 1914-18, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obv. crossed pick and shovel, ‘Parish of Great & Little Usworth for Services in the War 1914-1918’, rev. engraved, ‘Geo. G. Willey’, 35 x 35mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension; St. Lawrence’s C.Y.M.S. Welcome Home Medal 1919, by Fattorini, Bradford, obv. crossed swords and angel of Victory, rev. inscribed, ‘Pte. O. Barrow, 111437 D.L.I., June 5th 1919’, 36 x 24mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, ring suspension, good very fine (2) £80-100 Great and Little Usworth are situated in Co. Durham. Gunner George G. Willey served in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Sold with copied m.i.c. £80-£100
Lot 814
A Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Temporary Warrant Officer Class I T. A. Love, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, captured by the Turks at Kut-el-Amara, 29 April 1916, he commanded the men of the battalion as prisoners-of-war, being ‘vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5574 T.R.S. Mjr., 1/O. & B. L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (557 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5574 Corpl., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5574 C.Q.M. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (5574 T.W.O. Cl.1, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.. 1st issue (5574 W.O. Cl.II, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), mounted as worn but 1914-15 Star detached, edge bruising, contact marks, worn (7) £3000-3500 d.C.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917 (No citation). m.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916. thomas A. Love was born in Woking, Surrey. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Slough on 4 November 1897. With them he served in South Africa, December 1899-February 1902, and India, March-October 1902 and October 1907-December 1914. With the onset of war, he served with the 1st Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in the Indian Expeditionary Force from 20 December 1914. Promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant in January 1915, he was appointed Temporary Regimental Sergeant-Major on 12 October 1915. The battalion formed part of Townsend’s besieged force at Kut-el-Amara and C.S.M. Love was captured upon the capitulation of Kut on 30 April 1916. With the officers separated from the other ranks, C.S.M. Love was placed in command of the 250 plus men of the battalion able to march into captivity. The captives, already weakened by disease, were then subjected to forced marches, starvation, beatings and indifference which was to cause untold deaths. captain Neville in his History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War, 1914-1919, wrote, ‘Upon Regimental Sergeant-Major Love, D.C.M., descended the mantle of leadership, and, as ever in the history of the 43rd, this gallant warrant officer assumed it and all its responsibilities. Sick though he was, he never spared himself in his efforts to protect those in his charge. Quick to realise that the lives of his men depended on him, he enforced discipline and self-control with all the strength of his character and training at the cost of his popularity, ably supported in all his endeavours by Quartermaster Sergeant Burbidge, D.C.M., Sergeant Ward, D.C.M. and the non-commissioned officers. Vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks, he never for one moment surrendered to the enemy, though their prisoner, nor gave up the unequal contest. His wholly admirable conduct under treatment which few Englishmen have ever been called upon to endure should be remembered by those who have the honour to serve in the 43rd as an example of leadership, courage and determination ...’ He remained a prisoner-of-war until 24 November 1918 when he was repatriated. For his services in the field between 5 October 1915 and 17 January 1916, Love was mentioned in despatches, and for these and services prior to the capitulation of Kut, he was awarded the D.C.M. of the estimated 308 rank and file members of the 43rd Regiment (1st O. & B. L.I.) and 77 reservists and others attached to the 43rd, present at the surrender of Kut on 29 April 1916, some 277 are believed to have died in Turkish captivity. sold with copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research. For his son’s medals, see Lot 1085. £3000-£3500
Lot 816
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Private E. Parker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 24 July 1918 distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11751 Pte., 6/O. & B.L.I.) nearly extremely fine £700-800 d.C.M. London Gazette 14 November 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in an attack when he engaged a machine gun single handed with bombs, killing two of the gunners and putting the gun out of action’. edward Parker was born in and enlisted at West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Serving as a Private in the 6th Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. he was awarded the D.C.M for conspicuous gallantry in action. Serving as a Private with ‘E’ Company, 2nd Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I., he was killed in action on 24 July 1918, aged 35 years. He was buried in the Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was the husband of Rebecca Parker of 16 Lyndon, West Bromwich. One of only 7 D.C.M’s. to the 6th Battalion. £700-£800
Lot 818
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Serjeant D. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry military Medal, G.V.R. (5469 Sjt., 1/O. & B.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5469 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5469 Serjt., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5469 Sjt., O. & B.L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (5469 Sjt., M.M., Oxf. & Bucks.), mounted as worn, Q.S.A./K.S.A. with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; others good very fine and better (8) £650-750 M.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916; Edinburgh Gazette 24 October 1916. m.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916 (General Sir Percy Lake, G.O.C. Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’); Gazette of India 12 October 1916. In the London Gazette he is listed under the ‘Royal Army Medical Corps’. david Joseph Wright was born in 1879. He enlisted into the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in London on 7 July 1897. As a Serjeant in the 1st Battalion he entered the Mesopotamian theatre of war on 5 December 1914. Served in the Indian Expeditionary Force under General Lake and was most probably involved in the attempts to relieve the British and Indian force, including men of his battalion, trapped at Kut-el-Amara. In October 1916 his services were rewarded, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.M. He was discharged in June 1919 after completing his second period of service. Postwar he served in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, being employed during the General Strike of 1926. sold with recipient’s Certificate of Education, 28 March 1905; Regimental Orders, Lucknow, 15 March 1907, Sergeant Wright listed on Married Roll; Discharge Certificate; Character Certificate; Metropolitan Police Special Constables’ Certificate of Appreciation re. the National Strike of 1926; Oxfordshire Light Infantry pamphlet; 1st Battalion Oxf. & Buck. L.I. Coronation 1911 Souvenir booklet - listing officers and men of battalion; newspaper cuttings; five original card backed photographs; together with copied m.i.c., roll and gazette extracts. Also with riband bars, cap badge and a few buttons. £650-£750
Lot 819
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. A. Kinchen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry military Medal, G.V.R. (17053 Pte., 6/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (35827 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17053 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (4) £400-450 M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. william Albert Kinchen was born in 1895. Attesting for service in the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. at Oxford on 29 December 1914, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 July 1915, serving with the 6th Battalion. Serving with the battalion he was awarded the M.M. for bravery and was wounded. Posted to the 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in April 1918, he was discharged from the regiment as a consequence of re-enlisting into the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in January 1919. He served in France, 20 July 1915-19 October 1917 and 30 March 1918-14 February 1919. Kinchen was discharged from the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. on 31 March 1922. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge, 1919; Character Certificate, 1922; newspaper cutting with photograph; Field Service Postcard; riband bar; cap badge; metal wound stripe, and copied research including m.i.c. £400-£450
Lot 292
anderson (J.) Calendar of the Laing Charters, AD. 854-1837, 1899, 4to., orig. cl. (pastedowns def.); Tocher (J.F.) The Book of Buchan, 1910, one of 29 numbered copies, (lacking backstrip); Mair (T.) John O' Arnha's Latter-Day Exploits and other Poems, 1882, a.e.g., orig. cl. gt.; Macintyre (P.) The Barons of Phantilands, or The MacCorquodales ..., n.d., orig. cl.; Meikle (J.) The History of Alyth Parish Church, n.d., [1933], dw.; Neish (R.) Old Peterhead, 1950, cl.; Macmillan (H.) The Clan Macmillan, 1901, orig. cl. gt.; Lawrence (A.J.) The Clan Bain, 1963, cl.; Sinton (T.) Family and Genealogical Sketches, 1911, 4to, orig. cl.; Macdonald (C.) Moidart..The Clanranalds, 1989, dw.; Maclean-Bristol (N.) Warriors and Priests, History of the Clan Maclean, 1995, dw. (11)
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