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Lot 101
The campaign group of four awarded to Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman B. J. Sandoe, Royal Navy, who served during the Falklands War with H.M.S. Intrepid, upon whose deck the Argentine surrender papers were signed South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (AB (R) B J Sandoe D171525K HMS Intrepid); Gulf 1990-91 (LACMN B J Sandoe D171525K RN); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (LACMN B J Sandoe D171525K RN), mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (4)Barry John Sandoe was born on 10 October 1960 and worked as a bakery assistant prior to beginning his career with the Royal Navy on 9 May 1978, initially enrolling to complete a twelve-year period of engagement. He completed his seamanship and general training at H.M.S. Raleigh and then went on to H.M.S. Dryad for his radar training. From January 1979 Sandoe was posted to patrol ship H.M.S. Orkney, patrolling the Iceland Faroes gap and the North Sea to protect fisheries. Orkney was involved in the arrest of two fishing boats for illegal nets and overfishing, the recovery and return of an oil rig buoy, and the destruction of a cargo container carrying cigarettes. His next posting was aboard Leander-class frigate H.M.S. Diomede from May 1979 until January 1981, and was promoted Able Seaman (Radar) with her.After serving again with Dryad for a short time, Sandoe joined the assault-class H.M.S. Intrepid on 23 June 1981. She was being prepared for decommission when Argentina invaded the Falklands, bringing her back into action. Her engines were reattached and she went on to serve a key role in the Falklands campaign, where she was used as a headquarters for S.A.S. and at one point 14,000 Argentinian prisoners were taken onboard. Upon the end of the conflict, the Argentine surrender papers were signed on her deck.Following the conclusion of the Falklands campaign, Sandoe was transferred in late September 1982 to the batch 2 county class destroyer H.M.S. Fife, with whom he returned to the Falklands for a six-month patrol. Sandoe was advanced Acting Leading Seaman (Radar) with her before relinquishing to Able Seaman (Radar) with H.M.S. Dryad from May 1984. He took and passed his aircrew aptitude training with H.M.S. Seahawk, and after passing his training was promoted Acting Leading Seaman (Radar) once again. Sandoe joined H.M.S. Edinburgh in July 1985 whilst awaiting his draft to the Aircrewman branch, during which time he was rated Leading Seaman (Radar) before joining the Fleet Air Arm training establishment at H.M.S. Daedalus in May 1986. Sandoe was drafted to the Aircrewman school to complete basic, advanced, and operational flying training courses at Seahawk, also known as Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose. Upon his successful completion of the course he was awarded his flying wings and promoted Leading Aircrewman.He served with 820 Naval Air Squadron, flying in the SeaKing H.A.S. Mk V, and embarked on H.M.S. Ark Royal for an exercise trip known as Outback 88. In June 1989 Sandoe joined the 810 Naval Air Squadron, a training squadron, whereupon he became an Aircrew Instructor. He was there only briefly before rejoining 820 Naval Air Squadron in August 1990. Once again aboard Ark Royal, Sandoe served in the Gulf War on the Mediterranean side. While there, Sandoe was involved in dramatic episode in which he was in a helicopter that ditched into the sea due to a computer malfunction. The pilot overrode for manual control before the helicopter rolled over, making them the only crew at the time to have successfully carried out a water take-off in a real scenario.Sandoe was returned to the 810 Naval Air training Squadron in November 1992 and was loaned to I.B.M. for a period to do a training analysis of their new helicopter. In 1994 he was finally promoted Petty Officer Aircrewman. Sandoe's last experience in a front-line squadron came upon his return to 820 Naval Air Squadron in April 1995, where he was posted to the Adriatic Sea conducting operations in the former Yugoslavia aboard the H.M.S. Illustrious.He returned to Seahawk in December 1996 where he was involved in the development of the new software of the SeaKing. There, he was also promoted Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman. Despite Sandoe's desire to continue to serve at the front-line, he was transferred to a desk job at D.E.R.A. in Hampshire. Sandoe's fine naval career ended one day prior to his fortieth birthday on 9 October 2000. Sold together with folder of copied and original research, including photographs and certificates, as well as flying wings and original flying logbook. For the recipient's miniature medals, please see Lot 457. …
Lot 320
CONWAY STEWART, RALEIGH A LIMITED EDITION LAPIS BLUE FOUNTAIN PEN, NO. 052/382 Cap and Barrel: Blue and yellow marbled cap and barrel, the cap with a gilt clip and cap bands Nib and Filling System: Broad yellow gold coloured nib stamped 18 C, cartridge filling system, uninked Accessories: Conway Stewart box, booklet, cartridge convertor and outer card box
Lot 315A
A Bronte Studio porcelain candle snuffer, The Tudors Collection, specially commissioned by Goviers, Queen Elizabeth I, limited edition 59/100, certificate, boxed; others, King Henry VIII, 59/250, certificate, boxed; Catherine of Aragon, 59/200, certificate, boxed; Anne Boleyn, 59/250, certificate, boxed; Walter Raleigh, 59/200, certificate, boxed; Francis Drake, 59,200, certificate, boxed (6)
Lot 856
FOUR BOXES OF MILITARY HISTORY THEMED BOOKS, approximately eight hardback books, to include Who Killed Sir Walter Raleigh by Richard Dale, Old English towns by William Andrews, The Story of English by Robert McCrum, The Great Plague of London by Walter George Bell, One Hot Summer by Rosemary Ashton, etc. (s.d/a.f) (4 boxes)
Lot 318
1927 Raleigh 248cc. Registration number OP 5370. Frame number J10406. Engine number 10364.Sold with the V5C.Although known today mainly for its bicycle output, the Raleigh company was once one of the leading pioneers of the British motorcycle industry, building motorcycles first from 1899 to 1905 and then again from 1919 to 1933.The Model 14 was typical of Raleigh’s output, and of affordable motorcycling generally, during the Vintage years. Built from 1925 to 1927, the 248cc single-cylinder SV four stroke engine and three-speed Sturmey-Archer gearbox made for a bike which, by the standards of the day, was conventional, straightforward, easy to ride and economical. OP has been owned by our vendor for eight years and regularly ridden, a proper oily rag machine. The acetylene lamp system is fully functional and a bulb horn is fitted.
Lot 429
The Archive of Lady Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell Strickland / Lyon (1895-1991), née CharterisTo include nine various leatherbound diaries in manuscript spanning 1916-1927; including some typewritten transcripts thereof (Volumes 1-4)Two ring binder files containing letters of response to the wedding of Ariel Susan Clare (adopted daughter of Mary Lyon) to Christopher Elliott in 1964, predominantly from the gentry of Gloucestershire and including from the author Michael Innes and Anne Fleming (wife of Ian Fleming)Two prisoner of war diaries by Lieutenant Algernon (Tom) Walter Strickland of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry, dating from 1916-18, written while he was held prisoner in Turkey, measuring 13cm x 8.5cm each with cloth boards, with an accompanying manuscript book by his wife, Mary Strickland, summarising letters received from her husband while imprisoned, with a folded map of Gallipoli, alongside two files of manuscript letters from Algernon (known in the family as Tom or Tommy) to Mary spanning 1917-1938 including those from camps in Egypt, Switzerland and Gallipoli (Turkey).A folder of various letters to Mary Pamela Lyon, some dealing with the publication of Cynthia Asquith's diaries (Mary's sister), including from Sir Rupert Hart-Davis (1907-1999) and an envelope of press cuttings and reviews of Elizabeth Longford’s biography of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, letters from Elizabeth Longford and Roger FulfordTwo small notebooks with manuscript entries in pencil, one entitled 'Bird Notes' (spanning 1955-1965) and Birds seen in South Africa Orange Free State Dec 1937- March 1938A folder of Letters entitled 'Letters from Sara from 1929 up to 1950' (daughter of Mary Lyon) including juvenile correspondenceA folder of documents relating to World War I & II with related memorabilia including a typed manuscript ‘Torpedoed’ by Martin Charteris (1913-1999), a favourite courtier of Queen Elizabeth II and her longest serving Private Secretary, several ephemera publications by the British Legion, 1950-54, an auction catalogue Bruton, Knowles & Co. ‘The Gloucestershire Treasure Sale’ 1944 for the Red Cross, including a pencil drawing ‘Paternity’ by H.G. Wells, Mary Strickland and Mrs Belloc Lowndes, drawn at Stanway as part of a parlour game. Several WWII armbands for the British Red Cross, WVS Rest Centre and WLA (Women’s Land Army), several badges including a Royal British Legion Poppy brooch, ARP Women’s Voluntary Services, Women’s Land Army and Civil Defence CorpsA folder entitled ‘Soldier’s Letters 1917-1918’, mostly addressed ‘Dear Nurse’ to Mary StricklandA folder of newspaper cuttings Jan 1977 to ..., a further folder of press cuttings of reviews of Cynthia Asquith’s diaries, 1968 and other booksA marbled paper notebook entitled ‘Last Will and Testament of Mary Constance Wemyss’ dated March 9th 1929A manuscript poem by Herbert Asquith ‘Youth in the Skies’ with his accopmpanying letter, dated 1940An envelope of letters and ephemera relating to J. M. Barrie including two copies each of Stanway Mysteries programmes for ‘The Wheel’ and ‘Where was Simon’ by Barrie, nine signed manuscripts letters by J. M. Barrie, all to ‘Lady Mary Strickland’ at various addresses, 1923-1936Folders of LettersFolder entitled ‘Cynthia Asquith to her sister Mary’ but containing various letters including one manuscript letter from Augustus John, September 19, 1936 to Lady Mary regarding his works in Chelsea portraits and advance for his portrait of Mary and another letter from Augustus John regarding the same; a typewritten autograph letter to Lady Mary from Anthony Powell, 1977Folder of Letters to Mary Lyon on occasion of Cynthia Asquith’s death, amongst others by Osbert Sitwell, ‘Bibs’ Plymouth, Denis Mackail, Lord Tavistock, etc.Five folders of letters from Mary Strickland/Charteris to her mother (1899-1937)A folder of letters entitled ‘Bibs’ Plymouth (1910s-1920s)A folder of letters from Denis Mackail 1920s-1960sFive letters from Wilfred Scawen Blunt to Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss (1862-1937) [with whom she allegedly had an affair] including one poem dedicated to herAn extensive collection of letters dating circa 1899-1978 to Mary Strickland from various correspondents including from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Vernon, Cynthia Asquith, various members of the Asquith, Wemyss and Charteris family, Denis Mackail, Augustus John, H. G. Wells, Violet Bonham Carter, Henry Yorke, Hugo Charteris, Osbert Sitwell, L. P. Jacks, Joan Webster-Young, Sybell Fulford , Roger Fulford, Anne Fleming and others Lady Mary was the adopted daughter of Percy Scawen Wyndham. Her mother was Mary Constance Charteris Wyndham and her biological father Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Wyndham and her siblings and their spouses were members of The Souls, an elite English social group. She and her two sisters were the subjects of John Singer Sargent's 1899 painting The Wyndham Sisters.Mary was first married to Algernon (Tom) Strickland, who died in 1938, her second husband was Major John (Jack) Lyon, whom she married in 1943. Her older sister was the author and society hostess Lady Cynthia Asquith, married to Herbert Asquith, younger son of the Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, who was Prime Minister at the outbreak of the First World War. Mary lost both her brothers during the war in quick succession, Yvo Alan Charteris in October 1915 and Hugo Francis Charteris (Lord Elcho) in April 1916. She resided both at Stanway House (her family home) and Apperley Court (family home of the Strickland's).Her fascinating diaries span the early years of a young Mary Strickland, documenting the outbreak of the First World War and its aftermath, nursing duties, attending seances with her mother, escapades to London and household and society gossip. Through her sister Lady Cynthia Asquith, the English writer and socialite, she was well connected with the literary elite and through her brother-in-law's family, she gained intriguing insights into the political machinations at the time. The diaries intersperse major international events with the comparative monotony of daily life in a country house and seemingly endless letter writing. An avid correspondent, the diary also documents, alongside original letters, the death in service of her brother Yvo in Gallipoli. The diaries describe varied events, from an altercation with her maid at Harrods, lunch at 10 Downing Street, bombs dropped in London, dinner with H.G. Wells, descriptions of her nursing duties during WWI at Winchcombe Hospital, her husband's imprisonment in Turkey and country house visits interspersed by reports and commentary on the events and battles of the First World War.Alongside the diaries, the archive includes extensive correspondence and documents spanning most of the 20th century with letters from literary figures such as H.G. Wells, J. M. Barrie, Denis Mackail and Osbert Sitwell alongside the family correspondence.Lady Mary Charteris pictured in the Tatler at the time of her engagement to Lieutenant Algernon W. Strickland of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.
Lot 1557
HENRY ATKIN LTD. A 16-BORE 'THE RALEIGH' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2490, circa 1922, 26in. nitro reproved barrels (loose on action), the rib engraved '"THE RALEIGH"' in gothic script and 'HENRY ATKIN LTD. (FROM PURDEY'S) 88 JERMYN ST. LONDON' and '1', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, wall thicknesses at 18 and 19-, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fine acanthus scroll engraving, brushed and blued finish, 14 1/2in. stock, weight 5lb. 15oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather case S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
Lot 102
From the library of Alfred Edward Borthwick. 1905 In Memoriam. James McNeill Whistler - a Speech Delivered by Professor Walter Raleigh on the occasion of the Opening of the Whistler Memorial Exhibition. Printed London February 20th 1905. Publisher's orig. brown wraps, some minor edgewear, stamped Borthwick of Burnhouse Stow to title page, unbound. An uncommon pamphlet on the life of Whistler, one of the most well-known American artists of his time. Small 8vo.
Lot 120
This Royal Doulton figurine depicts Sir Walter Raleigh, a historical figure known for his roles as an explorer, writer, and courtier during the Elizabethan era. Designed with meticulous attention to detail, the figurine showcases Sir Walter in traditional period attire, including a ruffled collar, cape, and hat, reflecting the fashion of the late 16th century. The figurine is marked on the base with the Royal Doulton backstamp and the model number HN2015.Artist: Leslie HarradineIssued: 1948 - 1955Dimensions: 11.75"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 54
Military and Nursing medals and badges. Includes group of WW1 era sweetheart brooches: 9ct Gold Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, silver Ypres x2; silver naval and HMS Raleigh; silver RAF and others. Nursing related badges including Territorial Force Nursing Service miniature medal in case, Proficiency medal inscribed to Edith M Terry, silver Canterbury and College of Nursing badges. Also mixed other items including tie pins, badges and pendants.
Lot 307
The First and Second China war group of five awarded to Fleet Surgeon J. I. Crawford, Royal Navy China 1842 (J. J. Crawford, Asst. Surgn, H.M.S. Plover.); Baltic 1854-55; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Fatshan 1857; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, pierced and fitted with rings for suspension, these last four all unnamed as issued, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, February 1997, since when the Crimean medals have been added for display purposes; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006. John Irwin Crawford entered the Navy on 1 June 1838, as Assistant Surgeon aboard the Columbine, employed at first at the Cape of Good Hope and then on the coast of China, where he was present at the capture of Canton, the attacks upon Chapoo and Woosung, and at the operations up the Yang-tse-Kiang. In September 1842, he was transferred to the Plover and on 3 April 1843, he was promoted to the rank of Surgeon. He next served in the Bittern on the coast of Africa, in the Mæander in the Pacific, and in the Horatio, guard-ship at Sheerness and at Hull. On 22 March 1854, he was appointed Surgeon of the Hannibal and went with French troops to the Baltic, from where he returned, after the fall of Bomarsund, with troops and prisoners of war, who suffered much from cholera, to Brest. In the same ship, which bore the flag of Sir Houston Stewart in the Black Sea, he participated in the operations against Kertch, Sebastopol and Kinburn, thus gaining entitlement to the Crimean medal with Sebastopol clasp, and the Turkish medal. Crawford sailed to the coast of China in Raleigh, to which ship he had been appointed Surgeon on 17 October 1856, but on 14 April following, Raleigh, on her way from Hong Kong, struck on an uncharted pinnacle of rock off the S.E. coast of Macao. She was so badly holed that she had to be beached between the Koko and Typa Islands, where she became a total wreck. Commodore Keppel exhibited great resource in getting away his ship’s company without the loss of a single man, and later in removing all the guns and the ship’s stores. In consequence, Crawford was appointed, as additional, to the Calcutta, in which ship he was present at the destruction of a flotilla of war junks up the Fatshan branch of the Canton river, 1 June 1857. Since he never informed the Admiralty, at the end of the second China War, that he was already in possession of a first China War medal, he was issued with a second China War medal with clasp. If the Authorities had known of his earlier award, he would have been issued with ‘China 1842’ and ‘Fatshan 1857’ clasps to add to his earlier award. Doctor Crawford was promoted to Fleet Surgeon on 28 July 1864, and retired on 1 April 1870.
Lot 364
The Baronet’s Badge and M.V.O. group of eight awarded to Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Graves-Sawle, Bt., Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his command of the Naval Brigade in the Gambia in 1894, which role he assumed after Flag Captain E. H. Gamble had been wounded Baronet’s Badge, of the United Kingdom, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse inscribed ‘Graves-Sawle of Penrice 1836’, hallmarked London 1929; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘110’; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lieut: C. J. Graves-Sawle. R.N. H.M.S. “Superb”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Commr. C. G. Sawle R.N., H.M.S. Raleigh.); China 1900, no clasp (Captain C. J. Graves-Sawle, R.N. H.M.S. Bonaventure.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat in its Lemaitre, Paris case of issue; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Naval Merit, 2nd Class breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, some enamel chips to the last two, otherwise nearly very fine or better (8) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. M.V.O. London Gazette 2 June 1903: ‘The King has been graciously pleased, during His Majesty’s visit to Malta, to make the following appointments to the Royal Victorian Order.’ Charles John Graves-Sawle was born on 28 April 1851, the second son of Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle, 2nd Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Bodmin. His grandfather took the additional name of Sawle, having inherited the estates of that ancient Cornish family at Penrice. Charles’s descendants numbered Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves, who led the van at the ‘Glorious First of June’ in 1794’ and Sir Thomas Graves, Vice-Admiral of the Blue and second-in-command to Nelson at Copenhagen. And he continued his family’s naval tradition, after attending Somerset College, Bath. His obituary in The Times, published on 19 February 1932, takes up the story: ‘He entered the Royal Navy in March 1865. He served in the Hercules and Bellerophon and was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1876. He went to the Mediterranean in October 1880 as Lieutenant of the Superb and served there about six years. He was present at the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 and during the operations of the Egyptian War, for which he received the Medal with clasp ‘Alexandria 11th July’ and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. In 1888 he became Second in Command of the Canada on the North American Station. He was appointed in January 1890 as First Lieutenant of the battleship Anson, Flagship of Rear-Admiral Tracey in the Channel Squadron and was promoted to Commander in December 1890. The following summer he went to the Cape as Commander of Raleigh, Flagship of the Commander in Chief Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, K.C.B. It fell to the Rear-Admiral to conduct certain punitive expeditions in West Africa in one of which Commander Graves-Sawle took a prominent part. After Flag Captain Gamble had been wounded he took command of the Naval Brigade landed from Raleigh, Alecto, Satellite, Magpie and Widgeon at Bathurst, on the River Gambia, in February 1894, in co-operation with two companies of the 1st West India Regiment, to punish a rebellious slave trading chief named Fodi Silah. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches and received the General Africa Medal with clasp ‘Gambia 1894’. In the following August he received his first independent command, the light cruiser Mohawk, in North American waters and in December 1896 he was promoted to Captain His first service as Captain was as Flag Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford in Crescent, on the North American Station. In 1900 he went to China as Captain of the Bonaventure. As Captain of the cruiser Aboukir in the Mediterranean on the occasion of King Edward’s visit to Malta in 1903 he was made an M.V.O. Following his father’s death in April 1903, and the death of his brother without issue in August of the same year, he succeeded to the Baronetcy and property. He did not seek another appointment and retired. He was A.D.C. to King Edward VII in 1906 and was advanced to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List in 1907. He became High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1913. He died on 18 February 1932. Sir Charles married in 1887 Constance Mary, daughter of General C. F. T. Daniell, and had one son in the Coldstream Guards who was killed at Ypres, and two daughters, one of whom died in 1926; the other is the wife of Colonel R. P. Cobbold. The Baronetcy becomes extinct.’ Sold with a fine array of card-mounted studio portrait photographs, approximately 15 images of which half are contained in a photographer’s proof portfolio, together with copied research.
Lot 468
Selection of cloth badges including Royal Navy fleet air arm weapons able bodied seaman, Royal Navy cap tallies for HMS Osprey, HMS Illustrious, HMS Seahawk, HMS Raleigh, HMS London & HMS Hermes, 4 sailors hats (including HMS Battleaxe tally) British Legion pin badges, silver brooch, 2 Union Jack flags, Fulton military flashlight etc
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