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A Second World War night fighter’s campaign group of five awarded to Warrant Officer A. G. V. “Gerry” Holton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew operationally as an Air Gunner in Defiants of No. 141 Squadron during the Battle of Britain and as a Navigator (Radar) in Beaufighters of No. 89 Squadron in the Middle East 1942-43 - including a posting to Malta at the height of the siege 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A Second World War pilot’s group of six awarded to Flying Officer R. W. Barton, Royal Canadian Air Force, who flew operationally in Whitleys of No. 58 Squadron and Halifaxes of No. 405 Squadron in the period October 1941 to August 1942 - on one occasion, while taking evasive action from an enemy night fighter during a raid on Bremen, he stood on his seat to pull his aircraft out of a spin ‘while everything loose in the aircraft flew in all directions’ 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe...
Hammer Price: £320
Seven: Corporal J. W. Goddard, 3rd and 10th Battalions, The Parachute Regiment, late East Surreys, who was taken P.O.W. at Arnhem 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these unnamed; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (John W. Goddard, Const.), mounted as worn, good very fine and better (7) £200-300
Hammer Price: £410
Four: Warrant Officer Class 1 J. P. Garvey, Royal Engineers, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans - captured in Greece 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (1864370 W.O. Cl. 1, R.E.) mounted for wear, some contact wear, very fine (4) £250-300
£250–£300
Three: Ordinary Signalman A. J. Kyrke-Smith, Royal Navy, who was killed on the occasion of the loss of the battleship H.M.S. Barham in November 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, all privately inscribed, ‘C/JX. 226657 Ord. Sigmn. A. J. Kyrke-Smith’, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Arthur James Kyrke-Smith’, extremely fine (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £160
Nine: Private T. Webster, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14184738 Pte., A. & S.H.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (14184738 Pte., A. & S.H.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, mounted for display, very fine and better (9) £280-320
Hammer Price: £370
Four: Private Ernest Arthur Butler, 2/6th Independent Company, Australian Army, killed in action, New Guinea, 20 September 1943 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Australia Service Medal (NX37684 E. A. Butler) good very fine (4) £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
Five: Serjeant N. F. Rogers, Intelligence Corps, mentioned in despatches for services in Burma 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1457865 Sjt., Int. Corps.) good very fine (5) £200-240
Hammer Price: £200
An interesting and well documented Second World War group of four awarded to Warrant Officer W. R. H. Yexley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a long-served Parachute Jumping Instructor who saw active service on the Burma front in 1943-45, gaining a “mention” and a King’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air - so, too, from his Gurkha pupils, the honorary title “Bahadar Thapa” - “The White Gurkha” 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak...
Hammer Price: £360
Seven: Serjeant R. A. Parsons, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, latterly a Chief Inspector in the Police 1939-45 Star; Burma Star;; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2972538 Sjt., A. & S.H.); Police Long Service, E.II.R. (Ch. Inspr. Robert A. Parsons) mounted court style for wear, generally nearly extremely fine (7) £100-140
Hammer Price: £140
Eight: Corporal R. H. Moy, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (S/5772808 Pte., R.A.S.C.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (S/22520603 Cpl., R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (S/22520603 Cpl., R.A.S.C.) mounted for display; together with Dunkirk War Veteran’s Medal and Norfolk Regiment cap badge, medals with some contact marks and...
Hammer Price: £230
Six: attributed to Sergeant W. L. McLaughlin, Canadian Army 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all unnamed, mounted as worn Pair: G. A. Searle, Canadian Forces Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SK-8163 G. A. Searle) edge bruise; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SK-8163 G. A. Searle) some contact marks, very fine (8) £120-160
Hammer Price: £120
Five: attributed to Serjeant J. T. Bray, Irish Regiment of Canada, died/killed, Italy, 6 August 1944 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all unnamed, good very fine and better (6) £100-140
£100–£140
Six: Major J. B. Nightingale, General List and 4th/7th Dragoon Guards 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Major, Gen. List); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (5) £200-250
The Second World War North-West Europe campaign service group of four awarded to Captain J. H. W. Jackson, Royal Artillery, attached No. 652 (A.O.P.) Squadron, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, good very fine or better (4) £250-350
£250–£350
Three: Private W. F. Lakey, 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (A.A.C.), who was killed in action at Arnhem in September 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the first privately inscribed, ‘14272199 Pte. W. F. Lakey, 10 Para.’, together with the recipient’s illuminated Buckingham Palace memorial scroll in the name of ‘Private W. F. Lakey, Army Air Corps’, cleaned, good very fine or better (3) £150-200
Hammer Price: £700
Family group: Four: Staff Sergeant S. H. Longworth, Glider Pilot Regiment (A.A.C.), who participated in the D-Day, Arnhem and Rhine operations as a 2nd pilot in Horsas 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with a set of related miniature dress medals including the General Service Medal for Palestine 1945-48, an A.A.C. badge and an enamelled Glider Pilot Regiment sweetheart’s brooch, good very fine or better Three: Private H. Longworth,...
Six: Gunner T. Ormesher, ‘C’ Troop, 170 Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. at Imjin River on 25 April 1951 - and subsequently among those awarded the U.S. Presidential Citation 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (889081 Gnr. T. Ormesher, R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, together with U.S. Presidential Citation Riband, good very fine (7) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,800
Four: Corporal E. Crank, Army Catering Corps, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (6915208 Cpl., A.C.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed Pair: Private E. A. Ogilvie. Army Catering Corps General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Near East (22815741 Pte., A.C.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £220-260
Hammer Price: £240
Five: Corporal A. Marsden, Royal Army Service Corps Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22538231 Cpl., R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £140-160
Three: Lance-Corporal G. Webster, Royal Engineers Defence and War Medals, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48, with (loose) M.I.D. oak leaves (400302 L/Cpl., R.E.) good very fine (3) £180-220
Defence, War and Australian Service Medal trios (8) (15596 S. F. Davey; QX8972 J. Dougal; NX11819 C. A. Halpin; 24782 R. J. Moore; VX53296 L. C. Phillips; NX171429 L. R. Rowson; 132407 J. A. Smith; 18057 E. L. Sweeney) all officially impressed; General Service 1918, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (3/5536 N. J. Fraser) ‘s’ of surname is an overstriking, very fine and better (25) £120-160
Five: Sergeant P. F. High, Royal Military Band Corps and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Band Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3307845 Bdsmn., R.M.B.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue ‘Fid. Def.’ (3307845 Sgt., R.M.A.S. Band) mounted as worn, contact marks, good fine (5) £400-500
Pair: Private A. M. Allan, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22812167 Pte., B.W.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
Pair: Private D. Crompton, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22583001 Pte. D. Crompton, K.S.L.I.) rank and initial unofficially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £100-140
Pair: Private B. S. McMeekin, Royal Scots Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22525296 Pte., R.S.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £190
Pair: Driver W. C. Greenwood, Royal Army Service Corps, who was killed in action in Korea on 26 May 1951, while attached to 26 Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. Korea 1950-53 (22533186 Dvr. W. C. Greenwood, R.A. (sic)); U.N. Korea 1950-54, both in their card boxes of issue, together with original photographs of his initial and subsequent graves, extremely fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £580
Four: Sergeant H. Jones, Royal Engineers Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (22655697 Sgt., R.E.) renamed; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, later production; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (2265697 Sgt., R.E.) renamed; Coronation 1953, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £90-120
Hammer Price: £95
Three: Private B. Ouellet, Royal 22nd Regiment Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SE 7658 B. Ouellet); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea (SE/7658 B. Ouellet); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, first with minor contact marks, very fine and better (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £150
Pair: Private H. J. Banton, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action, 22 May 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22395994 Pte., K.O.S.B.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; with K.O.S.B. cap badge, nearly extremely fine (3) £550-650
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Private J. Hodson, Royal Army Service Corps Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22538138 Pte., R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £120-160
£120–£160
Pair: Driver S. J. Wood, Royal Army Service Corps Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (T/22475174 Dvr., R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2) £100-140
Pair: Captain M. P. Dann, Royal Army Service Corps Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Lt., R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £180
Four: Naval Airman J. R. Stevenson, Royal Navy General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, N. Iraq & S. Turkey (NA(AH)1 D195802B RN); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (NA(AH) D195802B RN); Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar in case of issue; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar in box of issue, good very fine and better (5) £400-500
Hammer Price: £720
Three: Senior Aircraftsman D. B. Soave, Royal Air Force General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Air Operations Iraq SAC (E8416333( RAF); Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (SAC (E8416333 RAF); Jubilee 2002, unnamed, mounted court style as worn, minor contact marks to first, nearly extremely fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £300
Family group: Four: Sergeant T. F. Shute, Royal Air Force General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Air Operations Iraq (Sgt, (K8173476) RAF); Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (Sgt, (7173476) RAF); Jubilee 2002, unnamed; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sgt, (K8473476) RAF) mounted as worn Pair: Private S. Shute, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Ply.1084-S-,R.M.L.I.) very fine and better (6) £400-450
Hammer Price: £440
Pair: Private A. Hayes, Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service) General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24785418 Pte, R Irish (HS)); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, E.II.R. (24785418 Pte, R Irish (HS) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £280-320
Hammer Price: £390
Sold by Order of the Recipient The exceptionally rare and most probably unique six clasp G.S.M. group of three to Sergeant R. G. ‘Bob’ Walters, ‘A’ Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment, who gained all of his clasps whilst serving with the S.A.S. - A veteran of numerous Special Forces actions his name was entered into the Guinness Book of Records in 1980, when he led a team in a cross-channel ‘HAHO’ (High Altitude High Opening) lateral fall from 25,000 feet wearing...
Hammer Price: £8,200
Pair: Private C. P. Anderson, Staffordshire Regiment Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24808768 Pte, Staffords); Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, unnamed, extremely fine (2) £140-180
Three: Private A. J. Summers, Royal Army Medical Corps Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24891594 Pte, RAMC); Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar in case of issue; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar in plastic box of issue, extremely fine (3) £120-160
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