Auction Catalogue

1 December 2004

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1509

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£60

Woolwich and Sandhurst Athletics, obv. twin shields, rev. engraved, ‘C. A. Sykes, 1889’, 51mm., silver, minor edge bruising; Woolwich and Sandhurst, obv. twin shields, rev. inscribed, ‘Boxing 1932 Light Winner J. A. Nelson’, 45mm., silver, in case; Woolwich, Sandhurst and Cranwell, obv. three badges, rev. engraved, ‘Triangular Athletic Contest 1938, 880 Yards 1st, R. D. G. Ramsay’, 51mm., silver; Woolwich vs Sandhurst (2), obv. twin shields, rev. engraved, ‘Gymnastics 1914 won by R.M.A. (G. W. T. Coates, Captain), 39mm., silver; another bronze, rev. ‘Cricket XI 1900 A. M. Ross’, edge bruise; Sandhurst and Cranwell, obv. twin shields, rev. inscribed, ‘Boxing 1937 Heavy-Weight Winner J. M. N. Pike’, 45mm., silver base metal; Woolwich and Cranwell, obv. twin shields, rev. engraved, ‘Boxing 1936 Heavy-Weight Winner J. M. N. Pike’, 45mm., silver base metal, all unmounted,very fine and better (7) £60-80

Clement Arthur Sykes was born in 1871 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1889. Promoted Lieutenant in 1893, he served in Uganda during 1898 and was awarded the East and Central Africa Medal with clasp. He was promoted Captain in 1900 and served during the Boer War being awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps, the King’s medal with two and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). In the early months of the Great War he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. For his wartime services he was awarded the C.M.G. in 1918 and the D.S.O. (London Gazette 4 June 1917) and was five times mentioned in despataches (London Gazette 5 April 1916, 4 January 1917, 18 May 1917, 11 December 1917 and 20 May 1918). He retired with the rank of Brigadier-General and died in 1937