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The historically important 1914 Star awarded to Private J. Parr, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action near Mons on 21 August 1914 - believed to be the first British soldier to be killed in action during the Great War 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-14196 Pte. J. Parr. 4/Midd’x R.) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £17,000
A superb Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar, M.M. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant W. A. Tapsell, 2nd Battalion, later 6th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was decorated with a trio of awards for gallantry on the Western Front in the summer of 1917. Commissioned in April 1918, he died five months later from wounds received in action with the 1st Battalion during the Second Battle of the Somme on 18 September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second...
Hammer Price: £10,000
An outstanding Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Epehy’ D.C.M., 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. and 1918 ‘Western Front’ Second Award Bar, Belgian Croix de Guerre group of six awarded to Sergeant F. L. Livings, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, an ‘Old Contemptible’ who was bombed, bayoneted, shot and gassed during the course of his distinguished service on the Western Front Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23186 Sjt: F. Livings. M.M. 9/Essex R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An important 1914 ‘Le Cateau’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock K.C.B., Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), who, whilst a Captain on the Staff of the 4th Division, was decorated for gallantry in rallying disordered troops and leading them against the enemy at Haucourt, 26 August 1914 - seven times Mentioned in Despatches for the Great War, he subsequently rose to command the 55th (West Lancs) Division and the Deccan...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An important early aviator’s Great War group of three awarded to Major F. G. ‘Freddy’ Small, Connaught Rangers, attached Royal Flying Corps: a member of the original British Expeditionary Force, on 26 August 1914 he delivered a message to Haig’s H.Q. by audaciously landing between the lines of I Corps and the pursuing Germans, and was the first Royal Flying Corps airman to shoot down an enemy aircraft with a machine-gun 1914 Star (Lieut. F. G. Small. C. Rang. Attd: R.F.C.);...
Family Group: A Great War April 1915 ‘Chapelle d’Armentiéres’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. G. Cox, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), late Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme on 3 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13999 Cpl. H. G. Cox. 21/R. Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-13999 Sjt. H. G. Cox. 1/R. Fus.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A very rare ‘August 1918’ American D.S.C. group of four awarded to Gunner E. W. R. Auty, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (17106 Gnr: E. W. R. Auty. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (17106 Gnr. E. W. R. Auty. R.A.); United States of America, Distinguished Service Cross, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘6278’, in case with gold debossed lettering ‘D.S.C.’, together with badly damaged box of issue, officially numbered ‘6278’ with spare brooch bar, good very...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Ginchy’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Smith, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, whose meritorious deeds also resulted in the award of the 16th (Irish) Division Gallant Conduct Certificate Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8222 Sjt: A. Smith. 9/R. Dub: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (8222 Sjt. A. Smith. R. D. Fus); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B151301’, medals...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Family Group: A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major M. Higgin-Birket, Lancashire Fusiliers, a Boer War veteran who was wounded with the 2nd Battalion in 1914 and was three times Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst on attachment as Cipher Officer with G.H.Q. Staff, British Salonika Force, 1915-17 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Three: Lieutenant C. A. Campbell, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Audregnies during the Retreat from Mons on 24 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut C. A. Campbell, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieutenant C. A. Campbell.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Arthur Campbell); together with a Cheshire Regiment cap badge and a framed portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, this last contained in a small bronze oval frame, plaque with small...
A fine Great War April 1918 ‘Aveluy Wood’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. and 1919 ‘North Russia Archangel Command’ Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Johns, 1/22nd (The Queen’s) Battalion, London Regiment, later 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (682490 Sjt: J. Johns. M.M. 1/22 Lond: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (5238 L.Cpl. J. Johns. 1/22 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Family group: Four: Captain Sir Edward A. Stewart-Richardson, Bart., 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), late Queensland Mounted Infantry, who died on 28 November 1914, from the effects of wounds received the previous month at Ypres Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, the date clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt: Sir E. A. S. Richardson. Q’land M.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt Sir E. A....
Six: Regimental Sergeant Major F. S. Gaiger, 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Territorial Force) British War and Victory Medals (146 T.W.O. Cl.1. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (146 C. Sjt. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (240016 R.S. Mjr. F. S. Gaiger. 1/6 E. Surr. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1019 Serjt. F. S. Gaiger. 3rd V. B. E. Surrey Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal,...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Sergeant P. W. Turner, 17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (Territorial Force) who died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 June 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2779 L. Sjt: P. W. Turner. 17/Lond: R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2779, Pte. P. W. Turner, 17-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2779 Cpl. P. W. Turner. 17-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Percy William Turner) with...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Great War ‘French Resistance’ Allied Subjects’ Medal and Croix de Guerre pair awarded to Madame Jeanne Cleve, who ‘hid 150 British prisoners of war in an attic and guided them to the coast right under enemy noses’ Allied Subjects’ Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, together with the recipient’s riband bar, good very fine (2) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,200
An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain the Honourable I. J. L. Hay, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, whose account of his capture at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, and subsequent imprisonment, was published in the Daily Telegraph after his release in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1927; 1914 Star, with clasp (2.Lieut: Hon: I. J. L. Hay. 5/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt....
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant T. H. Brown, Royal Canadian Dragoons, who saw earlier campaigning with the 7th Dragoon Guards in South Africa and Somaliland Military Medal, G.V.R. (23 Sjt. T. H. Brown. R. Can: Dns.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4475 Pte. T. Brown. 7/D. Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4475 Pte. T. Brown. 7/D. Gds:); Africa General Service...
Three: Captain and Adjutant R. E. Drake, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was mortally wounded during a successful attempt made by the battalion to capture a German battery at the Battle of the Marne on 8 September 1914, and was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (Capt: & Adjt: R. E. Drake. Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. E. Drake.) nearly extremely fine (3) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,900
Three: Private E. J. Simmonds, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front 1914 Star, with clasp (L-9431 Pte. E. J. Simmonds. 4/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9431 Pte. E. J. Simmonds. Midd’x R.); Memorial Plaque (Edward James Simmonds) all mounted within a contemporary frame, good very fine or better...
A fine Great War group of three awarded to Miss Emily J. Haswell, St. John Ambulance Association and French Flag Nursing Corps, who served as Matron-in-Chief of the British Committee of the French Red Cross in 1918 1914 Star (E. J. Haswell. B.R.C.S & O.St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (E. J. Haswell); together with a British Red Crescent Society 1913 medallion with brooch bar; a Bulgarian Red Cross badge; a French Flag Nursing Corps badge; a Great War Paris 1914-16 ‘Médaille...
A rare Great War ‘1914’ ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C. group of four awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant, later Second Lieutenant, T. H. Crabb, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment); commissioned in the field in February 1916 after 16 years in the ranks, he died the following month from wounds received in action in the Ypres Salient on 18 March 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (7799 C.Q.M. Sjt. T. H. Crabb. 4/R. Fus.);...
Hammer Price: £1,800
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 W. Waterhouse, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was wounded and Mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War, and was also Mentioned for services on the Aisne during the Great War, prior to being taken prisoner of war on 31 October 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4929 Pte. W. Waterhouse, 1: L. N. Lanc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901,...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Three: Private L. G. M. Wilkins, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who was wounded and captured at Messines on 31 October 1914, and died in captivity on 7 March 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (2235 Pte. L. G. M. Wilkins. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2235 Pte. L. G. M. Wilkins. 14-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Leslie Guy Millward Wilkins) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280
Three: Gunner T. J. Beynon, Royal Field Artillery, late Bombardier, City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 May 1917 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast (1179 Pte. T. J. Beynon, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (L-27394 Gnr. T. J. Benyon. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (L-27394 Gnr. T. J. Beynon. R.A.) with damaged named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Theophilus John...
Four: Staff Sergeant H. W. Jordan, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was wounded and taken prisoner of war at Etreux, the scene of his Battalion’s epic rearguard action during the retreat from Mons, on 27 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (9990 Pte. H. Jordan. R. Muns: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9990 Pte. H. W. Jordan. R. Muns. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7658070 S. Sjt. H. W. Jordan R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, nearly very...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Three: Corporal A. E. Boardman, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres on 18 November 1914 - a member of 12 Platoon, E Company, he is clearly identifiable in the well known photograph of his unit taken at Letchworth Train Station immediately following the outbreak of War 1914 Star (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. Herts. R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Ernest Boardman) with Buckingham...
A Great War 1918 Italian Theatre ‘Piave Operations’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. S. Gavin, Honourable Artillery Company, who was decorated for his gallantry at the capture of the Island of Papadopoli, 25-26 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10754 Pte. C. S. Gavin. 1/H.A.C. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (10754 Pte. C. S. Gavin. H.A.C. - Inf.) together with a small Bronze medallion ‘Presented by the Italian government to all members of the 2nd Battalion,...
Family Group: A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Flers Courcelette’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal T. Craddock, 6th (Service) and 9th (Service) Battalions, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), who was killed in action during the attack on Le Sars on 7 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10610 L. Cpl. T. Craddock. 9/York: R.); 1914-15 Star (10610 Pte. T. Craddock. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10610 Pte. T. Craddock. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Three: Private F. Rideout, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of La Bassée on 13 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (5967 [sic] Pte. F. Rideout. Dorset: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5987 Pte. F. Rideout. Dorset. R.) good very fine (3) £200-£240
A Great War 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant F. E. Hermann, 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull), East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials) who died on 17 November 1916 of wounds received in action on 13 November, the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre Military Medal, G.V.R. (1029 Cpl. F. E. Hermann. 10/ E. York: R.); 1914-15 Star (10-1029 Pte. E. F. Hermann. E. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10-1029 A. Sjt. E. F. Hermann. E. York. R.);...
Three: Private H. E. Speller, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action at the Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-14083 Pte. H. E. Speller. 4/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-14083 Pte. H. E. Speller. Midd’x R.) good very fine (3) £240-£280
Hammer Price: £1,100
Four: Sergeant J. R. Cornall, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars 1914 Star, with clasp (172 Pte. J. R. Cornall. 19/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (172 Cpl. J. R. Cornell. 19-Hrs.); Panama, Republic, Solidarity Medal 1917-18, Third Class, bronze, contact marks, traces of lacquer, nearly very fine or better, the last rare (4) £300-£400
Three: Private W. Willoughby, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front 1914 Star, with clasp (7975 Pte. W. Willoughby. 1/R. Sc: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7975 Pte. W. Willoughby R.S. Fus.) good very fine (3) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £1,000
Three: Private F. Slack, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), who was killed in action at Wasmes during the Retreat from Mons on 24 August 1914 1914 Star (L-7415 Pte. F. Slack. 1/R. W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7415 Pte. F. Slack. R. W. Kent R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Slack) very fine (4) £240-£280
Family group: Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (15172 By. Sgt. Maj: J. Panter. 2nd Bde. Lanc: Div: R.A.) good very fine Six: Trumpeter, later Sergeant, J. J. Panter, Royal Field Artillery, who, having been Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry at the Battle of Vlakfontein, 29 May 1901, during the Boer War whilst aged just 16, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914, and was wounded and repatriated from France in 1915 Queen’s South...
Three: Sapper S. H. Dunster, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (322739 Spr. S. H. Dunster. R.E.); Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with additional award bar (5983 Pte. S. Dunster. Chatham Div. No. 11 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1927); together with the recipient’s St. John Re-Examination Cross, silver, the reverse engraved ‘168418 Sydney Dunster’ with an uninterrupted run of 23 dated Year Bars, 1914-1936, all inscribed ‘168418’ on reverse;...
Hammer Price: £950
Three: Private S. Willoughby, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Clary on 27 August 1914 1914 Star (8966 Pte. S. Willoughby. R. Dub: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (8966 Pte. S. Willoughby. R. D. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Samuel Willoughby) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £300-£400
Family Group: Three: Private T. W. Mason, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star (7158 Pte. T. W. Mason. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7158 Pte. T. W. Mason. Suff. R.) good very fine Three: Private J. W. Mason, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was captured at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star (6823 Pte. J. W. Mason. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6823 Pte. J. W. Mason. Suff. R.) good...
Four: Sergeant J. Robinson, 9th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in the attack on Ale Alley and Beer Trench near Ginchy on 3 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.) with flattened named card box of issue and transmission slip, in damaged outer envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs. J. Robinson, 55 White Hart Line, Barnes, SW’; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.) with flattened named card box...
Hammer Price: £900
Three: Private P. J. Robinson, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force), who met his death by shell-fire near Ypres on 17 November 1914 - the first member of his regiment to be killed in action during the Great War 1914 Star, with clasp (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. Herts. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240
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