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A superb Great War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Matron M. S. Whitson, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who served in France with the Liverpool Merchants’ Mobile Hospital 1915-18: an accompanying typescript of her wartime diary provides a unique insight into the daunting task of nursing many thousands of wounded and dying - and of the horrors of coming under enemy bombardment Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, the...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A well-documented Great War ‘Palestine’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal (late Drummer) J. Brockie, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Grand Rozoy-Soissons in July 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (200384 Pte. - L. Cpl. J. Brockie, 1/4 Ches. R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1927 Dmr., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1927 Pte., Ches. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (John Brockie), extremely fine, the whole contained within an old wooden display...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War M.M. group of three to Corporal M. Clear, Lancashire Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (307882 Pte., 8/Lanc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (307882 Cpl., Lan. Fus.) very fine (3) £250-300
Hammer Price: £480
A Great War M.M. awarded to Corporal A. Giblin, Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (2163 Cpl., 17/Manch. R.) very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £270
A fine ‘Gallantry’ K.P.M. group of three awarded to Police Sergeant J. Ratcliffe, Liverpool City Police, for his part in pursuing and eventually apprehending a ‘violent and dangerous criminal’ who was armed with a revolver King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (P.C. James Ratcliffe, Liverpool City Police Force); Defence Medal; Police Long Service, G.VI.R. (Sergt.), mounted as worn; together with a related, Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (John...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Seven: Serjeant-Major J. B. Cemery, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Medical Staff Corps, and Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (5049 2nd Cl. S. Sgt., M.S. Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Serjt.-Major, I.Y. Hp. Staff); Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S.& G.C., V.R. (5049 2nd Cl. S. Sergt. Med. S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1st Cl. S. Serjt., R.A.M.C.); Khedive’s Star...
Hammer Price: £680
A well-documented Great War group of three awarded to Sergeant W. Sutherland, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a pre-war professional footballer for Southend United, Plymouth Argyle F.C. and Chatham F.C.: he was killed in action at Le Cateau in August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8260 Sjt., 2/A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8260 Sjt., A. & S. Highrs.), together with related Memorial Plaque (William Sutherland), good very fine and better, plaid brooch, glengarry badge...
Hammer Price: £2,100
An interesting Great War group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. J. Philip, 1/16 London Regiment: he was the first man of the Queen’s Westminster Rifles to venture out into “No Man’s Land” on Christmas Day 1914 and meet the enemy - one of their officers told him he came from Catford! 1914 Star, with clasp (1405 Pte., 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, the first sometime gilded, very fine or better (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,400
Seven: Major C. H. Bushell, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) 1914 Star (Lieut., 2/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, these all inscribed (Maj. C. H. Bushell, Queens Bays); together with a silver medallet, inscribed, ‘C.H.B., 1907, Invincibles’, good very fine (8) £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
Three: Lieutenant J. G. Moore, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, attached Royal Air Force, awarded an M.M. whilst serving in the rank of Sergeant Bugler 1914 Star (2744 L. Cpl., 2/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) contact marks to second, generally good very fine (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
Three: Corporal H. Elliott, Cheshire Regiment 1914 Star (1498 Pte., 6/Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1498 Cpl., Ches. R.) good very fine and better (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Three: Private A. Malley, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914 Star (6631 Pte., 4/R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (6631 Pte., R. W. Fus.) extremely fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Three: Lieutenant Colonel A. F. Cemery, East Yorkshire Regiement 1914-15 Star (Lieut., E. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); together with Memorial Plaque (Arthur Frank Cemery) plaque a little polished, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £300-400
Hammer Price: £820
A fine Great War group of three awarded to Captain H. M. Robertson, Royal Welch Fusiliers, who was killed by a trench mortar bomb in January 1916: a comrade in arms to Dunn and Graves, he is mentioned in both of their memoirs 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), contained in an old fitted Spink, London leather case, extremely fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,300
Three: Lieutenant D. Cushny, Dorset Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 14 April 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) contained in a contemporary mahogany glazed display case, good very fine or better (3) £300-350
Four: Lieutenant J. W. Griffith, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Special Constabulary L.S., G.V.R., 2nd issue (John W. Griffiths), note ‘Griffith’ on trio and ‘Griffiths’ on last, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-90
Hammer Price: £130
Three: Lieutenant W. A. Penn, 13th Battalion London Regiment, who was severely wounded on 1 July 1916, resulting in the amputation of his left arm 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., 13/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), mounted in a wooden glass-fronted case, good very fine (3) £180-220
Three: Second Lieutenant F. Marsham-Townshend, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who was killed in action at the Rue du Bois on 16 May 1915: One of two officers and eighty Scots Guardsman who ‘fought to the last cartridge’ and whose bodies were subsequently discovered ‘surrounded by heaps of German corpses’ 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.) contained in a contemporary leather-covered, glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine (3)
Hammer Price: £2,000
Three: Second Lieutenant T. S. Newell, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on 5 July 1915 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.) extremely fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £400
Family group: An emotive Great War group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant R. Burroughes, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who disappeared without trace at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915: the fate of the now famous “Vanished Battalion” was the subject of an acclaimed B.B.C. documentary in 1991 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), in card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) Pair: Second Lieutenant S. Burroughes, King’s Royal Rifle...
Three: Private G. Greeves, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, another member of the “Vanished Battalion” who was lost without trace on 12 August 1915 1914-15 Star (3296 Pte., Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3296 Pte., Norf. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (George Greeves), very fine or better (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,000
1914-15 Star (Major W. J. Barton, Norf. R.) good very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £430
Three: Serjeant P. C. Cemery, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (4-701 Sjt., Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (701 Sjt., Hamps. R.); together with Memorial Plaque (Percival Conrad Cemery) extremely fine (4) £150-200
Hammer Price: £310
Three: Corporal W. J. Giblin, Army Cyclist Corps 1914-15 Star (2195 Pte., A. Cyc. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (2195 Cpl., A. Cyc. Corps) Pair: Able Seaman E. Giblin, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary British War and Victory Medals (A.B., M.F.A.) Marine Society Reward of Merit (R. W. J. Gibling, 15.1.38) slight edge bruise to last, very fine and better (6) £60-80
Three: Corporal F. H. H. Neville, Dorsetshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (3-7248 Cpl., Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-7248 Cpl., Dorset. R.), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £450
Three: Private H. Isaacs, 1st Battalion London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2512 Pte., 1-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2512 Pte., 1-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £50-70
Hammer Price: £80
Three: Private H. S. Lane, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was captured after the fall of Kut-al-Amara and died on the infamous death march in July 1916 1914-15 Star (L-9239 Pte., R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L9239 Pte., R.W. Kent R.) good very fine (3) £120-150
Four: Private W. Wilson, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (28252 Pte., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (28252 Pte., Ches. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (28252 Pte., Ches. R.), last with later style naming, minor contact marks, very fine and better, last medal scarce to regiment (4) £100-130
Hammer Price: £360
Three: Ordinary Seaman S. S. Stevens, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (L.7926 O.S.3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (L.7926 O.S.2, R.N.); together with photograph of recipient in uniform, extremely fine (3) £30-40
Hammer Price: £70
Pair: Lieutenant V. Whitaker, M.C., Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut.); with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals: Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
Five: Major E. A. Halford, Royal Army Service Corps, late Wiltshire Regiment, attached Royal Air Force, who was taken prisoner of war when his plane was shot down on 29 March 1916, making him the twelfth victim of Max Immelmann, the so called ‘Eagle of Lille’ British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine and better (5) £300-400
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Captain F. F. Moorat, 6th Battalion, attached 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who died of wounds on 23 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine (2) £120-150
Pair: Captain T. A. Oliver, Royal Flying Corps, late Royal Welch Fusiliers, who became an ace after gaining 5 victories during his service with No. 1 and No. 29 Squadrons: he was killed in action in August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), good very fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,100
A poignant Great War pair awarded to Lieutenant G. C. V. Taylor, Royal Welch Fusiliers, an officer who attracted the sharp end of Siegfried Sassoon’s pen: he was killed by a sniper at Polygon Wood in October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), one or two edge bruises, very fine (2) £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Pair: Second Lieutenant D. C. McEwen, 1/9th Battalion, ‘The Dandy Ninth’, Royal Scots, who died of wounds on 10 April 1917, received during the Battle of Arras the previous day British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (David Campbell McEwan) note slight variation in spelling of surname, the medals and plaque contained in separate contemporary bronzed glazed display frames, the frame containing the plaque with additionally applied Royal Scots badge,...
Pair: Second Lieutenant R. F. Merchant, 35th Company, Machine Gun Corps, killed in action on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (Reginald Frank Merchant); and card boxes of issue for medals and plaque, nearly extremely fine (3) £180-220
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant H. W. Sheard, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action in August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.), about very fine or better (2) £250-350
Pair: Second Lieutenant J. H. Swift, 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on 31 May 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (James Hubert Swift); Buckingham Palace scroll; and original photograph of recipient in uniform, all mounted in a large contemporary glazed display frame, extremely fine (3)
Pair: Staff Nurse R. S. Henderson, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem British War and Victory Medals (R. S. Henderson, B.R.C.& St. J.J.) nearly extremely fine (2) £30-50
Hammer Price: £50
Pair: Acting Sergeant T. S. Dibnah, 4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (412714 A. Sjt., C.M.G. Bde.), with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas Stanley Dibnah), in original registered forwarding envelope, and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘412714 A.-Sgt. T. S. Dibnah’, extremely fine, together with “Tribute” gold-filled pocket watch, the inner case engraved, ‘Presented to Sgt. Thomas S. Dibnah by the Township...
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