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18 & 19 July 2018
Three: Gunner G. Bareham, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War in Batavia, 9 March 1942, and died in captivity on 14 January 1943 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. L. D. Bareham, Harringay, Oakleigh Road, Great Clacton, Essex’, extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £110
Five: Brigadier I. V. R. Smith, Royal Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was killed in action at the Battle of Monte Cassino, 26 March 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. L. G. Smith, 1 St. Mary’s Grove, Barnes, London, SW13’, extremely fine (5) £240-280
Hammer Price: £420
Four: Lance-Corporal T. Lumley, Royal Corps of Signals, who died of wounds at Kohima, 15 May 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. Lumley, Montrose Crescent, Carr Hill, Gateshead, Co. Durham’, address label on box slightly torn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £90
Four: Private H. Philburn, 12th (Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, who was dropped into France shortly after midnight on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and was killed in action three days later at Longueval, 9 June 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. A. Philburn, ...Newcastle...’, address label on box slightly torn, nearly extremely fine (4) ...
Hammer Price: £650
Four: Lieutenant G. W. Hird, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, who was wounded during the crossing of the Sangro, 22 November 1943, and was killed in action when his scout car ran over a mine in Belgium, 20 September 1944 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘A. F. Hird Esq., 6 Chandos Avenue, Southgate, London N14.’, extremely fine (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £280
Six: Captain T. A. Plowman, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, who at the Battle of Arnhem on 24 September 1944, ‘armed with a revolver in one hand and a walking stick in the other, led an immediate counter attack which drove the Germans out’, only to be killed in action later that day- for his gallantry he received a posthumous Mention in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in card box of...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Four: Lieutenant J. Horsley, 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Border Regiment, attached 21st Independent Company, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, who died of wounds received during the Battle of Arnhem, 27 September 1944 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. M. Horsley Esq., 41 Highlane Avenue, Kempston, Newcastle-on-Tyne’, with named Buckingham Palace condolence letter, extremely fine (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £1,400
Four: Sergeant F. Wilson, Green Howards, who died during the re-conquest of Burma, 17 November 1944 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Wilson, 3 Thornley Road, Prestwick, Manchester’, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £70
Three: Private R. Wilson, Dorset Regiment, who was killed in action in the push across the Rhine, possibly by friendly-fire, 16 February 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Wilson, 3 Thornley Road, Preswich, Manchester’, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
Three: Company Sergeant Major W. T. Mashford, 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action during Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine, 24 March 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. R. D. Mashford, Lambside Farm, Newton Ferrers, Nr Plymouth, Devon’, extremely fine (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
Four: Fusilier C. Carey, Royal Irish Fusiliers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6978295 Fsr. C. Carey. R. Ir. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, edge bruising and contact marks to first, this very fine, the Second War awards better (4) £100-140
Hammer Price: £150
Six: Battery Sergeant Major W. A. F. Deas, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War on 17 February 1942 following the Fall of Singapore; much of his subsequent captivity was spent at Tamarkan, where the Senior British Officer was Lieutenant-Colonel P. Toosey, D.S.O., O.B.E., of ‘Bridge Over the River Kwai’ fame - as a consequence he must have endured the abysmal treatment meted out by his captors in the construction of the bridge and notorious Burma-Siam railway India General...
Hammer Price: £900
Six: Private M. C. W. J. Penrose, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River, 25 April 1951; escaping, he was re-captured, and was held at the notorious ‘Mining Camp’. He died in captivity, from combination of his wounds and the further aggravation of dysentery and gangrene, on 1 June 1951 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (14459082 Pte. M. C. W. J. Penrose. Glosters.);...
Pair: Private F. Gill, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action in Korea when his position was completely overrun by Chinese Forces, 17 November 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22285441 Pte. F. Gill. R. Leicesters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £400
28 February & 1 March 2018
Three: Able Seaman Torpedoman B. L. Fisher, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Royal Oak was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-47 at anchor at Scapa Flow, 14 October 1939 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. D. G. Fisher, 17 Perowne Street, Aldershot, Hants’; together with fifteen Sporting Medals awarded to the recipient between 1933-39, silver and bronze, including four Royal Navy and Royal...
Hammer Price: £360
Three: Assistant Cook T. Carter, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Grenville struck a mine in the Thames Estuary, 19 January 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. G. Carter, 45 Foxbury Lane, Gosport, Hants’, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £120
Three: Chief Petty Officer L. W. Heal, Royal Navy, killed in action in H.M.S. Hardy during the the battle of Narvik, 10 April 1940- the Captain of H.M.S. Hardy, B. A. W. Warburton-Lee, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the battle 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. W. Heal, 237 North Road, Plymouth, Devon’, extremely fine (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Electrical Artificer L. Mitchelmore, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Ardent was sunk in the Norwegian Sea by the German Battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, during Operation Alphabet- the evacuation of Norway, on 8 June 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. L. Mitchelmore, 11 Rosslyn Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon’, extremely fine (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Marine F. J. Roberts, Royal Marines, who was killed in action when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious was sunk in the Norwegian Sea by the German Battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, during Operation Alphabet- the evacuation of Norway, on 8 June 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, the address worn off, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-90
Hammer Price: £300
Three: Sub-Lieutenant W. A. Lawrence, Royal Naval Reserve, who was lost at sea when the Q-Ship H.M.S. Cape Howe was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-28 in the Western Approaches, 21 June 1940; the 96 surviving crew members put to sea in three lifeboats and two floats and a raft, but in heavy seas they became separated and only the occupants of one boat were ever picked up 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to...
Three: Chief Steward R. J. Bird, Merchant Navy Auxiliary, who was killed when when H.M. Yacht Sappho was sunk after hitting a German mine off Falmouth on 29 September 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Kerrison, No. 6 Coronation Road, Holt, Norfolk’, extremely fine (3) £80-120
Hammer Price: £260
Five: Leading Seaman K. B. Jones, Royal Navy, killed in H.M.S. Vernon during an air raid on Portsmouth, 11 March 1941 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.139082 K. B. Jones. O. Smn. R.N.), with named Admiralty letter, in envelope of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. K. Jones, 19 Mill Road, Twickenham, Middlesex’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. K. Jones, 19 Mill...
Three: Boy 1st Class R. Rawcliffe, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Gloucester was sunk during the evacuation of Crete, 22 May 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in water-damaged card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. John W. Rawcliffe, 23 Cypress Grove, Layton, Blackpool, Lancs.’; together with named Commemorative Scroll, extremely fine (3) £140-180
Hammer Price: £240
Three: Ordinary Seaman D. M. Taylor, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Kelly, under the command of Lord Louis Mountbatten, was sunk during the evacuation of Crete, 23 May 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. H. Taylor, Cartreffe, Shortway, Amersham, Buckinghamshire’, very fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £750
Family Group: Three: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class R. Hobbs, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk by the German battleship Bismark and the battle cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941; of the Hood’s 1,418 crew, only three men survived 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. E. Hobbs, No. 2 Cottage, Morice Yard, H. M. Dockyard...
Hammer Price: £550
Three: Able Seaman G. R. Frewer, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Zinnia, as part of an escort group to convoy OG-71 from the U.K. to Gibraltar, was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-564 in the Bay of Biscay, 23 August 1941, events later portrayed in the novel The Cruel Sea 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. H. S. Frewer, 13 Grenvile Road, Braintree, Essex’, extremely fine (3) £100-140
Four: Leading Stoker W. Buckingham, Royal Navy, killed in action during the First Battle of Sirte when H.M.S. Neptune, on convoy duty to Malta, struck four mines in quick succession off the Tripoli coast, 19 December 1941, and sank within minutes; of the 764 Officers and crew in Neptune only one man survived 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. Buckingham, 58 Ringer Terrace, Clowne,...
Hammer Price: £200
Four: Acting Leading Stoker J. A. Jackman, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M. Submarine Olympus struck a mine off Malta, 8 May 1942; only 9 of the 98 men on board managed to swim the 7 miles back to Malta in the dark, with only the glow of German bombs showing them the way 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. V. E. Jackman, 37 Tintern Road, Gosport, Hants’, extremely fine (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £320
Three: Able Seaman J. W. Rosewarn, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Somali sunk on 24 September 1942, having been torpedoed and fatally crippled by the German U-boat U-703 four days previously whilst escorting the Murmansk Convoy PQ-18, and then subsequently towed by her sister ship H.M.S. Ashanti 420 miles in an unsuccessful bid to bring her to safety 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. Eileen L....
Hammer Price: £190
Four: Able Seaman R. N. Cain, Royal Navy, killed when H.M.S. Curacao collided with the R.M.S. Queen Mary whilst escorting her to the Clyde, 2 October 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. M. Byrne, 90 Beacon Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (J.78777 R. N. Cain. A.B. H.M.S. Cairo.) light contact marks to last, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-200
Five: Steward R. G. Quigley, Royal Navy, killed in action following Operation Torch- the invasion of North Africa- when H.M.S. Avenger was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-155 off the Western Straits of Gibraltar with the loss of over 500 Officers and crew on 15 November 1942- the heaviest Naval loss connected with the North African landings 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs....
Three: Marine S. Wakefield, Royal Marines, killed in action when the S.S. Ceramic, bound for Australia, was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-515 in the Atlantic Ocean, 6 December 1942; of the 656 servicemen, nurses, and civilians on board there was only one survivor 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr W Wakefield, 31 Manchester Road, Worsley, Manchester M28 5NS’, slightly later issues, extremely fine...
Three: Petty Officer Cook J. A. Gates, Royal Navy, killed in action when the Special Service Vessel H.M.S. Fidelity was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-435 in the mid Atlantic on 30 December 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. Gates, 17 Murington Court, Fallowfield, Manchester’, extremely fine (3) £100-140
Three: Engine Room Artificer 4th Class E. G. Hunt, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in the Mediterranean during Operation Principle- the underwater chariot attack on the Italian Fleet- when H.M. Submarine P311 hit a mine, 2 January 1943 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. G. J. [sic] M. Thompson, The Sundial, Liverpool Road, Kingston Hill, Surrey’, extremely fine (3) ...
Four: Able Seaman W. J. Cracknell, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during Operation Accolade - the British Occupation of the Dodecanese Islands, when H.M.S. Dulverton was bombed and sunk by German aircraft from Kos, 13 November 1943 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. I. M. Anderson, 3502, 43rd. Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada’, extremely fine (4) £140-180
Three: Apprentice P. K. Green, Merchant Navy, who was killed in action when the cargo ship S.S. Testbank, while under air attack from German Ju88 bombers as it discharged its cargo in Bari Harbour, Italy, was engulfed and sunk by the explosion of the John Harvey, a Liberty Ship carrying a top-secret cargo of Mustard Gas, 2 December 1943 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Minister of Transport enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. K. Green, 84 Leam...
Five: Petty Officer E. R. Ford, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Lapwing, as part of Murmansk Convoy JW-65, was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-968 off Kola Inlet in the Barents Sea, 20 March 1945 British War and Victory Medals (J.51232 E. R. Ford. Ord. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, the Second War awards in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. E. Ford, 42 Livingstone Road,...
Pair: Bombardier A. F. Thomas, Royal Artillery, who drowned at Lens, France, on 13 October 1939 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Thomas, 3, Marldon Avenue, Paignton, Devon’, extremely fine (2) £60-80
Three: Driver E. Bradshaw, Royal Army Service Corps, killed in action at Dunkirk, 20 May 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. F. E. Bradshaw, 31 Knightthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leics.’; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Eric Bradshaw.) minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (3) £80-120
Pair: Fusilier C. H. Coppins, Royal Fusiliers, who died of wounds during the Dunkirk Retreat, May 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. A. Coppins, 44 Appleford Road, North Kensington, W10’, extremely fine (2) £70-90
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