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A fine collection of one-hundred and thirty-one (131) autographs of recipients of the Victoria

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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne And Wear
A fine collection of one-hundred and thirty-one (131) autographs of recipients of the Victoria Cross, covering conflicts from the Crimean War until the First World War. The collection, diligently presented in alphabetical order in a modern leather album, comprises the following veterans, listed here in chronological order of the action which merited the decoration; William James Lendrim (14 February 1855), John Sullivan (10 April 1855), Henry Cooper (3 June 1855), James Reynolds Roberts (9 September 1857), William Rennie (21 September 1857), William Gardner (5 May 1858), Campbell Mellis Douglas (7 May 1867), John Doogan (28 January 1881), Alan Richard Hill-Walker (28 January 1881), Thomas Edwards (13 March 1884), Alfred Smith (17 January 1885), Sir Fenton John Aylmer (2 December 1891), Edmond William Costello (26 July 1897), James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (16 September 1897), Samuel Vickery (20 October 1897), Edgar Thomas Inkson (24 February 1900), William Eagleson Gordon (11 July 1900), William Edward Heaton (23 August 1900), Edward Douglas Brown-Synge-Hutchinson (13 October 1900), Sir Richard Ernest William Turner (7 November 1900), Frederick William Bell (16 May 1901), James Rogers (15 June 1901), Wallace Duffield Wright (26 February 1903), William George Walker (22 April 1903), John Duncan Grant (6 July 1904), Charles Ernest Garforth (23 August 1914), Ernest Wright Alexander (24 August 1914), Harry Sherwood Ranken (19-20 September 1914), Henry May (22 October 1914), James Alexander Smith (21 December 1914), Charles Calveley Foss (12 March 1915), George Rowland Patrick Roupell (20 April 1915), Edward Unwin (22 April 1915), John Elisha Grimshaw (25 April 1915), William 'Willie' Angus (12 June 1915), Herbert James (28 June 1915), Leonard Maurice Keysor (7 August 1915), William Thomas Forshaw (7-9 August 1915), Percy Howard Hansen (9 August 1915), Henry Edward Kenny (25 September 1915), James Dalgleish Pollock (27 September 1915), Alexander Buller Turner (28 September 1915), Arthur James Terence Fleming-Sandes (29 September 1915), Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers (14 October 1915), John Alexander Sinton (21 January 1916), George Stringer (8 March 1916), Francis John William Harvey (31 May 1916), Walter Potter Ritchie (1 July 1916), George Sanders (1 July 1916), Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart (2-3 July 1916), Thomas George Turrall (3 July 1916), William Ewart Boulter (14 July 1916), Albert Hill (20 July 1916), Theodore William Henry Veale (20 July 1916), William John George Evans (30 July 1916), William Barnsley Allen (3 September 1916), John Vincent Holland (3 September 1916), John Vaughan Campbell (15 September 1916), Archibald Cecil Thomas White (21 September - 1 October 1916), Frederick Jeremiah Edwards (26 September 1916), Robert Edward Ryder (26 September 1916), Tom Edwin Adlam (27-28 September 1916), Robert Downie (23 October 1916), Eugene Paul Bennett (5 November 1916), Gordon Campbell (17 February 1917), Thomas Steele (22 February 1917), George Campbell Wheeler (23 February 1917), John Readitt (25 February 1917), Thomas Bryan (9 April 1917), Thomas James Bede Kenny (9 April 1917), John George Pattison (10 April 1917), Sir John Reginald Noble Graham (22 April 1917), Robert Grierson Combe (3 May 1917), Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe (4 June 1917), John Manson Craig (5 June 1917), Ronald Niel Stuart (7 June 1917), John Carroll (7-12 June 1917), Clifford Coffin (6 July 1917), Robert James Bye (31 July 1917), George Imlach McIntosh (31 July 1917), Ivor Rees (31 July 1917), Charles George Bonner (8 August 1917), Ernest Herbert Pitcher (8 August 1917), Michael James O'Rourke (15-17 August 1917), Filip Konowal (22-24 August 1917), John Carmichael (8 September 1917), Reginald Roy Inwood (19-22 September 1917), Harry Reynolds (20 September 1917), John Brown Hamilton (25-26 September 1917), John James Dwyer (26 September 1917), Charles Harry Coverdale (4 October 1917), Arthur Hutt (4 October 1917), Lewis Pugh Evans (4 October 1917), George Henry Mullin (30 October 1917), Arthur Drummond Borton (7 November 1917), John Sherwood-Kelly (20 November 1917), John Alexander Christie (21-22 December 1917), Charles Graham Robertson (8-9 March 1918), Allan Ebenezer Kerr (21 March 1918), Manley Angell James (21-23 March 1918), Alfred Cecil Herring (23-24 March 1918), Albert Mountain (26 March 1918), Joseph Edward Woodall (11 April 1918), Percy Thompson Dean (22-23 April 1918), Robert Edward Cruickshank (1 May 1918), Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (9 May 1918), William 'Rusty' Ruthven (19 May 1918), Henry Dalziel (4 July 1918), Raphael Louis Zengel (9 August 1918), Thomas Fasti Dinesen (12 August 1918), Ferdinand Maurice Felix West (12 August 1918), Daniel Marcus William Beak (21 August - 8 September 1918), George Onions (22 August 1918), David Lowe MacIntyre (24 August 1918), James Palmer Huffam (31 August 1918), Martin Doyle (2 September 1918), Harry John Laurent (12 September 1918), Daniel Burges (18 September 1918), William Allison White (18 September 1918), John Cridlan Barrett (24 September 1918), Donald John Dean (24-26 September 1918), Cyril Frisby (27 September 1918), George Fraser Kerr (27 September 1918), John MacGregor (29 September - 3 October 1918), William Henry Johnson (3 October 1918), Coulson Norman Mitchell (8-9 October 1918), James Bulmer Johnson (14 October 1918), Alfred Robert Wilkinson (20 October 1918), Frederick William Hedges (24 October 1918), Adam Archibald (4 November 1918), George de Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay (4 November 1918), Sir Arnold Horace Santo Waters (4 November 1918). One signature, Thomas Bryan of the Northumberland Fusiliers, is shown on the reverse of James Dalgleish Pollock's, meaning there are 130 paper slips in total, showing 131 unique signatures. In addition to the 131, there is an unidentified MBE who has signed the same card as William Allison White. There are also two duplicate signatures. Ronald Neil Stuart makes two appearances; on the back of John Cridlan Barrett's signature and also later on his own. James Morris Colquhoun Colvin is the other duplicate; he appears on the reverse of Edward Douglas Brown-Synge-Hutchinson's signature, and later on his own. -------------------N.B. - For a comparable collection, see Hansons, Medals & Militaria Auction, 14 February 2023, lot 161.--------------Provenance - Mr Joseph Proudfoot, born 1930's, military collector and fund raiser, thence by descent. It is understood that Mr Proudfoot met many veterans of the course of his life, having attended a number of reunions. The earlier signatures, predating his life, are believed to have been discovered by him in previous scrap books, perhaps bought at auctions over the years, or acquired from living descendants of the VC's through various correspondence.
A fine collection of one-hundred and thirty-one (131) autographs of recipients of the Victoria Cross, covering conflicts from the Crimean War until the First World War. The collection, diligently presented in alphabetical order in a modern leather album, comprises the following veterans, listed here in chronological order of the action which merited the decoration; William James Lendrim (14 February 1855), John Sullivan (10 April 1855), Henry Cooper (3 June 1855), James Reynolds Roberts (9 September 1857), William Rennie (21 September 1857), William Gardner (5 May 1858), Campbell Mellis Douglas (7 May 1867), John Doogan (28 January 1881), Alan Richard Hill-Walker (28 January 1881), Thomas Edwards (13 March 1884), Alfred Smith (17 January 1885), Sir Fenton John Aylmer (2 December 1891), Edmond William Costello (26 July 1897), James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (16 September 1897), Samuel Vickery (20 October 1897), Edgar Thomas Inkson (24 February 1900), William Eagleson Gordon (11 July 1900), William Edward Heaton (23 August 1900), Edward Douglas Brown-Synge-Hutchinson (13 October 1900), Sir Richard Ernest William Turner (7 November 1900), Frederick William Bell (16 May 1901), James Rogers (15 June 1901), Wallace Duffield Wright (26 February 1903), William George Walker (22 April 1903), John Duncan Grant (6 July 1904), Charles Ernest Garforth (23 August 1914), Ernest Wright Alexander (24 August 1914), Harry Sherwood Ranken (19-20 September 1914), Henry May (22 October 1914), James Alexander Smith (21 December 1914), Charles Calveley Foss (12 March 1915), George Rowland Patrick Roupell (20 April 1915), Edward Unwin (22 April 1915), John Elisha Grimshaw (25 April 1915), William 'Willie' Angus (12 June 1915), Herbert James (28 June 1915), Leonard Maurice Keysor (7 August 1915), William Thomas Forshaw (7-9 August 1915), Percy Howard Hansen (9 August 1915), Henry Edward Kenny (25 September 1915), James Dalgleish Pollock (27 September 1915), Alexander Buller Turner (28 September 1915), Arthur James Terence Fleming-Sandes (29 September 1915), Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers (14 October 1915), John Alexander Sinton (21 January 1916), George Stringer (8 March 1916), Francis John William Harvey (31 May 1916), Walter Potter Ritchie (1 July 1916), George Sanders (1 July 1916), Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart (2-3 July 1916), Thomas George Turrall (3 July 1916), William Ewart Boulter (14 July 1916), Albert Hill (20 July 1916), Theodore William Henry Veale (20 July 1916), William John George Evans (30 July 1916), William Barnsley Allen (3 September 1916), John Vincent Holland (3 September 1916), John Vaughan Campbell (15 September 1916), Archibald Cecil Thomas White (21 September - 1 October 1916), Frederick Jeremiah Edwards (26 September 1916), Robert Edward Ryder (26 September 1916), Tom Edwin Adlam (27-28 September 1916), Robert Downie (23 October 1916), Eugene Paul Bennett (5 November 1916), Gordon Campbell (17 February 1917), Thomas Steele (22 February 1917), George Campbell Wheeler (23 February 1917), John Readitt (25 February 1917), Thomas Bryan (9 April 1917), Thomas James Bede Kenny (9 April 1917), John George Pattison (10 April 1917), Sir John Reginald Noble Graham (22 April 1917), Robert Grierson Combe (3 May 1917), Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe (4 June 1917), John Manson Craig (5 June 1917), Ronald Niel Stuart (7 June 1917), John Carroll (7-12 June 1917), Clifford Coffin (6 July 1917), Robert James Bye (31 July 1917), George Imlach McIntosh (31 July 1917), Ivor Rees (31 July 1917), Charles George Bonner (8 August 1917), Ernest Herbert Pitcher (8 August 1917), Michael James O'Rourke (15-17 August 1917), Filip Konowal (22-24 August 1917), John Carmichael (8 September 1917), Reginald Roy Inwood (19-22 September 1917), Harry Reynolds (20 September 1917), John Brown Hamilton (25-26 September 1917), John James Dwyer (26 September 1917), Charles Harry Coverdale (4 October 1917), Arthur Hutt (4 October 1917), Lewis Pugh Evans (4 October 1917), George Henry Mullin (30 October 1917), Arthur Drummond Borton (7 November 1917), John Sherwood-Kelly (20 November 1917), John Alexander Christie (21-22 December 1917), Charles Graham Robertson (8-9 March 1918), Allan Ebenezer Kerr (21 March 1918), Manley Angell James (21-23 March 1918), Alfred Cecil Herring (23-24 March 1918), Albert Mountain (26 March 1918), Joseph Edward Woodall (11 April 1918), Percy Thompson Dean (22-23 April 1918), Robert Edward Cruickshank (1 May 1918), Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (9 May 1918), William 'Rusty' Ruthven (19 May 1918), Henry Dalziel (4 July 1918), Raphael Louis Zengel (9 August 1918), Thomas Fasti Dinesen (12 August 1918), Ferdinand Maurice Felix West (12 August 1918), Daniel Marcus William Beak (21 August - 8 September 1918), George Onions (22 August 1918), David Lowe MacIntyre (24 August 1918), James Palmer Huffam (31 August 1918), Martin Doyle (2 September 1918), Harry John Laurent (12 September 1918), Daniel Burges (18 September 1918), William Allison White (18 September 1918), John Cridlan Barrett (24 September 1918), Donald John Dean (24-26 September 1918), Cyril Frisby (27 September 1918), George Fraser Kerr (27 September 1918), John MacGregor (29 September - 3 October 1918), William Henry Johnson (3 October 1918), Coulson Norman Mitchell (8-9 October 1918), James Bulmer Johnson (14 October 1918), Alfred Robert Wilkinson (20 October 1918), Frederick William Hedges (24 October 1918), Adam Archibald (4 November 1918), George de Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay (4 November 1918), Sir Arnold Horace Santo Waters (4 November 1918). One signature, Thomas Bryan of the Northumberland Fusiliers, is shown on the reverse of James Dalgleish Pollock's, meaning there are 130 paper slips in total, showing 131 unique signatures. In addition to the 131, there is an unidentified MBE who has signed the same card as William Allison White. There are also two duplicate signatures. Ronald Neil Stuart makes two appearances; on the back of John Cridlan Barrett's signature and also later on his own. James Morris Colquhoun Colvin is the other duplicate; he appears on the reverse of Edward Douglas Brown-Synge-Hutchinson's signature, and later on his own. -------------------N.B. - For a comparable collection, see Hansons, Medals & Militaria Auction, 14 February 2023, lot 161.--------------Provenance - Mr Joseph Proudfoot, born 1930's, military collector and fund raiser, thence by descent. It is understood that Mr Proudfoot met many veterans of the course of his life, having attended a number of reunions. The earlier signatures, predating his life, are believed to have been discovered by him in previous scrap books, perhaps bought at auctions over the years, or acquired from living descendants of the VC's through various correspondence.

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18.) The seller or consignor of mechanical or electrical goods warrants and undertakes to Thomas N. Miller that any such items are safe if reasonably used for the purpose for which they were designed and are free from any defect not obvious on external inspection which could prove dangerous to human life or health , and will indemnify the auctioneers, their servants and agents against any loss or damage suffered by any of them in consequence of any breach of the above warranty and undertaking. The seller also authorises Thomas N. Miller to dispose of any items which, in the considered opinion of the auctioneers, are of no saleable value. 

19.) Each lot will become the responsibility of the purchaser at the fall of the hammer and will be taken away at the purchaser's risk and expense on the day of the sale unless prior arrangements have been made with Thomas N. Miller. In the event of any liability upon the auctioneers in respect of any loss, this shall be restricted to a maximum of the price paid by the buyer. 

20.) Thomas N. Miller and their employees shall act as agents of the seller for the sale of the property. The seller authorises the auctioneer to receive payment for the property on his behalf, in any manner which Thomas N. Miller may consider appropriate, and to deduct any sums due from the seller to the auctioneers on any account whatever from any such payments received before remitting the balance to the seller. Thomas N. Miller should be under no obligation to account to the seller for sums due from the buyer until payment for the property sold has been made by the buyer to Thomas N. Miller and the auctioneers will account to the seller within 14 days of the later of the auction or the payment by the buyer. If Thomas N. Miller remit to the seller the proceeds of the hammer price (less any commissions and expenses due to the auctioneers) before the buyer has accounted to Thomas N. Miller, title in the property shall pass to Thomas N. Miller.If the buyer does not make payment to the auctioneers , Thomas N. Miller shall, subject to any specific instructions which may be given by the seller , have authority on behalf of the seller to take any steps which appear to be appropriate to the auctioneers (including the institution of court proceedings ) to enforce payment by the buyer. Thomas N. Miller may also exercise the right to re-offer the property for sale without giving the seller notice of their intention to do so. 

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