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An Austin Reed  black Hamberg, cardboard hat box;   a grey felt tophat; Handbags - Waldybag, Maclaren, Zebra, Vanity Fair, Corde;  hats; Textiles - linen and lace table clothes, doylees;   various fabric; mink stole;  others;  fur collars; mid 20th century ladies gloves;   a Victorian lace  centrepiece with eight conforming place mats and six smaller; a Rodex coat in green tweed; Beales of Bournemouth 1970's suede jacket, size 40; a very large pure wool hooded cape; House of Fraser velvet two-piece;   etc

TOMMY TAKPANNIE SR. (CAPE DORSET, 1936-2013), INUIT SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A BEAR, CONTEMPORARY modelled standing, signed to right forepaw, with small card label21cms long

Boer War Queens South Africa Medal with 6 Clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Laing's Nek & Relief of Ladysmith awarded to 2207 PTE F Berry 1st YK & Lanc Regt. Medal roll 30 September 1901 of 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment records award of medal and clasps as above. 1st battalion deployed to South Africa in 1899, fighting throughout the war, including the Relief of Ladysmith, at the end of the war in 1902 the battalion was sent to India.

Boer War Queens South Africa Medal, with Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps, awarded to 3344 Pte W Thornley 4 KRRC, 4 Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, sailed from England 9th December 1901. After disaster at Tweefontein 25th December 1901, the battalion were sent to the Orange River Colony, where they were employed in successful assaults against the enemy coupled with blockhouse and garrison duties. On the KRRC Medal roll 1st April 1903 it is recorded that Private Thornley's medal and clasps were returned and issued to him at a later date.

Boer War Queens South Africa Medal 5 Clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill & Belfast, awarded to 1635 PTE J Ingram, Yorkshire Regiment Roll of 1st Battalion Princess of Wales own (Yorkshire Regiment) 11 June 1902 records Private Ingram was entitled to the 5 clasps as listed.

Boer War Queens South Africa Medal With Cape Colony Clasp, adapted into menu card holder, for use in officer's mess. Medal awarded to 2014 Sgt H Johnston RL Dublin Fus inscription to stand 'Presented by Capt W Thompson 4.6.02'. Medal Roll 15th July 1901 confirms Sergeant Johnston's entitlement to the medal and clasp as above.

Boar War Medal Duo, Queens South Africa Medal with Three Clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal - Kings South Africa Medal with two clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Both medals awarded to 2523 RFN S Smith KRRC who served with 1 & 4 Battalions Kings Royal Rifle Corps, he was involved in a number of engagements before being invalided out of the British Army on 24 March 1902

A Victorian Hallmarked Silver Card Case, HM, Birmingham 1894, with partial flowerhead engraving and wavy surround, monogrammed and personalised "Xmas 1899", housing red lined sections and a miniature pencil, in a vintage fitted Myers Bros Diamond merchants, Jewellers and Silversmiths Cape Town, Jonannesburg, Durham & East London plush lined case.

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Victoria penny reds, half penny 'bantams', other QV issues, Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Cape of Good Hope, Gold Coast, Natal, Queen Victoria and later Canada, Grenada etc, housed in 'The Empire Postage Stamp Album' and 'The Favourite Philatelic Album', mint and used examples seen

Cape of Good Hope two covers each with four pence triangle stamp, both addressed to Sussex England, with postmarks to the reverse of each

Mostly Africa Queen Victoria and later stamps, including Zululand, Cape of Good Hope with one penny on entire, 1879 surcharge threepence on four pence, Egypt, Sudan with overprint on Egyptian postal stationary, 1921-22 blocks of four set with values from one millieme to fifteen millieme, Nyasaland Protectorate with King George V values to ten shillings, British Central Africa Protectorate King Edward VII 1903 ten pounds and one pound 'Specimen' stamps, British Central Africa 1897 one pound 'Specimen' overprint and other stamps

Cape of Good Hope triangle stamps, comprising five one penny, eight four pence and one six pence, all previously mounted

Cape of Good Hope four pence triangle stamp block of four, previously mounted

Commemorative medallion for 'Spanish Fleet Defeated Off Cape St Vincent', the obverse depicting Admiral Earl

2003 Catena, Alta Malbec, Mendoza 1x75cl 2009 Catena, Cabernet Franc, Mendoza 2x75cl 2015 Anwilka, Stellenbosch 5x75cl 2015 Ataraxia, Chardonnay, Western Cape 4x75cl Total 12x75cl

An early edition of T E Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (3rd impression, August 1935) with original dust jacket, illustrations and fold out maps etc. Printed at The Alden Press, Oxford and published by Jonathan Cape, London. In excellent condition.

Anhänger: schöner Brillant/Diamant-Goldschmiedeanhänger, ca. 2,1ct, Tropfen-Diamant von ca. 1,7ct: Ca. 23mm lang, ca. 2,5g, 18K Gelbgold, besetzt mit einem Tropfen-Diamant von ca. 9,4 x 6,7mm, ca. 1,7ct, Farbe Cape/light yellow, zudem ein Brillant von ca. Ø4,7mm, ca. 0,4ct, Farbe im Bereich Wesselton, Reinheit im Bereich VSI, moderne Goldschmiedearbeit.

Peter Jander (South African, b.1954) - 'West Coast Flowers - Cape, SA', oil on Masonite, signed lower right, 90.5 x 70 cm, framed

Full Size replica Batman outfit / costume with cape on mannequin and display stand

Burningham (John) Collection of Correspondence to his publishers at Jonathan Cape, comprising 3 Typed Letters signed and 6 Autograph Letters signed, 13pp., mostly on letterhead paper, one on printed sheet, Hampstead, London, 16 January 1977- 3 October 1996, on various publishing matters and associations with the publishing house, folds; and 4 other related items including 2 copies of letters and a photograph of the illustrator, v.s. (13) *** An insightful if rather illuminating collection of letters evidencing the decline of the relationship between John Burningham (illustrator of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and his publisher Tom Maschler at Jonathan Cape. Early letters show a glowingly warm Burningham "your party was very enjoyable I'm glad you did it...hope to see you soon and love to Regina..." and "Just a note to wish you well. From time to time over the years you have have written encouraging letters to me which, although I am no good at replying to letters, they mean a lot as one ploughs on in the isolated world of trying to produce good work. So I will reverse the situation and just say that you (Cape) have produced over the years the most exciting and stimulating list which is extremely hard to keep up. I am sure you will continue to do it because you have that rare instinct which is not ruled by intelect..." The other letters begin to show a less than rosy relationship "Dear Mr Godwin [director of Random House], I am writing re the unprecedented step, this year, of segregating the children's from the non-children's authors and running two separate Christmas party's for each group...[I was] incensed to receive recently an invitation to the Random Century 'Children's party' The vinal point about this annual event was that it provided for the cross-pollination of authors...Are we soon to see this sort of pigeon-holing further refined so that fiction and and non=-fiction authors will be invited to commune apart from one another? Still, I suppose "tout change". Twenty eight years is an awful long time and perhaps the time too has come for me to change publisher's."  Finally, a curt typed letter to Maschler severs the 33-year relationship: "I am writing to say that the long association between myself and Jonathan Cape/Random House Children's Books has now come to an end. I think your handling of the publication and failure to promote CLOUDLAND rings of incompetent, uninspired marketing..." 

Vaughn-James (Martin) Collection of 8 Autograph Letters to Tom Maschler, 16pp., Ontario, Canada, 1 August 1971- 25 July 1974, discussing his work and plans for publication at length, folds; and 4pp. autograph notes and several carbon copies of Maschler's replies, v.s. (sml qty) *** A substantial correspondence between the ground-breaking graphic novelist, author of The Cage (Coach House Press, Toronto, 1975) and his intending UK publisher of that title at Jonathan Cape. Vaughn-James discusses his work and plans at length - Maschler was keen to publish The Cage but foresaw too many technical drawbacks and too much expense. Vaughn-James did provide a cover illustration for Cape's edition of Leonard Cohen's Flowers for Hitler (1973). Also includes written notes from 1971 entitled 'Nothing to Say - A Few Notes on Elephant & the Projector', explaining his aesthetic, beginning: "I am fast realising that my main aim in my work is to say nothing in the most unexpected way, to go nowhere by the most astonishing route, so that when the reader-spectator reaches the end of one of my visual-novels, he sees that he is at the beginning again." 

Brillantring. 750/000 WG, brutto 7,4 g. Nach oben geteilte Schiene, besetzt mit insges. 18 Brillanten, zus. mind. 1 ct., dazwischen in Krappenfassungen vier weitere Brillanten, zus. ca. 1,8 ct. (je 2x ca. 0,5 bzw. 0,4 ct.). Steinbesatz insges. ca. 2,8 bis 3 ct., tcr-top cape/vsi2-pi1. Mz. "SCHILLING". Tragespuren. RW 53,5.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Bomdr. A. W. J. Rose. P.A.O.C.V. Art.) nearly very fine £200-£240 --- Approximately 40 Bechuanaland clasps awarded to Prince Alfred’s Own Cape Voluntary Artillery.

Three: Private J. H. Oschmann, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on the second day of the German Spring Offensive on 22 March 1918 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. J. H. Oschmann. 1st. S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (Julius Hendrik Oschmann) the last pierced with small hole for display purposes, glue residue to reverse of all, generally very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Julius Hendrik Oschmann was born in Ladysmith, South Africa, on 19 September 1897, the son of farmer August Oschmann and his wife Maria. He enlisted for the 1st South African Infantry Brigade at Potchefstroom on 30 August 1917 and embarked two weeks later from Cape Town for England per the freight ship Dunvegan Castle. Joining the 1st Battalion in the field 22 February 1918, he witnessed just 1 month of active service on the Western Front before being killed in action in the opening stages of Operation Michael when waves of German storm troopers attempted to overwhelm the Allied lines. Aged 22 years, he is remembered with honour upon the Pozieres Memorial. Sold with copied service record and CWGC entries.

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. F. T. Vilonel. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. H. Wiles. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. W. H. F. Winny. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. A. E. W. Young 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Francis Tobias Vilonel was born in Dewertsdorp around 1893 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Pretoria on 9 January 1917. He embarked at Cape Town for England per Durham Castle on 23 March 1917, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 December 1917. The son of Johannes Phillip Vilonel, he is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand. Harry Wiles was born at Oudtshoorn in 1897 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 24 August 1915. Initially posted to Egypt, he spent a period of time under the medical supervision of the 1/1st South Midland Field Ambulance suffering from stomach complaints. Disembarked at Marseilles 20 April 1916, he fought on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme and was killed in action on 18 July 1916. He is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. William Herbert Fletcher Winny was born in Grahamstown, Cape Province, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 25 May 1917. Sent to England, his active service was delayed due to a hernia. He subsequently crossed the Channel to France on 1 April 1918 and was killed in action on 19 April 1918. He is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Alfred Ernest William Young was born in Port Elizabeth and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 5 January 1916. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action on 10 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Aged 19 years, he is buried at Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, in the Pas de Calais. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

Memorial Plaque (2) (Francis King; David Thomas Winders) glue residue to reverse of first, minor patches of staining to second, very fine and better (2) £60-£80 --- Three men named Francis King were killed in action or died of wounds or illness during the Great War including Second Lieutenant Francis King, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who died on 12 April 1917. Aged 22 years, he is commemorated upon the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied service record relating to Second Lieutenant F. King and CWGC entries. David Thomas Winders was born in Lancashire and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 25 June 1917. Disembarked at Rouen as Private on 19 February 1918, he was killed in action on 30 April 1918. The son of Mary Winders of 11 Railway Street, Widnes, Lancashire, he is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold with copied service record.

Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (4) (Pte. H. B. Castle. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. W. Lambourne. 1st. S.A.I.; L/Cpl. W. E. H. Sterley. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. C. S. Symons 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Harold Birks Castle was born in Maitland, Cape Province, in 1887, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 25 August 1915. Posted to Egypt from 29 December 1915 to 14 April 1916, he transferred to the Western Front and was killed in action on 17 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. William Lambourne was born at Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, around 1879, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 29 September 1916. Described as a detective (Professional, ex Govt), and declaring former service during the Boer War with the 22nd Imperial Yeomanry and Cape Mounted Police, he joined his unit in France on 11 February 1917 and was killed in action on 9 April 1917. He is buried at Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies. William Edward Henry Sterley was born in Port Elizabeth in 1896 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 22 November 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he suffered a gunshot wound to the right foot on 18 October 1916. Evacuated to England per H.S. Asturias, the wound ended his campaign and he was demobilised at Maitland on 5 May 1919, his future address noted as ‘Mohales Hoek, Basutoland.’ Charles Sylvester Symons was born in Burghersdorp in 1895 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 September 1915. Posted to the Western Front, his service record notes that he was recorded as missing in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 October 1916. His death was later confirmed in March 1917 and he is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

Pair: Lance-Corporal C. H. Denison, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. C. H. Denison 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to reverse of both, nearly very fine and better Pair: Lance-Corporal L. G. Maasch, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. L. G. Maasch 1st. S.A.I.) BWM with slightly bent suspender, glue residue to reverse of both, generally good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Charles Henry Denison was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, around 1883, the brother of Mrs. Ernest Hooper of 20 Clarence Street, Johannesburg. He witnessed 5 months of service with the Southern Rifles in German South West Africa and then attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 3 September 1915. Sent to Egypt and France, his active service was prematurely ended in March 1918 in consequence of a knee injury sustained in a post-Christmas football match. Sent to the 2nd Eastern General Hospital (Brighton) for medical attention, he returned to South Africa in February 1919. Sold with copied service record. Louis George Maasch was born in Cape Town around 1898, the son of William Henry Maasch of Lowry Road, Cape Town. He attested for the 1st South African Infantry on 7 September 1917 and disembarked at Rouen in France on 6 April 1918. Wounded in Action 1 May 1918, he was returned to England, his army service record stating ‘under age’. Sold with copied service record.

Three: Major R. A. Bousfield, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late Hartigan’s Horse 1914-15 Star (Pte. R. A. Bousfield. Hartigans Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. R. A. Bousfield. 1st. S.A.I.) VM officially re-impressed, mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Ralph Alexander Bousfield was born at Stutterheim in 1895, the son of Charles Benjamin Bousfield of Herschel, Cape Province. He initially served 118 days with Hartigan’s Horse before attesting for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 18 November 1915. Arriving in England 25 December 1915, he was posted to the Western Front from 25 July 1916 to 18 October 1917, but his active service was brought to an abrupt halt in consequence of a severe gunshot wound to the left leg. Evacuated back across the Channel, Bousfield spent a long period of time in recovery at Richmond Hospital before being sent back to Cape Town for further medical attention. Discharged medically unfit, his address upon demobilisation was given as the ‘Post Office, Herschel’. He later appears to have served with South African forces during the Second World War and died in Tanzania in 1949. Sold with a large silver cigarette case with engine-turned design to front, displaying the recipient’s initials ‘R.A.B.’, further engraved to interior: ‘To Major R. A. Bousfield from Officers B/W/N.C.O.’s and African O.R.’s of 1803 Coy. A.A.P.C. (E.A.)’, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, 14cm x 8.7cm, approx. 204g, minor dents and wear commensurate with age; and copied service record.

Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (5) (Sjt. E. J. Cook. 1st. S.A.I.; Sjt. A. V. Tilley. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. C. L. Dreyer. 1st S.A.I.; Pte. G. R. H. Furmage. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. J. P. Spies. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- Ernest James Cook was born in Middlesex, England, around 1883, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 30 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he suffered a compound fracture to the lower jaw in October 1916 and was evacuated to the South African Hospital at Richmond Park. Returned to active service, he was killed in action on 21 March 1918 on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive; confirmation of this was later made by the Geneva Red Cross. Cook is commemorated upon the Pozieres Memorial. Albert Victor Tilley was born in Wolverhampton and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 5 February 1917. Posted to the Western Front 20 May 1917, he received a severe gunshot wound to the right thigh on 1 June 1918 and was evacuated home to England a short while later. Christian Lawrence Dreyer was born in Kroonstadt and initially witnessed service with Robert’s Horse and the 6th Maitland Mounted Rifles in German South West Africa. He later attested for the 1st South African Infantry and disembarked at Tilbury Docks on 5 June 1918. Posted to the Western Front, he received a severe gunshot wound to the chest on 14 October 1918 and was sent to No. 48 Casualty Clearing Station; he died a few days later on 25 October 1918 and is buried in the Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension. George Redvers Hope Furmage was born in Pietmaritzburg and initially served with the 9th South African Infantry from the spring of 1916 at Nimo River, East Africa. Struck down by malarial fever, he recovered and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 16 April 1917. Disembarked at Havre 10 October 1917, he was killed in action on 17 October 1917 on the Western Front. Aged 18 years, he is commemorated at Ors British Cemetery. Jacobus P. Spies attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 3 September 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he received a gunshot wound to the right forearm on 15 July 1916 and another to the right wrist on 12 April 1917. Sent to hospital in Richmond and Eastbourne, he was discharged at Bordon in October 1918. Sold with copied service records for all five recipients.

Three: Major H. S. Perrott, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: H. S. Perrott. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. S. Perrott.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Hastings Samuel Perrott was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on 9 August 1881, the son of Irish-born Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott, K.B.E., Officer Commanding the Straits Settlements. Graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1900, Perrott served in France from 21 September 1914 with the Lahore Divisional Artillery Ammunition Column, Royal Garrison Artillery. He arrived just a couple of weeks after the loss of his younger brother, Lieutenant Arthur Hennis Perrott of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action in the final throes of the Battle of the Marne. Advanced Major, Perrott survived the War but soon faced the death of his father at Chichester on 3 November 1919. Emigrating to South Africa, he set up home with his wife Gertrude in Thabina, Pietersberg, Cape of Good Hope, but his new life was cut short on 7 July 1922, reason unknown. Probate records the sum of £84. 10s. left to his widow.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (537 Pte. J. Currie. Uitenhage V.R.) minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £120-£160

Three: Private C. V. F. Carapata, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action near Jerusalem on 25 February 1916 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. Carapata 2nd Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. C. V. F. Carapata. 1st. S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Victor Francis Carapata) glue residue to reverse of all, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Charles Victor Francis Carapata was born in 1874, the husband of Annie Jacoba Carapata of 15 Fleming Street, Cape Town, South Africa. He initially attested for the 2nd Infantry Regiment, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles, on 8 October 1914, and embarked for the Northern Force (Walvis) per Galway Castle on 9 June 1915. Transferred to “A” Company of the 1st South African Infantry, Carapata was killed in action in an engagement with Turkish forces near Wath Makhl; his funeral was conducted a short while later by the Reverend P. J. Walshe, attached 2nd S.A.I., and his grave was marked with a wooden cross placed atop a sandhill. Today, the recipient is commemorated upon the Jerusalem Memorial. Sold with copied research and CWGC entries.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (13549 Pte. B. Hudson. R.A.M.C.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

1914 Star (268 Pte. L. B. Goldschmidt. 5/Lond: R.) nearly very fine £70-£90 --- Lionel Bernard Goldschmidt was born at Queenstown, Eastern Province, South Africa in 1892 and was educated at Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, and King’s College Hospital, London. On the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. Demobilised as a medical student in 1915, he was commissioned into the Indian Medical Service, and served as a medical officer in H.M. Hospital Ship Syria. Post-War Goldschmidt returned to South Africa in 1922, and was for many years a urologist in Cape Town, He served during the Second World War as an Honorary Colonel in the 3rd Field Ambulance as a part-time urological specialist in the South African Medical Corps. He died in Cape Town on 18 August 1955. Sold with copied research.

Family Group: Pair: Private R. A. Makins, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. R. A. Makins. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to reverse of both, good very fine Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte. J. G. Makins. P. A. Guard.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (J. J. Makin [sic]. C.G.R.) glue residue to reverse of both, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Ralph Alfred Makins was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in 1894, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry in his home town on 23 March 1917. Posted to the Western Front he received a gunshot wound to the left elbow on 21 September 1917. Evacuated to the South African Hospital at Richmond, he spent over 6 months under medical supervision before being discharged to depot at Bordon on 8 July 1918. Makins was later discharged as permanently unfit for further military service at Wynberg on 27 December 1918. Sold with copied service record. J. J. Makin served during the Boer War as a Driver for the Cape Government Railways. Sold with copied roll entry, this additionally annotated: ‘working trains in theatre of war.’

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. J. Hayes. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. A. B. Hoolahan. 1st. S.A.I.; A/L/Cpl. G. Pullen. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. E. H. Rochat 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- James Hayes was born in Beaconsfield, Cape Province, around 1891, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 10 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action on 12 April 1917 and is buried at Brown’s Copse British Cemetery, Roeux, near Arras. Andre Bernard Hoolahan was born in Cape Town in 1895 and initially served with the Cape Cycle Corps before attesting for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 28 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action on 10 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. Garnet Pullen, a miner, was born at Middelburg, Mpumulanga, on 13 November 1895, and served on the Western Front with the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. He was killed in action on 8 December 1917 and is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand. Ernest Henry Rochat served on the Western Front with “D” Company, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, and was killed in action aged 19 years on 17 October 1918. The son of Horace Louis Rochat of George Street, Graham’s Town, Cape Province, he is buried at Ors British Cemetery. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major W. M. White, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late South African Constabulary, who was killed in action on 10 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (4122 Sjt: W. M. White. 1/S.A. Inf:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (99 3rd. Cl. Tpr: W. M. White. S.A.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (C.S.M. W. M. White. MM 1st S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Mark White) glue residue to reverse of all, generally good very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 November 1918. The original recommendation by Lieutenant Colonel H. W. M. Bamford, M.C., Commanding South African (Composite) Battalion, states: ‘In the attack and capture of Meteren on 19th July, 1918, this NCO took command when two Platoon Commanders had become casualties. By his gallant leadership the objective was gained and consolidated, under his supervision. Relieved later of his command by an officer, Sergt. White was ordered to carry an important message. He was severely wounded en route, but pluckily continued his journey and delivered his message.’ William Mark White was born in Scotland on 12 February 1880, the son of Mr. J. White of 1 Douglas Place, Galashiels, on the Scottish Borders. He served in the South African Constabulary as 3rd Class Trooper during the Boer War, and was later promoted to the rank of 2nd Class Constable on 1 February 1904; employed as a military force during the campaign, the S.A.C. fought with distinction and had the second highest casualty rate of any British or colonial regiment whilst engaged in field operations and attempts to man the Blockhouse lines. Transferred to the Pretoria District in 1905 and Transvaal Depot in 1907, White is stated in his Record of Conduct and Service (S.A.C.) as: ‘A good shoeing smith & a very steady man’. Raised to the rank of Constable, he was discharged at Durban on 31 November 1907, his conduct noted as exemplary. Briefly returning to life as a farmer, White volunteered his services at the outbreak of the Great War and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 September 1915. He disembarked at Alexandria on 1 February 1916 and was transferred to Marseilles on 20 April 1916. Appointed paid Lance Corporal 4 August 1916, his army service record states that he was thrice wounded on 10 February 1917, 9 April 1917 and 27 July 1918 - the latter occasion resulting in a severe injury to his right buttock. Notified of the award of the Military Medal in August 1918, White returned to the Western Front and was advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major. He was killed in action less than two months later; aged 38 years, he is buried in Reumont Churchyard in the Nord region of France, one of just 11 identified casualties in this cemetery. Sold with copied army service record, S.A.C. record of service and extensive private research.

Malta Police Badges. A very good and scarce selection of Maltese Police Badges, Buttons, Buckles, Cloth Patches, etc. from the Victorian era onwards, including a scarce Victorian Malta Police 1897 Cape Badge, an 1884 Shako Badge with the crown removed, Seventh series Cap Badges (2) one in nickel silver, the other in white metal with matching Collar Badges (introduced in 1923), a Victorian crowned Cap Badge with a Maltese cross with fretted ‘Malta Police’ within a garter, an ornate Police Helmet Plate with King’s Crown large version with three lugs in blackened metal, several different disused examples of Helmet Plates and Cap Badges, etc., generally very good condition (51) £200-£240

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (L/Cpl. H. H. Bedser. 1st. S.A.I.; 7924 L/Cpl. H. Pierdica -1st S.A.I.; A/Sjt. F. H. Vercueil. 1st. S.A.I. Bgde.; Pte. R. L. H. Whitfield. RHOD 1st. S.A.I. Bgde.) glue residue to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Henry Herman Bedser was born in Uitenhage in 1894 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Port Elizabeth on 2 February 1918. Embarked at Cape Town per H.M.T. Caronia 4 March 1918, his active service was postponed in England by a week due to dental extractions. He was later discharged at Maitland in June 1919. Sold with copied service record. Harry Pierdica, a clutch driver (mining), initially served at home with “C” Company, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, but was struck off strength when he absconded on 1 September 1915. He later returned to service with the Regiment and embarked for England per Llanstephen Castle on 2 February 1916. Sent to the Western Front, he received a gunshot wound to the right forearm on 10 December 1917. Evacuated to the South African General Hospital at Abbeville and Richmond Park Hospital for treatment, he was discharged at Maitland in May 1919. His medals were later issued in 1955. Sold with copied service record. Robert L. H. Whitfield first served during the Great War with the 2nd Rhodesia Regiment before transferring to the South African Infantry Brigade. Sold with copied MIC.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Paardeberg, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Wittebergen (Pte. J. Buckley. C.M.S.C.) good very fine £80-£100

Three: Lance-Corporal J. B. Simpson, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late South African Constabulary and South African Railways, who was killed in action on 20 September 1917 during the Battle of Ypres Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1933 3rd.Cl: Tpr: J. B. Simpson. S.A.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. J. B. Simpson 1st. S.A.I.) edge knocks and scratches to obverse of QSA, glue residue to reverse of all, generally nearly very fine and better (3) £140-£180 --- John Bain Simpson, an engine driver, was born in Abernethy in 1880, the son of ploughman Donald Simpson of 23 Guard Kennel, Abernethy, Perthshire. He served during the Boer War as a Constable in the South African Constabulary and later appears to have taken employment on the South African railways. Enlisting at Potchefstroom on 26 February 1917 for the 1st Battalion, South African Infantry, he embarked for England at Cape Town per H.M.T. Galway Castle on 10 March 1917 and joined the 1st Regiment on the Western Front on 3 July 1917. Witnessing the early autumn rains which turned the battlefield into a quagmire, Simpson was killed in action on 20 September 1917; aged 37 years, he is remembered with honour upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold with copied service record and CWGC entries.

Pair: Corporal G. Roberts, Kaffarian Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (834 Corpl: G. Roberts. Kaffrn: Rifles); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (834 Cpl. G. Roberts. Kaffrn: Rif:) polished and worn, therefore fine (2) £400-£500

An unattributed group of seven miniature dress medals British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Rel. of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence Medal, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (27151 Tpr: A. E. Gill. P. of W. Lt. Horse) very fine £80-£100

Three: Lance-Corporal A. Connell, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late South African Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action on 18 October 1918 1914-15 Star (Rfm. A. Connell. 4th. S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. A. Connell 1st S.A.I.) glue residue to reverse of all, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Andrew Connell was born on 4 July 1880, the son of Andrew Connell of West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland. He served with the South African Mounted Rifles from 11 January 1907, including almost a year in German South West Africa from 1914-15, before attesting for the 4th South African Infantry at Pretoria in February 1918. Embarked at Cape Town per H.M.T. Caronia 4 March 1918, he sometime transferred to the 1st Regiment and was killed on the Western Front on 18 October 1918. He is buried in Le Cateau Military Cemetery, France.

Memorial Plaque (2) (Reginald Crawford Stephens; George Percy Sullivan) glue residue to reverse of both, good very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- Reginald Crawford Stephens was born in Salt River, Cape Province, in 1879, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 8 December 1915. Posted to the Western Front as Private, he was reported missing in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 October 1916. He was later confirmed to have been killed in action and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. George Percy Sullivan was born in George Town, Cape Province, in 1896, and initially served with the Kaffrarian Rifles and Kimberley Regiment. He attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 24 August 1915 and disembarked at Rouen as Private on 8 August 1916. Joining his unit 6 days later, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 October 1916, his papers adding: ‘accepted as dead’. Aged 20 years, he is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service records.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (7515 Pte. J. Heard. Vol: Coy. R.W. Fus:) unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, good very fine £120-£160 --- The Volunteer Company of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which arrived in South Africa in March 1900, comprised some 114 officers and men. When the Company returned home in October 1900 it had been reduced to 31 officers and men.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (326 Corpl: E. J. Ellis. S.A. Lt. Horse) minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7535 Pte. J. Colley. Vol. Coy. R.W. Fus:) one rivet replaced with wire, heavy edge bruising and polished, fine £120-£160 --- James Colley was born in the Parish of Ruaban, Denbighshire, and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 4 February 1901, for the duration of the war, aged 20 years 5 months. He served with the 2nd Volunteer Service Company in South Africa from 25 February 1901 until 30 May 1902, and was discharged on termination of his engagement on 28 June 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll verification, together with copied image of the recipient and three original group photographs, two taken in South Africa.

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (C.Q.M.S. R. R. Aitkenhead. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. W. E. Brooke. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. A. U. Hall. 1st. S.A.I.; Sjt. W. R. Harding 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, generally very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Robert Richmond Aitkenhead was born in Glasgow in 1881 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 13 November 1916, stating 5 years of previous service with the 79th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Embarked at Cape Town for England per Walmer Castle, he was severely wounded in the chest on 26 September 1917. Sent to Richmond Hospital and Eastbourne Convalescent Hospital, he was discharged at Maitland in March 1919. William Edmund Brooke was born in Port Elizabeth in 1894 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 23 August 1915. Initially posted to Egypt, he transferred to the Western Front on 15 April 1916 and received a gunshot wound when going ‘over the top’. The recipient’s service record adds: ‘On 9th April 1917 patient was wounded whilst advancing over no man’s land by machine gun bullets. Was taken to A.D.S. then to C.C.S. then to Etaples. Arm was amputated at Tooting Hosp. on 29th April, 1917.’ Albert Usher Hall was born in London in 1880 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Kimberley on 28 May 1918. Posted to France on 31 October 1918, he was later discharged at Maitland on 11 July 1919. William Ralph Harding was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, around 1896, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 8 April 1918. Embarked at Cape Town for Tilbury Docks, he arrived in England on 5 June 1918 and served with “E” Company, 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, on the Western Front from 25 August 1918. Awarded 168 hours of detention (reason unknown) two days later, he qualified as a Lewis Gunner on 1 November 1918 and was demobilised at Maitland on 12 November 1919. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

Three: Corporal W. Waters, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who landed at 'W' Beach, Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915, where his Regiment won 'Six V.C.'s before Breakfast'  1914-15 Star (1079 Pte. W. Waters, Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1079 A.Cpl. W. Waters. Lan. Fus.) very fine and better (3) £140-£180 --- William Waters was born in 1886 and lived at 22 South Street, Bury, Lancashire. He attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers on 26 February 1906 and was an experienced soldier at the time of the Cape Helles landings on 25 April 1915. Rowed to shore aboard the small cutters of Euryalus and Implacable, the men of the 1st Battalion were greeted at 6 a.m. by a ceaseless hail of rifle, machine gun and pom pom fire; many died in the boats and of those who struggled ashore through barbed-wire entanglements and deep, soft sand, few were unscathed. Through rallying cries and extreme courage the high ground behind the beach was carried, but at a terrible cost. By nightfall only 11 officers and 399 other ranks remained fit for duty. General Sir Ian Hamilton later wrote in his despatch: 'So strong, in fact, were the defences of 'W' Beach that the Turks may well have considered them impregnable, and it is my firm conviction that no finer feat of arms has ever been achieved by the British soldier - or any soldier - than the storming of these trenches from the open boats on the morning of 25 April... The Fusiliers literally hurled themselves ashore and, fired at from right, left and centre, commenced hacking their way through the wire. A long line of men was at once mown down as by a scythe, but the remainder was not to be denied...’ Waters survived the Gallipoli Campaign and likely joined his comrades in the evacuation of January 1916. He later transferred to the 2/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and was fortunate to survive the devastating onslaught of German storm troopers in the opening waves of the German Spring offensive of March 1918; the Battalion suffered 85 men killed and wounded in just ten days, with a further 657 officers and men captured in the fighting around Hargicourt on the Aisne. Waters was later discharged on 17 December 1918. 

Three: Private J. Emanuel, 38th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps, who was killed in action in the assault on Mametz Wood on 7 July 1916 whilst serving with 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion, Welsh Regiment 1914-15 Star (2787 Pte. J. Emanuel. A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (2787 Pte. J. Emanuel. A. Cyc. Corps.) a few contact marks, better than very fine (3) £160-£200 --- John Emanuel was born in 1890 at Sand Lane, Briton Ferry, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Emanuel. He worked at the Cape Copper Works. He attested for service at Neath on 9 September 1914. He was posted to the Divisional Cyclist Company of the 38th (Welsh) Division, landing at Le Havre on 2 December 1915. He served with the Cyclist Company until posted as part of a draft of men to the 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, on 19 May 1916. The Cardiff City Battalion launched the first assault on Mametz Wood on 7 July 1916 in the face of intense machine gun fire. Emanuel was killed in action in that assault; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Pair: Private R. Mullan, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. R. Mullan. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of both, nearly very fine Pair: Private J. W. Pettit, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. J. W. Pettit 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of both, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Richard Mullan was born at Castle Rock, County Kerry, Ireland, around 1880, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 7 June 1917. Embarked at Cape Town for England on 25 June 1917, his service record notes that he received a severe wound to the wrist on 30 March 1918. He was also gassed on the Western Front before returning to South Africa per Cawdor Castle in January 1919. Sold with copied service record. John Pettit was born in the Cape Province on 17 July 1898 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Port Elizabeth on 13 April 1917. Recorded as a Prisoner of War in Germany 24 March 1918, his service record adds that he was detained at Crossen on the east bank of the Oder River and that he was sometime wounded and removed to hospital at Brandenburg. Pettit was later repatriated on 30 December 1918, arriving at the port of Hull per S.S. Frederick VIII. Sold with copied service record.

Three: Sister H. C. L. Norton-Taylor, Territorial Force Nursing Service 1914-15 Star (S/Nurse H. C. L. Norton-Taylor. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (S/Nurse H. C. L. Norton-Taylor.); together with the recipient’s miniature Territorial Force Nursing Service cape badge, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Miss Harriett C. L. Norton-Taylor enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 4 February 1909, and was mobilised on 9 September 1914. She served with the 2nd Scottish General Hospital in France from 17 February 1915 to 13 December 1916, and then with the 1st London General Hospital in France from 23 April 1917. She was demobilised on 28 March 1919, ands was promoted Sister after demobilisation on 12 June 1919. Sold with a silver identity bracelet; and copied statement of service and medal roll extract.

Three: Private W. Butler, 41st Regiment of Foot, later 11th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1942 Wm. Butler. 2nd. Bn. 11th. Foot.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, minor edge bruising to LS & GC, otherwise good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- William Butler was born in Cloyne, Cork, Ireland in 1830. A Servant by occupation he enlisted in the 41st Regiment of Foot at Dublin in 1850. Serving in the Ionian Islands and Malta before embarking for the Crimea, he was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann and at the siege of Sebastopol. Returning to Portsmouth on 28 July 1856 he served with the 41st Foot in Jamaica 1857-60 before transferring to the 11th Regiment of Foot on 10 August 1860. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, on 30 June 1867he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 April 1869. He returned with his battalion to Ireland in 1870 and was discharged to pension on 18 August 1871, after 21 years and 33 days’ service. Later living with his wife in Folkestone, Kent, he was employed as a coachman. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private E. Stevens, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on 12 April 1917 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. Stevens 4th. Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. E. Stevens. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residence to reverse of all, generally very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Emil Stevens, a farmer, was born in Cradock in 1893, the son of John Ward Stevens of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Witnessing initial service in German South West Africa with the Eastern Rifles, Stevens attested at Potchefstroom for the 1st South African Infantry on 6 January 1916 and disembarked at Rouen on 27 July 1916. Posted to the Western Front, he survived the Battle of the Somme but was killed in the spring of 1917 during intense fighting for control of the French city of Arras. Aged 24 years, he is buried in Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux. Sold with copied service record and CWGC entries.

Three: Driver J. Murphy, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (79620 Dr. J. Murpby [sic] 10th. Fd. By. R.A.) surname partially officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Dvr: J. Murphy. 4th. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (79620 Dvr: J. Murphy. R.F.A.) heavy edge bruise to QSA, fine to good fine (3) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Joseph Murphy was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, around 1871. A former member of the 5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles (Militia), he attested for the Royal Artillery on 9 June 1890 and witnessed extensive service in India with the 10th Field Battery, Royal Artillery, from 10 March 1891 to 28 March 1898. Posted to the North West Frontier from 1897-98 and South Africa from 7 November 1899 to 26 June 1902 with 4th Battery, R.F.A., he was discharged in August 1902. Returning to civilian employment as a general labourer, Murphy died at Baxter Gate, Doncaster, on 6 December 1946. Sold with copied Army Service Record.

Seven: Sergeant J. S. Heydenrych, South African Air Force, late South African Artillery and 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was twice wounded in action during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Pte. J. S. Heydenrych 6th Infantry.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. J. S. Heydenrych. 1st. S.A.I.); Italy Star (10495 J. S. Heydenrych.) unofficially renamed; War Medal 1939-45 (10495 J. S. Heydenrych); Africa Service Medal (10495 J. S. Heydenrych); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (Sgt. J. S. Heydenrych S.A.A.F.) glue residue to reverse of all, good fine and better (7) £160-£200 --- John Sydney Heydenrych, a mechanic by trade, was born in Cape Town on 20 August 1897, the son of Mrs K. Heydenrych of Cradock, South Africa. He attested for the South African infantry at Potchefstroom on 10 December 1915 and served in France from 13 July 1916 to 25 December 1917. Transferred to England for training and medical attention to his feet, he returned to the Western Front on 1 April 1918 and suffered a severe gunshot wound to the right thigh and throat eleven days later. Evacuated to No. 11 Stationary Hospital at Rouen, he spent 5 months in recovery before returning to the trenches and receiving a shrapnel wound to the right knee on 9 October 1918; returned to Rouen, Heydenrych witnessed the Armistice from a hospital bed in Havre suffering from a bout of influenza. Qualifying as a Lewis Gunner on 26 December 1918, he was discharged in England in May 1919, his address at that time recorded as ‘Bell Lane, Birdham, near Chichester’. Returned home to South Africa, he volunteered his services at the outbreak of the Second War and was appointed on 11 September 1939 as Gunner in the 6th Heavy Battery, South African Artillery. Raised Temporary Lance Bombardier in the Cape Artillery Brigade, he was posted to The Castle (Cape Town) from 12 December 1940, and is later recorded as serving at Waterkloof with the South African Air Force in February 1943. Sent to No. 24 Squadron, his Army Service Record confirms entitlement and notes the dispatch of his three Second War medals on 26 September 1951. Sold with copied service record for both campaigns.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (1638 Pte. J. Eastwood, R. Welsh Fus:) last clasp loose on ribbon, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £80-£100 --- Sold with medal roll confirmation.