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The Gallery of Modern British Artists : Consisting of A Series of Engravings from Works of the Most Eminent Artists of the Day, publ. London: Proprietors, I Cloudsley Terrace, Islington; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court; C. Tilt, Fleet Street; and G. Virtue, Ivy Lane (af); Les Belles Du Duc De Berry, book of hours, Thames and Hudson, label to inside cover, celebrating 10 years signed in biro by Walter Neurath Managing Director, boxed; Englebert, Omer, The Lives of the Saints, 1st edition, publ. Thames Hudson, 1951; Churchill, Winston S.; (Rhodes, Col. F. (Ed.)), The River War - An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan vol.II, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900;  The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book, 1939-1945, lge. 4to, cloth, illus., published on behalf of The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund by G. Bell & Sons, 1950; Frontline 1940-41 - The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain". Published 1942 by His Majesty's Stationery Office;  War Graves of the British Empire. Iraq, Part One A-L;  etc

American Civil War United States Model 1860 Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard, manufacturer Ames MFC Co Chicopee Mass, Year 1865 (?) and inspection marks GWC.

Four: Gunner E. H. Howard, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, later Acting Sergeant Major, Canadian Forestry Corps 1914-15 Star (6022 Gnr: E. H. Howard. R. Can: H. Art:); British War and Victory Medals (6022 A.W.O. Cl.1. E. H. Howard R.C.H.H.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6022 Pte. -A.S. Mjr.- E. H. Howard. Can: Forestry C.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 9 December 1919 ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War’ Everett Haydon Howard was born in Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1888. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery at Valcartier, Quebec on 23 September 1914, embarking five days later in TSS Athenia for England. Whilst undergoing training on Salisbury Plain his disciplinary record was chequered. Embarking for France on 8 July 1915 he was admitted to hospital on several occasion due to bronchitis and neuralgia, and was returned to England in October 1916 before being transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps on 9 January 1917. Appointed Acting Staff Sergeant with pay on 27 August 1917 his name was brought to the attention of Secretary for War for valuable services rendered on 13 March 1918. Appointed Superintending Clerk with pay, Headquarters, Canadian Forestry Corps, London, he was promoted Acting Regimental Sergeant Major on 15 April 1918, before returning to Canada due to a chest condition on 11 September 1919. Disembarking at Halifax he was demobilised on 12 November 1919 to reside at Craigmyle, Alberta. Following war service Howard remained in Canada with his wife before returning to Southampton on 26 November 1924. The 1939 Register records him as a Retired Army Pensioner living in Southampton. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he again embarked with his wife for Canada on 9 July 1940 and he is shown in the 1945 List of Electors for Calgary West as a Civil Servant, and is believed to have served in charge of Calgary Post Office. Following the end of the Second World War he returned from Canada with his wife to Southampton where he died on 18 April 1971, aged 81. Sold with copied service record and other research.

An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial with Two Additional Award Bars, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine An unattributed group of seven miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, all unnamed, mounted as worn, extremely fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R.; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army, mounted as worn, nearly very fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., no clasp [sic], mounted as worn, very fine (18) £60-£80

An unattributed M.B.E. group of seven The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, the 1939-45 Star and Africa Stars mounted on the incorrect ribands, 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 ---

Family group: A fine Second War ‘North West Europe’ 1944 M.C. group of seven awarded Lieutenant Colonel F. W. ‘Tosty’ Finnigan, 179 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - awarded for the battle of Hill 112, which Field-Marshal Rommel considered to be “The most important hill in Normandy, for whoever has control of it has control of all around it” and of which Lieutenant-General Horrocks said, “Hill 112 is the cornerstone of the Normandy Campaign.” Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major. F. W. Finnigan. M.C. R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, last unnamed, mounted as originally worn, with related mounted miniature awards, light contact marks overall, very fine A Second World War ‘Italian theatre’ M.B.E. group of five awarded to Mrs J. S. Finnigan, Young Men’s Christian Association The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver, lacking riband; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, campaign awards mounted as originally worn, with related mounted miniature awards, very fine (lot) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 21 December 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘On 10 July on Hill 112 this officer came up from the gun area to command his battery supporting 5 DCLI in the Orchard. When the DCLI were driven out on 11 July this officer co-ordinated the covering fire which enabled the Bn. to counter attack and re-take the Orchard. Under constant mortar and M.G. fire he directed the fire of his battery and O.P.s with considerable skill and complete disregard of his own safety. He has been supporting the infantry on Hill 112, and although on a reverse slope; and under fire he has by his offensive energy and resource kept the enemy under observation and has given excellent support to his Bn. and caused considerable destruction to the enemy.’ Francis Walter ‘Tosty’ Finnigan was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in August 1939, and advanced to Captain in October 1941. He served served as a Temporary Major with 179 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery as part of the 43rd Division, 12th Corps throughout the North West Europe Campaign. Finnigan distinguished himself in the fighting in Normandy, June - July 1944, in particular in the battle for Hill 112. The following for that period is given in the history of The Worcestershire Regiment website (179 Field Regiment, being formed from the 12th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment in March 1942): ‘17th June 1942 the 179 Field Regiment sailed in the S.S. Sam Houstan for Normandy. They eventually arrived off Arramanches on the 19th June 1944, and after an awful week, not being able to unload, they finally fired their first round in anger at 0200 hrs. on the 26th June 1944. The next few days were very hectic. The Division was centred round Cheux and some very lively battles took place. Lieut.-Colonel Pethick was wounded on the 27th June 1944 while on a reconnaisance with Capt. R. R. Woodward, and the Second-in-Command, Major Sir J. E. Backhouse, assumed command of the Regiment, but was replaced by Lieut.-Colonel W. D. Blacker on the 3rd July. Slowly the Division pushed forward to Colleville, Mouen, Tourneville, Verson, and Fountaine Etoupefour, and on the 10th July 1944 the attack went in on to Hill 112. The guns never stopped firing and in one recorded 15-minute period the Regiment fired 1800 rounds in response to calls from the infantry, who were fighting a magnificent battle to hold the hill feature. Major R. G. Mapp, R.A., died of wounds received in this attack, and Capt. G. C. Robinson was wounded while going to relieve him. This left Sergeant Trevis responsible for the fire support of the 7th Somerset Light Infantry, which he did for many hours, subsequently receiving the D.C.M. The next morning Lieut.-Colonel W. D. Blacker was killed by enemy mortaring and Major Sir John Backhouse wounded. This left Major T. M. Brewis in command of the regiment. The fighting was colossal at this period, the Division being on one side of Hill 112, the Germans on the other. Any attempt by either side to gain the top of the ridge being a sure way to suicide. Many times the Germans tried to push the Regiment back, but men held their ground. Many died in this action and, although it was the Regiments first sight of “the little wooden cross,” none of them will forget those moments when Padre Wilson made a moment of peace in a world of insanity and enabled the men to forget their anger and think of those whose hardship was now greater than theirs. Padre was to be seen everywhere, always with that helping hand. It is not possible to give details of all the little things which saved the day, but perhaps Bombadier Rooney’s is typical. A three-tonner was hit by a shell; standing next to it was one filled with ammunition; he got in and drove it away. Those are the simple facts, imagination can help with the rest of the story. These things were happening in every section of the Regiment and always the chance was taken, an accident averted.’ Finnigan advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and died in February 1992. He is buried with his wife in the St. Peter’s Churchyard, Hambledon, Surrey. M.B.E. London Gazette 22 January 1946: Jean, Mrs Finnigan, Leader, Young Men’s Christian Association Canteen Service [Italy]. M.I.D. London Gazette 17 January 1946 [Italy]. Jean Sime Finnigan (nee Douty) was the wife of the above, and died in June 1992.

Four: Corporal N. A. Gant, Australian Infantry 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘NX190553 N. A. Gant’, mounted for wear, contact marks throughout, nearly very fine Pair: Corporal J. H. Burrows, Australian Defence Forces War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘’N104454 J. H. Burrows’, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £60-£80 --- Norman Arthur Gant was born in England on 6 November 1922 and lived in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. A labourer, he attested for the 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade at George’s Height on 21 November 1940 and was taken on strength of the 53rd Australian Infantry on 5 November 1941. Posted to New Guinea from 27 December 1941 to 5 February 1944, his Army Service Record notes that he received a bullet wound to the right thigh on 24 May 1943. He further found himself in trouble with the civil authorities at Edmonton for evading a rail fare and subsequently committing a common assault. Transferred to the 41st Australian Water Transport Operating Company, Gant saw out the war in the South West Pacific theatre from 16 March 1945 to 10 January 1946. He later took civilian employment as a temporary coxswain on a tug in Sydney Harbour - working on the construction of the new Spit Bridge at Middle Harbour. He died on 10 May 1973. James Henry Burrows was born in Wyalong, New South Wales, on 31 July 1906. He attested at Hay for the 16th Garrison Battalion on 17 May 1941 and was appointed Spec. Group 3 Transport Driver on 29 October 1941. Recorded A.W.O.L. on 3 June 1942, Burrows was placed in a farm supervisory role in August 1942 and demobilised in February 1946. He died on 30 October 1976.

A rare and exceptionally well-documented Great War A.F.M. group of four awarded to Bristol F.2b fighter pilot, Sergeant W. ‘Cockney’ Rogers, 11 and 48 Squadrons, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force - decorated in recognition of his hazardous work with the Ferry Service, he went on to become one of civil aviation's 'Greats' Described as a ‘man bereft of nerves’, Rogers was a founder pilot of Imperial Airways, and set about blazing a trail of 'firsts' in the 1920s and 1930s. His friend 'GPO' Olley may have beaten him to the one million miles flown mark in 1931 but 'Cockney' claimed a 'royal first' in March 1928, when he flew King Amanullah of Afghanistan over London. His Majesty - the first King to have taken to the skies over the capital - rewarded his pilot with the Order of the Throne, in gold. Rogers had already flown the first commercial flights to Norway and Sweden, and had amassed 10,500 flying hours by 1935 - finally retiring from Civil Aviation in 1948, doubtless having lost count of how many flying hours he had amassed! Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (1018 Sergt. Mech. Rogers, W., R.A.F.) on 1st type horizontal striped riband, suspension slightly loose; 1914-15 Star (1018 1. A.M. W. Rogers. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1018 Sgt. W. Rogers R.F.C.) together with the case of issue for the Afghan Order of the Throne (awarded in 1928, lost in 1933), nearly extremely fine (lot) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1996 A.F.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Walter ‘Cockney’ Rogers was born in Vauxhall, London, 31 May 1895. He left school at the age of 14 and had several jobs locally before he joined the Royal Flying Corps, 2 January 1914, aged 18 years and 9 months. Initially attached to 6 Squadron as a mechanic on the home establishment, Rogers went to France with 10 Squadron in late 1914 and witnessed active service as a Gunner and Observer before returning to the U.K. in November 1915, to be hospitalised after an appendix operation. When fit Rogers was posted to Castle Bromwich, and from there to Flying School in May 1917, where he gained his Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 5800 in August 1917. Rogers was again posted to France, this time as a pilot, serving with 11 and 48 Squadrons flying Bristol F.2b’s from La Bellevue. In February 1918, he was attached to Ferry Service Duty at Orchard Hotel, Portman Street, London W2. His job was to collect crash repairs from various factories or airfields, test them and fly them to the Squadrons in France. Rogers came home to take up an appointment in the Ferry Service, a challenging - and hazardous - occupation. His fellow 'ferryman', 'GPO' Olley, M.M., takes up the story: ‘This work of testing new and untried craft certainly had its exciting moments. Cylinders would suddenly blow off engines. Mechanical defects of all kinds would develop in the air. One had to make hurried forced landings in all sorts of awkward places. But, though it was all rather trying, it was, of course, fine experience from a flying point of view, teaching one to be ready for any sort of emergency that might arise.' Rogers - who was injured in an incident on 24 February 1918 - was awarded the A.F.M. He nonetheless made light of his exploits, for his modesty was as well-known as his skills as a pilot. Thankfully, his demanding role as a Ferry Pilot had been the subject of lighter moments, such as the occasion he was returning from delivering an aircraft to France. On disembarking at Dover - covered in grease, oil and mud - a group of ladies thanked him for 'doing his bit against the Hun' and presented him with chocolates and cigarettes. A humbled Rogers could not summon the courage to tell them he made the same trip at least twice a week. On leaving the Royal Air Force in February 1920, Rogers took a job with Handley Page flying passengers in converted bombers. He then joined Imperial Airways when they were formed (one of the original 16 founding pilots). Rogers had the distinction of being the first pilot to fly a commercial flight to Norway and Sweden during June 1920, and also the honour of being the first pilot to fly a King over London. This was King Amanullah of Afghanistan who visited England in early 1928, and presented Rogers with the Order of the Throne in celebration of the flight. As reported in The Times, King Amanullah asked to be introduced to Rogers when they landed back at Croydon. He 'complimented him on the skilful way in which the aircraft had been handled, expressed his pleasure at the smoothness of the flight, and remarked that he had never before flown in a commercial airliner'. During the 1930’s he was Senior Captain with Imperial Airways flying from Croydon to the continent on their passenger routes, mainly with HP 42’s and Argosy aircraft. Rogers did many trailblazing flights to Italy, Greece and the Middle East as well as freelance work for newspaper reporters and sport promoters, and had some busy times during the Munich Crisis 1938. In 1935 Rogers completed his millionth mile flown in the air, some 10,500 actual flying hours. A feat that was recorded in The Daily Express, 16 November 1935, thus: “Pilot Has a Million Reasons for Saying "Flying is Safe" Do you know what Captain W. Rogers, Imperial Airways senior pilot, says? "I have flown more than a million miles and have never had an accident. That shows how safe flying is." Bald facts about Captain Rogers apart from the million-mile achievement are: He has just completed 10,500 hours in the air. He has crossed the Channel more than 4,000 times. Human facts about Captain Rogers are still more interesting: He is the fittest, most invigorating man you could hope to meet. He told me: "Yesterday I was taking up a small aeroplane; left the ground in a few seconds, naturally. Yet I can remember when one got into the forerunner of that aeroplane and friends on the aerodrome would lay odds as to whether you would ever get off the ground, or, if you did, which tree you would hit before you got clear." ' The following year, Rogers had the misfortune of being the subject of brutal treatment by Italian soldiery in Libya. A newspaper feature takes up the story: 'Reports of "brutal treatment" of an Imperial Airways "crack" pilot and his crew of three men, by the Italian army authorities in Libya, are being investigated by the Foreign Office. It is alleged that the four men were treated with extreme harshness by the Italian soldiers, and that one least one occasion they were paraded as objects of derision, and at the point of bayonets, before Italian troops … The machine landed at Mesylam, in Libya, and was immediately put under armed guard. The pilot and crew were also put under escort and closely questioned. All their documents were seized … ' It was a deeply unpleasant experience but ended the following day, when 'Cockney' and his crew were permitted to continue their journey. The Italians claimed his aircraft had flown over 'military areas' at Amsat, even though these areas were - by earlier agreement with the Italians - on a pre-arranged flight path. When the Second World War broke out, Rogers was once again involved in flying and testing crash repairs and other aircraft. In 1946 Rogers was one of the first pilots to start flying commercial aircraft again, this time with the Hunting Group, and eventually retired from Civil Aviation some time in 1948 after 34 years association with all aspects of flying and many different aircraft. Rogers retired to the Sussex coast and died in 1977, aged 82. Sold with the following origi...

The most important India General Service medal awarded to Ensign Henry Haversham Austen (later Lieutenant-Colonel Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.), who was gazetted to the 24th Foot in 1851 and served as A.D.C. to General Godwin in the 2nd Burmese War, and later on special duty with the Bhootan Field Force; as a young British army surveyor he ‘undertook one of the most remarkable expeditions in British mountaineering history; not only did he open the way to the mountain now called K2 but, beyond the village of Skardu, gateway to the Karakoram, he became the first Westerner to explore the world’s most extensive and awesome glacier system; explorations in Ladakh, Tibet, Bhutan and Burma soon followed’ India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Pegu, Bhootan (Ensign H. H. Austen. 24th Foot. A.D.C.) second clasp loose on ribbon as issued, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Henry Haversham Austen was born at Teignmouth, Devon, on 6 July 1834, son of Robert A. C. Austen, F.R.S., a distinguished geologist, and Maria, daughter of General Godwin, a marriage that produced no fewer than 17 siblings to Haversham between 1834 and 1856, one of whom, Frederick, was killed at Isandhlwana. Haversham, by which name he was always known, was educated at R.M.C. Sandhurst which establishment he entered at the age of 13. Gentleman Cadet H. H. Austen was appointed as Ensign in the 24th Foot on 26 December 1851, and in June 1852 set out for Burma, as aide-de-camp to his grandfather General Godwin, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in the second Anglo-Burmese war. Following the death of General Godwin in 1854 his name was changed to Godwin-Austen by personal decree of Queen Victoria. He was appointed a Topographical Assistant to the Trigonometrical Survey of India and joined the Kashmir Survey party in 1857, with whom he surveyed a very large extent of country in Kashmir and Baltistan. In the latter country the enormous glaciers at the head of the Shigar river and Hunza Nagar frontier, which included the Baltoro glacier, which he was the first to discover, coming down in part from the second highest mountain in the Himalayas and named after him [since renamed as ‘K2’]. In 1862 he surveyed the lofty country of Rupshu and Zaskar in Ladakh, and in July and August of that year he made 13 different ascents of a mean height of 17,900 feet, the highest peak, Mata, being 20,607 feet. The following year he took up the Changchenmo and carried the topography to the eastern end of the Pang Kong lake, close up to Rudok in Chinese territory, where he was met and stopped by the Lhassan Governor. During the winter of 1863-64 he was on special duty with the last mission to Bhutan, and mapped the country between Darjeeling and Punakha, the capital. In 1864-65, having accompanied the political mission of Sir Ashley Eden to the Rajas of Bhutan, he served on special duty with the left column of the Bhutan field force as Surveyor, and was present at the storm and capture of of the fort of Dalimkot and the stockade of Chamoorchi in December 1864. In 1866, and for the following ten years, he was in charge of Survey Operations in the Garo, Khasi, Jaintia, North Cachar and Naga Hills, and Manipur, including in 1874 the expedition against the Dafia tribe at the base of the Eastern Himalayas, when a large area of new country was mapped and many distant peaks fixed. He was President of Section E (Geography) of the British Association, 1883; President of the Maalacological Society, 1897-99; President of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1908-09; awarded the Founders’ medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1910 for his exploration work. He was author of On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of India, 1882-1920; (jointly with Dr W. T. Blandford) of The Fauna of British India, vol. Mollusca, 1908; together with some 130 papers in the Journals of various Scientific Societies on Geology and Physical Features, Ethnology and Natural History. Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen died at his house near Godalming in the Surrey hills on 2 December 1923. Sold with a copy of Catherine Moorehead’s outstanding 2013 biography of this important but long-forgotten explorer, The K2 Man (and his molluscs) The extraordinary life of Haversham Godwin-Austen, the dust jacket of which carries an excellent précis of the story to be discovered therein: ‘Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), from an ancient and interesting Surrey aristocratic family with royal connections, not only found the first way to the savage mountain, K2, but went on to be the first serious explorer of the Karakoram, Ladakh, Western Tibet, Bhutan, Northern Burma and Assam. He broke the Asiatic high-altitude summiting record three times, using a ‘garden hatchet’ as an ice-axe, saw his assistant killed by headhunters and socialised with everyone from his ‘coolies' to the Maharajah of Kashmir. Back in England, he became one of the UK's greatest Natural Historians, a Darwinist collector among collectors of geological and ornithological specimens. His collection of freshwater molluscs forms the basis of all modern science in the subject. And he became one of the UK's greatest surveyors, covering over 22,000 square miles of new territory, including 23 new glaciers and at least two dozen first ascents of peaks over 5000m. Remarkably, he also found time to paint a vast portfolio of watercolours, including the first close sighting of K2, described by the British Library as a 'national treasure’. (Several of these watercolours are illustrated in this book.) His personal life was equally interesting: three marriages - to an Afghan landowner's daughter, an English socialite, then a civil servant's daughter 23 years younger than himself - were complicated by religious conversions from Anglicanism to Islam then to Buddhism. His strong character as a scholar at great London institutions such as the Natural History Museum is still the stuff of legend, while his bankruptcy in later life required the selling of the 'family pile’, the magnificent, royally-furnished Shalford Park. And thanks to a youthful indiscretion in Kashmir, he harboured a dark secret which came back to haunt him near the end of his long and colourful life. This is the first and authorised biography of an outstanding man. Godwin-Austen's private papers are being made public for the first time. They prove that he was one of the UK's greatest explorers, on a par with Sir Richard Burton, while surpassing the explorations of David Livingstone, Captain Cook or Captain Scott. For mountaineers, scientists, students of biography and historians of the Raj and the Great Game, this biography offers new and original material - a 'must' for the explorer's bookshelf.’

A fine Baronet’s Badge group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert A. Sanders, Bt., later Baron Bayford of Stoke Trister, who served as Commanding Officer of the Royal North Devon Yeomanry, and was later a distinguished Member of Parliament Baronet’s Badge of the United Kingdom, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1930, the reverse engraved ‘Sanders of Bayford 1920’, with full neck riband; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. R.A. Sanders. R.N. Devon Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R.A. Sanders.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1914, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; together with the recipient’s Association of Conservative Clubs ‘Distinguished Service’ Medal, with ‘Five Years’ Additional Award Bar, the reverse engraved ‘The Right Hon. Lord Bayford Chairman A.C.C. 1932’, the group mounted court-style for wear, generally good very fine (9) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 December 1916 (Gallipoli). T.D. London Gazette 24 July 1914 Sir Robert Arthur Sanders, Bt., 1st Baron Bayford was born in Paddington, Middlesex in 1867. Educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford,he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1891. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry in 1894, he was promoted Captain in 1897 and Major in 1901. Elected a Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in 1910, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal North Devon (Hussars) Yeomanry in 1911. Mobilised as Commanding Officer on 4 August 1914 he embarked on 24 September 1915 in HMT Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli and landed with his regiment at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal North Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine. Appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916, he embarked for England on 22 April 1917 and transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve. Returning to Parliament in 1917 as Member for Bridgwater he was served as Treasurer of H.M. Household 1918-19, Junior Lord of the Treasury 1919-21, Under-Secretary of State for War 1921-22, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1922-24. Created a Baronet March 1920, and appointed to the Privy Council in 1922, he was created Baron Bayford of Stoke Trister for political and public services June 1929, and was introduced to the House of Lords the following month. Amongst many other civil appointments, he held the Chairmanship of The Association of Conservative Clubs from 1932 to 1940. Lord Bayford died at Bayford Lodge, Stoke Trister, Somerset on 24 February 1940, aged 73 . Sold with photographic images of the recipient, and extensive copied research

A Second War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier G. P. Henderson, Canadian Forces, who played an active role in the planning of Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid, being present in H.M.S. Fernie while it supported the landings, 19 August 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, both Canadian issues in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, the reverse engraved ‘Col G P Henderson, OBE’; Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassay, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, with crossed swords, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with neck riband, in damaged case of issue, the group mounted court-style for wear in this order; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn in the correct order, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 22 September 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘This officer has performed outstanding service as Colonel Executive and Colonel Military Government during the trying period under review, during which the work of Civil Affairs/ Military Government has become extremely active. During this period, the reorganisation of an inexperienced civilian administration in liberated Holland, as well as the preparation for the more detailed supervision and ground work necessary in all branches of Military Government in Germany has required the increase in Civil Affairs/ Military Government staff at Army by nearly three times. The training of these officers in their individual capacity and the organisation of the staff which has worked very smoothly and obtained excellent results is due greatly to the staff experience and organisational abilities of Colonel Henderson. During the whole period he has shown a devotion to duty and loyalty worthy of the highest praise.’ M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1943. The original Recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson has taken an active interest in the Canadian Militia since 1931. At the beginning of this war he commanded a company on Internal Security duties subsequently holding various staff appointments before proceeding overseas in August 1940 in command of 5 Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-tank Company. After being Staff Captain of 5 Canadian Infantry Brigade he attended a War Staff Course in Canada and was selected as an instructor for the subsequent course. He returned to Canadian Army Overseas in December 1941 as General Staff Officer II, 2nd Canadian Division, and became General Staff Officer I Intelligence, First Canadian Army upon its formation in April 1942. During the summer he was loaned to 1 Canadian Corps and 2 Canadian Division to assist in the planning and carrying out of the Dieppe operation, after which he continued in the Canadian Planning Staff in London. In January he reassumed his appointment as General Staff Officer 1 Intelligence, First Canadian Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson has demonstrated his ability and outstanding soldierly qualities throughout his service in this war. During his special employment since June 1942 he has contributed importantly to the development of First Canadian Army not only by his part in the planning and execution of the Dieppe operation, but subsequently by his untiring and efficient work as a member of the Canadian Planning Staff. It is for his performance of these two inter-related tasks that he is recommended for the award of the Order of the British Empire 5th Class (M.B.E.)’ Gavin Peterson Henderson was born in Livorno, Italy, on 2 June 1904, where his Scottish family had operated a shipping business. Educated in Italy, Edinburgh, and Switzerland, he emigrated to Canada in the 1920s, joining the Royal Highlanders of Canada (Black Watch) in 1931. After seeing service during the Second World War, predominately on the Staff as described in the recommendations for both his M.B.E. and O.B.E., he subsequently served in the Civil Affairs and Military Government from March 1945. Post-War Henderson was employed on the Staff of Headquarters Military Government Canadian Army. He then served as Commander of the Shleswig-Holstein Provincial Detachment of the Military Government. His responsibilities covered all aspects of administration, railways, posts, telegraphs, industry and trade, public utilities &c., as well as many extraneous matters dealing with Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons. He further served a Chief Control Officer from 19 February 1947 to 4 August 1948. He retired in 1948 and subsequently went to work and live in Kenya. He died at Malindi on 23 September 1979. Sold with the Bestowal Documents for the O.B.E., the M.B.E., and the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau, these all mounted on card; a letter confirming the award of the Commander of Orange Nassau, dated 18 December 1946; letters of recommendation from Lieutenant General Sir E. H. Barker; Air Vice Marshal H. V. Champion de Crespigny; and Major General G. W. R. Templer; various letters and photographs; a place card signed by Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery; and copied research.

A Second War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. group of three awarded to Mr. A. Wyatt, Works Manager, Faire Bros. & Co., late Bombardier, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Alan Wyatt) with flattened lid of card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (133692 Bmbr. A. Wyatt. R.A.) with flattened lid of named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944: Alan Wyatt, Works Manager, Faire Bros. & Company.

A post-War ‘Civil’ M.B.E., Second War Malta Convoy D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Sick Berth Petty Officer C. E. Buddin, Royal Navy, who delayed treatment of his own serious wounds to help his shipmates when serving in H.M.S. Cairo during Operation ‘Harpoon’ in June 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (M.35924 C. E. Buddin. S.B.P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M.35924 C. E. Buddin. L.S.B.A. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.35924 C. E. Buddin. L.S.B.A. H.M.S, St. Angelo.) mounted court-style, light contact marks, otherwise otherwise good very fine (8) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink, November 1998. M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1962. For his services as Assistant Secretary to the Local Committee of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, Portsmouth. D.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1942: ‘For bravery and resolution in H.M. Ships while escorting an important convoy to Malta.’ The original recommendation states: ‘During 14 June 1942, H.M.S. Cairo was in action with strong enemy air forces, and on 15 June was engaged with a superior enemy surface force. On 14 June, Sick Berth Petty Officer Buddin showed skill and devotion to duty in tending the wounded and on 15 June, when severely wounded, showed unselfishness in requesting the Medical Officer to leave him until all other wounded had been attended to.’ Charles Ephraim Buddin was born in Mitcham, London on 13 October 1902, and entered the Royal Navy as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant in October 1920. Having then served in the gunboat H.M.S. Aphis on the China Station from April 1929 to May 1931, he was advanced to Leading Sick Berth Attendant and awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1935. In August 1939, after additional service off Palestine, he joined the cruiser Cairo and he remained similarly employed until being seriously wounded on the Malta run in Operation ‘Harpoon’ in June 1942, wounds that necessitated the amputation of a leg. In the interim, Cairo saw action in the Norwegian campaign, in which she was damaged by enemy aircraft off Narvik on 28 May 1940, with a loss of 10 killed. In his capacity as a senior Sick Berth Attendant, Buddin would have been much in demand in treating those who were wounded. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 July 1941, refers). Following protracted repairs, Cairo was employed in the Western Approaches but in June 1942, she was deployed as an anti-anticraft cruiser to the Malta convoy Operation ‘Harpoon’. Running the gauntlet of relentless air attacks, in addition to a clash with an Italian light cruiser division which became known as the battle of Pantelleria, Cairo suffered resultant damage and casualties, not least on the 14th and 15th, including two 6-inch shell hits from the enemy cruiser Eugenio di Savoia. As cited in the recommendation for his resultant award of the D.S.M., Buddin carried out sterling work in treating the ship’s casualties, even after he was himself seriously wounded on the 15th. In consequence of those wounds, which led to the amputation of a leg, he was evacuated home and, ultimately, invalided ashore. He received his D.S.M. in a Buckingham Palace investiture held in May 1944. Afterwards he moved to Portsmouth as Assistant Secretary to the Local Committee of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, and eight years later was appointed the Secretary, which services resulted in the award of his M.B.E. in June 1962. Sold with full research.

A fine Second War M.B.E. and King’s Commendation group of six awarded to Chief Engineer Edwin Goodridge, Mercantile Marine, who was twice sunk in the Atlantic Ocean during the War, on the latter occasion being the sole survivor and subsequently a prisoner of war in Japan The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal, with bronze Commendation oak leaf; Coronation 1953, all unnamed as issued but accompanied by documents as listed below, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.B.E. London Gazette 6 January 1942: ‘For good services when the S.S. Shahristan was torpedoed and sunk, and for his conduct during seven days in an open boat:- Edwin Goodridge Esq., Second Engineer. The ship was torpedoed and was so badly damaged that she had to be abandoned. The First Radio Officer Mr Smith sent out signals on the emergency set until the last moment and then helped to get the boats away. One overturned, but six men including Mr Smith and the Second Engineer, Mr Goodridge, managed to regain it and cut the painter, allowing it to drift clear of the burning ship. This boat lay to her sea anchor during the night. In the morning two other boats were seen, but owing to the heavy swell and the fact that there were no oars, they could not join company. Some time later, Mr Goodridge was able to rig a jury rudder and sail, and a course was set. After a week they were rescued.’ The S.S. Shahristan was a British cargo liner belonging to the Strick Line, built in 1938. She was torpedoed by U-371 and sunk in the North Atlantic on 29th July 1941. The Captain and 48 men were lost. Mr Goodridge was among the survivors picked up by H.M.S. Derbyshire on 5 August 1941. King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct London Gazette 5 February 1946: ‘Edwin Goodridge Esq., M.B.E., Chief Engineer Officer M.V. “Arabistan” (Strick Line).’ The S.S. Arabistan was also a British cargo liner belonging to the Strick Line, built in 1929. She was sunk by the German Raider Michel in the South Atlantic, off Northern Brazil on 14 August 1942. She carried a crew of 57 and 10 gunners, of whom Mr Goodridge was the sole survivor and later reported to be a prisoner of war in Japan. Sold with the following original documents: Warrant for the M.B.E. dated 6th January 1942, damaged; Certificate of Commendation for Brave Conduct (M.B.E., Chief Engineer Officer, M.V. “Arabistan”, 5 February 1942); named Certificate for Coronation Medal 1953, various letters concerning the awards, including Central Chancery invitation to his ‘widow’ to attend an investiture to receive the M.B.E. awarded to ‘the late Mr. Edwin Goodridge’, dated 27 January 1943; together with case for M.B.E. and box of issue for Coronation medal.

The Great War M.B.E. awarded to F. W. S. Thake, Esq., Commandant in Charge of Motor Ambulance Transport, Reading The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘1914-18 Comdt. F. Thake Berks 13 V.A.D.’, housed in a somewhat later M.B.E. (Mil.) Garrard, London, case, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918: Frank Edward Seymour Thake, Esq., Commandant in Charge of Motor Ambulance Transport, Reading: ‘For services in connection with the War.’

The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to/ representative of those worn by Wing Commander R. E. Bailey, Royal Australian Air Force Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, uniface; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn and housed in a contemporary leather case, good very fine (8) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.O. London Gazette 24 September 1943: ‘This officer has completed a large number of sorties, many of them since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Wing Commander Bailey has displayed outstanding tenacity and has consistently pressed home his attacks with great vigour. He is an inspiring leader, whose great skill, boundless energy and courageous example have contributed in a large measure to the high standard of operational efficiency of the squadron he commands. Wing Commander Bailey has rendered impressive service.’ O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 11 June 1977: ‘For public service.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 18 April 1941. M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 June 1942 and 1 January 1943. Reginald Edward Bailey was born in Kogarah on 15 June 1915 and joined the traffic department at QANTAS as a means of getting accelerated entry as a pilot, subsequently making a number of flights in the original flying boats between Sydney, Java, Singapore, and Calcutta. He served with both the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War, flying more than 60 bombing raids over German-occupied Europe, including three consecutive bombing raids on Hamburg, and for his services was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches. Relinquishing his commission with the rank of Wing Commander, Bailey returned to Australia and joined Trans Australian Airlines as a line Captain. Made manager of flight operations in 1954, he was appointed Assistant General Manager in 1971, and retired as Deputy General Manager in 1977. That same year he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his public services in civil aviation. He died in 2006.

Pair: Private T. E. Brown, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (536648 Pte. T. E. Brown. 15-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Edwin Brown) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Edwin Brown, a Civil Servant by trade, was born on 11 February 1897 and attested for the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, on 9 February 1916. Mobilised on 17 May 1917, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1917, and suffered a gun shot wound to the face and legs on 29 November 1917. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918, the third day of the German Spring Offensive; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Company Sergeant Major W. J. Bailey, Royal Scots Fusiliers India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (541 C... W. J. Bailey 1st Bn.... Fus); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (541 ... r:-Serjt: W. J. Bailey. Rl: Scots Fus:) contact marks, good fine (2) £100-£140 --- William John Bailey was born in Barbados, West Indies. He attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Dover in July 1883, and was posted to the 1st Battalion. Bailey advanced to Corporal in April 1884, and to Sergeant in October 1886. He was promoted to Colour Sergeant in February 1891, and served with the Battalion in India, 1896-1901 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1902). Bailey was employed on the Permanent Staff, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, and was discharged in December 1904, having completed 21 years and 141 days service. Bailey resided at 5 Barrett Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, and re-engaged aged 52 for service in the Great War, 12 August 1915. He served at home as a Company Sergeant Major, Drill Instructor, with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers at Fort Matilda. Bailey was discharged to take up civil employment in March 1918. Sold with copied service papers.

Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Great War Tribute Medal, 23mm, gold (9ct., 6.67g) and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, the obverse bearing the allegorical figure of the Greek goddess of health, Hygieia, surrounded by the words ‘Honour, Truth, Justice and Liberty on red white and blue enamelled circlet, the plain reverse engraved ‘Presented to Major F. P. Nunneley by Llandrindod Wells for service in the Great War 1914 - 1919’, with ring suspension, the reverse with minor scuffing otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £200-£240 --- Frederick Pitcairn Nunneley, a surgeon in civilian life from ‘Derrymore’, Llandrindod Wells, served in the Great War firstly in the British Red Cross Society & Order of St John (Boulogne Unit No. 6) before being commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps. For his services as Medical Officer, Lady Dudley’s Red Cross Hospital for Convalescent Officers, Brighton, he was appointed an Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette of 30 March 1920).

A Second War ‘North Russia convoy operations’ O.B.E., Soviet Order of the Red Star group of six awarded to Chief Engineer Officer J. Mummery, Mercantile Marine, who displayed great courage when his ship was bombed and set on fire by enemy aircraft off the Kola Inlet in July 1943 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Star, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘364373’, complete with screw-back fitting, all mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Ron Penhall Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006. O.B.E. London Gazette 29 August 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘The ship has now returned from North Russia after a lengthy stay. She was attacked and heavily bombed by enemy aircraft which resulted in serious damage, and she subsequently caught fire. The ship was laden with timber at the time, and the fire reached such proportions that she had to be beached and flooded. Chief Engineer Officer Mummery ably assisted the Master in fire-fighting operations, the fire was subdued, the vessel refloated and temporarily repaired, thus enabling her return home. Throughout, Chief Engineer Officer Mummery displayed high qualities of courage, resource and seamanship.’ Soviet Order of the Red Star London Gazette 11 April 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Mr. Mummery served as Chief Engineer Officer in the Llandaff in North Russian waters for a considerable period. He was outstanding when the vessel was set on fire by enemy aircraft. Fire-fighting was continued for three days, but the vessel had to be beached and flooded.’ One of just over 21 such awards to British personnel for the 1939-45 War, six of them to members of the Merchant Navy. James Mummery was born at Goole, Yorkshire in March 1891 and qualified for his Mercantile Marine 2nd class certificate in April 1917, his 1st class certificate in June 1921, and was appointed an Engineer in May 1922. He does not, however, appear to have qualified for any Great War campaign awards. In the 1939-45 War, Mummery was among many Merchant seamen to find themselves “stranded” in the ports of North Russia following the suspension of further convoys in the summer of 1943, in his case aboard the Llandaff. It was a frustrating period that prompted the men to refer to themselves as the “The Forgotten Convoy”, and, more seriously, a period of great danger - for enemy aircraft were constantly on the prowl. So it was on 24 July 1943, when the Llanadaff was bombed 20 miles north-east of Kildin Island off the entrance to the Kola Inlet: ‘Bomb entered after main hatch through top sheer, port side. Vessel’s side blown out, deck set up, mast buckled and apparently extensive damage between decks and possibly No. 4-5 bulkhead. Cargo set on fire. Pipes in engine room and tunnel fractured. Derrick blown overside and cargo winch destroyed. Further report will be furnished when full extent of damage is known’ (Captain’s report refers). Notwithstanding this serious damage, the Llandaff safely reached Loch Ewe in convoy RA. 54B in December 1943. Mummery, whose Soviet Red Star was supplied to the British authorities on 21 March 1944, remained in the Merchant Navy until 1960. Sold with original letters from the Director-General, Ministry of War Transport, notifying the recipient of his award of the O.B.E., dated 28 August 1944; the Foreign Office notifying him that he had been granted permission to wear the Soviet Order of the Red Star, dated 17 April 1944; General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seaman, Cardiff, communication, dated 19 May 1947, confirming the recipient’s entitlement to the above described campaign awards; and two Russian banknotes; together with a quantity of copied official papers, gazette extracts and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

A Second War O.B.E., Great War ‘Battle of Vimy Ridge’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. G. Bird, Royal Canadian Engineers, who was twice wounded in action The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (A. Major F. G. Bird.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, the reverse engraved ‘Lt.-Col. F. G. Bird. M.C.’, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, the BWM and WM on the incorrect ribands, gilding somewhat rubbed on ED, otherwise good very fine (7) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. M.C. London Gazette 17 April 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He successfully demolished fifty yards of the enemy's wire, thereby enabling a raiding party to enter the enemy's trenches. Later, although severely wounded, he continued to carry on his work.’ Frederick George Bird was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 10 December 1892, and was a civil engineer by profession. Following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Canadian Engineers on 28 February 1916, and served with the 10th Company, Canadian Engineers during the Great Wear on the Western Front from 10 August 1916, being wounded by shrapnel to the right leg on 9 November 1916, and again by gun shot to the right thigh at Vimy Ridge on 12 February 1917; it was for his gallantry on the latter occasion that he was awarded the Military Cross. He was promoted Acting Major on 7 April 1919. Bird was awarded the Efficiency Decoration per General Order 240 of 1940, and saw further service with the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Second World War in both Canada and the United Kingdom He died in Ottawa on 2 March 1966.

An interesting post-War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Constable H. Ward, Eastbourne Borough Police, late Royal Horse Guards, ‘The Downs Ranger’, who patrolled on horseback above Beachy Head, South Downs, from 1953 to 1966 British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Harry Ward); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Harry Ward); Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1955, with integral top riband bar, court mounted for display, very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Harry Ward was born in Darwen, Lancashire in 1912. He attested, aged 16, into the Royal Horse Guards as a Trooper in 1928, being discharged in 1936 afterwards joining Eastbourne Borough Police on 22 August 1936. Recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of the Second World War, he rejoined his old regiment and was on an Officer’s training course in Lille, France when orders were received to evacuate to Dunkirk. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 2 August 1942, he served with the Coastal Artillery Regiment at Dover and Deal. By 1945 he had transferred into the Royal Military Police and was serving with the Special Investigation Branch, where he was advanced Major before his discharge in 1946. Returning to Eastbourne Borough Police, he served as a Captain in the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch of the Army Emergency Reserve and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1955. Advanced Major in 1959, he had been appointed ‘Downs Ranger’ on 16 November 1953, where his duties included patrolling Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, and the surrounding 5,000 acres of the South Downs on horseback. In the course of his work carrying out numerous cliff top rescues from the infamous suicide drop, he developed a special stretcher for the recovery of remains from the cliff and received many testimonials from the RSPCA for his work involved in the rescue of dogs. Awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1964 New Year’s Honours’ List, an interview of the recipient discussing his work on cliff rescues appears in the British Pathe news archive. Retiring after 30 years’ service on 21 August 1966, he became an Ambulance Driver before his death in 1974. Sold with a large amount of very detailed research, Soldier’s Service Book, original and copy photographs and a composite copy of a Bronze Plaque erected in his honour, the original of which is sited at Beachy Head, Sussex, from where he conducted many rescues and recoveries.

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. G. Row, Royal Air Force, who served as Mayor of Dartmouth during the Second World War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue, in outer card box; British War and Victory Medals (213398 Sgt. W. G. Rowe [sic]. R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Supr. W. G. Row.) mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 12 June 1947: Alderman William George Row, J.P. ‘For public services in Dartmouth.’ William George Row was born in Dartmouth in 1880. Employed in his family-run building business he was engaged in the Royal Navy for the duration of the War from 28 April 1916 as First Class Air Mechanic, Royal Naval Air Service. Serving in the Mediterranean he transferred to the newly formed Royal Air Force as Corporal Mechanic in April 1918, he was discharged on 30 April 1920. Elected to Dartmouth Town Council in 1931 and elected Alderman in 1938 he served as Mayor of Dartmouth from 1939 to 1945. As Mayor he greeted their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Dartmouth on 8 May 1942. He is reported as assisting with digging to rescue survivors following the bombing of Dartmouth on 13 February 1943 and later being instrumental in leading the fight to save Butterwalk, Dartmouth (even today well known and a much appreciated historic building) following war damage. Contemporary newspaper reports record that the award of his M.B.E. was in recognition of his wartime service as Mayor of Dartmouth. He retired from Dartmouth Town Council in 1965 and from Devon County Council in 1967. He died on 23 February 1968 aged 87. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and extensive copied research including a copy of ‘Memories of War’ published by Dartmouth History Research Group Paper 16 Note: As the wartime Mayor of Dartmouth it may be assumed he was privy to much secret and highly sensitive information regarding the activities of the Free French Units operating at the time from the river Dart at Kingswear and Dartmouth.

William G Nutland (British Military 20th century): Nuclear War Town Exit Plan Map: Civil Defence and Government Continuity in the Event of a Nuclear Attack on the UK, mid-20th century printed twenty-four sectional map with hand-colouring based upon the OS maps with sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office, circa 1950s or 1960s as part of a contingency during the Cold War 72cm x 100cm (unframed)

A RARE 26 BORE CIVIL WAR ENGLISH LOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1645 with tapering barrel formed in two stages, octagonal then polygonal and with chiselled girdle, short tang, flat stepped bevelled lock retained by three side-nails (the point of the step missing), fitted with horizontally-acting sear, internal steel-spring, and dog-catch behind the cock, the outer surfaces engraved with strawberry foliage, full rosewood stock (fore-end tip replaced) carved with a raised moulding involving an ear of wheat behind the barrel tang, flattened butt, iron mounts, comprising engraved pommel cap (later), trigger-guard with scrolling terminals (one small repair), a single ramrod-pipe and later iron- tipped ramrod, 55.2 cm overall ProvenanceThe Penruddocke family, Compton ChamberlayneGeorge Cross Esq.William Keith Neal, sold Christie’s 25th October 2010, lot 230An Important English Private Collection LiteratureJohn Cooper, An English Holster Pistol of Commonwealth Date, in, The Park Lane Arms Fair 2006, pp. 73-74, no. 30.Brain Godwin, David Oliver, Martin Pegler and Robert C. Woosman Savage, Early English Firearms, A Loan Exhibition from the Royal Armouries and Private Collections, in The Park Lane Arms Fair 2003, p. 15, no. 12 The accompanying note reads: ‘This English holster pistol dating from 1645-50 belonged to the Penruddock family and was sold from the family weapons preserved at Compton Chamberlayne by George Cross Esq., who purchased the house and contents from the Penruddock family. There can be no doubt that this pistol belonged to Colonel John Penruddocke born 1619 and beheaded at Exeter 16th May 1655 for his participation in an insurrection against Oliver Cromwell, who had then usurped the Government. I purchased this pistol at Christies when George Cross sent the arms for sale about 1955. Amongst the many firearms preserved at Compton Chamberlayne, this was the only pistol dating from this period. Signed W. Keith Neal. ‘ For further pistols of this type see Cooper 1993, pp. 164-167 and 197-207.

Britains American Civil War soldiers, post war, boxed 2056 Union Cavalry with three troopers and Officer, six mounted Confederates, Confederate and union infantry with flag bearer, (condition generally good, one Union figure lacks arm and one rifle end missing), boxed 2058 Confederate Artillery (standing figure lacks arm, box good), (22 figures).

Britains boxed and loose modern issues, boxed includes Premier 41030 wounded man carried by Sergeant and British soldier helping German, 8911 Vickers Maxim machine gun and two gunners, 41023 Walking Cyclist, Sergeant of the Dorset Yeomanry, Britains WWI 23060 hanging on the Barbed wire, 40408 Nepoleon, collector club 1998/99 soldier, Britains 8707 Tumbrel cart, (all mint boxed) together with Britains Charlie Briggs WWI over the top scene and a selection of loose figure set, further WWII and civil war matt painted figures and a boxed RP World models RAF Dispached rider, (lot).

Collection of Britains guns, Bren Carriers, plastic Deetail and more, including a boxed Britains 1876 Bren Gun carrier with crew (condition excellent box good), selection of various guns including boxed 9705 25 pounder Howitzer, motorcyclist with gunner side car, embellishment to drivers face, selection of Deetail figures including American Civil war, 7th Cavalry, Cowboys and others, (lot).

Rare Second World War Third Reich German Kreigsmarine photograph album "Fur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit auf "Kreuzer Koln" 1938-1940, Koln im kreig und frieden!" - In rememberance for my service on the cruiser Cologne in war and in piece 1938-40. With scenes of Kreigsmarine loading troops for invasion of Norway (Operation Weserubung) 9th April 1940, Scenes of the norwegian Fjords, Artillery bombardments of Bergen, Hardanger Fjord 10th May 1940, photographs of the funeral of Mtr.Ob.Gef.Siegmund, Muller and Sign. Gefr. Lemm. Photographs of Kptzs Ernst Kratzenberg, Admiral Karl Donitz, and Admiral Gunther Lutjens. Military Hospital scenes, Photographs of Adolf Hitler in Kiel and on the Admiral Graf Spee. To also inlude photographs of ship abroad prewar in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and Portugal and Algeria. Photographs of Kreuzer Koln in Kiel in the winter of 1939-40 and referbishing the ship, paining the hull. Lot to also include a framed interwar photograph of Kreuzer Koln 1936

WW2 BRITISH RED CROSS NURSES BADGES AND INSIGNIA, ATTRIBUTED. A collection of attributed British Red Cross Society Nurses badges and insignia including, British Red Cross Society Proficiency in First Aid badge number 011117, named to 'A.R. Vaulkhard', in original box of issue, BRCS Proficiency in Nursing badge number 35465, named to 'A.R. Vaulkhard', in original box of issue, BRCS Merit Badge number 11262, named to 'A.R. Vaulkner, in original box of issue, BRCS 3Year Service Badge number 18105 with clasp for a further 3 years, with matching numbered certificate to Mrs 'A.R.Vaulkhard', dated 9/6/1942,in original box of issue, a BRCS voucher for Proficiency in First Aid to the injured dated 2/11/1940 to Mrs Audrey R. Vaulkhard, BRCS cap badge in gilt metal and enamel, prongs to the reverse, a pair of Red Cross Nottingham brass shoulder titles, BRCS gilt and enamel shoulder rank star insignia, Civil Nursing Reserve lapel badge with accompanying Civil Defence Act authorisation slip, BRCS lapel badges, Red Cross & St Johns War Organisation lapel badge, white/red cash's tape length of service stripes (with three sewn on to a piece of blue/grey cotton, presumably a piece of nurses uniform) smaller blue/red cash's tape proficiency stripes, a silver ARP badge, London 1938, etc, (qty).

The Jangle Of The Keys by Margaret Buckley, Scarce Female Account of Civil War, 1922 - 23 Buckley (Margaret) The Jangle of the Keys, With a Preface by Mary Mc Swiney. D. 1938. Sole Edn., pict. d.w. (worn). V. Scarce. (1) * Mrs. Buckley, from Cork was a friend of the Mac Swineys & Mac Curtins, and she became active in Nationalist circles. She opposed the Treaty, was imprisoned in Mountjoy, Kilmainham & the N. Dublin Union internment camp.

MacArdle, The Irish Republic, 1951; Alison Phillips, W. The Revolution In Ireland 1906-1923, 1926; Lyons, F.S.L. The Fall Of Parnell 1890-91, 1960; and Younger, Carlton. Ireland's Civil War, 1968 (4)

[Ernie O’Malley set] ‘No Surrender Here!’ The Civil War Papers of Ernie O'Malley 1922-1924. 2007 and Broken Landscapes. Letters of Ernie O'Malley 1924-1957. 2011. 2 large format books in djs. Fine set

America Silver Coins, including 2 x 1922 (one holed) & 1923 Silver Peace Dollars, 1925 Lexington - Concord Sesquicentennial commemorative Half Dollar, 1951 & 1963 Silver Franklin Half Dollars, 1995 Silver Civil War Battlefield Preservation Dollar with two Commemorative Cupronickel Half Dollars.

Five framed sets of Wild West collectors cards and an American civil war cannon model.

A US civil war soldier statue.

A resin Civil War chess set, sculpted by George Pitman-Hooker, with guarantee, king 15cm high.

A replica American civil war carbine rifle and a cased banjolele.

Royal Observer Corps medal group with First World War WW1 BWM and Victory Medal to F.27668 C.A. Lakin A.M.2 R.N., Second World War Defence Medal, 1953 Coronation Medal both un-named as issued and Royal Observer Corps Medal to Observer Commander C.A. Lakin extremely fine. With swing mounted group of 6 miniatures which also includes MBE (Civil).Charles Alfred Lakin’s MBE was announced in the London Gazette dated 10th June 1944 as Group Commandant, R.O.C. With a machine turned 212g silver cigarette case engraved on inside To “The Skipper” From the Officers & Secretary Group V Head-Quarters Royal Observer Corps with range of signatures below.With a second machine turned 178g silver cigarette case engraved on inside “Presented by the Members of the Erdington Club to Mr Alfred Lakin on the Occasion of his Diamond Wedding 1898-1958”. With small range of military buttons and badges.

Case of ground-recovered relics from The Civil War, dug from Southern Battlefields & Campsites. To include; Union 3 Ring Minie, Sharps Carbine, Shell Plug, Harness Part, Cannon Primer, Pants Button, Colonial Button & 58. Cal. Ball.

Approximately 150+ Avengers comics to include issues number 8, 54, 74 and titles also included are Secret Avengers, Avengers No Surrender, The Next Generation of Avengers, Civil War II, Dark Avengers, Uncanny Avengers, The Initiative Avengers, Dark Reign Avengers, Standoff, The New Avengers and more.

A Deane & Adams American Sharps Rifle Company brass advertising door plate. Circa 1860, 25.3cm x 9.7cm.Sharps Rifle Company ran from 1851 to 1881 and produced over 100,000 rifles for the Union army during the American Civil War designing a range of sporting guns and cartridges until they succumbed to bankruptcy in 1881.

American Civil War period U.S. sergeants' sword with brass regulation hilt, fullered tapering blade by Ames MFC. Co. Chipopee, Mass. dated 1865.

Group of twenty seven Second World War era badges to include Home Guard, Imperial Service and Civil Defence (27).

Funko Pop vinyl Bobble-Head - a group of four larger boxes comprising Alice in Wonderland, Alice Kingsleigh, Chessur and Time # 3 pack, Game of Thrones, Iron Throne # 38, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thanos # 78 and Marvel Civil War, Giant-Man # 135, all appear mint in original window boxes (this does not constitute a guarantee) [b]

Timpo - Britians - A mixed assortment of figures to include America Civil war figures; Confederate Army and Union Army with some accessories. Also includes a selection of Cowboys and Indians figures; some painted. Items appear to be in mostly very good-excellent condition but some have damages / loose parts. Item not checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG

Sandford (Francis) The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II... and His Royal Consort Queen Mary, first edition, imprimatur f. signed Norfolke & Marshall, title in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms, engraved head-pieces, initials, text illustrations and 30 engraved plates by William Sherwin and others, all but one double-page and mounted on stubs, the first foxed at edges, occasional light off-setting or foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt with central arms to covers within ruled border, rebacked, rubbed, g.e., [Wing S652], folio, by Thomas Newcomb, 1687.*** Magnificent record of James II's lavish coronation which set the model for subsequent coronations.Provenance: from the Bridgeman family, Baronets of Great Lever [engraved arms stuck down to title verso; arms to covers]. This book presumably belonged to Sir John Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet (1631-1710) whose father Sir Orlando, 1st Baronet (1606-74) had been a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War and was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1667-72. 

Soyer (Alexis) Soyer’s Culinary Campaign. Being Historical Reminiscences of the late War. With the plain cookery for military, civil, institutions, The Army, Navy, Public, etc., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, wood-engraved additional pictorial title depicting a scene from a field kitchen and 7 plates of field and military hospital kitchens and Florence Nightingale at a wounded soldier’s bedside, 2pp. wood-engraved illustrated advertisement at end for Soyer’s ‘Sultana’s Sauce’ distributed by Crosse and Blackwell, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.444; Cagle 1008; Simon BG 1408], G. Routledge & Co., 1857; and 5 others, later editions of Soyer, including one from the Schraemli collection, v.s. (6) *** 'Soyer's account of conditions in the Crimea is second to none. Finding the soldiery too under-nourished to withstand disease, let alone battle, he set out to transform army supply, diet, cookery, kitchen equipment and hospital supplies with verve and genius, effecting what was to be a revolution in institutional catering. Florence Nightingale, never given to praise, wrote that without him her work would have been in vain.' (John Lyle).

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The American Civil War, plates, modern red morocco, 5 raised spine bands, 8vo, 1961.

U.H.R. Broughton: 'The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries', London, Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925, limited edition (187/300), 80 plates complete (40 colour & 40 monochrome), large 4to, full morocco gilt, top edge gilt; plus 'Index to Military Costume Prints 1500-1914', Army Museums Ogilby Trust, 1972, colour frontis + 50 half tone illustrations, original cloth, dust wrapper; together with R.S. Lanier et al: 'The Photographic History of the Civil War', The Blue & Grey Press, 1987, 5 volumes, profusely illustrated from photographs, original two tone boards gilt, dust wrappers, original slipcase (7)

Angus McBride ENGLISH CIVIL WAR MOUNTED AND ARMED SOLDIERS Signed watercolour, 33 x 46cm, original for book illustration Soldiers of the English Civil War by J Tincey and three other book illustrations by the same hand, (4).

A Westair reproduction George IV sovereign, together with a reproduction Victorian five pound, an Elizabeth II St Helena Ascension 50 Pence, Churchill Commemorative Crown and set of civil War reproduction coin 

COLLECTION OF VINTAGE A & BC BUBBLEGUM CARDS, Civil war examples and furtherOthers include James Bond Thunderball, "you'll die laughing", "war bulletin" and thunderbirds

A Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Star and neck badge, KCB (Civil), un-named, as issued, cased with a War medal, Coronation medal and miniatures Provenance: On Instructions of the Family: Medals and Militaria from the Estate of a West Country Collector

Civil War gun belt and a brass map measurer

British Army MkV tin helmet, dated 1985; British army combat helmet Mk6, dated 1986 with camo cover; West German Civil Defence post war fibre helmet in blue finish, marked 'Bund ZB'. (3)

REPLICA ENGLISH CIVIL WAR TYPE HELMET, with part upturned brim and adjustable nose guard

A WW2 MEDAL GROUP DOCUMETNS AND PHOTOALBUMS OF AJN HOLMAN YINDRICH, WAR CORRESPONDANT, medal group 1939-45 star, Africa star, Italy star, France and German star and war medal. Paperwork of Spanish civil war and Tobruk interest, passports, allied forces permit etc.

A REPLICA ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SWORD, with basket hilt, engraved 'Cromwell' to the blade, (no scabbard), L 102 cm

AN 1840 PATTERN W. WALSCHEID SOLINGEN CAVALRY SABRE, (of the type imported to America and in use during the American civil war)