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Lot 1228
A particularly fine Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant (E.) R. J. A. Bunce, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Chief Motor Mechanic in the 50th M.G.B. Flotilla Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.C.M.M. R. J. A. Bunce, P/MX. 98931); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ty. Sub. Lieut. (E.) R. Bunce, R.N.V.R.), mounted as worn, together with his wartime identity disc, good very fine or better (6) £1400-1600 D.S.M. London Gazette 9 May 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Acting Chief Motor Mechanic Bunce has consistently shown skill and devotion to duty of a high order. On the night of 3 August 1943, when in M.G.B. 604 under my command, the boat was rammed in the engine room. Bunce worked up to his waist in oil and water, with the engine room full of wreckage and steam, and kept one partly submerged engine running for six hours and 33 minutes. He repeatedly dived below the engine, at great risk of being caught in the turning shafts, and was eventually successful in cutting the water inlet suction pipe so that the engine drew water out of the bilges. During the action on the night of 24-25 October 1943, the lights failed in the plotting house, on the bridge, and down the whole port side of the ship [M.G.B. 609], due to a sudden short. He effected emergency repairs under difficulty in 30 seconds, thus materially assisting in the continuation of the action.’ Robert Joseph Arthur Bunce was born in Tooting, London in July 1915 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in March 1936. A Signalman serving aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Ceres on the outbreak of hostilities, he came ashore in October 1940 to take up successive appointments in the naval bases Lanka in Ceylon and Sheba in Aden, following which he returned to the U.K. in June 1941. Thereafter, as verified by his service record, he was ‘discharged to R.N. engagement’, and by May 1942 was serving as an Acting Chief Motor Mechanic at the Portland Coastal Forces’ base Attack - here then the commencement of his long association with M.G.Bs. Moving to the Lowestoft base Mantis in June 1942, where he was recommended for a decoration for services in M.G.B. 21 that September, Bunce remained similarly employed until removing to the 50th M.G.B. Flotilla, operating out of Midge at Great Yarmouth, in May 1943. And it was in the course of this latter appointment, for gallant service in M.G.Bs 604 - when rammed and flooded - and 609, that he won his D.S.M. An indication of the importance of the actions fought by M.G.B. 609 and her consorts on the night of 24-25 October 1943 is to be found in the London Gazette of 15 October 1948, for therein was published a full account of the night’s proceedings, via Admiral of the Fleet Jack Tovey’s original despatch of 18 November 1943 - one of just four epic Coastal Forces’ actions chosen for post-war publication to represent the many daring feats and sacrifices made by that gallant body of men in the ‘Battle of the Narrow Seas ‘, and beyond. In it, Tovey describes a series of ferocious firefights with around 30 E-boats, at least two of which failed to return to base. As part of the 50th Flotilla, operating out of Midge at Great Yarmouth, M.G.Bs 609 and 610 formed ‘Unit R ‘that night, the former commanded by Lieutenant P. N. ‘Pat ‘Edge, R.N.V.R., with Bunce aboard, and the latter by Lieutenant W. ‘Bob ‘Harrop, R.N.V.R. - both officers shortly to be D.S.Cs. One and all were in for a busy night, but by dawn the two ‘Dogboats ‘had contributed towards a significant turning point in Coastal Forces’ fortunes, the whole by means of highly skilled radar work and disciplined gunnery - and cold blooded courage of a high order. In summary of 609’s and 610’s engagements that night, Tovey stated in his famous ‘Coastal Forces Despatch ‘: ‘Unit R - M.G.Bs 609 and 610 - moved up to their northerly position at about 0100, and obtained hydrophone contact and then radar contact even before they were alerted by shore radar. From 0100 to 0141 Unit R stalked the enemy, keeping between him and the convoy. As soon as the enemy showed signs of closing the convoy, Unit R attacked, twice forcing him to withdraw to the eastward, the second time for good. The second boat in the line, on which 609 and 610 concentrated their fire, was undoubtedly hit hard and forced to leave the line. This group of E-Boats was the only one to operate north of 57F buoy, east of Sheringham .. the Senior Officer of this unit, Lieutenant P. Edge, showed a quick and sound appreciation of the C.-in-C’s object in fleeting the unit, i.e., the defence of the northbound convoy, and throughout handled his unit with tactical ability of a high order. Skilful use of radar gave him an exact picture of the enemy’s movements and enabled him to go into action at a moment of his own choosing. The moment he chose was entirely correct and there is no doubt that this well fought action saved the convoy from being located and attacked.’ Bunce remained actively employed in 609 until May 1944, when he removed to M.T.B. 734, in which boat he served off Normandy prior to coming ashore in mid-July. Having then been commissioned as a Temporary Sub. Lieutenant (E.), he would appear to have ended his war with an appointment in the frigate Grindall. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including Admiralty letter of notification for the award of the recipient’s D.S.M., dated 11 May 1944, and related Buckingham Palace forwarding letter in the name of ‘Sub. Lieutenant (E.) R. J. A. Bunce, D.S.M., R.N.V.R.’; official letters regarding the award of his L.S. & G.C. Medal, dated in March and May 1949; his R.N. and R.N.V.R. Certificates of Service and Signal History Sheet; a Sea Cadet Corps letter confirming his advancement to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant; and an interesting selection of wartime photographs (approximately 10), including M.G.B. crew line-up and scenes of the U-532 arriving at Liverpool on 17 May 1945.
Lot 126
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lieut. P. S. Watson, R.N. H.M.S. Sappho) officially engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £220-260 Philip Shepard Watson was born in Southsea, Hampshire in 1870. Educated at Stubbington House Boarding School in Tichfield, Hampshire, he joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 15 January 1882. He was appointed a Midshipman on the Tourmaline in August 1886; Sub-Lieutenant on the Australia in November 1890, and Lieutenant on the Daphne in February 1892. He retired with the rank of Commander on 28 August 1909. With the onset of war he was recalled for service and served throughout on the Impregnable, the Boys Training Establishment at Devonport. He reverted to the Retired List in October 1919; he died in early 1937. Sold with copied roll extract and service details.
Lot 479
DEAN AMADON: THE HAWAIIAN HONEY CREEPERS, American Museum of Natural History, 1950, 4to, orig wraps + LAURENT YEATMAN: ATLAS DES OISEAUX NICHEUR DE FRANCE DE 1970 A 1975, Paris, 1976, orig wraps + S CHARLES KEDNEIGH: TERRITORIAL AND MATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE HOUSE WREN, University of Illinois Press, 1941, orig wraps + STUART KEITH, C W BENSON AND M P STUART IRWIN: THE GENUS SAROTHRURA, American Museum of Natural History, 1970, 4to, orig wraps + JEAN M LINSDALE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAGPIES, Berkeley California, Cooper Ornithological Club, 1937, orig wraps + CARL E BOCK: THE ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE LEWIS WOODPECKER, University of California Press, 1970, orig wraps, + RUSSELL MUMFORD: THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE ACADIAN FLY CATCHER, University of Michigan, 1964, orig wraps + A J HOGAN-WARBURG: SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE RUFF, Leiden, 1966, orig wraps, + THOMAS R HOWELL: BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE EGYPTIAN PLOVER, University of California Press, 1979, orig wraps, (9)
Lot 112
Bisque socket head dolls house doll with fixed blue eyes, original wig and composition body wearing cream dress and bonnet, 11cms seated on a curled metal chair; red woollen woven and metal mounted dolls house table and two chairs; miniature bisque head doll with painted face, bisque hands and lower legs wearing a kid leather jacket and black skirt, 11cms; French miniature bisque head socket doll impressed 301 with painted face, brown wig and composition body wearing a black dress, 13cms; miniature composition head doll with painted face, composition arms and legs and later clothing, 16cms.
Lot 427
A small all bisque dolls house doll dressed as a maid, 9.5cms long c.1930's, a bisque black baby dolls house doll, another baby doll and a selection of dolls house items including metal electric fire, kitchen pans, glass decanter, diecast telephone and other similar items (a lot) mainly c.1930's
Lot 627
THE MEDALS, UNIFORM AND FULL HISTORY OF Sgt F A Jones 4/2 Battalion 1942 - 1946 The Cameron Highlanders, includes War Medal and Star, Italy Star and Defence Medal (ribbons are our replacements) together with miniatures. 1940 Pattern BD Blouse badged to 6th Armoured Division together with Balmoral Bonnet complete with original Badge and Tartan backing. Divisional Badge/Tartan Epaulettes to both 6th & 4th Indian Division together with photos, release book, pay book, dog tags etc. Sgt Jones was in action in Italy with the 4th Indian Division until wounded near Cassino. He has compiled his full service history and diary into an illustrated booklet which comes with the lot. An extract:- ".....a voice declared "Englander". I opened fire through the door and commotion and shouts came through the door. I changed magazines and gave another burst, trying for the lock. I still couldn't get in the door and went back to the side of the house to consult McLaren, who was still holding the two prisoners. Suddenly a figure appeared, having jumped from an upstairs window. As he landed, he opened fire at the same time as I did. He hit me in the thigh and I dropped to the ground. I killed him, but not before he had hit Jimmy McLaren in the body, who also fell to the ground. He also hit one of his own men. Lt. Ellis with the rest of the Platoon then appeared, and eventually blew in the door with a 36 grenade. This ended the attack on the farmhouse" Now in his late 80's, Mr Jones lives in Somerset
Lot 110
An interesting collection of over 100 loose postcards including 2 WWI embroidered silks cards - ASC badge and flag with insert; humour by Cecil Aldin; Gran Pop; rp's Dunstan Square, Allendale, Clapham Common, Lonsdale House with patients and nurses; set of cards of Clayesmore School Winchester; greetings cards and others, c.1904 - 1930's and a 19th Century photographic portrait of a man in original case ++mixed
Lot 248
Jakob Bogdani (Hungarian 1660-1724) An Albatross, ducks, jay and wildfowl in a garden setting oil on canvas 39 x 47.5in (99 x 121cm). * Provenance - This picture has been in the ownership of the same family for several generations. It hung in the family house at Gore Court in the village of Ortham which is on the eastern border of Maidstone. The Kirkwood family sold Gore Court in the 1990's and then the picture was moved to Newbridge House in Bath. * Jacob Bogdani was born in a town called Eperjes in Hungary. Little is known about his early life before moving to London, where he became a respected artist. He was painting in Amsterdam in his early 20s. The Netherlands region had a strong tradition of attracting artists from around Europe. Whilst in Holland, Bogdani received tuition and worked with the German artist Ernest Stuven (1660-1712 ). Still Life painting was very popular at this time and Bogdani is known to have painted works depicting fruit and flowers during this period. Bogdani moved to London circa 1688 to join fellow Hungarian artists working in the capital. There is a record of him being contracted to decorate a room at Hampton Court in conjunction with master woodcarver Grinling Gibbons, for The King and Queen Mary. Queen Anne later became a patron of Bogdani as well as The Duke of Malborough's younger brother Admiral George Churchill, who at that time owned The Lodge in the little park at Windsor. The Admiral collected many species of exotic birds during his various campaigns around the world. The Lodge became well known as the finest privately owned aviary in Great Britain. Bogdani is known to have painted a number of canvases of the birds within this garden setting and the Admiral purchased many of these detailed and outstanding works of art. Other patrons who commissioned and purchased similar paintings of birds within the park include The Duke of Devonshire, Edward Harley, The 2nd Earl of Oxford and Sir Robert Walpole. During this time Jacob Bogdani established himself as the finest and most highly respected bird artist of his time. Very few of his works remain in private ownership, seldom appearing on the open market. * Collections: The British Royal Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, The National Gallery of Hungary, Budapest and The Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven.
Lot 46
a Pair of Royal Crown Derby Bone China Figures of the Mansion House Dwarfs, 20th century, the pot-bellied characters in their traditional garb, in bright enamel colours and gilt, red printed crown and interlaced "D" marks and "XLV" and "XLVI", each signed "S Kinsey", 17.5cm and 16cm high respectively, in the original protective boxes
Lot 932
Five: Staff Sergeant R. Dove, Royal Tank Regiment, late Special Air Service u.N. Korea; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, E.II.R. (22122080 Tpr., S.A.S.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (22122080 S. Sgt., R.T.R.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22122080 Sgt., R.T.R.), good very fine or better (5) £1800-2200 roy Dove was called up for National Service in March 1949 and served for 18 months in 7 Royal Tank Regiment, following which he joined the County of London Yeomanry (Territorials) before enlisting in 5 Royal Tank Regiment in 1952. And it was whilst employed as an M.T. driver in the latter unit in Korea that he volunteered for 22 Special Air Service, passing his parachute and selection courses in Singapore before being posted to ‘A’ Squadron, S.A.S. in Malaya. He was subsequently employed in ‘Operation Termite’, participating in several deep penetration patrols into the jungle, more often than not via parachute from Valettas, or helicopters, a pioneering technique known to the S.A.S. as ‘Tree-hopping’. having then been demobilised from 22 S.A.S. in 1957, he re-enlisted into 2 Royal Tank Regiment in 1960, and served in Libya, Cyprus and Germany, until, in 1965, he was appointed House Sergeant to Major-General Ward, the C.O. of 1 Division, H.Q. & Signals. On Ward’s departure, he remained employed in a similar capacity to General Alan Taylor, later Deputy Commander of U.K. Land Forces, while in 1976, he joined 1 Royal Tank Regiment and served as Officer’s Mess Steward until his retirement - his C.O. then noting that he was ‘the most be-medalled soldier in the Regiment (I’ll be glad to see him go!)’. He added, too, ‘having served in the S.A.S. myself, I probably understand Roy Dove better than anyone else in the Regiment - he’s nuts!’ £1800-£2200
Lot 974
Pair: Captain K. S. Howard, Sherwood Foresters, who was killed in action, 6 October 1918 british War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (2) £160-200 Kenneth Salway Howard was born in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire on14 December 1879. He was educated at Gorsebrook House, Bushbury; Wolverhampton Grammar School, Haverford West and Durham University. After leaving University he became an Assistant Master at the Royal School, Armagh, Northern Ireland and then a Superintendent of the Irish Intermediate Education Board. in August 1914 he was serving in camp at Kempton Park, Sunbury as a Private in ‘A’ Company of the 79th Public Schools Battalion, 16th Middlesex Regiment. With the onset of war he volunteered for the Army and on 19 August 1914 applied for a commission. He was attested on 5 September 1914 and continued to serve in the Public Schools Battalion. On 17 May 1915 he was commissioned into the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Sherwood Foresters. he served at home until 1 September 1918 when he joined the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters in France. On the night of 6/7 October during the 2nd Battle of Arras, the Germans launched a counter attack on the Rouvroy Fresnes Line at Oppi. In a fierce fight the counter attack was repulsed but Captain Kenneth Salway Howard was killed. He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery. Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c., a modern photograph of his grave and other research. £160-£200
Lot 1214
Three: Lieutenant C. H. C. Burrows, Royal Engineers british War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-200 M.I.D. London Gazette 21 May 1920. ‘... for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Kurdistan and Persia. Dated 17th January , 1920’. ‘Royal Engineers, attd. S.& M., I.A.’ Charles Henry Claud Burrows was the son of Colonel E. A. Burrows, R.A., C.M.G. Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy. Appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, he served with the B.E.F., 1916-18, and with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, 1918; retiring in 1920 and living at The Manor House, Long Credon, Thame. sold with some copied research. for his father’s miniature dress medals, see Lot 703. £160-£200
Lot 1399
A fine Second World War North-West Europe operations C.B.E., Great War M.C. group of twelve awarded to Brigadier W. A. S. Turner, Royal Artillery: having seen almost four years of continuous active service in the 1914-18 War, he was gassed and evacuated with shell-shock, but rose to senior rank in the 1939-45 War as Deputy Chief of Public Relations at S.H.A.E.F., when he was credited with master-minding the success of the Allied Film and Photographic Sections in North-West Europe 1944-45 the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Major W. A. S. Turner, R.H.A., 3rd June 1918’; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these four privately engraved, ‘Brig. W. A. S. Turner’; U.S.A., Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamels, the reverse engraved, ‘W. A. S. Turner’; French Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamels; French Croix de Guerre 1939, with palm, mounted court-style as worn, in Spink & Son Ltd. leather box, the lid gilt inscribed, ‘Brig. W. A. S. Turner’, very fine and better (12) £1800-2200 c.B.E. London Gazette 2 August 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Since its inception, Brigadier Turner has served as senior British representative in the Public Relations Division, S.H.A.E.F., first as Assistant Chief and then as Deputy Chief of the Division. In addition to his general Public Relations duties Brigadier Turner has had particular charge of the Film and Photographic Section. brigadier Turner’s work has throughout been of a very high order of excellence. Not only has he been outstandingly successful in maintaining harmony among all sorts and conditions of British correspondents but he has managed over a long period to compose the many and varied international differences inevitable in a Public Relations organisation of the nature of that set up for the recent campaign in North-West Europe. his untiring efforts and unfailing imperturbability have earned the respect of all with whom he has come in contact. The undoubted success of the Public Relations aspect of the operations can be attributed in large measure to Brigadier Turner’s devoted efforts.’ M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918. american Legion of Merit London Gazette 8 November 1945. The White House citation, signed by Harry Truman, states: ‘Brigadier W. A. S. Turner, British Army, served from May 1944 to May 1946 as Assistant to the Director, and later as Deputy Director of the Public Relations Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. He was instrumental in the preliminary planning for Public Relations activities in the invasion of North-West France and later organised and supervised the operation of film and photographic coverage of the campaigns in Western Europe. Through his tact, ingenuity and meticulous spirit of abnegation, he played an exemplary role in composing the many nationalistic difficulties in the allocation of war correspondents to ensure proportional representation and the establishment of equitable quotas throughout operations on the Continent. He contributed immeasurably to the efficient operations of the Public Relations Division and to the successful conclusion of the war against Germany.’ French Legion of Honour 30 October 1945 (Register No. 53003 refers). william Arthur Scales Turner was born in January 1890, the son of William Henry Turner of Leicestershire, and was educated at the Leys School and Trinity College, Cambridge. commissioned in the Royal Artillery in December 1911, he went out to France on 7 August 1914, where he served in ‘I’ Battery, R.H.A. until transferring to 2/’A’ Battery, H.A.C. at Langemarck in November 1917. Gassed during a heavy enemy bombardment near Loos on 6 April 1918, he was evacuated with three officers and 60 other ranks, but he returned to duty in the following month, when he resumed command of the Battery as an Acting Major near Mazingarbe. But the effects of almost four years continuous active service were beginning to surface, and a few weeks later he was invalided home suffering from shell-shock. He was awarded the M.C., his unit’s history stating that it was ‘difficult adequately to express the admiration of all ranks of the Battery, and indeed of the Brigade, for this officer.’ Between the wars, Turner held a succession of staff appointments, was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General in February 1935 and was placed on the Retired List as a full Colonel in 1937. Quickly re-employed at the Public Relations Department of the War Office, he was appointed a Deputy Director in 1941, and served in a similar capacity at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force 1943-45, work that was rewarded with a C.B.E., American Legion of Merit and French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre in 1945, following the successful conclusion of the North-West Europe operations. sold with original certificate of award and White House citation for the recipient’s Legion of Merit, both signed by Harry Truman, and the warrant for his Legion of Merit, dated at Paris on 30 October 1945. £1800-£2200
Lot 737
The Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Medal awarded to Tom Harrison, Explorer, Anthropologist, Archeologist and wartime Guerilla Leader royal Geographical Society, Founder’s Medal, by W. Wyon, obv. head of William IV right, rev. Britannia standing holding scroll and laurel wreath, with a globe and sextant at her feet (Tom Harrison, 1962), 54mm., gold, 98.37g., ref. Eimer 1229; B.H.M. 1467, minor scratch marks, nearly extremely fine £1500-2000 the R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, awarded annually since 1839, is given for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery. thomas Harnett (Tom) Harrison was born in Argentina in 1911, the son of Brigadier-General G. H. Harrison, C.M.G., D.S.O., of The End House, Otterbourne, Winchester. He was educated at Harrow (1925-30) and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied Ecology. A true polymath, in the course of his life he was an ornithologist, anthropologist, explorer, mass-observer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, filmmaker, conservationist and author. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he conducted ornithological and anthropological work in Lapland, the New Hebrides and Borneo, spending much of his life in the latter. He was involved in the British social research organisation ‘Mass-Observation’ (1937-47). during the Second World War he was a Major involved with British Special Operations in the Far East. His local knowledge of Borneo and Sarawak being particularly valuable. He formulated the plan to recruit Dayak headhunters as guerillas against the occupying Japanese. By the end of the war, his army of ‘headhunters’ had ‘officially’ accounted for 1,500 killed or captured Japanese. On 25 March 1945, when attached to Z Force and in command of seven other agents, he was parachuted into Borneo, landing on the high plateau occupied by the Kelabit People. For his wartime services he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1946 (London Gazette 6 March 1947, ‘For gallant and distinguished services in the South West Pacific’). His recommendation states: ‘Major Harrisson (sic) and a Services Rec. Dept. party of seven white men were inserted by parachute into the Kelabit Plateau of Central Borneo on 25 Mar. 45 to establish an intelligence network into the Br???? area of Sarawak. Nothing was known at the time of the extent of the Jap penetration or the reception likely to be given by hostile tribes which inhabit the area. Major Harrisson successfully established his party on the ground and set up a base from which the whole of Sarawak (Kuching excepted) was later penetrated. Since the date of insertion until 15 Aug. 45, the activities of Maj. Harrisson in sequence have been: 1. Denial of essential supplies of food and labour from the rich Bawang Valley to the Japanese in Tarakan and Malenau areas. 2. Blockade of escape and reinforcement sorties from Tarakan to Brunei and Southern British North Borneo ... 3. Provision of valuable pre-invasion intelligence ... 4. Prevention of the southward movement of Jap forces from British Borneo to Sarawak ... 5. Construction of an emergency landing ground in the Bawang Valley ... 6. Establishment of control both military and administrative of an area of approx. 9,000 square miles stretching from Brunei to Malinau. 7. Infliction from Mar-Aug. of the following confirmed ??? .... killed 940 PW 33 (?) Auxiliaries killed 32 Auxiliaries captured 201. The above was achieved with a final strength of 37 white personnel and 800 guerillas. His losses were 14 native soldiers killed. Major Harrisson has shown great energy, imagination and powers of leadership with great aptitude for guerilla warfare. The success of Services Reconnaissance Dept. operations into Sarawak is undoubtedly due to his ability, courage and determination. On several occasions this officer personally led his guerilla bands into attacks which inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy’. after the war he was employed as Curator of the Sarawak Museum, 1947-66. In the early 1960’s Tom and his wife Barbara, in conjunction with others, began an Orangutan rehabilitation centre at Sepilok and he pioneered the conservation of Green Turtles. In 1962 he was awarded the prestigious R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, ‘for explorations in Central Borneo’. Tom Harrison died in a road accident in Thailand in 1976. very much a ‘larger than life’ character; he was described by A. Heinmann, a U.S. diplomat as ‘a romantic polymath, a drunken bully, an original thinking iconoclast, a dreadful husband and father, a fearless adventurer, a Richard Burton of his time ...’ British broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, wrote of him, ‘Explorer, museum curator, guerilla fighter, pioneer sociologist, documentary filmmaker, anthropologist - Tom Harrison was all of these things. He was also arrogant, choleric, swashbuckling, often drunk and nearly always deliberately outrageous. In spite of these contradictions, he became a key figure in every enterprise he undertook’. for further details see his biography, The Most Offending Soul Alive, by Judith M. Heimann; his wartime actions, World Within, A Borneo Story and the B.B.C. Four documentary Tom Harrison - The Barefoot Anthropologist - narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Harrison’s published works include, ‘Savage Civilisation (1937); Living Among Cannibals (1943) and World Within, A Borneo Story (1959). Sold with some copied research. £1500-£2000
Lot 750
A group of five military presentation medallions awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. W. Malet, O.B.E., Royal Hussars u.S.A., Department of the Army, by Dondero Inc., obv. trophy-of-arms, rev. plain, undated, 76mm., bronze-gilt, in case of issue, inside with plaque, ‘Presented by General John A. Wickham, Jr, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army’; Portugal, Ecercito Portugus, obv. heraldic shield and helmet, rev. inscribed, ‘From General Jorge Salazar Braga, Chief of the Portuguese Army Staff, March 1985’, 90mm., bronze, in velvet covered case of issue; Brazil, Ecercito Brasileiro, obv. bust of Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias (1803-1880), undated, 70mm., silvered bronze, in velvet covered case of issue bearing gilt and enamel emblem of Brazil, inside of lid inscribed, ‘Exercito Brasileiro Presena Nacional’; France, Plaquette, bearing a shield marked, ‘E.M.A.T.’ and the inscription, ‘Offert par le General d’Armee Maurice Schmitt Chef d’Etat-Major de l’Armee de Terre Franaise au Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Malet, Mars 1987’, 125 x 77mm., silvered metal, in Delsart, Sens case of issue; Oriental (? Vietnam), Commemorative Bronze Medal, 1927-1987, 49mm, in case of issue, all unnamed except where stated, virtually mint state (5) £80-120 O.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1987. ‘Lieutenant Colonel, The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own)’. Recommendation states, ‘Lt Col Malet has been Head of the Army Section of the Foreign Liaison Section since November 1983. His duties cover maintaining a close liaison with all the foreign MilitaryAttaches in London, staffing their many requests for information, hosting representational functions, arranging and escorting Attache group visits to UK and BAOR Military establishments, coordinating programmes for foreign military visitors and planning, programme and escorting CGS’s inbound COS visitors. ...... Dealing with the representatives of foreign countries provides unlimited scope for disaster but he has always foreseen and therefore averted problems. He is held in extremely high regard by all the foreign representatives who value his friendship, direction and help. ....’ greville John Wyndham Malet was born on 6 December 1939, the son of Captain John Wyndham Malet (1910-40) and June Rosalind nee Broadley, and was a scion of the Malet Baronets. He was educated at Harrow and in July 1958, after serving in the ranks for 242 days, he gained a commission in the 10th Hussars. Following the regiment’s amalgamation with the 11th Hussars in 1969, he continued to serve with the Royal Hussars. He was appointed G.S.O.2 (Author) at the R.A.C. Tactical School, December 1971-January 1974 and held the rank of Acting-Major from December 1971 until promoted to that rank in December 1972. In July 1980 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; was awarded the O.B.E. in 1987 and was placed on Retired Pay in February 1990. He married in 1972, the Hon. Margaret Cherry Wigram, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Wigram, with whom he had two children. Latterly living at the Walled House, Hathertop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, he died on 5 September 2004. william Malet, the founder of the Malet family in England, was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was related by marriage to Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy. Sold with copied research. £80-£120
Lot 803
Family group: three: Private J. Stallard, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood (Nun’s Wood), Ypres, on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (7425 Pte., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7425 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (James Stallard), in card envelope three: Private J. W. Stallard, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood (Nun’s Wood), Ypres, on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8303 Pte., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8303 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) victory Medal 1914-19 (A-3584 Pte. G. S. Stallard, K.R. Rif. C.) extremely fine (8) £750-850 James Stallard was born in Hockley, Warwickshire, and living at Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted at Oxford. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood, near Ypres, on 11 November 1914, aged 28 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and on the Stantonbury Memorial. Before the war he had been a well known boxer; known amongst his comrades in India as ‘The Mad Mullah’. john William Stallard was born in Birmingham, and living at Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted at Oxford. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood, near Ypres, on 11 November 1914, aged 26 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and on the Stantonbury Memorial. He was the husband of Mrs Stallard, of 48 Grafton Street, Northampton. Before the war he had worked at Messrs. Smith, Major & Stevens, of St. James’s, Northampton. george Sydney Stallard, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Private in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 19 May 1915. Later in the year he was wounded, suffering deafness and injuries to his back and hips. Invalided to Lord Derby’s Hospital in Warrington, he was subsequently discharged because of his injuries. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. james, John William and George Sydney Stallard were the sons of James and Florence Stallard of 67 St. Mary Street, New Bradwell, Buckinghamshire. sold with framed commemorative scrolls for James and John William Stallard; copy m.i.c’s. for the three brothers; and a quantity of copied research, including extracts from The Wolverton Express. An extract from The Wolverton Express dated 16 October 1914, reprinted extracts from a letter from John William to his parents, dated 24 September. ‘I beg the finish of this war, and it is war - hell cannot be worse. It is just like waiting for death, but still, we are lucky enough to escape so far, and can safely say it is a game of luck, and trust luck will be with us to the end. .... We are not against a lot of farmers but against a nation of fighting material. One of the most touching events I have seen in this war was in Belgium, in our advance and retirement on and from Mons. .... At one large house, as we advanced on Mons, the family were just leaving, and with eyes much swollen by crying, one young girl, about 22 or 23, unable to hold herself in check, ran forward at the sight of our troops and before we were aware of her intentions, had kissed several of us on both cheeks. That sort of thing tends to touch even the hardest of hearts. The people of Belgium behaved to us splendidly. Never to my dying day shall I forget their kindness. .... the Germans ... They looted everything and everywhere; hardly a house escaped their evil work .... but as we got further, instead of household things lying about, it was the Germans themselves lying in all directions. At first it appears rather a ghastly sight - but one has to get used to more than this - things I am not allowed to speak of. .... Still, it is surprising how the boys keep up their spirits. It is beautiful to see and hear them; there is plenty of life in them. We are all the same; set faces one minute, joking and laughing the next. ... Jack and I are still side by side. We are both all gay. The Winter will be awful, I bet, it is terrible at nights now ....’ £750-£850
Lot 260
An English porcelain vase, of campana shape, painted with a continuous landscape with solitary figures on a path before a castle or house, the rims and handles gilt, 13cm h; a spill vase, similarly painted with a continuous landscape and on three gilt paw feet, 13cm h, both c1820; a Staffordshire revived rococco two handled green ground vase, possibly S Alcock & Co, painted with a floral spray, 24cm h, c1830 (3) ++In fine condition except slight wear to the gilding around the rim of the Empire shaped vase
Lot 226
Letters - Gibson family of Saffron Walden. Collection of eleven Gibson family letters written between 1803 and 1837, to include: five to their sons George and Jabez at school in Southgate from their parents in Saffron Walden; two interesting letters to George from his aunt; another to George from his younger brother Jabez and his father; and three further letters to W G or G S Gibson in Saffron Walden from an aunt or uncle in Tottenham. The letters largely relate the health of family members, school studies, deaths and domestic matters, but also mention the building of a brew house and the planting of Saffron, the letter from the aunt in Cheltenham to George dated 1829 mentioning her collecting botanical specimens around Bath and watching a balloon ascent, (the covers with various post marks, some tears and small losses) (11)
Lot 48
Four late 19th Century Mintons China Works dust pressed tiles, sepia and black line printed examples on a buff ground depicting Oxford Cathedral by Swetnam and Cardinal Beaton's house from the British and European views series, another possibly Rouen and a view of cattle watering at a stream, 6" square. S/D.
Lot 50
Six late 19th Century Mintons China Works dust pressed tiles, sepia line printed on a pale buff ground with scenes from the British and European views series engraved by Swetnam comprising views of Cardinal Beaton's House-Edinburgh, Old Houses-Rouen, another showing castle ruins, etc, 6" square. S/D.
Lot 1291
*Mick Moon b.1937- "Still"; monotype printed in colours with collage, signed and dated 94 in pencil, 54x40cm: together with one other similar montoype with collage in colours by the same hand, titled "Suppertime", signed and dated 94 in pencil, of irregular form, 49.2x42.5cm: Gwyther Irwin b.1931- "Over the Top"; screenprint in colours, signed, titled, inscribed A.P V and dated 1991 in pencil, 43.5x60cm. Provenance: with Waddington Graphics, London according to label attached to the reverse: Gordon House 1932-2005- "A Still Life at Millbank"; screenprint in colours, signed, titled and dated 80 in pencil, 58.2x74.5cm. Provenance: with L S Graphics according to label attached to the reverse, (4) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
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