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AN 18TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN MATCHLOCK RIFLE, with gold inlaid barrel and trigger.

The photograph likely depicts the positions of the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade near Tobruk. The elements of the uniforms and equipment are clearly visible. The photograph comes from the collection of Corporal Franciszek Głowniak.Franciszek Głowniak began his combat path in Tobruk with the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade. He later served in the 2nd Battalion of the Carpathian Riflemen and fought under Monte Cassino, for Ancona, and Bologna. Awarded the Cross of Valour, he ended the war with the rank of corporal.Dimensions: 6.1 cm x 8.2 cm

A collection of photographs and a telegram related to Corporal Franciszek Głowniak. The set includes images from his military service as well as his civilian life.Franciszek Głowniak began his combat journey in Tobruk with the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade. He then served in the 2nd Battalion of the Carpathian Riflemen, fighting at Monte Cassino, Ancona, and Bologna. He was awarded the Cross of Valor and finished the war with the rank of corporal.Dimensions:Telegram: 12 cm x 18.5 cmPhotos: 12.7 cm x 8.8 cm, 9 cm x 6.5 cm, 9.2 cm x 6.1 cm, 6.2 cm x 8.8 cm, 6.2 cm x 9.3 cm, 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm, 6.8 cm x 8.5 cm, 8.2 cm x 6.1 cmOverall condition as shown in the pictures.

Miniature commemorative badge of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, made by the firm F.M. Lorioli Fratelli-Milano-Roma. Attached with a nut.Dimensions: 21 mm x 20 mm.Overall condition as shown in the pictures.

The presented bayonet is the M1888 model, used by non-commissioned officers of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. It was designed as a supplement to the Mannlicher M1888 rifle, one of the main types of armament in the army during that period.The bayonet features a simple, single-edged blade with a central groove, which enhances its strength and reduces weight. The wooden handle with metal fittings is tightly assembled, and the locking mechanism is fully functional. Completing the set is the trodle (sling), worn by non-commissioned officers. The condition is as shown in the photos.

Soldier's Vade Mecum - Driver's Manual, published by the 1st Rifle Brigade in 1941. The overall condition is visible in the photos. Dimensions: 13.7 cm x 10.4 cm.

Tsarist Honor Ribbon for combat in the Russo-Japanese War. The inscription on the ribbon reads: 'For Liaoyang, from August 11-18, Bensihu, from September 28-29, 1904, and for the February battles of 1905.' These ribbons were awarded to the 9th and 10th Eastern Siberian Rifle Regiments.Dimensions: 12.3 cm x 4 cmThe overall condition is as shown in the photos

Polish WW2 badge of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division. The front of the badge is shaped like the Monte Cassino Cross, with an overlaid tree (symbolizing the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division). Beneath the tree is the Tobruk badge, referencing the division's origins from the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade. On the upper arm of the cross is the abbreviation "3DSK," denoting the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division.The reverse of the badge is smooth, with a threaded post. Around the post is the inscription "Wiara, Wytrwałość, Zwycięstwo" ("Faith, Perseverance, Victory").Dimensions: 43.5 mm x 40 mm.

Badge of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, made of 800 silver. The front of the badge is shaped like the Monte Cassino Cross, with an overlaid tree (symbolizing the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division). Below the tree is the Tobruk badge, referencing the division's origins from the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade. On the upper arm of the cross is the abbreviation "3DSK," denoting the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division.The reverse is smooth, with a threaded post and a nut signed by the manufacturer "F.M. Lorioli, Milano-Roma." Around the post is the inscription "Wiara, Wytrwałość, Zwycięstwo" ("Faith, Perseverance, Victory").Dimensions: 43 mm x 40 mm.Overall condition as shown in the pictures.

WWII German Army Mauser K98 Ammunition Pouch, with maker mark; WWII German Army Mauser K98 rifle cleaning kit, in case.

XIX Century Probable Indian, adapted percussion cap carbine rifle, possibly incorporates parts from different firearms.

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

XIX Century British 1827 Pattern Rifle Officers Sword, slightly curved, etched blade, crown and bugle cartouche, incorporated into guard and wired fish skin grip.

Royal Navy Framed Selection of Example Knots, with ships crest 'HMS Siglla, framed photos of Royal Air Force Observer, album Maritime Museum ship cards, album photo taken Portsmouth Navy Day August 1982, two Egyptian holiday albums, rifle club medallion and WWI miniature British War Medal and Victory Medal.

XIX Century Afghan Flintlock Jezail Rifle, handmade and adapted using parts from other weapons, lock from Brown Bess musket, 10 barrel bands and curved underarm stock.

WWII Indian No.1 MKII Lee Enfield Bayonet and Scabbard, with various marks including year '42' and manufacturer mark 'RFI' Rifle Factory Ishapore.

Print 'Commanding Officer Sheffield Artillery Volunteers 1862', artist monogram lower right, print 'Ensign Regimental Colour Hallamshire Rifle Volunteers 1862' artist monogram lower right, both 48cm x 27cm.

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

An air rifle with telescopic sight and canvas case.

A group of mixed collectables including various Wade Whimsies, a pottery Gaudy Welsh patterned table clock, various world banknotes, eight tea card albums including 'Unexplained Mysteries', the Olympics, Disney, spaceships etc, a bundle of early 20th century postcards, some humorous cartoons and some black and white topographical, a filled silver handled paper knife, a bronze The Army Rifle Association medal, etc.

A novelty pipe, 20th Century, in the form of a rifle with a figure standing on the end, possibly Chokwe, 65cm longCondition ReportSurface scratches, knocks and a crack to the section above the trigger

A Webley air rifle with carrying case

A vintage SMK XS38 .22 air rifle.

Signed Film Memorabilia - Alien Pulse Rifle replica from Aliens Of London film, signed by Sigourney Weaver - Ellen Ripley, Roy Scammell - Alien #1, Trevor Steedman - Private Wierzbowski, Carrie Henn - Newt and Colette Hiller - Cpl. Ferro, all signatures to one side

Star Wars - Collection of Star Wars props featuring E-11 medium blaster rifle, DH-17 blaster pistol, DT-12 Heavy Blaster Pistol, Princess Leia Blaster, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle, etc, vg overall

Film Memorabilia - Alien Pulse Rifle replica from Aliens film, with sling and painted features, in vg condition

A 19thC style percussion action rifle with a ramrod; a similar rifle stock; and a modern reproduction of a native spear with an engraved steel head  80"L (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)

Star Wars - Collection of 141 original Star Wars figures and accessories to include 2 x Darth Vader, 2 x Twin Pod Cloud Car Pilot (1 x blaster), 2 x Lobot (2 x blasters), 2 x Princess Leia Organa (In Combat Poncho) (2 x blasters, helmets, ponchos and belts), 2 x Han Solo (2 x blasters), 2 x Nien Nunb (1 x blaster), 2 x Nikto (1 x staff), 2 x 2-1B, 2 x Squid Head (2 x blasters and 2 x belts), R5-D4, Greedo (no blaster), 2 x Pruneface (2 x rifles and 2 x cloaks), 2 x Klaatu (2 x staffs), 2 x Boba Fett (2 x blasters), 2 x Bossk (2 x weapons), 2 x FX-7, 4 x Imperial Stormtrooper (4 x blaster rifles), 2 x Rebel Commander (2 x blaster rifles), Bespin Security Guard (1 x blaster pistol), Luke Skywalker (X-Wing Fighter Pilot) (1 x blaster pistol), 2 x Imperial TIE Fighter Pilot (2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Imperial Commander (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Han Solo (Hoth Outfit Battle Gear) (1 x blaster pistol), 2 x Han Solo (Bespin Cloud City Outfit) (2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Wicket W. Warrick (2 x spears and 2 x hoods), C-3PO (With Removable Limbs), 2 x The Emperor (1 x cane), 2 x B-Wing Pilot (2 x blaster pistols), Jawa (Cloth Cape), 2 x Princess Leia Organa (2 x blaster pistols and 2 x cloaks), 2 x R2-D2 (With Sensorscope), 2 x Emperor's Royal Guard (2 x force pikes), 2 x AT-AT Driver (2 x blasters), 2 x Ree-Yees (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Rancor Keeper (2 x hoods and 2 x vibroblades), 2 x Chewbacca (2 x bowcasters), 2 x Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight Outfit) (2 x cloaks and 2 x blue variant lightsabres), 2 x Admiral Ackbar (1 x admiral staff), 2 x Lando Calrissian (2 x capes and 2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Zuckuss (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Rebel Commando (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Princess Leia Organa (Bespin Gown) (2 x capes and 1 x blaster), 2 x Bib Fortuna (2 x cloaks, staffs and belts), 2 x Chief Chirpa (2 x hoods and staffs), 2 x Teebo (2 x axes, battle horns and headgears), 2 x Hammerhead (2 x blaster rifles), Princess Leia Organa (Boushh Disguise) (2 x helmets and shock blade lances), 2 x AT-ST Driver (No weapons), 2 x Yoda The Jedi Master (2 x snakes, cloaks and gimer sticks and 1 x belt), 2 x General Madine (2 x battle staffs), 2 x Imperial Stormtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear) (2 x capes and 2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Han Solo (In Trench Coat) (2 x trench coats and 2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Princess Leia Organ (Hoth Outfit) (2 x blasters), 2 x 8D8, 2 x Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) (2 x lightsabres and 2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Obi-Wan Kenobi, 2 x Luke Skywalker, 2 x 4-LOM (2 x cloaks, battle armours and snare rifles), 2 x Death Star Destroyer Commander (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Biker Scout (1 x blaster), Lando Calrissian (Skiff Guard Disguise) (2 x vibro-axes and 2 x helmets), 2 x Death Star Droid, 2 x Tusken Raider (2 x cloaks and 1 x gaderffii stick), 2 x Gamorrean Guards (2 x axes), 2 x Rebel Commander (2 x blaster rifles), 2 x Klaatu (In Skiff Guard Outfit) (2 x battle staffs), 2 x Rebel Soldier (Hoth Battle Gear) (2 x blaster pistols), 2 x Ugnaught (Purple Smock) (2 x smocks and 2 x toolboxes), 2 x Dengar (2 x heavy blasters), 2 x IG-88 (4 x blaster rifles), 2 x Weequay (2 x Vibro axes), 2 x Logray (With all accessories to both) and AT-AT Commander (1 x blaster rifle), all figures in vg condition overall with some marks to some, all accessories with figures are correct and matching 

Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A miscellaneous selection, comprising National Rifle Association Medallion (3), 48mm, silver (2), one unnamed, the other engraved ‘Bisley Meeting 1941 Rajah of Kolapore Imperial Challenge Cup’; 48mm, bronze, unnamed; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Medallion, 44mm, silver (5); Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Borden Medallion for Rifle Shooting, 46mm, bronze; Ontario Rifle Association Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York Presentation Medallion, 49mm, silver; Ontario Rifle Association Medallion, 39mm, silver; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Presentation Medallion, 45mm, silver; together with a National Rifle Association Medallet, silver-gilt, unnamed; two small miscellaneous medallets; and two silver presentation spoons, the majority all unnamed, with traces of adhesive to reverse or pin marks to edges where the medals have previously been mounted on a board, generally very fine and better (lot) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

A Great War ‘Western Front’ Battle of Loos 1915 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Francis, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, for his gallantry in carrying a wounded officer, from an advanced position, some 200 yards under heavy fire, to safety, during which action he was wounded Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12674 Pte. J. Francis. 9/Devon: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (12674 Pte. J. Francis. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12674 Pte. J. Francis. Devon. R.) nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. During an enemy counter-attack he carried a wounded officer, from an advanced position, some 200 yards under heavy fire, and, although wounded himself while doing so, he persisted in his efforts until he had gained our trenches.’ James Francis enlisted on 7 September 1914 as a Private in the Devonshire Regiment for the duration of the War and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion under training on Salisbury Plain. The battalion disembarked at Havre joining the 7th Division at Wizernes on 31 July 1915. Their first major action took place during the attack on Loos on 25-26 September 1915. It was in this action that Frances was recognised for his act of bravery and during which he received serious wounds that resulted in his discharge 1 March 1917. C. T. Atkinson’s Great War History of the Devonshire Regiment references the rescue: ‘Captain [S. C.] Nation was badly wounded and had to be left behind... He escaped capture by hiding in a dug-out and next day succeeded in crawling back to Gun Trench... To get him to the dressing station meant crossing 200 yards of ground swept by shells and rifle fire, but two men of his company [13263 Cpl R. J. Melhuish and 12674 Pte J. Francis] volunteered to carry him and accomplished the errand safely using a trench ladder as a stretcher.’ Sold with copied research.

The Crimea Medal awarded to Private C. Porter, 93rd Highlanders, one of the ‘Thin Red Line’ at Balaklava, who was subsequently severely wounded and blinded during the assault on the Shah Nujeff mosque on 16 November 1857, on which day the Regiment was awarded six Victoria Crosses Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (2283. Christopher. Porter. 93. Sutherland. Highlanders) Depot impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, better than good fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Christopher Porter was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in April 1830, and attested for the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders at Glasgow on 14 March 1848. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea and was present at Balaklava on 25 October 1854, when the 93rd routed the Russian cavalry and won themselves the title of ‘The Thin Red Line’. The Times correspondent, William Howard Russell, who, standing on the hills above, could clearly see that nothing stood between the Russian cavalry and the defenceless British base but the ‘thin red streak tipped with a line of steel’ wrote of the 93rd:
‘With breathless suspense everyone awaits the bursting of the wave [of Russian Cavalry] upon the line of Gaelic rock, but ere they came within 200 yards another deadly volley flashes from the levelled rifle, and carries terror into the Russians. They wheel about, open files right and left, and fly back faster than they came. “Brave Highlanders! Well done!” shout the spectators.’ Porter subsequently proceeded with the Regiment to India, and saw service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, being severely wounded and blinded when he was shot in the face by a musket ball during the assault on the Shah Nujeff mosque on 16 November 1857. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 20 July 1858. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Pilckem Ridge’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. R. Dolby, 13th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers ‘North Wales Pals’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (17387 Sjt. C. R. Dol.....) attempted erasure of naming but sufficient detail still discernible; 1914-15 Star (17387 L. Sjt. C. R. Dolby. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (17387 Sjt. C. R. Dolby. R.W. Fus.) together with related Memorial Plaque to his brother (William Rosser Dolby), nearly very fine or better (5) £400-£500 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in taking command of his company when it had lost all its officers and leading it forward, capturing all the objectives without a hitch. He then reported to the nearest officer and placed himself under his command, having displayed admirable ability and skilled leadership at a critical time.’ According to the Regimental Museum this award was possibly for his action at Pilckem Ridge, 31 July - 2 August 1917. Charles R. Dolby enlisted into the 13th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (originally the ‘North Wales Pals’) and arrived in France with the battalion on 1 December 1915. He was demobilised on 14 February 1919. William Rosser Dolby served with the 16th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in France from 16 November 1915. He was killed in action on 15 July 1916, aged 23, son of Charles William and Kate Dolby, of Buckley, Chester, and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial.

Three: Sergeant Major W. Hudson, Devonshire Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2392 Sergt. W. Hudson 2/11th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2392 Sergt. W. Hudson. Devon. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (C. Sjt: A/S. Mjr: W. Hudson. P.S. 1/V.B. Devon: Regt.) rank of last officially corrected, the first polished and worn, this nearly very fine; the others good very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Christie’s, November 1988. 50 Annuity Meritorious Service Medals awarded to the 11th Regiment of Foot/ Devonshire Regiment, and one of only 7 Edward VII issues. William Henry Hudson was born in Newington Causeway, Middlesex in 1853 and attested for the 11th Regiment of Foot at Westminster on 7 February 1872. Joining the 2nd Battalion in Ireland, he later took part in the Autumn Manoeuvres on Dartmoor in 1873. Promoted Corporal on 25 May 1874 and Sergeant on 5 April 1879, he embarked with his battalion for India on 9 February 1877 and formed part of the 2nd Division, Kandahar Field Force at Quetta on 5 July 1880. Commencing a 120-mile march in six stages through the Bolan Pass, 13 men died from heatstroke before they arrived at Kandahar on 19 September 1880. After eight months gruelling soldiering in Afghanistan, of the 22 officers and 720 men that had crossed from India only 14 officers and 372 men returned. On 12 May 1881 the Battalion detrained at Jullundur at night to hide their ragged and disreputable appearance, the battalion then commenced a lengthy period of rehabilitation whilst stationed at Jullundur. Returning to England on 11 May 1884 Hudson was transferred to the 1st (Exeter & South Devon) Rifle Volunteers as Sergeant Instructor on 26 June 1884 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 251 of July 1890. Appointed Acting Sergeant Major, HQ, 1st Rifle Volunteers at Exeter on 13 November 1893, he was finally discharged to pension at Exeter on 6 September 1905, aged 52, after 33 years and 212 days’ service. He was subsequently awarded his Meritorious Service Medal with Annuity on 12 April 1911, and died at Heavitree, Exeter on 6 August 1923, aged 69. Hudson’s son William George Hudson followed his father into the Devonshire Regiment and served with distinction during both the Boer War and the Great War, being awarded the DCM for South Africa and a Second Award Bar for the Great War in Mesopotamia. His medals were sold in these rooms in January 2022. Sold with copied service records and other research including numerous copied contemporary newspaper reports.

Pair: Major W. H. Hastings, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Volunteer Officers Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1905, the reverse engraved ‘Major W. H. Hastings, 3rd V.B. Devonshire Regiment, May 1906.’, with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major W. H. Hastings, 3/V.B. Devon: R.) engraved naming, extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- William Hardinge Hastings was born in Lockwood, Yorkshire in 1856. A Solicitor by profession he enlisted as a private in the London Rifle Brigade Volunteer Corps in 1881 and transferred to the 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers in 1885. Moving to practice in Sidmouth, Devon he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment in October 1888. Promoted Lieutenant, Captain and Honorary Major in 1901, he was awarded his Volunteer Long Service Medal per Army Order 68 of April 1903 followed by the Volunteer Officer Decoration in 1906 (London Gazette 27 April 1906). He resigned his commission in June 1906 after a total volunteer service of 23 years and 228 days’ service. During the Great War he was chairman of the tribunal and military service for Sidmouth. He died at Sidmouth on 1 March 1932, aged 76. Sold with original documents detailing his service record and other research.

Five: Corporal W. May, Military Foot Police, late Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (1837. Bdn. W. May. 2/R. Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (1837 Pte. W. May. Rifle Brigade.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1837 Corpl: W. May. Rifle Brigade.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (694 L. Cpl. W. May. M.F.P.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, contact marks, very fine (5) £400-£500

British Cap Badges. A good selection of British Cap Badges, including some Victorian examples across two cards, including Devonshire Regiment, Derbyshire Regiment, Sherwood Foresters, Suffolk Regiment, The Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regiment (a mint example), Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, East Lancashire Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) with J.R.Gaunt maker’s plaque to reverse, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Service Corps, etc., assorted sizes, some restrikes, and fixings missing in part, generally good condition (59) £200-£240

The Waterloo medal awarded to Corporal William Emmott, Royal Horse Guards, appointed Quartermaster in the Regiment in 1828, and subsequently Captain and Adjutant of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry with whom he was actively engaged during the Bristol Riots of 1831 and against the Chartists in 1842, when he himself captured a leading Chartist Arthur O’Niel at a riot near Dudley Waterloo 1815 (Corpl. William Emmott, Royal Horse Guards.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension, latter part of rank erased, edge bruising and contact marks, fine and better £3,600-£4,400 --- William Emmott was born in the Parish of Trawdon, near Colne, Lancaster, and enlisted into the Royal Horse Guards on 12 March 1811, aged 20. He served with the Blues in the Peninsula at the battles of Vittoria and Toulouse, and as a Corporal at Waterloo. He was commissioned as Quartermaster in the Royal Horse Guards on 25 September 1828, and retired on half-pay on 31 December 1831. He was afterwards drill Sergeant to Lord Villiers’ Bicester Troop of the Oxford Yeomanry Cavalry before being appointed Captain and Adjutant of the Worcester Yeomanry Cavalry by Lord Plymouth, serving in that capacity until his death on 14 April 1865, During this period the WYC was very actively engaged with the frequent riots and protests of the times, including the Bristol, Worcester and Staffordshire riots of 1831 and the Chartist riots of 1842, much of which is described in a letter of petition from Emmett in February 1859 (copy sold with the lot). Captain Emmott was buried at Tardebigge, the funeral being attended by Lord Lyttelton, the Lord Lieutenant, the Bromsgrove and Redditch Companies of Rifle Volunteers, and 450 of the Worcester Yeomanry Cavalry with the Band, under command of Lord Dudley. Sold with research including a copy of his original Commission as Quartermaster and a typed copy of a 6-page letter written by Emmott describing the events following the battle of Vittoria [dated 27 October 1813], these both being held by the Household Cavalry Museum. Emmot’s two-clasp M.G.S. medal is held by the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. A fine portrait of Captain Emmott mounted on his favourite charger by Sir Francis Grant can be found in the history of the Worcester Yeomanry Cavalry.

Family Group: Pair: Private F. L. Daniell, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-15053 Pte. F. L. Daniell. R.W. Kent R.) nearly very fine Five: Corporal A. Daniell, 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, being one of the the few men from the Battalion to avoid capture during the retreat from Dunkirk 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaves, nearly extremely fine (7) £140-£180 --- Frank Leslie Daniell attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War. Sold with the recipient’s Army Council letter of appreciation upon demobilisation. Arthur Daniell was born in Bromley, Kent, on 17 March 1910, the son of the above, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in London on 27 August 1928. He served with them in India from 1930 to 1936, before transferring to the Army Reserve. Employed as an Inspector at Woolwich Arsenal, he was recalled to the Colours on 1 October 1939, and served with the 2nd Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War; the Battalion was, almost to a man, captured at Dunkirk in May 1940, with Daniell being one of the few who managed to evade capture. For his services ‘in connection with operations in the field, March to June 1940’ (presumably for services during the retreat from Dunkirk), he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 20 December 1940). He saw further service during the Second World War in India, with the Central Mediterranean Forces and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and with the 21st Army Group in North-West Europe. Promoted Corporal, he was finally discharged on 28 January 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate in OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘6843978 Cpl. A. Daniell, 44 Florence Street, Canning Town, London E16’; Copied Certificate of Attestation; Army Certificate of Education Second Class, dated December 1929; map of India showing the recipient’s various movements and postings 1930-36; 21 Army Group Message of Thanks from Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery; Soldier’s release Book; Record of Service; Medical Card; and other documents and ephemera.

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

A rare Second War ‘D-Day’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain D. A. King, 81 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers, whose specially adapted A.V.R.E. Churchill tank proved instrumental in enabling the 6th Green Howards - and C.S.M. Stanley Hollis, V.C. - to move forward off La Riviere beach (Gold Beach) on D-Day: equipped with spigot mortars that fired concrete-shattering 40lb. projectiles (a.k.a. “Flying Dustbins”), they were nonetheless vulnerable to the enemy’s much vaunted Panzerfaust. Having already neutralised several pillboxes, King’s tank suffered hits from the beach defence guns. The latter forcing him to dismount in order to free his jammed turret; prior to leading the charge up, and over, the defensive positions on the seawall Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. D. A. King, (M.C.), R.E.) mounted for wear, plated and lacquered, otherwise very fine or better (7) £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2014 M.C. London Gazette 31 August 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer landed at H Hour on D-Day 6 June 1944 on the La Riviere beach in command of a beaching team of A.V.R.E. & Flails supporting the 6th Green Howards. Owing to the rough water these teams landed in front of the DD tanks and came under the concentrated fire of beach defences. Captain King proceeded to attack and neutralise the enemy pillboxes. Hits from beach defence guns jammed the turret of Captain King’s tank and he found it necessary to dismount to free the turret and enable him to get his petard into action again. By this time the infantry had landed and were held up under the face of the sea wall by enemy small arms fire and grenades, which were being thrown over the wall. Captain King immediately called his two A.V.R.E. to join him and charged over the top of the wall and down into the road on the landward side. The sudden appearance of tanks over the top of the wall served to discourage the defenders and enabled the infantry to get in and mop up the position. Captain King displayed initiative and resourcefulness and rendered extremely valuable support to the infantry in difficult circumstances at a critical moment.’ Denis Aubrey King, who was from Hatch End, Middlesex, was appointed to 81 Assault Squadron, R.E., on the eve of the Normandy invasion and, as cited above, came ashore on D-Day in support of 6th Green Howards, when he commanded one of the unit’s Assault Vehicles, Royal Engineers (A.V.R.E.), in fact a Churchill tank fitted with a spigot mortar called a “Petard”, which fired a 40lb. demolition charge specially designed to shatter concrete over a distance of 80 yards - a charge nicknamed by A.V.R.E. crew as the “Flying Dustbin”. A glimpse of his tank in action on La Riviere beach - part of the King Sector on “Gold Beach” - is to be found in 50th Division’s history: ‘A lively and unorthodox action took place on the extreme right of this brigade front. Machine-gun fire from two concrete pill boxes and a reinforced house, assisted by rifle fire from German infantry behind the sea wall, held up the attacking infantry. Three A.V.R.Es of 81st Assault Squadron, under the command of Captain D. A. King, went into action to assist. The subsequent events are graphically described in the unit’s own account of the operation: ‘One pillbox was reduced by the petard fire and the other silenced by the infantry. But the Germans behind the sea wall continued to fire and throw grenades. By this time the Troop Commander’s patience was exhausted, so, leaving his Sergeant to petard the reinforced house, he led his and another A.V.R.E. up the beach, charged the wall, dropped four feet on to the roadway and shattered a number of German illusions. The enemy routed, the infantry advance continued.’ Sold with extensive copied research.


Cloth Shooting Badges. A collection of cloth shooting badges, for the Kolapore Cup 1879; Kolapore Cup 1881; and National Rifle Association Bisley 1935; a Prince of Wales’ feathers badge for 1879; and cloth competitor’s badges for Wimbledon (4) 1874, 1875, 1879, and 1881; Bisley (7) 1907, 1914, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1951; and D.C.R.A. (3) 1934, 1936, and 1938, all with original paper making, some mothing, and pin holes from where the badges have previously been mounted on a board, reasonable condition (18) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

South African War National Commemorative Medal 1899-1900, by F. Bowcher, manufactured by Spink, London, the obverse depicting a wounded soldier with standing right, rifle at the ready, ‘The National Commemorative Medal 1899-1900’, the reverse depicting a Union flag enveloping a stalk of wheat, rose, thistle and shamrock, ‘The Queen God Bless Her, This Medal Commemorates the Magnificent Response of Britain’s Sons to the Empire’s Call to Arms! Transvaal War 1899-1900’, below, ‘Daily Mail Kipling Poem’ (Sergeant Mitchell, 4th V.B.D.R.) 45mm, silver, fitted with a swivel ring suspension, edge bruise, good very fine £70-£90 --- Referenced in British Historical Medals 3690; Eimer 1851a. Frederick Bird Mitchell was born in Chulmleigh, North Devon in 1868. A Clerk to a Corn Merchant by occupation and a Corporal in ‘G’ Company, 4th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment he attested for one year with the colours to serve in South Africa with the Volunteer Company Devonshire Regiment on 24 April 1900, being awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Orange Free State, Natal and South Africa 1901. He died following an accident at Chulmleigh on 14 March 1908, aged 39. Sold with copied research

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

A Collection of Canadian Shooting Medals awarded to Colonel C. W. G. Gibson, P.C., M.C., Royal Fusiliers, later Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, sometime Secretary of State for Canada, and a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario Viscount Byng of Vimy Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Byng, the reverse with the Byng coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘Militia Aggregate O.R.A. 1926 C. W. G. Gibson’; Earl of Bessborough Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Bessborough, the reverse with the Bessborough coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘Militia Aggregate O.R.A. C. W. G. Gibson’; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Presentation Medallion, 45mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Lt. Col. C. W. G. Gibson 1934’; Dominion of Canada Rife Association Medallion (6), 45mm, silver, the reverses engraved ‘Life Members 1932 C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1932. C. W. G. Gibson; Coates Cup 1933 C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1933. C. W. G. Gibson; Bankers’ Match 1933. C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1937. C. W. G. Gibson’; National Rifle Association Medal, 47mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Major C. W. G. Gibson M.C., Royal Hamilton Regt. 1924’; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Medallion (2), 44mm, silver, the edges engraved ‘Maj. C. W. G. Gibson, M.C. Adjutant United States v. Canada 1924.; C W. G. Gibson. R.H.R. 1925’; Government of Canada Kolapore Cup Medal, gold (14ct., 28.06g), the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Government of Canada to Col. The Hon. C. W. G. Gibson P.C. M.C. Toronto’, with top ‘Kolapore, Bisley 1951’ brooch bar; Ontario Rifle Association Medallions (4), silver (3), the edges engraved ‘XIII Royal Regt. 1911 Lieut. C. W. G. Gibson.; C. W. G. Gibson R.H.L.I. 1927; Militia Aggregate 1932 C. W. G. Gibson.’; bronze, the edge engraved ‘All Comers Aggte. 1932. C. W. G. Gibson.’; City of Toronto Shooting Medallion (2), gold (10ct., 27.32g), the edge engraved Lt.- Col. C. W. G. Gibson 1934’; silver ‘C. W. G. Gibson 1928’; Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario J. M. Gibson Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘C. W. G. Gibson 1910’; London Merchants C.R.A. silver star with five clasps, Capt 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, the reverse of the top clasp engraved ‘Col. C. W. G. Gibson’, with top ‘Ontario Team’ brooch bar; together with a National Rifle Association bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.H.P. 1924 C. W. G. Gibson’; a Bisley Grand Aggregate bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘C. W. G. Gibson’; a R.M.C. Canada silver medallet, the reverse engraved ‘Revolver won by C. W. G. Gibson’; and two silver presentation spoons, both engraved ‘C. W. G. G.’, one dated 1911, some pin marks to edges where the medals have previously been mounted on a board, generally good very fine (lot) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Colin William George Gibson (1891-1974), the son of Major-General Sir John Morison Gibson, was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada and the University of Toronto, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War, being awarded the Military Cross. He subsequently served with his father’s old unit, the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, and was Commandant of the Hamilton Garrison from 1935. Elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hamilton West in March 1940, he served as Minister of National Defence for Air in the final days of the Second World War, and then served as Secretary of State for Canada from December 1946 to March 1949. He resigned from both cabinet and parliament upon his appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1950.

Regimental Sweetheart Brooches. A Great War era 9ct. hallmarked Gold and Tortoiseshell Regimental Sweetheart Brooch with a regimental emblem to the Honourable Artillery Company, together with four Great War era hallmarked Silver and Tortoiseshell Regimental Sweetheart Brooches with regimental emblems to the Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals and the Rifle Brigade (2), all with fitted hinged pins for wearing, approximately 25mm diameter, generally very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Note: The lot is subject to CITES legislation. Organic materials, such as tortoiseshell may be covered by CITES legislation and this may impact export to other countries. Please be aware that it is the buyer’s responsibility to arrange for any CITES export licences for their purchase. In addition to CITES, tortoiseshell, if imported into the United States of America, will be subject to USA Fist and Wildlife regulations.

A rare officer’s ‘Defence of La Haye Sainte’ Waterloo medal awarded to Ensign William Smith, 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion Waterloo 1815 (Ensign William Smith, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, toned, some obverse contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare £7,000-£9,000 --- William Smith, was born in 1796 and was commissioned Ensign into the 2nd Light Battalion King’s German Legion on 8 February 1814 at the age of 18 years. He took part in the Netherlands campaign of 1814, the campaign of 1815, the battle of Waterloo and subsequent campaign in France. Ensign William Smith is confirmed on Major Baring’s list of the 19 officers who actually defended the Farm of La Haye Sainte. Low on ammunition and suffering severe casualties, the legendary defence of La Haye Sainte against overwhelming odds by green jacketed, rifle armed companies of the Light Battalions of the King's German Legion, was crowning point of this distinguished corps’ service. Although the defence of Hougoumont tends to gain the limelight, possession of La Haye Sainte was far more important due to its central position on the battlefield. Initially defended by six companies (378 men) of the 2nd Light Battalion, they were later joined by two companies of the 1st Light and one of the 5th Line and, later still, about 150 Nassau troops but due to mounting casualties they never totalled more than 550 men. These men held back 7,000 French, who assaulted the farmhouse with great determination and bravery for 5 hours. Major Baring who commanded at La Haye Sainte, mentions the officers left inside the farm during the initial action when the companies holding the positions outside the farmhouse were engaged with French infantry. After being literally ridden over by French Cuirassiers and suffering many casualties, these companies were forced to retreat into the defences of the farm itself. Young Ensign Smith is not amongst those named and therefore must have been in one of those companies that were outside the farm and forced to retreat inside. After heroically defending the farm against repeated attacks and practically out of ammunition, Baring finally ordered a withdrawal of what remained of his command. Leading his men to cut through the assailants with the bayonet, a small number finally made it to the main British lines at Mont St Jean. Out of the 378 men from the 2nd Light Battalion who started the action, only 42 remained after to be mustered! This figure was later adjusted after men thought missing, retuned to the Battalion. However, the revised numbers still give a 47% casualty rate, one of the highest figures throughout the Army. Of the 19 K.G.L. Officers of the 2nd Light Battalions present, 3 were killed, 4 were seriously wounded, 3 wounded and 2 taken prisoner. Ensign Smith would have been one of the few officers left standing at the end of the battle and one of the few to see the battle from beginning to end. William Smith was discharged when the King’s German Legion was disbanded in 1816 and was retired on half-pay, giving his place of residence address as Westmorland & London. He tried to get re-instated in the British army, but was unsuccessful. In his 1829 Officers Service Summary, Smith states “After repeated efforts to be placed on full pay, in despair I entered on another occupation which I trust circumstances will permit me to follow for the remainder of life. I have now no wish to be placed on full pay – but in the case of war my services can be as they have been, at the disposal of my King & country.” Finally, on 20 November 1829, he surrendered his-half pay pension in favour of receiving a commuted allowance for his commission. Sold with comprehensive research save to memory stick

A Collection of Canadian Shooting Medals awarded to Major-General Sir John M. Gibson, K.C.M.G., 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, later Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario University of Toronto Presentation Medal (3), 34mm, gold (29.39g), the reverse engrave ‘I. M. Gibson, LL.B’, and dated 1869; 34mm, silver (2), the reverse both engraved ‘I. M. Gibson’ and both dated 1863; Victoria Rifle Club Medal (2), silver, the suspensions bars engraved ‘J. M. Gibson’ and ‘Lt. Col. Gibson’, and dated 1877 and 1879 respectively; U.S. Centennial Rifle Association Shield Medallion, gold (9.73g), the reverse engraved ‘American Riflemen to I. M. Gibson of the International Canadian Rifle Team Sept. 13th & 14th 1876’; Government of Canada Kolapore Cup Medal, gold (14ct., 20.21g), the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Government of Canada to Major J. M. Gibson 13th Battalion, Infantry.’, with top ‘Kolapore, Wimbledon 1875’ brooch bar; Government of the Dominion of Canada Wimbledon 1881 Prize Medal, gold (15ct., 22.84g), the reverse engraved ‘Prestd. by the Govt. of the Dominion of Canada to Lt. Col. John M. Gibson, 13th Batt.’, with ‘Kolapore’ top brooch bar; Victoria Rifle Club Goodwin Medal 1885, gold (9.37g), engraved ‘Won by Lt. Col. Gibson’; together with a XIII Royal Regiment silver medal, the reverse engraved ‘Gillard Cup A. Co.’; and a XIII Royal Regiment gilt and enamel medallet, some pin marks to edges where the medals have previously been mounted on a board, generally good very fine (lot) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1912. Sir John Morison Gibson (1842-1929) was educated Hamilton Central School and the University of Toronto and enlisted in the 13th Battalion as an Ensign in 1864. He served with them at the Battle of Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids of 1866, and served as the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (as the 13th Battalion was re-designated) from 1886 to 1895. A member of the Ontario Legislature from 1879 to 1905, he served as Attorney General of Ontario, before being appointed the 10th Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in September 1908, being knighted in 1912. He resigned from office in September 1914.

A Collection of Canadian Shooting Medals awarded to Major D. H. Gibson Lord Tweedsmuir Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir, the reverse with the Tweedsmuir coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘2569 D. H. Gibson. R.M.C. Dec. 1939’; Dominion of Canada Rife Association Medallion (4), 45mm, silver (3), the reverses engraved ‘Michael Faraday D. H. Gibson 1937; The Gillespie Trophy D. H. Gibson; Life Members 1939 D. H. Gibson’; 45mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Tilton Judging Distance D. H. Gibson 1937’; Royal Military College Canada Medallions (4), 31mm, silver (2), the reverse both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; 44mm, bronze (2), the reverse both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Ontario Rifle Association Medallions (2), silvered; bronze, both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Upper Canada College Toronto Medals, 35mm, silver (6), the reverses all engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Ivan L. C. Gooding Prize Medal, 27mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson 1939’, with top D.C.R.A. riband bar; together with an unidentified Hamilton, Ontario, Medal, 35mm, silver with gold inklay, the obverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; the recipient’s Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse named ‘D. H. Gibson’; and a silver Boxing Prize Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’, all with traces of adhesive to reverse, generally very fine and better (lot) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Brigadier J. M. J. Evans, C.B.E., Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Lt. J. M. J. Evans’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: J. M. J. Evans. R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. J. M. J. Evans.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze Palm on riband, mounted as worn; together with the related Great War miniature awards, good very fine Five: Captain R. V. J. Evans, Welsh Guards, who took part in both the vigil over King George VI, and his funeral procession, in February 1952 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, good very fine (12) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘Lieutenant John Meredith Jones Evans, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 6 November 1918. John Meredith Jones Evans was born in 1894 and commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on 5 Fevruary 1913; Lieutenant, 20 June 1914. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion and landed with them at Zeebrugge on 7 October 1914. As part of the 7th Division, the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers were engaged in very heavy fighting in October, in particular in the advance on Menin and the battle of Langemarck; in the advance the Division lost just under 200 men, half of whom came from the 1st Battalion, and at Langemarck they suffered heavily again: ‘The 1/Welch Fusiliers, occupying the right... had suffered heavily losing 10 officers and 250 other ranks (Official History of the Great War, Military Operations in France and Belgium, refers); as a consequence of both actions the 1st Battalion’s strength by the end of October 1914 had been reduced to 6 officers and 206 men; in 1915 Evans’ battalion were in action again at Festubert, where on the 16th May they led the assault of the 22nd Brigade on the German positions with the 2nd Queen’s: ‘As they were going over the parapet at 3.15am, it was just light enough to see, and whilst they were in No Man’s Land the enemy opened heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. As there was no covering fire to check him, he inflicted severe casualties. The Royal Welch Fusiliers, in spite of Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. P. Gabbett being killed and his Second-in-Command severely wounded reached and rushed the German front trench, and pressed on’ (Ibid); by 7 am the 22nd Brigade had carried their objective, but ‘the 2/Queen’s lost 21 officers and 433 other ranks out of 22 and 773, and the 1/Royal Welch Fusiliers 19 officers and 559 other ranks out of 24 and 806’ (Ibid). Evans was appointed as Adjutant from 24 June to 24 September, 1915, and promoted Captain on 17 December 1915; specially employed with the War Office 31 May 1916 for the remainder of the war; Brevet Major, 3 June 1919; Deputy Assistant Director of the Territorial Army, War Office, from 8 June 1921; re-engaged for the Second World War as Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 May 1940, and was appointed as an Assistant Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, 24 July 1940; appointed Acting Brigadier, Deputy Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, 1 January 1943. For his services during the war he was appointed C.B.E. in 1945. Brigadier Evans died on 20 July 1957. Robert Victor John Evans was born in Kensington, London, on 27 December 1921. He was a Cadet at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, prior to joining the Welsh Guards as a Second Lieutenant on 2 August 1941; Lieutenant, 27 June 1944; Temporary Captain, 1 May 1948; appointed Staff Captain, Headquarters Household Brigade, from 1 October 1950; took part in the Funeral Procession of King George VI, 15 February 1952. Sold with various documents and photographs (mostly laminated) including letter from H.M. The Queen thanking the recipient for taking part in the Vigil over the late King in Westminster Hall, 11-15 February 1952; Invitation to the recipient from The Earl Marshal to take part in the procession at the funeral of H.M. King George VI, 15 February 1952, with accompanying envelope; Recipient´s Certified Copy of Attestation, dated 6 February 1941, and two related letters; Nine photographs, including one of H.M. King George VI´s funeral, and one of the recipient in Brussels on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Liberation, 3 September 1984; and Ten Chapters, by Field Marshal Montgomery, containing the thoughts and impressions of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, 1942-45, taken from entries in Monty’s own autograph book.

British Cap Badges. A good selection of British Cap Badges across two cards, including Royal Dublin Fusiliers, The Rifle Brigade, Middlesex Regiment, Corps of Military Accounts, The Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery Territorial, Royal Army Ordanance Corps Officer’s full dress pattern King’s Crown with gilt & enamels (minor damage to small area of enamel) with ‘TONANTI’ motto, Royal Defence Company GRV pattern with maker’s marks for Smith & Wright Birmingham, National Defence Company ERVIII pattern, many full dress Officer’s examples with a good selection of Royal Engineers insignia, etc., some brass examples, some restrikes, and fixings missing in part, generally good condition and better (62) £180-£220

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (5566 Cpl. J. Veale, Devon: Regt.) edge bruise, polished, very fine £80-£100 --- John Veale was born in South Brent, Devon in 1876. A Carpenter by occupation and a Corporal serving with E Company, 5th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, he volunteered for one year’s service with the Colours to serve in South Africa and was attested on 16 January 1900, before embarking with the Volunteer Company, Devonshire Regiment for South Africa on 14 February 1900; his Company was employed as a Rifle Company with serving with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment in Natal. Invalided home on 21 July 1900 he was discharged with the rank of Corporal on 26 September 1900. Sold with copied service record and other research

Three: Lieutenant H. B. Guest, First City Rifle Volunteers, later Grahamstown Town Guards South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Sergt. H. Guest. 1st. City (Grahamstown) R. Vols.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Lieut. H. B. Guest. First City Vol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (63 C.S. Maj: H. B. Guest. Grahamstown T.G.) edge bruise to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare combination to unit (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Approximately 144 Medals, all with clasp 1887-8, awarded to the First City Rifle Volunteers.

Pair: Company Quartermaster Sergeant A. C. Hammon, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between the first and second clasps (58 Pte. A. C. Hammon. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (C.Q.M.S. A. C. Hammon. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to reverse of both, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Alfred Charles Hammon was born in London in 1878 and attested for the Army Service Corps at South Kensington on 10 April 1902. Posted to South Africa from 18 April 1902 to 9 April 1903, he is confirmed as serving during this time as an Orderly at No. 15 General Hospital (Natal). The UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, further states service with the Special Service Clerks, Army Service Corps, noting entitlement to Medal and clasps Cape Colony and South Africa 1902. Remaining in South Africa following the cessation of the Boer War, Hammon took employment as a bank teller and devoted his spare time to the Algoa Defence Rifle Corps and the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers. He later attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 September 1915, witnessing service in France from 6 August 1916 to 15 December 1916 - likely as a reinforcement following the high rates of attrition on the Somme. Returned to England, Hammon transferred to the South African Pay Corps in the spring of 1918 and was discharged medically unfit at Maitland (Cape) on 2 January 1920. Sold with copied service record and private research.

Pair: Private T. J. Phillips, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (37466 Pte. T. J. Phillips. Ches. R.) Pair: Private R. Pritchard, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (46850 Pte. R. Pritchard. Ches. R.) extremely fine Pair: Private A. Wood, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (67678 Pte. A. Wood. Ches. R.) contact marks, very fine (6) £60-£80 --- Richard Pritchard attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 13 July 1916 for service during the Great War and saw further service with the Labour Corps, Yorkshire Light Infantry and Rifle Brigade. He was discharged on 21 August 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B282,147.

A fine Great War ‘Gallipoli’ C.M.G. group of five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel C. R. Pilkington, (Commanding) 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, formerly 7th (Manchester) Company, 8th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, who was wounded in action on 4 June 1915 at the Battle of Krithia and again at Le Cateau on 21 October 1918 when he suffered shell gas poisoning The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle, some minor enamel damage; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut., C. R. Pilkington. 77 Co. 8/Imp. Yeo.) last clasp a contemporary tailor’s copy; 1914-15 Star (Major C. R. Pilkington. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. C. R. Pilkington.) minor edge bruising and contact wear to Q.S.A., otherwise generally very fine or better (5) (5) £2,200-£2,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004 C.M.G. London Gazette 8 November 1915: ‘For distinguished service in the field during the operations at the Dardanelles.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 November 1915 [General Ian Hamilton’s Despatch for the Dardanelles]. Charles Raymond Pilkington was born in 1875 and educated at Clifton College. He lived at Haydock, Lancashire and was a Colliery Proprietor. Pilkington served with the 77th (Manchester) Company, Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War, being present at the Relief of Mafeking; operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July and August 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, 30 November 1900 to January 1901 (Q.S.A. roll confirms entitlement to South Africa 1901 clasp). During the Great War he served with the Manchester Regiment in Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Pilkington received a rifle gun shot wound to the forehead at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915 and suffered shell gas poisoning at Le Cateau on 21 October 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Pilkington relinquished his commission in January 1922 and died on 27 October 1938. The following is extracted from The Lancashire Fighting Territorials, by George Bigwood: ‘The battalion went to Egypt (September 1914) under its Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel G. G. P. Heywood, who had the misfortune to fall sick before his men left for Gallipoli, and was subsequently invalided home. The command of the battalion on the Peninsula therefore devolved upon Major C. R. Pilkington, who was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. The regret felt by all ranks in consequence of the confinement to hospital of Colonel Heywood was tempered by the appointment of Major Pilkington as the Battalion’s leader. The Pilkington’s like the Heywood’s, have a long and honoured connection with the commissioned ranks of the 6th Manchesters and neither officer could wish for a more devoted body of men...’ The following is extracted from a letter written by Major-General W. Douglas to Lieutenant Colonel Pilkington after the Battle of Krithia. It was in this action that Pilkington had, what the Battalion War Diary refers to as ‘a very lucky escape’, when he was only slightly wounded by a gun shot wound to the forehead: ‘My dear Pilkington, in regard to our conversation today, I am still hoping that you may be able to collect evidence of some of the special acts of gallantry by officers and men of our battalion during the assault of 4 June. It is most unfortunate, that owing to the many casualties sustained, many deeds worthy of the Victoria Cross have not been reported. I hope that your men know this. The dash, steadiness, reckless bravery and endurance shown by the 6th Manchesters and indeed by the whole Brigade was equal to the best traditions of the British Army...’ The following is again extracted from The Lancashire Fighting Territorials, by George Bigwood: ‘Two days after the battle [of Krithia] one of the wounded officers sent to a brother officer in Manchester an account of the extent to which the Battalion suffered: “... The C.O. I hear had a slight wound, but I believe was able to remain near the firing line. I can only trust and pray that this is so. He is doing splendidly as C.O., and you know we are all devoted to him.” ... After the big engagement on 7 August only 93 men were left to answer the roll-call. Referring to this engagement, Colonel Pilkington said: “In the old volunteer days we used to say that the regiment would give a good account of itself when it came to hard knocks, but no one ever thought that the men would get so many hard knocks in so short a time as they got at Gallipoli. There was not a single man, however, who did not do his work thoroughly and well. I am proud of them. Everything was done cheerfully and without murmur. On 7 August we were in the front trenches and about nine o’clock at night we wee ordered to take a line 350 yards across. We got forward that night 150 yards in eight or nine hours, the Turkish trenches being only 300 yards away. That, I think, was the finest thing the regiment has ever done, especially when you consider that it was performed by men many of whom probably never used spades and shovels until the outbreak of war.” Sold with comprehensive copied research detail.




Pair: Private J. P. Gowman, Welsh Regiment British War and Victory Medals (46976 Pte. J. P. Gowman. Welsh R.); together with a Rifle Volunteers pattern medal re-purposed as a Great War Tribute Medal with ring suspension, 39mm, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, the obverse featuring a kneeling rifleman in the firing position, ‘In Defence’ below, the reverse engraved ‘European War Presented to John P. Gowman by the public of Cilfrew 1917’, with a gilt metal ‘Lady Aberdare League’ improvised riband brooch, the last with contact marks especially to reverse centre, otherwise very fine (3) £80-£100 --- John Philip Gowman was born in 1893 at Neath and resided at 2 Rosser Terrace, Cilfrew, near Neath, and was by trade a tin plate worker. He served in 1st Battalion of the Welsh Regiment during the Great War and was discharged in 1919, having contracted malaria on active service.

Family group: A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private Stanley Flint, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (21886 Pte. S. Flint. 17/R.W. Fus:); 1914-15 Star (21886 Pte. S. Flint. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (21886 Pte. S. Flint. R.W. Fus.) mounted court-style for display, very fine Three: Private W. J. Flint, 7th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action in June 1915 1914-15 Star (A-567 Pte. W. J. Flint. K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-567 Pte. W. J. Flimt. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (7) £280-£340 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Stanley Flint enlisted on 9 November 1914, and served in France with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 2 December 1915. He was permanently attached to 254 Tunnelling Company from March 1916 to September 1917, when he rejoined the 15th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was posted to the 17th Battalion on 6 February 1918. He received a gunshot wound in the left knee on 6 October 1918, and was transferred to Class “Z” Reserve on 26 April 1919. William James Flint served in France with 7th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps and was killed in action on 30 June 1915. He is commemorated by name on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold with copied research.

A CASED 70 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE, JOHN BLISSET, 321 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, CIRCA 1840-50 with rebrowned twist signed multi-groove-rifled barrel, threaded breech, scroll-engraved action fitted with engraved cocking lever and safety-catch on the right and tap-lever on the left, leather-covered butt reservoir, and scroll-engraved trigger-guard: in a later lined and fitted case, complete with signed pump by the same maker, and bullet mould, 75.2 cm barrel John Blissett, son of Isaac a hair manufacturer, perfumerer and jeweller, is recorded at this address 1836-50. He was granted registered design no. 1050 for an airgun walking stick in 1847.

A 28 BORE NORTH INDIAN (SIND) MATCHLOCK RIFLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering etched twist sighted barrel of ‘hog’s back’ form, moulded at the muzzle and encrusted with gilt flowerheads, chiselled with gold encrusted cartouches and a band over the breech, and retained by five shaped and engraved gilt barrel bands (two associated), standing back-sight, integral pan with no provision for a cover, gilt tang, enclosed action with shaped serpentine with engraved terminal, pierced and chiselled trigger decorated with scrolling foliage and a flowerhead, full stock with characteristic ‘hooked’ butt, gilt copper alloy butt-plate and two sling swivels, and associated iron ramrod, 106.7 cm barrel ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number H02 The owner’s catalogue attributes this gun to the Armoury of the Raja of Bolpur, West Bengal. A related example was sold Sotheby’s 3rd April 1978, lot 98.

Britains assorted French Infantry Zouaves and Turcos, with two Officers and two RARE Infantry with box packs, and two in full kit (Condition Good, one rifle damaged, one bayonet missing) (21)