Royal Air Force: 1939-46 Star; Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp; Defence and War Medals, all un named as issued, extremely fine, together with condolence slip. Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) William Alfred Harris, 12 Squadron (Lancaster) was killed in action in the mass raid on Mailly-Le-Camp 4.5.1945 in which forty-two Lancaster’s were lost. Sold with copies of service records.

Northampton Regiment; Queen South Africa Medal, clasps: Cape Colony; Orange Free State; South Africa 1901; South Africa 1902 (5681 Worcester Regiment); British War and Victory Medals (21284 Worc. R.); Pte. J. Bourne served with the 2nd. Battalion in South Africa, all four clasps verified. Copy Medal index Card recording the award of the 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals (whereabouts of the star unknown); he served with 3d. Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in France from 2 May 1915, and was discharged on 24 July 191. Sold with copies of service records.

General Service Medal, clasp South Arabia (U 2368192, R.A.F.); RAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Elizabeth II (U 2368192. R.A.F.), good very fine.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (11055 Sapper, R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (11055 Sapr., 2/Sec. T. Bn. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (11055 Sapr., R.E.; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine. William Barnecutt was born in Gillingham, Kent. A Collar Maker by occupation, he attested for the Royal Engineers at Devonport on 8 May 1871, aged 21 years. With the R.E. he served in Natal, April 1879-January 1880, and in Egypt, February-July 1885. Suffering an accident causing injuries to his head and abdomen at Brokenhurst Camp on 13 June 1890, he was discharged the service at Aldershot on 7 May 1892. Sold with copied service papers and roll extracts.

Royal Artillery, officer commanding 9th Battery 2nd Brigade R.A. in the Perak Expedition 1875-76: Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Major O. H. A. Nicolls, 9th By. 2nd Bde. R. A.); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, edge bruising and lacquered, otherwise very fine. Oliver Henry Atkins Nicolls was born at Bognor, Sussex, on 24 July 1834. He was appointed a Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery, in December 1849, and gazetted a Second Lieutenant R.A. on 12 December 1853. Posted to 1 Company 9th Battalion, Siege Train R.A. in the Crimea, he arrived there in September 1854 and was engaged in the First Bombardment of Sebastopol until invalided. He rejoined the regiment in the Crimea in September 1855 and took part in the Sixth Bombardment of Sebastopol. He became 2nd Captain in April 1860 and was appointed A.D.C. to the G.O.C. Ceylon. Promoted to Captain in December 1869, he was posted to Penang and Singapore in June 1872 and advanced to Major the following month. Major Nicolls commanded 9th Battery 2nd Brigade R.A. on the expedition to Perak 1875-76 and received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1876. Nicolls was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1879 and became brevet Colonel in July 1881. Promoted to Major-General in August 1890, he became Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, in November 1894, and retired in July 1896. Major-General Nicolls died at Chichester on 15 October 1920.

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (AW.550 11 Sisia Kesa, E.A.A.W.) mounted as worn, contact marks, about very fine.

Korea Medal (impressed: P/SSX.869312 A. MURPHY A.B. R.N.); United Nations Korea Medal, bar Korea, unnamed as issued. Very fine.

who was carried to safety by Private Edward Durrant after being wounded at Bergendal in August 1900 - which feat of bravery won the latter a Victoria Cross: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (8599 Cpl., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8599 Corpl., Rifle Brigade); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8599 Pte., Rifle Bde.), number officially corrected on the second, minor contact wear, generally very fine or better; The citation for Edward Durrant’s V.C., which was published in the London Gazette on 18 October 1901, states: ‘At Bergendal, on 27 August 1900, Acting Corporal Wellar (sic), having been wounded and being somewhat dazed, got up from his prone position in the firing line, exposing himself still more to the enemy’s fire, and commenced to run towards them. Private Durrant rose, and, pulling him down, endeavoured to keep him quiet; but finding this impossible, he took him up and carried him back 200 yards under a heavy fire to shelter, returning immediately to his place in the line.’ Assuming Weller was discharged prior to the Great War, it is worth noting that 5013 Rifleman Sydney Weller, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade - who was born in Mickleham, Surrey and a resident of Bletchworth Hill on his enlistment - was killed in action on 22 September 1914.

Africa General Service Medal, Edward VII, one clasp: Somaliland 1908-10 (impressed:230568 W.E. RIGBY, A.B.H.M.S. FOX); 1914-15 Star (impressed: 230568 W.E.RIGBY, A.B.R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (impressed: 230568 W.E.RIGBY, L.S.R.N.);Naval General Service Medal, 1915-62, George V, one clasp: Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (impressed: 230568 W.E. RIGBY, A.B. H.M.S. FOX); medals polished, very fine. W.E. Rigby is confirmed on the roll for HMS Fox.

Campaign Service Medal 1918-62, Elizabeth II, clasp Northern Ireland, impressed (25163415); Iraq Medal, no clasp, impressed (25163415); extremely fine.

1914-15 Star (190066 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (GNR. R.N.). Very fine. Sold with copies of service records.

1914-15 Star (124367 A.B.,R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124367 A.B.R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve LS & GC Medal (124367 PO. B.356 A.B., R.F.R.). Very fine. Alfred Mitchell was H.M.S. Victoria survivor. HMS Victoria was one of two Victoria-class battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893 she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon during manoeuvres and quickly sank, taking 358 crew with her, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. One of the survivors was second-in-command, John Jellicoe, later commander-in-chief of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. Sold with copies of service records.

1914-15 Star (196649 A.B.R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (196649 L.S.R.N.); Naval LS & GC Medal, George V., swiveling suspension (196649 Albert Hull, A.B. H.M.S. ALECTO). Very fine. Sold with copies of service records, mentioning he served on Sub Depot ships Thames, Alecto, Mercury, Forth, Bonaventure and Dolphin.

1914-15 Star (236424 A.B., R.N.); Victory Medal (236424 L.S., R.N.). Very fine.

British War and Victory Medals (PLY. 10577); Naval LS & GC Medal, George V., non swiveling suspension (PLY. 10577), all medals plated, very fine.

Swing mounted as worn: 1914-15 Star (WT. TEL.); British War and Victory Medals (WT. TEL.), very fine. Sold with copies of service records.

Light Infantry; Baltic 1854-55 (C. Fisher, R.M.L.I.), officially impressed; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (C. Fisher, R.M.L.I.), officially impressed, both slightly later issues, good very fine.

Army Medical Service and 12th Foot. CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Staff. Asst. Surgn.) contemporary engraved naming; NEW ZEALAND 1845-1866, reverse undated (Asst. Sur., 12th Foot); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855 SARDINIAN ISSUE (Staff Asst. Surgn.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with the British Crimea Medal suspension. Good very fine. Arthur Henry Francis Lynch was born in Edinburgh on 13 August 1830. During his lifetime he gained the L.K.Q.C.P. Ireland and L.M. 1867; L.R.C.S.I. 1852; L.M. Coombe Hospital, Dublin 1853 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land. He was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon on 14 December 1854 and Assistant Surgeon with the 7th Dragoons on 9 February 1855. In December 1855 he was appointed Staff Assistant Surgeon but was transferred to the reserve in August 1856. Two years later he was reappointed Staff Assistant Surgeon and on 28 January 1859 was transferred to the 12th Foot. With that regiment he served in New Zealand, 1860-61. Appointed Staff Assistant Surgeon on 22 December 1863, he retired on Half Pay on 25 November 1864 and died at Fulham on 28 November 1888. Sold with copied research. He is several times mentioned in ‘Ensign Hamilton’s Letter’, which appeared in the Military Historical Society of Australia Journal, April/June 1983. The letter from a young ensign to his father, dated 14 February 1859, reports on his voyage to India.

W.C. Hooper; 1914-15 Star, impressed (K. 13625 STO. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals ((K. 13625 STO. 1. R.N.); Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, George V.R., non swiveling suspension (K. 13625 A/MECH. H.M.S. CONCORD). Polished, generally fine. William Charles Hooper entered service in 1912 as Stoker Second Class, H.M.S. Vivid; at Submarine base H.M.S. Dolphin from October 1916 (until 1922), serving aboard H1, H2, H33; discharged in 1925. Sold with a copy of service record.

Sergeant Alexander Walker; Crimea Medal, three clasps: Alma; Balaklava; Sebastopol; contemporary engraved (No. 3224 Serjt. 79th. Highlanders); Turkish Crimea Medal, French issue, impressed (3224 Serjt. 79th. Cameron Highlanders). Good very fine.

Queen’s South Africa Medal, clasps: Cape Colony; Orange Free State, engraved (Lieut. J. Fairfax Rhodes, Rl. Scots Greys); King’s South Africa Medal, clasps: South Africa 1901; South Africa 1902, engraved (Lt. J.F. Rhodes, 2/Dgns.). Generally very fine, contained within contemporary fitted red leather case (slightly scuffed, good fine). QSA medals is missing “Belfast” clasp. Lieut. John Fairfax Rhodes, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys), was killed in action at Klippan, near Springs, February 18th 1902. The only son of Fairfax Rhodes, Esq., of Brockhampton Park, Gloucestershire, and 29 Prince’s Gardens, S.W., he was born in December 1877 and educated at Eton (Miss Evans’). He entered the 2nd Dragoons in June 1899 being promoted Lieut. September 1900. He accompanied his regiment to South Africa in October 1899, and served throughout the war in the operations in the north of Cape Colony, the relief of Kimberley, and the advance on Bloemfontein and Pretoria. He subsequently served in the Transvaal. In the action in which Lieut. Rhodes was killed; his squadron was suddenly attacked by the Boers and lost three officers. The remains of Lieut. Rhodes, accompanied by an escort of a sergeant and eight men of his regiment, were brought home and buried at Charlton Abbott’s near Cheltenham.

Crimea Medal, one clasp: Balaklava; officially impressed in large capitals: THOS. WARNER. R.M.; Turkish Crimea Medal, British issue, ring suspension, unnamed. Very fine.

Awarded to 281943 Sjt. Benjamin G. Miller RGA : Queen’s South Africa Medal, clasps: Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal; impressed (84104 GNR. 6TH. E.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa Medal, two clasps: South Africa 1901; South Africa 1902; impressed (GNR. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, impressed (SR-6943 SJT. R.A.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre. Generally very fine. Croix De Guerre, London Gazette 15.4.18. With copy MIC ( pair confirmed as only entitlement), LG entry, SWB roll ( SWB not included ), QSA roll, service papers.

Otto Zwieback), Royal Armoured Corps, late Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, who made his way to England on being deported from Dachau in 1938. 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s wartime identity discs, one of them hand inscribed ‘Dachau’ (2), extremely fine and entirely as issued.

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Companion’s neck badge in silver gilt, extremely fine; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s breast badge in silver gilt, extremely fine; India General Service Medal 1895-1902, one clasp: PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98, engraved: Surgn. Captn. S. Macdonald, A.M.S.; Queen’s South Africa Medal, two clasps: ORANGE FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA 1902, impressed: MAJOR S. MACDONALD R.A.M.C.; 1914 Star with “Mons’” clasp (Lt. Col.); British War and Victory (with M.I.D.) medals (Col); 1911 Coronation Medal; French 1914-16 War Cross (last two un named as issued). Generally very fine or better, last seven display mounted. Stuart MacDonald, (Maj.- Gen. Ret. Pay)- Operations on N.W. Frontier of India, 1897-8. – With Tirah Expedition Force. Medal with 2 clasps. Great War, 1914-9. – In command of 1. Gen. Hosp. Oct. 14 to 16 Apr. 15. Afterwards on Staff [as (1) Asst. Dir. Of Med. Services, 1 Div. 17 Apr. 15 to 1 Nov. 16 and (2) Dep. Dir. Of Med Services, 2 Nov. 16 to 14 Apr. 18]. France and Belgium 9 Aug. 1914 to Apr. 1918. Mentioned in Despatches: London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915, 1 Jan. 1916, 4 Jan. 17, 24 Dec. 1917 and 25 May 1918. French War Cross. 1914 Star. CB. CMG. Stuart MacDonald: S., aftds. S. Capt., 5 Feb. 1887. R.A.M.C. Capt. 5 Feb. 1887. Maj. 5 Feb. 1899. Lt. Col. 29 July 1911. Col. 1 Mar. 1915. N.W. Frontier, India, 1897-1898. Great War of 1914, as an A.D.M.S. C.M.G. 1916. Croix de Guerre, 1917. b. at Elgin, 14 Apl. 1861. M.B., Abd. 1884.

British War and Victory medals, impressed: 235552 PTE. 1. S.A.J. CARTER, R.A.F. Swing mounted as worn, extremely fine.

British War Medal and Mercantile Marine War Medal, both impressed: WILLIAM H. MASKERY. Very fine. Sold with related contemporary miniatures.

Court mounted as worn, pin back: 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; CVSM and clasp; 1939-45 War medal. All four un named as issued, last two silver Canadian issue. Un attributed.

British War Medal; Victory Medal (bi-lingual reverse): Pte. 2nd. SAI. With copied service records showing he enlisted in December 1915 and was wounded in action in October 1916. He was a Lewis gunner. Very fine.

13th Royal Regiment (Canadian Militia). Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., rev. impressed, ‘Lt-Col. R. A. Robertson, 13th Regt.’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, complete with brooch bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lt-Colonel, 13th Royal Regt.), impressed naming, nearly extremely fine. Robert Alexander Robertson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on 16 May 1869. He joined the 13th Royal Regiment (Canadian Militia) as a 2nd Lieutenant on 30 June 1896. Robertson was a crack shot, obtaining the highest score during the 5th Imperial Rifle Match; he also represented Canada as a member of the Bisley team for 1899 and was a member of the team firing for the Palma Trophy in 1901. He was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1898, Captain in September 1903 and Major in July 1915. During the war he served in the Mobilisation Depot for Hamilton, being appointed to the Saff of the C.E.F. and given the task of Recruiting Officer for the Hamilton District, being made a Tempoary Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1915-December 1918. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1918 and in May 1919 was given command of the 13th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson retired in 1928 and died two years later. Sold with newspaper cuttings relating to the recipient, together with copied service papers and other research.

Royal Engineers. A 1916 Great War 'French Theatre' D.S.O. Group of Six to Major R. Mitchell, Highland Division, Royal Engineers. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Major R. Mitchell. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Major R. Mitchell.);Coronation 1902, silver; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1918), with integral top ribbon bar, good very fine. D.S.O. London Gazette 14.1.1916 Captain (temporary Major) Robert Mitchell, 2nd Highland Field Company, Royal Engineers, Territorial Force. T.D. London Gazette 30.5.1919 Major Robert Mitchell, D.S.O., Highland Division, Royal Engineers. M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916. Major Robert Mitchell, D.S.O., T.D., born Logierieve, Aberdeenshire, 1873; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Aberdeenshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers), 14.11.1900; promoted Lieutenant, 21.5.1902; Captain 31.3.1906; reverted to Lieutenant at own request 31.3.1908; transferred Highland Division, Royal Engineers, on formation 1.4.1908; Captain 9.7.1910; Served in France with 1/2nd Highland Field Company, 1.3.1915-1.11.1916; Major 1.6.1916; 134th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers, 1.3.1917-11.11.1918; Retired 30.9.1921.

BGR131 SEVEN, Petty Officer A. G. Mc Namara, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (C/JX.158552 A. G. Mc Namara, P.O. R.N.) good very fine.

Queens’ South Africa Medal, five clasps: CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902., impressed (22313 TPR. 24 COY. IMP. YEO.); British War and Victory Medals -Victory medal bi-lingual South African issue, impressed (SJT. 4TH. S.A. I.). During Great War J.P. McGowan Served in Fourth South African Infantry Regiment, likely in France. Generally very fine or better.