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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 21st April 2011 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 19th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
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| The Regimentally Unique M.G.S. and Waterloo 'Pair' to Captain W.H. Armstrong, 19th Light Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir John Vandeleur for the Peninsula Campaign and also at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, five clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (W. Armstrong, Lieut. 19th. Lt. Dragns. & A.D.C.); Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Wm. Armstrong, 19th Lt. Dragoons. A.D.C.), with contemporary silver eyelet and straight bar suspension, last contemporarily renamed in engraved upright serif capitals, very fine, both with original ribands (2) £3,500-4,500 Footnote: Captain William Henry Armstrong commissioned Cornet 19th Light Dragoons, 1809, and advanced Lieutenant in June of the following year; served as ADC to Major-General Sir John Vandeleur (to whom he was related), September 1811-April 1814; he was present in that capacity at Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive and at the Siege of Bayonne; ADC to Vandeleur at Waterloo, where the latter commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and by the end of the day had succeeded to the command of the entire cavalry; advanced Captain (Half Pay) Royal African Corps, August 1819; Armstrong resided at Farney Castle, Thurles, Tipperary, which had been in the family since 1660, and on the death of Vandeleur in 1849, he inherited the Squadron Guidons of the old 19th Light Dragoons. The main beneficiary from the sale of this lot will be the charity Help for Heroes. Please see www.helpforheroes.org.uk for more information. |
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| Five: Captain W. Keily, Bengal Veteran Establishment, Late Sergeant Major 1st Light Cavalry and Gunner, Artillery Army of India 1799-1826, long hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (Gunner W. Reily [sic] Regt. of Arty.), officially engraved in running script, India; Cabul 1842, suspension re-affixed, naming details erased, with scroll suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Serg Major W. Keily 1st Regt Light Cavalry), with original brass rivets and contemporary silver ornate scroll suspension bar; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, one clasp, Sobraon (Serjt. W: Kieley [sic] Commt. Dept.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Captn. Wm. Keily Veteran Esce.), last contemporarily renamed in running script, contact marks throughout, generally nearly very fine or better (5) £1,400-1,800 Footnote: Captain William Keily, commissioned Bengal Veteran Establishment, 31.5.1852, War Services of Officers of The Bengal Army, 1863, gives the following, 'Lieutenant Keily served at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore, '25, '26 (Medal). With the Force in Afghanistan, under General Pollock. Present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass, and in all subsequent operations leading to the occupation of Cabul, including those in the Mazeena Valley (Medal). Present at the battle of Maharajpore. (Bronze Star). Served during the Campaign on the Sutlej, including the actions of Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon. (Medal and clasp).' 'Keily' or 'Reily' does not appear on the published transcription of the Army of India Medal Roll, however, this is not unusual for a medal claimed in India. This also appears to be the case for his Indian Mutiny Medal, probably due to similar circumstances. |
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| Pair: Captain J.D. Cowell, 3rd Light Dragoons Cabul 1842 (Lieut. J.D. Cowell. 3d K.O.Lt. Drags.), officially re-engraved, with silver clip and hinged straight bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut. J:D: Cowell 3rd Lt. Dragns.), severe edge bruising to last, therefore good fine or better (2) £1,000-1,200 Footnote: Captain James Cowell, commissioned Cornet 3rd Light Dragoons, 1834; Lieutenant 1837, served with the regiment 'throughout the campaign of 1842 in Afghanistan (Medal), and was present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass, capture of Mamoo Khail, stroming the heights of Jugdulluck, actions of Tezeen and Huft Kotal, and occupation of Cabool'; served as ADC to Sir Joseph Thackwell at Maharajpoor (medal); during the Sutlej Campaign he had his Charger killed under him at Ferozeshuhur; served as Deputy-Assistant-Quarter-Master-General of the Cavalry Division for the close of the campaign; Captain 1848. |
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| Pair: Surgeon T.E. Dempster, Bengal Horse Artillery Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (Surgn. T:E: Dempster 1st. Brigade H: Ay.); Punjab 1848-49, one clasp, Mooltan (Surgn. T.E. Dempster, 1st. Bde. H. Arty.), good very fine (2) £500-700 |
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| Three: Private H. Huggins, 97th Foot Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband as issued (Henry Huggins 97. Foot.), Regimentally impressed; Turkish Crimea, British die, pierced as issued, with contemporary silver ring and straight bar suspender engraved 'Crimea'; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Hy., Huggins, 97th. Regt.), heavy contact marks, fine, mounted as worn in this order (3) £300-350 |
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| Three: Major General T.A. de Moleyns, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Aremberg de Moleyns, Royal Artillery.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif upper and lower case, top lugs neatly removed; Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Capt. T.A. De Moleyns, 4/Bde: R.A.); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, Officer's Hunt and Roskill pattern, (T.A. De Moleyns, Lieut. R.A.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, light contact marks to 1st, therefore very fine (3) £700-900 Footnote: Major General Townsend Aremberg de Moleyns, born 1838, the grandson of Major The Honourable Edward Mullins - the family changed their name by Royal Licence to de Moleyns, 16.2.1841; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1855; Captain 1862; Major 1872; advanced Major General 1885. For the Army Gold Medal awarded to Major the Hon. Edward Mullins, the grandfather of Major General T.A. de Moleyns, see Lot 307. |
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| Pair: Private W. Harris, 8th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Wm. Harris, 1st. Bn. 8th. Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1955. Wm. Harris, 1st. Bn. 8th. Foot,), very fine, both with ornate top silver riband buckles (2) £350-400 Footnote: 1955 Private William Harris, born Bridgewater, Somerset, October 1824; enlisted in the 8th Foot, April 1842; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal together with a gratuity of £5; discharged October 1863, after 21 years and 19 days with the Colours, of which 14 years and 23 days were spent in India |
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| A Scarce 'Double Issue' I.G.S. Pair to Sergeant C. Byrne, 80th Foot India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (603. Corpl. C. Byrne H.M's. 80th. Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (603. Sergt. C. Byrne. 80th. Foot.), good very fine (2) £400-450 Footnote: 603 Sergeant Christopher Byrne, born Dublin, 1841; enlisted in the 80th Foot, July 1859; promoted Corporal, March 1865; Sergeant, March 1874; discharged, March 1880, after 20 years and 298 days with the Colours, of which 6 years were spent in India; 3 years in the Strait Settlements; and 3 years in South Africa. |
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| Pair: Private J. Ward, Leicestershire Regiment, Late East Yorkshire Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1444. Pte. J. Ward. 2/15th. Foot.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (2255 Pte. J. Ward. 2d. Bn. Leic. R.), suspension slack on last, nearly very fine (2) £180-220 |
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| Pair: Sergeant Major W.K. Wilson, Brabant's Horse Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal 1880-97, one clasp, Transkei (Sgt. Maj. W.K. Wilson.. P.A.Burg.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (703 Tpr. W.K. Wilson. Brabant's Horse.), minor edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £280-320 |
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| A Scarce Campaign Combination Group of Four to Chief Stoker E. Goodwin, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Witu 1890 (E. Goodwin, Sto., H.M.S. Turquoise.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (E. Goodwin, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, one clasp, Taku Forts (E. Goodwin, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Fame.); Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Edwin Goodwin, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Terrible.), contact marks throughout, therefore nearly very fine or better (4) £700-800 Footnote: 130321 Chief Stoker Edwin Goodwin, born Rainham, Kent, 1866; enlisted Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class, 1885; served as Stoker in H.M.S. Turquoise, September 1887-June 1891; served as Chief Stoker in H.M.S. Terrible, September 1899-May 1900 and in H.M.S. Fame, January 1902-January 1902 (L.S. & G.C. 4.5.1900); joined the Reserve, 28.1.1907. |
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| Six: Captain W.B. Drake [O.B.E.], South Wales Borderers, Late Devonshire Regiment, Damant's Horse and Salisbury Horse British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Matabeleland 1893, one clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. W.B. Drake. Salisbury Horse.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, eight clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Lieut. W.B. Drake, Damant's Horse), top lugs removed; King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lieut. W.B. Drake. W. Province. M.R.); 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut: W.B. Drake. Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Capt. W.B. Drake.), remnants of lacquer, contact marks throughout, therefore generally very fine (6) £600-700 Footnote: O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Drake, Capt. William Barnard, S.W. Bord. 'For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Mesopotamia.' Captain William Barnard Drake, O.B.E., born 1871, the son of Sir W.H. Drake, K.C.B.; educated at Sherborne; served in the ranks, Salisbury Horse, during operations in Matabeleland; commissioned into Damant's Horse for service during the Boer War 1899-1902; served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War, 1915-16; advanced Captain 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers, 15.8.1916; served as part of Embarkation Staff, Mesopotamia, 1916-18 (O.B.E.; M.I.D. London Gazette 5.6.1919); retired 22.1.1920; resided in later life at Cotmaton House, Sidmouth, Devon. |
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| Four: Colonel E. G. Curtis [C.M.G.], Northamptonshire Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieut. E.G. Curtis. 1st. Bn. Bedford Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. E.G. Curtis North'n R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Col. E.G. Curtis.), lacquered, extremely fine (4) £400-500 Footnote: C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt.-Col. Edward George Curtis, R. of O., North'n R., T.F. 'For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.' Colonel Edward George Curtis, C.M.G., born November 1868, the son of Major-General Reginald Curtis, Royal Artillery; educated at Westminster School, Cheltenham College, and R.M.C. Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment, August 1888; Lieutenant, August 1890; served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, and present at the storming of the Malakand Pass and the engagement near Khar; Captain, September 1896; appointed Adjutant, 4th Volunteer Battalion, 26.1.1901; Major, 2.5.1908; Lieutenant-Colonel, 6.8.1914; Commanded the 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment during the Great War, and served with it at Gallipoli, 1915; and in Egypt with the British Expeditionary Force, 1916-19; Four times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 13.7.1916, 28.11.1917, 11.6.1918, and 5.6.1919). Colonel Curtis died in March 1923. |
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| Three: Sapper A. Worboys, Royal Engineers Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (25296. Sap: A. Worboys. R.E.), suspension claw slack; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (25296, Sapr. A. Worboys, R.E.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, two clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (25296. Sap. A. Worboys. Royal Engineers.), top lugs of last filled, generally good very fine (3) £340-380 Footnote: 25296 Sapper A. Worboys served with the 17th Field Company Royal Engineers during the Second Boer War, and is list on the medal roll as having "Died". |
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| Four: Private B. Ginn, Devon Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3093 Pte. B. Ginn 1st. Bn. Devon Regt.), suspension slack; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3093 Pte. B. Ginn, Devon: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3093 Pte. B. Ginn. Devon: Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (3093 Pte. B. Ginn. Devon Regt.), contact marks, good fine or better, together with the recipient's Army Pay Book (4) £450-500 Footnote: 3093 Private Benjamin Ginn, born Greenwich; enlisted in the Devon Regiment, September 1890; served with the Regiment in India from January 1893 and took part in the Perak Expedition on the North West Frontier; served in South Africa from September 1899 and present at the actions of Elandslaagte, the Defence of Ladysmith, and operations in the Transvaal; discharged 1910. Private Ginn served as a Bandsman, playing the clarinet. After leaving the Army he became a postman and belonged to the Glamorgan Yeomanry (Territorial Army), playing in their Regimental Band. After the Second World War he played for St. Peter's Military Band, and played with the band at all the major rugby internationals at the Cardiff Arms Park. For the medals to Private Henry Ginn, brother of Benjamin Ginn, see the following Lot. |
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| Three: Private H. Ginn, Devon Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (1730 Pte. H. Ginn 1st. Bn. Devon Regt.), suspension slack; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (1730 Pte. H. Ginn. Devon: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (1730 Pte. H. Ginn. Devon: Regt.), contact marks, very fine, together with the recipient's cap badge, all housed in a fitted case (3) £380-420 |
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| Pair: Private F. Payne, 2nd Dragoons Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4595 Pte. W. Payne. 2nd Dragoons.); King's South Africa, two clasps (4595 Pte. F. Payne. 2nd Drgns:), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £140-180 |
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| Pair: Private D. Doyle, King's Own Scottish Borderers Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7079 Pte. D. Doyle. K.O. Scot: Bord:); King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (7079 Pte. D. Doyle. K.O. Scot: Bord:), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £100-140 |
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| Four: Captain F.L. Pelly, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (13260 Pte. F. Pelly. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F.L. Pelly. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F.L. Pelly.), good very fine (4) £140-180 Footnote: Captain Frank L. Pelly, born Madras, India, 1879; enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 19.2.1900; served in South Africa, 12.3- 18.12.1900; discharged, 23.1.1901; Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, 7.9.1915; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 20.9.1915; Captain, 7.9.1916. |
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| An Unusual Campaign Group of Five to Major J.G.Y. Delmar-Morgan, Royal Air Force, Late Lieutenant-Commander, H.Q. Staff Russian Armoured Car Squadron, R.N.V.R., and Corporal Imperial Yeomanry, With Whom He Was Wounded During the Boer War, 19.11.1900 Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (6258 Cpl. J. Morgan, 34th Coy. Imp. Yeo.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J.G.Y. Delmar-Morgan, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. J.G.Y. Delmar-Morgan.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Officer's breast Badge, 66mm including crown suspension x 40mm, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband, extensive white enamel damage to last, otherwise generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn (5) £280-320 Footnote: Major John Godfrey Yule Delmar-Morgan, born 1878; served with the 34th (Middlesex) Company 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War and was wounded in action near Harrismith, 19.11.1900; with the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., 5.9.1914; served in H.M.S. Undaunted (light cruiser), from 25.7.1915; borne as an Additional H.M.S. President, 13.11.1916, 'for service at the London Hqrs of Russian Armoured Car Squadron; advanced Lieutenant-Commander, 31.10.1917; transferred as Captain (Honorary Major) Royal Air Force, 19.9.1918; discharged 21.1.1919. |
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| Pair: Orderly W. Nowell, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony, this loose on riband (755 Ordly: W. Nowell. St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Ambulance Brigade Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (755 Pte. W. Nowell. Hebden Brigade Corps), minor edge bruise to first, nearly extremely fine (2) £350-400 |
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| Pair: Private W. Knowles, Kimberley Town Guard Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. W. Knowles. Kimberley Town Gd:); Kimberley Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter 'a', last lacking top riband bar, generally very fine or better (2) £200-250 Footnote: There are two 'Private W. Knowles' listed on the published transcription of the medal roll, both entitled to single clasp awards. |
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| Pair: Driver P.F. Mahoney, Royal Engineers Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2096. Dr. P.F. Mahoney. R.E.); King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2096 Dvr: P. Mahoney. R.E.), good very fine War Medal, extremely fine (3) £110-150 |
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| Pair: Private J. Southworth, Liverpool Regiment Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7165 Pte. J. Southworth. L'pool Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (7163 Pte. J. Southworth. L'pool Regt.), good very fine (2) £340-380 Footnote: Approximately 14 Africa General Service Medals with this clasp combination to the Liverpool Regiment. |
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| 225 | |||
| Three: Private R. Broomfield, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with later slide bar (M1-7243 Pte. R. Bromfield. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M1-7243 Pte. R. Bromfield. A.S.C.), good very fine (3) £60-80 |
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| 226 | |||
| Pair: Sowar Muhammed Khan, 36th Horse 1914 Star (No.2811 Sowar Muhammed Khan, 36/ Horse); Victory Medal (2811 Sowar Mohd. Khan, 36 Horse.), good very fine 1914 Star (2) (No.4206 Sepoy Sultan Din, 107/Pionrs.; No.101 L.Nk. Fatteh Din, 2/Mule Corps.), nearly very fine (4) £100-120 |
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| 227 | |||
| Four: Gunner S. Elsey, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (1002. Gnr. S. Elsey. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1002 Gnr. S. Elsey. R.A.); Defence Medal, nearly very fine Three: Private G. Sutherland, Gordon Highlanders 1914-15 Star (3-6579. Pte. G. Sutherland. Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (3-6579 Pte. G. Sutherland. Gord. Highrs.), good very fine Pair: Private R. Esplin, Gordon Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (S-17985 Pte. R. Esplin. Gordons.), very fine, together with a number of unrelated items, including a Royal Navy prize medal; six miniature awards; various post-cards and other ephemera; and a Princess Mary Christmas box (9) £80-100 |
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| Five: Warrant Officer Class I W.A. Webb, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (49228 B.S.Mjr. W.A. Webb. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (49228 W.O. Cl.2 W.A. Webb. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (1042902 W.O. Cl.II. W.A. Webb. R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (1042902 W.O. Cl.1. W.A. Webb. R.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine, mounted court style (5) £160-200 Footnote: 1042902 Warrant Officer Class I William Arthur Webb, born Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent, 1888; enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, 25.11.1907; served with the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 15.1.1915 (wounded in the shoulder 5.5.1915); awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 1926; promoted Warrant Officer Class I, 27th Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, 3.9.1927; discharged, 25.2.1933; re-enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals, 10.7.1933; discharged, 6.4.1936. |
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| Five: Quarter Master Sergeant A.T. James, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (27693 Q.M.Sjt. A.T. James. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (27693 W.O. Cl.1 A.T. James. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (27693 S.Mjr: A.T. James. R.E.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (27693 Q.M.Sjt: A.T. James. R.E.), edge bruise to second, good very fine, mounted court style in this order (5) £180-220 Footnote: M.S.M. London Gazette 2.1.1918 27693 S./M. A.T. James, R.E. ("E" Gosport) 'In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field during the present war.' |
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| Four: Stoker Petty Officer W. Cowling, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.23029, W. Cowling, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.23029 W. Cowling. Sto.1 R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Admiral's bust' type (K.23039 W. Cowling, S.P.O. H.M.S. Ceres.), fine Pair: Master-at-Arms C. Peacock, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (147188, C. Peacock, M.A.A., R.N.); Victory Medal (147188 C. Peacock. M.A.A. R.N.), good very fine (6) £70-90 |
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| Three: Private F. Clarke, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Ply. 245, Pte. F. Clarke, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 245 -S- Pte. F. Clarke. R.M.L.I.), nearly very fine Pair: Gunner T.W. Jeffery, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (138348 Gnr. T.W. Jeffrey. R.A.), very fine British War Medal (2) (R.M.A. 2862 -S- Gr.2 H.W. Ingerson.; 140 Pte. W. Highfield. York & Lanc. R.), minor erasure before number on second, nearly extremely fine (7) £50-70 Footnote: 138348 Gunner T.W. Jeffery served with "D" Battery, 2nd Army Reserve Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War; died, 14.11.1918, and is buried in Hipswell (St. John) Churchyard, North Yorkshire. |
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| Three: Captain G.R. Bodilly, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut:G.R. Bodilly, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G.R. Bodilly.), good very fine Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (82910 Q.M.Sjt: G. Scovell. R.G.A.), nearly very fine (4) £80-120 Footnote: Captain George Rivers Bodilly, born November 1887; enlisted as 2530 Trooper in the Royal Field Artillery, 7.9.1914; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 12.11.1914; Lieutenant, 3.8.1916; Captain, 14.10.1918; retired, 29.1.1919; died, 24.7.1932. 82910 Quarter Master Sergeant George Scovell, born Newport, Isle of Wight, January 1872; enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, January 1891; Corporal, September 1898; served in Singapore, December 1898 to October 1901, and India, February 1907 to November 1911; Sergeant, July 1899; Company Quarter Master Sergeant, September 1904; discharged, 11.1.1912 after 21 years with the Colours. |
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| Three: Corporal E.A. Jacobs, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-033310. Pte. E.A. Jacobs, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-033310 Cpl. E.A. Jacobs. A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine, with two riband bars Pair: Corporal A.J. Meadows, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-207611 A.Cpl. A.J. Meadows. A.S.C.), very fine 1914 Star, with copy Bar (CMT-1187 Pte. A.E. Smith. A.S.C.), good fine, together with an unrelated Old Contemptibles Association lapel badge, reverse numbered '6873D'; and a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service (7) £70-90 |
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| Three: Nursing Sister L.M. Grant, Territorial Force Nursing Service British War and Victory Medals (Sister L.M. Grant.); Territorial Force War Medal (Sister L.M. Grant. T.F.N.S.), nearly very fine (3) £280-320 |
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| Three: Corporal J.R. Bowman, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (54718 2.Cpl. J.R. Bowman. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (WR-250248 2.Cpl. J.R. Bowman. R.E.), good very fine, mounted court style (3) £100-140 Footnote: M.S.M. London Gazette 3.6.1919 WR/250248 2nd Cpl. Bowman, J.R., 260th Rly. Con. Coy., Royal Engineers (Northwood) 'In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.' 250248 Corporal Jonathan Robert Bowman, born Kimberley, Norfolk, 1876; enlisted in the Royal Engineers, 14.10.1914; served with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 24.12.1914; wounded by the effects of gas, 25.7.1916; promoted Lance Corporal, 5.11.1917. |
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| Five: Captain W.B. Cooper, Chinese Labour Corps, Late Customs College, Peking British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W.B. Cooper); China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Third Class neck Badge, 60mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to reverse; China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class breast Badge, 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 70mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 53mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, good very fine, with lapel rosettes for the Orders of the Golden Grain and the Medjidieh, contained in a Baldwin & Sons, London, fitted case (5) £600-800 Footnote: China, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class London Gazette 18.10.1918 William Boyd Cooper, Esq., formerly of the Customs College, Peking. Captain William Boyd Cooper, born Belfast, 1878; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Chinese Labour Corps, 12.2.1917, and served with the Corps in France from 12.2.1917; Lieutenant, 12.8.1918; advanced Captain, General List; relinquished his Commission, 5.4.1919. Third Class Order of the Golden Grain and Order of the Medjidieh unconfirmed. |
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| Miniature Awards: The Group of Five Attributed to Captain W.B. Cooper, Chinese Labour Corps, Late Customs College, Peking British War and Victory Medals; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class Badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, Fifth Class Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to third and fifth, good very fine, mounted as worn, in Baldwin & Sons, London, fitted case (5) £100-150 Footnote: Orders of the Medjidieh and Striped Tiger unconfirmed. |
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| Pair: Lieutenant G.I. Kitcat, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G.I. Kitcat.), nearly very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant N.M. Ince, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. N.M. Ince.), good very fine Pair: Private W. McLaughlan, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-30535 Pte. W. McLaughlan. R.W. Kent R.), traces of verdigris, very fine Pair: Private P. Smith, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (153939 Pte. P. Smith. M.G.C.), good very fine Pair: Private C.F. Wakeford, Army Ordnance Corps British War and Victory Medals (018815 Pte. C.F. Wakeford. A.O.C.), nearly extremely fine (10) £80-100 Footnote: Lieutenant G.I. Kitcat, Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1.7.1917. Second Lieutenant N.M. Ince, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, 30.11.1918. |
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| Pair: Corporal J. Northam, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (9758 Cpl. J. Northam. R. Innis. Fus.), contact marks, nearly very fine 1914 Star (18358 Dvr: S. Hill. R.E.), nearly very fine British War Medal (46036. 2.A.M. H. Wood. R.F.C.), edge bruise, suspension slack, good fine Mercantile Marine War Medal (Ernest Westmore), very fine Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (47414 Pte. E. Wardle.), good very fine (6) £120-140 Footnote: 47414 Private E. Wardle served with the 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) during the Great War; died, 24.4.1915, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. |
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| Three: Brigadier R.A.M. Currie [C.M.G., D.S.O.], Somerset Light Infantry Victory Medal, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Brig. Gen. R.A.M. Currie.); France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier's breast Badge, 57mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver, gold, and enamel, enamel damage to points of badge; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine (3) £120-140 Footnote: C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. and Bt. Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, D.S.O., Som. L.I. 'For services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.' D.S.O. London Gazette 14.1.1916 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, Somerset Light Infantry. France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 1.5.1917 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry. Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4.9.1919 Major and Brevet Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, C.M.G., D.S.O., Somerset Light Infantry. Brigadier Ryves Alexander Mark Currie, C.M.G., D.S.O., born 18th June, 1875, on the Diamond Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel F.A. Currie, Norfolk Regiment, and was educated at Wellington College. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry, June 1896; served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under the command of Sir William Lockhart, 1897, and was present at the engagement at Shabkadr; also with the Mohmand Field Force with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry; Lieutenant, December 1898; Captain, 1.1.1904; served as Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 1.1.1904- 31.12.1906; Brigade Major, 13th Infantry Brigade, Irish Command, 18.6.1912- 4.8.1914; Brigade Major, 5.8.1914- 24.3.1915; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14.8.1914; (Eight times Mentioned in Despatches; Brevets of Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel); Brigadier-General, 15.8.1917. Brigadier Currie died 30.3.1920, at Danzig, East Prussia, whilst acting as Brigadier-General, General Staff to General Haking, having since the Armistice commanded a Brigade on the Rhine, and is buried in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland. |
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| Six: Chief Engineer Officer D.P. Knapman, Royal Navy 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Korea 1950-53, 1st 'Britt: Omn:' type (C.E.O. D.P. Knapman R.N.); United Nations Medal for Korea, generally very fine, mounted as originally worn (6) £100-140 Footnote: For the medals awarded to Petty Officer P.F. Knapman, D.S.M., the father of Chief Engineer Officer D.P. Knapman, see Lot 25. |
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| Five: Lieutenant-Colonel M.A.A. Little, Royal Horse Guards 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, all contemporarily engraved 'Lieut. Colonel M.A.A. Little R.H.G', lacquered, nearly extremely fine, together with a letter written by the recipient's great grandfather, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, signed 'Brassey' Four: Lieutenant-Colonel R.H. Griffith 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's riband bar, and named card box of issue, addressed to 33 Mitchley Ave, Purley, Surrey Pair: Captain G.F. May, Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; War Medal, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 31 Becon Road, Falmouth, Cornwall (11) £140-180 Footnote: Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Archibald Albert Little, born Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 5.6.1904, the eldest son of Brigadier M.O. Little, C.B., C.I.E., and the great-grandson of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 9th Lancers, 5.9.1925; promoted Lieutenant, 25.8.1926; transferred as Captain, Royal Horse Guards, 12.6.1935; served during the Second World War; Major, 25.8.1941; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13.4.1942; Killed in action, 5.10.1944, and is buried in Cesena War Cemetery, Italy. M.I.D. London Gazette Lt.-Col. (temp.) R.H. Griffith (282756), General List 'In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe.' Lieutenant-Colonel Royston Harling Griffith, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List, 12.7.1943; War Substantive Major and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 6.7.1944. Captain G.F. May, Commissioned Lieutenant and Quarter Master, Royal Artillery, 30.6.1939; served during the Second World War and taken Prisoner of War; held in Oflag 79, Brunswick, Germany; liberated, 12.4.1945. |
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| Five: Warrant Officer Class II J.G. Fraser, Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; Defence and War Medals; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (730243 W.O. Cl.II. J.G. Fraser. R.A.), traces of verdigris to first, otherwise good very fine, with section of the recipient's riband bar; and an unrelated American Purple Heart Medal 1914-15 Star (95739, Dvr. W.C. Hockley, R.F.A.), good very fine (7) £60-80 |
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| Nine: Lieutenant J.S. Roszek, Polish Army Poland, Republic, Gold Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Poland, Republic, Silver Cross of Merit, with Crossed Swords, by Spink, London, silver and enamel; Poland, Republic, Active Service Medal; Poland, Republic, Monte Cassino Cross, reverse officially numbered '46016'; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine, with named card box of issue, addressed to 9 Hoveden Road, London NW2; and two scarce and unusual sample strikings of the Monte Cassino Cross (9) £150-200 Footnote: Lieutenant Jan Stanislaw Roszek, born Zakopane, Poland, June 1896; served in Pilsudski's 1st Brigade during the Great War; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Regiment; awarded the Monte Cassino Cross whilst serving as a Lieutenant and Doctor in the Ordnance Headquarters of the 2nd Polish Corps in Italy. Lieutenant Roszek died in London, 1972. |
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| Six: Sergeant Chunbahadur Gurung, Gurkha Rifles 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (21135054 Sgt. Chunbahadur. Gurung 6 GR.); Indian Independence 1947, nearly very fine (6) £80-100 Footnote: 21135054 Sergeant Chunbahadur Gurung, born 1921; enlisted in the Indian Army, 18.10.1940; transferred to the Brigade of Gurkhas, 1.1.1948; served in Malaya, January to July 1948, March 1949 to September 1951, May 1952 to October 1955, and May 1956 to November 1958; promoted Corporal, 1.4.1952; Sergeant, 1.9.1954; discharged, 19.7.1959, after 18 years and 275 days with the Colours. |
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| Five: Sergeant Kishnabir Thapa, Gurkha Engineers 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (21132635 Cpl. Kishnabir' Thapa R.E. Gur.), nearly very fine (5) £70-90 Footnote: 21132635 Sergeant Kishnabir Thapa, born 1922; enlisted in the Indian Army, 7.11.1940; discharged, 30.3.1947; re-enlisted in the Brigade of Gurkhas, 5.10.1949; served in Malaya, November 1949 to September 1950, September 1951 to April 1952, and November 1954 to August 1956; promoted Corporal, 1.4.1952; Sergeant, 24.2.1956; discharged, 13.5.1958, after 15 years with the Colours. |
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| Four: Mr. E.R. Fithian, Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to '54 Queenswood Road, Moseley, Birmingham', with Air Council enclosure Pair: Sergeant G.F. Arundell Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. George F. Arundell, extremely fine, with named card box of issue for the first, addressed to '1 Clarence Place, Newport, Barnstaple, Devon' One: Miss E.M. Mason Defence Medal, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to '85A Boutport Street, Barnstaple, N. Devon', with Home Office enclosure Second World War Medals (7) 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal (2), verdigris to Atlantic Star, otherwise about extremely fine United Nations Medal for Korea, extremely fine, in card box of issue (15) £60-80 |
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| Pair: Captain H.E. Spencer, Royal Army Service Corps Italy Star; War Medal, extremely fine, with enclosure in box of issue, addressed to '43 Orchards Way, Southampton' Second World War Medals (14), 1939-1945 Star (3); Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal (2); India Service Medal (78083 Rfn. Lalbahadur Limbu, 7 G.R.); Africa Service Medal (2) (210830 M.J. Groenewald; ACF82485 S. Messaris), heavy edge bruising to first; Australia Service Medal (V500372 A.E. Henderson); New Zealand War Service Medal. generally very fine or better (16) £80-100 Footnote: Captain H.E. Spencer, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, 12.6.1943; Lieutenant, 12.12.1943. |
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| Four: Sergeant T.C. Blake, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (906999 Sgt. T.C. Blake. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (906999 Sgt. T.C. Blake. R.A.F.), good very fine (4) £80-100 |
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| Three: Company Staff Sergeant Amarbahadur Gurung, Gurkha Engineers War Medal; India Service Medal; General Service Medal 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (21132875 Spr. Amarbahadur Gurung, R.E. Gur), minor official corrections to surname and unit, very fine Pair: Rifleman Baldhoj Gurung, Gurkha Rifles War Medal; India Service Medal, both impressed '70394 Rfn. Baldhoj Gurung, 3/6 G.R.', good fine Pair: Corporal Rewantabahadur Thapa, Gurkha Rifles General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (21133633 Rfn. Rewantabahadur Thapa 2 GR); Indian Independence Medal 1947 (21133633 Rfn. Rewantabahadur. Thapa. G.R.), contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £80-100 Footnote: 21132875 Company Staff Sergeant Amarbahadur Gurung, born 1923; enlisted in the Indian Army, 1.11.1941; discharged, 28.2.1947; re-enlisted in the Brigade of Gurkhas, 8.12.1949; served in Malaya, January to September 1950, November 1952 to February 1953, October 1954 to May 1957, November 1957 to January 1961, and July 1961 to February 1962; promoted Corporal, 24.2.1955; Sergeant, 23.3.1957; Staff Sergeant, 2.4.1960; Company Staff Sergeant, 3.7.1961; discharged, 13.1.1961, after 18 years and 156 days with the Colours. 21133633 Corporal Rewantabahadur Thapa, born 1927; enlisted in the Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 9.11.1946; transferred to Brigade of Gurkhas, 1.1.1948; served in Malaya, March to November 1948, July 1949 to April 1952, and November 1952 to September 1953; promoted Corporal, 8.4.1960; discharged, 30.12.1962, after 16 years and 52 days with the Colours. |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 21st April 2011 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 19th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm |
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