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: 25th July 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Tuesday 23 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Wednesday 24 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Auction Lots - Page 5
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x Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (35414 Cpl. A. Mc.Coll. Scot: Horse.), traces of lacquer, good very fine £70-90
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (77207 Dvr. R. Winterbottom R.H.A.), nearly extremely fine £60-80
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x Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Modder River, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (6687 Pte. J. Fox, 1/High: L.I.), good very fine £120-160
6687 Private J. Fox, 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry was wounded at Witpoort 14.8.1900, 'after the surrender of Prinsloo the Highland Brigade operated under Sir A. Hunter in the Bethlehem-Heilbron district. On 15th [sic] August General Hunter had a stiff action at Witpoort, near Heilbron, where the Highland Light Infantry had most of the work. They lost approximately 3 men killed, Colonel Kelham and 40 men wounded.' (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers).
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9500 Sapr. A. Reynolds. Tel: Bn: R.E.), light pitting, nearly very fine £70-90
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (28551 Cpl: W. Taylor. 39th. Bty: R.F.A.), edge nick, very fine £70-90
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x Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (1868 Pte. L. Bending, Devon: Regt.), cleaned, very fine £80-100
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (22477 Dr. W. Hibbert, G Bty., R.H.A.), minor edge bruise, nearly very fine £80-100
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (7177 Pte. T. Whitehead. Vol: Coy. Manch: Regt.), minor edge bruising, good very fine £60-80
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Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, seven clasps, first clasp face missing, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek, South Africa 1901 (25538. Sapr. J.A. Chambers. R.E.), good very fine £60-80
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x Queen's Mediterranean 1899-1902 (5086 Pte. S. Dobson, W. York: Regt.), suspension slack, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine £200-240
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x China 1900, no clasp (337 Sepoy Hira Singh 1st. Sikh Infy.), contat marks, obverse slightly worn, nearly very fine £60-80
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x China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (W. Moore, A.B., H.M.S. Centurion.), very fine £320-360
Medal presented to the recipient by H.M. The King, 8.3.1902.
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x Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (3918 Sepoy Lachman Singh. 27/Punjabis), nearly very fine £70-90
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x Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (2689 Rifln: Kulbir Thapa 8th Gurkha Rifles), very fine £180-220
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Tibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (2660 Rifln. Badalsing Rana 8th. Gurkha Rifles), nearly very fine £300-350
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x Tibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (2905 Sepoy Husain Shah 40th Pathans.), toned, good very fine £300-350
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India General Service 1908-35 (2), E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (9698 Pte. J. Browning 1st. Bn. Sea Highrs.); G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2816775 Pte. G. Mitchell Seaforth), light scratch marks to second, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £80-120
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India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8002 Pte. M. Braddish 1st. Rl. M. Fusiliers.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100
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x India General Service 1908-35 (2), E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (222 Sepoy Dalip Singh 22nd Punjabis.); G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (214979 Dvr. J.W. Shaw. R.A.), generally good very fine (2) £50-70
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x India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R. (2), one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (7044 Sepoy Kehar Singh, 14 Sikhs.); three clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24
(657 Rfmn. Partiman Rai, 3/11/Gurkha Rfls.), very fine
India General Service 1936-39, one clasp (2), North West Frontier 1936-37 (9973 P-L. Kulbahadur Rana, 2-6 G.R.); North West Frontier 1937-39 (10999 Sep. Ahmad Ali, 5-1 Punjab R.), very fine (4) £90-110
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India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (SS-111 S-Sgt. E.A. Montgomery. S&T.C.), extremely fine
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22828641 Gnr. W.J. Hills. R.A.), good very fine (2) £50-70
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x India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (A-Maj. T.M.O. Chatterson Smith, 3-34 S. Pnrs.), officially renamed, good very fine £300-400
D.S.O. London Gazette 27.9.1920 Catterson-Smith, Thomas Mervyn Osborne, Capt., 1/12th Pioneers, attached 3/34th Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army
'For gallantry at Pioneer Piquet, on 21st December 1919. Owing to the retirement of the covering party, his working party was suddenly attacked in force and surrounded. By his coolness, sound leadership, and example, he inspired his men and repulsed five assaults. Though twice wounded he remained in control, and did not withdraw his command till all ammunition had been expended.'
Captain Thomas Mervyn Osborne Catterson-Smith, D.S.O., born June 1888; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4.9.1908; promoted Lieutenant, 9.12.1910; Captain, 12th Pioneers, Indian Army, 1.9.1915; served with the Regiment in Waziristan, 1919, wounded at Pioneer Picquet, 21.12.1919, and died at Rawalpindi Hospital, 10.2.1920.
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x 1914 Star (8526 Pte. F. Collins. 2/Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.), nearly very fine
British War Medal (25815 Rflm. E. Cosgrave. N.Z.E.F.), very fine
Mercantile Marine War Medal (Frank P. Jelfs), very fine
Victory Medal (5) (50632 A. Cpl. A. Galloway. R.A.; 162574 Gnr. A.C. Hawkins. R.A.; 13542 Sjt. J. Martin. R. Scots.; 3917 Pte. W.R. Watson. R. Highrs.; 5845 Pte. A. Lawrie. Gordons.), generally good very fine
British Red Cross Society War Medal (4), unnamed as issued, good very fine, all with integral top riband bar
Defence Medal (2), good very fine
War Medal (3) (NX66652 B.H. Johnston); unnamed (2), very fine
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with Maple Leaf Bar, good very fine
New Zealand War Service Medal, extremely fine
Africa Service Medal (M12172 J.K. Dyason), edge bruise, good very fine
South African Medal for War Services, nearly extremely fine
India Service Medal (31050 Gnr. Keso Ram, R.I.A.), very fine
United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (24) £140-180
25815 Rifleman Edward Cosgrave served with the 1st Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade during the Great War; killed in action,19.8.1917, and is buried in Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Belgium.
3917 Private William Robert Watson, born Edinburgh; served with the 6th Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) during the Great War; died of wounds on the Western Front, 30.7.1916, and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France.
NX66652 Sergeant Bruce Hutton Johnston, of Cremorne, New South Wales, served with the 2/30th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Second World War; taken Prisoner of War; died 8.7.1943, and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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1914-15 Star (Mid. H.S. King. R.N.), nearly very fine
British War Medal (SS-8362 Pte. F.G. Kerby. A.S.C.), minor edge bruise, nearly very fine
Victory Medal (46246 Pte. J. Collins. Lan. Fus.), very fine
Miniature Awards: British War Medal; Victory Medal, very fine (5) £70-90
Sub-Lieutenant Henry Stuart King, Commissioned Midshipman, Royal Navy, 15.1.1914; promoted Sub-Lieutenant, 15.1.1916; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Indefatigable, and killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 31.5.1916, when the Indefatigable was sunk with the loss of all but two of its crew of 1,019 men, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
225
British War Medal, bronze issue (6352 E. Abdilla Maltese L.C.), edge nicks nad light scratches to obverse, good very fine £80-100
226
Territorial Force War Medal (2036. Pte. J. Partington. L.N. Lan. R.), good very fine £200-250
227
x General Service 1918-62 (2), G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (89944 Pte. J. English. North'd Fus.); E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (23426200 Fus. R.J. Fletcher. L.F.), good very fine (2) £80-100
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x General Service 1918-62 (3), G.V.R., two clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (1719 Sewpoy Harnam Singh. 32-Pioneers.); G.VI.R., one clasp (2), Palestine (B/W.O.Cl.1. F. Brailsford. T.J.F.F.); Malaya (21018220 Pte. H.G. Lawson. R.A.O.C.), very fine
General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo (RM. 19905 T.J. Ledden Mne. R.M.), good very fine (4) £160-200
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General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (S/22522326 Cpl. W. Strike. R.A.S.C.), good very fine
General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24110038 Fus. B.M. Shenton 2 RRF.), good very fine £60-80
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1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Bar, nearly extremely fine £700-900
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Second World War Awards (17), 1939-1945 Star, with copy Battle of Britain Bar; Atlantic Star (2), one with Air Crew Europe Bar; one with France and Germany Bar; Air Crew Europe Star, with copy Atlantic Bar; Africa Star (3), one with 1st Army Bar; one with 8th Army Bar; one with North Africa 1942-43 Bar; Pacific Star, with copy Burma Bar; Burma Star, with Pacific Bar; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2), one with King's Commendation for Brave Conduct silver Laurel Leaves; War Medal (2), both with M.I.D. Oak Leaf; New Zealand Service Medal (2), generally nearly extremely fine
Korea 1950-53, 2nd 'Dei Gratia' type, stamped 'Specimen', good very fine
Miniature Award: George Cross, good very fine (19) £300-350
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x Second World War Medals (10), 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal, good very fine or better (10) £220-250
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Second World War Medals (10), 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal, good very fine or better (10) £220-250
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The Battle of Britain Bar Attributed to Warrant Officer E.H. Bee, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Battle of Britain Bar, extremely fine, with a note from the recipient dated 7.6.86, and signed 'E.H. Bee' £900-1,100
751768 Warrant Officer Ernest Horace Bee, born 11.12.1919; enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, May 1939; posted as an Air Gunner to No.29 Squadron (Blenheims), Debden, 17.5.1940; served with the Squadron during the Battle of Britain; advanced Warrant Officer and left the Royal Air Force at the end of the War; died 27.3.1987.
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Air Crew Europe Star, with Atlantic Bar, extremely fine £180-220
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Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany Bar, extremely fine £180-220
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x Air Crew Europe Star, good very fine £160-200
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Second World War Medals (9), Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar; Defence Medal (36544 N.A. McKenzie); War Medal (2) (N28563 S. Phage); unnamed; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (N236986 W.F. Ebert); New Zealand War Service Medal; Africa Service Medal; India Service Medal, generally good very fine
Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. Alexander G. Campbell), good very fine
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Alfred G. Coggan), extremely fine, together with a Metropolitan Special Constabulary Badge
Civil Defence Long Service Medal, British type, unnamed as issued, extremely fine
Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (Mtn 826020 Naik Iqbal Uddin RPASC_MT), very fine
Women's Royal Volunteer Service Medal, unnamed as issued, extremely fine
Japan, Empire, Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, nearly extremely fine, with rosette on riband
Nigeria, Republic, National Service Medal 1966-70, bronze, nearly extremely fine
Nigeria, Republic, Defence Service Medal 1967-70, silvered, nearly extremely fine
Nigeria, Republic, Republic Medal 1963-73, bronze, extremely fine
Pakistan, Republic, War Medal 1965, silvered, very fine
Rhodesia, General Service Medal, silvered (R94391T Rfn R. Rajah), good very fine
United Nations Medal for Cyprus, good very fine (21) £100-140
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x General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo (23688095 Cpl. D. Coulson. Gren Gds.); Northern Ireland (24239641 Gdsm. D.A. Reid Coldm. Gds.), nearly extremely fine (2) £70-90
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General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Air Operations Iraq (MEM2 W C Mawford D251304C RN), light pitting to rate, otherwise nearly extremely fine, in box of issue £300-350

CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS

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Pair: Sergeant W. Edmonds, Royal Horse Artillery
Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Toulouse (W. Edmonds, Serjt. Royal H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (William Edmund [sic], Bomb. Royal Horse Artillery.), with original steel clip, this loose, and split ring suspension, traces of lacquer, heavy contact marks, therefore good fine or better (2) £2,000-2,400
Sergeant William Edmonds, born Lanarkshire, January 1789; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, January 1805; served in the Peninsula and with Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner's 'E' Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815 (listed as William Edmund for Waterloo on the latest published transcript of both the MGS and Waterloo Rolls; the latter Roll also states 'Transferred to 'G' Troop', the Troop which Captain Mercer commanded during the actual Battle); discharged, February 1829, after 24 years and 59 days' service.
242
Pair: Lieutenant E.A.T. Lloyd, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (E.A.T. Lloyd, Midshipman.), minor edge bruise, with contemporary silver riband buckle and gold retaining pin; St. Jean d'Acre 1840, silver, pierced for ring suspension, as issued, with contemporary silver top riband bar, good very fine (2) £1,000-1,200
Edward Lloyd served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Rodney during operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.
Lieutenant Edward Alexander Tylden Lloyd, R.N., entered the Royal Navy, 1833; served as Mate in H.M. Ships Rodney and Madagascar on the Mediterranean and Home stations; passed his examination January 1841, and whilst serving in H.M.S. Queen (flag ship of Sir Edward Owen) was promoted Lieutenant in honour of Queen Victoria's visit to the ship whilst she was lying at Spithead, 1842; subsequent appointments included to H.M. Ships Vernon, Geyser and Orestes, before being attached to the gunnery-ship H.M.S. Excellent, at Portsmouth, 1845; appointed to H.M.S. Dragon, on the Lisbon station, May 1847, and to the command of H.M.S. Lucifer, September 1848.
Provenance
Glendining, November 1951
Spink, February 1980
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Pair: Clerk A. Speed, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Arthur A. Speed, Clerk.); St. Jean d'Acre 1840, silver, with contemporary silver straight bar suspension, and silver top-riband buckle, light contact marks, generally very fine (2) £800-1,200
Arthur Speed served as Clerk in H.M.S. Asia during operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.
Provenance
Sotheby, January 1971
244
Pair: S. Carr, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Samuel Carr.); St. Jean d'Acre 1840, bronze, pierced for ring suspension as issued, with contemporary silver straight bar suspension, edge bruising, very fine (2) £550-600
Samuel Carr served as Blacksmith in H.M.S. Medea during operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.
Provenance
Sotheby, March 1988
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x Pair: Sergeant Major J. Milligan, 12th Lancers
South Africa 1834-53 (Troo.. Ser.. Major J. Milligan. 12th Lancers.), edge bruising; Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Serjt. Major Jno. Milligan. 12th Lancs.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (2) £450-550
Sergeant Major John Milligan, born Monaghan, Ireland; served with the 12th Lancers in South Africa during the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53; served with the regiment during the Crimean War (entitled to Turkish Crimea); discharged June 1863.
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x A Crimea Pair to Private J. Gusterson, 11th Hussars, Who Rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854
Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No.1618. James. Gusterson. XIth. P.A.O. Hussars), Regimentally impressed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (1618 James Gusterson XI PAO Hussars), with ring suspension, heavy contact marks, therefore good fine (2) £4,000-5,000
1618 Private James Gusterson, born Rochford, Essex, 1833; enlisted in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, December 1853; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25.10.1854; served as the camp cook in 1855; discharged, September 1873, after 19 years and 208 days with the Colours; attended the first Balaklava Banquet in 1875; died June 1880.
Provenance
C.J. & A.J. Dixon, 2000.
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x Pair: Private J. Gardner, 30th Foot
Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (James. Gardner. No.3015. XXX Regt.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, with unofficial rivets, top lugs pierced; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (NO3115 James Gardner 30th Regt.), engraved in upright serif capitals, last with corrections, edge bruising overall, otherwise very fine (2) £240-280
Medal Roll does not give entitlement to 'Inkermann' clasp.
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x Pair: Private W. Welsh, 7th Hussars
Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Wm. Walsh [sic], 7th. Husrs.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1491 Pte. W Welsh 7th. Hussrs.), good very fine, mounted court style for display purposes (2) £380-420
1491 Private William Welsh, born Cork, Ireland, 1836; enlisted in the 7th Hussars, August 1855; served with the Regiment during the Indian Mutiny (the latest published transcript of the medal roll erroneously gives Welsh as being entitled to a no clasp medal; the recipient's service papers confirm the Lucknow clasp); awarded L.S. & G.C., May 1877; discharged, May 1877, after 21 years and 293 days with the Colours, of which 12 years and 11 months were spent in India.
249
Three: Paymaster Captain H.A.T. Cummins [C.B.E.], Royal Navy
Abyssinia 1867-68 (Clerk H.A.T. Cummins H.M.S. Octavia); British War Medal (Hon. Payr. Capt. H.A.T. Cummins, C.B.E., R.N.); Coronation 1911 (H.A.T. Cummins, R.N.), impressed in large serif capitals, nearly extremely fine, with the two pre-War miniature awards, and the recipient's Great War Masonic Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1922), the reverse engraved 'Bro. H.A.T. Cummins. No.2612.' (3) £500-600
C.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Hon. Paymaster Captain Henry Ashley Travers Cummins, O.B.E., R.N.
'In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.'
O.B.E. London Gazette 7.1.1918 Paymaster-in-Chief Henry Ashley Travers Cummins, R.N.
'For services in connection with the War.'
Captain Henry Ashley Travers Cummins, C.B.E., Appointed Assistant Clerk, Royal Navy, December 1864; served in H.M.S. Octavia during the Abyssinia Campaign, 1867-68; promoted Assistant-Paymaster, December 1868; afterwards served in H.M.S. Minotaur, Flagship Channel Fleet; in 1871 took passage in Megaera for Australia- she was wrecked on St. Paul's Island during the voyage, but the Officers and crew were saved; when serving in H.M.S. Rosario, Australian Station, February 1872-75, was lent to H.M.S. Pearl for duty as Assistant Secretary to the Commissioners for the annexation of Fiji; served in H.M.S. Warrior, Channel Fleet, 1875-78, and H.M.S. Flora, Cape of Good Hope Station, 1878-81; engaged during the Boer War of 1881 in carrying out both the duties of Account Officer and those of Secretary of the Cape Yard (received the special thanks of the Commodore in Command of the Station, and of the Flag Officer in Command of the Detached Squadron); transferred to the Retired List with the rank of Paymaster, January 1882, and appointed Cashier, Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth- 'whilst there his services in coming to the aid of the Medical Officer in charge, who was being attacked by a lunatic, earned for him the thanks of the Admiralty; the outburst of the lunatic on that occasion was the cause of the death of one of the patients, and both the Medical Officer and Mr. Cummins themselves sustained serious injury.' (Naval Who's Who refers); appointed Paymaster of Contingencies, Admiralty, March 1890; promoted Paymaster Captain and Hon. Paymaster-in-Chief, 14.10.1914.
250
Pair: Sergeant H. Brooks, Liverpool Regiment
Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Peiwar Kotal (1103. Pte. H. Brooks. 2/8th. Regt.), retaining rod replaced; India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1103 Sergt. H. Brooks 2d. Bn. L'pool R.), good very fine (2) £200-250
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: 25th July 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Tuesday 23 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Wednesday 24 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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