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1899 QSA 2 clasps Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 to 23903 Pte M.C. Friend C.C.C.C. very fine. With copied rolls both clasps confirmed with Cape Colony Cyclist Corps. (Y) £100
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1899 QSA 3 clasps re-named to 8779 Serjt M. Morrison Lovat's Scouts very fine. Sold with copy of superb family archive history of 4 Morrison Brothers of Rothesay including good range of photos. Malcolm Morrison was born 27/6/65, enlisted in Horse Guards No 1365 10/9/85, discharged 8/1/89, served Glasgow City Police 23/1/89 to 7/8/96, joined Lovat's Scouts 6/2/1900, served in S Africa 11/3/00 to 13/8/01, discharged 20/8/01, attested H Division Northwest Mounted Police in Canada 14/11/01, served 6 years in Northwest Police before retiring aged 41, returned to UK 1916, died 2/1/43. His Boer War attestation papers list his unit as the Black Watch Special Highland Scouting Corps before the name was simplified to Lovat's Scouts after its founder Simon Joseph the 16th Lord Lovat. (R) £90
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1899 QSA disc only to 9311 Pte H. Hammond A.S.C. good fine. With copied roll, issued 2 clasps Cape Colony and OFS, invalided 25/1/01. (Y) £30
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Miniature 1899 QSA no clasp and 1902 KSA no clasp, good quality, about very fine, swing mounted as worn. (Y) £20
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1899 Queen's Mediterranean Medal to 4119 Pte M. MacDonald Seaforth Highrs scratching in fields, otherwise good very fine. (Y) £250
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1899 Transport Medal S. Africa 1899-1902 clasp to W.F. Hogg very fine. He served as Chief Officer on the Booldana. (See photo) (Y) £600
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1900 Kimberley Star hallmark b, un-named as issued, missing top suspender bar, nearly very fine. (Y) £150
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1900 China War Medal no clasp to J. Long Ord H.M.S. Endymion good very fine. (Y) £180
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QV Royal Navy LSGC (narrow suspender) to J.M. Bussell Plumber H.M.S. Tyne good very fine. (Y) £140
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QV Army LSGC (small reverse lettering) to 1091 Farr Serjt J. Nack 7th Hussrs good very fine. (Y) £100
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QV Volunteer Long Service Medal engraved to 224 Corpl J. Kemshead 1st Volr Bn Northth Regt M. Compy 1896 good very fine. (Y) £70
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1902 silver Coronation Medal nearly very fine. (Y) £120
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1902 Africa GSM Somaliland 1902-04 clasp to J. Palmer A.B. H.M.S. Porpoise edge bruise on HMS, very fine. Porpoise was a Torpedo Cruiser built in 1886. (Y) £140
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1906 Natal Rebellion Medal 1906 clasp to Pte W. Fox Natal Royal Regt good very fine. (Y) £160
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KGV Distinguished Service Order extremely fine in Garrard & Co Ltd box of issue. (See photo) (Y) £700
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WWI Distinguished Conduct Medal, BWM, Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque to 200243 Sjt E.T. Bird 2/6 R. War R. (1900 on pair, Edward Thomas Bird on plaque) medals extremely fine, plaque about very fine with card case of issue. His DCM was announced in the London Gazette dated 3rd September 1918 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a platoon during a raid on enemy trenches. He showed initiative and leadership in forcing a way through the enemy wire and making a passage for his own and the supporting platoons. His platoon subsequently captured a machine-gun and inflicted considerable loss on the enemy." He was killed in action on 11th April 1918 and with no known grave is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. With copied CWGC, Soldiers Died, MIC and LG, only issued a pair, from Birmingham. (See photo on page 5) (R) £1600
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WWI Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Start trio and KGV Territorial Efficiency Medal to 4684668 W.O. Cl II J. Locker 5-K.O.Y.L.I. (14763 Cpl 12/W. York R. on DCM, 14763 Cpl W. York R. on star, 14763 Sjt W. York R. on pair) polished fine to good very fine, swing mounted as worn but BWM and TEM have come away. John Locker's DCM was announced in the London Gazette's dated 4th June & 9th July 1917 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently performed good work as a Lewis gunner, showing remarkable coolness and courage in the discharge of dangerous duties." <\n>Sold with original photo in uniform wearing DCM and photo of Lewis Gunners football team, birth and death certificates, he was born 7/10/1894, to France 9/9/15, died 12/5/59, lived in Castleford. (See photo) (R) £1200
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WWI Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star trio to 17667 Cpl R.H. Cummings York R. (Pte on Star, Pte 2/Yorks R on DCM) very fine and better, also with WW2 1939-1945, Pacific Stars and BWM which may be the same recipient. Ralph Harling Cummings DCM was announced in the London Gazette dated 11th March 1916 "For conspicuous gallantry when, on the retirement of the regiment, he was with the last party to leave the position, and brought out of action a machine-gun and tripod, displaying coolness and bravery under trying conditions," possibly a Battle of Loos award. With crudely engraved silver medallion, copied MIC, roll and LG, to France 30/6/15, discharged 13/1/19 from MGC. (See photo) (R) £1000
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WWI Military Medal and Bar and 1914-15 Star trio to 43595 Sjt C.J. Chivers 7/North'n R. (Star is erased, 1724 Sjt C.J. Chivers Essex R. on pair) good very fine swing mounted as worn, with matching ribbon bar, 1915 Star seems to have been self-awarded as not on MIC. Charles James Chivers' MM was announced in the London Gazette dated 18th October 1917 and Bar was announced in the London Gazette dated 13th September 1918. With copied MIC, roll and LGs, MIC shows issued a pair only, served with 2/8th Bn Essex and then 7th Bn Northamptons, discharged 12/2/19, from Chelsea. (See photo) (R) £850
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WWI Military Medal and 1914-15 Star trio to 37 LCpl S. Harding Can Cyc Bn (Pte 2/Can Div Cyc on Star, Can C.C. Bn on MM) nearly extremely fine. With Canadian Corps Cyclist Bn cap badge, photo in uniform and discharge certificate with red folder and 2 damaged medal boxes of issue. Stephen Harding's MM was announced in the London Gazette dated 3rd July 1919. He was born in 1895, enlisted in Toronto 22/1/15, discharged in England 9/5/19. (See photo) (R) £800
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WWI Military Medal, 1899 QSA 4 clasps Tugela Heights, OFS, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, 1914 Star trio and bar, WW2 Defence Medal and KGV Army LSGC to 7495 Sjt J. Fleetwood R.A. (137/Hy By R.G.A. on MM, Gnr 4th M.B. R.G.A. on QSA, R.G.A. on Star, Cpl R.G.A. on LSGC) nearly very fine to nearly extremely fine. The MM was in the London Gazette dated 27th October 1916. With 6 copied pages of service record, John Fleetwood was born in Woodstock in 1876, enlisted 19/12/1894, served SA 16/11/99 to 12/6/01, papers also state issued South Africa 1901 clasp to QSA (this missing), promoted Sjt 1/8/14, to France 22/9/14 with 109 Hy By, clasp confirmed, discharged 1/2/20 with 25 years service. With copied MIC, LG etc. (See photo) (R) £500
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WWI Military Medal to 9713 Pte E. Riley 2/Durh L.I. nearly extremely fine. Edward Riley was killed in action with 2nd Bn during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 16th September 1916 and with no known grave is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. His MM was announced in the London Gazette dated 27th October 1916. With 14 copied pages of service record, CWGC, Soldiers Died, LG and MIC, enlisted in 3rd Bn 4/7/13, sentenced to 6 months in civil prison for neglect of children 23/6/14, mobilisation papers issued while in prison and he was released into military custody 6/8/14, absent 24-31/10/14, tried by DCM for AWOL and sentenced to 28 days IHL 21/11/14, to France 5/1/15, deserted on leave 25/11/15, apprehended by police 13/1/16, returned to France 19/1/16, trial by FGCM dispensed with 26/4/16 but all former service forfeited, rejoined Bn 7/7/16, from Ferry Hill, Durham. MM almost certainly a Battle of the Somme award. (R) £300
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WWI Military Medal to 45923 Pte T.C. Allan 6/Durh L.I. very fine. Thomas Collie's MM was announced in the London Gazette dated 4th February 1918. With 13 copied pages of service record, LG and MIC, born Gateshead, enlisted DLI 10/12/15 aged 18, to 15th Bn DLI in France 15/11/16, to 6 DLI 6/12/16, transferred to 244th Labour Coy 9/6/17, transferred back to DLI (6th Bn) 3/9/17, letter states that on "27th March 1918 near Amiens whilst in a counter attack he was wounded in abdominal wall by machine gun bullet, and that when going back to be dressed, he was again wounded in left buttock by machine gun bullet", evacuated to England 31/3/18, discharged 5/10/18, re-enlisted in Labour Corps 10/6/19, proceeded to France for Graves Exhumation, deserted from 24/7/19. (R) £250
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WWI 1914-15 Star, BWM, Russian Medal of St George 4th Class (No 1273292 on reverse) to 176845 E. Warnes M.A.A. R.N. (Shp Cpl on Star, 176845 E. Warnes M.A.A. 1916 on rim of St George and additionally engraved "Minotaur" Jutland on reverse at top) good very fine and better. Ernest Warnes was Mentioned in Admiral Jellicoe's Dispatches for the Battle of Jutland in London Gazette dated 15th September 1916, sold with original Admiralty MID certificate. With copied service record, born 1/2/78 in Gaywood, Norfolk, enlisted as a Boy 17/10/93, joined Minotaur 15/5/14 and served through WWI on her. Minotaur was an armoured cruiser on the China station when war broke out and was involved in combat action against German interests sinking a merchant ship and bombarding the Yap radio station. She was present at Jutland as the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Sqn and escaped without suffering any casualties. Appears to be discharged 29/12/19, St George not confirmed on service record. Also with RN button bracelet. (R) £300
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WWI The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Member) (Civil) bestowal document to Alexander Samuel Lawrence dated 1st January 1919, MBE acceptance letter dated Delhi 4th February 1920 and named Home Guard certificate for service 6 June 1940 - 31 December 1944, good to extremely fine. MBE awarded as Superintendent Home Department, Government of India. (R) £20
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1915 NGSM Persian Gulf 1909-1914 clasp, 1914-15 Star trio, WW2 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, BWM, KGV Royal Navy LSGC and 1908 Messina Earthquake Commemorative Medal to 239986 F.E. Goddard P.O. R.N. (A.B. H.M.S. Highflyer on NGSM, A.B. on star, H.M.S. Columbine on LSGC) polished and some contact marks, fine to very fine, swing mounted as worn. (R) £360
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WWI 1914 Star trio with copy date bar, WW2 1939-1945, France and Germany Stars and BWM to Lt Col E.C. Grover (10747 L.Cpl E.C. Grover C. Gds on Star, Capt on pair) Blu-tack stains to reverses otherwise extremely fine and better, with miniature 1914 star trio and bar, WWI groups swing mounted, all mounted on a board. Ernest Cyril Grover landed in France 7/10/14 with Coldstream Guards, commissioned from LCpl into Norfolk Regt 26/11/14, promoted Lt 15/5/15, served Asst Instr Small Arms School, promoted Capt 1/2/22, retired 18/5/27, commissioned Captain in Intelligence Corps 3/3/41, promoted Major 1/10/46, relinquished his commission on account of disability and granted honorary rank of Lt Col, later ran Thornhill Park and Country Club, died 18/12/50. With copied MIC, LGs etc. (R) £250
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WWI BWM, Victory Medal and Territorial Force War Medal to 740189 Cpl E.H. Kerr 25-Lond R. (1092 Pte on pair) extremely fine. With copied MIC and roll, 25th Bn were Cyclists, Edgar Henry Kerr served overseas 26/5/17 to 16/8/17. (R) £200
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WWI BWM, 1908 India GSM Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 clasp and KGV Special Constabulary Long Service Medal to 50936 Pte W.C. Harper N. Staff R. (68923 on IGSM, William C. Harper on Constabulary) good very fine and better. With copied MIC and roll, William Charles Harper served with 2nd Bn and not issued a Victory Medal, numbers confirmed. (R) £100
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio and Mercantile Marine War Medal to R. Cooper Q.M. M.F.A. (Richard Cooper on MMWM) nearly mint. (R) £100
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Family group with <\n>1.<\e>WWI BWM, Victory Medal and QEII Imperial Service Medal to 65184 Pte W.H. Lovegrove Devon R. (William Henry Lovegrove on ISM) very fine to extremely fine, ISM in case of issue and with outer box. With copied MIC and LGs, issued a WWI pair only, ISM as a Postman in Aylesbury 1936-58. <\n>2.<\e>WW2 1939-1945 Africa (North Africa 1942-43 bar), Italy, France and Germany Stars, Defence Medal and BWM very fine and better. In Air Ministry box of issue addressed to W.A. Lovegrove, Aylesbury. (R) £80
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WWI BWM, Victory Medal, WW2 Defence Medal and QEII Civil Defence Long Service Medal to L. Stroud Ck M.F.A. (Defence and Long Service un-named as issued) WWI nearly very fine, some discolouration spots on Victory, others extremely fine. With Defence transmittal slip and box addressed to Mr L.G. Stroud-Osbourn, Brentwood, Civil Defence with box of issue. (R) £50
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WWI BWM, Victory Medal and KGVI Imperial Service Medal to 24754 Cpl H.E. Boyden R.F.C. (Herbert Edgar Boyden on ISM) good extremely fine, with lid of issue of pair and Air Ministry envelope. With 4 copied pages of service record, SWB roll, LGs, he joined Post Office 8/12/03, enlisted in RFC 8/3/16 aged 30, to France 26/5/16, promoted Cpl 1/6/17, to UK 9/9/17, discharged due to Neurasthenia 26/3/18 and issued Silver War Badge No 340756 (this missing), appointed Foreman on Post Office (London) Railway 8/11/27, awarded ISM as Traffic Inspector Controller, Post Office Railway in London Gazette dated 15th February 1946. (R) £40
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WWI 1914 Star trio to 3-9203 Pte J. Ellingham 2/Suff R. (Suff R. on pair) nearly extremely fine. With copied MIC and SWB roll, enlisted 24/8/14, to France 10/10/14, discharged due to wounds 29/8/16 and issued a Silver War Badge No 75593 (this missing), also issued date bar to star. (R) £150
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WWI 1914 Star trio with date bar to 8253 Pte H. Griffiths R. Lanc R. some contact marks nearly very fine. With copied MIC and SWB roll, Herbert Griffiths landed in France 27/8/14, MIC does not support issue of date bar, enlisted 7/6/04, discharged 5/6/16 due to sickness and issued a Silver War Badge No 65396 (this missing). (R) £150
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WWI 1914 Star trio to 8066 A.Sjt F. Smith N. Staff R. (Pte 1/N. Staff R. on star) very fine and better. With copied MIC, Frederick Smith entered France 10/9/14, not issued clasp, later served in Labour Corps. (R) £130
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WWI 1914 Star trio to 29308 A.Sjt A. Hobbs R.E. (Sapr on Star) nearly very fine and better. With copied MIC, to France 13/11/14, MIC marked Postal Section. (R) £100
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WWI 1914 Star trio to T-20256 A.Cpl S. Cotgrave A.S.C. (Dvr on Star) good very fine. With copied MIC and 11 pages of service record, Samuel Cotgrave was born 5/1/1884, enlisted in ASC 5/1/03, served France 20/8/14 to 24/12/15, discharged time expired 11/1/16, enlisted in TA 1923, from Birkenhead. (R) £100
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WWI 1914 Star and BWM to 7213 Pte W.S. Halford 3/Worc R. very fine. With copied MIC he landed France 12/8/14, from Dudley. (Y) £80
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WWI 1914 Star and Victory Medal to 7318 Pte C. Riley 1/Shrops L.I. very fine. With copied MIC and SWB roll, enlisted 23/6/03, to France 10/9/14, discharged 19/12/18 and issued a Silver War Badge No B79880 (this missing), also issued date bar to star. (R) £80
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Football Charge on First Day of the Battle of the Somme brothers medals with <\n>1.<\e>1914-15 Star trio and Memorial Plaque to 3062 Pte A. Busby E. Surr R. (Alfred Busby on plaque) good extremely fine. Alfred was killed in action with the 8th Bn on Montauban on 1st July 1916 and is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery. Captain Billie Nevill provided a number of footballs for the 8th Bn to kick across no-mans land in their attack at Montauban on the 1st July, 2 of which were later recovered from the German trenches. Alfred landed in France 24/8/15 so also likely to have been at the Battle of Loos where the 8th Bn was first blooded. The Battalion suffered 446 casualties on 1st July <\n>2.<\e>1914-15 Star trio to 13350 Pte J. Busby North'n R. good extremely fine with crushed box of issue for pair. Joseph Busby was Alfred's younger brother by 2 years and landed in France 29/12/15. With Proficiency in Mental Nursing Medal to Joseph Busby. On the 1911 Census Joseph was listed as a Lunatic Hospital Attendant at St Andrew's Hospital For Mental Disease, Billing Road, Northampton. With copied MICs, CWGC, Soldiers Died and 1901 & 1911 Census, from Cogenhoe, Northants. (See photo) (R) £600
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio and Memorial Plaque to 58009 Pte R.E. Harris 20-Can Inf (R. Edward Harris on plaque) very fine and better, medals swing mounted as worn. Robert Edward (Edmund) Harris died on 7th July 1916 and is buried in West Tofts (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk. With copied attestation papers, Bn nominal roll (part) and CWGC. He is listed as Robert E Harris on attestation papers, Robert Edmund Harris on CWGC and Edward on battalion nominal roll. He was born in Norfolk 4/10/1894, attested 8/1/15 stating former service in Norfolk Regt Cyclists, NOK listed as Mrs Edward Harris of Huntsville, Ontario. (R) £230
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio and Memorial Plaque to 9900 Pte M. Phillips Ches R. (Mark Phillips on plaque) medals extremely fine, plaque has had a fitting removed from reverse and polished nearly very fine. Mark Phillips died serving with 1035Th Labour Company on 2nd January 1919 and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. With copied CWGC and MIC, mobilised as a Special Reservist 11/8/14, entered France with 2nd Bn 18/12/14, from Wallasey. (R) £150
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 19793 Cpl W. Arundell Sco Rif (Pte W. Arundall on star) extremely fine, with cap badge. William Arundell was killed in action with 10th Bn on 21st August 1916 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery. With copied MIC, CWGC and Soldiers Died. With relative's WW2 1939-1945, Burma Stars, Defence Medal and BWM in RA box of transmission with transmittal slip addressed to Mr C.J. Arundell, Manor Park, London good extremely fine. (R) £150
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 13422 Pte R.J. Smith L'Pool R. (single initial R. on pair) extremely fine. Richard J Smith was killed in action with the 4th Bn during the attack on High Wood on 21st July 1916 and with no known grave is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. With copied CWGC, Soldiers Died and 2 MICs, from Widnes. (R) £120
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to Lieut A.P. Nisbet (1709 Pte A. Nisbet Camerons on Star) star with some verdigris otherwise very fine, with matching miniatures and ribbon bar. With copied MIC and LGs, Archibald Paterson Nisbet entered France 19/2/15, commissioned from 4th Bn Camerons into 1st Field Coy East Anglian Divisional Engineers RE 10/8/15, promoted Lieut 1/7/17, from Inverness. (R) £100
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 8694 Pte W.F. Smith A. Cyclist Corps (A. Cyc Corps on pair) very fine. With copied MIC and roll, William Francis Smith arrived France 16/11/15, served 33rd Dic C.C., discharged 26/3/19. (R) £60
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 10139 Pte F. Shores A. Cyc Corps very fine and better. With copied MIC and rolls, arrived East Africa 23/12/15, later served with 11th Bn East Lancs. (R) £60
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 368 Pte L. Gearon A. Cyc Corps minor contact marks nearly very fine and better. With copied MIC and rolls, arrived France 16/3/15 served 47th London District C.C. and later 4th and 19th C.C.B., disembodied 22/2/19. (R) £60
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WWI 1914-15 Star trio to 12558 Cpl R. Bell Manch R. good very fine and better. With copied MIC and roll, Richard Bell served with 19th and 17th Bns, to France 8/11/15. (R) £60
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