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Lot 1

A fine C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General H. St. G. Schomberg, Royal Marines, who saw a great deal of action during the Egypt and Sudan campaigns, and was recommended for his services in command of his company at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai, where the Royal Marine Light Infantry bore a conspicuous part The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel (hallmarks for Lon...

Lot 1

Sold for £3,800

Lot 2

A C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., K.P.M. group of nine awarded to Assistant Commissioner W. V. Harrel, Dublin Metropolitan Police, later Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. Me...

Lot 2

Sold for £2,600

Lot 3

A Great War C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral E. F. Bruen, Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Bellerophon at the battle of Jutland The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. F. Bruen. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (R. Adml E. F. Bruen. R.N.); France, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels...

Lot 3

Sold for £2,800

Lot 4

A Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Northey, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Boer War, and Commanded the 6th Battalion during the Great War; Wounded at the Battle of Loos on 27 September 1915, he relinquished command of the Battalion to Winston Churchill The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels,with...

Lot 4

Sold for £1,900

Lot 5

A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral W. Parsons, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with Civil Division neck riband; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Commr. W. R. Parsons. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Capt. W. R. Parsons. R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (4) £300-£400

Lot 5

Sold for £460

Lot 6

An outstanding Great War ‘Somme 1916’ D.S.O. and ‘Arras 1917’ Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. B. Daubeny, Royal Artillery, who was also Mentioned in Despatches four times, before being seriously wounded and evacuated home in 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, minor green enamel damage to wreaths; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. B. Daubeny, R.F.A.); British Wa...

Lot 6

Sold for £3,200

Lot 7

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Evans, Royal Engineers, who was wounded during the Great War and was four times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, minor red enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laingâ...

Lot 7

Sold for £1,600

Lot 8

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Cleaver, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Cleaver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. W. Cleaver.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s related miniature medals, very fine (12) £1,000-£1,400

Lot 8

Sold for £1,000

Lot 9

A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Davey, Canadian Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse central medallion slightly depressed; 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: J. E. Davey. Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. E. Daley.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-...

Lot 9

Sold for £1,300

Lot 10

A Great War 1918 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain C. A. G. Roberts, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (C. A. G. Roberts.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. A. G. Roberts, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. A. G. Roberts. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks...

Lot 10

Sold for £1,600

Lot 11

An extremely rare Second War 1940 Battle of France ‘Posthumous’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Hurricane ‘Ace’ Flight Lieutenant I. S. Soden, 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who over the course of 48 hours in France achieved at least 5 enemy aircraft destroyed and 1 shared destroyed, before being killed in action during an attack on his aerodrome, 18 May 1940 - ‘Flight Lieutenant Soden jumped out of a shelter trench and called to a crew...

Lot 11

Sold for £5,000

Lot 12

A particularly fine Second War 1943 ‘immediate’ D.S.O., 1941 ‘immediate’ D.F.C. and 1944 ‘immediate’ Second Award Bar, 1959 ‘Test Pilot’s’ A.F.C. group of nine awarded to Group Captain D. F. Dennis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 105 operational sorties, in Blenheims, Venturas and Mosquitoes, all of which were with 21 Squadron, the latter he commanded from July 1944. Dennis accounted for at least 8,0...

Lot 12

Sold for £14,000

Lot 13

A fine M.V.O. group of six awarded to Staff Captain T. J. H. Rapson, Royal Navy, who after service in both the Second China War and the Egyptian War of 1882, and having received the Royal Humane Society Medal in 1869, was awarded the M.V.O. for saving H.M.S. Victory from sinking in 1903 The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘207’; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Ta...

Lot 13

Sold for £1,700

Lot 14

A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Paymaster Captain T. A. Woolf, Royal Navy, for service on the Red Sea Patrol The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ast-Clerk: T. A. Woolf, H:M:S: Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (Clerk: T.A. Woolf, R.N., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (Payr. T. A. Woolf. R...

Lot 14

Sold for £800

Lot 15

A rare Great War ‘North Russia’ O.B.E. and remarkable Second World War D.S.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. E. Lockington, Royal Naval Reserve, who in 1942 commanded the two-masted schooner Farouk which, at his own suggestion, had been converted in Alexandria to a Q-ship, armed with two hidden guns, and was sunk by U-83 in a heroic but futile action in June 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Mili...

Lot 15

Sold for £5,500

Lot 16

A post-War ‘Malaya’ O.B.E. and Second War ‘Dunkirk’ M.C. in a rare group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. ‘Swazi’ Waller, Duke of Wellington's Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. W. A. Wall...

Lot 16

Sold for £5,500

Lot 17

A post-War ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Wing Commander W. L. Milburn, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew during the Great War as a R.E.8 pilot with 16 Squadron, and later commanded the Durham Wing A.T.C. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. L. Milburn. R.A.F.) BWM with minor official cor...

Lot 17

Sold for £320

Lot 18

A Second War 1944 ‘Italian Campaign’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major S. O. Murphy, Devonshire Regiment, attached 7th (Machine Gun) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1940, and was wounded on 16 June 1944 at the Anzio Breakout The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, wi...

Lot 18

Sold for £1,300

Lot 19

A Second War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major H. I. Palmer, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. H. I. Palmer. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp;...

Lot 19

Sold for £420

Lot 20

A Second War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain J. N. White-Abbott, Royal Devon Yeomanry and Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches and was taken Prisoner of War in North Africa in 1942. He was later recognised for his services as Intelligence Officer at prisoner of war camp Oflag 79 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, privately engraved on reverse of the cro...

Lot 20

Sold for £360

Lot 21

A fine post-War M.B.E., Great War ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. C. Faulkner, Devonshire Regiment, who was severely wounded and decorated for his gallantry at Sans Souci Farm during the storming of the Zonnebeke Redoubt in August 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Captain A. C. Faulkner...

Lot 21

Sold for £1,200

Lot 22

A fine post-War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Major R. H. Coxhead, Devonshire Regiment, late Queen’s Royal Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major R. H. G. Coxhead. M.B.E. Devon.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Major R. M. Coxhead. M.B.E....

Lot 22

Sold for £500

Lot 23

A post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Mr. S. Bayliss, Chief Warden, Bristol Civil Defence Corps, late Private, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (74083 Pte. S. Bayliss. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., British issue, unnamed as issued; together with a school atte...

Lot 23

Sold for £440

Lot 24

The superb ‘Iraq 2004’ Conspicuous Gallantry Cross group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 Terrence ‘Tommo’ Thomson, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, whose extraordinary bravery and powers of initiative came to the fore whilst commanding his Warrior vehicle as part of a Quick Reaction Force extraction in central Basra City, 9 August 2004. Answering the call to a succession of escalating insurgent ambushes, Tho...

Lot 24

Sold for £140,000

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