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Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1st edition, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock for Éditions de la Maison française, [February 1942], uncut and unopened, ink signed presentation inscription to Dido Freire from the author at head of half-title, ‘En souvenir d'une vielle amitié ... et pour qu'elle me pardonne d'être falument insupportable dans les discussions ... Antoine de Saint Exupéry ’, (‘In memory of an old friendship... and so that she would forgive me for being so unbearably annoying in discussions...’), with a fine pencil self-portrait caricature in pencil beneath, showing a ‘winged poet’ standing on a fluffy cloud with the sun and two stars, the torso of the figure inscribed ‘Ca c’est moi’, and in the lower right corner below is drawn the curve of Earth featuring two trees and a church with a plume of rising smoke, to which the author has captioned, ‘Ca c'est la fumée de l'incendie d'Arras’ (‘That's the smoke from the Arras fire’), the blank endpaper facing with a pen and ink and pencil sketch of the head of Saint-Exupéry in profile, a cigarette in his mouth, ink signed 5-line presentation inscription from the artist beneath, ‘Ca c'est St Ex vu par moi, Bernard Lamotte, à Dido Freire, très amicalement’, (‘This is St Ex as seen by me, Bernard Lamotte, to Dido Freire with kind regards’), original light grey wrappers printed in red and black, some marginal toning to covers and light toning at head and foot of spine, chipped and fragile glassine dust jacket with blind-stamped spider-web design, lacking the spine but otherwise largely present and including turn-ins, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: From the family of Jean Renoir, by descent.Limited edition, 11/50 copies on Text paper, after a unique copy on vellum for the author (lettered ‘A’) and 25 lettered copies (B-Z) on Strathmore. A further 450 copies (51-500) were printed on Corsican paper.First edition of this celebrated war novel in which Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tells the story of the aerial reconnaissance mission he flew over Arras in 1940 aboard his Bloch MB.174 aircraft, published at the same time as the English translation. The first edition in France was published by Gallimard in November 1942. Bernard Lamotte, who met Saint-Exupéry at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1920, moved to New York in 1935. They remained close friends and it was Lamotte who illustrated the first appearance of Pilote de guerre when it was published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine in January 1942. These illustrations do not appear in this French language edition but were reproduced in the simultaneously published original English edition of Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras).A highly significant association copy, the book is accompanied by two Autograph Letters Signed by Saint-Exupéry. Both are undated [early 1942] one-page quarto letters to Dido Freire. The first is in pencil (the same as used for the drawing in the book), the second in ink, and featuring a small full-length self-portrait caricature at the head. Like the self-portrait in the book the drawing foreshadows the figure of the Petit Prince, about whose exploits Saint-Exupéry was to write a year later.Letter one:Chere Didot Voulez vous accepter ce petit souvenir en souvenir des jours heureux que j'ai reçu Hollywood Boulevard. Embrasser Jean Renoir pour moi et envoyer à ma profonde reconnaissance. Pardonnez moi ce mot si court mais je suis encore tout raplapla... StEx.(‘Will you accept this little souvenir in memory of the happy days I received on Hollywood Boulevard? Give Jean Renoir a kiss for me and send it with my deep gratitude. Forgive me for this short note, but I am still all worn out...’)Letter two:Chere Dido Pardonnez moi de n'avoir fait faire d'exemplaire nominatif que pour Jean mais je ne rispesais que des 26 lettres de l'alphabet pour dire mon attachement aux miens et à tous mes vieux amis de France. (Mais je vous envoi le meilleur des papiers que je retienne en delors des 26.) Embrasser Jean pour moi et charger le de vous embrasser de ma part (vous n'y parviendrez jamais toute seule.) StEx.(‘Forgive me for not having a personal edition made just for Jean, but I only had the 26 letters of the alphabet to express my affection for my family and all my old friends in France. (But I'm sending you the best of all the materials I've retained beyond the 26). Kiss Jean for me and ask him to kiss you on my behalf (you'll never succeed at it alone.’)The relationship between Jean Renoir, his then second wife-to-be, Dido Freire, and Saint-Exupéry was a very close one. Both Renoir and Saint-Exupéry had a great sense of humour and big appetites for life.After Germany invaded France in May 1940, Jean Renoir fled to the United States with Dido Freire. ‘Dido and I travelled by sea from Marseilles to Algeria, Morocco and Lisbon... At Lisbon we got places on an American ship, and I was delighted to find myself sharing a cabin with none other than the writer Saint-Exupéry.’ (Jean Renoir, Life and Letters). On the voyage, Renoir read Saint-Exupéry’s Terre des Hommes (Wind, Sand and Stars) and was overwhelmed by it. Renoir, (son of the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir), was an aviation fan himself and had flown reconnaissance missions in World War I. Renoir became determined to make a film of the book, with Saint-Exupéry as the script writer. They worked on it together for a year but Renoir could not get the backing and the project was eventually abandoned.During the course of 1941 Saint-Exupéry spent time living with Jean and Dido as their house guest. During this time he was writing Pilote de Guerre, and this special presentation copy is a token for the Renoirs’ hospitality and friendship.It was a year later that Saint-Exupéry was to write Le Petit Prince, (first published in April 1943), so the finalised figure of the Little Prince did not exist at this point. However, Saint-Exupéry was well-known for doodling in margins of everything he wrote and there are numerous prototype figures, many based on himself, a ‘winged poet’, that bear resemblance to the famous creation. These two drawings offered here are striking in their similarities to the prince, (though without the golden hair), and indicate that his famous creation was already in embryo form when he presented these letters and books to Dido and Jean Renoir in early 1942. Indeed, the iconic cover illustration for Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) might be taken as plagiarism of the drawing in this book, were it not also Saint-Exupéry’s own work.The Little Prince became Saint-Exupéry's most successful work, translated into over 500 languages, and selling an estimated 140 million copies worldwide. For more information about the Little Prince manuscript and drawings, see https://www.themorgan.org/collection/little-prince.

DERAIN ANDRE: (1880-1954) French artist, painter and sculptor, a co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. A.L.S., A Derain, one page, 4to, Rue d´Arras, Paris, 16th October 1943, to a gentleman, in French. The artist explains that his recent absence from Paris has prevented him from immediately responding to his correspondent´s letter, and adds ´En conséquence je vous demanderai de me donner rendez-vous à mon atelier à partir de Jeudi 21 Octobre au jour et a l´heure qui vous plairons´ (Translation: ´I would therefore ask you to arrange an appointment at my studio from Thursday 21 October onwards, at a time that suits you´). Two file holes to the left edge and a neat split to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, G

A WWI King's Regiment (Liverpool) group of three to John Richard Owens (1894-1917) - the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal to 14257 PTE. J. R. OWENS. L'POOL R.  Condition - the BWM and the Star very fine. *He was born in Constance Street, Everton, Liverpool, the son of John Richard Owens, (whose name he shared), a joiner, and Margaret Owens (née Rontree, d. 1910). He enlisted at the age of 19 for three years with the Colours, giving his occupation as a shoemaker. He embarked for Le Havre with the 13th Bn. on 26/09/1915 and was killed in action nineteen months later during the Arras Offensive on 03/05/1917.

Three: Private E. Harper, Army Cyclist Corps, later Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 May 1917 1914-15 Star (2640 Pte. E. Harper. A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (2640 Pte. E. Harper. A. Cyc. Corps.) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Ernest Harper was born in Chelsea and attested for the Army Cyclist Corps at Battersea. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 May 1915 before transferring to the 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, and was killed in action on 12 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.

An Inter-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain C. W. Mayer, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and Army Cyclist Corps, later Secretary and Superintendent of the Royal Western Counties Institution, Starcross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. W. Mayer.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. C. W. Mayer. Devon. R.); together with 9 Shooting Medals awarded by the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club 1906-1913 (1 gold (9ct., 12.07g), 5 silver and 3 bronze), 8 engraved to C. W. Mayer, nearly extremely fine (13) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1931: Charles William Mayer, Esq., Secretary and Superintendent (non-medical), Mental Deficiency Institution, Starcross. Charles William Mayer was born in Walthamstow, Essex in 1886, before moving to Littleham, Exmouth. Educated at Hele’s School, Exeter, he was later employed as a clerk with the Western Counties Asylum at Starcross, Devon. A member of the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club, affiliated to the National Rifle Association, he won numerous shooting prizes with them between 1906 and 1913. He served five years with the 1st Volunteer (Rifle) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and following the outbreak of the Great War enlisted as a Lance Corporal in the 7th (Cyclist) Territorial Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 7 August 1914. Embodied for Great War service the battalion was employed patrolling the North East Coast between Scarborough and Seaton Delaval and assisted in rescuing survivors from the Hospital Ship Rohilla which was wrecked off Whitby on 30 October 1914. The following December they were involved during the German Naval bombardment of the East Coast towns. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 25 November 1914, Mayer was appointed temporary Captain on 1 January 1916, and embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force on 7 March 1917, serving in the Arras Sector with the 19th Corps Cyclist Battalion until being medically evacuated 10 June 1917 due to synovitis of the knee. On recovery he joined the Army Cyclist Training Centre at Chiselden on 26 October 1917 and was promoted Captain on 17 June 1918. Disembodied on 18 November 1919 he was restored to the establishment of the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Returning to his civilian appointment at the Western Counties Institution, Starcross, he was appointed Secretary and Superintendent on 4 June 1924, and in recognition of his services to the Institution he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1931 New Year’s Honours’ List. He died at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay on 17 January 1960, aged 73. Sold with copied service record and other research.

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant R. H. Pawson, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. R. H. Pawson. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- Robert Henry Pawson was born on 11 November 1886, the son of the Rev. Lewis Pawson, Rector of Kildale, Grosmont, Yorkshire, and was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 22 November 1916. He joined the Nelson Battalion on 23 February 1917, and transferred to the Drake Battalion on 7 February 1918. He was killed in action on 25 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

An early 20th century silk, with Ypres, Verdux, Reims, Arras and Albert buildings, embroidered with flowers in relief, 46cm x 52cm, framed;  a Victorian beadwork, after Thomas Gainsborough Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 50cm x 38cm;   a needlework sample, for Charles and Diana, July 29th 1981, 35cm x 30cm;  Phonix, High Lea Cottages, High Bradfield, signed, dated 1981, watercolour, 24cm x 35cm;  another, Leslie Hawkes, Wastwater, signed, watercolour, 26.5cm x 38cm

FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE AND VICTORY MEDAL DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT. First World War Memorial Plaque (FREDERICK HENRY DYER) and Victory Medal ((20849 PTE. F.H. DYER DEVON R.), records show 20849 Lance Corporal Frederick Henry Dyer of 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment was killed on 2nd April 1917 aged 35, shown as entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal, he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, 9th Devons were part of 20th Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, at the time L/Cpl Dyer was killed they were involved in operations in the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. CR* Good condition with minor verdigris in places to the plaque.

WW1 CASUALTY PAIR OF MEDALS, R.N.V.R, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. First World War pair of medals, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal (LZ3968 A.F. TREVES R.N.V.R.)records show Albert Treves, born 1896 at Bermondsey, London, enlisted in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve on 13th November 1915, attached to 'A' Company, Drake Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division May 1916, to France October 1916, joined Drake Battalion November 1916 after Training Battalion, reported 'Missing' 23rd April 1917, permission requested to assume death 23rd November 1917, death assumed 'Killed in Action 23/04/1917' on 4th December 1917, Albert was 21 years of age, entitled to the BWM and Victory Medal, commemorated on the Arras Memorial. CR* Good overall condition.

A Great War M.M. group of three medals to 2nd Lieutenant F. Armstrong, Royal Artillery: Military Medal, George V (L-12478 CPL F. ARMSTRONG. A.160/BDE: R.F.A.), nearly extremely fine and toned; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. F. ARMSTRONG.), very fine, [3]; together with a Defence Medal and a War Medal 1939-45 in postage box to Mr C. C. Armstrong (presumably the first officer's son). 36mm diameter each M. M. London Gazette 18/06/1917 M.I.D. London Gazette 18/05/1917Corporal F. Armstrong's award of the Military Medal was probably for the Battle of Arras, 9th of April to 16th of May 1917. He appears to have been discharged to a commission in May 1918.Ref. Williamson, Vol 1, P. 407.

Two 'Trench Art' Tank Models, one of a Mark V with inscriptions of 'Arras' and Cambrai' to either side, the ither of a Mark I missing a wheel (2)

A marble topped Arras style occasional table The white marble circular top with a chrome band raised on tripod legs united by a triform stretcher55cm x 71cmGenerally good condition, with some wear throughout, some losses to the paintwork on the legs, denting to the banding, slight chips to the marble towards the edges

Book - The Story of the 29th Division,Hard back 1st edition signed inside by all three WW1 General officers who commanded the division, General Sir Henry de Beavior de Lisle, Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston and Maj.General D.E.Cayley . 29th Division was the only regular British formation at Gallipoli. Subsequently, however, it served at Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and the final offensive in Flanders, in good used condition

A Collection of German WW1 Destruction booklet postcards Dated 1918 Zeebrugge, Arras, Somme, Yser war postcards

A Nymphenburg Porcelain Tea Bowl, circa 1750, painted with flower sprays, impressed mark, 7.5cm diameter, a Niderviller saucer, painted with a landscape, N mark, 12cm diameter and an Arras Coffee Cup, painted in underglaze blue, together with a later German porcelain tea canister (4)

A photograph album containing 200+ snapshot photographs circa 1918-1920's, several depicting motorised military personnel WWI period, others civilians on motorcycles, vehicles etc, plus a large quantity of family leisure scenes, UK topographical etc, images include 10 photographs of Belgium and France 1918 including ruins/destruction at Arras, Bapaume and Albert, and others of towns of Mons and Boulogne; image of gentleman posing in uniform on Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Companies motorcycle, and several others showing M.T. Coy. personnel and vehicles, image captioned "711 M.T. Workshop Staff", wooden memorial crosses Western Front Durham Light Infantry and German example similar c.1918; various other images military personnel including group shots at barracks, hockey teams, sports event etc; plus good quantity of others UK topo. and family leisure scenes etc, some with vehicles/motorcycles, oblong disbound album, lacking boards/backstrip; together with an early C20th photograph album c.1911, UK family, topographical and architectural scenes, several images of ladies posing on bicycles and gentlemen posing on motorcycles etc, first leaf of album with m/s caption at head "Burnham 1911", one image clearly being of the town centre of Burnham on Crouch, Essex, with distinctive clock tower, other images all presumably Burnham on Crouch and environs, m/s ownership name at front "Mabel Olive Brown. September 8. 1911", folio, contemporary cloth gilt (2)

An early 20th century silk, with Ypres, Verdux, Reims, Arras and Albert buildings, embroidered with flowers in relief, 46cm x 52cm, framed

A vintage Patterson Type A3 miner's lamp - sold with an Arras similar and a miniature example

Willem Key, Porträt Robert de Croÿ, Bischof von CambraiÖl auf Holz. 42 x 32 cm.ProvenienzPrivatsammlung, England (1942). - Christie’s, London, 9.12.2009, Lot 149. – Dort vom heutigen Eigentümer erworben.LiteraturT. Borenius: A Portrait by Willem Key, in: The Burlington Magazine 81, August 1942, Nr. 473, S. 202, Abb. S. 204. - R. Faille: Iconographie des évêques de Cambrai, in: Mémoires de la Société d'émulation de Cambrai 94, 1974, S. 223-8. - A. Châtelet u. J. Paviot: Visages d'antan. Le Recueil d'Arras, Lathuile 2007, S. 331. – K. Jonckheere: Willem Key (1516-1568). Portrait of a Humanist Painter, Turnhout 2011, S. 61-2, Nr. A3.Oben links das Familienwappen der Croÿ, daneben bezeichnet: „AN° DNI 1537 [die beiden letzten Ziffern schwer lesbar]“. Oben rechts bezeichnet: „AETA SVAE 56 [AE jeweils ligiert]”. Jeweils darüber eine heute nicht mehr lesbare ältere Bezeichnung.Die Zuschreibung des vorliegenden Bildnisses an den flämischen Maler Willem Key erfolgte durch Gustav Glück, wie Tancred Borenius in seinem Artikel im Burlington Magazine 1942 berichtete. Der Dargestellte wurde damals als Philippe II. de Croÿ (1496-1549), 1. Herzog von Aarschot identifiziert. Während die Zuschreibung an den flämischen Künstler Willem Key seitdem nie in Zweifel gezogen und von Koenraad Jonckheere 2011 nochmals bestätigt wurde, konnte Jan van Helmont 2009 nachweisen, dass es sich bei dem Dargestellten nicht um den Herzog von Aarschot, sondern dessen jüngeren Bruder Robert de Croÿ (1506-1556) handelt, der 1519 Bischof von Cambrai wurde, nachdem ein weiterer Bruder, Kardinal Guillaume de Croÿ (1498-1521), auf das Bistum verzichtet hatte. Vergleiche mit anderen erhaltenen Porträts des Bischofs bestätigen die Identifizierung, vor allem mit einer Zeichnung im Jacques Le Boucq (1520-1573) zugeschriebenen Recueil d'Arras, einem Manuskript mit zahlreichen Porträtzeichnungen, das in der Bibliothèque Municipale d'Arras aufbewahrt wird ( Inv.-Nr. Arras, BM, 0266, Abb. 1).Robert de Croÿ hatte sich ein Jahr vor seiner Ernennung zum Bischof an der Universität Löwen eingeschrieben. Seinen feierlichen Einzug in die Bischofsstadt hielt er deswegen erst zehn Jahre nach seiner Ernennung am 13. Juni 1529. Wenige Tage danach zogen auch Margarethe von Österreich und Louise von Savoyen in die Stadt ein, um hier den Damenfrieden von Cambrai zu unterzeichnen, der die Streitigkeiten zwischen Kaiser Karl V. und dem französischen König Franz I. beenden sollten. Robert de Croÿ zelebrierte dabei seine erste Messe.Als dritter Sohn von Henri de Croÿ und Charlotte de Chateaubriand entstammte Robert de Croÿ einer der mächtigsten Adelsfamilien seiner Zeit, die über zahlreiche Gebiete in Frankreich, den Spanischen Niederlanden und dem Heiligen Römischen Reich herrschten.Abb 1: Jacques Le Boucq, zugeschriebenen, Porträt Robert de Croÿ im Recueil d'Arras, Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale, Inv.-Nr. Arras, BM, 0266, Cliché: IRHT-CNRS.

WW1 album of approximately 300 photographs to include aerial reconnaissance images from The Somme, Northern France photographs are dated 1916 and 1917 and include Frenicourt (Fricourt), Lebucquiere and Bapaume with trench location marked in pencil on reverse, numerous portraits of men in military dress, posing outside bunkers etc, arrival of reinforcements, other images titled Arras 1918, Boesinghe 1917, Elverdinghe, officers on horseback and motorcycle and several hand drawn caricatures of officers from 196 battery 1918. Other images in the album include family photographs around Weymouth, the 6th Farnborough Scout Camp trip in 1921 (18 images), Cambridge, yachts and sailing on The Norfolk Broads, skiing trips and a number of images taken from St. Thomas’s Hospital 1920-23, together with report booklet for the Papillon Solders’ Home Shorncliffe Camp 1918, album in half leather with gilt initials

Pair: Private S. Stagg, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (48462 Pte. S. Stagg. E. Surr. R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (2422 Pte. B. F. Durbidge, E. Surr. R.; 10202 Pte. H. Shingler, E. Surr. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. G. Johns.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (2. Lieut. J. H. Lavender.; L-9975 Pte. A. W. Wickins. E. Surr. R.) nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- Sydney Stagg served with both the East Surrey Regiment and the Labour Corps during the Great War. Benjamin Frederick Durbidge attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 7 August 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 15 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, and was disembodied on 18 April 1919. Horace Shingler attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 26 August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1915. He was killed in action on 8 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Gilbert Godwin Johns was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 18 December 1917 and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 April 1918. John Hadden Lavender was born in Wandsworth on 25 September 1895 and attested initially for the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 24 October 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 17 January 1917, and was wounded by gun shot to the chest on 9 May 1917. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds on 27 August 1918, was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B45578, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Alfred W. Wickins attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 25 February 1910 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 January 1915. He was killed in action on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research for all six recipients.

‘Short as was his life, it practically covered the history of the Flying Corps. Few of those who flew to France in 1914 withheld their perishing till the last year of the War. The old army seemed destined to do what they had to do quickly and to pass away, leaving the field to the new armies and their victory. Few were able to offer a service so unique and so prolonged as Gordon. He deserved to survive...’ (Memoirs of Gordon Shephard by S. Leslie refers) The important Great War pilot’s D.S.O., M.C., ‘August 1914’ Legion of Honour group of six awarded to Brigadier General G. S. Shephard, Royal Flying Corps. An adventurer, ‘gunrunner’ and gallant airman who courted controversy by ‘spying’ on strategic places around the German seaboard immediately prior to the Great War - only to then use his yachting prowess to help his friend Erskine Childers provide 900 rifles with 25,000 rounds of ammunition to the South Irish Volunteers, 26 July 1914. Childers went on to become an associate of Michael Collins (and was executed by firing squad in 1922), whilst Shephard, a serving British Army officer, was perhaps spared further inquiry by the outbreak of the Great War. Shephard served as a Flight Commander with 4 Squadron, and a flew a B.E. 2 over to France as part of the original R.F.C. contingent, 13 August 1914. He flew in the early reconnaissance missions of the Great War, including during the retreat from Mons, 24 August 1914, when his report saved the British forces from being outmanoeuvred and over run by von Kluck’s Second Corps. Shephard commanded 6 Squadron from March 1915, before commanding 12th (Corps) Wing throughout the Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916. He commanded I Brigade, R.F.C. during the Arras offensive of 1917, and became the highest ranking officer in the flying services to be killed whilst on active service during the Great War, 8 January 1918 - when he crashed his Nieuport Scout carrying out a squadron visit. Loved by the men that he commanded, ‘he was accorded a military funeral with full honours at Lapugnoy, not far from Bruay. Some twenty Generals and a thousand officers attended the funeral, which was preceded by Canadian pipers and a firing party’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. G. S. Shephard. R. Fus: Attd: R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. G. S. Shephard.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mounted on card for display, nearly extremely fine (6) £8,000-£12,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1915 [The 7th M.C. awarded to the Royal Flying Corps, the previous 6 being announced in the New Years Honours List of 1915]. M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915, 1 January 1916, 2 January 1917, 9 April 1917, 7 November 1917 and 20 May 1918. France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 3 November 1914: ‘For gallantry during operations between 21st and 30th August 1914.’ Gordon Strachey Shephard was born in Madras, India in July 1885. He was the eldest son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency, and later Chief Justice of the Madras High Court) of 58 Montagu Square, London, and brother of Captain J. W. Shephard, M.C. (see Lot 24). Shephard was named after General Gordon, who was killed in Khartoum in the same year as his birth. He was educated at Summer Fields, Eton and Sandhurst. Shephard was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers in October 1905. He was an outstanding yachtsman and is thought to have ‘spied’ on strategic places around the German seaboard in the manner of the heroes of Erskine Childers’ fictional novel, The Riddle of the Sands. Perhaps this was no mere coincidence, given that Shephard knew Childers well. Shephard’s covert operations came to an abrupt halt when and a companion were briefly detained by the German authorities at Emden, after injudiciously taking photographs in a sensitive area. Fortunately for him, Shephard was released without charge and returned to the UK to begin learning how to fly. He gained his Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 215) on a Bristol aircraft at Brooklands, 14 May 1912. Shephard was attached to the Royal Flying Corps from July 1912, and was initially focussed on the use of airships for military purposes. It was Shephard’s friendship with Childers that drew him into an action which could have ended not only his military career, but his freedom. The two of them shared a place in the complicated world of Anglo-Irish history, buy securing the first arms for the South Irish Volunteers. Together with two fishermen for crew (and Mrs Childers and a female companion to allay the would-be suspicions of interested coastguards) they took delivery in Childers’ 28-ton ketch Asgard of 900 rifles and 25,000 rounds of ammunition. Procured from German agents off the German coast, and delivered by Childers to Howth, near Dublin, 26 July 1914. In other words the two were gunrunners - one a Captain in the British Army on leave from his regiment, and the other a republican zealot. Childers at that time had not renounced his British citizenship, and thus it was that the first consignment of arms to the south of Ireland was delivered by two Englishmen. The outbreak of the war in Europe may well have been fortunate timing as far as Shephard’s military career was concerned. The authorities became occupied with fighting Germany, before his role in this gunrunning could be fully investigated. Appointed a Flight Commander with 4 Squadron, Shephard accompanied the original Royal Flying Corps contingent to France by piloting a B.E.2, 13 August 1914: ‘By the evening of August 12 the machines of the squadron were at Dover, and on the morning of the 13th they were awaiting final orders to proceed to France. Captain Shephard was the first to start, having been ordered to select and mark a good landing-place. All, but a few of the machines which sustained minor damage, safely crossed the Channel, and on August 16 the squadron, in company with Nos. 2 and 3 Squadrons, proceeded to Maugbeuge from Amiens. Not until the morning of August 19, 1914, were the first reconnaissances of the Royal Flying Corps carried out by Lieutenant G. W. Mapplebeck, of No. 4 Squadron, flying a B.E. The War Diary of the R.F.C. gives some glimpses to fill up the very discreet background of Gordon’s letters home. On August 20 “Captain Shephard and Prince Murat sent to Mons to reconnoitre landing-ground and also area to west of Solignies.” On August 22, with Lieutenant Bonham-Carter as observer, he carried out Reconnaissance No. 10 in the history of the R.F.C. at war. At 8.15 am on the morning of August 22, Captain Shephard, with Lieutenant I. M. Bonham-Carter as observer, flying the machine in which he had crossed to France, made his first reconnaissance. The original reconnaissance report of Lieutenant Mapplebeck is missing, and Captain Shephard’s report of August 22, 1914, is thus the first report of a reconnaissance to be recorded in the War Diary of No. 4 Squadron. On this date, says Sir Walter Raleigh (The War in the Air, Vol. I, p 301), “there were twelve reconnaissances which revealed the presence of large bodies of troops moving in the direction of the British front, and did much to dissipate the fog of war. The first machine to return came in soon after eleven. This was piloted by Captain G. S. Sheph...

* Czech Bookplates. A colleciton of approximatley 300 ex-libris, late 19th or early 20th century, for J. C. Winterink, Dr Anna Lerperger, A. Rousseau, Josef Moravec, Mojmir Helcelet, Karla Novaka, Aloise Chvaly, B. Durych, Eugene Strens, F. R. Ciganek, Francisek Kozak, Josef Hancar, Thor Skullerud, Adolf Maly, Dr. R. Jecht, Jef Arras, Jay Dobrovolsky and many others, some signed, some printed in colour, 16 x 12 cm or smaller QTY: (300)

A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF FIRST WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPHS. A collection of 38 photographs of Great War subjects, the majority from the Somme Region to include tanks, Artillery, trenches, senior figures including George V and Douglas Haig, Arras, soldiers by the St Quentin Canal, Indian Cavalry and others. The majority approximately 14 x 19 cm, with descriptions to the reverse, some marked 'Published by the Daily Mail', mounted on card with descriptions to the reverse. In a green folder marked 'Book 1'. CR* Generally good condition.

A WW1 Gallantry Military Medal group, plus other associated items relating to L-1654 Gnr H.A.Barber of A Battery 5th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery. To include: the Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal, a corresponding trio of miniatures, a Royal Artillery sweetheart brooch fashioned from uniform button, 2 other base metal sweetheart brooches, 2 religious medallions, a commemorative 1937 coronation ladies powder compact by ‘Rachel’, and a mid 20th century pair of Hiatt handcuffs, possibly police or prison guard use. Notes: Hayden Archibald Barber was born in Newbold, Derbyshire in 1896. The announcement of the award of his Military Medal appeared in the London Gazette on July 9th 1917 (schedule number 90187), which would mean that the deed that earned him the MM would likely have taken place between April 9th and May 23rd 1917, with his schedule number covering actions such as Vimy Ridge, Arras, and the Somme (plus Gallipoli, but his index card states ‘France’ so this can be discounted). The Military Medal and pair are confirmed as his full entitlement. Hayden died in 1962 in Derbyshire. Condition: good. Some normal age related toning to the medals, but none appear to have been over polished in the past. Each medal is complete with its original ribbon. Some light signs of use to the sweetheart brooches, and the compact. The handcuffs show some signs of use, but work as they should.

Military Medal, 265037 Sjt D Leadbeater 1/7 N & D R-T F, with cap badge, shoulder titles and copied research Provenance: Dixons Medals, Bridlington Military Medal: London Gazette, 19 November 1917 "For gallantry when the Battalion was in the Cambrin left sub sector on 2/3rd September 1917 and Sgt Leadbeater was in charge of a working party. A 5.9 German shell dropped into a Stokes Mortar dump and two men of the Stokes Mortar battery were buried. The Stokes ammunition was exploding, but he continued to dig them out until they were released entirely, regardless of personal risk." Sgt Daniel Leadbeater of Wilford, Nottingham, 1/7 (Robin Hood) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regt) was Killed in Action on 21 March 1918 during an enemy barrage on the front line in the Noreuil Sector. Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France

Frankreich.: Sammlung von ca. 200 Bl., versch. Techniken, Stecher u. Formate 16.-19. Jh. ╔Enthält u.a.:╗ 2 Bl. aus einer dt. Sebastian Münster Ausg. mit 3 Holzschn.: 2 Befestigungspläne (Calais u. Gravelines) u. 1 Ansicht (Arras). - Weitere, darunter Lithogr., Stahlst. u. Holzst. (tls. aus Zeitschriften). - Versch. starke Gebrauchsspuren, nicht eingehend kollat.

BOX CONTAINING MILITARY EPHEMERA/Special forces, US etc, booklet from the Military Historical Society, SAS interest, North Pole Expedition 1995(SAS) WW1 era match box case with Arras crest applied, Zippo lighter United States lines, US Airborne shoulder insignia, Camo Combat Cap(Special forces) marked CCLXIV 56, and a large bag of Shoulder/sleeve rank insignia, most ranks, including bullion badges(Special Forces???)

NINE ALBUMS OF POSTCARDS, containing approximately 490 early 20th century examples featuring photographic portraiture, rural scenes, animals, people, actors and actresses, sentimental and comic examples, shipping, trains, topographical scenes and military, including one album almost solely concerning Pte. W.J. Mason 30790 of the South Staffs Regiment, 1914 -1918, there are two 'Le Grande Guerre' Cartes Postales Detachables albums, Serie 9 and 12 featuring cards of Arras, Apres Le Bombardement and Bataille De L'Yser and one album, 'Les Deriaz' Quatre Generations De Photographes Vaudois featuring 40 Postcards. Please note: Some of the Postcards are reproductions of the early 20th century originals

An Escaper's M.M. group of six awarded to Lance Corporal R. Holtby, Green Howards, who - with remarkable persistence - attempted to escape no less than three times, finally succeeding on the final runHaving joined underage Holtby was to see action in France 1940, the Dunkirk evacuation and the War in the Desert before his capture; his exploits in Italy make for exiting reading as he filed open the train door and leapt from the back of speeding trucks to make his final successful bid for freedomMilitary Medal, G.VI.R. (4391447 L. Cpl. R. Holtby. Green. Howards.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.VI.R. (4391447 Pte. R. Holtby. Green. Howards.), light contact wear, overall very fine (6)Provenance:Glendinning's, June 1889.M.M. London Gazette 12 September 1944, the original recommendation states:'On 9 Sep 43, before the general evacuation of Camp 54, Holtby left with eleven other prisoners and went with them to Monte Flavia, from where he set off alone to cross the lines. He had only reached Settefratti when he was recaptured by Germans. About the end of October he was entrained for Germany, but after travelling for about 2 hours succeeded in escaping and reaching Sora before he was taken ill with pneumonia. Upon his recovery he decided to make for the Anzio beachhead, but at Borgo Grappa he was again arrested by Germans. Five days later, as he was being transferred to Gisterno, he jumped off the truck and travelled to San Silvanion, where he stayed two months. After the Allied attack on Terracina he met an American patrol on 23 May 44.'Roy Holtby was born at Beverley, Yorkshire on 8 August 1921, the son of Francis and Edith Holtby. Joining the Territorial Army at Beverley before the war, his obituary notes that he joined underage - his 18th birthday was in August 1939. He was serving with the 5th Battalion in France in 1940 where they took part in the Battle of Arras and later the Dunkirk evacuation.Returning to Britian the Battalion was not linger there for long before they were posted to the desert for serving in the Middle East. Their first engagement there was to be the Battle of Gazala in which the 50th Division - to which the Battalion was attached - suffered heavy losses during the Defence of the Knightsbridge box. Either during the attack or retreat Holtby was taken prisoner of war and from North Africa was transported to Italy, finding himself at Camp 54, Fara Nel Sabina in 1943.News of the Armistice with Italy arrived on 8 September 1943 and three days later the prisoners were told they would need to make their own escapes. Formed into two parties they set out, Holtby made a more determined attempt than many of his comrades, carrying on alone where they others stopped however he was soon recaptured.Put on a train in October to be transported he seized the opportunity and filed the lock on the carriage door open. Jumping from the train he was able to escape again, this did not last long before he was recaptured for the final time. Not to be discouraged he waited until he was again being transported and leapt from the back of the truck carrying him, after so much time on the run the Allies had advanced well into Italy and Holtby was able to contact the American forces not long later.Returning to Britain after the war he was awarded his Efficiency Medal in April 1946 and settled at 71 Beaver Road, Beverley. He died at Hull on 15 June 1989.After his death an obituary was posted in the local newspaper which states:'A Modest Beverly war hero has died at the age of 67.Former soldier Mr Roy Holtby who won the Military Medal, escaped three times from prisoner-of-war camps during World War Two.On the last occasion [SIC] he helped others to safety when he filed open the carriage door of a train carrying troops.Mr Holtby, who was under age when he joined up, was among those evacuated from Dunkirk.After the War, he set up in busines [SIC] as a builder in his home town of Beverley, retiring six years ago because of ill-health.'The Green Howards Gazette of September 1989 further states:'The death took place on 16th June, 1898 of Mr Roy Holtby MM. He had suffered a heart condition for a few years. Roy joined the TA in Beverely prior to the war and served with the 5th Battalion, serving in France 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He served in the Middle East throughout the Desert Campaign until he was taken prisoner at Gazala ad was sent to Italy. He escaped twice from captivity [SIC] and on one occasion he was awarded the Military Medal. He eventually escaped to Switzerland [SIC] and eventually to England and stayed in England until demobilisation. He was a builder by trade and was very well known and respected by all his many friends.'Sold together with copied research.…

The 1918 D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Hunt, 1st Dragoon Guards, late 3rd Hussars, who was twice wounded in action and twice 'mentioned' during the Great WarDistinguished Service Order, G.V.R; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Capt: R. S. Hunt, 3/Hrs:); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major R. S. Hunt. 1/D.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. R. S. Hunt.); General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Major R. S. Hunt.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine overall (7)D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918.Ronald Seager Hunt was born on 24 February 1874, the son of Walter and Alice Hunt of Hart Hill, St. Johns, Woking, where his father worked as a barrister. Educated at Haileybury College (1888-1892), he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 25 November 1893 with the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Transferring from the Militia to the 3rd Hussars on 15 May 1897 with the same rank he was advanced Lieutenant on 13 September 1898.Prior to his service in the Boer War, Hunt was advanced Captain on 26 April 1901 and arrived in South Africa in January 1902. There he was present for operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony until 31 May 1902. Whilst there the Regiment saw notable action in an engagement on the Cornelius River in February 1902.Transferring to the 1st Dragoon Guards, Hunt was promoted Major with them on 14 July 1910. The next year he appeared upon the roll of the Delhi Durbar 1911 medal as one of three Majors with the unit.Entering the war in France on 5 November 1914 he appears to have served initially with his own unit however was soon posted to command several different Infantry Regiments, including at some stage the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Hunt later commanded the 8th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment from 27 October 1916, being stationed with them on 6 February 1917 when he was wounded for the first time.Wounded in action again during the Battle of Arras on 11 April 1917, he received his first 'mention' at the end of that year (London Gazette 11 December 1917). Unfortunately his age caught up with him and Hunt was posted to command the 87th Battalion, Training Reserve on 10 May 1918, receiving his second mention ten days later, likely for his final actions with the Lancaster Regiment (London Gazette 20 May 1918).Posted to command 1st County of London Yeomanry on 13 September 1919 he served for two more years but eventually retired on 17 September 1921 to Walcott-on-Sea, Norfolk. Hunt died on 1 April 1942.…

A very fine 1917 D.C.M., 1916 M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class II C. E. Nicol, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (T.F.), later 150th Company, Machine Gun Corps, who was further 'mentioned' for his services in 1916 before being tragically killed in action during the Spring Offensive in 1918Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23495 Sjt. C. Nicol. 150/Coy M.G.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (2028 Sjt: C. Nichol. 4/York: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2028 Pte. C. Nicol, York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2028 A. W. O. Cl. II. C. E. Nicol. York. R.), mounted court style for wear, sometime lacquered, overall good very fine (5)D.C.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917, the original citation states:'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He covered the withdrawal of an exposed flank until his ammunition was all used. On the same day he volunteered and took up one gun to the threatened flank under heavy barrage, and remained there until relieved next day.'M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916.M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916.Charles Edward Nicol was born in 1892, the son of James and Fanny Nicol of Hornby Castle Gardens, Bedale, Yorkshire. Enlisting at Richmond, Yorkshire he entered the war on 17 April 1915, they went into action less than a week later when the German Army struck a surprise blow at the Second Battle of Ypres. They suffered heavy casualties around Armagh Wood and Hill 60 between February-March 1916 when a mine was detonated beneath it in February and their C.O. was killed in action by a sniper the next month.The Battalion was stationed at Kemmel when the Somme Offensive began and it was there that Nicols was 'mentioned', possibly for good service at the start of the year around Hill 60. They joined the Battle at Flers-Courcelettes in September, advancing alongside tanks for the first time towards Martinpuich. Unfortunately they found their flanks exposed to heavy fire from the German positions in High Wood and suffered severe losses to heavy shell fire from that position. Despite this, they stuck to the advance and managed to take Martinpuich, with High Wood falling several hours later. Nicol's M.M. was awarded the next month, likely as a result of his service at Kemmel rather than the Somme given the dates involved. However, the exact reason for the award is unknown.Transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in late 1916, Nicol was serving with 150 Company when his D.C.M. was awarded. 150 Company was the Brigade Company for 150th (York and Lancaster) Brigade so he was serving alongside his old Battalion at the time, either in the latter stages of the Somme Offensive or early in the Battle of Arras. The formation was amalgamated in March 1918 to form part of the 50th Machine Gun Battalion, serving the entire Division rather than a single Brigade.Nicol was posted as missing on 10 April 1918, shortly after the opening blows of the Battle of Lys. His death was officially accepted on 27 May 1918 and he is commemorated upon the Ploegstreet Memorial.…

The Great War M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal T. Glancey, 1/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force), pre-war territorial with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion he managed to survive the terrible losses at the Second Battle of Ypres which saw that Battalion amalgamatedMilitary Medal, G.V.R. (302866 L.Cpl. T. Glancey. 1/8 A.&S. Hdrs - T.F.), light pitting and contact wear overall, very fineProvenance:Spink, December 1977.M.M. London Gazette 11 May 1917.Thomas Glancey was born at Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and attested with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1911, serving with them as a Territorial. He was embodied for service on 5 August 1914 with the 1/9th Battalion, joining them in France on 19 February 1915. Going into action at the Second Battle of Ypres the 1/9th Battalion suffered appalling losses between 10-18 May. They lost 12 officers and 300 men on the first day alone, in effect they ceased to exist as a fighting unit, being temporarily amalgamated the 7th Battalion but were never brought back to strength.Glancey did not remain with the Battalion, returning to Britian on 1 June 1915 and remaining there until 6 August 1916. Shortly after his return he was posted to the 1/8th Battalion in October. This unit was stationed around the Somme at the time at soon went into action in the Capture of Beaumont-Hamel.The Battalion saw further heavy action at Arras and Cambrai in 1917, then transferring to the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in February 1918. Glancey remained with the Battalion until the end of the war, being demobilised on 31 March 1920. After demobilisation he returned to the Reserves and continued to serve with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion, being finally discharged on 3 February 1930.…

The scarce Sergeant-Pilot's group of eight awarded to Sergeant F. E. Nash, Royal Air Force, later Major, Royal Artillery, who shot down German Ace Paul Felsmann in 1918 and then became a Prisoner of War in the same action, coming away with a number of interesting photographs of his captivity and later wrote a diary of his experiences during the Second World WarBritish War and Victory Medals (10206. Sgt. F. E. Nash. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Decoration, dated to the reverse '1945' with second award bar dated '1949'; France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, with Palme, mounted court-style for wear, overall good very fine (8)Croix de Guerre confirmed in an amendment of The Chronicles of 55 Squadron R.F.C. - R.A.F.Frank Elliot Nash was born at Kington, Herefordshire on 26 November 1897 and settled in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire later in life. Enlisting with the Royal Flying Corps on 19 October 1915 as an Armourer he underwent Pilot Training with No. 8 Squadron being awarded his Wings on 2 April 1918. Re-mustering as a Sergeant Mechanic on 2 April 1918 he joined No 55 Squadron as a pilot flying D.H.4.s on 8 July 1918.Crash LandingWith this unit he launched a bombing mission over the Oberndorf Mauser Munitions Works on 20 July 1918 with Sergeant W. E. Baker as his observer. The Squadron was attacked by Albatros fighters with one D.H.4.- piloted by Lieutenant R. A. Butler being shot down- Baker shot down the Albatros immediately after its victory. This was likely Offizierstellvertreter Paul Felsmann, of K4b who was listed as killed in action at the same area that day.Even as they Baker emptied his weapon into Felsmann's aircraft, a second Albatros attacked, stitching the aircraft with rounds, hitting the fuselage and killing Baker. Nash's radiator was holed and hot water and steam splashed over his legs however despite this he was unharmed and managed to keep flying. The Albatros continued to press the attack with Nash remaining in formation as long as possible but, with his Observer dead, he was open and couldn't defend himself.Bullets tore through his shoulder and parts of the fuel tank lodged in his back, these wounds also knocked him unconscious and the D.H.4. dropped into a dive. Nash regained consciousness at 7,000 feet and managed to pull himself out of the plunge despite his wounded arm. This was made more difficult by the body of Baker which had fallen against his emergency stick.He levelled out only a few feet above the ground but was certainly still going down, Nash picked out a small field and attempted to lose some height. Unfortunately he hit a small ridge which tore the undercarriage out from his aircraft and he was deposited from 15 feet onto the ground. Emerging uninjured it is a mark of Nash's character that his first act was to try and remove Baker's body as he didn't want to burn it with the aircraft.His victor- either Vizefeldwebel Happer or Offizierstellvertreter Pohlmann- landed next to him and took him prisoner, offering him a 'particularly nasty cigarette' in consolation. As is often the case with bomber pilots, he needed to be protected from the citizens of the town he was bombing and it was in front of an angry mob that Nash was taken to Oberndorf Hospital, being put in the basement for his own safety. This proved to be a stroke of good luck however as he was sheltered from the second raid his squadron launched the next day when 200 tons of bombs were dropped.Prisoner of WarWhilst at the hospital he was able to attend the funeral of his observer Sergeant Baker and Lieutenant Young- whose aircraft was shot down before his- at Oberndorf cemetery. Butler, Young's observer, was not found for several weeks, having jumped from the aircraft to escape the flames. Nash was photographed at the funeral, wearing his uniform with a borrowed German cap.Taken to Tubingen Hospital he was treated there for the next two months, slowly recovering from the bullet and shrapnel wounds he had taken to his back and shoulder. Repatriated on 20 December 1918 he was further discharged on 26 March 1919.Return to the Colours - FranceNash was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 26 May 1937 with 42nd (Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Further advanced Lieutenant after the outbreak of war on 1 August 1940, photographs sold with the lot make it clear that he was managing searchlights during this period.Promoted Captain in 1944 he joined the British Army on the continent on 22 June, his diary of events during the war describes his first sight of France stating:'Cannot accurately described the sight of Utah Beach. Literally thousands of craft of all shapes and sizes. Big battle in progress towards Caen, columns of black and purple smoke and very heavy artillery duel going on.'He goes on to describe his role in France which appears to have been rather unusual and certainly included some intelligence work:'Busy time on job. Jack-of-all-trades Interpreter, water engineer, undertaker, questioners of "Collaborators", etc. Giver out of permits to travel. Everything tranquil except for Boche night bombers thousands of prisoners going back all day to cages. Did an interrogation for Yanks, (65 P.O.W.s) could only find two who spoke German, others were Russians in German Uniforms!!'He was present for the Liberation of Paris and marvelled at the calm of the crowds, pouring into the streets and waving allied flags even as the Battle continued in the city. He gives a hair-raising account of one sticky moment when the fighting caught up with him quite alarmingly:'Moved baggage into billet about 14-00. 16-00 hours a terrible fusillade started all over the city. (De Gaulle came from Ave du [….] to Notre Dame.) Jerries and Milice arrived firing down from rooftops. About 17-30 our hotel attacked from courtyard at rear and adjoining roofs. Hardly a window left after 5 mins. Mons le Patron, wife and family very frightened. Returned fire with all available weapons Sgt Walsh (.45 Tommy) knocked one Boche from roof top into courtyard! Situation saved by arrival of platoon of F.F.I.'GermanyAdvancing swiftly through France and Belgium via Arras and Lille he was soon into Germany. Here the diary depicts yet more tension as Nash describes the reaction of the frightened and hostile population to their presence and sleeping with a loaded revolver under his pillow.He was reassigned to the Military Government Department in Diest, Belgium, being assigned to the village of Binkom. Posted to 229 (P) Military Government Department as a Staff Officer Nash was sent into Germany to help ease the administrative problems surrounding the Allied Invasion, encountering if anything greater tension than ever before. On one occasion the town in which he was billeted was strafed by several M.E.109s, with the townspeople finding themselves not only occupied but under attack by their own Luftwaffe.Stationed in Hanover he was ordered to help maintain order in the city which had been heavily damaged in its capture. Nash's diary takes up the story:'Incredible sight in Rathaus Platry [Rathausplatz], thousands milling around all wanting something! Very large proportion being German civilians reporting that (a) they had no food on accommodation, (b) their houses or what was left of them, had been plundered by DP's (c) someone had been murdered.'A volunteer police force had been recruited from the local population to try and keep order however Nash relates that '90%' of them had been killed by the time of his arrival. He cornered the leading civilian official in the town, a Dr Knibbe and 'Ordered him implicitly (Knibbe) to …

Four: Wing Commander A. T. Whitelock, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was 'mentioned' in 19171914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. T. Whitelock. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major A. T. Whitelock. R.F.C.); Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, very fine (4)Arthur Thomas Whitelock was born on 25 March 1888, was educated at Archbishop Holgate's School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was a Classical Master living at Oakdene, Mount Vernon Road, Barnsley at the outbreak of the Great War. He took Aero Certificate No. 1263 on a Farman biplane at Brooklands on 22 May 1915, being made 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps that same day. Whitelock served in France with No. 5 Squadron from 4 July 1915. On 23 September 1915, having joined No. 4 Squadron, he was pilot of Be2c 2035. That day formed part of the preparations for the Battle of Loos, Whitelock shot down a 'Fokker 2 seater' south-east of Douai and south of Arras, the enemy aircraft '...shot through prop'.Whitelock and Balmain had a lucky escape on 25 November 1915. While engaged on an artillery co-operation sortie between Bray and Albert in Be2c 2001, they were attacked by an enemy aircraft, of a type unknown to them. No sooner had they driven it off than they were attacked from above by an Albatros, which they also drove off. A third aircraft attacked from behind and Whitelock managed to disengage, having expended all their ammunition. Considering discretion to be the better part of valour, the mission was abandoned. On 14 December, his aircraft was damaged after being chased by Fokker on a special mission to Hervilly.Returned home, he returned to France in September 1916 to assume Command of No. 7 Squadron and was 'mentioned' (London Gazette 15 May 1917 refers).Made Wing Commander in January 1922, he went to RAF Halton on Staff Duties in April 1924 and was in command of No. 10 Squadron in 1929. Whilst with that unit he designed their Squadron Badge & motto - rem acu tangere ('to hit the mark!'), which was apparently conceived whilst watching archery practice in Oxford. He took over No. 2 Bomber Group at Andover in May 1935 and was District Commandant Rochester by 1939. He was retired in March 1943 and is buried in Bibury, with a new headstone being unveiled by the 10 Squadron Association in recent years.…

'WOT's THE GAME?' England's post-war book by ex-private Billy Muggins, limited edition 158/300, a polemic about the unfair treatment of soldiers returned from the Great War. A C Coy concert programme circa 1916. Pals Battalion had never been into battle before. Saunders, Lambert and Roberts were killed in action one month latter on the Somme. Clarke & Morton died in 1917, Clarke at Ypres and Morton at Arras (2)

A HAND FORGED AND WHITE PAINTED 'ARRAS' BENCH OF RECENT MANUFACTURE 41cm high, 148cm wide, 52cm deep Please note this lot will be available for collection from Donnington Priory, RG14 2JE. Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: THIS LOT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM DONNINGTON PRIORY, RG14 2JE.Some weathering commensurate with storage and use outside, Some tarnishing to feet, please see additional images Overall stable and sturdyADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. Condition Report Disclaimer

Pair: Private E. Stirzaker, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Second Battle of Arras, 24 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (38187 Pte. E. Stirzaker. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Ernest Stirzaker) generally good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Ernest Stirzaker was born in Rastrick, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front. Private Stirzaker was killed in action on the Western Front, 24 April 1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Three: Private J. Kerfoot, 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of Arleux, 28 April 1917 1914-15 Star (17646 Pte J. Kerfoot. L.N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17646 Pte. J. Kerfoot. L.N. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Kerfoot) generally very fine or better (4) £120-£160 --- Joseph Kerfoot was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire, and was husband of Emma Smith (formerly Kerfoot), of 14 Poplar View, Every Street, Bolton. He served during the Great War with the 10th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 31 July 1915. Private Kerfoot was killed in action on the Western Front, 28 April 1917, and on the latter date the Battalion were engaged in the Battle of Arleux, as part of the Second Battle of Arras. Kerfoot is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Three: Private P. Horne, 6th (Service) Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action during the Second Battle of Arras, 24 April 1917 1914-15 Star (S-43282. Pte. P. Horne. Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (3416 Pte. P. Horne. Camerons.); Memorial Plaque (Peter Horne) generally very fine or better (4) £100-£140 --- Peter Horne was the son of Robert Ellis Horne and Margaret Horne, of 20 Wells Street, Inverness, Scotland. He served during the Great War with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Cameron Highlanders on the Western Front. Private Horne was killed in action on the Western Front, aged 19, 24 April 1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Books of WWI interest, including The War Illustrated, vols 1-9, The History of The Great European War, vols I-IX, Roch (Walter) Mr Lloyd George and The War, Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914-1915, 3 vols, Pen & Sword Publications for The Somme, Ipres, Arras, etc., and Graves (Rupert) Goodbye To All That, published by The Folio Society 1981, with slip case. (6 shelves)

A collection of 4 Great War Victory Medals, “4525 PTE. C. DUFFY R.IR.FUS” – Charles Duffy served in the 7th Battalion landing in France on 19th December 1915. Also served in Leinster Regiment, service number 20238; “242346 PTE. R. JACKSON L.N.LANC.R.” – Robert Jackson served in France with the 5th Battalion and was discharged as unfit for further service due to wounds on 23rd November 1917 and was issued with a Silver War Badge; “15196 A.W.O. CL2 W. MARTIN R.D. FUS.” – William Martin served with 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was discharged to Class Z Army Reserve on 15th February 1919; “L.Z.4695 B. PEACOCK A.B. R.N.V.R.” – Bert Peacock, a 21-year-old bricklayer from West Hampstead was killed in action on 23rd April 1917 whilst serving with Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

The rare and important Great War Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant Joseph Bertram Taylor who was killed in aerial combat, becoming the 74th victory of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, on 28th March 1918. Memorial Plaque, “JOSEPH BERTRAM TAYLOR”, a unique name in the Commonwealth War Graves records. Joseph Bertram Tayor was born in Forest Gate Essex on 25th August 1898, and he joined the Royal Flying Corps on 1st August 1917 as a 3rd Class Air Mechanic (#90048). He was discharged to Commission on 7th November 1917 having served 99 days in the ranks (London Gazette 14th November 1917, Cadet to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)). He completed his training on 24th March 1918 joining 82 Squadron. 4 days later, on 28th March, he was reported missing alongside Lieutenant Eric Betley in an RE 8 aircraft, serial C8444, both Officers being presumed dead. The plane is confirmed as shot down by ‘The Red Barron’, his 74th victory. Having no known grave, Joseph Bertram Taylor is remembered on the Arras Flying Service Memorial, France. A rare plaque to a confirmed victim of the famous, top scoring German Great War Ace, The Red Baron.

Walker and hall silver topped glass trinket jar, small ARRAS beaker, silver pen knife, ladies fob watch, anointing spoon and mother of pearl handled fruit knives, etc 9a lot)

WWI British Medals, comprising 1914-1915 Star (SS-18958 Pte G F Southcott ASC) British War Medal unnamed and Victory Medal (DEAL 10042-5-Pte G F Southcott RM), Machine Gun Corps cap badge, Australian Military Forces button, Battle of Arras and Army Service Corps sweetheart brooches and photograph, all presented in glazed frame, also further photograph. Items glued to the backing board leaving a residue.

A HAND FORGED AND WHITE PAINTED SEMI CIRCULAR 'ARRAS' TREE SEAT OF RECENT MANUFACTURE 86cm high, 193cm wide, 93cm deep

A HAND FORGED AND WHITE PAINTED GARDEN 'ARRAS' SUITE OF RECENT MANUFACTURE Comprising a large rectangular dining table and a set of ten ribbed ladderback chairs, including a pair of armchairs the armchairs 87cm high, 63cm wide, 58cm deep the chairs 81cm high, 44cm wide, 48cm deep the table 73cm high, 253cm wide, 91cm deep Condition Report: With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Weathering and usage wear to table top- patchy paint losses and some rust- seats with occasional knocks and some small damages to paint Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Potential buyers should note that condition reports are matters of opinion only, they are non-exhaustive and based solely on what can be seen to the naked eye unless otherwise specified by the cataloguer. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description. If you have physically viewed an item for which you request a report, the condition report cannot be a reason for cancelling a sale. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collectionCondition Report Disclaimer

WW1 Royal Field Artillery 1916 Battle of the Somme Military Cross Group of Four Medals. Awarded to Captain Robert Crosbie Lorimer MC, MID for gallantry on the Somme November 1916.Military Cross engraved SOMME 17.11.16 R C LORIMER RFA 26.917 ... 1914/15 Star 2 LIEUT RFA (small stamping), British War Medal, Victory Medal, MID Oakleaf, CAPT. Mounted as originally worn. Citation of the MC LG 10th January 1917."For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and initiative in extinguishing a fire in a burning gun pit, undoubtedly saving many lives."MID LG 15th June 1916Captain Robert Crosbie Lorimer MC had served pre war with King Edward's Horse and was selected for a commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in January 1915 and landed in France in May 1915, he was promoted Lieutenant March 1916. He was badly wounded at Arras in April 1917. He returned to France later in the war transferred to the Royal Engineers and was promoted Captain March 1918. He relinquished his Commission in March 1919 and returned to his home town of Liverpool. His medals were issued in 1923, correct for the small stamping on the Star. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Robert Bonnart (French 1652-1729) after Adam Franz van der Meulen (Flemish 1632-1690) A pair of engravings. ‘Entrée de la Reine dans Arras, en l'année 1667’, framed, 96cm x 53cm to the plate mark; together with ‘Le roy s’estant rendu maistre de la ville de chambray 1677’, unframed, 96cm x 53cm to the plate mark.Qty: 2Considerable foxing and toning throughout both.’Le roi s'étant rendu maistre de la ville de chambray 1677’ with a tear along the plate mark on the right-hand side, and some minor scuffing and abrasion to the paper surface, one notable tear in the upper half of the paper

Postcard collection comprising around 700 postcards including a Chinese album of cards including Trophy of Formosan Headhunters, Headhunters Drinking Cups, Opium Smokers, etc. also French WWI war destruction postcard booklets including Le Crotoy, Bataille De Champagne, Boulogne Sur Mer, Saint Riquier, Calais, Arras etc.

WILLIAM MORRIS (BRITISH 1834–1896) 'VINE AND ACANTHUS' EMBROIDERED PANEL, CIRCA 1890 coloured silks reserved on an unbleached linen ground, and lined with original printed cotton ‘Bird’ fabric by Morris & Co., later mounted and framed 169.2cm x 233cm (66 ½in x 99 ¾in) (frame size 181cm x 246cm (71 ¼in x 96 ¾in)) John and Joan Collins, Portobello Road, LondonAdrian J. Tilbrook and Dan Klein, LondonJohn Scott Collection Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, London Architect-Designers from Pugin to Voysey; The John Scott Collection , 3rd-25th June 2015, no. 84Literature: Morris & Company: Arras Tapestries, Wall-Papers, Fabrics, Furniture, Upholstery and Decoration, catalogue, circa 1910-12, p.24, where an identical design illustrated (half)Morris B. J. Victorian Embroidery: An Authoritative Guide, New York 1962, p.109Parry L. (ed.) William Morris, London 1996, p. 384The original design and cartoon for the tapestry are in the V&A; collection, accession numbers E.45-1940 and E.2472-1932Morris’ fascination with textiles was lifelong. This design is likely to have been partially inspired by the 16th century French and Flemish verdure tapestries he admired at Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge in Epping Forest as a child. In 1854 he visited France and was exposed to medieval ecclesiastical designs as well as observing weaving techniques in the Parisian Gobelins Works. As was characteristic of Morris, he personally sought to understand the physical making process, reportedly picking apart pieces to ‘puzzle out the tricks of the loom’.Despite his early enthusiasm for the medium, it was not until 1877 that Morris made his first official foray into tapestry weaving with ‘Acanthus and Vine’. This venture was once more prompted by his desire to understand Arras tapestry, studying it through making. Morris accordingly set up a haute-lisse, or horizontal loom, in his Kelmscott Manor bedroom, and spent 516 hours from May-September of 1879 completing it. This was not a seamless process, Morris himself renaming the piece ‘Cabbage and Vine’ following a distortion of the Acanthus leaves during production! The finished piece remains in the collection at Kelmscott, later being transposed to embroidery form.In the decades preceding the making of ‘Acanthus and Vine’, the status of embroidery as an artform was much diminished. The craft required a minimal and shrinking skill level, comprising repetitive stitch types and designs copied from kits. The founding of the Royal School of Art Needlework in 1872 aimed to improve the reputation of secular embroidery, with William Morris as one of the principle supporting designers. Morris’ opinions towards textiles foreshadowed principles of the Arts & Crafts Society, not established for another thirty years. He supported a return to traditional techniques, reacting against the stagnant designs and garish colour palettes of contemporary pieces. In the years prior to the making of ‘Acanthus and Vine’, not only did he become sole manager and proprietor of Morris & Co., but his work was influenced firstly by the opening of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A;) and secondly his association with dyer Thomas Wardle. The former saw him inspired by sources as various as Indian textiles and traditional crewelwork, whilst the latter enabled him to work closely with a practitioner experienced in natural vegetable dyes. In ‘Acanthus and Vine’ sweeping arches of foliage envelope thoughtfully placed pairs of birds and plump bunches of grapes, all showcasing Morris’ love of gardening and his ornithological fascination. The colours are naturalistic, and the stitches lie flat to the fabric, allowing the subject to shine, rather than the materials themselves. For Morris, design elements had to serve a purpose within the pattern, birds needing to relate to the foliage rather than being a dominating feature. Thus, this embroidery retains the realism Morris prized, and his sentiment that ornamental art should primarily remind us of ‘the outward face of the earth’.

Two large military theme coloured prints: Arras 1915 and Ypres 1915, both framed in dark oak and set in deep green mounts behind glass, overall size of each 75cm x 60cm (2).

CATHERINE HENRIETTE DE BALZAC D'ENTRAGUES MARQUISE DE VERNEVIL MAITRESSE DE HENRI IVShells on silk damask multiple with medallion, 1978, framed.31 1/2 x 27 inches; 800 x 686 mm.Frame 36 3/4 x 32 3/8 inches; 933 x 822 mm.Provenance:Arras Gallery, New YorkNo condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and French Medaille Militaire group of five awarded to Company Sergeant Major, later Lieutenant, A. E. Whitty, Devonshire Regiment, who was four times wounded in action and was later injured in an aeroplane accident whilst training to be a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (9607 Sjt. A. E. Whitty. 1/Devon: R.); 1914 Star (9707 L. Cpl.. A. E. Whitty. 1/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9707 W.O. Cl. II. A. E. Whitty. Devon. R.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension, in case of issue, good very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917. French Medaille Militaire London Gazette 24 February 1916. Albert Edward Whitty was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in 1893. A Gardener by occupation he attested for the Special Reserve in June 1912 before attesting for the Devonshire Regiment on 12 October 1912. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 21 August 1914. Whitty was first wounded in action at Givenchy in the right shoulder whilst acting as a Scout in ‘D’ Company on 17 October 1914. Promoted to Acting Sergeant, he received a gun shot wound to the right forearm at Wulverghem on the Ypres Salient on 18 November 1914. Presented with his Medaille Militaire at Acheux by the Army Commander on 7 November 1915, he was Mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatche of 30 November 1915 (London Gazette 1 January 1916). Whilst in action at Leuze Wood on 4 September 1916 he was wounded again this time in the left shoulder. Re-joining the 1st Battalion in the field on 15 March 1917 he received his fourth wound at La Coulotte, Arras on 23 April 1917, this time in the left leg and right arm; it is likely this was the action for which he was subsequently to be awarded the Military Medal. Promoted to Company Sergeant Major, Whitty returned to England to be posted to No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion at Rhyl on 6 July 1917. Receiving a permanent commission as Second Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment on 28 August 1917 he was next posted to the Royal Flying Corps for training as a pilot only to be injured in the face and nose in an aeroplane accident on 29 May 1918. Found to be unfit for further instruction he was struck off the strength the Royal Air Force and re-joined the Devonshire Regiment at Devonport on 14 November 1918. He was appointed Officer in Charge of the Devonshire Regiment party (1 officer and 12 men) at the Victory Parade March in London 19 July 1919. He retired as Lieutenant with a gratuity on 6 August 1920. Subsequently changing his name by Deed Poll from Whitty to Whitley on 23 March 1925 he was employed by the Ministry of Labour at Plymouth. He was called up for service at Exeter on 1 September 1939 but rejected by the Army Medical Board due to his disability following gun shot wounds and nasal injury sustained in the Great War. He died at Exeter on 19 January 1968, aged 78. Sold with photographic images of the recipient, copied service records and other research.

Three: Private P. J. Auburn, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (1171 Dvr. P. J. Auburn. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1171 Pte. P. J. Auburn. A.S.C.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, very fine Pair: Lieutenant J. W. Gunning, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Bapaume on 24 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. W. Gunning) good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Percy J. Auburn attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 March 1915. He was discharged, Class ‘Z’, on 10 July 1919. John Walter Gunning, a native of Fareham, Hampshire, was born on 6 August 1897 and was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on 16 August 1916 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 September 1916. Slightly wounded in November 1916 and invalided home, he rejoined his Battalion in January 1918. Promoted Lieutenant, he was killed in action at the battle of Bapaume on 24 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive. His Colonel wrote of him: ‘I am most sorry to lose so smart and brave an officer. He was always anxious to help me in every way, and was as keen as could be on his company and the battalion. I know all ranks will miss him very much, as he was so popular. His company did the most magnificent work in the front lines, repulsing several attacks, and I ascribe their success to the splendid officers, such as your son, who were in the company.’ Gunning has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

1914-15 Star (4) (Pte. W. J. Neilson 11th Infantry; Pte. A. R. Harris 12th Infantry; Pte. L. G. Williams S.A. Irish Rgt.; Rfm. O. J. Wicks 2nd S.A.M.R.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- William James Neilson was born in East London in 1896 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 24 August 1915, having originally served with the Natal Light Horse. Posted to Egypt 29 December 1915, his service record states that he was tried by Court Martial in January 1917 for refusing to obey a command given by a superior officer; found guilty, he was sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment with hard labour, this being suspended on 4 May 1917. He remained in France until the cessation of hostilities and was discharged at Maitland on 16 December 1919. Ashley Ronald Harris was born in Barkly West around 1896 and attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 21 August 1915. Posted to Egypt on 29 December 1915 and France from 15 April 1916, he died of wounds received on the Western Front on 16 July 1916, aged 19 years. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Leonard Gwatkin Williams was born in Bengal in 1882 and attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 16 August 1915, stating 9 months of previous service with the S. A. Irish Regiment. Posted to the Western Front on 15 April 1916, his papers state that he received a gunshot wound to the left upper arm at Delville Wood on 15 July 1916, which resulted in ‘partially permanently incapacitating’ him. The nerve injury ended his campaign and he returned home to Wynberg in November 1917. Oswald James Wicks was born in Boksberg, Transvaal, in 1893, and served in German South West Africa with the South African Mounted Rifles and Kaffrarian Rifles. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 9 September 1915 and joined his unit on the Western Front on 16 February 1917. He was killed in action on 12 April 1917 and is buried at Brown’s Copse British Cemetery, near Arras, France. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

Pair: Private A. de V. Calder, 4th Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on 24 March 1918 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. A. De V. Calder 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, nearly very fine Pair: Private A. G. Goslett, 4th Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. A. G. Goslett. 4th S.A.I.); together with the recipient’s cap badge and metal wound stripe, traces of adhesive to reverse of both, good very fine Pair: Private W. J. Inkster, 4th Regiment, South African Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 April 1917 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. W. J. Inkster 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, minor edge bruising, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Alexander de Villiers Calder, a native timekeeper, was born in Germiston around 1898 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry on 5 April 1917. Disembarked at Rouen on 15 October 1917, he was reported as missing whilst serving with the 4th Regiment on 24 March 1918. His papers add: ‘accepted as dead’ a few months later. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Alfred George Goslett was born at Claremont, Cape Colony, on 7 February 1889, and served with “A” Company on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme. Recorded as wounded in action on 15 July 1916, his papers show that he was evacuated to hospital in Rouen suffering from shell shock. Evacuated to Southampton per H.S. Gloucester Castle, he returned to active service but his second period in the trenches was cut short by bronchitis. He was discharged at Wynberg on 22 June 1918. William James Inkster, a miner, was born in Buckie, Scotland, around 1888, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 6 September 1915. Posted to the Western Front with “E” Company, his service papers list his qualifications as ‘sniper and machine gunner’. He was wounded in action on 16 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, and again on 9 April 1917. Evacuated from the battlefield to medical attention, Inkster died later that same day. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied service records for all three recipients.

‘The advance continued and wherever the enemy showed fight, our men made immediate dashes at him and put him out of action or - in a few cases - sent him back as prisoners. The men’s blood was up and few prisoners were taken. Owing to our having suffered pretty badly in the enemy’s wire the men had little mercy …I feel that I am not exaggerating when I estimate the enemy’s casualties at two thousand. We were firing at them continually all the time we were up there - the fire was well controlled and splendid effects were seen - The artillery was magnificent. The enemy was thoroughly butchered and we enjoyed every moment of it all … ’ So stated Commander W. Sterndale-Bennett, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, in his report on the attack on Gavrelle on 24-25 April 1917. The rare and outstanding Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of four awarded to Commander W. Sterndale-Bennett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, one of the Royal Naval Division’s youngest Battalion C.O.s - and a recipient of Churchillian praise - who was mortally wounded at Passchendaele in November 1917, aged just 24 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with 1st laurel type Second Award Bar and integral top ribbon bar; 1914 -15 Star (Ty. Sub. Lieut, W. S. Bennett, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. W. Sterndale-Bennett. R.N.V.R.) some chipping to green enamel wreath of D.S.O., otherwise extremely fine (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink, May 2003. One of just four “Double D.S.O.s” awarded to the Royal Naval Division. D.S.O. London Gazette 26 January 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He assumed command of and handled his Battalion with marked courage and ability. He personally collected a party and bombed the enemy out of part of their second line, where they might have held up the attack.’ Bar to D.S.O. London Gazette 18 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On discovering the wire uncut except in a few places he went forward himself and led his Battalion through the partially cut gaps. He finally gained his objective and held on against very strong resistance. The success of the operation was almost entirely due to his personal example.’ Walter Sterndale-Bennett was born in Derby on 15 July 1893, the son of James Robert Sterndale Bennett, Headmaster of Derby School, and a grandson of Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-75), one of the most celebrated British composers of the nineteenth century, Professor of Music at Cambridge and latterly Principal of the Royal Academy of Music. It is thought that young Walter attended St Paul’s School, Hammersmith, and possibly studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. More certain is the fact he was subsequently apprenticed to the Merchant Navy and qualified for his 2nd Mate’s certificate in December 1913. Upon the outbreak of hostilities in the following year, he enlisted in the ranks of the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) in which he undertook basic training. But in February 1915 he obtained a commission as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was drafted to Drake Battalion in the Royal Naval Division. And it was in this capacity that he first saw action, in Gallipoli from mid-August 1915, where he was also appointed Adjutant of the battalion and ‘one of the last to slip away’ from the peninsula on its evacuation. He was duly mentioned in despatches by Sir Charles Munro (London Gazette 13 July 1916, refers) and advanced to Temporary Lieutenant. Embarked for France from Mudros in May 1916, Sterndale-Bennett and Drake Battalion were soon heavily engaged on the Somme, his D.S.O. stemming from the above cited deeds in the assault on Beaucourt on 13-14 November 1916, in which the battalion advanced in ‘the fog and mist of the Ancre Valley’ and suffered a loss of 14 officers and nearly 200 men killed or wounded. Owing to those casualties, he assumed command of the battalion as an Acting Lieutenant-Commander. Having then returned to the U.K. to attend a senior officer’s course, he rejoined Drake in France as an Acting Commander in April 1917, the same month in which he won a Bar to his D.S.O. for the above cited deeds in the famous action at Gavrelle, east of Arras. Jerrold’s history of the Royal Naval Division states: ‘The enemy were in strength and though they suffered under our barrage, their first wave being almost wiped out, they reached, and at one point on the Howe front actually penetrated, our posts. The prompt and energetic action of Commander Bennett and his officers on the Drake front, and of Lieutenant Mackinlay and Sub-Lieutenant Lawrie of the Howe Battalion prevented, however, any loss of ground and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. The success, from first to last, was largely due to the initiative of the newly-appointed leaders of the Hood and Drake Battalions. This is not to say that the plans for the attack were bad. It was once more, however, made clear that the most careful preparations, the most precise instructions go only a small way, and sometimes no way at all, towards the final goal. But for the timely variations made in the original plans, and for the exceptional resolution of many individuals, the success would certainly not have been achieved. The chief honours went without a doubt to Commander Asquith and Commander Bennett.’ In October 1917, Drake moved to Passchendaele, where, on the 5th, he was mortally wounded by enemy shellfire. As recalled by one of his men, Frank Andrews, ‘Commander Bennett was badly wounded at about 4.30 p.m. on November 4th 1917. I was attached to H.Q. at the time and we were caught right in the middle of a very fierce bombardment which the enemy had a nasty habit of putting over every evening at the same time … I was about fifty yards away when that particular shell dropped but was fortunately not hit myself although several of my mates were killed.’ Another witness was Lieutenant-Commander Charles Hayfair of Hawke Battalion, who stated: ‘A shell had struck him in the legs, severing one between the knee and ankle and I believe shattering the other foot. Although he received prompt treatment he sank very rapidly. I was greatly surprised and shocked as, when he took over, the line was quiet except for casual shelling.’ Sterndale-Bennett died on 7 November 1917 at 61st Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren and was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery with full military honours. Present were the Divisional General, members of Divisional and Brigade staffs, battalion commanders of 189th Brigade and 15 officers and 120 men representing Drake Battalion. His replacement as Battalion Commander wrote to his parents: ‘I do not think I am saying more than the accurate facts when I say that he was universally recognised as the best Commanding Officer in the Division. We shall miss him more than I can say, but his example and training will – I am certain – live in the Battalion for a long time. He was always cheerful and optimistic and absolutely fearless. His men would have gone anywhere and done anything he asked them with the most complete confidence.’ Posthumously mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 7 December 1917, refers), Sterndale-Bennett’s gallant deeds – from the Somme to Passchendaele via Gavrelle – found further recognition in the words of...

First World War Memorial Register 20, The Register of the Arras Memorial France, 23 alphabetical volumes and introduction booklet (24 booklets).

Gas Mask Respirator dated 1937 in damaged box, a Cub Scouts style knife stamped FAGAN on 10cm blade, 20cm overall in leather sheath, a small wooden Justus Van Maurik box containing a number of Kensitas Cigarettes flower and flag cards, two 1939/45 WW2 stars, one without ribbon, a WW2 Defence medal, a WW2 War medal, a WW1 British War Medal correctly impressed to 22814. PTE. E. ROBINSON. R.LANC.R. Online sources confirm issue of BWM and VM pair to Private Ernest Robinson for service with 2nd and 9th Battalions, King's Own Royal Regiment during World War One and a trench art style brass paperknife, engraved on blade ARRAS 1917, the handle formed out of a bullet, 19cm overall. (9)