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Lot 344
British Army WW1 and WW2 father and son medals and ephemera for Captain M A O'Meara (father) Army Service Corps and M P O'Meara, Royal Tank Regiment, comprising Captain Michael Aloysius O'Meara MBE Military in Garrard & Co box, WW1 War Medal and Victory Medal both named to Capt M A O'Meara, 1914 waistcoat pocket diary and Almanac, warrant dated 6th January 1916 to be Warrant Officer Class 1, commission dated 15th January 1917 to be Second Lieutenant, Grant of the Dignity of a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire, letter from the Central Chancery, two photographs, his OSD cap badge and rank insignia. Michael Patrick O'Meara WW2 War Medal and Defence Medal, officer's Record of Service Army Book 439, photographs including one as an Air Cadet, L/Cpl in 1943 and Sandhurst 1944 etc., his RAC cap and collar badges and tommy lighters. Included with these items are family related ephemera including ID card, 8th June 1946 victory message from the King to boys and girls, pre-WW1 sketch album, 1914 dated dance cards and whist cards, cricket badges for 1877, 1880 and 1882 and two permits from the Ordnance Survey office dated 1870 and 1867
Lot 513
Collection of mixed collectables and ephemera to include Ordnance Survey Maps, Early-Mid 20th Century photographs contained within two albums, cased Chadburns Liverpool Superlux Stereo binoculars and quantity of Early-Mid 20th Century postcards including various topographical examples contained within postcard album
Lot 154
Fine Victorian percussion Customs-type belt pistol retaining most original finish, Crowned VR 1855 dated Tower lock, 15cm barrel with Ordnance marks and steel swivel ramrod, walnut stock with brass mounts and steel swivel lanyard ring. 28cm overall.In very good crisp working Oder, woodwork has been cleaned
Lot 168
Sampson (Rev. Geo. V.) A Memoir, Explanatory of the Chart and Survey of the County of London-Derry, Ireland, Folio Lond. 1814. First Edn., list of subscribers, dble. page litho view, fold. map & 6plts. some text illus. uncut, recent cloth; Colby (Col.) Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, lg. 4to Dublin 1837, cold. map fold. plan & other plts. text illus. recent cloth. (2) Ex. Library Copies.
Lot 222
Collection of 24 Volumes Co. Kildare: Ordnance Survey Letters, - Kildare, 4to Dublin 2002; Simington (R.C.)ed. The Civil Survey 1654-1656, Co. Kildare, 4to Dublin 1952; Smith (R.) & Co Costello, Peerless Punchestown, 4to Dublin 2000; & approx. 23 other books & booklets on Co. Kildare. Good lot. (1)
Lot 160
AN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF KNOCKLOFTY ESTATE, CO. WATERFORD, 1908linen backed fold-out map, there is one fold-out in 37 sections, with hand written annotations for areas of land that have been sold 'To Captain Robinson' & 'To E. C Power', published by Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin, bound in half red leather with cloth boards, spine with gilt lettering and dated 1911. The map 235 x 182cm (irregular)
Lot 469
A collection of late 19th century, quarter plate, glass plate negatives of military interest, complete with a folder of modern black and white photographs made from them with hand written notesThe plates show troops of The Black Watch and Seaforth Lancers On exercise, possibly in Southern England. Some with civilians looking on.Soldiers marching and moving artillery on horse-drawn carts. Including an Ordnance BL 15-pounder.
Lot 123
Maps & Ephemera, early 20th Century to include Bartholomew (J. G.) The Pocket Atlas and Guide to London, 1893; Coplow (Billesdon) A Poem on Fox Hunting, London: T. Griffiths, 1833; Geographia, Plan of London and Suburbs, folding map, n.d.; Dibdin (Charles) The High-Mettled Racer ... illustrated ... by G. W. Bonner, London: William Kidd, 1831; Gross (Alexander), Pictorial Map of the Thames and Medway Valleys, London: Geographia, n.d.; Bartholomew (John) Middle East and Near-East 1:4,000,000, 1956; together with multiple further Ordnance Survey and other maps of England, Wales and France (qty)
Lot 4
Two framed displays of cap badges to include Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Military Foot Police, Army Remount Service Corps, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Womens Auxiliary Army Corps / Queen Mary's Auxiliary Army Corps, Manchester Regiment, The Lancashire Fusiliers, Lancashire Hussars and other, each display 31 cm x 22 cm / 22 cm x 31 cm. [2]. [W]
Lot 56
HOBSON, William Colling: Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; containing separate Map of Every County in England, and the Three Ridings of Yorkshire; comprising Forty-two Maps (All Hand Coloured), showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Ports. Etc., etc., compiled from the Maps of the Board of Ordnance, and other surveys. L, J. and C. Walker, no date, c1860. Folio, Later 3/4 leather with part of the original covers pasted to the upper cover. Very clean mapsProvenance: The Collection of David and Sandy Fuller
Lot 1305
Local interest* A pictorial map of Ulverston, monochrome with some lightly coloured areas, printed by Reminder press for The Furness Tourism Partnership and Ulverston 2000+., within a stepped card mount and mouded wooden frame, under glass 41cm x 58cm & 63cm x 80cm overall. Sold together with an unframed map of Ulverston as it was in 1850, based on the Ordnance Survey County Series Map Lancashire XVI Survey of 1850, mounted to pink card but unframed 55.5cm x 63cm overall
Lot 1034
A Quantity Of Sheffield Related Items, to include Sheffield Corporation And British Railways Tramway & Omnibus Time Table 1958, Sheffield Transport Motorbus Fleet List 1971, Sheffield & Doncaster Ordnance Survey Map 1910, Sheffield & The Peak District Ordnance Survey Map 1911, Les Steel Cufflinks, Kayser Ellison & Co Catalogue, KRIS by Billam Dessert Knives, etc, together with a box of Travel Books including Alan Wainwright The Pictorial Guides To The Lakeland Fells 50th Anniversary boxset And A Vintage Cadbury Tin With New Hey Tokens:- Two Boxes.
Lot 339
The 'Great War' M.C. group of eight awarded to Honorary Colonel J. G. Chapple, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who served on the Western Front inspecting and repairing artillery, later becoming the Officer in Command of all Ordnance Workshops in Mesopotamia during the Iraqi Revolt, later he served in France during the 1940 campaignMilitary Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. I. O. M. J. G. Chapple. A.O.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Major J. G. Chapple.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Major J. G. Chapple. R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, overall good very fine (8)Provenance:Purchased Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1979.M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917.John Gardiner Chapple was born in Mauritius on 11 February 1886, the son of James Chapple. He was initially schooled privately before joining the Woolwich Polytechnic in 1902 and remaining there until 1910. Chapple was initially employed as an Inspector of Royal Engineers Stores, Woolwich from 1910-1914 when he undertook a course at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and was commissioned Lieutenant (Inspector of Ordnance Machinery Class III).Entering the war in France on 30 May 1915 his application for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers lists his duties at the time which included 'Inspection & Repair of Artillery & War Material'. Advanced Captain and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery Class II he was further appointed Works Manager of the Calais Workshops.Transferred to Italy in 1917 Chapple was further advanced Major and Inspector of Ordnance Class I on 7 March 1917. It was not long after this that he was awarded the M.C., likely for his services in France prior to transferring to Italy.Chapple was confirmed in the rank of Major on 5 November 1918 and remained in the Military after the war, being appointed Officer in Command of all Ordnance Workshops in Mesopotamia from 1920. This placed him in the region as both Senior Inspector of Ordnance Machinery and Technical Advisor during the Iraqi Revolt, remaining there until 1922.Returning to Britain he was appointed back to the Royal Engineers Stores at Woolwich as a Chief Draughtsman where he was responsible for designing new stores for the War Office. Joining the Air Ministry in 1926 Chapple was working at R.A.F. Halton as the stationed Electrical and Mechanical Officer in 1926.Still serving as a Major in 1939 whilst living in Nottinghamshire he saw service in France in 1940 however did not return to the continent in 1944. Chapple was discharged having reached the age of liability on 27 September 1946 with the honorary rank of Colonel. He retired to Portsmouth where he died in April 1972; sold together with copied research.…
Lot 304
The 1960 C.B.E. group of four to Captain W. R. J. Redman, Royal Navy, who pre-war served as a Gunnery Specialist and later served as a member of the Ordnance Board and eventually became Chief Inspector of Naval OrdnanceThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Commander's (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Defence and War Medals 1939-1945; Coronation 1953, the campaign medals mounted as worn, very fine or better (4)C.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1960.William Richard Jeffries Redman was born on 27 October 1905 and joined the Royal Navy in September 1923 as a Naval Cadet (Special Entry). Promoted to Midshipman in 1924, he served on Royal Sovereign and Versatile and then went to the Royal Naval College at Greenwich in December 1926. Redman was promoted Lieutenant in 1928 and saw service on Venomous, Verity, Pembroke and Tiverton. In September 1931 he saw service at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and later served at Excellent and carried out a qualifying course for specialism in Gunnery.He became an Instructor of Gunnery at the Royal Naval Gunnery School based at Chatham in July 1934 and, after a brief spell on Cairo, served at the Naval Ordnance Inspectorate at Woolwich as Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance and during his time there was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. By March 1940 he was based at Headquarters Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance as Assistant to the Chief of Naval Ordnance and had reached the rank of Commander. In November 1943 he served at the Proof and Experimental Establishment based at Pendine, South-West Wales and served as the Deputy Superintendent.After the war, he served at the Proof and Experimental Establishment this time based at Inchterf as Deputy Superintendent in Charge before being sent to the Naval Ordnance Department Headquarters at Bath in June 1948 where he served as Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance. By November 1954 he was serving with the Ordnance Board having the responsibility for the Board's work on guns for all services (this shared with the Army). Redman was attached to the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance in June 1958 with the position of Deputy C.I.N.O. and became Chief Inspector in February 1962 a position he held until April 1966. He became Captain (Retired) and was re-employed as Naval Ordnance Inspecting Officer Group B, based at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Glascoed, South-East Wales, a position he held until August 1968. Redman later died at Bath in 1971.Sold together with an archive comprising:(i)Certificate for the C.B.E. in Central Chancery envelope.(ii)Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue for the C.B.E.(iii)Certificate for the Coronation 1953 medal.(iv)Officers Training Corps Certificate, Dover College dated "A" 18 July 1923.(v)Warrant for Promotion to Sub-Lieutenant dated 28 February 1928.(vi)Certificate for Instruction in Gunnery dated 30 September 1932.(vii)Results of Examinations Lieutenants "G" Qualifying 1932.(viii)Certificate for Member of the Institution of Engineering Inspection, dated 14 October 1959.(ix)Book: A History of the Order of the British Empire.(x)Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1957.(xi)Service of Dedication in St. Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the Jubilee of the Order, dated 24 May 1967.(xii)A large amount of correspondence to include details relating to his Investiture, numerous letters of congratulation from both Military and Civilian.(xiii)A large number of photographs, both professionally and amateurly shot to include one taken outside Buckingham Palace after his Investiture, together with a family album of photographs.(ix)A prize medal from H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (Arbuthnot Trophy Race. 1924. 8th Man Home.).(x)A copy of his record of service.A photocopy of the Official History of the Department of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance.(xi)A quantity of assorted letters to his wife, housed in an attache case.(xii)A brass door plaque named (W. R. J. Redman R.N. No 1.)For his miniature dress Medals, please see Lot 444.…
Lot 310
Sold by Order of the Recipient'We swing between the steel gates to see sabotaged cranes lying toppled and half-immersed in the foul thickness of what was once water - like the skeletons of prehistoric creatures preserved in their death throes...Their only light relief is when they are allowed to blow up the massive stocks of light ammunition left behind by fleeing Iraqis...My team is working just inside the main harbour wall; those not diving or supervising are huddled around a brazier in whatever layers of clothing they can fit over their uniform. They look like a group of down-and-outs surviving inner city decay on an English winter's day.I am met by their CO, Lieutenant Peter Williams, once a carefree Sub Lieutenant with me in Avenger. He now looks drawn and a good deal older - but I dare say so do I. His exploits will rightly win him a Distinguished Service Cross...I inspect their 'goodies', row upon row of Iraqi ordnance: booby traps extracted from dark corners; abandoned shells and grenades; flares and machine-gun bullet bandoliers and weapon cases. They are all stacked neatly into little symmetrical pyramids along the jetty.'Captain Craig brings to life the scenes in the Gulf in Call for FireAn outstanding Gulf War Bomb Disposal 1991 D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Commander A. P. Williams, Royal Navy, who led Fleet Diving Unit B during Operation 'Granby'He led 'utterly from the front' with a cool confidence to the task, keeping a detailed - and hitherto unpublished - diary of events during those pivotal days and 'personally led several countermining sorties - by day and night - against some of the 1,500 Iraqi mines' and latterly in the post-War efforts in 'appalling and hazardous conditions to clear the Kuwaiti harbours' - thus adding a scarce 'Kuwait' clasp to his laurels for his work commanding Fleet Diving Unit B & NP1037Distinguished Service Cross, E.II.R., the reverse engraved 'Lt A P Williams RN', with its Royal Mint case of issue; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Lt A P Williams RN); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Kuwait (Lt A P Williams RN); N.A.T.O. Medal, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; N.A.T.O. Medal, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., with 2 Additional Service Bars (Lt Cdr A P Williams DSC RN), with the named box of issue; Oman, Sultanate, Sultan's Commendation Medal (Midal ut-Tawsit), with emblem upon riband; 45th Anniversary National Day Medal; Saudia Arabia, Kingdom, Kuwait Liberation Medal; Kuwait, Emirate, Liberation Medal, silver grade, mounted court-style as worn, these last two separately as per Order of Wear, good very fine, in a case used by the recipient, the lid blocked 'Commander Peter Williams DSC' (12)Approximately 11 D.S.C.s awarded in the post-Second World War era for actions relating to Minewarfare, Diving and EOD work.Just 7 D.S.C.s awarded for Operation 'Granby'.D.S.C. London Gazette 29 June 1991:'Williams arrived in the Northern Arabian Gulf on 1 February 1991 as Deputy Officer in Charge of Fleet Diving Unit B (FDU B). He moved into action immediately, co-ordinating training, refining techniques on new equipment, establishing an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) cell and overseeing inspections for Improvised Explosive Devices (lEDs) in ships of the RN Task Group as they arrived in Bahrain.During hostilities Williams was the supervisor of an airborne EOD team and of diving operations from Gemini craft, spending many hours in helicopters in the front line of Naval operations, often within ten miles of the enemy coast. Insisting on putting himself in the way of danger before his men, he showed remarkable courage and stamina by leading personally on countermining sorties, placing charges on live buoyant mines and diving for protracted periods, often at night, on live ground mines in order to bring them to the surface for exploitation. In addition he conducted the unenviable task of recovering dead bodies from the sea into helicopters. He led a team of two men on an inspection of HMS Gloucester to search for a mine reportedly entangled in her propeller shafts.Moving ashore on 5 March to Mina Ash Shuaybah he took over as Officer In Charge of FDU B. He established a base camp and helped co-ordinate EOD operations with American and Australian Units for clearing the ports of Mina Al Ahmadi, Mina Ad Dohah and Faylakah Island. The work involved rendering safe unstable live ordnance, beached mines, booby traps and lEDs, clearing buildings and oil tankers of ordnance and collecting dead bodies from the harbour waters. Often these jobs required him and his team to first reach the scene through areas of antipersonnel mines and barbed wire. Throughout this extremely dangerous operation he showed an implacable professionalism and positive leadership which was beyond his experience. At all times his men saw him in the leading role, tirelessly taking on the most hazardous tasks himself.The conditions under which FDU B operated were atrocious. With no infrastructure ashore the men lived in cargo containers on a jetty with no light, sanitation or potable water, in an atmosphere heavy with acrid smoke and toxic fumes from the oilfield fires burning inland, and diving in water with zero visibility due to the thick oil pollution.All the time they were at risk from random gunfire from uncontrolled factions of the local population. Williams's conspicuous leadership, resolute professionalism and boundless energy ensured that his Unit's effectiveness remained at peak levels from start to finish and that his men's morale was of the highest order in the face of dire adversity.'Personel Report covering the dates 1 February-23 April 1991, as Officer in Charge Fleet Diving Unit B & NP1037 to Commander Task Group 321.1, from Commodore C. J. S. Craig, Commander Task Group 321.1:'This is to certify that Lieutenant Williams has conducted himself to my entire satisfaction.Williams came into theatre after two weeks has elapsed of the Gulf War, becoming Deputy Officer in Charge of a Fleet Diving Unit. Initially a supervisor of the airborne EOD teams, he personally led several countermining sorties - by day and night - against some of the 1500 Iraqi mines.Shortly after the war finished he took over he took over as the Officer in Charge of the combined diving team which worked for several weeks in appalling and hazardous conditions to clear the main Kuwaiti harbours - a task which was completed ahead of time and thankfully without any casualties. Throughout this period Williams has led courageously, and utterly from the front, has shown stamina, cheerfulness and professionalism, and has set a fine example to his people. He has briefed clearly, shown economical style with his signalled reports and demonstrated an ability to organise events sensibly and wisely.I have recommended his without reservation for transfer to the General List and would see him developing his professional potential through further command for which I also have recommended him.Altogether Williams can be extremely proud of his achievements in peace and war in the Gulf.'SALE 25001 NOTICE:Now offered together with his Royal Navy Divers Log (Form S. 1627), covering the periods 12 February 1985-8 March 2004, including his Ops during the Gulf War, a terrific resource with a plethora of detail. Further accompanied by his SBS RN Officers MCD Advanced EOD Course Certificate (9 June-25 July 1986) and MCD Officer Qualification Certificate (3 November 1986) and Minewarfare brochure, featuring Williams as OIC FDU2.
Lot 338
12inch barrel with proofs to the left side of the breech, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over GR, TOWER across the tail and an inspection stamp under the pan, full stock, stamped 1805 to the back of the wrist and with Ordnance marks beside the trigger guard, regulation brass mounts, belt hook mounted on the left side, brass topped wooden ramrod.
Lot 557
84cm curved fullered broad blade with clipped back tip, stamped at the forte with a British Ordnance mark and two sold out of service arrows, regulation steel hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, ribbed leather covered grip, leather thumb loop, together with a Continental naval cutlass of French type. Both lacking scabbards. (2)
Lot 274
20inch sighted barrel fitted with ramp and ladder rear sights, various Ordnance and Sold out of Service marks to the breech, the sliding receiver with hinged handle stamped with the serial no. 702, border engraved lock stamped 1860 over TOWER and with a crowned VR at the tail, full stocked with PIMLICO WD stamp to the right side, the sideplate area stamped W. BAGGS and fitted with a saddle bar, regulation steel mounts, the short butt plate tang stamped CMR 223. Originally issued to the 18th Hussars this carbine appears to have been issued to the Cape Mounted Rifles. See Roads The British Soldier's Firearm 1850-1864 pages 283-285. Cleaning rod lacking, some pitting to the barrel.
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