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They then returned to England to plead for money and stores for the unit and whilst there were each presented with a gold and enamel
locket presented on behalf of the National Society. They then returned to France, joining the Anglo-American Ambulance which was
relocated, by a circuitous route, Sedan to Versailles to Orleans, where it remained until the Spring of 1871 when peace was declared.
The two ladies were decorated by both sides, receiving the War Medal 1870-71 for non-combatants from Prussia; the Military Sanitary
Cross 1870-71 from Hesse-Darmstadt and the Cross of Honour of the Red Cross Society from France. Both ladies again served with the
British Red Cross Society during the Turco-Serbian War 1876, based at the Red Cross Hospital in Belgrade. For their work, often in
appalling conditions, both women were awarded the Serbian Order of Takova Gold Cross.
The two photographs are featured in Honours and Awards to Women to 1914 by Norman Gooding. With copied research and letters to
Henry Pownall relating to the two women.
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodcroft Sorby, Gurkha Rifles
Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: 1914-15 Star; War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-18; Coronation
1911; ‘Blue ribbon’; 1939-45 Star; ‘Khaki ribbon’, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good condition (lot) £20-30
With original M.I.D. certificate to Major (T/Lieut-Colonel) W. J. W. Sorby, V.D., Corps of Indian Engineers, London Gazette 5 August
1943 - in envelope; with 26 related original photographs, some identified. With newspaper clipping with his obituary, 7 October 1960.
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Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.B., K.H., 15th Hussars, who lost an arm at Waterloo
Lengths of ribbon: Order of the Bath, G.C.B. sash ribbon, 315mm.; Military General Service 1795-1814, 45mm.;
Waterloo 1815, 125mm.; Sutlej 1845-46, 88mm.; Punjab 1848-49, 105mm. (all dimensions approximate), stained,
frayed, torn and ragged
Major-General Lord Charles Richard Sackville-West, 21st Regiment, 6th Earl de la Warr
Short lengths of ribbon: Sutlej 1845-46; Crimea 1854-56; Turkish Crimea 1855; France, Legion of Honour; Sardinia, Al
Valore Militare; Turkey, Order of Medjidie, short and ragged £20-30
At Waterloo, command of the 15th Hussars devolved upon Captain Thackwell. He was severely wounded and had two horses shot
from under him. Wounded in both arms, his left arm was amputated close to shoulder. His group of insignia was sold at Christies, 17
November 1987. In addition to the insignia represented by the above ribbon, he was awarded the Guelphic Order, K.H.; Ghuznee
1838; Maharajpoor Star and Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire.
With copied research and certified provenance of the ribbons taken from the insignia of Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell.
With copied research and certified provenance of the ribbons taken from the insignia of Major-General Lord Charles Richard Sackville-
West, 6th Earl de la Warr; 6th Viscount Cantalupe; 12th Baron de la Warr (1815-73).
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General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E, M.C., late Royal Artillery
Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, 2nd type,
military; Military Cross; 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak
leaf; General Service 1918-62; General Service 1962, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Brunei, Order of Setia Negara, mounted on
card with a photograph of the General with paper slip bearing his autograph, good condition
Lieutenant-General G. Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., Commander Combined Operations, Rhodesia
Rhodesia, Legion of Merit, Military; Defence Cross for Distinguished Service; General Service Medal; Exemplary Service
Medal, with silver rosette; G.B., Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; War Medal 1939-45; General Service
1918-62; Coronation 1953, mounted on card with a photograph of the General, the card signed, ‘W. P. Walls, Lt. Genl.
Commander Combined Operations Zimbabwe Rhodesia, 16 Nov. 79’, good condition £30-50
General Sir Harry Tuzo, was born in Bangalore, India, in 1917. He joined the Supplementary Reserve of Officers in 1939 and in 1943
was given a Regular Army commission in the Royal Artillery. In the Second World War he saw service in N.W. Europe and in 1944/45
he commanded a battery of 21 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. in the Guards Armoured Division. After the war he held a number of Staff
appointments. In 1967 he was appointed Chief of Staff, H.Q. British Army of the Rhine with the rank of Major-General and in 1969 he
was appointed Director, Royal Artillery. In 1971 he was appointed General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern
Ireland, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1973 he was appointed Commander Northern Army Group and C-in-C. British Army of
the Rhine. Having been granted the K.C.B. in 1971, he was promoted to G.C.B. in 1973. With some copied biographical details.
Peter Walls was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1926. He enlisted into the Southern Rhodesian Army in October 1944 and was
commissioned into the Black Watch, British Army, in 1946. Commissioned into the Southern Rhodesian Permanent Staff Corps in
1948, he raised the Southern Rhodesian Far East Volunteer Unit for Malaya, 1950, and commanded ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron 22nd
Special Air Service in Malaya, 1951-53. At the time of U.D.I. in 1965 he was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Rhodesian
Light Infantry, 1964-67. He was later appointed Commander, Rhodesian Army, 1972-77, and Commander, Combined Operations,
Rhodesia, 1977 onwards.
With copied research and copied photographs and with a signed note from Peter Walls which accompanied the above ribbon-bearing
card.
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Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E., Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, late Chief Controller of
The Army Territorial Service
Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; France &
Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Resistance Medal;
U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with gilt Officers’ emblem; together with a miniature riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the above
ribbons in incorrect order and Efficiency Medal instead of Efficiency Decoration, good condition (3) £20-30
Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E. was Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1951-63. Prior to this, she had risen
through the ranks to become a Major-General in the British Women’s Army. Her medal were sold in Christies, 17 November 1987.
With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bars
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