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Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse, K.C.B., Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Ajax at the battle of
the River Plate, 13 December 1939
Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory
Medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation
1937; unknown watered dark blue ribbon, slight signs of wear, fairly good condition £50-70
Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse was born on 9 July 1893 and was educated at R.N. Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth. Entering
the Royal Navy, he was appointed a Captain in 1934. Woodhouse was Captain of the cruiser Ajax during the battle of the River Plate,
13 December 1939. The squadron of cruisers, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles commanded by Commodore Harwood from the Ajax,
successfully engaged the German ‘pocket battleship’ Graf Spee in the action. Harried, outmanoeuvred and significantly damaged, the
Graf Spee entered the neutral port of Montevideo, Uruguay. Ultimately deceived by reports of a British naval build up off the port, the
Graf Spee was scuttled on 17 December. For his part in the action, Captain Woodhouse was awarded the C.B. Post-war he was C-in-C.
East Indies Station, 1948-50; was appointed a K.C.B. in 1949. He retired from the service in 1950 and was promoted to Admiral on the
Retired List in 1952. Admiral Woodhouse died on 23 September 1978.
Sold with a card bearing the signature, ‘C H L Woodhouse H.M.S. Ajax 13 12 39’; together with a hand-written letter from his widow,
Barbara Woodhouse, to a Mr Woodcock, which accompanied the above riband bar; With copied photograph of Captain Woodhouse
being greeted by the Mayor of Plymouth in 1940; with some copied research.
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Brigadier Peter Young, D.S.O., M.C. and 2 bars; No. 3 Commando, late Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment and
latterly 9th Regiment, Arab Legion
Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross, with two silver
rosettes; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45;
General Service 1918-62; Jordan, Order of El Istiqlal, a little faded, good condition £40-60
Peter Young was born on 28 July 1915 and educated at Monmouth School and Trinity College, Oxford. A 2nd Lieutenant with the
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1937, he served with the B.E.F. and was wounded at Dunkirk. Then volunteering for
special service, he spent over four years with No. 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941;
Dieppe, 1942, and Sicily and Italy, 1943. He commanded No. 3 Commando, 1943-44. He then served in Normandy, 1944 and
Arakan, 1944-45, and commanded the 1st Commando Brigade, 1945-46. For his war service he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1942; the
M.C. in 1942 and two bars to the M.C. in 1943. After the war he commanded the 9th Regiment, Arab Legion, 1953-56, being awarded
the Order of Istiqlal in 1954. He was Reader in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69 and a notable
author and editor of a number of publications on military history. He died on 13 September 1988.
Ribbon bar attributed to Brigadier Peter Young. With a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform.
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FULL SASHES (3): Order of the Garter; Order of the Thistle; Order of St. Michael & St. George, good condition (3) £60-80
357
FULL SASHES (3): Bavaria, Military House Order of St. George; Bavaria, Order of Military Merit; Saxony, Order of Civil
Merit, all of modern manufacture, good condition (3) £60-80
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FULL SASHES (3): Netherlands, Order of the Netherlands Lion; Papal, Order of Pius IX; Serbia, Order of Takova, good
condition (3) £60-80
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FULL SASHES (4): Russia, Order of St. Anne, modern manufacture; Romania, Order of the Star, 2nd type ‘War Ribbon’, red
with silver and gilt edges; Brunei, Order of the Hero of State; Unknown, white with pale red edges, good condition (4)
£70-90
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FULL SASHES (3): Indian States, Patiala, Family Order; Patiala, Order of Krishna; Order of Merit, good condition (3) £60-80
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