SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 412
Confirmed as a ‘Drummer’ on the roll. ASHANTEE 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1546 Dr. T. Cox, 2 Bn. 23 R.W. Fus. 1873-4) edge bruising, nearly very fine
413 £260-300
SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (540 Drumr. J. Chute, 2-24th Foot) edge bruising, contact marks, about very fine
£500-600
Joseph Chute was born in Port Louis, Mauritius. He attested for the 25th Brigade at Aldershot on 7 January 1875, aged 14 years, 7 months. Appointed a Drummer in the 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment in January 1878, he served in South Africa, February 1878-January 1880; in the Mediterranean, January-August 1800; India, August 1880-May 1886; Burma, May 1886-November 1888; India, November 1888-November 1889; Egypt, December 1893-April 1895, and Gibraltar, April 1895-January 1896. Chute was discharged after completing his second period of service on 21 January 1896 - the above being his only medal. With copied service papers.
414 415 416 SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (2398 Drumr. W. G. Woods, 2-24th Foot) good very fine £550-650
SOUTHAFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (655 Pte. G. Brooks, 2-3rd Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£300-350
SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (No. 2087 Lce. Sergt. J. Ryan, 1st Bn. 24th Foot), renamed, better than very fine £120-150
James Ryan originally enlisted in the 82nd Foot at Limerick in January 1878, but transferred to the 1st Battalion, 24th Foot out in South Africa in February 1879. He was placed on the Army Reserve in January 1883; sold with copied rolls and research.
417 418
SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2098 Pte. P. Campbell, 99th Foot) suspension fixed and mounted as a menu card holder, this with hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, about very fine
£160-200 SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Commy. J. W. Elmes, Commissariat Dept.) some edge bruising, very fine £400-450
Jonathan William Elmes was born on 21 October 1840. He entered the Army as an Ensign in the 17th Foot in January 1859 and was appointed an Acting Deputy Assistant Commissary General in August 1861 and Commissary in September 1878. Attained the rank of Colonel in the Army Service Corps in December 1888. Placed on the Retired List, 24 February 1897. Served in South Africa, November 1878-December 1883 - was employed as Transport Officer at Headquarters. With copied service records and other research.
419 420
38 medals issued to the Newcastle Mounted Rifles. Captain Bradstreet and 6 men of the unit were killed at Isandhlwana. SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Sergt. Bierbaum, Newcastle Md. Rifles) toned, good very fine
£400-450
The Second Aghfan War medal awarded to Lieutenant Frank Whittuck, 1st Bombay Grenadiers, a survivor of the disaster at Maiwand who died shortly afterwards
AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. F. Whittuck, Bo. N.I.) good very fine
£1200-1500
Frank Whittuck was born on 16 July 1856, the fifth son of Captain Whittuck, late 82nd Regiment, of Ellsbridge House, Keynsham, Somersetshire. He was educated at the Hermitage, Lansdown, and Sydney College, Bath, eventually passing into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In January 1876 he was gazetted into the 1st Battalion 17th Regiment and thence into the 12th Bombay Native Infantry.
After several other postings he was subsequently transferred to the 1st Bombay Grenadiers. With the Grenadiers he served in Burrow’s Brigade to the Helmand, and in the return march to Khushk-i-Nakhud. Lieutenant Whittuck was present with them at the battle of Maiwand, on the 27th of July, being one of three officers of the regiment to escape unscathed on that disastrous day. The trials and privations endured through the terrible retreat in which for thirty hours the troops were without food or water, and the subsequent very heavy duties which devolved upon the garrison during the siege, must have been too much for this young officer’s strength. Towards the end of August he was attacked with dysentery whilst on duty on the ramparts at Kandahar, from the effects of which he never recovered. Frank Whittuck, an ‘officer devoted to his profession’, died on 5 September 1880.
421 422 AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (B/235 Pte. M. Driscoll, 66th Foot) very fine £250-300 EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (261 Drumr. S. Everall,, 1/Welch R.) very fine £200-240
Samuel Everall was born in Broda, India. A Striker by occupation and a member of the Shropshire Artillery Volunteers, he attested for the Welsh Regiment on 14 November 1882, aged 19 years, 2 months. With them he served overseas in Mauritius, September 1883- October 1885; South Africa, October 1885-May 1886; Egypt, May 1886-August 1889, and Malta, August 1889-October 1890. Returning to Britain he was transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1890 and discharged as time expired on 13 November 1894. Samuel Everall died in Eling, Hampshire on 14 August 1944. With copied service papers, roll extract and death certificate.
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