CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 875 Pair: Gunner W. Webb, Royal Field Artillery
QUEEN’S SOUTHAFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (98605 Gnr., 21 B. R. F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (98605 Gnr., R.F.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)
£240-280 In Army Reserve in January 1903. With copied roll extracts. 876 Four: Captain R. M. Robinson, West Riding Regiment, late Gun Section, Imperial Yeomanry
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (12254 Pte., Gun Sec. 3rd Imp. Yeo.) last clasp loose; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., W. Rid. R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (4)
£260-300
Ralph Moseley Robinson was born in Skipton, Yorkshire on 29 November 1876. A ‘Gentleman’, formerly in the Volunteers, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Doncaster on 9 February 1900. He served in the Boer War as a Private in the Gun Section of the 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. His service completed, he was discharged from the 9th Company 3rd Battalion at York on 15 June 1901. During the Great War he entered the conflict as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1/6th Battalion West Riding Regiment. He served in France and Belgium, 14 April-1 September 1915 and 14 February 1916-11 November 1918. Robinson was Assistant Instructor at the Lewis Gun School, G.H.Q., 3 September 1916-27 May 1918. Attaining the rank of Captain in October 1916, he was demobilised on 22 June 1919. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 May 1917). With copied attestation papers, m.i.c. and other research.
877
Three: Captain N. H. Fletcher, Royal Air Force, late Imperial Yeomanry, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps - and a Great War Kite Balloon Officer
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (1136 Tpr. N. H. Fletcher, 6th Coy 4th Impl. Yeo.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. N. H. Fletcher, R.A.F.), good very fine (3)
£250-300
Nigel Howard Fletcher, who was born in August 1878, served in 6th (Staffordshire) Company, 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War, from which theatre of war he was invalided home, and qualified for the above described Medal & clasps (Asplin’s published roll refers).
A petrol engineer for Thorneycroft & Co. prior to the Great War, Fletcher was appointed a Temporary Flight Sub. Lieutenant (Observer) in the Royal Naval Air Service in January 1916, and was posted to No. 15 Kite Balloon Section and, as part of 2nd Balloon Wing, R.F. C., the section went out to France that September - whether Fletcher was still similarly employed at that time remains unknown, but it is interesting to note that No. 15’s Observers were compelled to undertake 13 parachute descents in the period leading up to June 1917. Certainly he was still serving as a Kite Balloon Officer on transferring to the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918, and he ended the War at No. 18 Balloon Base after a stint of service in the Kite Balloon Section at R.A.F. North Queensferry. He was demobilised in February 1919.
878 Pair: Private J. Pearce, Yorkshire Light Infantry
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3992 Pte., 2 Yorks. Lt. Inf.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3992 Pte., York. L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine (2)
£140-180
3992 Private J. Pearce, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry, was wounded at Modder River, on 28 November 1899. He was then unlucky enough to be severely injured after being struck by lightning at Dieplaagte, 7 February 1902. With copied roll extracts.
879 Three: Private A. H. Heather, 16th Lancers
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3599 Pte. A. H. Heather, 16th Lancers) with slack suspension and bent suspension bar; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3599 Pte. A. Heather, 16th Lancers); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (Albert H. Heather) first two with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; last nearly extremely fine (3)
£250-300 With copied roll extracts - listed as ‘Servant to Major C. M. Dixon’. 880 Four: Flight Cadet G. R. Gaches, Royal Air Force, late Army Service Corps
1914 STAR, with clasp (SS-628 Cpl. G. R. Gaches, A.S.C.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (SS-628 S. Sjt. G. R. Gaches, A.S. C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (SS-628 Sjt. G. R. Gaches, A.S.C.), good very fine (4)
£200-250
George R. Gaches, who first entered the French theatre of war as a Corporal in the Army Service Corps at the end of August 1914 and was awarded the M.S.M. (London Gazette 1 January 1917 refers), subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Flight Cadet. Involved in a flying accident at 205 T.D.S. in Vendome on 16 August 1918 (The Camel File refers), he emerged unscathed from the wreckage, and may just have witnessed further active service before the War’s end.
881 Seven: Serjeant J. D. McLaren, Gordon Highlanders
1914 STAR 9556 Dmr., 1/6 Gord. Highrs.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (556 Dr., Gordons) B.W.M. officially renamed; 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2873398 Sjt., Gordons) mounted as worn in incorrect order, fine and better (7)
£100-140
Drummer James D. McLaren, 1/6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10 November 1914. With copied m.i.c.
For his son’s medals, see lot 923.
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