CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1287
Four: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class W. Richardson, Royal Navy, a Benin 1897 veteran who was killed in action in H. M.S. Hogue in September 1914
EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (W. Richardson, E.R.A. 4 Cl., H.M.S. Philomel); 1914-15 STAR (268055 W. Richardson, E.R.A. 1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (268055 W. Richardson, E.R.A. 1, R.N.), together with related MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (William Richardson), edge bruise to the first and the second with re- impressed naming, polished and naming details therefore rubbed overall, thus nearly very fine (5)
£600-800
William Richardson was born in Sunderland in February 1869 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in March 1894, shortly after which he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Philomel and was present in the Benin operations of 1897. Advanced to E.R.A. 2nd Class in March 1901 and to E.R.A. 1st Class in January 1906, but having forfeited his right to the L.S. & G.C. Medal through some misdemeanour committed in 1900, he was invalided ashore in April 1913 as a result of a diseased eye. With the advent of hostilities in August 1914, however, he volunteered for further service, and was ordered to join the armoured cruiser Hogue, and it was in this capacity that he was killed in action on 22 September 1914, when the U-9 famously sunk ‘three before breakfast’.
At that time, the Hogue, together with her sister ships the Aboukir and Cressy, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, were engaged in blockade and patrol duties in the southern part of the North Sea. At 6.30 a.m. on 22 September, the Aboukir was torpedoed by the U-9 and, believing that the ship had struck a mine, the Hogue and Cressy stopped to rescue the survivors, oblivious of the danger lurking beneath the waves. Shortly afterwards, torpedoes from the U-9 also sent the Hogue and then the Cressy to the bottom, the total loss of life amounting to some 1,400 officers and ratings; sold with extensive research.
1288 Three: Sergeant A. E. Bowles, Royal Marine Artillery
EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Bugler, R.M.A., H.M.S. Brisk); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (R.M. A.2716 Sgt.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (Lce. Sergt., No. 2716 R.M.A.) first and last with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3)
£200-240 83 ‘Witu 1890’ clasps to H.M.S. Brisk. 1289 Pair: Private W. G. Sheeran, Lincolnshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2468 Pte. W. G. Sheeran, 1/Linc: R.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (2468 Pte. W. G. Sheeran, 1st Bn. Lincoln: Regt.) lacquered, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, nearly very fine (2)
£350-400 1290 Pair: Private T. Lodge, Cameron Highlanders
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (3233 Pte: T. Lodge 1/Cam: Hrs:); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3233 Pte. Lodge 1 Cam. Highrs) good very fine (2)
£350-400 1291
Four: Colour Serjeant A. McKay, Seaforth Highlanders
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (4368 Cpl., 1/Sea. Hrs.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4368 Sergt., 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); ARMY L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (4368 C. Sjt., Seaforth Hdrs.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4368 Corpl., 1st Seath. Highrs.) contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£360-400
Alexander McKay was born in Glasgow. A Miner by occupation, he attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Glasgow on 29 October 1892, aged 22 years. He served in Malta, January-March 1897; then in the occupation of Crete, March-November 1897. After further service in Malta, November 1897-January 1898, he was posted to Egypt and Sudan, January 1898-January 1903. Attaining the rank of Colour Sergeant, he was discharged at his own request on 2 May 1912. He rejoined the Seaforth Highlanders in September 1914 and served throughout the war at ‘Home’. As Acting Company Sergeant-Major he was discharged on 13 April 1918 as ‘no longer physically fit for war service.’
With associated card and four photographs; together with a quantity of copied service papers.
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