CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1111
Pair: Captain R. A. Hornby, 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, killed in action at Sailly-sur-Lys, 9 April 1918 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. R. A. Hornby.) nearly extremely fine (2)
£60-80
Richard Arthur Hornby was born in 1877 in Peckham, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Hornby, of Craiglands, 43, Honor Oak Road, London, SE. He was educated at the University of London, was admitted as a Barrister-at-law, to the Middle Temple in 1898 whilst a stockbrokers’ clerk, and was called to the Bar in 1901. In 1903 he was admitted to the London Stock Exchange, a stockbroker on his own account based in old Broad Street, EC. He married Florence Vera Newman in 1912 at St George’s, Hanover Square and lived at The Chantry, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Hornby was commissioned in the 15th Battalion Middlesex Regiment in November 1914. He served with the Middlesex Regiment in France from 17 April 1916 and was wounded, missing, presumed killed in action on 9 April 1918 whilst serving with the 21st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. He is also commemorated on the Middle and Inner Temple War Memorial, Temple Church, London, the Stock Exchange War Memorial, Sawbridgeworth War Memorial and Great St Mary’s Church Memorial Cross, Sawbridgeworth.
The 21st Battalion Middlesex Regiment suffered 66 fatal casualties on 9 April 1918, and casualties for the month as a whole were such that on 5 May 1918 the battalion strength was reduced to a cadre.
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Pair: Private C. E. Wood, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry), killed in action at Bullecourt, 3 May 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7651 Pte. C. E. Wood. H.A.C.-Inf.-) good very fine (2)
£60-80
Cecil Evelyn Wood was born on 7 December 1897, in Reading, Berkshire, and lived in Croydon, the son of the Reverend Percy George and Evelyn Maude Wood, of 25, Beatrice Avenue, Norbury, London. A Clerk at the Board of Trade, he joined the Honourable Artillery Company on 14 May 1916 and served during the Great War on the Western Front with 2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company from 10 December 1916. He was killed in action at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
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Pair: Major A. T. S. Dickinson, 51st Sikhs, Indian Army BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major A. T. S. Dickinson.) good very fine (2)
£60-80
Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson was born in Petersfield, Hampshire in 1875, the son of Commander T. S. Dickinson, Royal Navy, of ‘Wyndcroft’, Petersfield. He entered the Army in February 1895 as a Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry, and served with the 1st Battalion with the Mohmand Field Force on the North West Frontier of India in 1897 (entitled to I.G.S. with clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98). He was promoted Lieutenant in April 1898 and transferred to the Indian Army. Appointed Adjutant of the 1st Sikh Infantry he served with them in China at the Relief of Pekin (entitled to China Medal with clasp Relief of Pekin). In 1902 he served on the North West Frontier of India in operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris. During the Great War he served as Major in the 51st Sikhs and as Brigade Major, 30th Infantry Brigade, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 5 April 1916 (x2) and 21 June 1916). He was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Note: Dickinson’s India General Service Medal with clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and China Medal with clasp Relief of Pekin were sold in these rooms in September 2010.
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Three: Naik Mohammad Hassain, Sappers and Miners
BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (2296 Havr. Mohd. Hassain, 1 S. & M.); INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N. W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2296 Nk. Mohd. Hassan. S. & M.) officially re-impressed naming; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (2296 Naik Mohd Hussain. Bengal S. & M.) nearly very fine (3)
£80-120
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Pair: Subadar Har Chand, 99th Deccan Infantry, Indian Army, who was awarded the Indian Order of Merit, 2nd Class, for his gallantry in Mesopotamia during the Iraqi uprising of 1920
BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (Jemdr. Har Chand, 99 Infy); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Jemdr. Harchand) worn, good fine and better (2)
£160-200
Har Chand enlisted in the 99th Deccan Infantry on 8 June 1907 and served with them prior to the Great War. During the Great War, he proceeded overseas to Mesopotamia, most likely as a draft to another battalion, where he served from 15 August 1915 until 15 May 1916. He then returned to India, where he re-joined the 99th Deccan Infantry, and served with them in operations against the Mahsuds around Sarwakai on the North West Frontier of India, from 3-23 March 1917. In these operations, the 99th Infantry were praised for their good work by the General Officer Commanding.
In early April 1917, the 99th Infantry was at last called for duty overseas, thereafter arriving in Mesopotamia on 8 April 1917. They were soon attached to the Euphrates Defence Force, which was charged with protecting lines-of-communication along the river. On 20 February 1918, Har Chand was commissioned Jemadar. Although not at the frontline against the Turks, the battalion took part in numerous operations against hostile Arabs, including two punitive expeditions from Nasiriyeh in March 1918. In June 1918, the battalion again saw action around hostile Arabs around Rumaithah, while in July, the battalion suffered 19 casualties in a major engagement.
Following the conclusion of the Great War, the 99th Infantry remained in Mesopotamia, and subsequently took a very active role in operations during the Iraqi uprising of 1920. During these operations, Har Chand was awarded the Indian Order of Merit, 2nd Class, for gallantry in the field (Notification no. 1546 of 29 July 1921). Returning to India, Har Chand continued to serve in the Indian Army, being promoted Subadar on 23 September 1923. Around this time, he left the 99th Deccan Infantry to join the 1st Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment (formerly 94th Russell's Infantry), and retired the following year.
In addition to his British War Medal and General Service Medal with clasp for Iraq, Har Chand was also entitled to the 2nd Class Indian Order of Merit, the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal, and the India General Service Medal with clasp Waziristan 1921-24.
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