CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS x131 Pair: Driver W. Mills, 73rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (76138 Dvr: W. Mills, 73rd Bty: R.F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (76138 Dr: W. Mills. R.F.A.) very fine (2)
£140-160
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Pair: Captain W. Henry, 14th Hussars
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Capt. W. Henry. 14/Hrs.) last clasp a tailor’s copy, rank officially corrected; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt. W. Henry. 14/Hrs.) generally very fine (2)
£300-400
William Henry was born in July 1870. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 14th Hussars in February 1892, and advanced to Lieutenant in February the following year. On ‘25th October [1893], 35 men and horses of ‘C’ squadron went by rail to Wrexham to be billeted there, under Captain Gage and Lieutenant Henry, during the great coal strike. This party rejoined headquarters at Manchester, after the strike terminated, on 22nd November.’ (Historical Record of The 14th (King’s) Hussars, refers)
Henry advanced to Captain and commanded ‘B’ Squadron during the Second Boer War. Henry was present at Klip Drift (Ramdam) and ultimately the Relief of Kimberley. He contributed to the writing of the Second Volume of the Historical Record of The 14th (King’s) Hussars.
Sold with a pair of binoculars by Yeates & Son, Dublin, roughly inscribed ‘W. Henry 14th Hussars’, in leather case complete with carrying strap, and copied research including a photographic image of the recipient in uniform.
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Pair: Nursing Sister P. Young
QUEEN’S SOUTHAFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister P. Young.); KING’S SOUTHAFRICA 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister P. Young.) the first officially re-impressed, good very fine (2)
£400-500
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Three: Colonel W. T. Mould, C.M.G., Royal Army Medical Corps
KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. W. T. Mould. R.A.M.C.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Col W. T. Mould.) together with four related miniature medals including Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, good very fine (7)
£100-150
C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 April 1918 and 7 February 1919.
William Thomas Mould was born on 12 July 1865, at Forton, Gosport, son of Captain James Stirling Mould, R.M., who was the eldest son of Colonel Thomas Rawlings Mould, C.B., Royal Engineers. He was appointed Surgeon Captain, R.A.M.C., 1 February 1890; Major, 1 February 1902; Lieutenant-Colonel, 8 May 1912; Colonel, 1 March 1915. He served in the operations in Sierra Leone in 1898-99, including the Karene Expedition (Medal with Clasp); and in the South African war 1899-1902, employed with the Irish Hospital (mentioned in despatches; Queen’s medal with 3 Clasps, King’s medal with 2 Clasps). Served in the War of 1914-19, in Mesopotamia from August 1916 (Despatches twice, C.M.G.).
Sold with various original documents, including Warrant for C.M.G., two M.I.D. certificates dated as above, Commission as Surgeon dated 1 February 1890, and three birth/death certificates.
See Lot 82 for related family award.
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Five: Chief Ship’s Cook E. C. Boys, Royal Navy
CHINA 1900, no clasp (E. Boys, Cks. Mte., H.M.S. Orlando.); 1914-15 STAR (176578, E. Boys. Ch. Sh. Ck., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (176578 E. Boys. Ch. Sh. Ck. R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (176578. Ernest Boys, Ch. Sh. Cook. H.M.S. Achilles.) mounted as worn, the BWM and VM on incorrect ribands, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (5)
£240-280
Ernest Charles Boys was born at Portland, Dorset, on 24 January 1877 and joined the Royal Navy on 8 October 1893. Advanced to Cook’s Mate on 16 March 1896, he transferred to H.M.S. Orlando on 16 February 1899. Advanced 2nd Ship’s Cook on 30 April 1901, he was promoted Ship’s Cook, whilst serving in H.M.S. Seahorse on 1 March 1906; and as Chief Ship’s Cook, whilst serving in H.M.S. Latona on 1 April 1910. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Minerva from 2 August 1914 to 31 December 1917, before transferring to H.M.S. Achilles on 12 August 1918, and being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was shore demobilised on 6 June 1921, and died in Portsmouth in 1944.
Sold together with various copied service papers, including one containing a photograph of the recipient
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