CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 904
Five: Captain W. J. Heygate, Royal Artillery, who served as Bombardment Liaison Officer in H.M.S. Ramillies on D- Day, 6 June 1944, supporting the bombardment of Sword Beach; for his work on D-Day and the immediate aftermath he was Mentioned in Despatches
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 8th Army; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with card box of issue, addressed to ‘Capt. W. J. Heygate, Killick Nixon & Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 109, Bombay, India’; together with the recipient’s cap badge; cloth insignia; and related miniature awards, nearly extremely fine (5) £200-240
M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘As Bombardment Liaison Officer, he has played an important part in the successful shoots carried out. His work has been admirable and he has been accurate, precise, and never flagging through long hours of engagement.’
William James Heygate was born on 11 August 1914 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 28 December 1940. Promoted Lieutenant and acting Captain, he served as Bombardment Liaison Officer in H.M.S. Ramillies on D-Day, 6 June 1944, which had been tasked with destroying the German Benerville Battery that covered Sword Beach. Ramillies opened fire on the battery and within 80 minutes she had destroyed four of the six guns, and by the evening she had accounted for the 2 other guns. During the day she repelled an attack by two German Destroyers which fired 5 torpedoes at her; she also drove off a pack of E Boats with her 4 and 6 inch guns. She returned to Portsmouth to re-arm, and on 8 June 1944 knocked out another 6 inch battery. On 9 June she was directed by forward observation posts to fire on German Tanks, Guns and Infantry concentrations to prevent them counter attacking the beach, and she also beat off another attack by German E Boats. On 10 June she hit enemy railway marshalling yards near Caen and the following day fired at a concentration of 200 tanks inflicting great damage. During the course of the Normandy engagements she fired over 1,000 15 inch shells, thought to be the greatest bombardment of any single ship to that time. For his services in Ramillies Heygate was Mentioned in Despatches.
Heygate relinquished his commission on 8 July 1947, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. He died in Norfolk in August 1984.
Sold with War Office enclosure announcing the award of his medals; various copied research; and a copy of the book Battleship Ramillies - The Final Salvo by Ian Johnston and Mik French, with a Foreword by H..R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, who served in Ramillies in 1940.
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Five: Gunner W. P. Lee, Royal Artillery 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 8th Army; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR;WAR MEDAL 1939-45; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (878212 Gnr. W. P. Lee. R.A.) mounted as worn, rank partially double-struck, very fine
Five: Gunner O. F. Hitchcock, Royal Artillery 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45; EFFICIENCYMEDAL,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1453109. Gnr. C. F. Hitchcock. R.A.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (10)
£100-140 Cecil Ernest Hitchcock was born in Lincolnshire on 22 February 1909, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 18 April 1939.
Sold with the recipient’s Soldiers Service and Pay Book; Military Motor Vehicle Drivers’ Licence; and a telegram from the recipient to his wife.
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Five: Wing Commander P. S. Gage, Royal Air Force
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; GENERAL SERVICE 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Wg. Cdr. P. S. Gage R.A.F.) mounted for wear, good very fine (5)
£200-240 M.I.D. London Gazette 2 June 1943.
Philip Stanley Gage was born on 5 December 1915 and was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force (Technical Branch) (Signals) on 18 October 1941. Promoted Flying Officer on 1 October 1942, he was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in North Africa, and was promoted Flight Lieutenant on 1 July 1944. Advanced Squadron Leader on 1 July 1951, he graduated from the Royal Air Force Staff College in April 1952, and was promoted Wing Commander on 1 July 1958. He was appointed to the Directing Staff of the Royal Air Force College at Andover on 16 April 1963, and subsequently served on the Air Staff, Signals, Air Forces Middle East from 31 January 1966, based at Headquarters, Steamer Point. He retired on 5 March 1971.
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Five: Sergeant C. C. S. Burns, Royal Engineers, later Surveyor, Ordnance Survey
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. C .S. Burns, 137 Shortridge Tce., Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.’, with Army Council enclosure; IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R., 2nd issue Charles Cyril Stewart Burns) in Royal Mint case of issue, with accompanying Ordnance Survey letter, extremely fine (5) £150-200
Charles Cyril Stewart Burns served during the Second World War as a Sergeant with the Royal Engineers in the Middle East and North Africa, where it is believed that he was employed as part of the team involved in mapping the area; in civilian life he was employed as a Higher Grade Surveyor with the Ordnance Survey. He was awarded his Imperial Service Medal in 1973 (London Gazette 24 August 1973).
Sold with 4 large and comprehensive photograph albums, Volume One titled ‘Cairo 1940; Memphis and Sakkara 1941; and Arabian Desert 1942’; Volume 2 titled ‘Palestine 1941’; Volume Three titled ‘Lebanon and Syria 1943’; and Volume 4 titled ‘People 1939-44’, the photos all annotated throughout; a smaller, personal photograph album of Palestine and the Holy Land, the photographs similarly annotated; and a contemporary tourist book of ‘Flowers and View of the Holy Land’, including 9 dried and pressed flowers.
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