Campaign Groups and Pairs 747 Family group:


Four: Captain Henry Davy, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Henry Davy, ) rank [Master] neatly erased and naming slightly rubbed, fitted with silver bar ribbon brooch; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed, clasp loose as issued, unnamed, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, together with related no-clasp miniature; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, fitted with silver suspension bar; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, fitted with scroll suspension and silver ribbon buckle


Single: Paymaster-in-Chief E. H. Banks, Royal Navy Abyssinia 1867 (E. H. Banks Clerk H.M.S. Satellite) together with related miniature


Three: Private W. R. Banks, Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (PS-42 Pte. W. R. Banks. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (PS-42 Pte. W. R. Banks. R. Fus.) generally good very fine (10)


£1,000-£1,200 This lot is sold with the following items:


i. Portrait of Captain Henry Davy in uniform wearing his Syria medal, oils on board, image approx. 37 x 27cm, gilt frame ii. Engraved portrait of Captain Henry Davy in uniform on board ship, dated 1849, 43 x 32cm, framed


iii. Large contemporary engraving of the Bombardment and Capture of St Jean D’Acre, with ships including Thunderer identified, engraved by R. G. & A. W. Reeve, published by Colnaghi & Puckle 23 June 1841, 64 x 45cm, foxing overall and damage at margins


iv. H.M.S. Thunderer, five ‘Real Stone China’ mess plates with blue and gilt floral decoration and scroll inscribed ‘Thunderer’, one with bad crack and chip to rim, otherwise good condition v. Silver Star and Crescent brooch inscribed ‘ACRE’, star detached from crescent, pin to reverse vi. Portrait of Paymaster-in-Chief E. H. Banks, in uniform of a Paymaster, oils on board, image approx. 42 x 35cm, gilt frame


Henry Davy was Master of Thunderer at the taking of Sidon, and bombardment of of St Jean D’Acre, in 1840. His service in the Crimea has not been confirmed and these may relate to another person.


Edward Howard Banks was the brother-in-law of the above officer. He was born on 8 January 1850, and joined the Royal Navy in 1866. He was appointed Assistant Clerk aboard H.M.S. Satellite on 12 September 1866 and promoted to Clerk on on 12 September 1867. He served during the campaign in Abyssinia and left the ship August 1869. Assistant Paymaster, January 1871; Secretary to C-in- C, September 1887; Paymaster, September 1890; Secretary to Admiral Heneage, April 1892; Staff Paymaster, December 1894; Secretary to 2nd in Command of Channel Squadron, May 1895; Fleet Paymaster, September 1895; Paymaster-in-Chief, January 1907; retired, 16 February 1907; died on 17 February 1918.


Walter R. Banks, believed to be a son of the above officer, served with a Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in France and Flanders from 14 November 1915.


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Pair: Alfred Pearce, Uncovenanted Civil Service, late Gunner, Bengal Artillery, an original defender at Lucknow


Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Gu---r A. Pearce, 3rd Cy. 1st Ba--n. Arty.) attempted erasure with some loss to rank and unit; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Alfred Pearce.) the first nearly very fine, the second good very fine (2)


£1,800-£2,200 Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004.


Alfred Pearce served during the Punjab campaign of 1848-49 as a Gunner in the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, Bengal Artillery, and was present in the actions of Chilianwala and Goojerat. The 3rd Company is described as a heavy field battery and at Chilianwala was in support of Gilbert’s Division when it advanced. The following extract is taken from the personal journal of Captain M. Dawes, of the 3rd/1st Battalion, regarding this action:


‘We then reformed and attacked the enemy’s position, my battery with the heavy guns commencing. I was afterwards sent onto the extreme right of the infantry, when the right flank was turned and rear threatened by cavalry. Opened with grape, and retiring covered the left flank of Godby’s brigade which was likewise threatened by the enemy’s infantry. Under fire of my guns, the 2nd Europeans charged and drove back the enemy, who commenced retreating from the left. Again got into position to enfilade them, and then again forming on the right of the brigade opened and kept up a heavy fire along the line of retreat until near dusk, during which the 2nd Infantry Division was formed preparatory to moving into camp.’


Alfred Pearce is confirmed on the Indian Mutiny Medal roll for the clasp ‘Defence of Lucknow’ as an Uncovenanted Civil Servant ‘late Superintendent Chief Engineer’s Office’.


He is mentioned in various published lists of civilians present during the siege as an Artilleryman, married with two children. His wife is also mentioned in some of the journals published shortly after the siege including Adelaide Case’s Day by Day Journal, and Julia Inglis’s The Siege of Lucknow; a Diary. It is apparent that Mrs Pearce resided in rooms occupied by Mrs Inglis and Mrs Case, and gave birth to her second child during the siege.


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