Miscellaneous x1178
Army Rifle Association The “Queen’s Cup” Medal, 54mm, 7mm thick, silver, the obverse featuring the Duke of Wellington mounted on a horse, the reverse inscribed ‘The Army Rifle Association, The Queen’s Cup Winners’ and engraved ‘1893 - 1st Bn. R. Warwickshire Regt. Lieut: C. J. Dixon’, minor scuffs, otherwise good very fine
£80-120
‘The Army Rifle Association was formed to promote interest in small arms shooting for service purposes by means of individual and collective competitions, framed to include practice in methods which will lead to increased efficiency on the battlefield. It also provides the soldier with an element of excitement and an incentive to achieve success in conditions of tension, comparable in some degree to battle stress’ (Ref. Army Sports website).
Charles Joseph Dixon was appointed Lieutenant & Quartermaster in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 1 May 1891; Hon. Captain, 16 November 1898; Hon. Major, 1 May 1906. Served in the campaign in the Soudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1898 with the 1st Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, and was present at the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum (despatches London Gazette 30 September 1898; granted hon. rank of Captain; Medal; Egyptian medal with 2 clasps).
1179
Aldershot Command Athletic Association Prize Medal, 38mm, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘Inter-Unit Athletic Tournament, June 1919, Winning Team A.G.S., Capt. H. Daniels, V.C., M.C., Rifle Brigade’, good very fine £200-£240
Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1994.
V.C. London Gazette 28 April 1915: ‘No 9665 Company Sergeant-Major Harry Daniels, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) [in a joint citation with No. 3697 Acting Corporal Cicil Reginald Noble, late 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)] ‘For most conspicuous bravery on 12th March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle. When their battalion was impeded in the advance to the attack by wire entanglements, and subjected to a very severe machine-gun fire, these two men voluntarily rushed in front and succeeded in cutting the wires. They were both wounded at once, and Corporal Noble has since died of his wounds.’
M.C. London Gazette 30 March 1916.
Harry Daniels was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, on 13 December 1884, and served with the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry at Neuve Chappelle on 12 March 1915, whilst serving as a Company Sergeant Major. He was commissioned shortly afterwards and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at Fromelles in March 1916. He was a keen sportsman and his chief pastimes were gymnastics, boxing and all outdoor sports. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, he died in Leeds on 13 December 1953.
Daniels’ V.C. and other medals are held by the Regimental Museum, Winchester. 1180 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Roger Emett Nowell) good very fine £160-£200
Roger Emett Nowell, Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps, was killed in action in 22 September 1917, while flying as Observer with Second Lieutenant E. A. Bell in a Bristol F2b on offensive patrol when their plane was shot down in flames near Hollebeke. Both Pilot and Observer were killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
1181
Memorial Plaque (3) (Henry Blackman; Archibald Bourne; William Arthur Williams) first in card envelope of issue, second nearly very fine, first and third good very fine (3)
£70-£90
Archibald Bourne served during the Great War with the Leicestershire Yeomanry, and died at home on 27 August 1917. He is buried in Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire.
There are several men with the name Henry (or Harry) Blackman, and at least two men with the name William Arthur Williams on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
1182
Memorial Plaque (Arthur Moses Baker); together with (2) Silver War Badges reverses officially numbered ‘414906; B278677’, traces of verdigris to plaque, generally very fine (3)
£50-£60
Arthur Moses Baker was born in Southwark, London, and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 November 1918. Private Baker is buried in the Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
R. Weeber served during the Great War with the Rifle Brigade, having enlisted 12 April 1914. He was discharged from the Depot, 28 June 1918 (received Silver War Badge No. 414906).
Sydney Flood served during the Great War with the Rifle Brigade, having enlisted 2 May 1917. He was discharged from the 3rd Battalion, 14 August 1919 (received Silver War Badge No. B/278677).
1183
Memorial Plaque (2) (Charles Henry McCarthy; John Wilson Quail) the first good very fine; the second pierced in four places, the name worn, therefore fair (2)
£70-£90
Charles Henry McCarthy attested for the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force at Potchefstroom on 5 July 1916, and served with the 3rd South African Infantry during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 July 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with copied service papers.
John Wilson Quail attested for the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force and served with the 2nd South African Infantry during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 July 1916, during the Battle of Delville Wood. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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