Campaign Groups and Pairs 592
Four: Captain R. M. Farrer, Royal Artillery, attached to 654 Army Observation Post Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for a difficult reconnaissance of an enemy position near the town of Francolise, Italy, flying an unarmed Auster observation plane. He was later killed in action after his aircraft was hit by flak on observation patrol on 23 September 1944
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs D. C. Farrer, 11 Broomfield, Adel, Leeds, Yorks’, extremely fine (4)
£200-£240
D.F.C. London Gazette 24 February 1944: ‘On the 21 October, Captain Farrer was Air OP Officer attached to this Regiment at Francolise. He was briefed for a vital and difficult mission, being told to register a bridge partly concealed by trees. His instruction made clear the vital character of the job and he was advised not to cross beyond the N.05 easting grid line, where the enemy was known to have his forward position. Hills and thick country prevented observation unless the gridline was crossed. Captain Farrer went on, got and excellent registration, and returned safely, although fired on while completing his task. This officer’s gallantry, judgement and skill fully deserve immediate recognition.’
Robert Michael Farrer was born in Panistone, Yorkshire. He served during the Second World War in the Royal Artillery, enlisting into the ranks in 1939 and joining the 121st Officer Cadet Training Unit. He was commission Second Lieutenant on 24 February 1940, and after undergoing pilot training he was assigned to 654 (Army Observation Post) Squadron, Royal Air Force as an artillery observation pilot, flying unarmed Taylorcraft Auster observation aircraft. He served with distinction, being awarded an immediate Distinguished Flying Cross for a difficult and dangerous reconnaissance and observation patrol near Francolise, Italy on 21 October 1943.
On 23 September 1944, during an observation patrol on enemy positions near the coast of Italy, Farrer and his Auster went missing without trace. No evidence of his plane was ever found and it is believed that he received a direct hit from light flak, causing him to crash into the sea. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy.
593 Family Group:
Imperial Service Medal,
G.VI.R. 1st issue (Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman) edge prepared prior to naming, nearly extremely fine
Four: Sapper F. V. Freeman, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn with the Defence and War Medals on the wrong ribands, together with the recipient’s riband bar, nearly extremely fine (5)
£70-£90
Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman was born at Gillingham, Kent, on 2 December 1887, and served as a Postman from September 1909. He attested for the 8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) on 18 April 1915 and served with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 18 December 1916 until 13 September 1917. He was discharged on 19 February 1918, after 2 years and 308 days’ service, and returned to his civilian career as a postman. He died in Chatham, Kent, on 5 February 1981.
Sold together with the recipient’s Character Certificate and Certificate of Discharge.
Frederick Victor Freeman, the son of Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman, was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 31 May 1913, and attested for the Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) at Chatham, Kent, on 6 October 1930, transferring to the Regular Army on 21 April 1933. He served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 3 April to 5 June 1940, and then in Sicily and North Africa from 15 August 1943 to 10 November 1945. Transferring to the Reserve on 5 February 1946, he was discharged on 18 February 1952. In civilian life he followed his father as a Postman, in the Rochester and Chatham District, and retired on 26 June 1969.
Sold together with a large quantity of original documents, including the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service; Soldier’s Release Book; National Identity Card; Passport; and various letters, cards, and photographs.
594 Six: Fusilier J. S. Jones, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, late Sergeant Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus (14463641 Sjt. J. S. Jones. D.W.R.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (1446341 Fus. J. S. Jones. R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950 -54, unnamed as issued, generally very fine (6)
£160-£200 595 Eight: Master Signaller C. J. Cosgrave, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (1720108 F. Sgt. C. J. Cosgrave. R. A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, E.II.R. (1720108 F. Sgt. C. J. Cosgrave. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (
M.Sig. C. J. Cosgrave (1720108). R.A.F.) mounted court-style, light contact marks, very fine and better (8)
£300-400 596
Three: Trooper J. M. Thyne, Fife and Fofar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, who was killed in action when his Churchill ‘Crocodile’ tank was knocked out by a German SP gun during the fighting for the town of Emmerich on 29 March 1945
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘J. G. Thyne Esq., 62 Ferry Road, Monifieth, Dundee’, extremely fine (3)
£80-£120
John Mclaren Thyne was born in Arbroath, Scotland. During the Second World War he served as a trooper in ‘C’ Squadron, 1st Fife and Fofar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, who as part of the famous 79th Armoured Division and saw action in North West Europe with Churchill Crocodile ‘flame thrower’ tanks. The 79th Armoured Division was commanded by Major-General Percy Hobart and operated a series of armoured vehicles modified for specialist roles. These became affectionately known as ‘Hobart’s Funnies’. Between 29 and 30 March 1945, a troop of Thyne’s unit was fighting in co-operation with the Regina Rifle and Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiments of the Canadian Army to secure the town of Emmerich in the Rhineland of Germany. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry’s Crocodile tanks were used to good effect against very heavy resistance from the enemy, with the loss of one tank knocked out and two others ditched in shell holes. The tank which was destroyed was commanded by Lieutenant Trevor Walford; John Thyne being part of his crew. Both Walford and Thyne were killed and were originally buried in Germany. Following the end of hostilities, their remains were re-interned in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
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