Long Service Medals 714
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1/Cl: S: Inst: J. Kelly. Gymn: Staff.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine
£80-£120
James Kelly was born in Leek, Staffordshire, in 1862, the son of Sergeant-Major John Kelly, 2nd Staffordshire Militia. He attested for 6 years Army Service with the 2/12th (Suffolk) Regiment on 17 August 1880 and transferred to 2/Welsh Regiment on 1 July 1881. He was promoted Sergeant on 1 July 1883 and then re-located to the Gymnastic Staff at Aldershot where he was appointed 2nd Class Instructor, Gymnastic Staff on 27 February 1884, before returning to his regiment. He was appointed 1st Class Sergeant Instructor on 2 January 1889 before departing with the Welsh Regiment for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he served for nearly six years, returning to England in December 1895.
He returned to Aldershot and was promoted Quarter Master Sergeant Instructor, Gymnastic Staff on 8 February 1896 but then reverted to 1st Class Sergeant Instructor (Colour Sergeant) at his own request. He was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1898 and was discharged in the rank of Colour Sergeant on 16 August 1901 following the completion of his second period of engagement and a total of 21 years’ service.
Research sold with the lot suggests James Kelly may have taken the additional name of Brotherton by deed poll around 1920 and may also have been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1933.
715 Army L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (C.S. Mjr: Instr. A. Wragg. Gym. St.) good very fine £50-£70
Arthur Wragg was born in Birmingham in 1873 and attested for Short Service with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 19 May 1891. He was promoted Corporal on 11 April 1895 and transferred to the Gymnasium at No. 6 Regimental District on 5 October 1895. On 23 April 1897 he was promoted Sergeant and appointed 3rd Class Sergeant Instructor for the modified Gymnasium at No. 6 Regimental District. He was promoted 2nd Class Sergeant Instructor, Gymnastic Staff on 9 August 1902 and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 January 1909 per Army Order 270 of 1909.
After 21 years’ service, Company Sergeant Major Instructor Wragg was discharged at Colchester on 18 May 1912 in consequence of the termination of his second period of engagement.
716
Army L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (C.S. Mjr: Instr: W. Pritchard. Gym: St.);
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (827191 S/Sjt. R. J. Lowther. A.P.T.C.) good very fine (2)
£70-£90
W. Pritchard, Army Gymnastic Staff, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order 104 of April 1912.
Richard James Lowther was born in Liverpool in 1915. While already a member of the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), he transferred to the King’s Regiment on 24 October 1935, and subsequently to the Army Physical Training Corps. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 October 1951 and received his award in 1952 (List 14, Army Order 73 of May 1952 refers).
717
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Rd. T. Bowden. Lg. Sea. H.M.S Thetis) engraved naming, very minor official correction after rate, toned, good very fine
£120-£160
Richard Thomas Bowden was born in Devonport on 22 February 1844, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class on 1 April 1861. Advanced Leading Seaman on 30 September 1875, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 January 1876.
718 719 Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (J. H. Gosling, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Vivid.) extremely fine £50-£70
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (283985. I. R. Robinson, S.P.O. H.M.S. Amphitrite.) edge bruising, nearly very fine
£40-£50
Ivor Reuben Robinson was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, on 22 December 1873, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 10 November 1896. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 January 1907, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 December 1917, and was shore demobilised on 14 February 1919.
Sold with copied record of service. 720
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268961. Donald
Mc.Larty, C.E.R.A. 2Cl. H.M.S. Wildfire.) minor edge nicks, good very fine
£140-£180
Donald McLarty was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, on 8 July 1874, and joined the Royal Navy as an acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 25 March 1897. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 1 January 1908, he was posted to H.M.S. Wildfire on 1 August 1911, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 March 1912.
Promoted Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 December 1912, he was lent to the Royal Australian Navy on a three year posting on 1 March 1913, and joined H.M.A.S. Sydney on 27 June 1913. He served in her throughout the Great War, and ‘took part in operations in German New Guinea 11 September 1914, and in the Sydney “Emden” action 9 November 1914. Paid Emden Prize Bounty.’ (Service record refers).
The famous Sydney-Emden action took place on 9 November 1914 when the 2nd Class Cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney encountered the German Light Cruiser S.M.S. Emden off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. In a short but spectacular career in the Indian Ocean the Emden (Captain Karl von Müller) had bombarded Madras and captured or sunk some 23 allied vessels including a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer. In action with the Sydney, the slower and outgunned Emden was eventually beached in a wrecked condition on North Keeling Island.
McLarty’s posting to the Royal Australian Navy was renewed for another three years on 1 March 1916, and he was shore demobilised on 24 December 1919.
Sold with copied record of service.
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