Single Campaign Medals 986


East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (H. R. Mackrell, A.B., H.M.S. St. George.) minor edge bruise, very fine


£180-£220


Henry Robert Mackrell was born in 1874 in Reigate, Surrey and enlisted into the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 1 November 1895. He received his initial training aboard the Portland based ship Boscawen and served on Alexandra March 1892 – August 1892, Active October 1892 – May 1893, Royal Sovereign May 1893 – May 1894 and Victory I from May 1894. From October 1894 he served aboard H.M.S. St. George and was advanced Able Seaman on 1 November 1895. He served with St. George until February 1898, during which time he qualified for the East and West Africa medal with Benin 1897 clasp. The remainder of his service was spent at the shore establishments Victory I and Excellent before he was invalided out of the service on 4 November 1898.


Sold with copied record of service. 987


East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (143274 F. C. Price, Sto. 1. R.N.) later impressed naming, number partially officially corrected, good very fine


£100-£140


Frederick Charles Price was born in Southsea, Hampshire, on 1 May 1869. He enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 28 September 1887 and took part in the Sierra Leone Operations of 1898-99. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 October 1902 and discharged to a shore pension two months later. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 October 1909. On 2 August 1914 he was recalled for War Service and was demobilised 17 March 1919 and awarded a War Gratuity.


A note against his name on the East and West Africa medal roll states that he was issued a duplicate medal on 22 October 1941. Sold with copied record of service and East and West Africa medal confirmation.


988 989 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1900 (1309 Pte Yatto. 1st N. Nigeria Regt) good very fine £180-£220


East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897 (C. E. Sedgwick, Actg. E.R.A. 4 Cl., H.M.S. Barrosa.) good very fine


£300-£400


Charles Edwin Sedgwick was born on 20 January 1873 at Chatham, Kent into a naval family. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 4 April 1894 stating his prior occupation as Engine Smith. He served initially aboard Pembroke in harbour and Wye before serving in Barrosa from December 1894 and September 1897, during which time he qualified for the East and West Africa Medal with clasps for Brass River 1895 and Benin 1897. He was advanced to Class 3 E.R.A. on 3 April 1897 before returning to Pembroke II (Chatham Barracks) from September 1897 to August 1898. He was discharged dead from typhoid fever on 16 August 1898.


The recipient’s father, also Charles Sedgwick, served as an Engine Room Artificer aboard H.M.S. Superb during the Egypt Campaign of 1882 earning the Egypt Medal with clasps for Alexandria 11th July and Tel-el-Kebir and the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.


Sold with copied record of service. 990 991


British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp, an unnamed specimen, extremely fine


£100-£140


British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Sergt. A. C. Pyke. B.B.P.) renamed in upright capitals, extremely fine


£150-£200


Shown on 1893 roll as a Corporal in the Bechuanaland Border Police, and on the 1896 roll as Lieutenant in the Matabeleland Relief Force. The roll also shows him as having received the 1896 medal.


992 Family Group:


British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (3119 Trumpr. C. Varnfield. 7th Huss.) good very fine


Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5761 Bandmaster G. Varnfield. Suffolk Regt.) polished, nearly very fine (2) Trumpeter C. Varnfield died on active service in Rhodesia on 6 December 1896.


993 £400-£500


British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (1111 Pte. E. J. Smith, 2/Rif. Bde.) suspension slack, very fine and scarce


£360-£400 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005.


Edward James Smith was born in London, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Winchester, 16 March 1891. He served with the Regiment in South Africa twice, 2 May 1896 - 22 June 1897 and 3 October 1899 - 24 January 1900 (entitled to Q.S.A.). Smith was discharged 9 April 1903, having served 12 years and 29 days with the Colours.


Only one officer and 30 N.C.O.’s and men of the Rifle Brigade were awarded the British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97 with ‘Rhodesia 1896’ reverse, the whole having been drawn from the 2nd Battalion for service in the Rifle Company of the Mounted Infantry Section.


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