Campaign Groups and Pairs 139
A rare South Africa 1877-79, China 1900 and Shanghai Jubilee group of three awarded Captain E. P. Wickham, Shanghai Volunteers, who served as Officer Commanding, Light Horse Section, and who had previously served as Acting Transport Officer during the Zulu War
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Ac. T’port. Officer. Mr E. P. Wickham); China 1900, no clasp (Capt: E. P. Wickham, Shanghai Vols:) middle initial officially corrected; Shanghai Jubilee Medal 1893 (E. P. Wickham.) small edge nick to first, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare combination of awards (3)
£2,200-£2,600
Edward Provis Wickham was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, in 1861, the son of Major Edward Thomas Wickham, 61st Foot, who had served in the Punjab 1848-9 campaign and the Indian Mutiny. Baptised in Somerset on 12 September 1861, he served in the Zulu War as an Acting Transport Officer, Commissary and Transport. Given his later employment, and the fact that he appears as a civilian on his medal, he was presumably working in a similar roll in South Africa at the outbreak of the Zulu War.
By 1891 Wickham had moved to Shanghai and was a Captain Shanghai Municipal Volunteers Corps, having been promoted on 20 October 1891. In 1892 he is listed as Master (Freemason) of the Shanghai Tuscan Lodge No. 1027, and as of 31 December 1892 is listed as Captain and Adjutant Shanghai Municipal Volunteers Corps. In 1898 he is noted as a Broker, Wheelock & Co. Auctioneers, Coal, Ship, Oil and Freight Brokers, French Bund. Wei-te-foong. He is also noted as Treasurer of the Cricket Club and Hon. Secretary of the Shanghai Choral Society. Lieutenant Shanghai Municipal Volunteers Corps, 21 January 1898 – had presumably resigned at some point between 1893 and 1897. He was appointed Captain commanding the Light Horse, Shanghai Municipal Volunteers Corps, on 27 August 1898- the strength of the unit was 3 Officers, 29 N.C.O’s, and Men. He resigned on 4 July 1901, and died in Shanghai after a lingering illness on 18 January 1902. His obituary read:
‘Mr. E. P. Wickham, late Captain of the Light Horse, died on the 18th January and was buried with military honours on the 20th. All the officers of the Corps, the Foreign officers of the garrison and a large number of the Corps attended.’
Sold with copy medal rolls and various Shanghai Volunteers reports on CD. 140 Pair: Carpenter W. H. Newham, Royal Navy
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. H. Newham. Act: Carpr. R.N. H.M.S. “Carysfort”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2)
£120-£160 141 Pair: Ordinary Seaman J. W. Stoner, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in Alexandria on 16 July 1882
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. W. Stoner. Ord: H.M.S. “Minotaur”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2)
£300-£400
James William Stoner was born in Croydon on 21 February 1862 and entered naval service on 7 December 1877 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Fisgard, in which he remained until 21 December 1877 when he was drafted to H.M.S. Boscawen. Advanced Boy 1st Class, he served in H.M.S. Penelope from 28 September 1889 to 8 April 1880, having seen promotion to Ordinary Seaman in February 1880. After a draft in H.M.S. Newcastle from April to October 1880, he spent 90 days in Lewes Gaol from September 1881. Service followed in H.M.S. Duncan from 1 January to 4 April 1882, when he transferred to H.M.S. Minotaur, in which he served until he was killed in action at Alexandria on 16 July 1882.
142 Pair: Quarter Master R. Lawton, Royal Navy
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. Lawton. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. “Ruby”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2)
£120-£160
Richard Lawton was born in Queenstown, Cork, on 21 September 1850, and entered naval service on 1 January 1873 as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Agincourt. Advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 16 November 1877 in H.M.S. Hotspur, he served in this rate in H.M. S. Ruby from 26 May 1880 to 29 August 1882, and saw action during the Egyptian operations. After spending barely over a month in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide (30 August to 6 October 1882), he was invalided to Plymouth. He was finally pensioned from H.M.S. Edgar on 9 November 1894, to Plymouth Hospital.
143 Pair: Carpenter’s Mate T. J. Harris, Royal Navy
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (T. J. Harris. Carps. Mate: H.M.S. Tamar); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting, therefore nearly very fine (2)
£120-£160
Thomas John Harris was born on the Isle of Wight on 22 April 1857 and entered naval service on 25 March 1881, serving in H.M.S. Tamar from 1 June 1881 to 15 June 1883. He was discharged at his own request on 7 February 1903.
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