Miscellaneous 733
Memorial Plaque (Douglas Ramsden Attwood) some staining, otherwise very fine D.S.C. London Gazette 22 February 1918: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’
£140-180
Douglas Ramsden Attwood was appointed to the Royal Navy from the Royal Naval Reserve on 4 August 1914, and served virtually the entire war as a submariner. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ‘in recognition of his services on the occasion of the torpedoing of an enemy submarine on 3 November 1917. His advice and assistance materially helped towards the successful result obtained.’ This was the UC-65, which had been responsible for sinking more than 110 allied ships.
He completed what was to be his last war patrol in command of H,M, Submarine G-5 on 4 November 1918, just days before the armistice, and died of pneumonia at the 1st North General Hospital, Newcastle, on 24 November 1918, aged 26.
x734 Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (412415 Pte. W. Richardson) extremely fine £60-£80
William James Scott Richardson was killed in action on 1 September 1916, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion C.E.F.. He was aged 19 and had originally enlisted into the 39th Battalion.
x735 Canadian Memorial Cross,
G.VI.R. (Sgt. W.O.A.G. F. C. Stewart R72715) extremely fine £70-90
Warrant Officer Air Gunner F. C. Stewart was killed on operations against Hamburg when his Stirling I bomber of No. 218 Squadron was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Deelan airfield, Gelderland, 9km NNW of Arnhem, where all seven crew members are buried.
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Boer War Interest, Kipling’s ‘Absent Minded Beggar’ related items: National Commemorative Medal, 1900, medals, unsigned [by F. Bowcher for Spink], wounded but undaunted soldier, rev. Union flag around national flowers, 45mm (8), in silver (2) in fitted cases; in bronze-gilt (2), 1 in damaged fitted case; in white metal (4), 3 in card boxes of issue; 22mm (10), in bronze-gilt with enamelled brooch bar (4), in silver (6), 1 with silver arrow suspension, 1 in card box of issue; an aluminium plaquette by Grueber, obv. ‘Absent Minded Beggar’ image in relief with the words ‘”A gentleman in kharki”’ and ‘Transvaal War’, rev. the Kipling poem, 58 x 39mm; silver vesta case, 55mm x 43mm, featuring the ‘Absent Minded Beggar’ in relief; silver cigarette case, 61mm x 82mm, decoratively engraved to front with image of the ‘Absent Minded Beggar’ and ‘To Colour-Segeant Selby from Captain T. M. Keene’, ‘Boer War 1900-1901’ and ‘A memento of 18 months active service’; The Absent-Minded Beggar, by Rudyard Kipling - the poem on a silk triptych, emblazoned by an image of the poet and “A gentleman in kharki”, approx. dimensions (open) 57 x 28cm.; another triptych of identical design, on paper; a small softback copy of ‘At the End of the Passage’ by Rudyard Kipling, from very fine to extremely fine (24)
£300-£400
"The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and often accompanied by an illustration of a wounded but defiant British soldier, "A Gentleman in Kharki", by Richard Caton Woodville. The song was written as part of an appeal by the Daily Mail to raise money for soldiers fighting in the Second Boer War and their families. The fund was the first such charitable effort for a war.
Captain T. M. Keene and Colour Sergeant J. P. Selby served during the Boer War with the 1st Volunteer Special Service Company, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
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South Africa, Hands Off, 1902, a bronze medal by A. Scharff for K. A. Bachoven von Echt, 40mm (Hern 232; AM Cat. 103), unsigned, facing busts of Christian de Wet and Koos de la Rey, rev. Boer soldier holding flag pointing as injured British lion slinks away, nearly extremely fine
£80-£120 x738
Norfolk Yeomanry Regimental Mess Silver Table Lighter In the form of a fused flaming grenade, 358g, by Mappin & Webb Ltd., hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, engraved ‘Presented to the K.O.R.R. Norfolk Yeomanry by 2nd Lieut. W. Guy. Horne. on leaving the Regimnet 1914.’ the opposing hemisphere finely engraved with the Regimental badge of the Norfolk Yeomanry (King’s Own Royal Regiment) featuring the royal cypher of King George V; together with a ladies powder compact, silver and guilloche blue enamel with silver and enamel R.A.F. sweetheart wings, hallmarks to base and lid for Birmingham 1935, engraved internally above clasp ‘Gieves Ltd. 21 Old Bond Street.’ good overall condition (2)
£200-£300 739
A presentation gold plated cased pocket watch with guilloche engraved casing by the Illinois Watch Case Co. Elgin, U.S. A., subsidiary seconds dial missing hand, 50mm diameter, the reverse of the watch inscribed ‘Presented to Cpl. Green by the inhabitants of New Tredegar. In appreciation of his gallantry in winning the D.C.M. in France. Sep. 20th. 1917.’ apparently in working order, condition fair to good
£140-£180
D.C.M. London Gazette 19 November 1918, citation published London Gazette 6 February 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the advance was held up by a group of enemy strong points he led a party forward and captured them, together with two machine guns and a large number of prisoners. Later he located an enemy post, and single-handed compelled the enemy to retire from it. He set a magnificent example to his men.’
Thomas John Green served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment from 18 July 1915. He was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallant actions during his battalion’s advance on the first day of the Battle of the Menin Road Bridge, 20 September 1917 - a day which saw 62 men of his battalion killed in action. He was discharged to the Class Z Reserve on 20 April 1919.
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