Campaign Groups and Pairs 121 Four: Private C. Hogg, Rifle Brigade, later Royal Engineers
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony (1619 Pte. C. Hogg, Rifle Brigade.) unofficial rivets between top two clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1619 Pte. C. Hogg. Rifle Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (189202 Spr. C. Hogg. R.E.) good very fine (4)
£160-£200
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Five: Sergeant A. Davies, Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifle Corps, later Army Service Corps
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2103 L. Serjt: A. Davies. D. of E. Own V.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02(2103 Serjt: A. Davies. D.E.O.V.R.C.); 1914 Star (TISR-1000 Dvr. A. Davies. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1SR-1000 Sjt. A. Davies. A.S.C.) very fine (5)
£160-£200
Arthur Davies was born at Wrexham, Denbighshire, and served in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifle Corps during the Boer War from 1 February 1900 to 22 January 1902. Upon the outbreak of the Great War, he attested for service at Aldershot on 22 September 1914, and served in France with the Army Service Corps from 12 October 1914 to 13 May 1916, and at Home until 23 October 1916, when he was discharged. Entitled to Silver War Badge. Sold with copied WWI papers and medal roll extracts.
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Pair: Corporal C. B. O’Flynn, Royal Army Medical Corps
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (10309 L/Cpl. C. B. O’Flynn, R.A.M.C.) rank partially double-struck; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (10309 Corpl: C. B. O’Flynn. R.A.M.C.) obverses heavily polished and worn, therefore fair, the reverses better (2)
£80-£120
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Pair: Private C. Alldis, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (463 Pte. C. Alldis. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, generally very fine (2)
£400-£500 Sold with copied medal roll extract which states the recipient became non-effective on 1 March 1900.
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Pair: Private W. Martheze, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (224 Pte. W. Martheze. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, lacking integral top suspension bar, good very fine (2)
£300-£360 Sold with copied medal roll extract which notes: Non effective 18 July 1900.
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Pair: Master at Arms A. P. Breeze, Royal Navy
China 1900, no clasp (A. P. Breeze. M.A.A., H.M.S. Arethusa.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (150113 A. P. Breeze, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. H.M.S. Hearty.) minor contact marks, very fine (2)
£180-£220
Arthur Prescott Breeze was born in Thorpe, Norwich, on 19 November 1866 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 July 1893. Advanced Master at Arms on 26 August 1899, he served in H.M.S. Arethusa from 14 November 1899 to 3 April 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 January 1907. He was shore pensioned on 20 November 1911.
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Four: Leading Seaman C. T. Hood, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when the cruiser H.M.S. Hogue was torpedoed and sunk, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Cressy, in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914, with the loss of 1,459 lives
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (C. T. Hood. A.B. H.M.S. Centurion.); 1914-15 Star (180094, C. T. Hood, L.S., R. N.); British War and Victory Medals (180094 C. T. Hood. L.S. R.N.), mounted as worn, very fine (4)
£400-£500
Christopher Thomas Hood was born in Kingsdown, Kent, on 10 March 1910 and entered naval service on 21 June 1894. He served in H.M.S. Centurion between February 1897 and September 1901, and saw active service during the Third China War. He was seriously injured by falling into a dry dock at Sherness on 9 September 1906 when a rope collapsed, on which he and another man were sitting. Soon after his injury, he was reduced from Petty Officer to Leading Seaman for disobedience of ship’s orders. Discharged to shore in March 1909, but was re-engaged for naval service on 2 August 1914, and was posted to the cruiser H.M.S. Hogue. He was serving in her when she was torpedoed, along with her sister ships H.M.S. Aboukir and Cressy, as part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron engaged in blockade and patrol duties, in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914. The Aboukir was the first to be hit, at 06:20; her captain thought that she had struck a mine and ordered the other two ships to close in order to transfer his wounded men. The Aboukir quickly began listing and capsized, sinking at 06:50. Having approached, stopped, and lowered her boats, Hogue was struck by two torpedoes at 06:55 as she was attempting to rescue the survivors. She capsized and sank within twenty minutes. Cressy meanwhile attempted to ram the submarine, but did not hit anything and resumed her rescue efforts until she too was torpedoed at 07:20. She too took on a heavy list and then capsized before sinking at 07:55. Total losses from the three ships were 62 officers and 1,397 men killed. Hood is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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