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Attributed Lady's MBE for WWI

Attributed Lady's MBE for WWI

£195.00
MBE on Lady's ribbon in original Garrard & Co. Ltd. case To the reverse- name on contemporary label 'Edith U. Cunningham 1914-1918' Edith Usher Cunningham London Gazette birthday honours 1918 MBE. Listed as 'Organiser' and the head of Red Cross work depot in Birkenhead. Unnamed but hallmarked as issued. Interesting female recipient for WWI Home Service. Condition as shown in photographs
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East and West Africa Benin 1897 WWI Trio, Edward VII Long Service RN

East and West Africa Benin 1897 WWI Trio, Edward VII Long Service RN

£450.00
-East and West Africa Medal Clasp Benin 1897 named J. Bale AB H.M.S. Phoebe -1914-15 Star named 149615 J. Bale LG. BTN. RN. -WWI War Medal named 149615 J. Bale L.S. RN. -WWI Victory Medal named 149615 J. Bale L.S. RN. -Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Edward VII named 149615 James Bale BOATn. Coast Guard Approximately 232 medals were awarded to H.M.S Phoebe. With copy service details. James Bale was born 29th January 1874 at Tiverton, Devon. He enlisted on 29th January 1892 with his occupation listed as 'Fisher boy'. Condition as shown in photographs
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East and West Africa WWI RN Long Service Group

East and West Africa WWI RN Long Service Group

£450.00
-East and West Africa Medal clasp Witu 1890 named H. Gillingham PTE. RM. H.M.S. Boadicea -1914-15 Star 350019 H. Gillingham M.M.A. RN. -WWI War Medal 350019  H. Gillingham M.M.A. RN. -Victory Medal 350019  H. Gillingham M.M.A. RN. -War Medal 350019  H. Gillingham M.M.A. RN. -Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal Edward VII named Henry Gillingham M.M.A. H.M.S. Cressy Approximately 312 clasps were issued to H.M.S. Boadicea for the expedition under Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Freemantle against Sultan Fumo Bakari of Witu. With copy service papers. Henry was born 4th March 1867 in Bridport, Dorset. He enlisted on 4th February 1886 at Salisbury giving his trade as a 'Fireman' into the Royal Marines Light Infantry/ Royal Navy. Condition as shown in photographs
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Essex Regiment WWI Casualty Pair & Plaque

Essex Regiment WWI Casualty Pair & Plaque

£225.00
-1914-15 Trio 40462 Pte. J.R. Ellis Essex Regt. Death Plaque- Jack Robert Ellis Memorial Scroll (mounted and damaged), 2 photographs Condition as shown in photographs (Scroll photos and medals appear to have been removed from a frame at some point) Jack served in the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment and died 3rd May 1917, aged 19. He was the foster son of Mrs H. Beard of Alexandra Cottage, Grays, Essex. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 7.
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HMS Mantua P&O Company Armed Merchant Cruiser WWI DSM Group

HMS Mantua P&O Company Armed Merchant Cruiser WWI DSM Group

£985.00
83466 Chief Leading Fireman George Youngs DSM MMR H.M.S. Mantua -Distinguished Service Medal George V (uncrowned) named G. Youngs CH LG FIRE N MMR. H.M.S. Mantua -1914-15 Star G Youngs FMN MFA -WWI War Medal G Youngs L FMN MFA -Victory Medal G Youngs L FMN MFA Mounted for display in an attractive wood and felt frame. The 1911 census shows George then 29 years old living at 5 Vanguard Street, Deptford with his wife Madeline also 29 years old and their 2 children Amelia and George aged 4 and 2 years respectively. George is recorded as a 'Seaman/Fireman' on the census form. His DSM is recorded in the London Gazette no.30616 as being awarded for service in vessels of the Royal Navy between 1st January and 31st December 1917 whilst serving on H.M.S. Mantua, an armed merchant cruiser. The Mantua was built in 1909 for the P&O Shipping Company for the Australia service. On 5th August 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for service with the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser. She was converted at Liverpool and fitted with eight 4.7" guns and two 6 pounders and formally commissioned as H.M.S. Mantua into the Royal Navy 15th August 1914. She served initially in the Northern Patrol and then in 1915 as a troop ship. In 1917 she was stationed at Plymouth for duties as a Coastal Patrol and escort vessel between the UK and South Africa. During one of these patrols she was involved in an unfortunate maritime incident with The Quillota, a French, 3 masted sailing ship. On the 24th September 1917 she had sailed from St Nazaire for the Australian port of Freemantle. On 6th October she was sailing along the coast of Portugal in poor weather conditions, the lookout brought to the attention of the Officer of the Watch that he had sighted a large fast-moving steam ship heading directly towards them. In the poor weather conditions he considered it was probably an enemy ship and called his crew to battle stations. Both ships exchanged shell fire and The Quillota sustained damage to her hull and rigging and a fire erupted on the bow. The captain ordered the ship to be abandoned. When the unidentified ship approached the lifeboat the French were astonished to discover it was an armed British merchant cruiser H.M.S. Mantua. Both ships had mistakenly believed each other to be there enemy. The incident had the ingredients of a serious diplomatic fall out between the British and French governments. However the Admiralty acted quickly to smooth over any difficulties accepting that H.M.S. Mantua had sunk the French sailing ship by gun fire mistaking her for a German raider. A court of enquiry was conducted by the Admiralty and French Naval Authorities at Dakar. The findings of the court acknowledged that both captains had made mistakes but the probability that H.M.S. Mantua’s captain was more at fault and a formal apology to the French over the sinking was submitted. During 1918 H.M.S. Mantua continued her war-time duties sailing between Cape Town and Sierra Leone. After the Armistice, she was decommissioned in 1920 and returned to P&O. Continuing her commercial service between the UK and Australia until 1935 when she was decommissioned. Condition as shown in photographs
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Miniature WWI/WWII Royal Naval Long Service Medal Group

Miniature WWI/WWII Royal Naval Long Service Medal Group

£55.00
-WWI War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, George V Silver Jubilee Medal, Royal Naval Long Service Medal& Good Conduct Medal George V -WWI War Medal & Long Service Medal quality period examples Mounted for wear Condition as shown in photographs
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Royal Navy WWI Long Service Group H.M.S. Victory

Royal Navy WWI Long Service Group H.M.S. Victory

£175.00
-1914-15 Star named 346238 A.G. Young Shpt. 2 RN -WWI War Medal, WWI Victory Medal named as above -Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal George V named Shpt. 1 H.M.S. Victory Alfred George Young was born at Portsmouth 15th December 1888 and is ranked as a Shipwright on all his medals. He was serving on H.M.S. Victory at the time of the award of his Long Service Medal. Condition as shown in photographs
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South Notts Hussars WWI Trio

South Notts Hussars WWI Trio

£190.00
-1914-15 Star -War Medal -Victory Medal 1523 Pte. G.V. Chadwick S. Notts H.R.S. With original medal boxes and ribbons inside The South Notts Hussars sailed from Avonmouth for service in Egypt 9th April 1915 arriving at Alexandra on 24th April. 18th August 1915 landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, evacuated from Gallipoli December 1915 and returned to Egypt. February 1916 moved to Salonoika until June 1917 returning to Egypt. Served from 4th July 1917 in the Desert Mounted Corps April 1918, merged with the Warwickshire Yeomanry to form B- Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps. In the June 1918 sailed to Italy and moved by train to Etaples renamed the 100th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. Medal index card confirms service with the South Notts Hussars and latterly the Machine Gun Corps. Condition as shown in photographs
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WWI Casualty Trio

WWI Casualty Trio

£115.00
M2/049118, 176th Coy Army Service Corps, Attached 12th Ammunition Sub Park
Pte. John Mc Innes killed in action 11th January 1916
Commemorated Chocques military cemetery and Oban war memorial.
-1914-15 Star
-War Medal
-Victory Medal
Good condition as shown in photographs
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WWI Long Service Group Royal Marine Light Infantry Landed at Ostend 1914/ Service at Jutland

WWI Long Service Group Royal Marine Light Infantry Landed at Ostend 1914/ Service at Jutland

£365.00
-1914 Star August-November Clasp named PO. 8187 Pte. F.J.King RM Brigade -War Medal named RMLI named PO. 8187 Pte. F.J.King -Victory Medal RMLI named PO. 8187 Pte. F.J.King -Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service & Good Conduct Medal George V named PO. 8187 A.1296 F.J.King M.N.E.  R.F.R. Mounted for wear, Victory Medal detached from bar He landed at Ostend in 1914 and later saw service at Jutland. Frederick John King was born at Stonehouse, Devon on 17 November 1881 and enlisted with the Royal Marines on 14 May 1896. He was initially underage and served as a Bugler from 12 June 1896-14 March 1901. He continued to serve seeing a number of postings including Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Malta, before joining the Portsmouth Division where he was serving on the outbreak of the Great War. King was part of the Ostend landing intended to deny the Germans the use of submarine basis on the Belgian Coast. He remained there until 1 September when he was withdrawn, slightly prior to the main withdrawal of the force which occurred at the end of the month. Posted to the light cruiser Inconstant he was present with her at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. There she formed part of the 1st Light Cruise Squadron, twice engaging enemy cruisers during the Battle and witnessing the doomed run of Black Prince and Defence. Remaining with her after the Battle King was posted ashore in 1918 and received his 1914 Star at Gosport in 1919, he was pensioned the following year, sold together with copied paperwork. Condition as shown in photographs
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WWI Mercantile Marine Pair

WWI Mercantile Marine Pair

£90.00
-WWI War Medal -WWI Mercantile Marine Medal Named J. G. Metcalfe. John Gill Metcalfe was born in 1894 in Aberdeen. He served as 4th Engineer during the First World War. Accompanied by documentation confirming medals. Condition as shown in photographs
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WWI Military Cross Queen's Westminster Rifles

WWI Military Cross Queen's Westminster Rifles

£995.00
-WWI Military Cross George V unnamed as issued -WWI War Medal named Major P.L. Cockerill -WWI Victory Medal named Major P.L. Cockerill with MID Oakleaf Mounted in attractive felt and wooden frame. Including ribbon bar. Major P.L Cockerill M.C. 2nd Battalion 16th London Regiment Queen's Westminster Rifles. Percy Lawrence Cockerill was born in 1882. The 1891 census recorded the family as living at 40 Howard House in Westminster. He is listed in the London Gazette 12th March 1912 as being appointed as a Lieutenant in the Queen's Westminster Rifles from 20th January (page 1834). He is shown again in London Gazette same rank September 1914. He was promoted to Captain temporarily 3rd October 1914. London Gazette January 1916 shows him with the same rank. Supplement to the London Gazette April 1917 promotes him to temporary Major. Supplement to the London Gazette 21st November 1917 confirms him as being attached to Headquarter units. Confirmed Military Cross awarded London Gazette 1st January 1919. The Times of London 27th June 1919 confirms his appointment to Messrs. Grenfell & Company Stock Brokers from 1st July. After the War he was involved in a high profile divorce case. Egerton v Egerton and Cockerill (before Mr Justice Hill). In an undefended suit, Major V.C. Egerton sued for divorce from his wife Ivy on the grounds of her adultery with Percy Cockerill a Stock Broker (formerly an Officer in the Army.). The Egertons married June 1903. In October 1914 Egerton introduced Cockerill to his wife and invited him to his house. In October 1918 he came home on leave and found his wife seemed worried and cold to him. While he was staying in Southsea with her he found an affectionate letter from Cockerill dated August 1918. His suspicions were aroused and he tied his wife with infidelity. She assured him there was no cause for anxiety but he spoke to Cockerill and demanded an explanation. In which he assured him that their relations were perfectly innocent. In November 1918, he was deployed to Salonika. At some point he received a letter from Cockerill in which he said 'I fully realise how great my sin is...suffering to a man especially to a man, guilty of such a crime which I am not to be considered but one must think of Ivy in this respect. One thing you may be certain of on your return that you will find our lives just as harmless as when you went away.' On his return from Salonika and Palestine, he took his wife and children on holiday to Southsea. During August he was obliged to return to London for a few days and afterwards discovered that Cockerill had taken advantage of his absence to go to Southsea to commit adultery with his wife. At this point he consulted a solicitor. Mr Justice Hill assessed damages at £2000 and he pronounced the Decree Nisi with full costs against Cockerill and Egerton the custody of the 2 children. He ordered that the damages to be paid into court within 14 days. The above details are from the High Court, court minutes, petition filed 28th October 1919, Degree Nici issued 20th May 1920 confirmed 20th November 1920. Egerton had claimed £5000 damages. He appears to have continued to be a Stock Broker until his retirement October 1950. During WWI he served in the 2nd Battalion 16th London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles in the 179th Brigade 2/2nd London division.) The 2/2nd London Division was formed from the Home Service of the Territorial Force. Percy arrived in France on 22nd June 1916 with the rank of captain. His address at the time was recorded as 3 London Wall buildings, London EC2. He was awarded the Military Cross London Gazette 1st January 1919 and was twice mentioned in Dispatches London Gazette 28th November 1917 and 14th June 1918. In civilian life he was a Stock Broker. With copy research and London Gazette entries. Condition as shown in photographs
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