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April 2018 Auction List – Closes at 9pm on Thursday 19th April. • Should you wish to bid via email rather than the live bidding facility please email us at [email protected] by 8pm on Thursday 19th April. • If you are downloading this list early in the sale, please note that many further pictures will be added to the site in due course. • All information on the website will take preference to that on this document, as the site can be updated during the course of the auction with saleroom notices / further information. 1. Military General Service Medal 1848, four clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Orthes, and Toulouse, named to M. Donoghue, 42nd Foot. Michael Donoghue, born Kiimain, Cork,. Served 20th January 1795 to 20th August 1802 in Loyal Inverness Fencible Highlanders. Re- enlisted in 42nd at Balana, 7th September 1806 for 7 years. Joined 1st Battalion, stationed at Gibraltar, March 1808, present at Corruna, 16th January 1809, Embarked with Battalion for England, 19th January 1809. Left sick at Canterbury, and in Hospital when Battalion embarked for Walcheren Expedition, 16th July 1809. Rejoined Battalion at Musselburgh on its return to England, 17th July 1810. Arrived in Portugal with Battalion, 29th April 1812. Left sick at Penasanda, June 1812, but rejoined Battalion for Salamanca 22nd July 1812, re-enlisted in March 1813. Sick during December 1813, but rejoined for Orthes 27th February 1813, and Toulouse 10th April 1814. Returned with Battalion from France, embarking 21st June 1814 at Bordeaux. Service with Battalion in Ireland at Kilkenny, until it embarked for Flanders, served with Battalion in Ireland at Kilkenny, until it embarked for Flanders, 9th May 1815, when left sick with Depot at Cork. Rejoined Battalion at Edinburgh, on its return from France 8th March 1816, and transferred to 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion stationed at Edinburgh, which disbanded in May/July 1816. Nearly extremely fine £1,700-2,000 2. Afghanistan Medal 1842, reverse Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued. Good very fine £375-425 3. Baltic Medal, with replacement loop suspender (see images), unnamed as issued. Generally very fine £60-80 4. Crimea Medal, clasp Sebastopol, officially impressed to R. SANDFORD, 57th REGT. With original ribbon. Sold together with digital copies of Census returns; digital copies of his British Army Service papers; digital photographs of some Muster Roll entries; digital copies of Medal Rolls; digital copies of Discharge records and digital copy of Marriage certificate.Robert Sandford was born in Holkham, Wells, Norfolk during 1828, the son of John and May Sandford. Whilst an 18 year old Labourer, he attested to join the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment, at Little Walshingham, Norfolk on 9th May, 1846. 1922 Private Sandford was tried by Regimental Court Martial on 6th February, 1851, for drunkenness and making his escape. Sandford was sentenced to 21days imprisonment with Hard Labour. He served abroad in Corfu for 2 years and 7 months; Malta for 1 month; and with the Expeditionary Army in the East (Crimea)for 5 months. Sandford was discharged, at Chatham, Kent, on 14th October, 1856, after serving 10 Years 93 days. He had been found unfit for further service owing to poor eye sight. The vision in his right eye was impaired by sand being blown into the eye whilst on service in the Crimea during October, 1855. Robert married Jemina Thompson at Warham by the Sea, North Norfolk, on 23rd October, 1856. By 1861, he was an Agricultural Labourer living on the Road to Wells, Norfolk with his Wife and 2 children. Toned, Extremely fine £275-325 5. Crimea Medal, no clasp, named in engraved style (see images) to H. Walker, Ry Albert. Mounted for display. Some contact wear, Very fine £60-80 6. India General Service Medal 1854, clasp Umbeyla named to 338 M. Ford, H.M. 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment. With copy medal roll, Good very fine £210-250 7. Indian Mutiny Medal, clasp Central India named to Robert Kirwan, 83rd Regiment. Suspender loose, needs re-pinning (you can currently slide it around the disc). Generally very fine £360-400 8. Indian Mutiny Medal no clasp, impressed CORPL Wm GREAVES, 37th REGT. With original ribbon. Sold together with digital copies of Census returns; digital copies of marriage certificates; digital photographs of Muster Roll entries; digital copies of Pension details; digital copy of Death Certificate; digital copy of Probate Calendar entry; and digital photograph of his Grave. William Greaves was born, in Repton, Derbyshire, on 24th December, 1835, the son of Joseph Greaves, a basket maker, and Hannah Greaves. By 1851, He was an agricultural labourer working on a 121 acre farm at Burnaston, Derbyshire. William enlisted in the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment, at Liverpool, on 19th September, 1857. 42 Private Greaves, 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment, was transferred on 12th January, 1858, from the Regimental Depot, at Colchester, to the Service Companies in India, seeing active service during the Indian Mutiny. By 1861, he had been promoted to Corporal, stationed at Raglan Barracks, Plymouth. William married Eliza Henderson, at the Stoke Damerel Parish Church in Devon, on 25th September, 1861.Sergeant Greaves was transferred to the unattached list – Barrack Department on 9th May, 1870. Barrack Sergeant William Greaves, a widower, married Margaret McGovern, at Bareilly, India, on 24th April, 1874. He was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24th November, 1876 receiving the LSGC gratuity on 12th March, 1877. William was appointed Sub Conductor on 7th May, 1883. Sub Conductor Greaves, Military Works Department, was “invalided” on 27th February, 1885, with a pension of £72.0.0 per Annum. He had served 21 years 88 days in India and 6 years 76 days in England. Of this service 12 years 47 days was Regimental service and 15 years 117 days was Departmental service. William Greaves died on 3rd December, 1900 in Gisborne Street, Derby. Edge-knocks and a few scratches to the Queen’s face, Nearly extremely fine £285-325 9. Indian Mutiny Medal, no clasp to Drummer D. McGuire, 29th Regiment. Daniel McGuire was born in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland, and attested for service with the British Army at Edinburgh on 21st August 1841 when agedc 14, joining as a Private (No.1575) the 29th Worcestershire Regiment of Foot. McGuire went on to serve for 21 years, of which 17 years and 1 month was spent overseas, being sent for garrison duty in Mauritius in 1842, and then on to India, where he was present during the First Sikh War in the Sutlej Campaign of 1845 to 1846, being present in action at the battle of Ferozeshuhur from 21st to 22nd December 1845, and then battle of Sobraon on 10th February 1846, where his regiment suffered 186 casualties out of 552 men present, followed by the Second Sikh War in the Punjab Campaign of 1848 to 1849, where he was present in action at the battle of Chilianwala on 13th January 1849, and the battle of Goojerat on 21st February 1849. Ten days later the regiment was with the force which occupied Lahore thus ending the war. McGuire then saw service during the Indian Mutiny, his regiment having been in fact garrisoned in Burma for most of the mutiny, however some 326 men were used to keep open the Grand Trunk Road during the mutiny, and McGuire was one of these men who formed the detachment given this task, as a result of which he received the medal. During his career, McGuire had originally been promoted to Drummer back on 1st April 1842, but reverted to Private on 14th October 1843, and was then appointed to Drummer again on 8th May 1844. Promoted to Corporal on 1st March 1851, he was then tried by Regimental Court Martial on 2nd July 1851, being convicted of drunkenness, and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks and to thirty days imprisonment. Once again appointed to Drummer on 22nd July 1851, he then once again tried by Regimental Court Martial and sentence to forty days imprisonment for drunkenness on 17th May 1854, though his sentence was remitted on 7th June 1854, and he then continued as a Drummer for the remainder of his career. His pension records also state that he served as a Trumpeter for 10 years of his service, and was discharged on 31st October 1865. Good very fine £280-330 10. Indian Mutiny Medal, clasp Lucknow, named to Hy Jenkins, 97th Foot. Henry Jenkins, with copy medal roll, confirming entitlement to Lucknow clasp. Medal has been made into a menu holder, please see website photographs. Some contact wear, and edge-bruising, Very fine £225-275 11. Abyssinia Medal, reverse named in correct embossed style to 676 Corporal J. Charleston, 26th Regiment. 26th Regiment was the Cameronians. With copy service papers from Alloa in Clackmannanshire. Generally very fine £275-325 12. Canada General Service Medal, clasp Fenian Raid 1866, named to 1428 Private J. d, 4th Rifle Brigade. Only 175 such medals to the Regiment, unresearched. Nearly extremely fine £460-500 13. Afghanistan Medal 1878, clasp Ahmed Khel to 1035 Private J. Anderson, 59th Foot. (2nd Nottinghamshires). Good very fine £270-320 14. Egypt Medal, dated reverse, three clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884 and El-Teb_Tamaai named to 1111 Private P. Keegan, 1st Gordon Highlanders. With research, Keegan was regularly imprisoned during his service usually for Drunkenness, from Kildare, Ireland, he enlisted in the British Army, 8th December 1862, discharged 29th December 1885. Some light pitting, presumably from a Khedives Star, thus Generally very fine £360-400 15. Khedives Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued. Generally very fine £30-40 16.
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