The Gallantry Gazette APRIL 2020 The magazine for collectors Issue 29

VCC001 £90 £30 per month for 3 months 11/05/1980 Wing Commander R F Martin OBE DFC AFC tribute signed James Power Carne VC DSO plus 1 other.

VCC015 £40 £20 per month for 2 months 03/09/1983 First Bomber Command Operation over Germany: The First Leaflet Raid signed Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO & Two Bars DFC.

£50 per month for 5 months VCB026 £250 24/03/1979 Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, Through by Sgt. Franc P. Martin R.E. 1915 signed Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett VC.

VCC021 £150 £15 per month for 10 months 31/05/1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II signed Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO & Two Bars.

£50 per month for 7 months VCC030 £350 A selection of Zeebrugge (1918) Association Re-Union Dinner menus, one has been signed by Alfred Francis Carpenter VC. VCE006 £75 £25 per month for 3 months 11/09/1990 The Life and Times of Queen Victoria signed Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC.

VCC070 £175 £35 per month for 5 months 10/04/1984 The Award of the Air Force Cross signed Arthur Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE plus others.

VCG031 £40 £10 per month for 4 months 16/05/1998 The Windsor Victoria Cross Exhibition signed Philip Gardner VC MC.

VCH015 £250 £25 per month for 10 months 26/07/1968 Royal Tournament Earls Court , Navy Army Air Force, Royal Engineers Postal Service to HM Forces signed Albert Hill VC.

VCJ005 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 08/05/1970 25th Anniversary of V-E Day Royal Air Force Benson cover signed David Auldgo Jamieson VC CVO.

VCK002C £85 £42.50 per month for 2 months 06/05/1995 50th Anniversary of the End of World War II Fiji first day cover signed VC.

VCL016B £100 £10 per month for 10 months 11/09/1990 Salute To The Brave Battle of Britain signed Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC plus 1 other.

VCK037 £40 VCK020 £35 £10 per month £17.50 per month for 2 months for 4 months 02/05/1995 50th Anniversary VE Day Daily Express 01/02/2000 1943 Pacific The signed John Patrick Kenneally VC. signed John Patrick Kenneally VC.

2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf GG29 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] VCL017 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 04/09/1990 Salute To the Brave The Battle of Britain signed Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC plus 1 other. awarded for gallantry “in the presence of to the enemy” members of the British Armed Forces since 1857. The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It has been THE VICTORIA CROSS

VCP015 £30 £15 per month for 2 months VCL020 £30 £10 per month for 3 months 02/05/1995 50th 12/08/1982 First Victoria Cross Awarded to a Pilot of Anniversary of Victory Bomber Command signed Roderick Alastair Brook In Europe Day triple Learoyd VC plus 1 other. postmarked coin cover signed Patrick Porteous VC.

VCP026 £40 £10 per month for 4 months 06/06/1984 40th Anniversary of D-Day signed Patrick Porteous VC.

VCP041 £165 £15 per month for 11 months 15/08/1972 No 9 Squadron Royal Air Force 30th Anniversary of the Formation of the Pathfinder Force signed Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC CB CVO DSC

VCR003N £25 £12.50 per month VCR002 £75 £25 per month for 3 months for 2 months 13/09/1965 Battle of Britain 1940 GPO first day signed 09/05/1981 Caterpillar William Reid VC plus 1 other. Club cover signed William Reid VC.

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£12.50 per month for 2 months 06/09/1975 The Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Flight RAF Stafford Open Day signed William Reid VC.

VCSET01 £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months 08/05/1995 Set of 6 Victory in Europe covers, each signed by a different Victoria Cross hero:-

The Africa Star - Philip Gardner VC MC

VCT013 £95 £19 per month for 5 months The Italy Star - John Patrick Kenneally VC

01/06/1978 Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron The Air Crew Europe Star - William Reid VC No. 40 (Transport) Squadron RNZAF signed Leonard Henry Trent VC DFC. The 1939 – 1945 Star - Richard Wallace Annand VC ERD DL

The Atlantic Star - John Cruickshank VC

The France and Germany Star - Patrick Porteous VC

VCT014 £75 £25 per month for 3 months 25/05/1978 Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron No. 6 (Maritime) Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. signed Leonard Henry Trent VC DFC.

£50 per month for 4 months VCU001 £200 08/05/1980 35th Anniversary of V-E Day signed Charles Hazlitt Upham VC & Bar.

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£22.50 per month for 10 months 07/11/1984 Military History Stamp Issue New Zealand Post Office first day cover signed Charles Hazlitt

Upham VC & Bar. Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. the VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the THE VICTORIA CROSS

VCW010 £60 £10 per month for 6 months 06/09/1978 60th Anniversary of the VC Award to VCZ2041 £100 £20 per month for 5 months Captain FMF West tribute signed Ferdinand Maurice 13/09/1965 The Battle of Britain 25th Anniversary with The White Cliffs of Felix West VC CBE MC. Dover image signed William Reid VC, John Cruickshank VC plus others.

VCX0002 £495 £41.25 per month for 12 months 28/05/1990 Invasion of Belgium signed:- Richard Wallace Annand VC ERD DL Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC Eric Wilson VC Thomas William Gould VC William Reid VC John Daniel Hinton VC Philip Gardner VC MC Edward Kenna VC Richard Henry Burton VC

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BC006B £75 10/04/2001 The Royal Navy Submarine Museum signed Ian Fraser.

BC013A £60 22/10/2001 The Royal Navy Submarine Museum signed Ian Fraser.

BC211S4 £60 12/10/2004 150th Ann of the Crimean War signed William Speakman. BC242JS £50 BC211P £40 29/01/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Signed Cross signed Eric Wilson & Ian Fraser. .

BC242MS £40 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the first presentation of the Victoria Cross signed William Speakman.

BC242AS £50 Flexi-pay available on all items! 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signed No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months . BC242AS3 £50 Signed Tulbahadur Pun.

BC242S2 £50 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signed Sir . BC242MAS1 £50 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the first presentation of the BC242S13 £50 Signed Tulbahadur Pun. Victoria Cross signed & Stuart Archer GC. BC242MAS2 £50 BC242S £50 Signed Keith Payne. Signed Sir Tasker Watkins & Stuart BC242S1 £50 Signed Edward Kenna. Archer GC.

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10/04/2001 The Royal Navy Submarine Museum signed Ian Fraser.

BC242S4 £70 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signed Awang anak Raweng GC (Rt), John Bridge GC GM and Bar & Keith Payne. BC242S7 £125 £25 per month over 5 months 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross (our choice) signed .

BC242S10 £65 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signed Keith Payne & Mark Donaldson. BC242S11 £65 Signed Mark Donaldson & Edward Kenna.

BC242S14 £70 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signed Ian Fraser, Eric Wilson, Keith Payne & .

BC242S15 £300 £50 per month over 6 months 21/09/2006 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross signature inserted of Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White VC GCMG GCVO.

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BC242PSBS £135 £27 per month over 5 months 21/092006 Set of 4 150th Ann of the Victoria Cross covers, different postmarks & different signatures. Signatures included are Sir Tasker Watkins & Harwood Henry Flintoff GC, Arthur Butson GC OMM CD and Bar, John Bridge GC GM and Bar.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 28/05/1990 Invasion of Belgium cover signed:- Patrick Porteous VC William Reid VC Eric Wilson VC John Daniel Hinton VC Thomas William Gould VC Philip Gardner VC MC Edward Kenna VC Richard Wallace Annand VC ERD DL Richard Henry Burton VC Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC

£49.50 per month for 10 months VCZ161A £495

VCZ3007 £150 £15 per month for 10 months VCZ2034 £150 £50 per month for 3 months 11/09/1990 The Spirit of Britain Churchill signed Rambahadur Limbu 29/05/1968 GPO First Day signed William Reid VC, John Cruickshank VC VC MVO, Bill Henry “Willie” Apiata VC, Edward Kenna VC plus others. plus others.

VCZ3008 £170 £21.25 per month for 8 months 01/07/1996 75th Anniversary of the Royal British Legion signed Richard Wallace Annand VC ERD DL, Eric Wilson VC, John Patrick Kenneally VC plus others.

£25 per month for 4 months VCZ3044 £100 11/09/1990 50th Anniversary Battle of Britain Biggin Hill signed William Reid VC, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC, Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC plus others.

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£25 per month for 5 months 16/03/1989 Sergeant Luke O’Connor Awarded VC at Battle of the Alma 20 September 1854 signed John Daniel Hinton VC, William Speakman-Pitt VC and Tasker Watkins VC GBE DL. SinceSince then then there there have have been been 295 ‘posthumous’ 295 ‘posthumous’ Victoria Victoria Crosses. Crosses. From 1902 the Victoria Cross started to be awarded ‘posthumously’. THE VICTORIA CROSS

VCZ3053 £300 £30 per month for 10 months 29/06/1979 120th Anniversary of the Canterbury Regiment signed Charles Hazlitt Upham VC & Bar, Alfred Clive VC and John Daniel Hinton VC.

VCZ3055 £85

£21.25 per month for 4 months 06/07/1983 101st Anniversary of the Formation of the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers signed Philip Gardner VC MC, Eric Wilson VC, John Daniel Hinton VC plus others.

VCZ3095 £150 £75 per month for 2 months 21/06/1988 Australian Bicentenary signed Arthur Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE, Edward Kenna VC and Keith Payne VC AM. 01303 278137

£42.50 per month for 2 months VCZ3105 £85 06/11/1969 Gibraltar Military Uniforms The Royal Engineers 1786 signed Edward Kenna VC, John Patrick Kenneally VC and Gerard Ross Norton VC MM.

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£50 per month for 3 months VCZ5004 £150 01/04/1998 80th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force signed Patrick Porteous VC, Eric Wilson VC, Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP, Philip Gardner VC MC and John Patrick Kenneally VC.

VCZ5006 £200 £20 per month for 10 months 06/07/1983 The Royal Green Jackets signed Edward Kenna VC, Keith Payne VC AM, Eric Wilson VC, Philip Gardner VC MC and Ali Haidar VC.

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VCZ5013 £250 £50 per month for 5 months 11/09/1990 Awarded For Gallantry signed Patrick Porteous VC, John Daniel Hinton VC, Edward Kenna VC, Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC, Eric Wilson VC plus others.

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VCZ5014 £200 £50 per month for 4 months 06/07/1983 The official Army first day signed Eric Wilson VC, Keith Payne VC AM, John Daniel Hinton VC, Edward Kenna VC, Philip Gardner VC MC plus 1 other. 01303 278137

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VCZ7022 £150 £50 per month for 3 months 05/03/1981 St. Kitts official first day signed Thomas William Gould VC, John Patrick Kenneally VC, Edward Kenna VC, Patrick Porteous VC, Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP, Eric Wilson VC and Ganju Lama VC MM.

£50 per month for 5 months VCZ7023 £250 06/06/1983 The British Army Royal Mail signed Keith Payne VC AM, Edward Kenna VC, Eric Wilson VC, Patrick Porteous VC, Philip Gardner VC MC, John Daniel Hinton VC, Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC plus others.

VCZ7024 £75

£25 per month for 3 months 19/11/1980 60th Anniversary of the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS) signed Philip Gardner VC MC, Edward Kenna VC, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC, Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC, Eric Wilson VC, Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP and William Reid VC. £85 per month for 7 months VCZ8003 £595 25/08/1971 50th Anniversary of the Royal British Legion signed Tul Bahadur Pun VC, Agansing Rai VC, Lachhiman Gurung VC, Bhanbhagta Gurung VC, Umrao Singh VC, Keith Payne VC AM, John Patrick Kenneally VC and Edward Kenna VC.

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