June 2018 Auction List – Closes at 5Pm on Monday 25Th June (Lots Closing in Order, with a 30 Second Interval from This Time)
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June 2018 Auction List – Closes at 5pm on Monday 25th June (lots closing in order, with a 30 second interval from this time) • Should you wish to bid via email rather than the live bidding facility please email us at [email protected] by 4pm on Monday 25th June. • 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, and that the final lot descriptions occasionally change (saleroom notices), and that the description on the live website will always take precedent. Part 1 of a Collection of Officer Casualties. 1. A Scarce Casualty British War Medal to 2nd Lieutenant C.E.P. Ballard of 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. British War Medal named to 2nd Lieutenant C.E.P. Ballard. Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Penfold Ballard was killed in action on 10th March 1918, whilst serving with 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, aged 49, he is buried at Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux. Ballard was born on 1st November 1867 the son of George Henry Ballard and his wife Sarah, he had worked as a clerk for The London County and Westminster Bank at the London Holland Park Branch, he left his position at the bank to join the Army in December 1916, and first went to France in August 1917, before being killed on 10th March 1918. https://www.rbsremembers.com/remembers/our- fallen/b/charles-ballard.html . With folder of research including service papers, notification of his burial from the War Office, and copy war diaries, in which the entry for 10th March 1918 covers a raid on German trenches, Ballard appears to have been killed whilst trying to retrieve the wounded from no-mans land after the raid under heavy machine gun fire. A scarce Welsh Guards Officer Casualty Medal. Toned, Nearly extremely fine £80-100 2. An Emotive Victory Medal to Major J.R. Young, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry who was severely wounded on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, when Serjeant Turnbull of the Battalion won the Victoria Cross. Victory Medal named to Major J.R. Young. Major John Robson Young, born on 15th April 1871, a British born citizen, and resident of 8 Claremont Terrace, Glasgow, he spent 1 ½ years in South Africa serving in command of 1st Scottish Rifle Volunteers, before later in the Great War serving with the 17th (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Entered France on 23rd November 1915, so additionally entitled to a 1914-15 Star and British War Medal. John Robson was in command of ‘B’ Company, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 1st July 1916 (First Day of the Battle of the Somme) when he was wounded in action, this is confirmed in his papers by a note confirming that he left his unit on 1st July 1916, embarked for England on 3rd July, and disembarked on 5th July. A statement is made by a Captain Gillies, Royal Army Medical Corps, noting Young as wounded 1.7.16, by gun shot wound to lower jaw, upper lip and teeth, the bullet entering through the right side of his neck into the upper part of his jaw and teeth, his jaw being splinted and his lip being moulded back together. The 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, attacked Leipzig Trench (and took it) in the area around Authuile and Thiepval on the morning of 1st July, in the first hour and a half of their advance the Battalion suffered casualties of 22 officers and 400 other ranks, the Battalion was unable to make a further advance on that day due to the extensive casualties suffered. 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, received its first Victoria Cross on this day, when Sergeant James Yuill Turnbull, who later in the day was killed, was awarded the VC ‘ For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when having with his party captured a post apparently of great importance to the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter-attacks, which were continuous throughout the whole day. Although his party were wiped out and replaced several times during the day, Serjeant Turnbull never wavered in his determination to hold the post, the loss of which would have been very serious. Almost, single-handed, he maintained his position, and displayed the highest degree of valour and skill in the performance of his duties. Later in the day this very gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing a counter-attack from the parados of our trench.’ Serjeant Turnbull VC is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile. With research, including a photocopied head and shoulders shot of Young, copy papers, copy medal index card, copy Record of War Service of 17th Highland Light Infantry, and copy medical notes. Generally very fine £100-125 3. An emotive Victory Medal to 2nd Lieutenant E.B. Boothby, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade who was killed in action during an attack at Ovillers on 10th July 1916, an attack which only happened as the orders cancelling it were not received by his Battalion in time. Victory Medal named to 2nd Lieutenant E.B. Boothby. Ernest Brooke Boothby, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade was killed in action on 10th July 1916. He was educated at Cheltenham. He was the husband of Mary S.H. Boothby and lived at 11 Bryanston Square, London. W1. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., in September 1914 and was commissioned in the 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade on 30th December 1914. He accompanied the Battalion to France in ‘C’ Company in 1915 and was killed in action 10th July 1916 at Ovillers when, disastrously, the battalion attacked without support when orders cancelling the attack failed to reach them. ‘Boothby was an officer long remembered for his monocle, his breezy language and his sheer inability to ‘crime’ the worst offender. What a blow his death was on the Somme to all the survivors of his platoon’. He is erroneously commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.’ An excerpt from a book titled ‘For the Duration’ tells the story how ‘One very dark night 2nd Lieut E.B. Boothby fell off the sandbags into sumphole and on clambering out, half blinded with mud, found a gleaming bayonet within an inch of his tummy. It is difficult to say which was the more scared, officer or sentry. At any rate, recognition led to an outburst of mutual swearing, but happily a condition of ‘good order and military discipline’ was soon restored on ‘C’ Company’s front. Boothby was an officer long remembered for his monocle, his breezy language and his sheer inability to crime the worst offender. What a blow his death was on the Somme to all the survivors of his platoon, including the devoted batman with whom he had violent quarrels, followed each time by complete reconciliation and stronger friendship.’. Good very fine £70-90 4. A Memorial Plaque to 2nd Lieutenant H.V. Fanshawe, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Memorial Plaque named to Harvey Vernon Fanshawe. Second Lieutenant Harvey Vernon Fanshawe, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. The son of John Charles and Agnes Rosalie Fanshawe died of wounds on 11th October 1917, two days after receiving them. Fanshawe is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery. Aged 26, Fanshawe was the son of the late F.C. Fanshawe of the Burma Police, and the late Mrs. Fanshawe. Educated at Stanmore Park and Bedford Grammar School, he entered the firm of Messrs Bulloch Bros, and went to Burma in 1912. He resigned his appointment, came home, joined the Artists Officer Training Corps, and received a commission in the Irish Guards. He was seriously wounded on October 11 and died the same day. ‘During the time he had been in the regiment he had won the affection of his brother officers, and his zeal and efficiency had gained for him the highest opinion of his commanding officer.’ With copy papers including casualty reports and details of his burial. Nearly extremely fine £140-160 5. A Memorial Plaque to 2nd Lieutenant J.W. Dame, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, who was killed on 27th November 1917 during the Battalion’s attack on Bourlon Wood. Memorial Plaque named to John William Malvern Dame. 2nd Lieutenant John William Dame, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Listed as Missing believed Killed on 27th November 1917, he is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial. He was the son of J.M. Dame, Esq, of Marine Manor, Marine Lines, Bombay, he had been born in Karachi, then in British India, he had attended Downside School, Stratton-On-The-Fosse, near Bath, while his father was the Manager of Standard Oil Company.. This date saw an attack by the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards at Bourlon Wood, a devastating defeat which saw exceptionally heavy casualties when the Germans counter-attacked getting into the British rear lines, and forcing the remainder of the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards to withdraw in ‘every man for himself’ fashion through the Germans, sometimes taking Prisoners at other times being taken Prisoner themselves, well over 300 casualties were received by the Battalion on this day. With copy papers and copies of correspondence between Dame’s father and the War Office firstly trying to establish what had happened, and then requesting that the War Office leave the case open until such time as he can return to the UK from India. Nearly extremely fine £140-160 6. A Memorial Plaque to 2nd Lieutenant T.B. Wilson, Irish Guards, who was killed by a shell at Canada Farm, near Ypres on 18th July 1917. Memorial Plaque named to Tom Bonhote Wilson.