The Gallantry Gazette JULY 2016 The magazine for Victoria Cross collectors Issue 13 VCA012 £60 Victory In Europe cover with Isle of Man stamp & postmarked 1995, signed by VC winner, Richard Annand. Don’t forget to ask us about Flexi Pay! VCC073 £125 £25 per month for 5 months Roden Cutler VC signed Birth Centenary VCZ071 £225 £25 per month for 9 months of Field Marshal Sir 1982 New Zealand Armistice Day cover, Signed by VC Thomas Blamey 1984 winners, Cpl C R G Bassett, Sgt J D Hinton and Captain C mint cover, also signed H Upham, plus the facsimile signatures of Sgt A Hulme, Sgt by Edward Kenna VC. H Laurent and Sgt K Elliott. VCK028 £200 £100 per month for 2 months Major Cecil Knox VC (1888 - 1943), signed piece (21cm x 14cm). VCG017 £35 Operation Crusader cover with BFPO postmark issued 1991, signed by VC winner, Philip Gardner. VCU001 £200 £50 per month for 4 months VCMS001 £225 £25 per month for 9 months Captain Charles Upham VC/Bar signed 1980 New Zealand Pat Porteous VC, Eric Wilson VC, Ervine Andrews VC, Jack Hinton VC, Stuart 35th Anniversary of VE Day Cover. Archer GC, Bob Awcock MM, Alastair Pearson DSO, Brigadier Hill DSO, Sir Napier Crookenden DSO signed Benham Gallantry FDC. VICTORIA CROSS CENTENARY PROGRAMME FRONT £129.50 per month for VCZ7019 £1295 10 months 26 June 1956 Hyde Park Victoria Cross Centenary Programme signed by VC winners, Thomas Steele, William Butler, Wilfred Edwards, Alfred Knight, Henry Murray, Arthur Proctor & Percy Storkey. Comes with small write up of each VC winner BACK Sergeant Thomas Steele, 1891-1978, 1st Bn., The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany’s) VC Mesopotamia 1917 Private William Boynton Butler, 1894-1972, 17th Bn., The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s Own), attd. 106th T.M. Bty VC France 1917 Private (later Captain) Wilfred Edwards, 1893-1972, 7th Bn., The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry VC Belgium 1917 Sergeant (later Second Lieutenant) Alfred Knight, 1888-1960, 2/8th (City of London) Bn., The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) VC Belgium 1917 Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel) Henry William Murray, 1884-1966, 13th Bn., (N.S.W.), Australian Imperial Force VC France 1917 Private (later The Reverend) Arthur Herbert Proctor, 1890-1973, 1/5th Bn., The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment VC France 1916 Lieutenant (later Captain) Percy Valentine Storkey, 1893-1969, 19th Bn., (N.S.W.), Australian Imperial Force VC France 1918 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf GG13 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] VICTORIA CROSS CENTENARY PROGRAMME FRONT £399.50 per month for VCXX0002 £3995 10 months 26 June 1956 Hyde Park Victoria Cross Centenary programme signed by VC winners, Rai, Haidar, Booth, Borella, Carmichael, Davies, Day, Fuller, Ghale, Lama, Gian Singh, Greaves, Hamilton, Hulme, Hunter, Ishar Singh, Johnson, Ram, Kerr, Lewis, Moyney, Jadav, Bhagat, Proctor, Rees, Ryder, Tilston, Unrao Singh, Wood, Wright & Parkash Singh. INSIDE Naik (later Honorary Lieutenant) Agansing Rai, 1920-2000, A/Lieutenant Colonel (later Major-General) 2nd Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army VC Burma 1944 Dudley Graham Johnson, 1884-1975, Sepoy (later Havildar) Ali Haidar, 1913-1999, The South Wales Borderers, comd. 2nd Bn., 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army VC Italy 1945 The Royal Sussex Regiment VC France 1918 Sergeant (later Captain) Frederick Charles Booth, 1890-1960, Sepoy (later Subadar) Kamal Ram, 1924-1982, British South African Police, attd. Rhodesia 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army VC Italy 1944 Native Infantry VC E Africa 1917 Private John Chipman Kerr, 1887-1963, 49th Bn., Alberta Regiment, C.E.F. VC France 1916 Lieutenant (later Captain) Albert Chalmers Borella, 1881-1968, Private Hubert William Lewis, 1896-1977, 26th Bn., (Q. and T.), Australian Imperial Force VC France 1918 11th Bn., The Welch Regiment VC Salonica 1916 Sergeant John Carmichael, 1893-1977, Lance-Sergeant (later Sergeant) John Moyney, 1885-1980, 9th Bn., The North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Bn., Irish Guards VC Belgium 1917 (The Prince of Wales’s) VC Belgium 1917 Sepoy (later Havildar) Namdeo Jadav, 1921-1984, Corporal (later Staff-Sergeant) Joseph John Davies, 1889-1976, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, Indian Army VC Italy 1945 10th Bn., The Royal Welch Fusiliers VC France 1916 Second Lieutenant (later Lieutenant General) Corporal Sidney James Day, 1891-1959, Premindra Singh Bhagat, 1918-1975, 11th Bn., The Suffolk Regiment VC France 1917 Corps of Indian Engineers, attd. Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners VC Lance-Corporal (later Sergeant) William Charles Fuller, 1884-1974, Abbysinia 1941 2nd Bn., The Welch Regiment VC France 1914 Private (later The Reverend) Arthur Herbert Proctor, 1890-1973, Havildar (later Honorary Captain) Gaje Ghale, 1922-2000, 1/5th Bn., The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment VC France 1916 2nd Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army VC Burma 1943 Sergeant (later Company Sergeant-Major) Ivor Rees, 1893-1967, Rifleman (later Honorary Captain) Ganju Lama, 1922-2000, 11th Bn., The South Wales Borderers VC Belgium 1917 1st Bn., 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army VC Burma 1944 Private (later Sergeant) Robert Edward Ryder, 1895-1978, Naik Gian Singh, 1920-1996, 12th Bn., The Middlesex Regiment 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army VC Burma 1945 (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) VC France 1916 A/Corporal (later Sergeant) Fred Greaves, 1890-1973, A/Major Frederick Albert Tilston, 1906-1992, The Essex-Scottish Regiment, 9th Bn., The Sherwood Foresters VC Belgium 1917 Canadian Infantry Corps VC Germany 1945 A/Lance-Corporal (later Sergeant) John Brown Hamilton, 1896-1973, Havildar (later Subadar-Major) Umrao Singh, 1920-2005, 1/9th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry VC Belgium 1917 Royal Indian Artillery VC Burma 1944 Sergeant Alfred Clive Hulme, 1911-1982, Private Wilfred Wood, 1897-1982, 23rd Bn., 2nd N.Z.E.F. (The Canterbury Regiment) VC Crete 1941 10th Bn., The Northumberland Fusiliers VC Italy 1918 Corporal (later Sergeant) David Ferguson Hunter, 1891-1965, Company Sergeant-Major Peter Harold Wright, 1916-1990, 1/5th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry VC France 1918 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards VC Italy 1943 Sepoy (later Captain) Ishar Singh, 1895-1963, Havildar (later Major) Parkash Singh, 1913-1991, 28th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army VC India 1921 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army VC Burma 1943 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 VCW034 £25 Christmas 1914 Truce In The Trenches cover postmarked Christmas 2010 signed by VC winner, Eric Wilson. VCL014 £30 Battle of Britain - The Major Assault cover with BFPO postmark dated 7 April 1990, signed by VC winner Rod Learoyd. VCP014 £50 Victory In Europe cover with Isle of Man stamp & postmark dated 8 May 1995 signed by VC winner, Pat Porteous. VCX4001 £295 £59 per month for 5 months Victoria Cross card signed by T Watkins, I Fraser, E Wilson, P Porteous, D Jamieson, J Kenneally, W Reid, R Learoyd, L Cheshire, H Ervine-Andrews, P Gardner, R Annand, J Cruickshank & R Burton (Eric Wormold produced cover). VCXX0001 £895 £179 per month for 5 months The Defence Medal cover BFPO pmk 01/09/1988, signed by T Watkins, W Sidney, P Gardner, H Foote, I Fraser, D Jamieson, R Annand, L Cheshire, R Burton, P Porteous + more (Eric Wormold produced cover). VCX001 £50 Philip Gardner VC. VCZ020V £195 £39 per month for 5 months 1974 Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill cover signed by Ian Fraser VC and Godfrey Place VC. 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf GG13 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] VCP009 £25 The Victoria Cross Benham cover with set of stamps & postmarked London SW 1990 signed by VC winner, Keith Payne. VCL008 £25 50th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain cover with set of INSIDE Gallantry stamps & postmarked 1990 signed by VC winner, Rod Learoyd. VCE030 £75 Sir Hughie Edwards VC, signed 60th Anniversary of VCW040 £295 Qantas cover. FRONT £59 per month for 5 months Sir Evelyn Wood VC, signed handwritten letter on paper with embossed crest at the top. The medal was awarded in 1858 for action at Sinaho, India. VCN003 £75 Gerald Ross Norton, signed plain card, ideal for framing. VCG040 £175 £35 per month for 5 months Gaja Ghale VC, Ian Fraser VC, Rod Learoyd VC, Edward Kenna VC, Richard Annand VC, Eric Wilson VC signed Invasion of Belgium cover. VCS030B £250 £50 per month for 5 months Captain Gordon C Steele VC signed piece with copy of write up for his brave deed and winning the VC and copy London Gazette clipping. £50 per month for 2 months VCZ009 £100 Battle of Britain cover with set of stamps & pmk’d 13/09/1965, signed by Bill Reid VC & John Cruickshank VC. Also signed by Neville Duke, Roland Beamont, Dennis David & James Tait. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 A COLLECTION OF COVERS SIGNED BY VC WINNERS, EDWARD KENNA, ERIC WILSON AND IAN FRASER VCZ3009 £20 VCZ3010 £20 VCZ3011 £20 VCZ3012 £20 VCZ3029 £20 VCZ3030 £20 VCZ3031 £20 VCZ3032 £20 National Army Museum Group 5 No National Army Museum Group 4 No National Army Museum Group 4 No National Army Museum Group 3 No 8 National Army Museum Group 4 No 9 National Army Museum Group 4 No National Army Museum Group V No National Army Museum Group V No 3 5 The British South Africa Company 11 Battle of Elandslaagter cover with 8 The Battle of Albuhera cover with Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington The Battle of Minden 1747 cover with 12 Relief of Lucknow cover with BFPO 1 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Military General Service Medal cover Medal cover postmarked BFPO 1971. BFPO postmark 1971. BFPO postmark 1971. cover with BFPO postmark 1971. BFPO postmark 1971.