Gallantry & Orders

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	GALLANTRY MEDALS, ORDERS & DECORATIONS .
	Distinguished Service Order bar 1914/15 Star 1849 PTE. A.C. TAYLOR. 5-LOND. R. British War Medal CAPT. A.C. TAYLOR. Victory Medal CAPT. A.C. TAYLOR. India General Service Medal North West Frontier 1937-39 MAJ. A.C. TAYLOR. 3-10 BALUCH R. 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Africa Star 1st Army, Defence Medal, War Medal MiD (Italy Star mounted in wrong place) Arthur Charles Taylor was born 11 October 1897 in Hendon and attended Christ's College, Finchley. Enlisted into the 5th London Regiment and went to France 1 September 1915. Commissioned 7 November 1915 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Awarded the D.S.O. (Gazetted 26 September 1916) as 2nd Lieutenant: "For conspicuous gallantry in action. Seeing a large number of men of another unit who had lost their bearings, he went out, and finding that they had lost their officers, reorganised them, directed them where to dig in, and thus enabled the ground won to be held. Later, he did other fine work." He was presented his DSO by the King in Novermber 1916. Lieutenant 7 August 1917. Transferred to the Indian Army 6 September 1918. Major 15 October 1934. Served in the North West Frontier campaign with the 3-10th Baluch Regiment. Awarded a bar to the D.S.O. "On 27th June 1942 in the face of considerable opposition Lt.Col. Taylor, Comd. 3 Baluch, gained a footing on the escarpment in sq. 7232 SOUTH of MATRUH thus drawing enemy forces onto himself for the benefit of others. The enemy reinforced his troops in this area but in spite of this on the night 27/28 June 42 Lt.Col. Taylor again forced his way up the escarpment with his battalion, broke through the enemy line and succeeded in extricating most of the column. Throughout this operation, Lt.Col. Taylor showed considerable resource, tactical skill and coolness under fire." Price: £9,950
	Distinguished Service Order Order of St. John Queen's South Africa Medal Talana Lieut. H.A. CAPE. 18/Hrs. 1914/15 Star MAJOR H.A. CAPE. 5/LRS. British War Medal LT.COL. H.A. CAPE. Victory Medal MiD LT.COL. H.A. CAPE. India General Service Medal Waziristan 1919-21 LT.COL. H.A. CAPE. 5 LCRS. Defence Medal War Medal Herbert Anderson Cape was born 18 July 1872 and educated at Charterhouse. Commissioned 18th Hussars 12 December 1894 (from the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Militia). Lieutenant October 1899. Listed as wounded at Talana, where he was serving with the regiment's Maxim Gun. "I heard afterwards how pluckily Lieut. Cape and the gun deatchment had behaved. But in their endeavour to extricate the gun from its perilous position, all the detachment were either killed or wounded. Lieut. Cape was himself severely wounded, shot through the throat." Adjutant September 1902 to March 1906. Captain September 1904. Transferred to the 5th Royal Irish Lancers as Major November 1907. Married Edith Sopper 30 April 1908. ADC to Field Marshall Sir Groege White, VC (Governor General of Gibraltar) 1909. Brigade Major, Highland Mounted Brigade 1912. 20 March 1914 Major Cape was with his regiment when the Curragh Incident took place. With Home Rule due to be imposed on Ireland, it was reported that the regiments in Ireland would be ordered to move against the Ulster Volunteer Force if they resisted. The officers of 3rd Cavalry Brigade agreed to resign en masse if so ordered. "Officer commanding 5th Lancers states that all officers, except two and one doubtful, are resigning their commissions today. I much fear same conditions in the 16th Lancers. Fear men will refuse to move. Regret to report Brigader-General Gough and 57 officers 3rd Cavalry Brigade prefer to accept dismissal lf ordered North." The Government denied that troops would be ordered North and the whole affair was closed down. Although sometimes called a mutiny, in fact no order was ever issued. Temp. Lt.Colonel August 1915. MiD 4 January 1917 and 20 December 1918. D.S.O. (Gazette 26 July 1918): 21 March 1918. St. Quentin Canal: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At a critical time he displayed remarkable coolness and skill in organising defences. His fine example stimulated all ranks." Lt.Colonel July 1919. Retired April 1922. Served with the Remount Department 1923 to 1938 and lived at Thorganby Hall, Grimsby. On 11 August 1937 his wife and daughter were killed when they car collided with a train at a crossing. 1939 re-employed by the Army under "Commands & Staff, Miscellaneous Special Appointments." Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem June 1940. Medal card confirms entitlement to Defence and War Medals. It also shows that in 1948, when he claimed his medals, he was still serving as Welfare Officer. He died 21 April 1963. Price: £6500
	Military Cross British War Medal CAPT. A.A. JOHNSON Victory Medal CAPT. A.A. JOHNSON (MiD) India General Service Medal Malabar 1921-22 LIEUT. A.A. JOHNSON. SUFF.R. 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal (MiD) Alec Albert Johnson was born 7 May 1897 in East Grinstead and was educated at Cranleigh. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 16 June 1916. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in France 22 June 1916. Lieutenant January 1917. Slightly wounded 4 April 1917. Acting Captain November 1918. MiD Gazetted 27 December 1918 MC Gazetted 8 October 1919 (as Lt. (A.Capt). "For conspicuous gallantry and skilful leadership during operations at Romeries and Escarmin on 23rd October 1918. At a critical period of the attack, when four enemy field guns were firing at his company with open sights, he rallied his men, and leading them forward, succeeded in putting the enemy to flight and capturing all four guns. He pressed on, and reached his final objective punctually to time, and consolidated the ground won." Posted to 1st Battalion in India October 1919. Served in the Malabar Rebellion August 1921 to February 1922. Returned to UK February 1926. Captain October 1927. Posted to 2nd Battalion in Shanghai January 1928. To India December 1929. Returned to UK April 1938. Major August 1938.With 1st Battalion to France 1 October 1939. Invalided and evacuated to UK 26 January 1940. Lieutenant-Colonel June 1940. To India October 1941. To Singapore 29 January 1942. Captured 15 February 1942 with "rifle shot left wrist." Mid Gazette 12 September 1946 as a POW. Returned to UK January 1946. He died in 1981 in Deben, Suffolk. Price: £5000
	O.B.E. (Military) Military Cross British War Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST. Victory Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST. India General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919 CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST. 1-1 G.R. Defence Medal War Medal William Herbert Horatio Lindquist was born in Calcutta 10 June 1897, son of John Horatio Lindquist of the Bengal Pilot Service. 2nd Lieutenant, Indian Army 29 June 1918, from Cadet College, Quetta. Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1918, 10th Gurkha Rifles but attached to 1st Gurkha Rifles. Military Cross Gazette 8 March 1919 “For great gallantry on the 19 Sept. 1918 at Sabieh. Finding that he had lost touch with the battalion on his right and that the enemy were about to counter-attack, he collected the nearest men and charged the enemy thus breaking up the counter-attack.” Staff College Jan. 1927. Staff Captain, Jullundur Brigade 1928. Act. Lt-Colonel 13 Dec. 1941. O.B.E. (Military) Gazette 1 Jan. 1944. Temp. Brigadier 1 May 1944 and Director of Civil and Services Censorship, Army HQ India. Deputy Asst. Adjutant-General 11 Dec. 1945. Retired 1947. Appointed Cadet Commandant of Dundee and Angus A.C.F. April 1948. Died at Carnoustie 6 Sept. 1976. Price: £2550
	Military Cross MAJOR H.F. WATERS. QUEENS WESTMINSTER RIFLES SND MACHINE GUN CORPS. JAN. 1ST 1917. Queen's South Africa Medal Cape Colony/Orange Free State/Transvaal/South Africa 1901 6558 PTE. H.F. WATERS. VOL. COY. SUFFOLK REGT. 1914/15 Star 2.LIEUT. H.F. WATERS. 16/LOND.R. British War Medal MAJOR H.F. WATERS. Victory Medal MAJOR H.F. WATERS. Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration (GRI) LIEUT. H.F. WATERS. M.C. M.S.V.R. Horace Frank Waters was born in Cambridge in 1880 and after Grammar School in Cambridge, attended Battersea Polytechnic. Trainee engineer at Hayes Sewage Works. Enlisted January 1900. To South Africa February 1900. Returned to UK May 1901. Discharged at his request May 1901. Spent next years at waterworks in South Africa and Brazil before returning to UK 1906 when he became a Resident Engineer in Bedfordshire. Member of the Civil Institution of Engineers. Assistant to Borough Engineer, Islington, London. Assistant Engineer Public Works Department, Federated Malay States 1908. Returned to UK and enlisted into the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment. Commissioned 26 February 1915 (Sergeant Horace Frank Waters). To France August 1915. MC Gazetted 29 December 1916. MIC address on reverse: Public Works Depot, Kuala Kangar, Perak, Federated Malay States. Awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal September 1923 “Corporal, Malay States Volunteer Regiment.” 1922 appointed 2nd Lieutenant, Malay States Volunteer Regiment. Awarded Decoration September 1926 “Lieutenant, Malay States Volunteer Regiment.” Received the 1935 Jubilee Medal in Malaya. He died in London 14 August 1946. Price: £2150
	O.B.E. (Military) hallmarked 1914 Star CAPT. D.C. PART. REMOUNT SERV. Victory Medal MAJ. D.C. PART (MiD) British War Medal MAJ. D.C. PART Defence Medal 1953 Coronation Medal Group mounted in wring order. With matching miniatures. Dealtry Charles Part was born 28 Feb. 1882. Educated at Harrow. Commissioned 21st Lancers 1902. Adjutant, Hertfordshire Yeomanry Oct. 1911. Captain, General Reserve of Officers 18 Feb. 1914. Arrived in France 29 September 1914 with the Remounts Service. Temp. Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, Indian Cavalry Corps 1915-16. Major March 1916. Superintendent, Remount Services 11 July 1916. MiD 15 June 1916. O.B.E. Gazette 3 June 1919 for “services in connection with the war.” Lieutenant-Colonel 16 August 1919. Became a well-known horse race owner, his horse Morse Code winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1938, ending Golden Miller's five year winning streak. Appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire March 1926. Appointed Lieutenant for the County of Bedford Oct. 1931. Appointed Commanding Officer of 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Home Guard. Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Bedford 1943.Knighted 1957. Died 9 February 1961. Price: £750
	M.B.E. (civil) Defence Medal 1953 Coronation Medal Latharna Preceptory Larne Masonic Medal Presented to E. Sir Knight C. Ross E.P. of Latharna Preceptory Masonic Medal (not gold) Gold fob CR Parts of the large Masonic medal are gold (estimated around £200 worth). Charles Ross was born at Fairview, Ballyclare in 1887. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and King William College, Isle of Man. Settled in Larne around 1910 and worked for the family laundry business, Sun Laundry Ltd. A founder-member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Mechanical Engineers. During World War 2 he was Chief Warden of the A.R.P. Service in Larne and was awarded his M.B.E. 3 January 1945 as "Air Raid Precautions Group Controller, Larne." 1946 became a member of the Borough Council and in 1952 was elected Mayor of Larne. Vice-Chairman of the Northern Ireland Fire Authority 1948-50. Coronation Medal 1953 as Mayor. Appointed to the Road Advisory Council for Northern Ireland 1956. President of the Association of Municipal Authorities 1959. A member of the Antrim County Council. Chairman of the Mid-Antrim Waterworks Board; East Antrim Hospital Management Committee; trustee of Larne Grammar School. As a Mason he was a member of Latharna Lodge No.33, Latharna Royal Arch Chapter and Preceptory, and also a Prince Mason of Chapter 15, Belfast. He died 16 September 1960 and large crowds lined the route of his funeral at Larne Cemetery. His obituary mentioned "Often the real man within us is revealed best in the crises of life when we are face to face with ultimate realities. It was at the time of the sinking of the Princess Victoria that we saw a man who felt for and with those who were so suddenly plunged into sorrow. He entered into that sorrow as he entered into their homes to convey to them the sympathy of their fellow townsfolk. It was no empty sympathy, for in the months that followed he devoted himself to the establishment of a disaster fund." (135 people were killed when the ferry MV Princess Victoria sank 31 January 1953. Frame: £ 550
	Imperial Service Medal (1st type) BENJAMIN J K RIDER £120 Benjamin James King Rider was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon in 1856. By 1891 he was a "Town Postman" there. He was still living there in 1911 and still a postman. He was awarded the medal in the London Gazette 7th July 1916 as "Postman, Plymouth." He died in Torpoint, Cornwall 7th October 1935. The 1st type I.S.M. was awarded between 1911 and 1920. (J.S.)
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	Imperial Service Medal (EIIR) CLARENCE ALFRED ROLAND DAVID CARTER £35 In case of issue. Born in December 1908. In 1939 lived in Horsham as a "Skilled workman PO Engineers Department." Medal awarded in the London Gazette 13 November 1973 as "Lately Technical Officer, Brighton. He died in Cornwall in 1993. (J.S.)