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BS2719	PRIVATE-LANCE CORPORAL W. ELLIOTT, 9TH BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. Army Meritorious Service Medal, George V (S-1572 Private - Lance Corporal, 9th Seaforth Highlanders). Attractively toned, Extremely Fine. Lance Corporal Elliott's Meritorious Service Medal, an immediate award, was announced in the London Gazette, volume 2, 1918, page 7145, "In recognition of valuable services rendered with the forces in France during the present war", and his home town was given as Paisley. He died on 24th March 1918, whilst serving with the 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. Corporal Elliott has no known grave and is commemorated on the Poziers Memorial, panel 72 and 73. The 9th Seaforths, a Pioneer Battalion, was formed at Fort St George in October 1914. On 24th March 1918 it was the Pioneer Battalion of the 9th (Scottish) Division. Corporal Elliott would be a first day of the First Battle of the Bapaume (24th - 25th March 1918) casualty. The S prefix to his service number indicates wartime enlistment into a Scottish regiment. On 24th March 1918 the 9th (Scottish) Division formed part of the 5th Army, on which the principal thrust of the German Spring Offensive was directed. The battalions of the 9th Division fought with great stubborness and in many cases held their ground for longer than the formations on their flanks. The regimental history records that, on 24th March vast hordes of Germans attacked in massed formation, being mown down time and again until no more headway could be made for the heaps of dead and wounded. Men of the 9th Seaforths held a position in the St. Pierre Vaast Wood area. Officers and men of the battalion accounted for large numbers of the enemy with rifle, bayonet and revolver. In particular, 2nd Lieutenant Alistair Mackenzie, the battalion's bayonet fighting instructor, was last seen inside the wood fighting desperately with his bayoned, surrounded by seething masses of the enemy, until he and his men were completely engulfed. Driven from the wood, the battalion spent the rest of the day in a fighting retreat, withdrawing through Rancourt, Combles and Hardincourt. On 21st March 1918 the 9th Seaforths had mustered 881 officers and men. On the morning of 27th March only 163 answered roll-call.	Stg £450
B3662	BOATMAN THOMAS PERRY, H.M. COAST GUARD. Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, impressed naming type of 1878-1901 (officially impressed, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard). Extremely Fine.	Stg £140
BS2775	BATTERY SERGEANT MAJOR S. HOWLAND, 9TH BRIGADE, NORTH IRISH DIVISION, ROYAL ARTILLERY. Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially engraved: 6006. Bt. Sgt. Mjr. S. HOWLAND. 9th. Bde. N.IR:DIV:R.A.). Good Very Fine.	Stg £180
BS2440	PRIVATE J. KLINE, 99TH FOOT (DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S LANARKSHIRE REGIMENT, THE POST 1881 2ND BATTALION DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN WILTSHIRE REGIMENT). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially impressed: 1122. Pte. J. KLINE, 99th. FOOT). Small edge bruise to obverse rim, otherwise Extremely Fine. Medal accompanied by 4 pages of photocopied service papers. John Kline was born in the parish of Westminster, London, and enlisted into the 99th Foot at Cork, Ireland, on 21st November 1859. At the time of his enlistment he was 22 years of age, and gave his trade as that of musician. He was eventually promoted Lance Corporal, 15th April 1878, but transferred to the 91st Foot (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders, the post 1881 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) on 1st December 1879 with the rank of Private, and saw out the final 312 days of his service with the colours with that regiment. He was finally discharged from the 91st Highlanders on 7th December 1880, after 21 years and 18 days service with the colours. Private Kline served overseas in China for 4 years and 5 months, and in South Africa for 6 years and 4 months. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with a gratuity of £5 in 1878. It was his sole medal entitlement. At the time of his discharge he gave his intended place of residence as Cape Town.	Stg £170
BS2411	PRIVATE W. NICKS, DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT. Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially engraved: 2984. PTE: W. NICKS. DEVON R.). Almost Extremely Fine. Medal accompanied by 12 pages of photocopied service papers, along with a photocopy of a print depicting a sergeant and corporal of the Devonshire Regiment circa 1905. The manuscript entries on William Nicks's service papers state that he was born in the parish of Cornwall, near the town of Cornwall in the county of Devon. This could not be the case, since there is no parish or town by the name of Cornwall in county Devon. Nicks was obviously not a particularly bright individual (see below), and he was possibly trying to say that he was born in county of Cornwall, but resident in Devon immediately prior to enlistment at Exeter on 23rd May 1878. Thereafter, he was posted to the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment. At the time of his enlistment he was 20 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches in height, and gave his trade as that of gentleman's servant. Private Nicks's Medical History sheets record a number of admissions to hospital, including 61 days at Manchester, from 19th February 1880, with primary syphilis, 12 days at Dublin, from 11th November 1882, with "Itch" (probably scabies, since the condition is described as being contagious), for 26 days from 31st July 1885 at Exeter, with gonorrhoea, and for 41 and 60 days at Exeter, from 21st April 1895 and 18th March 1896 respectively, with melancholia. The Proceedings of a Medical Board convened on 28th April 1896 to consider the Medical History of an Invalid (Private Nicks), came to the conclusion that he was suffering from severe melancholia, and as a result was unfit for further service. The relevant army form notes that this was first noticed when he was hospitalised for 41 days from 21st April 1895. It was also noted that the disease was probably hereditary "as his uncle died from insanity" and it was noted that his condition was "not the result of service or climate" (Private Nicks entire service career had been spent at home). It was additionally noted that his condition might have been aggravated by syphilis, but surprisingly goes on to note the opinion that it was not the result of intemperance or other vice or misconduct. This seems a trifle contradictory, to say the least, and may have merely been a form of words concocted by a sympathetic Medical Board determined to protect Private Nicks's pension entitlements on discharge. The Medical Board recommended that he be discharged "from the service as a harmless lunatic", and Private Nicks was duly discharged on 31st May 1896, having served 18 years and 9 days with the colours. He married, 12th April 1887, Sara Anne Jane Willey. The army LSGC Medal was Private Nicks's sole medal entitlement.	Stg £180
BS2409	CORPORAL A. SMART, 1ST BATTALION 20TH FOOT (EAST DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially impressed: 4655 CORPL. A. SMART 1st. Bn. 20th. FOOT). Almost Extremely Fine. Medal accompanied by photocopied page from Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal records for the 1st Battalion 20th Foot, confirming that 4655 Corporal Alfred Smart was recommended for the award on 6th January 1873 and issued his medal on 29th March 1873, receiving a gratuity of £5. The 1st Battalion 20th Foot (East Devonshire Regiment) became the 1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers as a result of the 1881 army reorganisation.	Stg £160
BS2416	PRIVATE W. SALISBURY, SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (officially impressed, 2123 Private, South Lancashire Regiment). Good Very Fine. Medal accompanied by 6 pages of photocopied service papers. William Salisbury was born in the parish of Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire. He enlisted at Warrington on 17th February 1887. At the time of his enlistment he was 22 years and 7 months old, 5 feet 6.25 inches high, gave his trade as that of groom and next of kin as his mother, Ellen Salisbury, of Little Green, Middleton, near Manchester. He never rose above the rank of private and was discharged on 16th February 1908, after 21 years with the colours. Of that period he spend 2 years and 272 days in South Africa, from 30th November 1899, with the remainder of his service being at home (also entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with 5 clasps, Transvaal, Laings Nek, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith). At the time of his discharge his conduct whilst with the colours was described as being "exemplary". He married in Jersey, on 13th December 1891, Catherine Emma Page.	Stg £110
BS2393	PRIVATE H. COLLINS, 44TH (EAST ESSEX) FOOT (1ST BATTALION THE ESSEX REGIMENT). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3 (officially impressed: 44TH. BDE. 76. PTE. H. COLLINS, 44TH. FOOT). Good Very Fine. Medal accompanied by 7 pages of photocopied service papers. Henry Collins was born in the city of Londonderry, county Londonderry, Ireland, and enlisted at Belfast on 24th May 1861. A labourer by trade, he was 27 years of age at the time of his enlistment, and had previously seen service with the militia in the Royal Antrim Artillery. He initially saw service as 527 Private with the 26th Foot, being present with that regiment during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68 (entitled Abyssinia War Medal). Colins volunteered to transfer to the 44th Regiment on 1st August 1874, and was finally discharged from the 44th Foot at Netley on 15th June 1880. His total reckonable service amounted to 19 years and 22 days, of which he spent 14 years and 8 months overseas, 14 years and 6 months in India and 2 months in Abyssinia. Private Collins was discharged "in consequence of his being found unfit for further service" (his medical history sheets note that he contracted syphilis at Belfast in August 1861, scabies at Portsmouth in July 1863, and whilst in India was hospitalised on a number of occasions, twice as a result of the climate, eventually being invalided to England on 17th December 1879, to be hospitalised at Netley on 15th May 1880, and discharged from the service one month later, on 15th June 1880. His final medical report notes that he was "Weakly & worn out" and that he would only "be able to contribute slightly towards (his own) support". The final medal report also notes that is condition was "caused & aggravated" by "intemperance or other vices". However, despite Collins's physical condition and his intemperance and other vices, his service papers record that his conduct whilst with the colours had been "very good", and that though his name had been three times entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book, he had never been tried by Court Martial.	Stg £190
BS2392	PRIVATE J. KELLY, 41ST FOOT (1ST BATTALION THE WELSH REGIMENT). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially impressed: 496 PTE. J. KELLY, 41st. FOOT). Good Very Fine. Medal accompanied by 4 pages of photocopied service papers. Private James Kelly was born in the parish of Kilbridge, near Tullamore, county Offaly, Ireland, and originally enlisted into the 15th Foot at Mullingar, county Westmeath, on 16th August 1853. At the time of enlistment he was 19 years of age and gave his trade as that of labourer. He was posted 496 Private to the 15th Foot on 16th August 1853 and transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Foot (The Buffs, East Kent Regiment) on 25th September 1857. He transferred for a second time, to the 41st Foot, on 1st April 1861, and was promoted Corporal on 21st July 1862. The promotion was short lived, Kelly being court martialled for being "drunk in barracks" and reduced to Private on 1st November of that year. A subsequent promotion to Corporal, on 10th May 1864, lasted somewhat longer, but he was once again tried for being drunk in barracks and reduced to Private on 13th April 1865. Kelly served a total of 21 years and 256 days with the colours, which included 316 days at Gibraltar and 9 years and 250 days in the East Indies. He was discharged at Shorncliffe on 27th April 1875, giving his intended place of residence as 22 Bridgewater Street, Liverpool. His conduct at the time of his discharge was noted as "very good" and he was in possession of 4 Good Conduct Badges.	Stg £190
BS2735	COLOUR SERGEANT M. HOGAN, 3RD BATTALION 60TH FOOT (KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially impressed: 147 COLOR-SERGT. MARTIN HOGAN 3RD. BN. 60TH. RIFLES). Good Very Fine. Medal accompanied by relevant extract from Long Service Medal roll. Colour Sergeant Martin Hogan was issued his Long Service Medal on 30th November 1872, with a gratuity of £15. At the time that his medal was awarded he was serving at the Depot.	Stg £150
BS2410	SERGEANT (LATER COLOUR SERGEANT) W. GOUGH, DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT(95TH FOOT). Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, type 3, small letters reverse (officially engraved: 1594. SERGt. W. GOUGH. DERBY: R.). Almost Extremely Fine. Medal accompanied by 5 pages of photocopied service papers. William Gough was born in the parish of Great Nest, near the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He enlisted on 21st June 1865, aged 22 years, and giving his trade as that of laboure, and initially saw service with the Scots Fusilier Guards, being posted to that regiment on 22nd June 1863. Gough was promoted Corporal, 1st July 1867, Sergeant, 28th September 1871, Colour Sergeant, 28th July 1875, and Quartermaster Sergeant 25th June 1879. Gough resigned as Quatermaster Sergeant 30th April 1881, and was appointed Canteen Sergeant the following day, 1st May 1881. He reverted to Sergeant on 18th November 1882, and subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment. Joining the 2nd Derbyshires on 24th November 1882, he was appointed Sergeant Instructor on the same day. Gough was subsequently promoted Acting Sergeant Major, 23rd September 1883, and promoted Colour Sergeant, 13th April 1885. His service record also notes that he was allowed to "reckon 1 year and 70 days former service in 53rd Foot towards GC pay & pension", though his service papers give not indication as to when this 1 year and 70 days with the 53rd Foot took place (Gough was 22 years of age at the time of his enlistment, and though he claimed at the time not to have seen prior service with either the militia or regular armed forces, it may be that his service with the 53rd Foot prior to his enlistment into the Scots Fusilier Guards). Medal also accompanied by photocopy from Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Roll for the Derbyshire Regiment, confirming that Gough was recommended for his LSGC on 1st January 1884. Gough's military service papers note that his entire period of service with the army was at home. He never saw active service, and was discharged to a pension on 31st July 1890, with total reckonable service of 25 years and 40 days, the Army LSGC being his sole medal entitlement. He married, 9th February 1870, Mary Ann Brown, at St Stephen's, Westminster, and they had 7 children, 1 boy and 6 girls, all born between 1876 and 1886.	Stg £185
BS1874	ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, George VI obverse, " Fid Def" 1949-52 obverse legend, New Zealand bar, unnamed (as issued). Extremely Fine.	Stg £130
bg2810	COLOUR SERGEANT J. MOLE, CHESHIRE REGIMENT. Army L.S. & G.C., Victoria, 3rd issue, small letter reverse (officially engraved: 2375 CR. SERGt. J. MOLE. CHES: R.). Attractively toned, Extremely Fine. With copy of relevant extract from Long Service Medal roll, confirming medal awarded following recommendation dated 1st July 1889.	Stg £180
BS1873	ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, Elizabeth II obverse, "Dei Gratia" post 1954 obverse legend, New Zealand bar. An unnamed specimen (stamped "SPECIMEN" on rim), Extremely Fine and virtually as struck.	Stg £75
BS2414	COLOUR SERGEANT A. ROBINSON, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (officially impressed, 3964 Colour Sergeant, Lancashire Fusiliers). Small scratch in field in front of monarch's bust, otherwise Almost Extremely Fine.	Stg £110
M915	VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, Victoria, overseas issue, "Victoria Regina et Imperatrix" legend ì (unnamed, as issued). Attractively toned, Extremely Fine.	Stg £60
BS2670	VOLUNTEER LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, Victoria, U.K. issue, Victoria Regina legend (unnamed, as issued). Almost Extremely Fine.	Stg £50
BS2669	CORPORAL J. JESSUP, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. Efficiency Medal, George VI, type 1, In Dei Imp legend, Territorial suspender (T.76520 Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps). Extremely Fine.	Stg £50
BS2668	SAPPER A.W. SHARNHURST, ROYAL ENGINEERS. Efficiency Medal, George VI, type 2, Fid Def legend, Territorial suspender (2069921 Sapper, Royal Engineers). Extremely Fine.	Stg £50
BS2649	SEPOY MOHAMMED SHAH, 72ND PUNJABIS. Indian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (officially engraved: "862 Sepoy Mohammed Shah. 72nd. Punjabis"). Suspender slack, scattered minor edge nicks, otherwise Almost Extremely Fine.	Stg £100
BS2671	CHARLES T. GEAVES, SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George VI, type 1, Ind Imp legend. Extremely Fine.	Stg £15
BS2639	JONATHAN W. JONES, SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V. Extremely Fine.	Stg £12
BS2640	JOHN TREDWEN, SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V. Extremely Fine.	Stg £12
BS2638	CONSTABLE ALFRED J. KENNETT, SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V. Extremely Fine.	Stg £12
M1149	S. REEVE, BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, PROFICIENCY IN FIRST AID BREAST BADGE, gilt bronze and enamel, with ornate gilt bronze andì enamel top brooch suspender, by J. R. Gaunt, London (reverse ì officially impressed: 33429 S. REEVE). Extremely Fine.	Stg £15

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