An auction of orders, decorations, medals and militaria, including medals to the Leicestershire Regiment from the collection of the late Trevor Harris, and Imperial Russian orders and medals ... [09/23/2005]

2005·23 MB·English

by  Dix Noonan Webb

D I X NOONAN WIBB
DNW
ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS
and MILITARIA
including
Medals to the Leicestershire Regiment
from the Collection of the late Trevor Harris
and
Imperial Russian Orders and Medals
FRIDAY 2 5 SEPTEMBER 2005
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AN AUCTION OF
ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS
and MILITARIA
The York Room (2nd Floor)
The New Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street
London WC2
Friday 23rd September 2005
11 am precisely
Weekdays, Monday 12th to Tuesday 20th September
16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1
Wednesday and Thursday, 21st and 22nd September
16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1
Friday 23rd September
The Warwick Room (2nd Floor), The New Connaught Rooms
We regret that viewing and collection of Books and certain larger lots
will not be possible at the New Connaught Rooms
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Nimrod Dix, David Erskine-H i 11, Pierce Noonan or Brian Simpkin
Front Cover: Lot 1259 Back Cover: Lot 926
Contents
The Trevor Harris Collection of Awards to the Leicestershire Regiment and Yeomanry
.124-376
A Collection of Medals to the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
.377-401
Single Campaign Medals.
.402-755
Single Orders and Decorations.
.756-806
Long Service, Coronation and Jubilee Medals.
.807-842
Life Saving Awards.
.843-847
Miniature Medals.
.848-864
Miscellaneous.
.865-921
Imperial Russian Orders and Medals.
..922-1052
Campaign Groups and Pairs.
1053-1244
Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry.
1245-1318
The Late Major (TA) Roy Wilson Collection of Headress Sabretaches and Badges.
1319-1349
Mil itaria.
1350-1379
Books.
1380-1411
The Auction Venue
The New Connaught Rooms are located in
Great Queen Street, in the heart of London's
Covent Garden. The auction takes place in
the York Room and viewing on the day of the
auction is in the Warwick Room; both are
accessed by lift to the 2nd floor.
The Rooms are a 3-minute walk from the
nearest Underground station, Holborn
(Central and Piccadilly Lines), which is a
40-minute direct journey from Heathrow
Airport.
Numerous buses from Charing Cross, Euston,
King's Cross and Waterloo main line railway
stations stop at the junction of Kingsway and
Great Queen Street. The nearest covered car
park is at the corner of Drury Lane and Parker
Street, 2 minutes away.
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Medal Auction 23 June 2005
The magnificent group of 13 medals awarded to Air Commodore Arthur Wray (1896-1982), from Brighton, was the star attraction
at Dix Noonan Webb's auction of orders, decorations and medals on 23 June, when 1,451 lots grossed £908,310 (£1,044,557
including buyer's premium). Prices maintained their current buoyant levels with no less than 131 vendors, a record for a DNW
medal sale, taking advantage of both the current demand for medals and the company's commanding position in the market.
There were 341 different buyers.
Air Commodore Wray's medals, including the DSO, MC, DFC and Bar and AFC, reflect a sterling career which began in the
Royal Flying Corps, in which he qualified as a pilot in early 1917. Within a month and not yet 21 years old, he won an immediate
MC for bringing home his shot-up Nieuport Scout, together with his knee-cap in his flying boot. Subsequently a participant in
the Waziristan campaign, he advanced to squadron-leader and was given his first command in 1935. In the Second World War
he piloted Wellington bombers on at least 13 missions, turning a blind eye to the fact that because of his old leg wound his
chances of escaping a damaged aircraft were virtually zero. Appointed Air Commodore in 1943, it was almost unheard of for
someone of his rank and age to fly on operations, yet he still piloted a Lancaster bomber on one of the famous firestorm raids
on Hamburg in July 1943, for which he was awarded an immediate DSO. Retiring from the service in 1946, he subsequently
took up gliding and, at the age of 75, achieved that sport's rare distinction, a Cold C award for a 300km cross-country flight.
Wray's medals, with a host of flying log books and related ephemera (lot 1207), were secured by a room bidder against telephone
competition for £62,000 (£71,300).
Another unique group of medals to an airman whose career spanned both World Wars was the DSC and two Bars, DFC set of
nine awarded to Wing Commander Robert Compston (lot 1212), secured by a commission bidder for £52,000 (£59,800).
Compston, an Oxford man, joined the RNAS in August 1915 and the following year was posted to the famous 'Naval 8' squadron
in France, whose combatants preferred point-blank range encounters at 50 yards or less. In 18 months of extraordinarily brave
flying with the squadron he amassed 25 victories, often taking part in three missions in a day, being appointed flight commander
at the tender age of 19. In the Second World War, as a Fleet Aviation Officer, he witnessed the sinking of the Scharnhorst from
the bridge of HMS Duke of York.
Opening the day's bidding were over 300 lots of single campaign medals. The most important item here was the three-clasp
Naval CS medal to Admiral Henry Davies, one of the last survivors of the famous engagement of 1 June 1794 and who single-
handedly prevented a French frigate from being retaken after being captured off the Faeroe Islands in July 1806 (lot 9); this was
secured by a private collector for £15,000 (£17,250). A telephone bidder claimed the Field Officer's Cold Medal for Vittoria
awarded to Colonel Charles Hill, CB, 50th Foot (lot 10), for £9,000 (£10,350). The Waterloo medal to Lewis Jennings, 3rd Bn,
Grenadier Guards (lot 31), who was severely wounded in the knee in the battle, was sold with the offending musket ball for
£4,500 (£5,175); the similar medal to Joseph Ticky, 2nd Dragoons (lot 27) made a mid-estimate £3,200 (£3,680), as did the 2-
bar MGS awarded to Lt Ralph Johnston, 87th Foot, who fought with the 'Eagle Catchers' at Barrosa (lot 18).
The Indian Mutiny medal to Pte David Hawkes, Rifle Brigade, who won the VC for conspicuous gallantry at Lucknow in March
1858 and who himself subsequently died the following August prior to the award being gazetted (lot 84), commanded £8,000
(£9,200). A private buyer in the room saw off considerable opposition to buy the Zulu War medal to Pte John Whelan, 24th Foot,
killed at Isandhlwana (lot 11 7) for £5,500 (£6,325). The East and West Africa medal named to Gunner E.D. Howlett, RMA, who
was killed in the taking of Benin in February 1897 (lot 142) made £2,400 (£2,760) while, among the more modern pieces, there
was a surprise in the £2,800 (£3,220) paid for the South Atlantic medal with rosette to Lt Francis Allen, who served with
distinction in 42 Commando under Lt-Col Nick Vaux, DSO, author of March to the South Atlantic (lot 337).
Single orders and decorations were headed by an unusual silver-gilt badge of the Order of the Garter, hallmarked 1827 and
believed to be that of the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod (lot 339); it was no surprise to see such a rarity comfortably exceed
the estimate at £1,900 (£2,185). An 1884-hallmarked GCB set of insignia (lot 341) needed £3,500 (£4,025) and an early Star of
India badge (lot 342), £2,700 (£3,105). Almost 100 lots were devoted to a fine collection of Meritorious Service medals which
realised a total of £18,860 (£21,689), with the Great War group for gallantry to Gunner L.A. Beaney, RGA (lot 362) attracting
£980 (£1,127); Beaney had helped rescue people injured in the disastrous fire and explosion at the Explosive Loading
Company's factory near Faversham, Kent, in April 1916.
all section of Arctic and Polar medals included some fascinating pieces, most notably the important group of seven to CPO
Thomas Williamson, from Sunderland, who served in Captain Scott's first and second expeditions and was one of the search
party who discovered the bodies of Scott, Wilson and Bowers in November 1912 (lot 526), which was secured by a private buyer
in the room for £39,000 (£44,850). A telephone buyer secured the replacement Polar Medal to Lt-Cdr Henry Rennick, RN,
hydrographer on Scott's last expedition and who had a glacier and a bay in Antarctica named after him (lot 528) for £7,800
(£8,970); Rennick's original medal was presumed lost when he was killed in the destruction of HMS Hogue by Otto Weddigen's
U9 off Ymuiden in September 1914. The Arctic 1875-6 medal awarded to William Grant (1851-1935), the most productive and
successful arctic photographer of the 19th century (lot 525), was also bought on the telephone for £4,500 (£5,1 75).
Top price in the lifesaving section was £4,200 (£4,830) for the excessively rare CQD 'gold' medal and Lloyd's Life Saving medal
pair to Capt Joseph Ranson, RMS Baltic, who assisted in rescuing over 1,700 people from the RMS Republic and the Italian liner
Florida following their collision off Nantucket in January 1909, the first occasion on which a CQD (Come Quick, Danger) distress
call had been sent by wireless transmission (lot 537). The RNLI silver medal with second and third award clasps to James White,
coxswain of the Fishguard lifeboat, for gallant service on several occasions in the 1870s (lot 531) made £1,900 (£2,185), while
the similar medal to Benjamin Jacobs, coxswain of the Brooke, Isle of Wight, lifeboat, for a particularly gallant rescue off St
Catherine's Point in February 1916 (lot 532) needed as much as £1,800 (£2,070).
Over 110 lots were devoted to miniature medals, beginning with the collection of Carol Benton, daughter of the medal trade's
senior statesman, Donald Hall, which was a complete sell-out at £21,510 (£24,737). The group of 13 attributed to Lt-General
Sir Henry D'Urban Keary, KCB, KCIE, DSO (lot 556) attracted £1,100 (£1,265), while £880 (£1,012) was bid for the set of 12
attributed to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Field (lot 557). There were several surprising prices paid in the miscellaneous
section, with an evocative portrait miniature of the Duke of Wellington executed in 1851 by Frederick Harding, RA (lot 668)
bringing £2,100 (£2,415), and an early group of masonic awards to Admiral Sir David Milne, from Berwick on Tweed, who was
second-in-command at the battle of Algiers in 1816 (lot 669), £1,400 (£1,610). Less of a surprise perhaps was the £5,800
(£6,670) needed for the WSPU Hunger Strike medal awarded to Mary Hilliard, who was one of a group of women who set out
on 4 March 1912 to systematically smash every shop window in Knightsbridge, Brampton Road and Kensington High Street (lot
702).
The important Rorke's Drift group of four medals to Colonel Henry Lugg, Natal Militia (lot 810), proved the highlight of the
campaign groups and pairs, easily surpassing the estimate at £26,500 (£30,475). Lugg, a Devon man who went to South Africa
to seek his fortune, played a central part in the defence, firing his carbine so rapidly and frequently that "the barrel became red
hot"; he was also depicted helping to carry a wounded trooper in Alphonse de Neuville's famous painting of the action.
Elsewhere, the important group awarded to Vice-Admiral Charles Cardale, RN, second-in-command of the naval rocket brigade
in Abyssinia, 1867 (lot 786) was knocked down to a telephone bidder for £6,000 (£6,900) and the Sutlej and Punjab pair to Capt
Edward D'Oyly, Bengal Horse Artillery, mortally wounded at the village of Sassiah in July 1857 (lot 782) for £4,800 (£5,520).
An attractive first and second China Wars pair to Thomas Burns, one of only 101 recipients of the China 1842 clasp (lot 779)
was bought in the room for £3,200 (£3,680), while the Naval GS and St Jean d'Acre pair to Admiral Henry Boys, RN, a 16-year
old midshipman at the time of the action and one of the few recipients of the NGS medal to survive into the 20th century (lot
776), £1,700 (£1,955). The medals of Frank Goldsworthy, a war correspondent in Korea and Suez who reported for the Daily
Express for over 40 years (lot 1148) attracted considerable interest and were secured by a private buyer for £4,400 (£5,060).
From a direct descendant, the family group of medals including the DFC group to Wing Commander Cecil Saunders, RAF, who
flew in 92 Squadron during the Battle of Britain (lot 1225) needed £7,000 (£8,050). The rare El-Teb DCM group of four to Sgt
William Treadwell, Scottish Divn, RA (lot 1231) matched the £5,000 (£5,750) estimate, while the single DSM awarded to PO
Steward Ernest Barton, RN, for tending wounded members of his gun crew on HMNZS Moa off the Guadalcanal in January 1943
(lot 1246) brought £4,700 (£5,405).
A group of Russian pieces attracted the lion's share of interest among world orders and decorations, with many pre-sale estimates
being trebled. An early and impressive first class sash badge of the Order of St Anne, c.1815 (lot 1345) cost a room buyer
£22,000 (£25,300), while a second class neck badge of the same order, from the 1830s (lot 1350) made £8,000 (£9,200). An
early 20th century group of seven, including breast badges of the Order of St Vladimir and the Order of St Anne (lot 1358)
commanded £4,000 (£4,600).
SALEROOM NOTICES - 23 June 2005
Lot no.
281 The footnote should be disregarded
1219 The recipients were cousins by marriage, not brothers-in-law
1255 The recipient entered the theatre of war on 11 September 1914, not 1915
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
445, 987, 1008, 1183 and 1346
Prices Realised Medals Sale 23 Jun 05 Lots not shown are unsold
1 £420) 80 £100) 159 £600) 237 £ 17()| 316 £70) 395 £8()| 476 £170) 555 £580) 633 £1501713 £11(4 795 £280(4 874 £310
0 £72()f 81 £350! 160 £65[| 238 £70 317 £170) 397 £90) 477 £60) 556 £1100) 634 £2iq 714 £80) 796 £130(4 875 £250
3 £3800) 82 £1900) 161 £95 239 £200) 318 £180) 398 £160) 478 £60) 557 £880] 635 £260) 715 £40] 797 £100(4 876 £580
4 £200| 83 £ 1500) 162 £160) 240 £1 10) 319 £100) 399 £90] 479 £50) 558 £700) 636 £200] 716 £10(4 798 £80(4 877 £2100
5 £310) 84 £8000) 163 £24()| 241 £75j 320 £550) 400 £70) 480 £65| 559 £130) 637 £360] 718 £11(4 799 £65(4 878 £270
6 £2300| 85 £260) 164 £85 242 £230) 321 £45| 401 £120) 481 £480) 560 £580 638 £520] 719 £15) 800 £37(4 879 £190
7 £2400) 86 £240) 165 £ 180j 243 £420f 322 £120) 402 £250) 482 £200) 561 £260) 639 £360j 720 £32(4 801 £230(4 880 £430
8 £460f 87 £380) 166 £380) 244 £80) 323 £80) 403 £85| 483 £160) 562 £780] 640 £410) 721 £27(4 802 £500) 881 £580
9 £15000) 88 £400) 167 £800) 245 £75 324 £250 404 £120| 484 £80) 563 £75 641 £460) 722 £45(4 803 £80(4 882 £130
10 £9000) 89 £600) 168 £380) 246 £75| 325 £130| 405 £180) 485 C2(>0 564 £551 642 £800) 723 £65| 804 £220(4 883 £880
11 £3800) 90 £600) 169 £80) 247 £55| 326 £170)406 £190) 486 £100) 565 £450 643 £21(4 724 £6(4 805 £75(4 884 £160
12 £1200) 91 £ 120| 170 £85 248 £200) 327 £160) 407 £70) 487 £580| 566 £150) 644 £140)725 £ 150] 806 £50(4 885 £600
13 £1000) 92 £420| 171 £ 150) 249 £130] 328 £40) 408 £210) 488 £55) 567 £160] 645 £85| 726 £12(4 807 £70(4 886 £360
14 £1400) 93 £38()| 172 £300) 250 £130) 329 £ 140| 409 £120) 489 £55i 568 £160) 646 £160] 727 £20 808 £520! 887 £160
15 £2600| 95 £800) 173 £80) 251 £90) 331 £45 410 £140) 490 £180 569 £160] 647 £160) 728 £13(4 809 £820) 888 £300
16 £ 1300j 96 £480) 174 £21(3| 252 £170| 332 £85 411 £230) 491 £50) 570 £120)648 £130. 729 £9(4810 £2650(4 889 £500
17 £1550) 97 £480) 175 £ I00| 253 £45 333 £35| 412 £90) 492 £70) 571 £210)649 £16(4 731 £9(4 811 £45(4 890 £260
18 £3200) 98 £500) 176 £50) 254 £75| 334 £180) 413 £140) 493 £220) 572 £110) 650 £430 732 £75| 812 £24(4 891 £330
19 £1300) 99 £ 170] 177 £450) 255 £100| 335 £85 414 £170| 494 £40) 573 £160) 651 £160) 733 £21(4813 £500) 892 £260
20 £ 1300) 100 £170) 178 £200) 256 £280| 336 £70| 415 £70| 495 £60) 574 £190) 652 £70) 734 £8(4 814 £550 893 £270
21 £1200) 101 £470| 179 £85| 257 £150) 337 £280(^416 £80] 496 £55) 575 £150) 653 £360) 735 £12(4 815 £13(4 894 £160
22 £600| 102 £160) 180 £140) 258 £120) 338 £190)417 £470| 497 £80) 576 £130| 654 £21(4 736 £9(4 816 £320) 895 £130
23 £1200) 103 £420) 181 £100) 259 £ 120| 339 £1900)418 £240) 498 £55) 577 £45' 655 £37(4 737 £55| 817 £150] 896 £110
24 £1600) 104 £140) 182 £270) 260 £ 140| 340 £ 1600| 419 £290| 499 £75) 578 £400) 656 £130) 738 £80 818 £36(4 897 £420
25 £1100) 105 £170) 183 £100) 261 £85| 341 £3500 420 £430) 500 £160) 579 £85) 657 £190) 739 £9(4 819 £36(4 898 £130
26 £2900 106 £450) 184 £230] 262 £80) 342 £2700 421 £280) 501 £75) 580 £I00| 658 £11 Oj 740 £11(4 820 £700, 899 £480
27 £3200) 107 £42(^ 185 £140) 263 £ 180| 343 £900) 422 £310) 502 £85) 581 £80] 659 £190) 741 £I20| 821 £220] 900 £1200
28 £1700| 108 £390) 186 £130 264 £220 344 £1300)423 £55()| 503 £250) 582 £70: 660 £180| 742 £100) 822 £750)901 £400
29 £1000) 109 £430) 187 £310) 265 £190| 345 £ 1300| 424 £260) 504 £120) 583 £360 661 £210) 744 £60| 823 £280] 902 £150
30 £800) 1 10 £300| 188 £180) 266 £200| 346 £290 425 £360| 505 £180) 584 £80) 662 £190) 745 £60) 824 £220, 903 £100
31 £4500) 111 £420 189 £650) 267 £180) 347 £90| 426 £210) 506 £170) 585 £390) 663 £95| 746 £140) 825 £1200] 904 £270
32 £2100| 112 £360| 190 £700) 268 £55 348 £780| 427 £230) 507 £120) 586 £210 664 £55| 747 £370) 826 £820] 905 £260
33 £1900) 113 £320) 191 £240 269 £280 349 £1200) 428 £220) 508 £90) 587 £260) 665 £150) 748 £25) 827 £600) 906 £300
34 £230) 114 £300) 192 £420| 270 £220) 350 £ 180) 429 £620) 509 £70) 588 £150) 666 £310) 749 £180) 828 £360] 907 £390
35 £ 1800) 115 £310 193 £550 271 £220) 351 £ 160| 430 £430) 510 £260) 589 £130) 667 £70) 750 £210) 829 £980 908 £220
36 £980) 116 £300) 194 £300) 272 £160) 352 £480) 431 £340) 511 £65 590 £200 668 £210(4 751 £30) 830 £360] 909 £880
37 £900) 117 £5500) 195 £I60| 273 £100| 353 £400) 432 £260| 512 £410) 591 £150) 669 £1400) 752 £ 100) 831 £780] 910 £220
38 £1800) 118 £780| 196 £140 274 £130 354 £410) 433 £I50| 513 £180) 592 £230) 670 £220) 753 £100] 832 £260Q9II £140
39 £450) 119 £750) 197 £120) 275 £170) 355 £450] 434 £180) 514 £30) 593 £210) 671 £120) 754 £140| 833 £240! 912 £210
40 £1700) 120 £350| 198 £I20| 276 £140) 356 £900) 435 £140) 515 £180| 594 £260 672 £11(4,755 £100) 834 £310,913 £230
41 £600) 121 £850| 199 £ 140) 277 £70| 357 £240| 436 £350| 516 £95' 595 £170] 673 £350) 756 £300) 835 £170(4914 £100
42 £95| 122 £1600) 200 £520) 278 £140) 358 £420| 437 £130| 517 £45 596 £420) 674 £8(4 757 £100, 836 £320 915 £280
43 £480| 123 £1700 201 £200 279 £120| 359 £410 438 £180) 518 £60) 597 £110)675 £55) 758 £75] 837 £550(916 £100
44 £800| 124 £1600) 202 £130) 280 £260 360 £210| 439 £240| 519 £60 598 £410) 677 £130) 759 £95| 838 £2000 917 £160
45 £520| 125 £400) 203 £80) 281 £80| 361 £260| 440 £140) 520 £260) 599 £820 678 £180) 760 £50) 839 £1800 918 £270
46 £900 126 £580) 204 £100) 282 £60| 362 £980) 441 £200) 521 £75| 600 £410) 679 £65| 761 £100) 841 £680919 £210
47 £780| 127 £270) 205 £300) 283 £75 363 £ 160| 442 £280) 522 £250 601 £620] 680 £80) 762 £110) 842 £600 920 £150
48 £720| 128 £ 180) 206 £400| 284 £180 364 £230) 443 £160) 523 £65 602 £170] 681 £35] 763 £120) 843 £600) 921 £110
49 £450| 129 £410| 207 £140) 285 £290| 365 £ 170) 444 £120) 524 £150 603 £160)682 £60 764 £340) 844 £580 922 £100
50 £290| 130 £140) 208 £ 140| 286 £110| 366 £ 170) 446 £130) 525 £4500) 604 £160)683 £600) 765 £200) 845 £480 923 £110
51 £120) 131 £100) 209 £160) 287 £65) 367 £170) 447 £160) 526 £39000) 605 £270) 684 £90) 766 £140) 846 £400 924 £120
52 £120) 132 £140) 210 £460| 288 £180| 368 £180| 448 £I90| 527 £2700) 606 £280 685 £160) 767 £290) 847 £3200] 925 £400
53 £550) 133 £180) 21 1 £220) 289 £65| 369 £220) 449 £220| 528 £7800) 607 £480) 687 £140) 768 £220) 848 £3800 926 £260
54 £380) 134 £550) 212 £400) 290 £65| 370 £200) 450 £100| 529 £1800)608 £290) 688 £420) 769 £120) 849 £1400 927 £400
55 £270) 135 £900) 213 £270) 291 £40) 371 £160) 451 £210 530 £70 609 £260) 689 £240) 771 £600) 850 £260 928 £70
56 £200) 136 £220) 214 £65| 293 £230) 372 £170) 452 £100) 531 £1900) 610 £130)690 £210) 772 £240) 851 £140 929 £180
57 £230) 137 £50) 215 £45) 294 £220) 373 £190)453 £16()| 532 £ 1800) 611 £180) 691 £320) 773 £350) 852 £950, 930 £270
58 £460) 138 £55) 216 £50) 295 £200) 374 £160) 455 £160) 533 £720)612 £95 692 £680) 774 £380| 853 £460 931 £90
59 £280) 139 £85) 217 £50| 296 £150) 375 £130) 456 £65) 534 £920)613 £80) 693 £150) 775 £55| 854 £350 932 £50
61 £2200) 140 £240) 218 £280| 297 £80) 376 £310)457 £390) 535 £250j 614 £170) 694 £95| 776 £1700| 855 £290] 933 £170
62 £180) 141 £200) 219 £720) 298 £100) 377 £210| 458 £390) 536 £420) 615 £85 695 £180) 777 £370(4 856 £220 934 £200
63 £460) 142 £2400) 220 £180) 299 £120| 378 £95| 459 £110) 537 £4200) 616 £170) 696 £60) 778 £2500| 857 £450 935 £210
64 £360) 143 £1700) 221 £120) 300 £80) 379 £130) 460 £700) 538 £500| 617 £200) 697 £35| 779 £320(4 858 £450 936 £110
65 £350) 144 £75| 222 £340) 301 £140) 380 £70) 461 £270) 539 £440 618 £220) 698 £50 780 £160(4 859 £180937 £140
66 £270) 145 £95| 223 £80) 302 £120) 381 £120) 462 £170) 540 £8()| 619 £260] 699 £250| 781 £580) 860 £370 938 £55
67 £550) 146 £480) 224 £95 303 £130| 382 £200) 463 £130) 541 £190] 620 £220 700 £21(4 782 £480(4 861 £250 939 £90
68 £300) 147 £260| 225 £130) 304 £80) 383 £160)464 £680| 543 £55 621 £23q701 £35] 783 £620| 862 £6(>0 940 £410
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Trevor Henry Harris (1932-2000)
Trevor Harris at his late son Jonathan's graduation ceremony
T
revor Harris was born at Great Glen, Leicestershire, on 7 July 1932. Educated at Kibworth Grammar
School, he started his career with Messrs Hopps and Bankart, where he qualified as a chartered
accountant at the early age of 21, and as a cost and works accountant whilst completing his National
Service in the R.A.F.
After a spell with Hopps and Bankart, Trevor took a post in industry with Coates Viyella in
Nottingham, where he became assistant to the then chairman, Joe Hyman. He was also a director of Cooper
Bros, Nottingham, a Coates Viyella subsidiary. Following his marriage to Janet in 1959 and the births of their
son and daughter, the Harrises moved back to Leicester and Trevor joined British Enkalon, holding various
financial posts and eventually retiring as finance director.
In his younger days Trevor was a keen and active sportsman, playing football for the local Westleigh
Football Club, rugby and cricket. At the age of 16 he cycled with friends to Italy and Spain and thought
nothing of cycling to the Lincolnshire coast and back in a day. A loyal supporter of Leicester City Football
Club, where he held a season ticket from his early teens right up to the time of his death on 5 June 2000, he
was also passionately interested in the fortunes of the Leicester Tigers, the city's rugby side.
Trevor first started to get interested in medals in the late 1950s. Unsurprisingly, his principal
collecting field was the Leicestershire Yeomanry and the Leicestershire Regiment. Over the next 40 years he
amassed a very comprehensive run of awards, starting with those won by the 17th Foot in Nepal in the
second decade of the 19th century and including the very rare Albert Medal trio to Private W.H. Foster, for
endeavouring to rescue a comrade during a serious fire at Simla in June 1931. The collection was kept in a
superb bespoke inlaid collectors' cabinet, commissioned by Trevor from Andrew Varah and executed in an
Art Deco style; the cabinet is also in this sale. A well known figure at medal gatherings and the London
salerooms, Trevor's advice on Leicestershire medals was often sought and willingly given; he was able to
draw on his own large library of military references to assist in this respect.
A past chairman and staunch supporter of the the Leicester Round Table, Trevor's other interests
included freemasonry and philately. A Worshipful Master of the Halford Lodge, he was also a founder
member of the Rotary Lodge in Syston.
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The Collection of Medals to the Liecester Regiment and Yeomanry
formed by the late Trevor Harris
Lieutenant G. Peevor, circa 1810
Army OF India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. G. Peevor, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially
impressed naming, suspension refixed and naming rubbed as a result of one-time being mounted in a glazed
circular case, otherwise extremely fine £600-800
Ex Glendining s June 1926 and Waite-Sanderson Collection 1941, when described as being contained within an old glazed circular case; and
sometime thereafter "re-constituted".
George Peevor was appointed an Ensign in the 17th Regiment in December 1807 and was advanced to Lieutenant in January 1810. He first
witnessed active service in the Nepal War 1815-16, but, on being invalided in the latter year, assumed responsibility for the regiment's school
at Ghazeepore. Here he 'voluntarily took upon himself the instruction of the children and young soldiers attending the school, to which he
devoted all his spare time, with the result that in each successive Inspection Report (from 1816 until the regiment returned home in 1823), this
officer was specially brought to notice for his indefatigable exertions in the benevolent cause he had undertaken.' He also established "H.M's
1 7th Regimental School Reward of Merit", the first such award being made in 1816.
Having in the meantime been recalled to regular regimental duty during the course of the Pindaree War of 181 7-18, when he was present at
the battle of Jubbulpore, Peevor was advanced to Captain in September 1824. In the following year he was transferred to half-pay at his own
request and was placed on the strength of the 3rd Foot. But he saw no further action and was latterly a "Captain of Invalids" at the Royal
Hospital, Chelsea. His death is believed to have occurred in 1858.
125 Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Rt. Hewart, 17th Ft.), short hyphen reverse, officially engraved
naming in small capitals, one-time brooch-mounted with resultant damage to obverse field, "re-constituted"
copy clasp and swivel-suspension, otherwise fine £180-220
126 Army OF India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (W. Bawn, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed
naming, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £500-600
127 Army OF India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (G. Ross, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially
impressed naming, contact marks, edge bruising and lacquered, about very fine and scarce £600-800
George Ross won entitlement to his later "Bhurtpoor" clasp with the 14th Regiment.
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