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A good Jutland D.S.M. group of five wounded by an enemy shell penetrated when H.M.S. Calliope’s was hit several times by the German battleship Markgraf
Naval General Service, 2 clasps, Amethyst Wh. Thetis, (31 clasps) Amethyst 5 April 1809 (27 clasps) unique name on roll, both classic and sanguinary frigate actions. disch. 1815. as unserviceable having previously lost his right leg (very possibly during the the latter capture
M.G.S. A particularly rare combination of Egypt, Martinique, Guadaloupe, 13th Foot, also served in the War of 1812
Waterloo, 92nd Foot, twice severely wounded, previously Inverness Fencibles from 1794 and served in the Irish Rebellion in 1798 where he was present at the battle of Ovidstown where severely wounded , later severely wounded in the Walcheren Expedition. A rare 1798 casualty
M.G.S. single clasp Barrosa, 95th wounded at Barrosa
M.G.S. 6 clasps, Lieutenant 74th Foot, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse
Especially fine D.F.C. ‘Ace’ S.E.5a scout Pilot with 6 victories,1923 M.B.E. 1st type (Military) for night flying test pilot services, air racer and commercial stunt pilot. Lieut. Leslie ‘The Flying Gypsy’ Hamilton. Lost his life in August 1927 during the “1st attempted East-West Atlantic crossing”, attracting a $25,000 prize after Charles Lindbergh had completed the first Atlantic crossing from West-to-East in May the same year. Despite rating their chances at not better than 50% he set out with Freddie Minchin DSO MC with about 42 hours of fuel for an anticipated 37 hour flight , and as passenger, Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Hamilton’s long term friend, financial backer and owner of the aircraft, who sat behind among spare fuel cans, carrying her hat box, thermos flask and sat upon her wicker chair. Just before take off emptied his pockets of £25 and giving it to his great friend. Freddie West V.C. to give to the mechanics ‘ Besides, he observed, ‘It’s better they have it than the fishes….Goodbye old man’
The superb early Great War 10 Victory Ace Military Cross group of nine to Lieut. later Squadron Leader , Royal Warwick Regiment and 48 Squadron Royal Flying Corps all scored within in “Bloody April 1917”, a time when ‘victories were hard won, his first 7 as Observer to Capt. A.M. Wilkinson, D.S.O. and Bar. (19 Victories). With Wilkinson was one of two damaged aircraft that survived the first offensive patrol of the new Bristol fighter under Leefe-Robinson, V.C., when fallen on by Richtofen’s Flying Circus, Richtofen himself destroying 2 that day. Later served Iraq 1921 (MID). Twice wounded, GSW November, 1915 as Lieut. R. Warwicks and again May, 1917, GSW when with 48 Sqdn
Distinguished Conduct Medal (EDV11) group, Corporal (later W.O. Cl.1) 78th Battery. Perhaps the hardest fought battery of the Boer War especially at Hekpoort. 11 July 1900, when many of the gunners and drivers fell casualty and Captains Gordon and Younger of the Gordons rushing forward to help save the guns won a Victoria Cross and a posthumous V.C. respectively
Naval General Service clasp Endymion wh President present as Private , Royal Marines
A good 6 clasp MGS to the 40th Foot to include clasps for the storms at Badajoz and Cuidad Rodrigo, also served in the War of 1812 and a Waterloo man
M.G.S. clasp Nive, Corporal , 4th Foot, who lost his right eye from a gun shot wound received in the disastrous assault at the American lines at New Orleans, 8 January 1815
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