A Collection of Medals to the Rifle Brigade

27 July 1995

Lot No 383

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Vimiera, Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (J. Crooks, 95th Foot, Rifles) very fine

27 July 1995

Lot No 384

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (G. McCann, 95th Foot) slack suspension, otherwise nearly very fine

27 July 1995

Lot No 385

Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (Oliver Peacock, 95th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise very fine

27 July 1995

Lot No 386

Waterloo 1815 (Richard Day, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver clip and ring suspender, nearly very fine

27 July 1995

Lot No 387

Waterloo 1815 (Corp. John Wilson, 3rd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspender, light edge bruises, otherwise very fine and rare

27 July 1995

Lot No 388

The important Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Colour Sergeant George Baller, 95th Regiment, who was twice taken prisoner and escaped, fought with the Guerillas in Spain, and was wounded on no less than five separate occasions during his service Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 389

Four: Private William Sims, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade South Africa 1834-53 (1st Bn. Rifle Bde.); Crimea 1854-55, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (1st Batn. Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3057, 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade); Turkish Crimea 1855,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 390

Five: Bugle-Major Michael McGrath, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade South Africa 1834-53 (1st Bn. Rifle Bde.) attempted erasure of initial; Crimea 1854-55, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 2336, R. B.) regimentally impressed naming, Christian name erased; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 391

Five: Private Samuel Algar, Rifle Brigade Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (S. Alger, 2nd Batn. Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Saml. Al[l]gar, 3rd Bn. Rifle Bde.) neat attempt to remove second ‘l’ of surname; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North...

27 July 1995

Lot No 392

Four: Private C. Skilton, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (1st Btn. Rifle B..) officially impressed naming; Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (3814 Pte., Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming, surname spelled ‘Skelton’; Army L.S. &...

27 July 1995

Lot No 393

Three: Sergeant William Dawson, Rifle Brigade Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Pte., 2nd Bn. R. Bde.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with an additional privately made clasp “Balaclava”; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (86 Serjt., 4th Bn. Rifle Brigade) small letter reverse; Turkish Crimea 1855,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 394

Pair: Private William Tyler, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Lucknow, Central India (3rd Bn. Rifle Bde.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (606 Pte., 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.) very fine (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 395

Pair: Garrison Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Morgan, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Lucknow, Central India (2nd Bn. Rifle Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (Garrison Qr. Mr. Sergt., G.O.C.C. 17th June 1875) naming engraved in fine running script as normal for this...

27 July 1995

Lot No 396

Three: Private James Kent, Rifle Brigade Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (2nd Bn. Rifle Bde.); Ashantee 1873-74, clasp, Coomassie (325 Pte., 2 Bn. Rifle Bde. 1873-4); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3727 Pte., 3rd Rifle Bde.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (3)

27 July 1995

Lot No 397

Four: Private Henry Grinter, Rifle Brigade Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (No. 726 Pte., Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (726 Pte., 4 Bn. Rifle Bde.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (726 Pte., 4th Bn. Rifle Bde.);...

27 July 1995

Lot No 398

Three: Quartermaster Sergeant Robert Burton, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (83 Pte., 4 Bt. Rif. Bde.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3809 Qr. Mr. Sgt., Rifle Depot); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Field...

27 July 1995

Lot No 399

Three: Sergeant J. Brown, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (3315 Bgr., 1/R.B.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3315 Serjt., 1st R. Bde.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s bust (C.Sjt., 1/...

27 July 1995

Lot No 400

Pair: Colour Sergeant W. Tarrant, Rifle Brigade Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1643 Corpl., 2 Bn. Rifle Bde. 1873-4); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (54-- Cr.Sgt., Rif. Brig.) some edge bruising from contact, therefore nearly very fine (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 401

Pair: Private Robert Silcox, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade and Mounted Infantry Camel Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (4552 Pte., 2/Rifle Bde.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, some pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 402

Pair: Corporal J. Lamb, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (347 Pte., 1st Bn. Rif.Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (347 Actg. Cpl., Rif. Bde.) nearly extremely fine (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 403

Pair: Private F. Boon, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (7760 Pte., 1st Bn. Rif. Brig.) suspension re-fixed and clasps fitted with additional side straps; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, S.A. 1901 (7760 Pte., Rifle...

27 July 1995

Lot No 404

Pair: Sergeant Charles Baldwin, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (8382 Sergt., 1st Bn. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (8382 Sergt., Rif. Brig.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 405

Three: Sergeant Instructor G. Strudwick, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (4294 Sergt., 4th Bn. Rif. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1901(Serjt. Instr., Vl. Co. R.I.R. Rifle Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter...

27 July 1995

Lot No 406

Pair: Sergeant Major G. Wood, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (6361 Corpl., 4th Bn. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (6361 Clr.-Serjt., Rifle Bde.) nearly very fine (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 407

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (7008 Lce. Corpl. A. G. Kitchener, Rifle Bde.) nearly extremely fine and extremely rare

27 July 1995

Lot No 408

Three: Colour Sergeant J. Barnett, Liverpool Regiment, late Rifle Brigade British South Africa Company Medal 1890-1897, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (532 Sgt., 4/Rif. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (532 Serjt., Rifle Brigade); Army L.S. &...

27 July 1995

Lot No 409

Four: Colour Sergeant E. J. Fraley, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896 (7482 Cr. Sergt., 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (7482 C.Sgt., Rifle Brigade); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7482 C.Sgt., Rifle Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 410

Four: Private H. Valentine, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896 (3992 Pte., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3992 Pte., Rifle Bde.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (3992 Pte., Rifle Brigade);...

27 July 1995

Lot No 411

Six: Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant T. Whitehead, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896 (7269 Q.M.Sgt., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (7259 O.R. & Q.M.Sgt., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (7259 Qr.-Mr.-Serjt., Rifle Brigade); Army L.S. & G.C.,...

27 July 1995

Lot No 412

Six: Colour Sergeant G. E. Dullingham, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896 (3865 Cpl., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, S.A. 1902 (3865 Sgt., Rifle Brigade); 1914-15 Star (B-97 C.Q.M.Sjt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (B-97...

27 July 1995

Lot No 413

Three: Private S. Banks, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (685 Pte., 3d Bn. Rif. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (685 Pte., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (685 Pte., Rifle...

27 July 1995

Lot No 414

A very rare Boer War D.C.M. and Bar group of nine awarded to Major Harry Evans Worthing, O.B.E., Rifle Brigade The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, named on the reverse of the crown; Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R., with Second Award Bar dated ‘8th June 1901’ (9738 C/Sjt., 4/Rifle...

27 July 1995

Lot No 415

Five: Private E. Falkner, Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1902 (7753 Pte., Rifle Brigade); 1914-15 Star Trio (7757 Pte., Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7757 Pte., Rif. Brig.) polished, therefore nearly very fine (5)

27 July 1995

Lot No 416

Pair: Colour Sergeant W. S. Grinter, 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901 (4346 Clr. Serjt., Rifle Brigade); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (4346 Sgt., Rif. B’de.) very fine (2)

27 July 1995

Lot No 417

Three: Colour Sergeant A. E. Alderman, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (5072 Corpl., 3rd Rifle Bde.); British War Medal (5072 C-Sjt., Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5072 C.Q.M.Sjt., Rif. Bde.) very fine or better (3)

27 July 1995

Lot No 418

A fine Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant M. J. Carey, 12th Battalion, late Colour Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.V.R., named on the reverse (N.J.Carey, 12th Battn. Rifle Brigade 1918); Queen’s Sudan 1896 (858 Sgt., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3...

27 July 1995

Lot No 419

A ‘St. Eloi’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Griffiths, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3167 Pte., 4/Rif. Bde.); 1914-15 Star (3167 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3167 Sjt., Rif. Brig.) very fine (4)

27 July 1995

Lot No 420

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal P. S. Phillpot, Rifle Brigade Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-1857 Cpl., 11/Rif. Bde.); 1914-15 Star Trio (S-1857 Pte./Cpl., Rif. Brig.)official correction to the first, otherwise very fine and better (4)

27 July 1995

Lot No 421

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Barnaby, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-26328 Pte., 7/Rif. Bde.); British War and Victory Medals (S-26328 Pte., Rif. Bde.) good very fine (3)

27 July 1995

Lot No 422

A good ‘Old Contemptibles’ group of five awarded to Colour Sergeant W. Fowler, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade 1914 Mons Star (5051 Sjt., 3/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (5051 C.Sjt., Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5051 Sjt., Rif. Bde.); Russia, Cross of St. George, 4th...