Lockdales Auction 168 14-15 September 2019

17 409 Death Plaque named Percy Angel Stovold. Captain P A Stovold 2nd Bn Royal West Surrey Regt. Killed In Action 1st Sept 1916. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery. (1) £380 - £400 410 Death Plaque named to William Park £40 - £50 411 Death Plaque named William Bernard Bovey. 2.Lieut W B Bovey 19th London R. Died of Wounds 15/11/1916. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Lived St Johns Hill, Battersea. London. £340 - £350 412 Death Plaque to 290604 Sapper Thomas Caleb Lovejoy 98th Light Railway Train Crew Coy RE. Born Watford. Died 31st December 1917. Buried Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. (1) £50 - £55 413 Death Plaque to 71811 Pte Mileson Morphey 53rd Bn MGC. Killed In Action 12/8/1917. Buried Hagle Dump Cemetery. Born Akenham, Suffolk. Remembered on the Whitton Church Memorial and Ipswich Cenotaph. (1) £50 - £60 414 Death Plaque to Albert Warburton £45 - £50 415 Death plaque to James W Morgan £80 - £85 416 Deputy Sheriff badge Lake County Indiana, together with named Sheriff Lake County ID card £30 - £40 417 Distinguished Conduct Medal Grenadier Guards group (QV). DCM (Sergt Maj: J H Hall. 3/Grenr Gds 26th Mar: 1885). Egypt Medal (undated) with Suakin 1885 clasp (492 Sgt Maj J H Hall 3/Grenr Gds), Khedives Star 1884-6 stamped on the reverse lower point '492 3GG'. Small hook added to reverse of Star. Sergeant Major Hall was awarded the Regiments only DCM for this action. Presented by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle 23/2/1886. Citation states 'Sergeant Major John Hall, Grenadier Guards, displayed great zeal, energy and coolness on all occasions. On 26th March 1885, when the square was attacked by the enemy in considerable force, Sgt Maj Hall displayed very conspicuous energy and coolness in assisting the company and section commanders to steady the men and direct their fire. He moved from place to place whenever the attack was most severe, causing steadiness and confidence around him'. At the battle of Hasheen a Daily Telegraph reporter described the Grenadiers action as follows: 'the enemy could not get within 20 yards of the bayonets. Nothing could surpass the steadiness of the Guards, they fired as coolly as on a field day. I even heard them quietly joking along the ranks up to the moment of the charge'. Born Chelsea. Light contact marks VF (3) £3000 - £3400 418 Distinguished Conduct Medal QV Grenadier Guards group - DCM (Corpl James Lee. 3rd Bn Grenadr Gds), Crimea Medal with bars Alma/ Balaklava/ Inkermann/ Sebastopol unnamed as issued, and Turkish Crimea Medal 'La Crimea', Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued. Born St Margarets, Westminster, London. Lee was severely Wounded at the Battle of Alma and Inkermann, and in the Trenches before Sebastopol. He ended up a Drum Major. Lee died suddenly in 1859 from the effects of his wounds received in the head. VF (3) £1000 - £1200 419 DSO group mounted as worn by Hawkes & Co. DSO GV, QSA with bars Bel/MR/Drei/Jo/DH/Bel named (816 Serjt J Miller Cldstm Gds), KSA with bars SA01/SA02 named (816 Serjt J Miller CldstmGds), 1915 Star (Capt J S Miller MGC), BWM & Victory + MID (Major J S Miller), Defence Medal and EDVII Army LSGC Medal (816 C.Sjt J Miller Cldstm Gds). Medal Rolls appear to show that he was not entitled to the 1915 Star and it appears to be a good tailors copy. Mentioned In Despatches 4/1/1917 and 24/12/1917. DSO L/G 1/1/1917. Born Russia 1879, died 1951 at The Palace Hotel, Lancaster Gate, London. Son Jack Sydney Miller DSC was KIA 8/2/1942 HMS Penelope, Buried Malta. With matching set of miniature medals. Medal card shows he ended up as a Lt Col with the R. Fus. £800 - £850