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#344 – WW1 British Trench Maps (Лот: 1799)
WW1 British Trench Maps, consisting of linen backed example for Aubers 36 SW 1 scale 1:10,000, linen backed Belgium sheet 30 first edition scale 1:40,000, lien backed France Sheet 51B edition 2 scale 1:40,000, linen backed Belgium and France Sheet 28 edition 3 scale 1:40,000, linen backed Belgium and Part of France Sheet 29 scale 1:40,000, plus two others. (7 items)
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#348 – Grouping of Letters Written by and Sent To Private William Kirkland 4th / 5th Battalion Black Watch Royal Highlanders (Лот: 1803)
Grouping of Letters Written by and Sent To Private William Kirkland 4th / 5th Battalion Black Watch Royal Highlanders, the letters are mostly written by Kirkland to his mother and father and them back to him. One letter informs his parents that William had been wounded in the right arm and as such the letter was being written for him, probably by a nurse or doctor. Some letters are on YMCA headed paper. The letters tell of life and people he knew from home as opposed to any operational or combat activity, which is normal for these letters. An interesting grouping which brings to life the reality for most soldiers during WW1. Late Gordon Anderson collection
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#349 – New Testament Bible Belonging to Private Robert J Heggison 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders Killed in Action 29th July 1915 (Лот: 1804)
New Testament Bible Belonging to Private Robert J Heggison 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders Killed in Action 29th July 1915, the small bible has inked dedication to the front, ‘Robert J Heggison Killed at Hooge 29 July 1915, His testament from Burnhead W U 7 Church’. Gilt tooled union flag to the cover; 1917 Kings Own Scottish Borders issued New Testament bible with the inside inked to ‘Pte John Potts 6th K.O.S.B’; National Bible Society of Scotland 1917 issued New Testament bible belonging to ‘Lieut Col W Petty 9th Seaforth Highrs’; leather bound Holy Bible inked to the inside ‘3986 Pvt James West 9th Battln Seaforth Highrs’. (4 items) Late Gordon Anderson collection
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#350 – Archive of Documents and Photographs Relating to Father and Son, Covering both WW1 and WW2 in the Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arm (Лот: 1805)
Archive of Documents and Photographs Relating to Father and Son, Covering both WW1 and WW2 in the Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arm, the grouping relates to the Griffin family from Gravesend, Kent. The father Lawrence Albert Griffin was a career seaman, serving with the Merchant Navy as a Deck Boy from 1909 until he joined the Royal Navy. He served in various ships and rose to the rank of Lieutenant. The documents in the grouping include various discharge books, note books, and photographs relating to him and other family members. Also a nice small photograph album of his service on HMS Ascot as a Sub Lieutenant during WW1, this ship was the last to be sunk by a German U-Boat in WW1, he was not serving on the ship at the time. His son James Douglas Griffin served with the Fleet Air Arm in No805 squadron including a coloured certificate with signatures of members of the squadron, framed picture of him with his bullion Fleet Air Arm wing underneath, plus other items. An interesting grouping of items that would require personal viewing.
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#351 – Oswald Mosley British Union of Fascists ‘BRITAIN FIRST’ Booklet (Лот: 1806)
Oswald Mosley British Union of Fascists ‘BRITAIN FIRST’ Booklet, the booklet is the printed speech by the leader of the British Union of Fascists from the rally they held at Earls Court Exhibition Hall on Sunday 16th July 1939, which at the time was publicised as the worlds largest indoor meeting and was a major propaganda event for the political party. 32 printed pages in total. Fold line to the centre but otherwise generally good condition.
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#352 – Rare and Possibly Unique Royal Air Force Fighter Command Serial Message Report Sent on 12th August 1941, Reporting That Wing Commander Douglas Bader was Missing Whilst on Operations (Лот: 1807)
Rare and Possibly Unique Royal Air Force Fighter Command Serial Message Report Sent on 12th August 1941, Reporting That Wing Commander Douglas Bader was Missing Whilst on Operations, the typed message describes the action in which the famous RAF fighter pilot Douglas Bader was shot down, ‘W/Cmdr. Bader is missing from a recent daylight offensive over Northern France. 11 Me’s were destroyed by pilots in that operation, 4 of them by a squadron which formed part of a wing led by Bader. The W/Cdr went into action with this squadron. 1 pilot who destroyed one of the Me’s said to-day We saw about 12 Me’s below us, and my section went down to attack. We dived on them, firing our guns, and then, as we turned, to make another attack, we saw 30 or more Me’s pelting down on top of us, and we were all mixed up in a most chaotic dog-fight. It was in that fight that W/Cmdr. Bader went down. I don’t think any of us saw him hit, but when the position cleared Bader was not with us. I have never seen so many Jerrys from a reception committee in a daylight offensive over France as greeted us that day’. The document has some corrections in pencil and is signed in pencil W. Cunningham a c to the bottom. Top of the document has typed F/LT MACKENZIE, we can only assume that this was his report which was sent to headquarters of fighter command. One small punch hole mark to the corner and rust stain from a staple. The document is accompanied by another two page typed serial message with corrections in relation to RAF flying ace Wing Commander Geoffrey Goodman DFC who flew Mosquito fighter aircraft with distinction. This document is dated 1944 and like the Bader document has official corrections made. Group is accompanied by three other official typed serial messages. (5 documents in total)Sir Douglas Bader is probably one of the most famous fighter pilots in the history of the RAF, not just because of the amount of aerial victories he had achieved, but because of his story of overcoming adversity. In December 1931, he was doing aerobatics in an aircraft which crashed and he lost both of his legs as a result of the accident. Not to be put off by this, Bader was given prosthetic legs and he managed to continue to serve in the RAF and flew operationally during the second world war. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, 4 shared and 6 probable victories. Bader served in the early actions of the war with the RAF, including the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. In 1941 he was shot down and had to bail out over Northern France. He was captured and sent to a Prisoner of War camp. Bader was a determined man and as a result he made numerous escape attempts from captivity. He was such a problem to the Luftwaffe, that he was eventually sent to Colditz Castle prisoner of war camp where he remained until liberated in 1945.
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#353 – WW2 British Home Front Ephemera (Лот: 1808)
WW2 British Home Front Ephemera, being an interesting folder of insurance documents from the WW2 period from Eagle Star Insurance for Messrs J Denman & Co, Tooting, in relation to insurance against bomb damage during the London Blitz etc as part of the War Risks Insurance Act of 1939. Also accompanied by a large quantity of documents, registration cards etc of the Burt family, both pre-war, wartime and post war.
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#354 – Grouping of WW2 Allied Personal Messages and Order of the Day Printed Documents of the Allied Commanders (Лот: 1809)
Grouping of WW2 Allied Personal Messages and Order of the Day Printed Documents of the Allied Commanders, the grouping includes the printed message given to all allied troops who were embarking for the Normandy beaches in 1944 for the D-Day invasion by Dwight D Eisenhower, his message at the end of hostilities, Field Marshal Alexanders message from April 1945 in the Mediterranean theatre, several messages from Montgomery for the 8th and 21st armies etc. All generally good condition. Accompanied by a wartime produced poster with coloured illustrations of the various divisional insignias of the British army. (14 items)
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#434 – Book Presented to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy G.C.B, Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders illustrated by Engravings from Original Pictures in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital (Лот: 3654)
Book Presented to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy G.C.B, Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders illustrated by Engravings from Original Pictures in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, fine example of the book by Edward Hawke Locker Esq. Title page with inked dedication ‘To Admiral Sir Tho Hardy G.C.B with the authors best regards’. Blue leather coverings to the boards and the spine with gilt tooled ‘GREENWHICH NAVAL GALLERY’. Some light foxing but generally a good example. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801. He served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. Nelson was shot as he paced the decks with Hardy, and as he lay dying, Nelson’s famous remark of “Kiss me, Hardy” was directed at him. Hardy went on to become First Naval Lord in November 1830.
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#435 – Queen Victoria Silk Photograph with Ink Signature (Лот: 3655)
Queen Victoria Silk Photograph with Ink Signature, interesting printed on silk photograph of the late Queen Victoria seated, lower section signed in ink ‘Victoria R.I’. Mounted into a wooden glazed frame. Accompanied by documentation of correspondence from Sotherby’s in 1986.