GALLANTRY MEDALS, ORDERS & DECORATIONS
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1914/15 Star 1849 PTE. A.C. TAYLOR. 5-LOND. R.
British War Medal CAPT. A.C. TAYLOR.
Victory Medal CAPT. A.C. TAYLOR.
India General Service Medal North West Frontier 1937-39 MAJ. A.C. TAYLOR. 3-10 BALUCH R.
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Africa Star 1st Army, Defence Medal, War Medal MiD
(Italy Star mounted in wrong place)
Arthur Charles Taylor was born 11 October 1897 in Hendon and attended Christ's College, Finchley. Enlisted into the 5th London Regiment and went to France 1 September 1915. Commissioned 7 November 1915 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Awarded the D.S.O. (Gazetted 26 September 1916) as 2nd Lieutenant: "For conspicuous gallantry in action. Seeing a large number of men of another unit who had lost their bearings, he went out, and finding that they had lost their officers, reorganised them, directed them where to dig in, and thus enabled the ground won to be held. Later, he did other fine work." He was presented his DSO by the King in Novermber 1916. Lieutenant 7 August 1917. Transferred to the Indian Army 6 September 1918. Major 15 October 1934. Served in the North West Frontier campaign with the 3-10th Baluch Regiment. Awarded a bar to the D.S.O. "On 27th June 1942 in the face of considerable opposition Lt.Col. Taylor, Comd. 3 Baluch, gained a footing on the escarpment in sq. 7232 SOUTH of MATRUH thus drawing enemy forces onto himself for the benefit of others. The enemy reinforced his troops in this area but in spite of this on the night 27/28 June 42 Lt.Col. Taylor again forced his way up the escarpment with his battalion, broke through the enemy line and succeeded in extricating most of the column. Throughout this operation, Lt.Col. Taylor showed considerable resource, tactical skill and coolness under fire."
Price: £9,950
Order of St. John
Queen's South Africa Medal Talana Lieut. H.A. CAPE. 18/Hrs.
1914/15 Star MAJOR H.A. CAPE. 5/LRS.
British War Medal LT.COL. H.A. CAPE.
Victory Medal MiD LT.COL. H.A. CAPE.
India General Service Medal Waziristan 1919-21 LT.COL. H.A. CAPE. 5 LCRS.
Defence Medal
War Medal
Herbert Anderson Cape was born 18 July 1872 and educated at Charterhouse. Commissioned 18th Hussars 12 December 1894 (from the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Militia). Lieutenant October 1899. Listed as wounded at Talana, where he was serving with the regiment's Maxim Gun. "I heard afterwards how pluckily Lieut. Cape and the gun deatchment had behaved. But in their endeavour to extricate the gun from its perilous position, all the detachment were either killed or wounded. Lieut. Cape was himself severely wounded, shot through the throat."
Adjutant September 1902 to March 1906. Captain September 1904. Transferred to the 5th Royal Irish Lancers as Major November 1907. Married Edith Sopper 30 April 1908. ADC to Field Marshall Sir Groege White, VC (Governor General of Gibraltar) 1909. Brigade Major, Highland Mounted Brigade 1912.
20 March 1914 Major Cape was with his regiment when the Curragh Incident took place. With Home Rule due to be imposed on Ireland, it was reported that the regiments in Ireland would be ordered to move against the Ulster Volunteer Force if they resisted. The officers of 3rd Cavalry Brigade agreed to resign en masse if so ordered. "Officer commanding 5th Lancers states that all officers, except two and one doubtful, are resigning their commissions today. I much fear same conditions in the 16th Lancers. Fear men will refuse to move. Regret to report Brigader-General Gough and 57 officers 3rd Cavalry Brigade prefer to accept dismissal lf ordered North." The Government denied that troops would be ordered North and the whole affair was closed down. Although sometimes called a mutiny, in fact no order was ever issued.
Temp. Lt.Colonel August 1915. MiD 4 January 1917 and 20 December 1918. D.S.O. (Gazette 26 July 1918): 21 March 1918. St. Quentin Canal: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At a critical time he displayed remarkable coolness and skill in organising defences. His fine example stimulated all ranks."
Lt.Colonel July 1919. Retired April 1922. Served with the Remount Department 1923 to 1938 and lived at Thorganby Hall, Grimsby. On 11 August 1937 his wife and daughter were killed when they car collided with a train at a crossing.
1939 re-employed by the Army under "Commands & Staff, Miscellaneous Special Appointments." Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem June 1940. Medal card confirms entitlement to Defence and War Medals. It also shows that in 1948, when he claimed his medals, he was still serving as Welfare Officer. He died 21 April 1963.
Price: £6500
O.B.E.
(Military)
Military
Cross
British
War Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
Victory
Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
India
General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919 CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
1-1 G.R.
Defence
Medal
War
Medal
William
Herbert Horatio Lindquist was born in Calcutta 10 June 1897, son of
John Horatio Lindquist of the Bengal Pilot Service.
2nd Lieutenant, Indian Army 29 June 1918, from Cadet College, Quetta.
Lieutenant
1 Jan. 1918, 10th Gurkha Rifles but attached to 1st
Gurkha Rifles.
Military
Cross Gazette 8 March 1919 “For great gallantry on the 19
Sept. 1918 at Sabieh. Finding that he had lost touch with the
battalion on his right and that the enemy were about to
counter-attack, he collected the nearest men and charged the enemy
thus breaking up the counter-attack.”
Staff
College Jan. 1927. Staff Captain, Jullundur Brigade 1928. Act.
Lt-Colonel 13 Dec. 1941.
O.B.E.
(Military) Gazette 1 Jan. 1944. Temp. Brigadier 1 May 1944 and Director
of Civil and Services Censorship, Army HQ India.
Deputy
Asst. Adjutant-General 11 Dec. 1945. Retired 1947. Appointed
Cadet Commandant of Dundee and Angus A.C.F. April 1948. Died
at Carnoustie 6 Sept. 1976.
Price: £2550
O.B.E.
(Military) hallmarked
1914
Star CAPT. D.C. PART. REMOUNT SERV.
Victory
Medal MAJ. D.C. PART (MiD)
British
War Medal MAJ. D.C. PART
Defence
Medal
1953
Coronation Medal
Group mounted in wring order. With matching miniatures.
Dealtry
Charles Part was born 28 Feb. 1882. Educated at Harrow.
Commissioned
21st Lancers 1902. Adjutant, Hertfordshire Yeomanry
Oct. 1911. Captain, General Reserve of Officers 18 Feb. 1914. Arrived
in France 29 September 1914 with the Remounts Service. Temp.
Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, Indian Cavalry Corps 1915-16. Major
March 1916. Superintendent, Remount Services 11 July 1916. MiD
15 June 1916. O.B.E. Gazette 3 June 1919 for “services in
connection with the war.” Lieutenant-Colonel 16 August 1919.
Became
a well-known horse race owner, his horse Morse Code winning the
Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1938, ending Golden Miller's five year winning streak. Appointed
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire March 1926. Appointed Lieutenant for
the County of Bedford Oct. 1931. Appointed Commanding Officer of 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Home Guard. Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Bedford
1943.Knighted 1957. Died
9 February 1961.
Price: £750
Defence Medal
1953 Coronation Medal
Latharna Preceptory Larne Masonic Medal Presented to E. Sir Knight C. Ross E.P. of Latharna Preceptory
Masonic Medal (not gold)
Gold fob CR
Parts of the large Masonic medal are gold (estimated around £200 worth).
Charles Ross was born at Fairview, Ballyclare in 1887. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and King William College, Isle of Man. Settled in Larne around 1910 and worked for the family laundry business, Sun Laundry Ltd. A founder-member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Mechanical Engineers. During World War 2 he was Chief Warden of the A.R.P. Service in Larne and was awarded his M.B.E. 3 January 1945 as "Air Raid Precautions Group Controller, Larne."
1946 became a member of the Borough Council and in 1952 was elected Mayor of Larne. Vice-Chairman of the Northern Ireland Fire Authority 1948-50. Coronation Medal 1953 as Mayor. Appointed to the Road Advisory Council for Northern Ireland 1956. President of the Association of Municipal Authorities 1959. A member of the Antrim County Council. Chairman of the Mid-Antrim Waterworks Board; East Antrim Hospital Management Committee; trustee of Larne Grammar School. As a Mason he was a member of Latharna Lodge No.33, Latharna Royal Arch Chapter and Preceptory, and also a Prince Mason of Chapter 15, Belfast.
He died 16 September 1960 and large crowds lined the route of his funeral at Larne Cemetery. His obituary mentioned "Often the real man within us is revealed best in the crises of life when we are face to face with ultimate realities. It was at the time of the sinking of the Princess Victoria that we saw a man who felt for and with those who were so suddenly plunged into sorrow. He entered into that sorrow as he entered into their homes to convey to them the sympathy of their fellow townsfolk. It was no empty sympathy, for in the months that followed he devoted himself to the establishment of a disaster fund." (135 people were killed when the ferry MV Princess Victoria sank 31 January 1953.
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