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Thank you.
What a wonderful and detailed account.
Clive.

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DSO VR, top ribbon bar adapted for mounting; Q
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. H. J. V. Phillips. S. Wales. Bord.);
KSA (2) (Cpt. H. J. V. Phillips. D.S.O. S.W. Bdrs.)

DSO London Gazette 27 September 1901: ‘In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.’

Henry Jacon Vaughan Phillips was born in 1868, son of Mr Cambridge Phillips, magistrates’ clerk for the Defynoch Division of Breconshire, and author of the standard work on the birds of Breconshire. Henry was educated at Brecon College, joined the 3rd South Wales Borderers Militia in November 1886, and served until he was appointed superintendent water bailiff in May 1909. He served in the South African War of 1899-1902 as Acting Intelligence Officer. He also performed the duties of Transport Officer. Captain Jacob was present at the operations in the Orange Free State from April to May 1900; operations in Orange River Colony between May and 29 November 1900; operations in Cape Colony in 1900; operations in the Transvaal from May 1901 to January 1902; operations in the Orange River Colony from 30 November 1900 to March 1901; and operations in Cape Colony from April to May 1901, and January to February 1902. He was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). The Insignia were presented by the King on 2 June 1902. Major Phillips died on 6 May 1914, aged 46 years.

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DSO VR;
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt. H. P. Frankland, D.S.O. Lanc. Fusrs.) engraved naming;
1914 Star, with copy clasp (Captain A. P. Frankland. D.S.O. Lan: Fus.);
British War and Victory Medals (Major A. P. Frankland.)

DSO London Gazette 25 July 1901: ‘In recognition of service during operations in South Africa.’ The original recommendation adds: ‘For conduct of a convoy near Petrusberg. His good disposition, pluck and coolness saved the convoy.’

Arthur Pelham Frankland was born in Dover on 23 December 1874, the second son of Colonel Sir William Adolphus Frankland, 9th Baronet, of Heath House, Shropshire. Educated at Oxford and Sandhurst, he was appointed from the Royal Military College to a commission in the Suffolk Regiment in the London Gazette of 27 September 1895, and was awarded the D.S.O. whilst serving with the 1st Battalion in South Africa. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, he was slightly injured on 23 April 1901 at Roodeval; the casualty list published in The Globe on 27 April 1901 confirms the injury, adding: ‘by a fall from his horse.’



Promoted Captain, Frankland returned home with his Regiment and was decorated with the DSO by His Majesty King Edward VII at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace in July 1901. Transferred to the Army Reserve as Captain, he had another equine-associated accident in 1904 when a butcher’s cart ‘driven at a furious rate’ caused him to fall off his bicycle in Harpur-street, Bedford. The Bedfordshire Mercury noted: ‘the witness [Frankland] cut his knee rather badly and was severely shaken’. Recovered from his injuries, Frankland later took employment as a land agent in the Channel Islands and for Prince Blucher at Crowcombe Court, Somerset, before settling down at Thirkley House in Ascot.

Transferred to Army Reserve as Captain, Frankland was recalled to the Colours upon the outbreak of the Great War and served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, from 19 September 1914. Raised Major, attached Royal Flying Corps (Anti-Aircraft Headquarters), he qualified 1st class interpreter in French and was employed in the formation of Group Headquarters at Birmingham from November to December 1917. Twice Mentioned in Despatches, he died in Hampshire in January 1948.

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CBW (Mil, 1st);
DSO VR;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9671 Pte. W. H. Cooper. 45th Coy. Impl. Yeo.);
KSA (2) (Lt. W. W. Herring Cooper. D.S.O. A.S.C.), naming engraved in running script;
British War and Victory Medals, with MID (Lt. Col. W. W. Herring-Cooper.);
Khedive's Sudan 1910 (1) Mandal, unnamed as issued

Together with an unmounted QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: W. W. Herring-Cooper. A.S.C.)

CBE London Gazette 12 December 1919.
DSO London Gazette 31 October 1902.
OBE London Gazette 3 June 1919.
MID London Gazette 29 July 1902, 6 July 1917, 22 January 1919, 5 June 1919.

William Weldon Herring-Cooper was born on 19 March 1873 at Ballickmoyler, Queens, Ireland, the younger son of Harman Herring-Cooper of Shrule Castle, Carlow, Ireland. He was educated at Corrig School, Ireland. Herring-Cooper initially enlisted in the 45th Dublin Company 13th Imperial Yeomanry, qualifying for the issue of the Queen's South Africa Medal, before being commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 3 August 1901, being elevated to Lieutenant a year later. This double-issue is confirmed on the published roll. Herring-Cooper was not serving with the 45th Company, Imperial Yeomanry when the Battalion surrendered at Lindley on 31 May 1900. 'Mentioned' during 1902, he added the Distinguished Service Order to his laurels in October, capping off the conflict.

Herring-Cooper was appointed Captain on 1 May 1906 and employed by the Sudan Government from 6 December 1913-26 August 1916. In this period he also qualified for the Khedive's Sudan Medal with clasp 'Mandal' for his part in Captain Romilly's patrol of camelry, which were sent from 1 March-10 April 1914 to punish the Nubas for cattle theft. They had rifles removed from them and peace was restored.

Advanced to Major on 15 December 1914, he served in the Great War becoming Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport for the 21st Army Corps, Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 5 September 1917 until after the war ended. For his services he was awarded the OBE in January 1919, this was later upgraded to the CBE and Herring-Cooper was given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel. He died at Warminster, Wiltshire on 11 January 1953

The group to Lt Col W W Herring-Cooper sold for a hammer price of GBP 2,600. Total GBP 3,224. R 71,770. AUD 6,110. NZD 6,710. CAD 5,570. USD 3,970. EUR 3,760.

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DSO VR with top riband Bar, this adapted for mounting, minor enamel damage to wreath;
IGS 1854 (2) Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Captain G. S. C. Jenkinson. 2d Bn. Derby. R.);
East and West Africa 1887 (1) 1897-98 (Major C. Jenkinson. Derby. Rgt.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Major G. P. C. Jenkinson. 16/Impl. Yeo.), note initials on this last

DSO London Gazette 27 September 1901.

George Seymour Charles Jenkinson was born on 18 February 1858, the son of J. A. Jenkinson of Ocklye, Crowborough, Sussex. Educated at Marlborough School, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment on 1 May 1878 and was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1879.

Well-connected - he was a cousin of General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, G.C.M.G., G.C.B., D.S.O. and counted the likes of Colonel Lord William 'Bill' Beresford, V.C., K.C.I.E. and 'Jack' Sherston, D.S.O., of the Rifle Brigade, among his friends - he spent much of his career in India, where he served as a Station Staff Officer and later as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General. But it was in Burma that he witnessed his first stint of active service, when, having been advanced to Captain, he was severely wounded on 9 August 1887 (Medal & 2 clasps).

Back in the U.K. at the time of his advancement to Major in June 1896, he maintained extensive stables with a fellow army officer, Major Dudley Althorp of the 19th Hussars. Between them they kept a large stud for racing and polo purposes, sometimes as many as 30 horses and ponies, and brought off several notable wins on the Turf. In the circumstances, why Jenkinson made his next career move remains a puzzle, but possibly he was bored with garrison duties on the home establishment or, perhaps, had run into monetary trouble.

Either way, in May 1897 he was appointed Deputy Inspector-General of the Gold Coast Constabulary on an annual salary of £500, with additional allowances. And he remained likewise employed until the summer of 1898, in which period he witnessed active service in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, where among other duties, he oversaw operations against the Binduris (Medal & clasp). He also rose to be Inspector-General upon Sir Francis Scott being transferred to Trinidad in March 1898, and presided at a Court of Enquiry to consider charges against Captain A. L. M. Mitchell, the Inspector-General of the Lagos Hausa Force; see Lot 103.

Having then been placed on the Reserve of Officers, Jenkinson returned to duty on the outbreak of the Boer War, when he served as a Major in the 15th (Northumberland) and latterly the 16th (Worcestershire) Imperial Yeomanry. He is believed to have been captured by the Boers while serving in the 15th Company, but was later released, and was mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, which latter distinction he received from hands of The King on 29 October 1901.

Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and commanding officer of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry in 1903, Jenkinson died at Lamport Grange, Northamptonshire on 27 September 1907, aged just 49. He had married Ada, daughter of Caesar Czarnikow of Effingham Hill and Eaton Square, and left a young son. His widow married Sir Charles Frederick, 8th Baronet and became Lady Ada Frederick of Lamport Grange.

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 2,400. Totals: GBP 2,976. R 66,250. AUD 5,640. NZD 6,190. CAD 5,140. USD 3,670. EUR 3,470.