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9 april 2021), was the husband of queen elizabeth ii and served as consort of the british monarch from her accession on 6 february 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in british history. philip was born in greece into the greek and danish royal families. his family was exiled from the country when he was 18 months old. educated in france, germany, and the united kingdom, he joined the royal navy in 1939 at the age of 18. in july 1939, he began corresponding with princess elizabeth, then aged 13, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of king george vi. during the second world war, philip served with distinction in the mediterranean and pacific fleets of the royal navy. in the summer of 1946, king george vi granted philip permission to marry elizabeth, who was then 20. prior to the official announcement of their engagement in july 1947, philip renounced his greek and danish royal titles and styles, became a naturalised british subject, and adopted the surname mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. in november 1947, he married elizabeth, was granted the style \"his royal highness\", and was created duke of edinburgh, earl of merioneth, and baron greenwich. they had four children: charles, anne, andrew, and edward. following elizabeth's accession to the throne in 1952, philip left active naval service, having attained the rank of commander. in 1957, he was formally created a british prince. a keen sportsman, philip played a significant role in the development of the equestrian discipline of carriage driving. he served as patron, president, or member of more than 780 organisations, including the world wide fund for nature, and was chairman of the duke of edinburgh's award, an international youth awards programme for people aged 14 to 24. philip was the longest-lived male member of the british royal family. he retired from public duties in 2017 at the age of 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements and delivered 5,493 speeches since 1952. he died at windsor castle two months before his 100th birthday. good condition est."},"estimateMax":140,"lotNumber":"4","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/303984/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":120,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:03:27.331Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£120 - 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3 june 1967) was a royal air force officer. he was a pilot and squadron commander in the royal flying corps in the first world war and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the royal air force (raf) during the inter-war years when he served in turkey, great britain and the far east. during world war ii, as air officer commanding of the raf middle east command, tedder directed raf air operations in the mediterranean and north africa, including the evacuation of crete and operation crusader in north africa. his bombing tactics became known as the \"tedder carpet\". later in the war tedder took command of the mediterranean air command and in that role was closely involved in the planning of the allied invasion of sicily and the allied invasion of italy. when operation overlord-the invasion of france-came to be planned, tedder was appointed deputy supreme commander at supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force under general dwight d. eisenhower. tedder signed the german instrument of surrender on behalf of the western allies, officially ending world war ii in europe. after the war, tedder served as chief of the air staff, in which role he advocated increased recruitment in the face of many airmen leaving the raf, doubled the size of raf fighter command and implemented arrangements for the berlin airlift in 1948. he also held senior positions in business and academia. good condition est."},"estimateMax":140,"lotNumber":"6","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/303986/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"soldPrice":90,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:04:15.435Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£100 - 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20 march 2013),[1] known as george lowe, was a new zealand-born mountaineer, explorer, film director and educator. he was the last surviving member of the 1953 british mount everest expedition, during which his friend edmund hillary and sherpa tenzing norgay became the first known people to summit the world's highest peak. good condition est."},"estimateMax":70,"lotNumber":"15","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/303995/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":60,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.905Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£60 - £70","currency":"GBP","id":303995,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":60},{"startPrice":40,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/303996/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/303996/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/303996/003/003.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"poet playwright christopher fry 3 page touching hand written letter to nick. 1973 with kind words to nick who is in hospital, \"want you to know how our love and our thoughts like matthew, mark, luke and john are sitting at the four corners for your bed\". also references to the bbc and the dark is light enough and radio show. signed with his nickname kit. christopher fry (18 december 1907 - 30 june 2005) was an english poet and playwright. he is best known for his verse dramas, especially the lady's not for burning (1948), which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. fry was then commissioned to write a play by alec clunes, manager of the arts theatre in london. the result, the lady's not for burning, was first performed there in 1948, directed by the actor jack hawkins. due to its success, it transferred to the west end for a nine-month run, starring john gielgud and featuring richard burton and claire bloom among the cast. it was presented on broadway in 1950, again with burton. the play marked a revival in popularity for poetic drama, most notably espoused by t. s. eliot. it is the most performed of all his plays and inspired british prime minister margaret thatcher to declaim, \"you turn if you want to - the lady's not for turning,\" at the conservative party conference in 1980. in 1950, fry adapted a translation of jean anouilh's invitation to the castle as ring round the moon for director peter brook. he also wrote venus observed, which was produced at the st james's theatre by laurence olivier. a sleep of prisoners followed in 1951, first performed at st thomas' church in regent street, london, in 1951 and later touring with denholm elliott and stanley baker. the dark is light enough, a winter play starring katharine cornell and edith evans in 1954, was third in a quartet of \"seasonal\" plays, featured incidental music written by leonard bernstein.[9] the production also featured tyrone power, lorne greene and marian winters. christopher plummer had an understudy role that he wrote about in his memoir. this play followed the springtime of the lady's not for burning and the autumnal venus observed. the quartet was completed in 1970 with a yard of sun, representing summer, presented at the nottingham playhouse in 1970. his next plays were translations from french dramatists: the lark, an adaptation of jean anouilh's l'alouette (\"the lark\"), in 1955; tiger at the gates, based on jean giraudoux's la guerre de troie n'aura pas lieu, also in 1955; duel of angels, adapted from giraudoux's pour lucrèce, in 1960; and judith, also by giraudoux, in 1962. although fry lived until 2005, his poetic style of drama began to fall out of fashion with the advent of the angry young men of british theatre in the mid-1950s. despite working mainly for the cinema in the 1960s, including scripts for ben hur, barabbas, and the bible: in the beginning...,[10] he continued to write plays, including curtmantle for the royal shakespeare company (1961). good condition est."},"estimateMax":50,"lotNumber":"16","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/303996/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":40,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.907Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£40 - 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(the japanese pilot, iyozo fujita, returned to the aircraft carrier, soryu, and survived the war.) rasmussen's plane was badly damaged and fell into an uncontrolled plunge into the clouds over the mountainous terrain. after passing through the clouds at about 5,000 feet he regained control of the aircraft and returned to wheeler field, where he landed with no brakes, rudder, or tailwheel. oral accounts of the number of bullet holes in the plane vary, but most give a figure of about 500. the opening exhibit of the world war ii exhibit in the national museum of the united states air force at wright-patterson afb near dayton, ohio features a mannequin of a pyjama-clad pilot climbing into a p-36 hawk. the exhibit details lt. rasmussen's exploits that day and is informally titled \"the pyjama pilot.\" . good condition est."},"estimateMax":30,"lotNumber":"31","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304011/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.928Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - £30","currency":"GBP","id":304011,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":20},{"startPrice":20,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304012/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"lt cdr sir peter scott dsc 70th ann arrival capt. scott at s. pole signed cover. 70th anniversary of the arrival of capt. r.f. scott r.n. at the south pole 18 jan 1912. single stamp plus single post marked 18 jan 82. personally signed by rear admiral d m eckersley maslin. flag officer sea training portland. capt scott attended his last naval review in terra nova, and also signed by lt cdr sir peter scott cbe dsc commanding officer, sgb flotilla 1943 captain r f scott's son. rn yeovilton official fdc ref no 3rn14c. sir peter markham scott ch, cbe, dsc, frs, fzs (1909-1989) was the son of scott of the antarctic and his artist wife kathleen, lady kennet. educated at oundle and trinity college, cambridge, he studied art at the state academy, munich and at the royal academy schools, london. he was a yachting enthusiast and won a sailing bronze at the 1936 berlin olympics. by the time war broke in 1939, he was already an established author, broadcaster, artist and conservationist with ornithology at the heart of his interests. on 11 june 1940 he went ashore at saint-valery-en-caux as an rnvr sub-lieutenant to help in the evacuate wounded from the 51st highland division prior to its surrender en masse to erwin rommel next day. he served in the shakespeare class destroyer hms broke supporting the north atlantic convoys, and in april 1941 was mentioned in despatches for rescuing crewmen from the burning armed merchant cruiser comorin. he was further credited with designing a ship camouflage scheme for the western approaches (mbe, military division, 1942). in the summer of 1942 he was appointed commanding officer of a new type of coastal forces vessel, steam gun boat hm sgb 9, later named hms grey goose. steam gun boats were large enough to withstand rough weather and combined the functions of the motor gunboat (mgb) and motor torpedo boat (mtb) in order to hunt down german e-boats. in august 1942 scott and sgb 9 gave early proof of the buccaneering spirit for which sgb crews were known when he was again mentioned in despatches 'for gallantry, daring and skill in the combined attack on dieppe' (operation jubilee). he subsequently led a number of actions in grey goose in the spring and summer of 1943 as senior officer, 1st sgb flotilla operating from hms aggressive (the coastal forces base at newhaven). on 1 june 1943 he was awarded the distinguished service cross (dsc) 'for skill and gallantry in action with enemy light forces', when he engaged 3 armed enemy trawlers about 20 miles west of le havre. 'many hits were scored on the rear enemy ship, and although she was not seen to sink she was left stopped and silenced and burning. all our ships returned safely to harbour. they suffered casualties, one being killed and 4 wounded. he was further mentioned in despatches for an action in the english channel on 26 july 1943, and awarded a bar to the dsc for actions on 4 and 27 september 1943. by early 1944, the e-boat threat had reduced and he was appointed staff officer operations, coastal forces to help prepare the role of coastal forces in operation neptune, the naval element of operation overlord, the invasion of france. he was subsequently detached as staff officer, coastal forces, british assault area (courseulles) and later as liaison officer, pt boats (cherbourg). after the war he stood for parliament but was narrowly defeated. he famously established the wildfowl and wetlands trust in slimbridge in 1946 and helped found the world wide fund for nature, the logo of which he designed. he was knighted in 1973 for his work in conservation of wild animals and in 1987 he was made a companion of honour for services to conservation. good condition est."},"estimateMax":30,"lotNumber":"32","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304012/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.931Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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15 february 1970) was a senior officer in the royal air force. he was air officer commanding raf fighter command during the battle of britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of operation sea lion, adolf hitler's plan to invade britain. born in moffat, scotland, dowding was an officer in the british army in the 1900s and early 1910s. he joined the royal flying corps at the start of the first world war and went on to serve as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of no. 16 squadron. during the inter-war years he became air officer commanding fighting area, air defence of great britain and then joined the air council as air member for supply and research. in july 1936, dowding was appointed chief of the newly created raf fighter command. during the battle of britain in the second world war, dowding's fighter command successfully defended the uk against the attacks of the luftwaffe, thanks to his prudent management of raf resources and detailed preparation of britain's air defences (the dowding system). he subsequently came into conflict with proponents of the big wing tactic, most notably trafford leigh-mallory and douglas bader, which along with the inadequacies of raf's night-time defence during the blitz led to his eventual downfall. in november 1940, dowding was replaced in command against his wishes by sholto douglas, another big wing advocate. after further appointments in the us and then back to the uk, dowding retired from the royal air force in july 1942, he was made a peer in june 1943. dowding subsequently became an influential member of the british spiritualist, theosophical, and animal rights movements. good condition est."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"39","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304019/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.936Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£400 - 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in lady jane (1986). her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal \"english rose\", a label with which she was uncomfortable. bonham carter is recognized for her unconventional fashion choices and dark aesthetic. for her role as kate croy in the wings of the dove (1997), bonham carter received a nomination for the academy award for best actress, and for her portrayal of queen elizabeth in the king's speech (2010), she won the bafta award for best actress in a supporting role, and was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actress. good condition est."},"estimateMax":18,"lotNumber":"57","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304037/view","tags":["ukMemorabilia_MoviesTVMusicMemorabilia","ukCollectibles_philately","ukMemorabilia","ukMemorabilia_all","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":14,"soldPrice":14,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:31:45.483Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£14 - 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maiden flight of cameron d96 hot air airship cimarron. personally signed by oskar fink having been a locksmith since leaving school, he went to work in the mounting sections of the luftschiffban in friedrichshafen. the lz127 had just been built, and he worked on this airship until its entry into service in 1928. that year the lz129 hindenburg came into service. oskar fink was posted to the lz127 graf zeppelin as a steersman and flew with the aircraft mainly the south american routes. detail enclosed with black and white photo. ff8c zeppelin cover signed adolf fischer zeppelin crew member hindenburg in 1937. 23 7 80 friedrichshafen 70th anniv of the formation of world's 1st commercial airline zeppelin luftschiffen red flown cachet flown on the maiden flight of cameron d96 air ship 'cimarron'. personally signed. adolf fischer zeppelin engine mechanic, crew member hindenburg in 1937 and spent 4 weeks in hospital in new york recovering from the injuries he suffered in the lake hurst disaster. employed as an engine mechanic on the new lz130 from 1938 to august 1939 served ww11 as a specialist mechanic for aero engines. 15 flights south american and 11 north american details and photo enclosed. oskar rosch signed raf ff31c lz127 graf zeppelin north pole special flight cover. served as a mechanic on many zeppelins, including the lz127 graf zeppelin special flight over the north pole and lz130 graf zeppelin ii flights. good condition est."},"estimateMax":18,"lotNumber":"60","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304040/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":14,"soldPrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:33:22.295Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£14 - 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of the roumana feature and of forming the initial bridgehead for a brigade of the 51st highland division was allotted to the battalion of the argyll and sutherland highlanders commanded by lieutenant-colonel campbell. the attack had to form up in complete darkness and had to traverse the main offshoot of the wadi akarit at an angle to the line of advance. in spite of heavy machine gun and shell fire in the early stages of the attack, lieutenant-colonel campbell successfully accomplished this difficult operation, captured at least 600 prisoners and led his battalion to its objective, having to cross an unswept portion of the enemy minefield in doing so. later, upon reaching his objective he found that a gap which had been blown by the royal engineers in the anti-tank ditch did not correspond with the vehicle lane which had been cleared in the minefield. realising the vital necessity of quickly establishing a gap for the passage of anti-tank guns, he took personal charge of this operation. it was now broad daylight and, under very heavy machine-gun fire and shell fire, he succeeded in making a personal reconnaissance and in conducting operations which led to the establishing of a vehicle gap. throughout the day lieutenant-colonel campbell held his position with his battalion in the face of extremely heavy and constant shell fire, which the enemy was able to bring to bear by direct observation. about 1630 hours determined enemy counter-attacks began to develop, accompanied by tanks. in this phase of the fighting lieutenant-colonel campbell's personality dominated the battle field by a display of valour and utter disregard for personal safety, which could not have been excelled. realising that it was imperative for the future success of the army plan to hold the bridgehead his battalion had captured, he inspired his men by his presence in the forefront of the battle, cheering them on and rallying them as he moved to those points where the fighting was heaviest. when his left forward company was forced to give ground he went forward alone, into a hail of fire and personally reorganised their position, remaining with the company until the attack at this point was held. as reinforcements arrived upon the scene he was seen standing in the open directing the fight under close range fire of enemy infantry and he continued to do so although already painfully wounded in the neck by shell fire. it was not until the battle died down that he allowed his wound to be dressed. even then, although in great pain, he refused to be evacuated, remaining with his battalion and continuing to inspire them by his presence on the field. darkness fell with the argylls still holding their positions, though many of its officers and men had become casualties. there is no doubt that but for lieutenant-colonel campbell's determination, splendid example of courage and disregard of pain, the bridgehead would have been lost. this officer's gallantry and magnificent leadership when his now tired men were charging the enemy with the bayonet and were fighting them at hand grenade range, are worthy of the highest honour, and can seldom have been surpassed in the long history of the highland brigade. good condition est."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"61","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304041/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.956Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - £24","currency":"GBP","id":304041,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":20},{"startPrice":30,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304042/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304042/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"general sir dighton macnaghten probyn vc. a4 page with small autographed piece and page with a nice postcard and biography. probyn was awarded the victoria cross for heroism at the 1857 battle of agra during the indian mutiny. has been distinguished for gallantry and daring throughout this campaign. at the battle of agra, when his squadron charged the rebel infantry, he was some time separated from his men, and surrounded by five or six sepoys. he defended himself from the various cuts made at him, and before his own men had joined him had cut down two of his assailants. at another time, in single combat with a sepoy, he was wounded in the wrist, by the bayonet, and his horse also was slightly wounded; but, though the sepoy fought desperately, he cut him down. the same day he singled out a standard bearer, and, in the presence of a number of the enemy, killed him and captured the standard. these are only a few of the gallant deeds of this brave young officer. despatch from major-general james hope grant, k. c. b., dated 10 january 1858. good 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commonwealth forces. details :- burton was 21 years old and a private in the 1st battalion, duke of wellington's regiment, british army, during the second world war at monte ceco, near palazzuolo sul senio, north-east of florence when the following deed took place. it was for this that he was awarded the victoria cross. the citation reads: in italy on 8th october, 1944, two companies of the duke of wellington's regiment moved forward to take a strongly held feature 760 metres high. the capture of this feature was vital at this stage of the operation as it dominated all the ground on the main axis of advance. the assaulting troops made good progress to within twenty yards of the crest when they came under withering fire from spandaus on the crest. the leading platoon was held up and the platoon commander was wounded. the company commander took another platoon, of which private burton was runner, through to assault the crest from which four spandaus at least were firing. private burton rushed forward and, engaging the first spandau position with his tommy gun, killed the crew of three. when the assault was again held up by murderous fire from two more machine guns private burton, again showing complete disregard for his own safety, dashed forward toward the first machine gun using his tommy gun until his ammunition was exhausted. he then picked up a bren gun and firing from the hip succeeded in killing or wounding the crews of the two machine guns. thanks to his outstanding courage the company was then able to consolidate on the forward slope of the feature. the enemy immediately counter-attacked fiercely but private burton, in spite of most of his comrades being either dead or wounded, once again dashed forward on his own initiative and directed such accurate fire with his bren gun on the enemy that they retired leaving the feature firmly in our hands. the enemy later counter-attacked again on the adjoining platoon position and private burton, who had placed himself on the flank, brought such accurate fire to bear that this counterattack also failed to dislodge the company from its position. private burton's magnificent gallantry and total disregard of his own safety during many hours of fierce fighting in mud and continuous rain were an inspiration to all his comrades.. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"63","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304043/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.962Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - 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to kar, e africa; 1 oct 1935 capt; 18 aug 1936 returned to glosters as adjt 7th bn; dec 1938 emb with bn for burma; may 1940 coy comd in 7th bn; then staff college; 3 sept 1942 maj; 1942 staff appt madagascar (mid); 1943 t/lt col; 1943 co 26th bn, kar; 1944 svd burma (mid); co 3rd bn kar, somaliland until kar disbanded; co 5th glosters (ta); 7 feb 1949 lt col; 1949 co 1st bn glosters as part of 29th inf bde gp, hong kong; late 1950 29th bde to korea under brig t brodie; jan 1951 communist counter-offensive drove un forces s towards seoul leading bn almost to sinanju; 16 feb 1951 dso action at attack on hill 327 se of seoul; 22-25 apr 1951 vc action on imjin river, korea; 19 mths pow at camp no 2, pi-chong-ni, nr manchurian border; 15 oct 1953 arr uk; 1953-57 comdt army apprentices coll, chepstow, mon; 29 mar 1954 col; 28 aug 1956 hon col 5th bn glosters; 30 nov 1957 retd; 1960 dl glos; freedom of gloucester and falmouth; 11 apr 1964 disch from res of offrs. final rank: col. died: 19 apr 1986 cheltenham, glos. cremated: ashes buried at cranham churchyard, glos; 30 apr 1986 memorial svce presided over by padre s j davies who had been pow with carne. commemoration: headstone; stone cross he carved for use at prison camp services now in gloucester cath; name on haileybury coll memorial and on memorial panel in chapel and cloister memorial; memorial panel, haileybury coll library; oil portraits by cecil jameson at iwm london and by f cadogan cowper in offrs' mess, the rifles (1st bn r glos, berks and wilts regt). other awards: dso (1951); 1939-45 star; burma star; defence medal 1939-45; war medal 1939-45 with mid; korea medal 1950-53; un korea medal 1950-53; jubilee medal 1977; dsc (usa). vc investiture: 27 oct 1953 with dso by queen elizabeth ii, buckingham palace. good condition 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war career included eight months leading no. 617 squadron the dambusters. he became the most highly decorated bomber pilot when awarded the victoria cross in 1944. born: 7 sept 1917, 65 hoole rd, chester, cheshire. family: s of prof geoffrey chevalier cheshire, bursar of exeter coll, oxford, svd wwi, and burella primrose eleanor barstow; his brother flt lt christopher chevalier cheshire svd wwii in 76 sqn raf, shot down over berlin 12-13 aug 1941 and 4 yrs pow stalag luft iii. educated: dragon sch, oxford; stowe sch; merton coll, oxford (law). married: (1) 15 july 1941 montreal, canada to constance (née binney), american actress (div 1951); c -;(2) 5 apr 1959 bombay, india to margaret susan (née ryder) cmg (1976) obe (1957), founder of sue ryder homes in uk and abroad, wwii svd fany and mem of polish section soe, 1978 baroness ryder of warsaw in poland and cavendish in norfolk; one s, one dau. career: svd univ air sqn; 8 june 1937 flew solo in avro tutor; 16 nov 1937 comm p/o rafvr; oct 1939 mob; to no 9 fts, hullavington, wilts for further svce trg; 15 dec 1937 received 'wings'; 7 apr 1940 fo; final trg at no 10 otu abingdon, berks; 6 june 1937 posted to 102 sqn driffield, yorks (flying armstrong whitworth whitley bombers); 3 nights later flew first sortie; then flew in raids on berlin, kiel, essen, bremen and cologne; june 1940-july 1944 vc actions over europe; night of 12-13 nov 1940 dso action over wesseling nr cologne, germany; jan 1941 completed first op tour; to 35 sqn at linton-on-ouse, yorks; 7 mar 1941 awarded dfc; apr 1941 awarded bar to dso for 'outstanding leadership and skill on operations'; 7 apr 1941 flt lt; flew ferry work to usa and canada; 15 oct 1941 t/sqn ldr; completed second op tour; 22 jan 1942 instr no 1652 heavy conversion unit, raf marston moor, yorks on 'non-operational duties' but still flew four sorties over ruhr and berlin; 1 mar 1942 t/sqn ldr; aug 1942 began third tour a/wg cdr and co 76 sqn (his brother's sqn) linton-on-ouse, yorks; apr 1942 second bar to dso; 1 apr 1943 gp capt sta comd, raf marston moor; 30 sept 1943 began fourth tour 617 sqn at woodhall spa, lincs having reverted to wing cdr; trg in high level bombing techniques of which he was highly sceptical; 8 feb 1944 led 617 sqn personally on every sortie, always undertaking the most difficult and dangerous task of marking targets alone from low level, resulting in sqn becoming specialist at precision bombing; july 1944 aoc 5 gp, avm ralph cochrane, told him he was to be rested from ops but did not reveal that he had recommended him for the vc; 10 sept 1944 as gp capt emb for eastern air comd hq, calcutta, india; by end of 1944 british joint staff mission, washington, usa to study tactical developments; selected as a british observer on second usaf atom bomb raid on japan; late july 1945 to guam, then tinian is, base for b-29 superfortresses flying this mission; 9 aug 1945 one of two uk observers of dropping of atom bomb on nagasaki, japan; in consequence leaned towards pacifism and, briefly, unilateralism; 22 jan 1946 invalided out of raf with psycho-neurosis; embarked on several unsuccessful ventures in community welfare for ex-servicemen; lived as woodcutter in bc, canada; 1952 contracted tuberculosis; 18 months in hospital at midhurst, sussex (had lung removed); converted to roman catholicism; after failure of his last community scheme, left in debt with large empty house, le court, greatham, hants; 1948 accepted there an incurable cancer patient and war veteran, arthur dykes, thus beginning first cheshire foundation home for the incurably sick; by 1987 cheshire foundation homes, together with family support services, numbered some 270 in 47 countries; 1975 awarded humanitarian award by variety club of gb; 6 feb 1981 order of merit; 1989-92 chmn, world war memorial fund for disaster relief; 15 june 1991 life peer. final rank: gp capt (raf). died: 31 july 1992 sue ryder home, cavendish, suffolk of motor neurone disease. buried: cavendish churchyard, nr sudbury, suffolk. commemoration: headstone; plaque at horndean brewery, hants; name on raf memorial, st clement danes, london; cheshire house, st ignatius coll, riverview, sydney, nsw, australia. other awards: om (1981); dso** (1940, 1941, 1943); dfc (1941); 1939-45 star; air crew europe star with clasp atlantic; burma star; defence medal 1939-45; war medal 1939-45 with mid; coronation medal 1953; jubilee medal 1977. vc investiture: 13 nov 1945 by king george vi, buckingham palace. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"65","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304045/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"soldPrice":32,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:35:47.448Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - 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his bombers were hit, and four were shot down. in 1943 edwards became commanding officer of the bomber base at binbrook, lincolnshire, where no. 460 squadron, raaf, was based. the most highly decorated australian of the war, edwards also had a distinguished civil career, including an appointment as governor of western australia, 1974 75. edwards was awarded the victoria cross, the distinguished service order, the order of the british empire, the distinguished flying cross, service medals for the second world war, and coronation and silver jubilee medals for queen elizabeth ii. his honours include the knight commander of the order of st michael and st george, the companion of the order of the bath, and the knight of the order of st john of jerusalem. good condition 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which he was awarded the victoria cross. on 16 february 1942 north of crete, in the mediterranean, hm submarine thrasher, after attacking and sinking a supply ship, was itself attacked. thrasher was subjected to a three-hour depth charge attack and aerial bombing. when after dark the submarine surfaced, two unexploded bombs were discovered in the gun-casing. petty officer gould and lieutenant peter scawen watkinson roberts volunteered to remove the bombs, which were of a type unknown to them. they removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second bomb had penetrated the side plating of the gun emplacement, and then the deck casing above the pressure hull. roberts and gould entered the confined space (which was no more than 2 feet (61 cm) high in places), and lying flat, wormed past deck supports, battery ventilators, and drop bollards. the petty officer then lay on his back with the 150 lb bomb in his arms while the lieutenant dragged him along by the shoulders. \"it was then a matter of the two of us, lying horizontally, pushing and pulling the bomb back through the casing. it was pitch black and the bomb was making this horrible ticking noise while the submarine was being buffeted by the waves\". they pushed and dragged the bomb for a distance of some 20 feet (6. 1 m) until it could be lowered over the side. every time the bomb was moved there was a loud twanging noise as of a broken spring which added nothing to their peace of mind. thrasher was surfaced, stationary, and close inshore to enemy waters. if the submarine was forced to crash dive while they were in the casing, they must have been drowned. it was 50 minutes before they got the bomb clear, wrapped it in sacking, and dropped it over the side. in august 1943 gould received a mention in despatches after the submarine truculent sank u-308 off the faroes on 4 june 1943. good condition 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prisoner in colditz castle. good condition est."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"68","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304048/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukArt_Photography","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all","ukArt_all","ukArt"],"directSalePrice":20,"soldPrice":14,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:36:58.792Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - £24","currency":"GBP","id":304048,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":20},{"startPrice":30,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304049/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"on the buses ronald chesney signed vintage autograph album page. chesney and wolfe, were a british television comedy screenwriting duo consisting of ronald chesney (born rené lucien cadier; 4 may 1920 - 12 april 2018) and ronald wolfe (born harvey ronald wolfe-luberoff; 8 august 1922 - 18 december 2011). they were best known for their sitcoms the rag trade (1961-1963, 1977-1978), meet the wife (1963-1966), on the buses (1969-1973) and romany jones (1972-1975). when their partnership began in the mid-1950s, chesney was already known to the public as a harmonica player. good condition est."},"estimateMax":34,"lotNumber":"69","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304049/view","tags":["ukMemorabilia_MoviesTVMusicMemorabilia","ukMemorabilia","ukMemorabilia_all"],"directSalePrice":30,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T18:42:18.971Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£30 - £34","currency":"GBP","id":304049,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":30},{"startPrice":10,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304050/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ww2 battle of britain wg cdr bob doe, t grey signed 50th ann bob cover rafa7. good condition 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the crew baled out, but all were captured apart from the rear gunner sgt a j mcmillan. mott was able to hide and lie low before initially receiving assistance from a chain of helpers. in early january 1941, he was taken to the home of monsieur and madame delavigne in nantes, brittany who managed to shelter him up until september of the same year. in mid-august sgt macmillan had arrived and been located in a safe house with a madame flavet and her family. in late september, security in the network was compromised and arrests were made by the gestapo. amongst those taken were madame flavet and her family and macmillan and mott's conveyer monsieur hevin. the latter was executed just under a month later. once the cell had been penetrated, mott was shuttled around a series of safe houses by the delavignes, whilst a plan was formed to get him out. madame delavigne recalled: 'the leader of the organisation claude lamirault (mi6 agent) was to ensure the escape of the two airmen. unfortunately the flavet family and macmillan were arrested. having been informed immediately and not knowing the leaders address, we decided to do all we could to save mott' for a price, the delavignes negotiated a passage for mott into the unoccupied vichy zone of france. he would be accompanied by an agent codenamed 'rips' operating in the area and vaguely known to them through the trafficking of letters into the vichy area. on 26 september, mott and the agent left nantes on bicycles and taking the fast train to bordeaux arrived at an address of a pole called selk. mott was helped to reach toulouse on 4 october and he recalled what happened next: 'on the 12th i crossed over the frontier of spain. once there i kept walking to the british consul who passed me on the embassy in madrid. on 14 november 1941, i arrived in gibraltar and left in a sunderland flying boat on 13 december, arriving at pembroke dock on the 14th.' the delavigne family were arrested on 5 march 1942. after a spell in a bordeaux civil prison which took the life of their nephew, they were finally released in july 1943. to continue sheltering evaders after arrest and imprisonment was almost suicidal, but monsieur and madame delavigne started up where they left off. their luck ran out in january 1944. monsieur eventually died of exhaustion in camp no 1 at gouzen in january 1945 and madame after a succession of prisons was liberated at mauthausen concentration camp by the international red cross on 22 april 1945 weighing only four and half stone. john mott had attained the rank of flight lieutenant with raf 161 special duties squadron when on the night of 28/29 may 1942 he was involved with a second lysander aircraft in a double operation around delivery and pick up of agents from france. he was delivering alex nitelet, scheduled to be the pat o'leary escape line's new operator. the aircraft landed at chateauroux, but became bogged down and failed to take off. mott was captured and held in various french prisons until being transferred to italian prisoner of war gavi camp no 5. in september 1943 after the italian armistice the germans made plans to transfer the prisoners in the camp by train to austria. housed in cattle wagons the opportunity for escape presented itself to the men. during the journey mott managed to cut a hole in his wagon near to the buffers, and followed by other officers the men lowered themselves down and dropped off the train. this operation was extremely dangerous as attempts by this method in previous unrelated escapes had sometimes resulted in limbs being severed, escapers falling under the train or being shot by the guards. mott himself sustained a head injury but managed to get away. he joined a fellow pow officer who had also escaped and they travelled to tarcento with other pows and joined up with some partisans who took them over the border to ziri in yugoslavia. the group came under fierce attack from the germans and they decided to break away in pairs from the partisans and try to reach italy again as they were close to the border. flight lieutenant carmichael who had also escaped from the train travelled south with mott, and the pair crossed the border reaching calla in the extreme north of the country. by this point the weather was too bad for any sustained travel, so they took refuge and did not set out again until 3 december 1943. the plan was to travel south, then cut across to the east coast of italy and sail a boat out of the country. allied sympathisers gave them shelter as they travelled and a lance corporal who mott does not name joined them, the three men were given false identity papers and with the help of an italian officer who took them by train, they reached bologna. the journey must have been a difficult experience as the party had to try and obtain financial help in order to secure a small boat. the country was in turmoil at this time, and looking beyond the sketchy narrative of events in parts, numbers of allied pows who had escaped from captivity were clearly trying to make their way out of italy. mott and the other escapers reached the eastern town of fermo six kms from the adriatic coast and subsequently managed to secure a boat. they were joined by more escapers and the 'crew' set sail on 'the pitch and toss' (as they named the vessel) on 17 march 1944, reaching the initial safety of an raf radio direction finder station at ponte della penna on 19 march 1944. mott had beaten the odds for a second time. rafes sc40 variety cover. 5 sep 89 bfps 2209 49th anniversary of the battle of britain . royal air forces escaping society raf fdc. tribute resistance organizations of belgium 1940 to 1945. comete cachet on the front flown in lancaster pa 474 battle of britain memorial flight during the red arrows 25th anniversary air display at raf scampton. let us never forget those who helped us in our hour of need. backstamps the red arrows and 15 sep 1989 abingdon. good condition 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appeared to be alone. over bethune they were hit by both 20mm and 37mm cannon fire. a large chunk of the rudder had been blown off and the starboard engine was on fire. the aircraft was becoming uncontrollable. with good handling maurice brought the aircraft down in a ploughed field after just missing large poplar trees and clipping power lines. leaving the blazing aircraft, together with his two other crew members, he made a hasty retreat for about a quarter of a mile before the group stopped for a 'council of war' and to bury their raf kit. it was decided that maurice would travel alone, and his two crew members george and harold would travel together. after a short rest in a muddy ditch, maurice, observing in the far distance a pall of black smoke from his aircraft, decided to risk gaining the attention of a family working in the fields. however, he had second thoughts after hearing a gunshot a short distance away. his two crew members had been walking along a nearby track when the roar of an approaching german motorcycle caused them to dive into a ditch. they had been spotted - a shot was fired, both men came out and were taken prisoner. [harold was later to be shot as one of the great escapers from stalag luft iii.] now totally on his own, maurice began walking south. he came across a small farm with a rain-water tank and, with no-one in sight, he stripped off and had a good wash. then a farm girl, yolande, appeared and took him into the farm house where he was questioned by a dutch lady. maurice was informed that it was not safe for him to stay at the farm so yolande took him to a safe-house then returned home. [regrettably she was later arrested by the gestapo, and died a few days after her release.] the next morning, the daughter of the house, mimi, took maurice to another safe-house. en route, walking about fifty metres behind his courier, maurice observed a poster offering f25,000 to any french person who handed him in. he was moved between several safe-houses, by a succession of guides and couriers, eventually arriving in the foothills of the pyrenees. at la cabannes, a small mountain village about 20 miles from the french border, maurice slept in the station, had a good breakfast in a local café then, fortified with cognac, set off to walk the pyrenees. two days later, totally exhausted, hungry and with blistered feet, he was back where he started. he had walked in a circle. clearly not fit to take on the route again at that time, he sought help and was arrested by the local french police and put in a cell, where he slept. he was awoken by the chief of police, then taken to his quarters and given a good meal by the policeman's wife. following a few phone calls, a sgt policeman arrived and maurice was taken along mountain tracks to a mountain peak. the guide pointed to two distant peaks, told him to travel between them, keep going and he would end up in andorra. trudging through deep snow and battered by snow driven by gale-force winds, maurice eventually arrived at the border where he was arrested by the spanish border guard and imprisoned in the spanish state prison at lerida. the conditions were filthy. he spent christmas day, handcuffed, and occupied with the killing of nearly 200 lice. he was later moved to the concentration camp at miranda del ebro. following a hunger strike by poles in the camp, maurice was taken, by a long route, to alhama where he stayed with two other airmen in an hotel. on the 28th march he was collected by the british air attaché and taken to gibraltar. rafes sc40 variety cover. 5 sep 89 bfps 2209 49th anniversary of the battle of britain . royal air forces escaping society raf fdc. tribute resistance organizations of belgium 1940 to 1945. comete cachet on the front flown in lancaster pa 474 battle of britain memorial flight during the red arrows 25th anniversary air display at raf scampton. let us never forget those who helped us in our hour of need. backstamps the red arrows and 15 sep 1989 abingdon. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"72","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304052/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"soldPrice":22,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:38:34.084Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - 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arrows 25th anniversary air display at raf scampton. let us never forget those who helped us in our hour of need. backstamps the red arrows and 15 sep 1989 abingdon. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"73","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304053/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"soldPrice":22,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:39:11.504Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - £14","currency":"GBP","id":304053,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":10},{"startPrice":10,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/304054/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2026-07-28","available":false,"description":{"en":"ww2 rare variety escape belgium cover signed escaper bryn morgan 460 sqn 1944. his story starts with the night of 3rd may 1944 when, aged 19, he was the rear gunner of a lancaster bomber of 460 squadron based at binbrook, which was despatched with others to bomb a panzer training camp at mailly-le-camp near châlons-sur-marne. approaching the target the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire, the fuselage becoming immediately engulfed in flames. being in the tail he just had time to escape the inferno and jump for his life before the aircraft blew apart. having landed safely by parachute he made his way across country until he came to a farmhouse to which he turned for help. by a stroke of good fortune the door was opened by a man who proved to be of some importance in the local resistance - the maquis, who, recognising bryan for what he was, took him in. after a day or two he was taken to a series of locations where the maquis were active and where shelter was found for him in the homes of ordinary but exceedingly brave people who, of course, faced the gravest of penalties should they be caught sheltering an airman. this went on for nearly 4 months, towards the end of which bryan became very ill and had to be nursed by the family he was with. however, by then general patton's us army had advanced to the vicinity of châlons. the maquis established contact with the leading troops and bryan was carried through the front line on a stretcher to a us field hospital, and thence back to england. free at last! as a postscript, only 3 of bryan's crew of 7 survived. bomber command lost 45 aircraft that night. bryan never forgot the kindness he received from the people who sheltered him, for the great care taken of him when he was very ill, and the courage of such people faced with great dangers. he also had the highest regard for the men and women of the maquis for their part in helping him and for their spirit and bravado in harassing the enemy as general patton's front line advanced. throughout the war, an intelligence organisation named mi9 endeavoured to keep track of the men after being shot down. where possible they would endeavour to channel such people down certain well defined escape lines, notably across france and over the pyrenees into spain, thence on to gibraltar and home. two such were the pat o'leary line and the comète line, both based in brussels, but for bryan, by august 1944 both these lines had been closed. at the end of the war mi9's records listed over 2,800 raf men who were successful in returning to the uk. rafes sc40 variety cover. 5 sep 89 bfps 2209 49th anniversary of the battle of britain. royal air forces escaping society raf fdc. tribute resistance organizations of belgium 1940 to 1945. comete cachet on the front flown in lancaster pa 474 battle of britain memorial flight during the red arrows 25th anniversary air display at raf scampton. let us never forget those who helped us in our hour of need. backstamps the red arrows and 15 sep 1989 abingdon. good condition 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to 2000ft when the fuel cut out and the engines failed. he ordered the crew to bale out. down at 1000ft he decided on a forced landing in a field at st brieuc in brittany, which was good news for his air gunner, sgt wyatt, who had not heard the instruction to bale out! together they burned the aircraft and documents, and headed south east on foot. assisted by farming people, they moved from farm to farm, were given civilian clothing, which was worn over their uniforms, and made their way to marseille. along the route they were stopped by french gendarmes, and given a good map. at chauvigny villagers took them to a chateau owned by a frenchwoman who was married to an englishman. there they were given clothing, shoes and money. they then travelled to toulouse and luchon, where they were arrested, and put into the concentration camp in the chateau of ile jourdain, where many other escapers were held, including capt ian garrow of the future pat o'leary line. on the 18 october they were moved to the prison at fort st jean at marseille. sir lewis escaped, stowed away on a french ship in the harbour hoping to reach casablanca. he was found and thrown off the ship at oran, placed in prison for a short period, and then returned to marseille he was next taken in handcuffs to st hippolyte du fort near nimes, which was controlled by the vichy french. he was now categorised as a 'persistent escaper'. sir lewis, together with an old school friend, 2lt linklater, made a forged pass giving them both five days leave, making the stamp for the pass from a carved potato. sir lewis escaped from the camp and travelled to perpignan, assisted by a helper called nancy wake (gm), forging a friendship that was to last for the rest of their lives. rather than wait until nightfall to head for the border, sir lewis took the bold step of jumping in a taxi in broad daylight and travelled to the spanish border, using his excellent french to get past border guards. he then crossed the pyrenees into spain. his luck ran out in spain, where he was arrested and interned, firstly at fiqueras then later in the notorious concentration camp of miranda del ebro, where conditions were atrocious. five weeks later a british embassy official secured sir lewis' release and he made his way to gibraltar. rafes sc40 variety cover. 5 sep 89 bfps 2209 49th anniversary of the battle of britain. royal air forces escaping society raf fdc. tribute resistance organizations of belgium 1940 to 1945. comete cachet on the front flown in lancaster pa 474 battle of britain memorial flight during the red arrows 25th anniversary air display at raf scampton. let us never forget those who helped us in our hour of need. backstamps the red arrows and 15 sep 1989 abingdon. good condition 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1975) was a senior-ranking english prelate of the catholic church. he served as archbishop of westminster from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965, brazilian ambassador josé cochrane de alencar, michael ramsey, the archbishop of canterbury (1961-1974). plus others trudi and j c r hindmarsh, roy and jean dorman?. nice large autographs which could be removed and matted. good condition est."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"76","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304056/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"soldPrice":14,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:40:31.120Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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bumming rides with the pilots in the gliders he helped to repair. a bright student with excellent grades in mathematics and physics at high school, cardenas was the top student in his high-school year and was selected to attend the san diego state university along with the top student from three other local high schools. during 1939 cardenas began a long and distinguished military career when he joined the california national guard. in september of 1940, cardenas entered into aviation cadet training, graduated and received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant during july of 1941. cardenas was sent to kelly field, texas to become a flight instructor, then onto twentynine palms, california to establish the u.s. army air forces glider training school and followed this by becoming a flight test officer and then director of flight test unit, experimental engineering laboratory, wright field ohio. down but not out cardenas next assignment was to the 44th bomb group (known as the flying 8-balls) and arrived in england on january 4th, 1944. based at shipdam, norfolk, cardenas flew his first mission on january 21st in b-24h \"southern comfort\". on march 18th, 1944 (on his twentieth mission) whilst flying as command pilot aboard b-24j \"sack artists\" the aircraft in which cardenas was flying was badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters. the target was the manzell air armaments plant at friedrichshafen, germany. the right wing of the aircraft had been badly damaged after a shell had gone through setting both the right engines ablaze. cardenas had been injured when a piece of flak pierced his helmet causing a head wound, yet still cardenas pressed home the attack. the pilot, lt. lacombe turned and headed for switzerland as it was clear to cardenas and the crew of the b-24 that they would not make it back to base, and would have to bail out. after bail out, the aircraft exploded and the remains crashed into fehr altdorf, switzerland. cardenas landed on the shore of lake constance (on the german side) and swam to the swiss shore of the lakeside. after contacting the local resistance, cardenas made his way into france prior to d-day and the french resistance arranged for cardenas to get back to england. test pilot and the xs-1 program. upon his return to the united states, cardenas was assigned to the flight test division at wright field and became a test pilot after graduating from the flight performance school. cardenas flew the messerschmitt me-262 and the arado 234 bomber to test, evaluate and gather data on the captured german jets and tested the douglas xb-42 mixmaster and the jet powered version, the xb-43. major cardenas was assigned as the chief test pilot of the bomber division and would fly all the new prototypes over the next four years. in the summer of 1947, colonel albert boyd had selected capt. chuck yeager as pilot, lt. bob hoover as back-up pilot and capt. jackie ridley as project engineer. boyd selected cardenas as officer in charge of the x-1 project at muroc, california and as pilot of the b-29 launch aircraft. cardenas was the b-29 pilot on all of yeager's flights up to and including the first supersonic flight on october 14th, 1947. flying the b-29 was not without hazard. on one flight, the x-1 refused to release from the shackle mechanism and cardenas had to land the b-29 with the x-1 still attached (which was not empty of propellants as yeager was unable to jettison all of the fuels). the landing was almost 3-point, had cardenas raised the nose by 16 inches or so in flare, the x-1 would have been damaged, likewise, if the landing had been too hard, the x-1 would have been destroyed. read the transcript from the air to air and air to ground communications of the world's first supersonic flight. yb-49 flying wing program in december of 1947, cardenas made his first flight in the northrop yb-49 \"flying wing\". cardenas was designated principal project pilot for the yb-49 test program and flew the evaluation tests from which a decision to purchase the yb-49 would be made. during may of 1948, the phase ii performance tests were almost completed when cardenas was given the opportunity to finish his engineering degree at the university of southern california (usc). al boyd selected captain glen edwards to replace cardenas as the project pilot while cardenas completed his engineering degree. cardenas checked out edwards in the yb-49 on may 20th and 21st 1948 and afterwards drove to dayton, ohio to pick up his sweetheart gladys and got married. it was june 5th and cardenas was taking his new bride to meet his parents when he heard on the radio that the wing had crashed killing capt. glen edwards, maj. danny forbes, 1st lt. ed swindell and civilians mr. c. lesser and mr. c. h. lafountain. cardenas school orders had been cancelled by boyd he was ordered to finish the testing and find out what had caused the crash of theyb-49. on february 9th, 1949, cardenas flew the yb-49 non-stop from muroc to andrews afb in 4 hours 5 minutes setting a new transcontinental record. president truman was at andrews afb that day and said to the chief of the air force (about the yb-49): \"general, it looks pretty good to me. i think i'm going to buy some of these\". (cardenas had already written a report, which said that the airplane was not suitable as an operational bomber, so had to bite his tongue!) truman then said: \"let's have this whippersnapper fly this thing down pennsylvania avenue\". cardenas later recalled, my boss told me \"bob, go fly this thing down pennsylvania avenue and don't hit anything!\" and i did. pennsylvania avenue is lined with trees and there were some tall radio towers that were hidden by the trees. the whitehouse is also hidden by trees. i slowed it to about 350 miles per hour and flew a low pass down pennsylvania avenue looking carefully for towers. next thing i knew, i looked up and the capitol dome was straight ahead and i had to pull up to miss it. cardenas continued to test fighters and bombers at edwards afb and wright field until 1955 when he as assigned to the 51st fighter interceptor group as a wing commander at okinawa, japan. this was followed by tours as chief of the aircraft and guided missiles program division at u.s. strike command, in tampa, florida. cardenas returned to okinawa as commander of the 18th tactical fighter wing in 1964 and for the next two years, flew the republic f-105 thunderchief in combat operations over south-east asia. in july 1966, cardenas was stationed at mcconnell afb, kansas as commander of the 835th air division. on march 15th, 1968, colonel cardenas was promoted to brigadier general and in june of 1968 was assigned as commander of the u.s.a.f. special operations force at eglin afb, florida. in july 1969, general cardenas became vice-commander of the sixteenth air force based at torrejon afb, spain. it was here that general cardenas had the dubious honor of negotiating the withdrawal of u.s. armed forces in libya with muhmar quadafi. general cardenas was named u.s. deputy chief of staff, live oak in june 1970. prior to general cardenas retirement from the u.s.a.f in june of 1973, he served as the chief, national strategic target list division, joint strategic target planning staff at offutti afb, nebraska. cardenas has been honoured by the distinguished service medal, legion of merit with oak leaf cluster, distinguished flying cross, purple heart, meritorious service medal, air medal with 4 oak leaf clusters, joint service commendation medal, air force commendation medal with oak leaf cluster and the presidential citation. foreign decorations include the spanish grand legion of aeronautical merit. from 1973 until 1983, cardenas worked as an executive in private industry. in 1983, he was appointed to the white house as the california coordinator for president reagan's southwest border economic action group. he resigned in 1985 and accepted an appointment by governor dukemejian as chairman of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention advisory group as well as a member of the california council of criminal justice. the governor appointed general cardenas to the california veterans board in 1987 where he was elected to be chairman of the board in march, 1990, a board that is the policymaking body for the california department of veterans affairs. he left in 1993 to serve as chairman of the san diego county united veterans council and as a director on the board of the veterans memorial center and museum. . good condition est."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"78","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/78068/lot/304058/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"soldPrice":14,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-28T17:42:57.480Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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