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(2 december 1860 - 17 january 1947) was a british civil servant and solicitor. over the course of his official career, hopwood served as permanent secretary to the board of trade and the colonial office, a member of the board of admiralty, and secretary to the irish convention. in addition, he served on numerous commissions and was sent by the british government to scandinavia in 1917 to secretly investigate rumours of austrian peace proposals. highly regarded as a civil servant, hopwood was described by his obituarist as \"a civil servant all the time, and a very correct one, whose personal views and contributions to discussions or action were never trumpeted in public\". hopwood was born in bayswater, london, the son of a barrister. he was educated at king edward vi school, louth, lincolnshire, of which his uncle was headmaster, and was admitted solicitor in 1882. in 1885 he became an assistant law clerk to the board of trade, and was appointed assistant solicitor to the board in 1888 and private secretary to the president of the board of trade in 1892. in 1893 he became secretary to the railway department and in 1901 permanent secretary to the board of trade. in 1906 he went to south africa as a member of the committee to determine the constitutions of the transvaal and the orange river colony. in 1907 he was appointed permanent under-secretary of state for the colonies and in 1910 vice-chairman of the development commission. in 1912 he was appointed to the privy council and appointed additional civil lord of the admiralty. 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ems canal on 12 august 1940. flt. lt. w. reid vc victoria cross holder. 61 squadron rafvr. awarded the vc for gallantry during a raid on dusseldorf germany on 3rd november 1943. despite being severely wounded, continued to fly his damaged lancaster bomber to bomb dusseldorf. managed to land his aircraft safely upon return. lieutenant ian fraser vc dsc rd* awarded the victoria cross for this attack. lt. cdr. i. g. fraser vc holder. served on the submarines h43, h44 and sahib ( dsc) commanded midget submarine xe 3 from its launch. operation struggle the attack on japanese shipping at singapore successfully damaging the japanese cruiser 'takao' in the johore straits. henry william stevens gc. stevens was awarded the george cross for the gallantry he showed while serving as a constable in the metropolitan police force on the 29th of march, 1958. prior to joining the metropolitan police force, stevens served 3 years in the royal navy. r a c awcock mm corps of royal engineers. awarded the military medal at anzio. in the anzio beach head during the advance to the campoleone feature, a detachment of no 2 platoon of a field company, r e was in support of a troop of a battalion, royal tank regiment. a minefield was reported and the tanks were completely held up. the re detachment went forward and commenced to detect and clear the mines under enemy small arms and shell fire, five of the sappers being wounded. in spite of this heavy opposition sapper awcock, with complete disregard for his own personal safety while being sniped and shelled assisted in the clearing of a gap in the minefield. during the whole time he was at work he was in full view of the enemy and it was by his devotion to duty courage and cool example that the work was completed and the tanks able to advance plt off peter ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the battle of britain and not eligible for the battle of britain clasp, sqn ldr g leggett 615, 245 and 46 battle of britain fighter pilot g w benn 219 sqn air gunner battle of britain. sgt elizabeth mortimer mm awarded the military medal one of 3 to be awarded at biggin hill during 1940 to waaf's. for courage and coolness in carrying out her duties even after being told by an officer to leave the area as it was too dangerous for her to carry on. certified copy 0208 of 1400 very few issued with additional signatures."},"estimateMax":18,"lotNumber":"261","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/68062/lot/258113/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":16,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:24:20.041Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£16 - 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(perhaps just as well for i had only 12 hours on spitfires. ) in february 1941 billy burton took the squadron to tangmere and the next few months were the most exciting of my fighting career. then douglas bader arrived to lead the tangmere wing, and the great man elected to fly with 616 squadron: 'cocky' dundas, alan smith and myself were selected to fly with douglas in the leading section. we flew and fought hard during that epic summer. douglas was a great and inspiring leader whose fruity language in the air was a joy to hear! he took time to teach us the intricate art of air fighting. his idea of an afternoon off was to take one or two of us over the channel hoping to come across adolf galland and some of his chaps, then based at abbeville in the pas de calais. on 19th august, 1941, we were badly 'bounced' by a bunch of higher messerschmitt's and douglas did not return from this fight. after we had refuelled we searched for him for several hours over the channel as we thought he might have baled out and clambered into his dinghy. gradually it dawned upon us that he would not be returning and that this day marked the end of an era that was rapidly becoming a legend. in the summer of 1942 i was promoted to command 610 (county of chester) squadron, and then in early 1943 i was promoted to wing commander to lead the canadian spitfire wing at kenley. my personal score at that time was eight victories. during the spring and summer of that year i led the aggressive canadian fighter pilots on 140 missions over north-west europe, my pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft, and my personal score rose to 25. the highlights of those days were escorting the flying fortresses of the american eighth air force. after a short rest from operations, in march 1944, i was posted to lead another canadian spitfire wing, and on d-day, 6th june, 1944, i led 144 wing on four missions over the beaches. on 8th june, we made history when we were the first spitfire wing to land in france, and a few weeks later we began the exhilarating, buccaneering trek across france. in september 1944, i scored my 38th and last victory. patrolling the rhine, with 443 squadron, we bounced nine messerschmitt's flying low in the opposite direction, and very quickly shot down five, but unfortunately on this occasion i lost a superb canadian fighter pilot, squadron leader \"wally\" mcleod. early in 1945, i was promoted to group captain and commanded 125 wing equipped with the latest spitfire 14s. in the spring we crossed the rhine and flew from luftwaffe airfields. soon it was all over and i had time to reflect that a boy's ambition of slightly more than a decade ago had, indeed, been realised. during the second war i flew spitfire 1's, 2's, 5's, 6's, 9's and 14's. \"a nice first flying machine, but it is not a spitfire any more\" was my comment after my first flight in a 14, for the powerful griffon engine produced a lot of torque, which meant that in a dog-fight the aircraft required constant trimming-not conducive to a favourable conclusion. my favourite was the beautiful mark 9-the best spitfire of them all."},"estimateMax":18,"lotNumber":"496","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/68062/lot/258347/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":16,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:24:58.680Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£16 - 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after the eagle squadrons of the debden wing were taken into the usaf as the 4th fighter group in september 1943, duke-woolley flew with it on 2nd october and shared in the destruction of a fw190. he was awarded the dso (gazetted 8th january 1943) and posted away in january 1943 to hq 8th usaf bomber command as fighter liaison officer. he was awarded the dfc (us) (gazetted 5th march 1943), the first time it was ever given to a non-american. in july 1943 duke-woolley was given the job of forming and working up a mobile group control centre in 84 group. he went to normandy in june 1944 as second-in-command. he returned to england in january 1945 to go to the raf staff college. duke-woolley retired from the raf on 30th january 1961 as a group captain. he worked for a life insurance company until his retirement. he was yeoman usher of black rod in the house of lords from 1973 to 1979. duke-woolley died in sussex on 10th october 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fair to say philip pardoe was more than up for trying. his first major success was during a mass breakout by 29 men, using ladders disguised as shelves in a hut and used to storm the fences. so started a 14 day odyssey northwards towards lubeck with the intention of finding a ship bound for sweden. he almost made it. close but not quite. back in to the confines of another camp and this time escape by tunnel. pardoe described the claustrophobia of being in that tunnel in as compelling a style as you could wish for before he finally went forward to emerge in to the cool night air and the start of another trek, this time to the swiss border. between 30-60 men got away that night. all of them were recaptured. pardoe had form so his next destination was to be his final one. colditz, or as he called it, 'the bullingdon club' given the number of old etonians in residence. the atmosphere within the castle could best be described as competitive, given the remarkable escape record from the 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