Sergeant Job Drain VC - 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

SALES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

RANK FNAME LNAME ACTION AUCTIONEER DATE PRICE BUYER








Sergeant William Traynor Boer War Dix Noonan Webb 13 Dec 12 £160,000 Private
Lieutenant Peter Gill Indian Mutiny Spink 22 Nov 12 £70,000 Private
Private Sydney Godley WW I Spink 19 Jul 12 £230,000 Private
Captain Arthur Kilby WW I Spink 19 Jul 12 £200,000 Ashcroft
Private Arthur Cross WW I Spink 19 Apr 12 £185,000 Private
Chief Skipper Joseph Watt WW I Spink 19 Apr 12 £170,000 Ashcroft
Private Edward Kenna New Guinea Noble ( Aus ) 28 Jul 11 £678,000 Private
Colonel Charles Grant Burma Spink 21 Apr 11 £230,000 Private
Major General Christopher Teesdale Turkey Spink 21 Apr 11 £260,000 Ashcroft
Staff Sergeant George Howell France Noble ( Aus ) 08 Apr 11 £385,000 Private
Major General Robert Rogers China Spink 25 Nov 10 £180,000 Ashcroft
Major General George Renny Indian Mutiny Spink 25 Nov 10 £130,000 Ashcroft
Lance Sergeant Thomas Neely WW I Spink 25 Nov 10 £110,000 Private
2nd Lieutenant Donald Bell WW I Spink 25 Nov 10 £210,000 P.F.A.
Sergeant Henry Dalziel WW I Noble ( Aus ) 25 Nov 10 £326,665 Private
Admiral Nowell Salmon Indian Mutiny Spink 22 Jul 10 £190,000 Ashcroft
W Commander Hugh Malcolm WW II Spink 22 Apr 10 £210,000 Ashcroft
Major John Knox Crimea Spink 22 Apr 10 £210,000 Private
Brig General Lewis Evans WW I Private 00 Nov 09 Unknown Ashcroft
Captain Noel Chavasse WW I Private 00 Nov 09 £1.5 million Ashcroft
Flt Lieutenant William Reid WW II Spink 19 Nov 09 £290,000 Private
Lieutenant Robert Shankland WW I Bonhams Toronto 25 May 09 £135,000 Can War Mus
Lieutenant Henry Pitcher Umbeyla Private 30 Aug 08 £110,000 Jersey
2nd Lieutenant Herbert James WW I Dix Noonan Webb 26 Jun 08 £180,000 Private
Colonel Patrick Porteous WW II Gorringes, Lewes
( campaign medals )		 12 Jun 08 £14,000 Private
Private William Jackson WW I Noble ( Aus ) 28 May 08 £317,000 Private
Captain George Ingram WW I Sotheby's ( Aus ) 27 May 08 £187,200 Private
Major Peter Badcoe Vietnam Bonhams ( Aus ) 20 May 08 £195,444 Private
Lieutenant Henry Pitcher Umbeyla Spink 24 Apr 08 withdrawn
Driver Job Drain WW I Private 22 Apr 08 unknown Ashcroft
Able Seaman George Hinckley China Smith & Wilde 21 Mar 08 £800 Private
Bombardier Joseph Brennan Indian Mutiny CJ & AJ Dixon 21 Jan 08 unknown Private
Sgt Major William Gardner Indian Mutiny Private 17 Jan 08 £135,000 Ashcroft
Petty Officer George Samson WW I Dix Noonan Webb 13 Dec 07 £210,000 Ashcroft
WO II Keith Payne Vietnam Private 18 Jun 07 unknown Private
Lieutenant John Bythesea Baltic Sea Spink 19 Apr 07 £135,000 Ashcroft
L / Corporal Bernard Gordon WW I Bonhams ( Aus ) 28 Nov 06 £160,356 Private
Private William Mariner WW I Spink 23 Nov 06 £105,000 Private
Captain Charles Upham WW II Private 14 Nov 06 unknown I.W.M.
Mr George Chicken Indian Mutiny Morton & Eden 26 Oct 06 £48,000 Ashcroft
Corporal William Cosgrove WW I Dix Noonan Webb 25 Sep 06 £180,000 Ashcroft
Captain Alfred Shout WW I Bonhams ( Aus ) 24 Jul 06 £406,716 Private
Private Alfred Wilkinson WW I Dix Noonan Webb 29 Jun 06 £110,000 Ashcroft
Corporal John Shaul Boer War Dix Noonan Webb 05 Apr 06 £140,000 Ashcroft
Captain Dighton Probyn Indian Mutiny Dix Noonan Webb 23 Sep 05 £160,000 Private
Sergeant Alfred Richards WW I Spink 21 Jul 05 £110,000 Ashcroft
Private Francis Miles WW I Morton & Eden 25 May 05 £72,000 Ashcroft
Private James Towers WW I Noble ( Aus ) 07 Apr 05 £90,000 Private
L / Corporal Robert Kells Indian Mutiny Dix Noonan Webb 02 Mar 05 £130,000 Private
Private John Pearson Indian Mutiny Morton & Eden 23 Nov 04 £78,000 Ashcroft
Captain John Cook Afghan War Dix Noonan Webb 17 Sep 04 £82,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant Arthur Moore Persia Dix Noonan Webb 17 Sep 04 £150,000 Private
Sub-Lieut Arthur Tisdall WW I Sold Privately In 2004 unknown Private
Naik Agansing Rai WW II Spink 22 Jul 04 £115,000 Ashcroft
Sergeant Norman Jackson WW II Spink 30 Apr 04 £200,000 Ashcroft
Captain Harold Ackroyd WW I Sold Privately 00 Oct 03 unknown Ashcroft
Gunner Israel Harding Egypt Morton & Eden 12 Dec 03 £75,000 Ashcroft
Commander Daniel Beak WW I Spink 05 Nov 03 £155,000 Ashcroft
L-Corporal Frederick Holmes WW I Morton & Eden 03 Oct 03 £80,000 Private
Lieutenant John Daunt Indian Mutiny Dix Noonan Webb 02 Jul 03 £110,000 Ashcroft
L / Naik Sher Shah WW II Morton & Eden 13 Nov 02 £85,000 Private
Lieutenant Arthur Pickard New Zealand Dunbar Sloane 01 Aug 02 £56,630 Ashcroft
Sergeant Horace Martineau Boer War Spink 09 May 02 £90,000 Ashcroft
Lt Colonel Richard West WW I Sold Privately 00 May 02 unknown Ashcroft
Private Frank Lester WW I Morton & Eden 18 Apr 02 £78,000 Ashcroft
Corporal Samuel Meekosha WW I Sotheby 03 May 01 £92,000 Private
Private John Barry Boer War Dix Noonan Webb 22 Sep 00 £85,000 Ashcroft
Drummer Spencer Bent WW I Dix Noonan Webb 28 Jun 00 £80,000 Ashcroft
L / Corporal Thomas Bryan WW I Dix Noonan Webb 28 Jun 00 £60,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant William Kerr Note-4 Indian Mutiny Sotheby 19 May 00 £25,000 Ashcroft
Private John Readitt WW I Spink 27 Apr 00 £40,000 Ashcroft
Sergeant Alfred Gill WW I Dix Noonan Webb 29 Mar 00 £60,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant William Waller Indian Mutiny Spink 30 Nov 99 £23,000 Ashcroft
Private Thomas Flawn Boer War Sotheby 25 Nov 99 £70,000 Private
Trooper Horace Ramsden Boer War S Welz, S Africa 25 Oct 99 £52,000 Ashcroft
Private Albert Curtis Boer War Spink 20 Oct 99 £40,000 Ashcroft
Sergeant James Firth Boer War Spink 20 Oct 99 £38,000 Ashcroft
Corporal John Clements Boer War Spink 21 Oct 99 £65,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant John Watson Indian Mutiny Sotheby 11 May 99 £89,500 Aschroft
L / Corporal William Goate Note-3 Indian Mutiny Sotheby 11 May 99 £29,900 Reg Mus
Private Alfred Wilcox WW I Spink 27 Apr 99 £48,000 Ashcroft
Bombardier Joseph Brennan Indian Mutiny Spink 27 Apr 99 £18,000 Private
Boatswain Henry Curtis Note-2 Crimea Spink 27 Apr 99 £35,000 Ashcroft
Private Robert Beatham WW I Spink 28 Mar 99 AUS$178,000 Private
Major Ernest Alexander WW I Dix Noonan Webb 25 Feb 99 £80,000 Ashcroft
Surgeon William Maillard Crete Spink 25 Nov 98 £50,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant Francis Maxwell Boer War Spink 25 Nov 98 £78,000 Ashcroft
Midshipman Duncan Boyes Note-1 Japan Spink 21 Jul 98 £45,000 Ashcroft
Captain Frederick Smith New Zealand Spink 21 Jul 98 £40,000 Ashcroft
Sergeant Denis Dynon Indian Mutiny Sotheby 07 Jul 98 £20,000 Ashcroft
Flying Officer Lloyd Trigg WW II Spink 06 May 98 £120,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant Walter Hamilton Afghan War Spink 06 May 98 £60,000 Ashcroft
Lieutenant William D Kenny NW Frontier Spink 06 May 98 £52,000 Ashcroft

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Iain Stewart - 16 January 2013