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Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 251

Miniature Awards: The K.C.M.G., C.B. Group of Eight Attributed to Major-General Sir Sydenham C.U. Smith, Royal Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander´s (K.C.M.G.) Badge, gold and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) Badge, gold and enamel; Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Grand Officer´s Badge, silver and enamel, with rosette on riband; Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star of Romania, 1st type, Military Division, Grand Officer´s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, generally extremely fine, mounted as worn (8) Estimate £ 300-350 K.C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj.-Gen. Sydenham Campbell Urquhart Smith, C.B. ´For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Egypt.´ C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) Sydenham Campbell Urquhart Smith ´For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.´ Romania, Order of the Star, Grand Officer London Gazette 20.9.1919 Major-General Sydenham Campbell Urquhart Smith, K.C.M.G., C.B. Major-General Sir Sydenham Campbell Urquhart Smith, K.C.M.G., C.B., (1859-1940) educated at University College School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1879; Captain, 1887; Instructor, School of Gunnery, 1896; Major, 1897; served during the Boer War in Command of the Royal Australian Artillery; Commanded the Draghoender Flying Column and Commandant of the Draghoender Garrison; present during the operations in the Cape Colony, 1899-1901; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1904; Colonel, 1907; served on Staff during the Great War, at Gallipoli, 9.7-27.12.1915; Egypt, 29.12.1915- 18.3.1916; and with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 19.3.1916- 31.10.1918; Major-General, 1.1.1917; Six times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 28.1.1916, 13.7.1916, 25.9.1916, 16.1.1918, 5.1.1919, and 22.1.1919); retired 1919.

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