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Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 5

The C.V.O., O.B.E. Group of Five to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Bowden, Royal Engineers, Deputy Assistant Director of Light Railways, British Expeditionary Force, France; Later Consulting Engineer, Privy Purse Office a) The Royal Victorian Order, Commander´s (C.V.O.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ´C1065´, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Officer´s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1916), with Garrard, London, case of issue c) British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J. Bowden) d) Coronation 1937, extremely fine, the last four mounted as worn, with their related miniature awards (5) Estimate £ 300-400 C.V.O. London Gazette 1.1.1944 Lieutenant-Colonel John Bowden, O.B.E. O.B.E. London Gazette 7.1.1918 Major John Bowden, R.E., Late Superintending Engineer, Ministry of Munitions, No. 2 Area (North-West England). Lieutenant-Colonel John Bowden, C.V.O., O.B.E. (1873-1948), born Newcastle-upon-Tyne; educated at Cranleigh and Durham College; employed during the Great War by the Ministry of Munitions; as Engineer of No.2 Area (North-West England) developed production of War material in Lancashire, Cheshire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and North Wales; established National Factories; and assisted engineering manufacturers to change over from Civil to War productions (Civil O.B.E.); appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Light Railways, British Expeditionary Force, France, with the rank of Major, Royal Engineers, 6.1.1917; designed, constructed, and organized central works at Berquette and Beaurainville for maintaining and constructing Light Railway locomotives, rolling stock, and other material: whilst in charge of these works administered the technical and military operations of six Companies of Royal Engineers, Labour Troops, and Prisoner of War Companies, numbering some 2000 men; Lieutenant-Colonel, 23.8.1918; remained in France until after the Armistice before returning to the Ministry of Munitions as Deputy Controller, Disposal Board. Lieutenant-Colonel Bowden married Miss Constance Hudson, and together they lived at Harrow-on-the-Hill. After the War he was appointed Consulting Engineer, Privy Purse Office (C.V.O. 1944).

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