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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 290

Miniature Awards: The Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. Group of Six Attributed to Colonel William Loring, Royal Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion´s (C.M.G.) Badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with Bar; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine, mount as worn (6) Estimate £ 100-140 C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Lt.-Col. William Loring, D.S.O., R.A. ´For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders.´ D.S.O. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Lt.-Col. William Loring, R.G.A. Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15.4.1918 Lieutenant-Colonel William Loring, D.S.O., Royal Garrison Artillery. Colonel William Loring, C.M.G., D.S.O., born Ryde, Isle of Wight, September 1872, the son of Admiral Sir William Loring, K.C.B.; educated at Marlborough and R.M.A. Woolwich; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, December 1892; Lieutenant, December 1895; Captain, 7.2.1900; Major, 28.1.1914; Commanded 110 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, September 1914 to April 1916; commanded Heavy Artillery Groups, April 1916 to February 1918; Counter Battery Staff Officer, February 1918 to March 1919 (Four times Mentioned in Despatches London Gazettes 22.6.1915, 1.1.1916, 14.12.1917, and 20.12.1918; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, London Gazette 3.6.1915); Colonel, 3.6.1919; Commander, Royal Artillery, South China Command, 1919-21; Colonel, Royal Artillery Northern Command, 1923-25; retired 1929. Colonel Loring died at home at Chandler´s Ford, Hampshire, 14.4.1935. Provenance: Glendining, 18.9.1990 (when sold with the full size group).

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