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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 5

A Great War 1917 C.B. Group of Six to Brigadier-General E.A. Lambart, Royal Artillery, Who Commanded the 1st Brigade Division, Royal Field Artillery, During the Boer War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, cleaned, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with neck riband b) Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (Lieut. E.A. Lambart. R.A.) c) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lt. Col: E.A. Lambart R.F.A.), last clasp a tailor´s copy d) 1914-15 Star (Brig: Gen: E.A. Lambart.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Brig. Gen. E.A. Lambart.), light contact marks throughout, otherwise very fine or better, with two photographic images of recipient in uniform (6) Estimate £ 800-1,200 C.B. London Gazette 4.6.1917 Col. Edgar Alan Lambart, ret. pay ´For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.´ Brigadier-General Edgar Alan Lambart, C.B. (1857-1930), entered Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet, 1873; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1875; served with "G" Battery in Afghanistan 1878-80, including at Ahmed Khel and Urzo; Lieutenant-General Sir John Keir wrote the following of him, ´My first recollection of Edgar Lambart was that of a tall, fair Cadet, with a deep voice and a rather alarming presence, which the atmosphere of the Shop soon dispelled, revealing a kindly and charming personality, with strong leanings towards the traditions of the past. I next met him as a Subaltern in "G" Battery, R.H.A., at Meerut, where we shared a bungalow and where he met his old Battery, G.4, in which he had served during the action of Ahmed Khel. The battle, according to gunner historians, was won by the coolness and daring of their arm of the service, and as our battery (G/A, R.H.A.) was commanded by Colonel Warter, who had commanded A/B, R.H.A., at the battle, we had many times to listen to the rival claims of these two batteries to have saved what was undoubtedly a very serious situation, and one of the few occasions on which reversed shrapnel was fired for lack of case shot´ (Obituary, included in lot refers); Captain 1884; posted to "K" Battery, R.H.A., 1889; posted as Major, 13th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 1892; returned to the R.H.A. with "E" Battery five years later; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1901, he was appointed to the command of the 1st Brigade Division, R.F.A., in South Africa; posted to India in 1903, and commanded the VIIth Brigade, R.H.A.; returning to the UK he advanced to Brevet Colonel and to the command of the Vth Brigade; served as C.R.A. with the Territorial Army, from 1908, and was in this appointment until 1916 when he took over the command of the 55th (W. Lancs.) Division Ammunition Column (C.B. and M.I.D. London Gazette 18.5.1917), ´It was in these war years that the writer [Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Jeudwine] came to know Edgar Lambart well and to respect and admire him, and appreciate affectionately the fine unselfishness of his character. He commanded the Ammunition Column... from early 1916 to the end of the war under a gunner divisional commander much his junior regimentally, but to whom he gave the most hearty and loyal support that a commander could wish for. Any gunner will remember what it meant in those days to have a thoroughly good ammunition column, and Edgar Lambart´s contribution to his Division and to the Army was an ammunition column of that kind. He made it out of what came to his hand, and those who went through his mill loved him all the better for their passage through it. Peace be with him. The Regiment is the poorer by his loss but the richer by the memory of him´ (ibid); Brigadier-General Lambart died in London aged 73.

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