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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 68

An Impressive Great War 'Salonika Theatre' C.M.G., '1916' D.S.O. Group of Eleven to Colonel G.I. Fraser, Cameron Highlanders
a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion's (C.M.G.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with riband buckle
b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central cipher, with integral top riband bar
c) Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. G.I. Fraser. 1/Cam: Hrs:), rank partially officially corrected
d) 1914-15 Star (Capt. G.I. Fraser. Cam'n Highrs.)
e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. G.I. Fraser.)
f) Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer's breast Badge, 64mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 36mm, silver-gilt and enamel
g) Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Officer's breast Badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 35mm, silver-gilt and enamel
h) Greece, Kingdom, Medal for Military Merit, Third Class, bronze, with bronze laurel wreath on riband
i) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated '1914-1918', with bronze palm
j) Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (G.I. Fraser. 1st. Cam. Highrs.), engraved in running script, traces of lacquer, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated, together with a framed photographic image of the recipient (11)

C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. (T./Lt.-Col.) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cam. Highrs.
'For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Salonika.'

D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Maj. George Ireland Fraser, Cam. Highrs.
'For Distinguished Service in the Field'

Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, Officer (with Swords) London Gazette 3.10.1917 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders.
'For distinguished service rendered during the course of the campaign.'

Greece, Order of the Redeemer, Officer London Gazette 9.11.1918 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders
'For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.'

Greece, Medal for Military Merit, Third Class London Gazette 21.8.1919 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders
'For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.'

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21.7.1919 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders
'For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.'

Colonel George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O. (1876-1929), commissioned Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders, May 1898, and was immediately posted to Darmali for service with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan; advanced Lieutenant, December 1898; was serving with the regiment in Malta in 1903 when 'on the 16th of April His Majesty King Edward arrived in Malta, and the Cameron Highlanders were employed in lining the streets, being posted in Strada Reale and the Palace Square. On reaching the Palace His Majesty inspected a Guard of Honour under Captain G.I. Fraser' (Records of the Cameron Highlanders, Vol. 2 refers); served as Adjutant 4th Battalion, from 20.4.1904; attended a court levée held by King Edward VII at St. James' Palace 11.5.1908; at the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, before appointed Brigade Major, 59th Infantry Brigade, 30.9.1914; served as D.A.A. & Q.M.G. 12th Army Corps, British Salonika Force, September 1915-February 1917; advanced Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3.6.1917; served as Acting Quartermaster General, G.H.Q., British Salonika Force, February 1917-June 1919 (Four times M.I.D. London Gazette 13.7.1916, 11.6.1918, 30.1.1919 and 5.6.1919); served as D.A.A. & Q.M.G. 53rd (Welsh) Division, Western Command, May 1920-January 1923; Colonel 3.6.1921; appointed Instructor at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, 1927; he died whilst serving at the latter as recorded in the regimental history, 'all ranks were grieved to hear on 9th April of the death of Colonel G.I. Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness, who passed away quite suddenly when on duty. He had recently vacated the command of the 2nd Battalion, with all ranks of which, being of a cheery warm-hearted nature, he had been very popular. It was generally felt that the regiment, which, during his period of command, had won a great name for itself for military efficiency and skill in all forms of manly sport, had lost a loyal comrade and true friend. He had shared with one or two others the task and the credit of reconstructing the 2nd Battalion after the war. He was buried, in accordance with a wish which he had expressed, in Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, in which town he was well known and much respected, having held for several years there the Adjutancy of our Volunteer battalion'; in later life he had resided at Barony House, Lasswade, Mid Lothian.

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