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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 48

A 1927 C.B., Great War 1917 'Mesopotamia' C.M.G., Boer War 1901 'Battle of Bakenlaagte' D.S.O. Group of Eight to Major-General J.M. Sloan, Royal Army Medical Corps
a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion's (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue
b) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion's (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue
c) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre depressed, with integral top riband bar
d) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets linking State clasps (Capt. J.M. Sloan, M.B., D.S.O., R.A.M.C.)
e) King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Capt: J.M. Sloan. R.A.M.C.)
f) 1914 Star, with Bar (Major J.M. Sloan. R.A.M.C.)
g) British War and Victory Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Bt. Col. J.M. Sloan.), minor enamel damage to wreath of D.S.O., otherwise generally good very fine, toned, mounted as worn, together with the following related items:
- The recipient's riband bars
- A large silver Presentation Key, the handle surmounted by a crown and peacocks, and inscribed 'The Naval M. Mehta Dispensary & Out Patients Ward and The Naval M. Mehta Tuberculosis Ward Cantonment General Hospital Poona Built and Equipped at a Cost of Rs25,000 by Khan Bahadur M.N. Mehta M.B.E. and Opened by General J.N. Sloan C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Southern Command on 14th September 1928, in fitted case of issue
- Telegram to the recipient from General Sir Frederick Maude, congratulating him on the award of his C.M.G.
- Portrait photograph of the recipient (lot)

C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1927 Major-General John Macfarlane Sloan, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B., late Royal Army Medical Corps, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, India.

C.M.G. London Gazette 25.8.1917 Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. John Macfarlane Sloan, D.S.O., M.B., R.A.M.C.
'For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field in Mesopotamia.'

D.S.O. London Gazette 28.1.1902 Lieutenant John Macfarlane Sloan, Royal Army Medical Corps
'For devotion to duty at Bakenlaagte.'

Major-General John Macfarlane Sloan, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., (1872-1941), born Glasgow, and educated at Glasgow University; Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, January 1899; served in South Africa during the Boer War, and took part in the Defence of Ladysmith, including the sorties of the 7th and 10th December 1899, and the action of the 6th January 1900; took part in operations in Natal, March to June 1900; in the Transvaal, July to 1900 to June 1901 and July 1901 to April 1902; and in the Orange River Colony, June to July 1901 and April to May 1902; Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 17.1.1902), and awarded the Distinguished Service Order for devotion to duty at the Battle of Bakenlaagte, 31.10.1901, where the Boer commandos attacked the rear guard of Colonel Benson's No.3 Flying Column inflicting heavy casualties; promoted Captain, 28.1.1902; Major, 28.10.1910; served during the Great War as Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, Lahore Division, on the Western Front from 24.8.1914 to 5.1.1916; and in Mesopotamia from 6.1.1916; Assistant Director of Medical Services, Lahore Division, Mesopotamia, May 1916 to January 1917; and Deputy Director of Medical Services, 3rd Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamia, January 1917 to February 1919; Six times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 17.2.1915, 1.1.1916, 19.10.1916, 15.8.1917, 12.3.1918, and 5.6.1919); promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 18.2.1915, and Brevet Colonel, 1.1.1916; appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; and awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne, Second Class, with Swords (London Gazette 15.5.1917); promoted Colonel, 26.12.1923; Major-General, 4.10.1926; appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1927; retired 1929.

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