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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 51

The Great War 1919 'Western Front' D.S.O., 1917 M.C. Group of Five to Major J.N. Barstow, Royal Field Artillery, Who Served During the Great War with the Manchester Regiment, and Commanded the 11th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar
b) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved 'Capt. J.N. Barstow. R.F.A.'
c) 1914-15 Star (Lieut: J.N. Barstow. R.F.A.)
d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. J.N. Barstow.), good very fine or better, mounted court style as worn, and housed in a Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, London, case (5)

D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Capt. John Nelson Barstow, M.C., R.F.A., T.F., attd. H.Q., 52nd Infy. Bde.
'For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders.'

M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Lt. (A./Capt.) John Nelson Barstow, R.F.A.
'For distinguished service in the Field.'

Major John Nelson Barstow, D.S.O., M.C., educated at Aldenham School and Magdalene College, Cambridge; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), 21.3.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 14.11.1914; served during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 29.9.1915; appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, and promoted Captain, 14.8.1916; subsequently served with the Manchester Regiment (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) and commanded the 11th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps; appointed Brigade Major, 52nd Infantry Brigade, 5.4.1918; three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4.1.1917, 20.12.1918, and 5.7.1919), and awarded the D.S.O. and M.C; promoted Major, 12.5.1924.

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Sale 14002 Notices
Although Major Barstow is listed in both 'The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923' and in his newspaper obituary as having 'served during the Great War with the Manchester Regiment (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) and commanded the 11th Battalion Machine Gun Corps', these appointments were actually held by Captain A.G. Barry, Manchester Regiment, not Barstow, who served throughout the War with the Artillery.