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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 54

A Great War 'Balkans' O.B.E. Group of Four to Captain W.A. Young, Royal Engineers
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919)
b) 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W.A. Young. R.E.)
c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. W.A. Young.), good very fine, together with the recipient's riband bar, in leather case, the lid embossed 'W.A. Young. Capt. R.E. (Sigs.) (4)

O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Young, T./Capt. William Alexander, R.E.
'For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in the Balkans.'

Captain William Alexander Young, O.B.E., born December 1893; educated at Marlborough College and Cambridge University; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 17.10.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 11.7.1915; served with the 22nd Divisional Signals Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from 5.9.1915; subsequently served with the British Salonika Force, and twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 21.7.1917 and 5.6.1919); promoted Captain, 18.5.1918; relinquished his Commission, 5.3.1919.

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