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Auction: 17001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 194

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An interesting Boer War and Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. M. H. Kincaid-Smith, M.P., late 9th Lancers and Wiltshire Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Lt. T. H. M. Kincaid-Smith, 9 Lcrs.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. T. M. H. Kincaid-Smith, 9/Lcrs.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. T. H. M. Kincaid-Smith, 9-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. T. H. M. Kincaid-Smith), mounted as worn, good very fine or better (5)

Thomas Malcom Harvey Kincaid-Smith was born on 6 July 1874, younger son of Major Kincaid-Smith of Polmont, Falkirk. Educated at Eton and the R.M.C. Sandhurst, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Lancers in October 1894.

Having been seconded to the Colonial Office in the interim, he returned to regimental employ as a Lieutenant in January 1900 and quickly saw action in South Africa, where he was present in operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony, including Paardeberg and the action at Poplar Grove (Queen's Medal & 2 clasps; King's Medal & 2 clasps). Advanced to Captain in May 1903, Kincaid-Smith was placed on half-pay on account of ill-health and resigned his commission in May 1908.

Meanwhile, he had entered the political arena as a Liberal, being elected M.P. for Stratford-on-Avon in 1906. Winston Churchill won North-West Manchester for the Liberals in the same election, Kincaid-Smith taking the trouble to send him a congratulatory letter; see Churchill Archive (HHAR 2/26/15).

In 1909 Kincaid-Smith resigned his seat and left the Liberal party, in order to advocate compulsory military training. Standing as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, he was badly defeated.

Recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he went to France as an Assistant Provost Marshal in the following year. Appointed a Major - and later a Lieutenant-Colonel - in the Wiltshire Regiment in April 1916, he ended the war with a Staff appointment. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 25 May 1917, refers).

The author of The 25th Division in France and Flanders, Kincaid-Smith died on 31 December 1938.



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