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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 548

The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Berkeley, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. R. E. Berkeley. 1st L.N. Lanc: Regt.); King's South Africa Medal 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. R. E. Berkeley. L.N. Lanc. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. E. Berkeley. L.N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak leaf (Lt. Col. R. E. Berkeley); Defence Medal 1939-45; Dehli Durbar 1911, the QSA with officially re-impressed naming, otherwise good very fine (7)

D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917.

Robert Esmé Berkeley was born on 27 November 1873, third son of Major General Frederick George Berkeley and twin brother of Second Lieutenant George Rowland Berkeley. Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in December 1895. Promoted Lieutenant in November 1898, he served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, being promoted Captain in January 1902.

Berkeley's wartime career commenced in East Africa in 1914, and by the war's end he had seen active service with 239 Machine Gun Company, 1st and 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Berkeley commanded the 1st Battalion from October 1918, was mentioned thrice in the despatches (London Gazettes 8 February & 22 September 1917 and 9 July 1919, refer) and awarded the Distinguished Service Order; sold with copied MIC and research.

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