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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 266

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Lascelles, Royal Artillery, who was wounded and mentioned in the Boer War, before serving with 'Q' Battery in 1914 and commanding 'U' Battery on the Western Front - earning a further trio of mentions besides his two decorations

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. R. H. Lascelles. R.F.A.); 1914 Star (Major R. H. Lascelles. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R. H. Lascelles.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, silver, gold centre and enamel, very fine and better (6)

D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

French Legion of Honour London Gazette 24 February 1916.

Ronald Hastings Lascelles was born in March 1881 at Narberth, Pembrokeshire and was educated at Glyngarth, Cheltenham and Cheltenham College, when he played for the rugby XV and his house cricket XI. Passing into the Royal Military College aged sixteen, he qualified third on the list and had played for the Woolwich rugby XV. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in 1899, he served in South Africa with the 8th Battery and was wounded at Senekal on 23 June 1900. Invalided home shortly after, he was 'mentioned' for his service.

Having afterwards served in Ireland, he was a Captain in 'Q' Battery on the outbreak of the Great War, serving in France from 11 November 1914. Promoted to the command of 'U' Battery, he latterly served on the Staff of the Cavalry Corps and was Commandant of 4th Army Artillery School. Confirmed as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918, Lascelles fell ill, ending the war with a trio of 'mentions' (London Gazette 1 January 1916, 4 January & 15 May 1917, refers) but then become ill and died on 16 February 1919; from heart failure as a result of flu. Lascelles is buried in the Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich and is commemorated upon the Great War Memorial in the Cemetery and at Narberth. The large stone cross memorial on his grave has recently become damaged and lays on his grave, a memorial stone with inscription added; sold together with a quantity of copied research.

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