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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 557

A scarce 'double M.S.M.' group of seven awarded to Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant-Major) W. H. McFadyen, Military Provost Staff Corps, late Corporal, Yorkshire Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3871 Pte. W. H. McFadyen. Yorkshire Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Corpl: W. McEadyen. York: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (1437 T.W.O.Cl.I. W. H. McFadyen. M.P.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1437 Sjt. W. H. McFadyen. M.P.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (1437 Q.M.Sjt.-T.S.Mjr. W. H. McFadyen. M.P.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (3871 S/Sjt. W. H. McFadyen. M.P.S.C.), note spelling differences, first two rather worn overall, the remainder very fine and a superb combination (7)

M.S.M. (Immediate)London Gazette 30 May 1919 (France).

M.S.M. (Annuity) as per Army Order 98 of 1951 - not entered in the London Gazette.

William Henry McFadyen, who was born in 1878 at St Helier, Jersey. By 1891 he was a scholar at the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea and on 16 November 1892 McFadyen joined the Yorkshire Regiment as a Drummer. He first saw active service with the Yorkshire Regiment during the Boer War Awarded his L.S. & G.C. in Army Order 92 of 1911, he latterly served in France with the Military Provost Staff Corps and had the highly unusual record of having been awarded both an Immediate and an Annuity M.S.M. - of which McInnes records just 9 such instances.

McFadyen was recommended for the Annuity award while with the Yorkshire Regiment prior to 1912. He remained on the waiting list for the Annuity all the way through 1951, when Army Order 98 of 1953 takes effect. The effect of Army Order 98 was that any man on the waiting list as of 1951 was to be awarded his Medal but would still have to wait for the Annuity. As a result, a second Medal was issued, but this time with the earlier service number; sold together with a fine carriage clock, in its original leather case, the lid with an engraved plaque stating 'Presented to Sergeant McFadyen by the Members R.A.T.A. 1st Yorkshire Regt.'

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£1,100

Starting price
£600