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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 431

Six: Private C. J. Brymer, Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Imperial Volunteers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (566 Pte. C. J. Brymer, C.I.V.), mounted as worn by Spink & Son; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Coy. Cmdr. Cecil J. Brymer); together with four Medals given to the recipient by the Ancient and Honourable Company of Boston dating from the H.A.C. visit to Boston in 1903, good very fine (6)

Cecil John Brymer was born in West Ham, London on 14 December 1872. At the time of his death in 1933 the following was written about his life in the Sunday Mirror of 31 March 1933:

‘Mr Cecil John Brymer, who died at Ikona, Furze Hill, Purley, on Saturday in his 61st year, was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. He became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1902 and for many years was a partner in the firm of A. Walter Ramsay & Co. As a member of the H.A.C. [since 1893] he served with the City Imperial Volunteers [Infantry Battalion] in the South African War and on his return was given the Freedom of the City of London. During the Great War he served in the City of London Police Reserve, in which he was an inspector. A member of the Skinners’ Company since 1901, he became Master in 1931. He was a member of the governing bodies of Tonbridge School and of the Northampton Polytechnic Institute, and a governor of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy. He was also twice Master of the Pellipar Lodge of Freemasons.’

Sold together with a City of London Police Reserve lapel Badge.

For his miniature dress Medals, please see Lot 1228.

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£280