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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 36

(x) Four: Major C. W. Chaloner, West African Frontier Force, late Remount Establishment, who was serving as a Colonial Secretary in Africa on the outbreak of the Great War and earned his 1914-15 Star as a result of service in Togoland in 1914

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Liet: C. W. Chaloner, Remt. Est.); 1914-15 Star (C. W. Chaloner); British War and Victory Medals (C. W. Chaloner), mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (4)

Claudius Willoughby Chaloner was born at Kells, Ireland on 22 January 1882, the son of Claud and Henreitta Chaloner. Educated at King's College, Isle of Man between 1897-1899 he was a member of the 1st XV in 1899 before being commissioned with the 4th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers on 25 July 1900.

Seconded to the Remounts Department on 22 February 1901, he served in South Africa with that unit during the Anglo-Boer War at their Naauwpost depot. Advanced Lieutenant on 30 November 1901 Chaloner returned to the Inniskillings on 18 January 1903. The next year he was promoted Captain and Instructor of Musketry on 28 May 1904.

Joining the Colonial Secretariat on 19 September 1910 he was Captain and Assistant Colonial Secretary on the Gold Coast on the outbreak of the Great War. In this capacity Chaloner entered the war in Togoland on 16 August 1914, likely with the Gold Coast Regiment. During this time he appears upon a List of Officers who have been sent to Togoland as serving with the Secretariat department. The British and their French Allies were immensely successful, taking the German colony in less than a month.

Chaloner was appointed District Commissioner on the Gold Coast on 2 March 1915, notably he later served with the West African Frontier Force between February-May 1917. He was discharged due to ill-health in July 1919 with the rank of Major, retiring to Chennymount, County Meath. He was living in County Wicklow when he died on 18 January 1963. Notably his son Desmond Willoughby Richard Chaloner joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps, serving as Lieutenant; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400