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Auction: 26001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 181

(x) The Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel H. C. Saunders, Royal Engineers

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Major H. C. Saunders. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. C. Saunders.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R.; Greece, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-17, mounted as worn, very fine (8)

D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 21 July 1917.

Greek Military Cross, London Gazette 7 October 1919.

Herbert Cecil Saunders was born in Brighton on 19 April 1880 to Edith Lydia Beckley and Augustus Beckley and was educated at Brighton Grammar School. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers, Territorial Force in January 1904 and was subsequently promoted Captain in January 1908, Major in June 1916 and Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1919. Upon the outbreak of the Great War, Saunders enlisted on 17 January 1915 and disembarked in France. Later, he transferred to Salonika and was subsequently awarded the Greek War Cross.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800