Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 238

A 1914 Great War ´Western Front´ C.B. Group of Seven to Brigadier-General H.G. Sandilands, Royal Artillery, Commanded 34th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 1914-17 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in Garrard & Co, London case of issue b) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Captn. H.G. Sandilands 50th Fd. By. R.A.), edge bruise c) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing´s Nek (Major. H.G. Sandilands. R.F.A.), contact marks to obverse d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lt: Col: H.G. Sandilands. R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Brig. Gen. H.G. Sandilands.) f) Coronation 1911, clasp carriages adapted for court mounted wear, very fine or better (7) Estimate £ 2,400-2,800C.B. London Gazette 18.2.1915 Lieutenant-Colonel H.G. Sandilands (34th Brigade). Brigadier-General Henry George Sandilands, C.B., born 1864; Lieutenant Royal Artillery, 1884; Captain 1893; Acting Adjutant, Peshawar District, 23.8.1897-30.9.1897; Major 1900; served as Adjutant 2nd Brigade Division Royal Field Artillery in South Africa (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 8.2.1901); Lieutenant-Colonel 1910; Colonel 1913; Officer Commanding 34th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 1914-17, and served on the Western Front from, 17.8.1914; Brigadier-General Staff, 3rd Division 25.2.1915-18.2.1916; 54th Division 3.11.1916; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, November 1916-December 1917 (C.B.; M.I.D. London Gazette 19.10.1914; 17.2.1915; 1.1.1916 and 12.1.1918); retired Brigadier-General 1919.

Sold for
£2,400