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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 539

x The Important C.M.G., D.S.O. Group of Six to Lieutenant-Colonel A. England, Army Service Corps, Who Was the Divisional Supply Officer for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion´s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar c) 1914-15 Star (Major A. England. A.S.C.) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt Col. A. England.) e) Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1920), with integral top riband bar, good very fine (6) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Lt.-Col. Abraham England, D.S.O., R.A.S.C., T.F. ´For services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders´. D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Lt.-Col. Abraham England, A.S.C. T.D. London Gazette 31.12.1920 Lt.-Col. Abraham England, C.M.G., D.S.O., 42nd (East Lancs.) Divl. Train. Royal Army Service Corps. M.I.D. London Gazette 24.12.1917; 25.5.1918; 10.7.1919. Colonel Abraham England, C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D. (1867-1949), born Barrowford, Lancashire; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army, 23.5.1905; Promoted Lieutenant 14.2.1907; Captain, 7th Battalion, 22.1.1908; transferred Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade Company, East Lancashire Divisional Transport, Army Service Corps, 13.4.1910; Major, Divisional Supply Officer, 9.3.1911. Served during the Great War in Egypt, 5.11.1914-30.4.1915; at Gallipoli 1.5-31.12.1915; in Egypt 1.1-1.6.1916; Lieutenant-Colonel 1.6.1916; Appointed Commander 66 Divisional Train 16.6.1916; served in France and Belgium 27.2.1917-11.11.1918. Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire 3.2.1931.

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