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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 545

The Great War ´Western Front´ D.S.O. Group of Five to Twice Wounded Lieutenant-Colonel W.A.F. Jones, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, gilt slightly worn b) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, the last a contemporary tailor´s copy, with unofficial rivets (Lieut: W.A.F. Jones, 62/Bty: R.F.A.) c) 1914 Star, with later slide Bar (Capt: W.A.F. Jones. R.F.A.) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. W.A.F. Jones.), light contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400 D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Maj. William Allen Frere Jones, R.A. Lieutenant-Colonel William Allen Frere Jones, D.S.O., born 1880; commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery (from Local Militia Forces, Cape of Good Hope), 16.7.1900; Lieutenant 4.2.1903; Captain 15.5.1911; served during the Great War on the Western Front, 8.8.1914-11.11.1918 (wounded twice, M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916; 15.6.1916; 14.12.1917 and 7.7.1919; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 3.6.1919); advanced Lieutenant-Colonel 25.9.1927. Entitled to four clasp Q.S.A. as listed above.

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