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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 101

Eight: Brigadier E.H.T. Gayer [C.B.E.], Royal Engineers India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st ´Kaisar-i-Hind´ type, Royal Mint issue, one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. E.H.T. Gayer. R.E.); India General Service 1936-39, Royal Mint issue, two clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Capt. E.H.T. Gayer. R.E.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 1st. Army Bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf; Coronation 1953, good very fine or better, mounted court style with a preceeding section of riband representing the C.B.E., together with the recipient´s riband bar (8) Estimate £ 340-380 C.B.E. London Gazette 28.6.1945 Colonel (temporary) Eric Hugh Trelawny Gayer, O.B.E. (18701), Corps of Royal Engineers ´For gallant and distinguished services in Italy.´ O.B.E. London Gazette 10.12.1937 Captain Eric Hugh Trelawny Gayer, Royal Engineers M.I.D. London Gazette 18.2.1938 Gayer, Capt. E.H.T., O.B.E., Royal Engineers M.I.D. London Gazette 25.10.1940 Gayer, Maj. E.H.T., O.B.E., Corps of Royal Engineers M.I.D. London Gazette 23.9.1943 Maj. (temp Lt.-Col.) E.H.T. Gayer, O.B.E. (18701), Corps of Royal Engineers ´For gallant and distinguished services in North Africa.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 11.1.1945 Col (actg.) E.H.T. Gayer, O.B.E. (18701), Corps of Royal Engineers Brigadier Eric Hugh Trelawny Gayer, C.B.E., born 10.10.1900; Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 16.7.1920; Promoted Lieutenant, 16.7.1922; Adjutant, 15.10.1928-8.11.1930; Captain, 16.7.1931; Officer Commanding of Gentleman Cadets, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 2.2.1932-28.1.1936; Major, 1.8.1938; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 25.7-24.10.1941; Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 25.10.1941-12.7.1944; Acting Colonel 13.1-12.7.1944; Commandant, Engineering Training Establishment, 13.1.1944-31.7.1945; War-Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel, 13.7.1944; Temporary Colonel, 13.7.1944-28.5.1946 and 19.8.1948-26.6.1949; Chief Engineer, 7.9-6.11.1945 and 11.12-15.12.1945; Deputy Chief Engineer, Headquarters, B.T.A., 16.12.1945-30.3.1946; Lieutenant-Colonel, 7.5.1946; Chief Instructor, S.M.E., 29.5.1946-26.9.1947; Colonel 27.6.1949; Brigadier, and Appointed Chief Engineer, British Troops, Egypt, 13.2.1953

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