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Auction: 7029 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 377

A Great War ´Egypt´ M.C. Group of Four to Captain and Temporary Acting Major F.W. Doggett, Royal Garrison Artillery a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue b) 1914 Star (25108 Sjt. F.W. Doggett. R.G.A.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Major F.W. Doggett.), good very fine, together with the following documentation &c.: - Commission appointing Frederick William Doggett as 2nd Lieutenant, Land Forces, from 28.8.1915 - Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 13.11.1916 - Letter of recommendation from Major E.S. Phillip, Commanding 195 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, dated Alexandria, 13.2.1919 - Letter of recommendation from the General Officer Commanding Heavy Artillery, XX Corps, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, dated Sporting Club Camp, Alexandria, 13.2.1919, together with the original envelope - Letter of recommendation from Lieutenant-Colonel A.R.Y. Kirkpatrick, C.M.G., D.S.O., Commanding 95th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, dated Palestine, February 1919, together with the original envelope - Photograph Album containing approximately 129 personal photographs and British Official postcards, all relating to the recipient´s military career, the majority taken in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria - Two photographs of the Royal Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to Nigeria, 15-22.4.1925 (lot) Estimate £ 600-700 M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Lt (T/Capt) Frederick William Doggett, RGA attd. 195th Hy Bty ´For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Egypt.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 4.1.1917 Doggett, 2nd Lt. (temp. Capt.) F.W. Captain Frederick William Doggett, M.C., born October 1886; enlisted as Private, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1.9.1905; advanced to Sergeant; posted to 118 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, France, 5.11.1914-20.1.1915; 2nd Army Trench Mortars, 8.3-6.9.1915; suffered a gun shot wound to the head at Ypres, 23.4.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, 28.8.1915; Posted to Heavy Artillery, Woolwich, 7.9.1915; 150 Heavy Battery, January 1916; Temporary Lieutenant, 16.2.1916; Temporary Captain, 30.5.1916; Assumed Command 150 Heavy Battery, July 1916; Temporary Acting Major, 25.9-1.10.1916 and 27.5-3.7.1918; Posted to Command 203 Heavy Battery, December 1916; transferred to 195 Heavy Battery, February 1917 and served with them in Egypt, 9.3.1917-6.3.1919; Lieutenant, 1.7.1917; Captain, 12.12.1920. Captain Doggett died in January 1932.

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