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Auction: 9024 - The Property of a Gentleman Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals
Lot: 730

A Great War ´West Africa´ D.S.O., 1938 ´Civil Division´ Ulster Special Constabulary O.B.E. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Sargent, Lancashire Fusiliers, Attached to The West African Frontier Force He Commanded the 4th Battalion Nigeria Regiment, 1916-17 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre loose, with integral top riband bar b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer´s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt c) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, last clasp, a tailor´s copy (Lieut. J. Sargent. E. Lanc: Rgt.) d) 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. Sargent. Lan. Fus.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. J. Sargent.) f) Coronation 1937, generally very fine (7) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400 D.S.O. London Gazette 4.6.1917 Major (Temp. Lt. Col.) James Sargent, Lancashire Fusiliers O.B.E. London Gazette 9.6.1938 Lieutenant-Colonel James Sargent, D.S.O., Headquarters Staff Officer, Ulster Special Constabularly Lieutenant-Colonel James Sargent, D.S.O., O.B.E. (1881-1949); commissioned Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers, 24.7.1901 (entitled to 3 clasp Q.S.A.); employed with the West African Frontier Force, from 14.9.1910; advanced Captain 5.8.1914; served during the Great War in the Cameroon and Nigeria Theatres of War, 24.8.1914-18.2.1916; continued to be employed with the W.A.F.F., including as Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the 4th Battalion Nigeria Regiment, 1.10.1916-18.10.1917; served in the East Africa, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia Theatre of War, 11.12.1916-15.2.1918 (Twice M.I.D. London Gazette 22.9.1917 and 7.3.1918); Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 3.6.1918; specially employed with the Colonial Office, 1923 and later a Staff Officer Ulster Special Constabulary.

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