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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 5

A Superb Campaign Combination C.B. Group of Five to Brigadier-General F.T.N. Spratt-Bowring, Royal Engineers, Five Times Mentioned in Despatches, Including in Every Campaign in Which He Fought a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral riband buckle b) Afghanistan 1878-80, three clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kandahar (Lieut: F.T.N. Spratt, R.E.), initial ´T´ officially corrected c) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut. F.T.N. Spratt. R.E.) d) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Captn. F.T.N. Spratt R.E.) e) China 1900, no clasp (Colonel F.T.N. Spratt-Bowring, R.E.), toned, minor edge bruising throughout, otherwise good very fine (5) Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 Brigadier-General Frederick Thomas Nelson Spratt-Bowring, C.B. (1847-1934); born Clerkenwell, London; Commissioned Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 1869; served during the Second Afghan War 1878-80 and was present at the Capture of Peiwar Kotal (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 4.2.1879), in the engagement at Charasiah, 6.10.1879 (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 16.1.1880), the passage of the Mangior Pass; at Mattoon as Adjutant of Royal Engineers Kuram Valley Field Force and afterwards as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General 2nd Infantry Brigade Kabul Field Force; in this capacity he accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in his march to Kandahar, and was present at the battle of Kandahar (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 3.12.1880); Captain 1881; served as Brigade-Major Royal Engineers and Superintendent of Army Signalling with the Burmese Expedition, 1886-87 (Brevet-Major; Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 2.9.1897); appointed Military Secretary to Commander in Chief, Bombay, 1890; advanced Lieutenant-Colonel 1894; Colonel on the Staff for Royal Engineers, China Field Force, with the rank of Temporary Brigadier-General, 1900 (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 13.9.1901); retired 1904 (C.B.); appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel and Group Commandant of West Kent Volunteer Regiment, 1916; resigned commission 31.5.1918; a resident in later life of 122 Inverness Terrace, London; he died in Paddington. A manuscript written by Spratt-Bowring Account of Work of the Royal Engineers in the China or Boxer War 1900-1901 is held in the Royal Engineers Library.

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