CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
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Five: Reverend G. H. Colbeck, Army Chaplain’s Department
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Rev., Army Chap.) suspension refitted; QUEEN’S
SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Rev., Chaplain’s Dept.)
suspension bar bent; 1914 STAR, with clasp (Rev., A.C.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Rev.) edge
bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (5) £650-750
George Henry Colbeck was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on 19 July 1860 and was educated at St. Paul’s College, Burgh, 1882, and
St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, 1883. He was ordained a Deacon in 1887 and a Priest in 1888 in Rangoon, Burma. He was
Chaplain of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospels Mission at Mandalay and Principal of the Religious School, Burma, 1887-90.
He was also Acting Chaplain to the Burma Field Force 1887-90 (Medal with clasps and mentioned in despatches). Returning to
England, he was appointed Curate of Goldsborough, Yorkshire, 1890-91; Harewood, 1891-92; and Clayhill, Enfield, 1892-93. He was
then appointed Curate-in-Charge of St. Luke, Jersey, 1893-94; St. Matthew, Upper Clapton, 1894-98; and St. Mary, Haggerston, 1898
-1900. During the Boer War he was a Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, 1900-01 (Queen’s medal with four clasps). He was then
Chaplain at Woolwich, 1901-03; Warley, 1903-04; Standerton, South Africa, 1904-05; Potchefstroom, 1905-09; Dublin, 1909-12, and
Portsmouth, 1912-14. Colbeck then served with the B.E.F. as a Chaplain 2nd Class, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10
November 1914 and latterly serving at Rouen. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915). After
the war he was Curate of St. Cross, Winchester, 1921-22; Chaplain to Enham Village Centre, 1922-24; Curate of St. Peter, Eaton
Square, Westminster, 1925-27; and Curate of St. George, Hanover Square, 1927-31. He was appointed Vicar of Stanford-on-Avon with
Swinford in 1931.
With copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research.
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Four: Lieutenant-Colonel E. M. Jackson, Madras Army
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Ltt. E. M. Jackson, 17th Madras Infy.);
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (Capt., 11/Sud. E.A.); CHINA 1900, no clasp (Captn., 28th Mad. Infy.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908,
2 clasps, Firket, Hafir (Capt., 28th Mad. Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £1800-2200
Ex Alan Wolfe Collection.
Ernest Montague Jackson was born on 3 November 1863. He was first appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Scots in August 1884,
transferred to the Madras Staff Corps in January 1887, and was posted as Wing Officer to the 28th Madras Native Infantry six months
later. He saw action with the 28th N.I. during the Burma campaign 1887-89, and in the Chin Hills in 1892-93. During the Dongola
Expedition of 1896, Jackson was seconded to the Egyptian Army and placed in command of the 11th Sudanese Battalion. He took part
in the operations on 7th June and 19th September, 1896, as Special Service Officer and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette
3 November 1896).
Upon his return to India he was posted to the 9th Madras Infantry as Wing Officer, and by 1899 he commanded the regiment with the
rank of Temporary Major. He returned to the 28th shortly afterwards as acting second-in-command and served with the regiment in
China during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. He was confirmed as second-in-command in August 1905, by which time the regiment had
become the 88th Carnatic Infantry. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1910, assumed command of the 88th the following
month, and retired in October 1913.
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