MINIATURE MEDALS 593
The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General Sir Arthur E. Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath ORDER OF THE BATH, Military Division, gold and enamel, bulbous centres, straight bar suspension, gold buckle on ribbon, ribbon frayed; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Kachin Hills 1892-93; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899 -1902, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, Paardeberg, Transvaal; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS; PORTUGAL, MILITARY ORDER OF AVIZ, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7£180-220
Arthur Edward Dalzell was born on 25 December 1851, the son of Colonel Hon. Robert Alexander George Dalzell and Sarah Bushby Harris. His father was the fourth son of the 6th Earl of Carnwath. Educated at East Sheen and Cheltenham. He entered the Army as an Ensign in the 12th (Suffolk) Regiment in 1870 and the following year transferred to the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment, becoming a Lieutenant in November 1871, Captain in 1885 and Major in 1889. With his regiment he fought in the Burma War, 1891-92 and was in command of the Maingkhwan Column. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1899, he served in the Boer War - being Commandant at Hellbron and was in command of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, December 1899-May 1902 - seeing action at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Driefontein. For his wartime services he was awarded the C.B. in 1900. He received the brevet of Colonel in 1903. Dalzell saw service in the Great War, raising the 12th Service Battalion Cheshire Regiment and was commanding officer of the 207th Brigade, 1915-16. He gained the rank of Honorary Brigadier-General in 1917. Brigadier-General Dalzell succeeded his nephew as 13th Earl of Carnwath in 1931. He died on 9 March 1941 and with his death the title became extinct.
With original portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (2) appointing him a Lieutenant in the 52nd Foot; another appointing him Captain; handwritten copy of a speech made by Dalzell on the occasion of the King of Portugal’s visit and inspection of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry; telegrams (4) re the visit; together with copied research.
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The miniature dress medal group of thirteen attributed to Major-General Sir W. G. B. Western, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal West Kent Regiment ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL & ST GEORGE, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension; ORDER OF THE BATH, Military Division, gold and enamel, ring suspension: EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85; INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1895 -1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free Stae, Transvaal, Cape Colony, mounted in that order; KING’S SOUTHAFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf; EGYPT,ORDER OF THENILE, 4th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with rosette; ITALY,ORDER OF THECROWN, 4th Class, gold and enamel, with rosette; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1918, with bronze palm; KHEDIVE’S STAR 1884-6, later court mounting, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine or better (13)
£280-320
William George Balfour Western was born on 2 May 1861 and educated at Victoria College, Jersey and at Sandhurst. He entered the 50th Regiment in 1879. He served with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment in the Nile Expedition, 1884-85; Malakand and Buner campaigns, 1897-98, where he was wounded by a gun shot near Inayat Kili on 30 September 1897 and was mentioned in Sir Bindon Blood’s despatch. In the South African War he commanded the 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment until April, 1901, when he assumed command of a mobile column which he held until the end of hostilities. He was twice mentioned in despatches and created C.B. During the Great War he served in Gallipoli from July 1915 to January 1916; Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea from January to March 1916; Italy from November 1917 to April 1918; Egyptian Expeditionary Force from April to October 1918. He was wounded, mentioned in despatches six times, promoted Major-General and created K.C.M.G. Major-General Western died on 10 January 1936. With some copied research.
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