GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 960
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. H. Hadow, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, late Seaforth Highlanders
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. R. H. Hadow, 1st Seaforth Highrs. 13/10/15’; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Sea. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) mounted court style as worn, nearly very fine (4)
£900-1100
M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1920 (Allenby).
Robert Henry Hadow was born in Strinagar, Kashmir, India, on 13 August 1895. He was educated at Harrow School and was a member of the O.T.C. (1909-14). Serving as a Private in the London Scottish in September 1914, he was commissioned into the 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment on 3 October 1914. After receiving a commission in the 3rd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Special Reserve) in January 1915, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war attached to the Seaforth Highlanders in May 1915. With the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Hadow was awarded the M.C. for his actions on 13 October 1915 - the War Diary reporting that ‘Lieuts. Hadow and Buchanan led strong patrols towards the enemy’s trenches, gaining some useful information.’ He later served in Mesopotamia (1916-17) and Palestine (1918), attaining the rank of Captain in July 1916. Whilst in Mesopotamia he was wounded in action, 5 November 1917. Serving in Palestine from January 1918, he was appointed a 2nd Class Agent (Class GG). In June 1918 he was attached to the 7th Indian Division as Intelligence Officer.
Post-war he entered the Diplomatic Service. Appointed Counsellor to the Argentine Republic, 1942-44; he served in the U.S.A. from 1944 and was Consul-General for Southern California and Arizona from 1948 and Consul-General for Northern California and, Nevada and Hawaii, 1954-57. Awarded the C.M.G. in 1946 and the K.B.E. in 1953. Sir Robert Hadow retired from the service in 1957 and died on 13 January 1963.
With a quantity of copied research. 961
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. Powell, Indian Army, late Bedfordshire Regiment
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 STAR (Lieut., Bedf. R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); 1939-45 STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, these unnamed, cleaned/gilded, mounted court style for wear, very fine and better (7)
£900-1100
M.C. London Gazette 17 January 1916. ‘Second Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant) (Unattached List, Indian Army).’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916; 27 August 1918.
Frank Powell was commissioned from Bedford Grammar School O.T.C. into the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 8 August 1914. Attached to the Bedfordshire Regiment as a Temporary Lieutenant in October 1914, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 December 1915. He served there until 25 June 1915 and was wounded. Promoted to Lieutenant in the Indian Army in September 1915, he then served in Iraq with the Garhwal Rifles, March 1917-September 1918 and in Greek Macedonia, September-October 1918. Attaining the rank of Captain in August 1918, he served with the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles. Captain Powell retired from the Indian Army due to ill health in 1932. Served with the Home Guard in 1941 as a Captain, Adjutant and Quartermaster. With copied research.
962 A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. D. Boissier, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£850-950 M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918.
Geoffrey Dumaresq Boissier was embodied as a Private in the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (T.F.) on 31 August 1914. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion on 29 December 1914, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 July 1915. Wounded on 24 March 1916. Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 12 May 1916, he held the rank of Temporary Captain, May 1916- March 1918. Attained the rank of Temporary Captain on 3 May 1918. Released on 2 May 1919, retaining the rank of Captain. Served in France and Salonika. Post-war lived at ‘Shrublands’, Banbury, Oxfordshire. With copied m.i.c. and other research.
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