A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps 312
Seven: Veterinary Major H. T. W. Mann, Army Veterinary Department
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Vet. Surgn. H. T. W. Mann.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895 -1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Vety. Captn., A.V.D.); QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Vet. Major, A.V.D.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, no clasp (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.) mounted for display, good very fine and better (7)
£1800-2200
Henry Thomas William Mann qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (London) on 1 April 1880. Entering the Army Veterinary Department, he served in the Egypt Campaign 1882 and present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. He then served in the Dongola Campaign 1896 as Senior Veterinary Officer for the India Contingent to Suakin, May-December 1896. Then on the N.W. Frontier of India he served as Senior Veterinary Officer with the Malakand Field Force. During a night attack in the Bedmanai Pass on 20/21 September 1897 he was wounded - suffering a slight contusion to the head. He also served with the Buner Field Force as Senior Veterinary Officer. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 April 1898). Mann then served in South Africa, March 1900-May 1902, as a Special Service Officer - being the Principle Veterinary Officer with the Rhodesian Field Force. For his services he was mentioned in Lord Robert’s despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). After the war he returned to England. He died at Milton Dameral, Devon, on 6 June 1912.
With copied gazette extracts and other research. 313 Pair: Veterinary Surgeon C. H. Betser, Army Veterinary Department
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Vet. Surgn., A. Vet. Dept.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1884-6, unnamed, second with contact marks, very fine and better (2)
£400-500
Approximately 12 Veterinary Surgeons entitled to the Egypt Medal for the Suakin operations of 1885. With related copied gazette extracts.
314 Three: Colonel T. G. Peacocke, Army Veterinary Department
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. Army Vety. Deptt.); BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (Col.); DELHI DURBAR 1911, unnamed, very fine and better (3)
£450-550
Thomas George Peacocke was born on 10 June 1865 and qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon at Edinburgh University on 28 April 1886. He entered the Army Veterinary Department as a Veterinary Lieutenant in 1891 and served in India from September 1891 and went on into the Indian Establishment in May 1896. Veterinary Lieutenant Peacocke served in the Chitral Relief Force in 1895 and was Officer Commanding the Remount Depot, Sharanpore in March 1898. Promoted to Veterinary Captain in 1901, Veterinary Major in 1906 and Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1911. Peacocke went to Australia in 1914 as President of the Imperial Remount Commission and served in India, 1915-22, being promoted to Colonel in 1916. Colonel Peacocke retired on 28 March 1922 and went on to live at Lumville House, The Curragh, Ireland.
For his services Peacocke was awarded the C.I.E. (London Gazette 3 July 1916) and then the C.V.O. (London Gazette 23 June 1922) as Director General of the Remounts Department in India, on the occasion of the Prince of Wales visit to India. With copied research.
315 Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Edwards, Army Veterinary Corps
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.); 1914 STAR, (Major, A.V.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) good very fine and better (4)
£360-400
Wilfred Bowes Edwards was born in Hounslow on 11 November 1870. He qualified at The Royal Veterinary College on 9 May 1893. He was gazetted a Veterinary Lieutenant on 12 June 1895 and promoted to Veterinary Captain in December 1902 and Veterinary Major in June 1910. With the A.V.D./A.V.C. he saw service in India before and after the Boer War; serving in South Africa, May 1902- March 1903. During the Great War he served in France/Flanders, August 1914-January 1915 and February-July 1916. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 16 February 1915 and 29 May 1917). Edwards retired from the service in July 1920 and died on 11 November 1946, aged 72 years. With copied research.
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