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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Major A. S. Mills, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was twice wounded, and was Mentioned in Despatches
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Major A. S. Mills.) suspensions slightly damaged on both campaign medals, generally very fine (3)
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D.S.O. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded his battalion with great distinction during five days’ heavy fighting, gaining all his objectives and making several daring personal reconnaissances. His reports on the situation were clear and concise, and it was due to his inspiring personal example that no fewer than six determined counter-attacks were successfully repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy in the course of one day.’
Arthur Samuel Mills was born in Amhurst, Nova Scotia, on 15 August 1888 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on 1 June 1915. He sailed with his unit to England on 13 November 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1916, and was severely wounded by gun shot to the left thigh on 25 October 1916, and by gun shot to the right foot on 22 April 1918. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 26 December 1917). Advanced Major, he was discharged medically unfit on 26 March 1919.
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An inter-War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Major C. H. H. Harold, Royal Army Medical Corps
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. H. H. Harold. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. H. H. Harold.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Maj. C. H. H. Harold. R.A. M.C.) mounted as worn (although the last now loose) and housed in a fitted leather case, good very fine (5) £500-£700
O.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1926
Charles Henry Haslar Harold was born in Llangollen, Denbighshire, on 1 January 1885, and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 29 July 1910. Promoted Captain on 29 January 1914, he served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from June 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches ‘in connection with minor Military Operations in North and Northeast Persia during the period 1917-21’ (London Gazette 8 May 1922). He subsequently served in Afghanistan and on the Northwest Frontier of India, was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920), and was promoted Brevet Major on 15 September 1921.
Created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours’ List, Harold served as Assistant Director of Hygiene and Pathology, India, from March 1927 to March 1931, before returning to England as Assistant Director of Hygiene, Southern Command. He retired with the rank of Major on 1 May 1934, and subsequently served as Director of Water Examination at the Metropolitan Water Board.
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A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Nurse Miss Gertrude E. Holmes, South African Military Nursing Service
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (P/Nurse G. E. Holmes.); together with the recipient’s cape badge and riband bar, the latter including the riband for the British War Medal and a M.I.D. oak leaves emblem on the Victory Medal riband, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180
M.B.E. London Gazette 14 January 1921: ‘For services in connection with the War.’
M.I.D. London Gazette 31 January 1919.
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