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A group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Rose, Wellingt...
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A group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Rose, Wellington Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, late Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who served as a soldier for nearly 40 years Military Cross, G.V.R.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 modern clasp, The Nile 1884-85; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronz,e reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, recently re-mounted court-style, all of contemporary manufacture except for the Nile clasp, good very fine (9) £140-£180 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. John Murray Rose was born in Elgin, Scotland, on 1 August 1865 and attested for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, serving with them during the Nile Expedition and the Sudan Campaign in 1885-86 (and presumably entitled to an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal and an 1884-86 Khedive’s Star, rather than the dated and 1882 versions). Advanced Colour Sergeant and Instructor of Musketry, he was discharged after 21 years’ service, and subsequently emigrated to New Zealand. He enlisted in the New Zealand Regular Army at Wellington as a Sergeant Major Instructor on 1 July 1908, and was promoted Lieutenant in the New Zealand Staff Corps on 1 February 1913. As a temporary Captain, he served with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Great War in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, and was awarded the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre whilst serving with the Wellington Battalion. Promoted Major in 1919, he transferred to the Retired List in December 1920 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 12 June 1948. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; rank insignia; and various ephemera relating to the recipient’s son, Captain John Ferguson Murrary Rose, N.Z.E.F.
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A group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Rose, Wellington Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, late Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who served as a soldier for nearly 40 years Military Cross, G.V.R.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 modern clasp, The Nile 1884-85; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronz,e reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, recently re-mounted court-style, all of contemporary manufacture except for the Nile clasp, good very fine (9) £140-£180 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. John Murray Rose was born in Elgin, Scotland, on 1 August 1865 and attested for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, serving with them during the Nile Expedition and the Sudan Campaign in 1885-86 (and presumably entitled to an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal and an 1884-86 Khedive’s Star, rather than the dated and 1882 versions). Advanced Colour Sergeant and Instructor of Musketry, he was discharged after 21 years’ service, and subsequently emigrated to New Zealand. He enlisted in the New Zealand Regular Army at Wellington as a Sergeant Major Instructor on 1 July 1908, and was promoted Lieutenant in the New Zealand Staff Corps on 1 February 1913. As a temporary Captain, he served with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Great War in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, and was awarded the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre whilst serving with the Wellington Battalion. Promoted Major in 1919, he transferred to the Retired List in December 1920 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 12 June 1948. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; rank insignia; and various ephemera relating to the recipient’s son, Captain John Ferguson Murrary Rose, N.Z.E.F.
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