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Four: Captain K. F. T. Caldwell, Royal Artillery, later A.D.C. to the Governor of Kenya and...
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Four: Captain K. F. T. Caldwell, Royal Artillery, later A.D.C. to the Governor of Kenya and senior assistant Game Warden in that Colony 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. K. F. T. Caldwell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. K. F. T. Caldwell.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, mint mark Crowned ‘Z’ over ‘F.G’, unnamed as issued, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Italy, Al Valore Militare (Silver) London Gazette 12 September 1918. Keith Farquhar Townley Caldwell was born on 21 November 1886, son of Colonel R. T. Caldwell, V.D., M.A., LL.M., 3rd Gordon Highlanders. He was educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, in July 1910; Lieutenant in July 1913; Temporary Captain in August 1915; Captain in July 1916; placed on half-pay on 14 December 1919; and then employed under the Colonial Office from 22 January 1920. Caldwell served with 47th Battery, R.F.A., in France and Flanders from late 1914 until wounded in mid-1915; he then served as Adjutant to 4th Reserve Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), from July 1915 until end of the War. Employed in Kenya Colony as Assistant District Commissioner from December 1918 to September 1919, he then acted as A.D.C. to Governor of Kenya between September 1919 and October 1922, and later: Assistant Game Warden, Kenya, from October 1922; Game Warden (Temporary), Kenya, from January to November 1923, and again in 1926; and Senior Assistant Game Warden, Kenya, from 1 January 1925.
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Four: Captain K. F. T. Caldwell, Royal Artillery, later A.D.C. to the Governor of Kenya and senior assistant Game Warden in that Colony 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. K. F. T. Caldwell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. K. F. T. Caldwell.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, mint mark Crowned ‘Z’ over ‘F.G’, unnamed as issued, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Italy, Al Valore Militare (Silver) London Gazette 12 September 1918. Keith Farquhar Townley Caldwell was born on 21 November 1886, son of Colonel R. T. Caldwell, V.D., M.A., LL.M., 3rd Gordon Highlanders. He was educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, in July 1910; Lieutenant in July 1913; Temporary Captain in August 1915; Captain in July 1916; placed on half-pay on 14 December 1919; and then employed under the Colonial Office from 22 January 1920. Caldwell served with 47th Battery, R.F.A., in France and Flanders from late 1914 until wounded in mid-1915; he then served as Adjutant to 4th Reserve Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), from July 1915 until end of the War. Employed in Kenya Colony as Assistant District Commissioner from December 1918 to September 1919, he then acted as A.D.C. to Governor of Kenya between September 1919 and October 1922, and later: Assistant Game Warden, Kenya, from October 1922; Game Warden (Temporary), Kenya, from January to November 1923, and again in 1926; and Senior Assistant Game Warden, Kenya, from 1 January 1925.
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