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2 pairs of gents Prada shoes (worn), fox fur cape etc

Enid Blyton Five on a Treasure Island, Five on a Hike Together, Five Go Adventuring Again published Hodder & Stoughton, Mystery of the Secret Room and The Blue Story Book with Arthur Ransome Great Northern, Jonathan Cape 1947 in original cloth

Two albums of Commonwealth stamps, Victoria to QEII with a good range of early stamps including 4d blue Cape triangle x 2, India vertical pair 1/2 anna blue, single 1/2 anna blue and one anna red, New Zealand 1898 set to 2s grey green, British Central Africa 1897-1900 £1 black and dull purple used (SG 51)

A 19thC album, once the property of Ernest Simpson (husband of Wallis) with signature and his address, many stamps removed but some useful remainders including Cape Triangles x 2, together with a Triumph album of all world stamps, up to 1935

An early Lincoln stamp album, Cape of Good Hope album sheets and loose stamps in named country envelopes

A collection of vintage late 19thC/early 20thC dresses, under-garments, night dresses, cape etc

Sheep.- [Fairbairn (John)] A Treatise upon Breeding, Rearing and Feeding Cheviot and Black-Faced Sheep in High Districts, first edition, half-title, errata slip at end, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, spine chipped, Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the Author, 1823 § Lasteyrie (C.P.) An Account of the Introduction of Merino Sheep into the Different States of Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope, first English edition, translated by Benjamin Thompson, engraved frontispiece foxed and offset, some foxing and light browning, uncut in original boards, worn and broken, lacking backstrip, 1810 § [Hunt (Charles Henry)] A Practical Treatise on the Merino and Anglo-Merino Breeds of Sheep, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, uncut in original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, worn, 1809; and 3 others on breeds of sheep, 8vo (6)

West Cape Howe Shiraz 2012, South Africa, 8 bottles.

18th and 19th Century newspapers to include The London Chronicle 1758 no 172 (6 pages) no 165 (8 pages) 164 (8 pages), Lloyds Evening Post 1758 No 170 (8 pages): The London Gazette Extraordinary No 13854 (pages 1235-1241) November 24 1795 Capture of Cape of Good Hope interest, also 1809 No 16321 (pages 1925-1944); The National Register 1808 No 30 (13 pages) Bell's Weekly Messenger 1815 No 1025 (8 pages) (qty)

Victorian Royal Navy Officers Cape, in blue cloth, faded to brownish colour, gilt lion head cape chains and gilt Victorian crowned naval buttons to the front. White cloth lining to the interior with two interior pockets. Well worn example.

Queens Bodyguard of Scotland Royal Company of Archers Full Uniform, Headdress and Sword Grouping Contained in the Original Metal Storage Trunk, the grouping consists of the long pattern green cloth tunic with gauntlet cuffs and shoulder wings. Trimmed with black braid and crimson velvet, four bars of black braid across the chest, showing a light crimson velvet. Black braid and crimson velvet also to the collar. Crimson silk shoulder cords with gilt metal button. Fine quality sash with large badge in fine gilt metal to the centre and a lower sash badge in gilt and enamel retaining nearly all the original fire gilt finish; Evening dress tail coat in dark green cloth with green velvet collar. Green silk cloth lining t the interior. Three gilt metal tunic buttons to the front, waist band and tail skirt; Royal Company of Archers cape in green cloth with collar. Bands to the inside to fasten the cape down. Cape lined at the shoulders with green Italian cloth. Gilt metal special pattern cape chains and large gilt metal buttons; Trousers of green cloth with black braid and crimson velvet stripes; 2x variations of the full dress bonnets in green cloth with black braid trim. Crimson tuft to each bonnet. White and green silk cockades with fine gilt metal bonnet badges which retain nearly all of the original fire gilt wash finish. One bonnet with the original eagle feather. One bonnet is stiff type and the other is more like a beret; Black leather belt with sword frog and gilt metal Royal crest plate, the circlet inscribed “Queens Bodyguard for Scotland”; Parade pattern short sword made by Wilkinson sword, ornate gilt metal hilt, acid etched blade with EIIR cipher. Much of the original polish remains to the blade. Housed in the original leather and brass mounted scabbard. Accompanied by other items of accoutrements and housed in the original metal transit trunk with brass name plate engraved “P D GILMOUR ESQ”. A truly fantastic condition set which shows very minimal wear. Please note we are not able to offer in house post and packing on this item due to weight and size

Boer War Wounded in Action Queens South Africa Medal Cheshire Regiment, medal with two clasps Cape Colony and Orange Free State, awarded to “2857 SGT. H. WARDLE. CHESHIRE REGT.” Medal with ghost dates to the reverse and dark patina. According to "Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902", Sergeant Wardle was wounded in action on the 20th November 1900 at Schoensbokfntn.

Manchester Regiment Defence of Ladysmith Boer War Medal Pair, Queens South Africa Medal with three clasps Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith and Belfast, awarded to “5099. PTE. R. ROBINSON. MANCHESTER REGT.” King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, medal is erased. Comes with photocopied service records and medal rolls indicating his entitlement to the QSA clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith and Belfast, plus the additional clasps Cape Colony & Orange Free State. Robert Robinson was born in July 1878 in Manchester, Lancashire and enlisted into the Manchester Regiment at Ashton under Lyne on 2 June 1897. As well as South Africa, he also served in Gibraltar, Singapore and India.  He was discharged in June 1909, completing his term of engagement. In 1899 the 1st Manchesters landed in Durban, Natal Colony, just as the Second Boer War broke out.  During the Siege of Ladysmith, two men of the battalion won the Victoria Cross for their  bravery. It was the first two VCs of The Manchester Regiment.

A Four-Piece late Victorian/Edwardian Silver and Ivory Handled Tea/Coffee Service:Of "cape" pattern, embossed with a band of laurel leaves and berries, the pots with acanthus leaf finials. Teapot and milk jug, London 1902, by Holland, Aldwinckle and Slater, London 1901; Sugar bowl by T. A. Slater, W.B. Slater and H.A. Holland (Holland, Aldwinkle and Slater); the hot water jug, London 1927, by Pairpoint Brothers. CONDITION REPORT: Hallmarks all clear. Please note there is a dent to teapot apporx. 1inch in length

South African Interest. A white metal presentation trowel inscribed "Presented to the Hon Lady Robinson for Laying the Foundation Stone of St Cyprians School Cape Town September 26th 1895" with ebonised handle, within puce velvet lined glazed case. The trowel 20cms long, 2.5cms high overall.

A Victorian black velvet Cape

CAPE FEAR (1991) - UK Quad - 30" x 40" (76 x 101.5 cm) - Rolled (as issued) - Fine minus

Taxidermy: Southern Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia caffra), circa June 2004, Rowland Ward Record Class, Kei Road, E Cape, South Africa, shoulder mount looking straight ahead, 35.5cm from the wall, 45cm high, horn measurements 4 & five eighths, 2 inches, 2 inches, including a copy of Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game certificate

Taxidermy: Cape Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), circa 2008, South Africa, high quality, shoulder mount with head turning slightly to the right, right horn 37cm, left horn 37cm measured along outer curve, tip to tip 11cm, from the wall 49cm, height 88cm

Taxidermy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), circa early 21st century, a high quality shoulder mount with head turning very slightly to the left, widest span 86cm, tip to tip 72cm, from the wall 108cm, height 86cm

Taxidermy: Cape Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola), circa 2005, by Roy Hayes Taxidermy, Tarkastad, South Africa, full mount male, with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon natural earth ground work with faux brush and pebbles, mounted upon a pine base with moulded borders, overall height 52cm, overall length 61.5cm including base CITES Annex B, Appendix II with proof of legal import date 12/09/2005

Taxidermy: Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), circa 2007, by Wild Africa Taxidermy, Tyrtyaba Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa, full mount in alert position with head turning slightly to the right, stood with front legs upon a faux rock mound with artificial brush and fauna, overall height 82cm, overall length 72cm including basetip of tail broken Rob 11/06/18

Taxidermy: Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), circa 2007, Tyrtyaba Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, by Wild Africa Taxidermy, Port Alfred, South Africa, full mount male in walking pose along a tree branch, with head turning to the right, height 37cm, overall length 64cm approx excluding branch CITES Annex B, Appendix II with proof of legal import date 13/04/2009

Skulls/Anatomy: Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), circa 2007, Tyrtyaba Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, by Wild Africa Taxidermy, Port Alfred, South Africa, complete bleached male skull, length 11cm, height 6.5cm CITES Annex B, Appendix II with proof of legal import date 13/04/2009

Skulls/Anatomy: Walrus Tusks (Odobenus rosmarus) circa 1970, upper tusk set including cut upper jaw section, brought back form an expedition to Cape Alexander North West Greenland in the early 1970's, 27cm high, 13.5cm widest span, mounted upon a homemade black painted display stand The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. CITES Annex B Appendix IItusks and jaw piece can be easily removed from the display stand , Rob 11/06/18

Antlers/Horns: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros strepsiceros) circa late 20th century, horns on cut upper skull cap mounted upon a shaped shield, right horn 98cm, left horn 99cm, tip to tip 69cm, 79cm high

Antlers/Horns: Abnormal Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), circa late 20th century, horns on bleached upper skull, left horn abnormal, widest span 92cm

Antlers/Horns: Cape Eland (Taurotragus oryx oryx) circa 1900, large horns on cut upper skull cap, mounted upon an African hardwood shield, right horn 64cm, left horn 63cm, tip to tip 43cm, together with a pair of Nyala horns (Nyala angasii), circa 1900, horns on cut upper frontlet, mounted upon a shaped shield, right horn 56.5cm, left horn 55cm, tip to tip 29cm (2)

Antlers/Horns: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros strepsiceros), circa late 20th century, large bull horns on cut upper skull mounted upon a shaped shield, with brass plaque ''Rogers 11.07.94'' right horn 125cm, left horn 125cm, tip to tip 64cm, 116cm high

Antlers/Horns: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), circa late 20th century, large horns on bleached upper skull, widest span 83cm, tip to tip 64cm

Antlers/Horns: African Hunting Trophies, circa late 20th century, to include - Cape Eland horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 78cm high, Blesbok horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 67cm high, Red Hartebeest horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 70cm high (a/f) (3)

Antlers/Horns: African Hunting Trophies, circa late 20th century, to include - Blesbok horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 60cm high, Red Hartebeest horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped oak shield, 77cm high, Common Impala horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 66cm high, Cape Bushbuck horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a shaped shield, 47cm high (damaged), Angolan Springbok horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a carved wooden shield, 39cm high (damaged) (5)

Antlers/Horns: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros strepsiceros), circa late 20th century, large bull horns on cut upper skull, mounted upon a bleached oak shield, right horn 126cm, left horn 129cm, measured along outer curve, 116cm high

Taxidermy: A Rare Large Cased Diorama of Birds Endemic to Africa, circa 1865-1880, by Ashmead & Co, Naturalists, 35, Bishopsgate, Without, comprising to the centre a pair of Secretarybirds stood above a coiled snake prey, a Northern Black Korhaan stood upon a faux rock ledge above, and a Cape Crow to the left perched upon a lichen and moss encrusted branch, all beautifully mounted amongst faux rock work, ferns, tall grasses and fauna, set against a painted evening sky back board, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass floor standing display case raised on a plinth base, 155cm by 41.5cm by 114cm, taxidermists full paper trade label to the interior bottom left of case Prize Medal 1862, Ashmead & Co, Naturalists, 35, Bishopsgate, Withoutexterior of case has been re-painted, small ingress of leaked paint to back upper interior panel where re-painting has come through, Rob

Taxidermy: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros strepsiceros), circa late 20th century, shoulder mount with head turning to the left, 75cm from the wall, right horn 108cm, left horn 110cm, tip to tip 67cm, height 137cm

A cased pair of medals including The Indian General Service Medal with the Bura 1885-7 clasp and The Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith and Cape Colony *Recipient rubbed clear but the presentation case bearing an attribution to 707 Pte Henry James Hutchings (1868-1901)

[COOK JAMES]: (1728-1779) British Royal Navy Captain, Explorer, Navigator and Cartographer. Cook made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, making the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. An historically important A.L.S. by Palsy, a French merchant with the firm Le Conte de Narcy et Palsy, one page, 4to, L’Orient, 8th July 1774, to John Motteux of Messrs. Motteux & Co. in London. Palsy states that he received notices the previous day of a ship having arrived at Groix and comments ‘The owners began to be uneasy and various reports had already been spread out, wich could produce the same effect in your Place. For this reason…..I would not fail apprizing you of her safe arrival, to prevent any reinsurance that might be done in consequence of the said reports’, also informing his correspondent ‘She left, in the latter days of April, the Cape of Good Hope, where the Anonyme, bound from this Place to Bengall, was luckily arrived. She left also in that Place the Laverdy, the St. Jean Bapt[ist]e, and the Hypopotame, from the Mauricius, wich are daily expected here’. Palsy continues his letter with a report of HMS Resolution, stating ‘There was the English Fregat, wich Capt. Cook is the commander of, in her way home from New Zealande. According to what the Purser of the Beaumont related, Captain Cook has had many of his People burnt alive by the same Folcks that have killed and eated up the poor French Captain Marion, and his crew, has killed a great number of them, and brings one alive over to England’. With integral address panel hand addressed by Palsy and bearing several postal cancellations and a docket, presumably in the hand of Motteux, indicating that the letter was received on the 18th July. Some minor remnants of the original seal and with a small area of paper loss at the lower edge of the integral leaf, caused by the original breaking of the seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG AUTOGRAPH LETTERS PROVIDING CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF CAPTAIN COOK AND HIS VOYAGES ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE.

Westminster Collection, 1853-1864 Cape Triangular stamp collection, together with the complete 1875-81 2 1/2d Rosy Mauve and blue plate collection, 1870 half penny complete plate collection, and the Philatelic Legends collection, all boxed with receipts (4)

A late 18th century incised coconut shell, HMS Leviathan, 1796 the side panel scratch carved 'Richard & Esther Plaster, Cape Nichola Mole, Hispaniola, Aug 16th 1796', also carved with a pierced love heart, an anchor, and other tropical motifs

Books - Thomas and John Bewick and others select fables, rebound in red morocco, T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom, published by Jonathan Cape, having uncut edges and brown cloth binding, the letters of D.H. Lawrence by Heinemann, 1932 in brown cloth binding, Elements of Heraldry by M.A. Porny rebound in red cloth and Franz Sales Meyer - A Handbook Of Ornament, published by Batsford 1896 and Lewis S. Day - Ornament and Its Application, published by Batsford 1904 Condition:

A Cape & Co Argyll Street British Infantry officers 1845 pattern sword, with etched blade and scabbard

POSTCARDS - TURKEY, GREECE, AFRICA & INDIA Approximately 210 cards, including a real photographic view of St. James Street, Secunderabad; with views of Adderley Street, Cape Town; Strand Street, Cape Town; Darling Street, Cape Town; St. George's Street, Cape Town; Railway Station, Cape Town; The Delhi Gate, Hyderabad; The United Service Club, Calcutta; The Young Men's Christian Association, Chowringhee, Calcutta; The Telegraph Office, Calcutta; Goods Shed, Howrah Station, Calcutta; Howrah Terminus, East Indian Railway, Calcutta; Salonika after the fire of 1917 (numerous different); Rue Yuksek-Kalderim, Constantinople; Gare des Chemins de fer Orientaux a Constantinople; and others, (album).

A 19th century sampler in a gilt frame, reading 'In memory of Frank Frankland, born 3rd April 1836. Sailed from London 15th June 1851, on board the ship Ellenborough, bound for Calcutta, G.P. Lambert, Commander. When rounding the Cape of Good Hope, on th

EPHEMERA, selection, inc. showcard for P. & O. Australia via The Cape, showing Balranald, 1927 calendar pages missing, 14.5 x 19; plan for proposed houses in Offerton Lane Stockport 1901; GNR Express Passenger Engine plans (2); Double Diamond advertising posters (7); hardback editions of Bains de Mere - D'Ostende par Mars (slight damage to spine) and French Undressing by Hammond, dj (some tears), G to VG, 14

George Edwards (1694-1773), a set of five hand-coloured engravings of birds, including The Red-Breasted Black-Bird from Surinam, Birds and Insects from the Cape of Good Hope, The Yellow Red Pole and the White Tailed Hummingbird, The Black White and Red Indian Creeper, circa mid-18th Century or later, all signed in the plate and numbered, 29 x 22 cm (5)

A Victorian Queens South Africa medal with three clasps Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony inscribed 4820 serjt E J McCann Lanc FUS

A Long Service and a Good Conduct medal (Cape of Good Hope), inscribed 2547 Antony Molyneux 1st Battn 50th Fifles and an Edward VII Long Service and Good Conduct medal inscribed 3382 C SJT T Jackson S Staff Regt

A Victorian Queen's South African medal with four clasps, South Africa 1901, Johannesburg, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, inscribed 7440 PTE A Williams VL Co Ches Regt

Textiles - a red crushed velvet house coat by Marilyn of New York; a late Victorian cape, red velvet trimmed; an early 20th century lady's nightgown; a grey felt top hat in box; a vintage lady's feather trimmed hat; etc.

A full set of circuit judge's formal dress to include buckled shoes, rosette, cape, purple tippet, purple robe, a white jabot, knee breeches etc, all retailed through Eade and Ravenscroft, also a wig with metal and gilt-heightened carrying case with internal wig stand.

A late 19th/early 20th century wax head doll with composite body in period costume, length 42cm, a 19th century style peg doll in period costume, length 15cm, a papier mâché Anglo-Indian doll's head, a box containing five German dolls' heads, of Edwardian ladies and an Art Deco lady, a c1960s Palitoy doll dressed in Edwardian baby clothes to include Christening gown, bonnet and a wool cape and a box containing five c1930 baby quintuplet dolls, all identically dressed in smocked dresses, underwear and linen nappies, accompanied by an old newspaper cutting documenting the birth in the early 20th century of the Dionne quintuplets.

An Edwardian silver teapot, of cape outline with an upper flower head, scroll and orb border, the inverted compressed lid set with lotus style flowers, ebonised angular handle with thumb mould top and shaped knop, the main body with a vacant cartouche to each side, on compressed orb feet, Sheffield 1907, 15cm high, 23oz all in.

Timmins (Howard). Tretchikoff, a Howard Timmins Publishing Cape Town, in printed boards, with printed illustrations.

An Edwardian silver teapot, of cape form, partially gadrooned with an upper shaped border broken by shells, with ebonised knop and leaf handle, on shaped feet, Chester 1910, 17cm high, 23oz all in.

Canadian x 3 Highlanders CEF Battalions WW1 bronze glengarry badges. Die-stamped examples. 185th (Cape Breton Highlanders) ... 193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) ... 219th (Nova Scotia Highlanders)(loops AF). All complete with loops. (3 items)

Boer War / WW1 Middlesex Yeomanry Officer’s Queen’s South Africa Pair of Medals.Awarded to Major John Mansfield Stradling Crealock who was originally commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters and saw action during the Boer War with the Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry. Comprising: Queen’s South Africa Medal, “LT J.M.S. CREALOCK 35/CO. 11/IMP YEO”, (Engraved naming) bearing the clasps “Cape Colony”, “Orange Free State”, British War Medal, “CAPT”. Medals remain mounted as originally worn.Major John Mansfield Stradling Crealock was born to a military family and was commissioned into the 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters in 1891, promoted to Lieutenant a year later, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion. In 1896 he was posted to the 4th Bn and resigned his commission in 1898. At the outbreak of the Boer War, he was living in Pimlico and volunteered for service with the Middlesex Yeomanry and then for service with the Imperial Yeomanry. On the 26th February 1900 he embarked to South Africa. After his year engagement he returned to the UK. Following a career as a painter, he lived and studied in Paris, returning to London in 1904. At the outbreak of the Great War he once again volunteered and was commissioned into the 12th Bn Manchester Regiment. He appears to have been appointed to the Staff. He made a short inspection visit to France in May 1917 earning the BWM only, he was later promoted to Major in the Royal Engineers, acting as an Assistant Director to the D.D.G.M.R. until 1919 and resigned his commission for the finial time in 1920. He died in 1959.

Boer War 1st Royal Dragoons, Queen’s South Africa Medal, Military Mounted Police 1914 Casualty.Awarded to “4994 PTE R. CROSSMAN 1ST RL DRAGOONS”. Bearing five clasps, “Cape Colony”, “Orange Free State”, “Transvaal”, South Africa 1901”, “South Africa 1902”.Private Richard George Crossman enlisted into the Royal Dragoons on the 26th September 1900. He landed in South Africa on the 6th August 1901 and remained there until the 25th September 1902. Remaining with the Regiment in August 1914 he was attached to the Military Mounted Police with the rank of Sergeant. He landed in France on the 15th August and was was wounded to the right side of his head resulting in returning to the UK on the 19th September 1914. He died of his wounds at Chatham Military Hospital on the 23rd September 1914

1st Dragoons Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal, Five Clasps.Awarded to “3951 PTE W CALTON 1/DGNS”. Bearing the clasps “Cape Colony”, “Tugela Heights”, “Orange Free State”, “Relief of Ladysmith”, “Transvaal”. Suspension slightly slackClasp Entitlement Confirmed. Private William Calton enlisted on the 27th January 1896. He saw service in South Africa from the 21st October 1899 to the 18th March 1900. He then returned for a second term in South Africa serving from the 6th December 1900 until 25th September 1902. Returning to the UK he was transferred to the Reserve in 1903 and was discharged 1908

11th (North Devonshire) Regiment Officer’s Afghanistan Medal 1878Awarded to “CAPT F.F. GIBBONS 2/11TH REGT”.Lieutenant Colonel Frederic Fitzroy Gibbons was born in 1841 in Barbados, after passing through the Royal Military College he was appointed an Ensign in the 11th Foot 1860. He was appointed Captain in July 1871. During the Afghanistan campaign he served with the Southern Afghanistan Field Force. Remaining with the Regiment he was promoted Major 1881 and Lt Col 1888. He saw service with the Regiment in Cape Province 1861 to 1865, China 1865 to 1866 and returned to the Cape 1866 to 1867 with service in India 1877 to 1881.

Royal Army Medical Corps Medals of Colonel William Lewis Gray CMG.A fine group spanning 34 years of military service. Comprising: The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel (case of issue), India General Service Medal, Clasp “Relief of Chitral 1895”, “SURG CAPT W.L. GRAY A.M.S”, Queen’s South Africa Medal, four clasps “Cape Colony”, “Orange Free State”, “Transvaal”, “South Africa 1901”, “MAJOR R.A.M.C”, 1914/15 Star, “LT. COL. RAMC”, British War Medal, Victory Medal, MID Oak Leaf, “COL.”. Campaign group remains mounted as worn. Colonel William Lewis Gray CMG. was born in 1864, after being educated at Edinburgh University he was appointed a Surgeon of the Army Medical Staff on the 5th February 1887. He is confirmed at the Relief of Chitral and for his services in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches on the 2nd April 1901. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving in India and was posted to France landing on the 4th September 1915. He remained there until the 12th January 1917 when he was posted to be the C.O. of The Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich. His announcement of the C.M.G. appeared in the London Gazette on the 1st January 1917 and was Mentioned in Despatches on two occasions. Having attained the age limit he retired from military service on the 21st October 1921. He died of pneumonia in November 1924.