Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (550 Pte. A. O. Thorpe. 2-Rhodesia Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Const. M. A. Stewart. E.A. Police.; 12005 Spr. H. J. Edwards. E. Afr. Tel. S.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1376 Pte. M. Doherty. 2-Rhodesia Regt.) the last with contact marks and edge digs, otherwise generally very fine (4) £120-£160

Allen Octavius Thorpe attested into the Rhodesia Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 15 March 1915. He saw further service with 1st South African infantry Brigade before being commissioned into the 5th (Special Reserve) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, serving as a Railway Transport Officer, and was advanced temporary Lieutenant on 30 April 1919.

Major Arthur Stewart attested into the East African Police, serving during the Great War in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 5 August 1914. Later serving as an Assistant Inspector in Eldoret, Kenya, in 1918, he appears in the 1939 Register as a retired Shanghai Police Officer.

Hubert James Edwards was born in 1891. He appears on the the 1911 census as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist, and briefly served with the Territorial Force. He spent a number of years in East Africa serving as a Postmaster, and appears in the 1939 Register as a Surveyor of Posts and Telegraphs.

Matthew Doherty attested into the Rhodesia Regiment from the Witwatersrand Rifles, and served during the Great War in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 30 October 1915. He was discharged ‘medically unfit’ on 16 August 1916, and his pension card is stamped as ‘Dead’.

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