Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, ‘Capt. F. H. Waller, Southern Nigeria Volunteer Force’, hallmarks for London 1913, with top brooch bar, extremely fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Frank Hastings Waller was born on 16 October 1871. Employed as an Administrator in the Colonial Service, he served with various West African railways. He was appointed Chief Accountant of the Sierra Leone Government Railway, December 1899, and in June 1903 he was made Chief Accountant of the Gold Coast Government Railway. In June 1907 he was promoted to Deputy General Manager of the Lagos Railway in Southern Nigeria and subsequently acted as General Manager on several occasions. He attained that position in October 1916 but he was forced to retire in December the same year due to ill health. Appointed a Captain in the Lagos Railway Volunteer Corps in 1908. Awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration; the gazette entry not found but his post-nominal letters ‘V.D.’ are recorded in the Gold Coast Civil Service List of 1917. Sold with copied research.