The Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Winch, Highland Light Infantry, who served on the patrol against the Beir and Annuak Tribes in South Eastern Sudan in 1912

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type Officer’s (O.B.E.) Military Division breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., High’d. L.I.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 1st issue, 1 clasp, Sudan 1912, unnamed, good very fine and better (3) £1200-1500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956.

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O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Air Force Honours.

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916.

Aubrey Brooke Winch was born on 3 September 1883, the son of Thomas Winch of Rochester, Kent. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Militia and attached to the 3rd Battalion Highland Light Infantry on 8 May 1901. With the H.L.I. he served in South Africa from early 1902. On 30 April 1902 he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoons and advanced to Lieutenant on 15 June 1907.

Seconded to the Egyptian Army from November 1909 with the rank of Bimbashi (Major), he was promoted to Captain on 6 October 1911. During 1912 he took part in operations against the Beir and Anuak Tribes in S.E. Sudan. He was struck off the strength of the Egyptian Army on 13 March 1913 and returned to the home establishment.

He was appointed Adjutant, Royal North Devon Hussars, T.A., October 1913-October 1915. Served as Temporary Major, 6th Service Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, 20 October 1915; D.A.A.G & Q.M.G., Aldershot Command, 4 December 1916 - for which he was mentioned in despatches.

Winch was then transferred to the Air Ministry as a Staff Officer 2nd Class, with the rank of Temporary Major until he retired at the end of the war, having been promoted to Major on 19 March 1919. For his services with the Air Ministry he was awarded the O.B.E.

Captain (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Winch, O.B.E., retired on 4 May 1919 and was granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He saw no overseas service during the Great War. He was struck off the Reserve of Officers on 3 September 1938.

With a folder containing copied research.