Six: Colonel C. E. Baddeley, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Engineers

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 Lieutt. C. E. Baddeley R.E. No. 2 Coy Bo. Sappers & Miners); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 Captn. C. E. Baddeley. R.E.); 1914 Star (Col: C. E. Baddeley.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. C. E. Baddeley.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, suspension bent on British War Medal, naming rubbed on Victory Medal, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (6) £500-£600

C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916; 20 May and 20 December, 1918.

Charles Edward Baddeley was born on 27 July 1861, son of Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. C. Baddeley. He joined the Royal Engineers as Lieutenant on 27 July 1880; Captain, 17 December 1889; Major, 1 April 1899; Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 October 1905; Brevet Colonel, 22 October 1908; Colonel, 22 October 1910. Served in Burmese Expedition 1885-87 (despatches, medal with clasps); N.W. Frontier of India 1897-98 (despatches, medal with clasp); Tirah 1897-98; capture of Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; Operations in Bazar Valley (clasp). Served during the European War 1914-18, in France from 7 November 1914 as Deputy Director of Works, graded Chief Engineer (despatches three times; C.M.G.; C.B.). Colonel Baddeley died on 23 April 1923.

See Lot 534 for the China 1842 medal awarded to his father.