A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major C. E. Stovin, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, late Royal Army Medical Corps, who was afterwards commissioned into the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7323 C.S. Mjr: C. E. Stovin. 1/R. Ir: Rif:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (11735 Pte. C. E. Stovin, R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11735 Pte. C. E. Stovin. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7323 Sjt. C. E. Stovin. 1/R. Ir: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. E. Stovin.) together with related group of six miniature dress medals, both sets mounted as worn, generally good very fine or better (12) £900-£1,200

D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917; citation published 13 February 1917:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work throughout, and has at all times set a splendid example.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915 (Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 5 April 1915).

Charles Ernest Stovin served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in South Africa during the Second Boer War. He served in France as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Iris Rifles from 6 November 1914, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.C.M., before being commissioned into the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment on 30 July 1917.