Pair: Brigadier-General R. Hoare, C.M.G., D.S.O., 4th Hussars, who commanded the 2nd Dismounted Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, during the initial stages of the Great War, before proceeding to France with the 229th Infantry Brigade; was three times Mentioned in Despatches; was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class; and was wounded

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major R. Hoare, 4/Hussars) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Brig: Gen: R. Hoare.) lacquered, good very fine (2) £300-£400

Reginald Hoare was born on 18 September 1865, the seventh son of T. R. Hoare, Esq., of Kensington, London, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was gazetted Lieutenant in the 4th Hussars on 30 January 1886, and was promoted Captain on 1 May 1893; Major on 4 February 1899; Lieutenant-Colonel on 13 May 1905; and Brevet Colonel on 13 May 1908, receiving the substantive rank on 19 June 1910. He served in South Africa during the Boer War in 1901 and 1902 on the Staff, and commanded a Mobile Column from February to May 1902.

Hoare commanded the 4th Hussars from 13 May 1905 to 12 May 1909, and subsequently commanded the 2nd Dismounted Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, during the initial stages of the Great War, before proceeding to France with the 229th Infantry Brigade on 27 June 1916. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 1 January 1918); was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 13 July 1916, 12 January 1918, and 20 December 1918); was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class with Swords; and was wounded. Appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1919, he retied with the honorary rank of Brigadier-General on 29 July 1919.