Woolwich and Sandhurst Athletics Medallion, 51mm., bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘1894 F. D. Logan 1 Mile & 2 Miles.’, edge bruising, very fine £50-£70

Francis Douglas Logan was born in July 1875, and was the son of David Logan, Chief Engineer South Indian Railway. He was educated at Charterhouse and the R.M.A. Woolwich. Logan was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1895, and served during the Omdurman Campaign of 1898. He served as Adjutant, Artillery Volunteers, from 1901 to 1904, and passed Staff College in 1908-9. Logan served as Staff Captain, Southern Command in 1910-11, and as D.A.A.G., Scottish Command, 1912-13. He served as D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 2nd Mounted Division from September 1914, and as D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 8th Division from February 1915.

Logan served as Acting Quarter Master General, Third Army, from August 1915 until 1918, and as D.A. and Q.M.G. Lines of Cavalry from June 1918. He was appointed Base Commandant Calais in April 1919 (C.M.G., D.S.O., M.I.D. four times, Legion of Honour and Brevet Colonel). Subsequent postings included A.A. and Q.M.G. 1st Division, between 1924 and 1927, and Brigadier in charge of Administration, Egypt, between 1927 and 1930. He retired the following year and served as an A.R.P. Warden and a Lieutenant in the Home Guard during the Second World War.