Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Stace, Royal Engineers, captured by the Turks, 6 September 1916

1914-15 Star (Capt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed, mounted as worn; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, very fine (8) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E..

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M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1916 & 19 October 1916.

Ralph Edward Stace was born on 9 December 1881, the younger brother of Henry Watson Stace (see lot 43). After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was gazetted a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 18 August 1900. He then joined the School of Military Engineering in Chatham, September 1900-February 1902; Sub Mining School in Portsmouth, February-October 1902 and the Brenn Course, October 1902-March 1903. Stace was promoted Lieutenant in August 1903 and Captain in August 1910. Following on from his courses he was posted to India. With the onset of war he was posted to Mesopotamia, probably on the staff of the 6th (Poona) Division. He participated in the actions leading up to the siege of Kut and was twice mentioned in despatches. Captain Stace was captured by the Turks and made a prisoner-of-war on 6 September 1916. In November 1916, while still in captivity, he was promoted to Major. Released at the end of the war, he returned to India in March 1919 and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1926. Lieutenant-Colonel Stace retired from the Army on 8 September 1931. Sold with copied research.