Orders, Decorations and Medals

The M.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Major (Quartermaster) W. Price, Manchester Regiment

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for 1933; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4996 Sejt., Manch. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (4995 R.Q.M.S., Manch.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4995 Q.M. Sjt., Manch. Regt.); together with the following defective medals: King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4995 Sgt., Manch. Regt.), renamed; Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria, bronze (Colour Sergt., W.A.F.F.), engraved specimen; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1904 (Sgt., W.A.F.F.), renamed; Coronation 1911 (No.4995 Q.M.S., Manch. R.), copy; the group cleaned and mounted court style for wear, second with contact marks, very fine and better (11) £400-500

M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1935. ‘Major (Quarter-Master), 9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army’.

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 November 1901. ‘4995 Serjeant Price, 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment’ ‘Distinguished himself at Wilge River on 13th July, 1901’.

William Price enlisted into the South Wales Borderers at Brecon in September 1894. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in January 1895, he deserted, September/October 1896, was caught, tried by Court Martial and convicted. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment in November 1896. He served overseas in India, December 1896-November 1898, then South Africa, March 1900-September 1902, where he was mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s despatches. He was then posted to the W.A.F.F. and served with them in West Africa, August 1904-September 1905, after which he returned to the Manchester Regiment and further service at Home. In the Great War he was latterly employed as Quartermaster at the Discharge Centre at Airlie Hutments, Winchester, having previously held the same post at Gosport and the post of Chief Clerk of the Assistant Adjutant General’s Branch at Horse Guards. Discharged in April 1918, he later attained the rank of Major in the Territorial Army and was awarded the M.B.E. Sold with copied service papers which confirm the award of the Q.S.A., K.S.A., A.G.S. and clasps, and L.S. & G.C.