Orders, Decorations and Medals

A rare Great War ‘Capture of Jerusalem’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major B. C. D. Nash-Wortham, 9th Lancers, late Yorkshire Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., Yorks. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., Yorks. Regt.), these two late issues; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., 9-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), mounted court style as worn; together with a similarly mounted set of six miniature dress medals, good very fine (10) £1800-2200

M.C. London Gazette 11 April 1918. ‘... for distinguished services in the Field in connection with Military Operations, culminating in the capture of Jerusalem.’ ‘Capt. (T./Maj.) Lrs.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 16 January 1918 (Allenby) ‘Capt. (temp. Maj., Yeo.)’.

Brereton Charles Dalton Nash-Wortham was educated at Eastbourne College. Commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment, he served with the 1st Battalion in the Boer War, being employed as a Railway Staff Officer, graded as a Staff Lieutenant, on the Lines of Communication. As such he served in operations in Cape Colony, March-August 1900, in the Orange River Colony, September-November 1900, and latterly as a Station Staff Officer, in Transvaal, November 1900-March 1902. For his services he was awarded the Q.S.A. with three clasps and K.S.A. with two - these were later lost, and replacements issued in March 1926.

Subsequently transferring to the 9th Lancers, Nash-Wortham served in the Great War, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914, his regiment forming part of the 2nd Brigade in Allenby’s Cavalry Division. It is probable, therefore, that he participated in the regiment’s celebrated charge on Elouges Ridge, near Quievrain on 24 August 1914, when, under a hail of fire, it charged over 2,000 yards of open ground into six battalions of German infantry who had the support of six batteries. The 9th Lancers were to carry out another spectacular charge, when on 7 September 1914, they charged against German Cavalry at Moncel, this being the last occasion on which British cavalry participated in a ‘lance-to-lance’ action. Ranked as a Temporary Major in the 9th Lancers, Nash-Wortham was later mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.C. for his services in the operations in Palestine, which led to the capture of Jerusalem.

Sold with some copied research, including gazette details, m.i.c., and roll extracts. Medals and miniatures in a wooden glass-fronted case.