Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War ‘Egypt’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Dickinson, Royal Army Service Corps, late Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Capt., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (43 S.Q.M. Serjt., Herts. I.Y.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £450-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Egypt’. ‘T/Capt., R.A.S.C.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 16 January 1918 (Allenby); 5 June 1919. (Allenby).

Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant William Henry Dickinson, Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry, was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., notified in Army Order 27 of February 1905.

Dickinson was granted a commission as a Temporary Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 6 February 1915; a few days later he was advanced to Temporary Captain. He entered the Egypt theatre of war on 3 April 1915. Serving with the Egypt Expeditionary Force, he was twice mentioned in the despatches of General Sir Edmund Allenby and was awarded the military O.B.E. for his services. Temporary Captain, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Dickinson, R.A.S.C., relinquished his commission on completion of his service on 18 June 1921. Sold with copied research.