Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Captain C. J. Howell, 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (Lieut., E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) very fine (3) £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brett Collection of Medals to The Buffs.

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Cecil John Howell was born at St Leonard’s on Sea on 20 May 1883. He served in the ranks, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Volunteers) from February 1904 to February 1908, and was appointed to a commission as 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, on 13 November 1913; Temp. Lieutenant, 16 October 1914; Lieutenant, 26 June 1915; Captain, 1 June 1916. He served overseas in India, December 1914 to July 1915; Aden, August 1915 to February 1916; India, February to June 1916; and Mesopotamia, June 1916 to October 1917. He was severely wounded by a gun shot in the right leg at Shumran Bend, Mesopotamia, on 24 February 1917. Over the next few years he underwent nine operations on his leg which left it shortened by nearly an inch.