Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stewart Law, Royal Artillery

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.A.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, with top bar; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, with Second Award Clasp, reverse of both decoration and clasp officially dated 1954’, mounted for wear, very fine and better (8) £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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Edward Stewart Law was, in early 1914, a lance-Corporal in the 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade Transport and Supply Column, A.S.C. (T.F.) on 16 May 1914. In February 1915 he was transferred and appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Shropshire R.H.A. (T.F.). On 23 February 1916 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant and in February 1917 he was seconded for duty as Adjutant-General at a Base Depot. In July the same year he was promoted to Lieutenant serving with the R.H.A./R.F.A. (T.F.) and was advanced to Acting Captain in February 1918. Lieutenant Law relinquished his commission on 30 September 1921 and was granted the rank of Captain’.

After the war he rejoined the Territorial Army and was appointed a Captain in the 59th (West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, R.G.A. (T.A.), on 21 March 1922. Law was provisionally promoted to Major in May 1924 and was confirmed in that rank in June 1925. He was awarded the T.D., this notified in the London Gazette of 1 November 1929. Major Law transferred to the T.A.R.O. in September 1931. In July 1939 he was transferred from the T.A.R.O and appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A. (T.A.). In 1941 he was specially employed as a Commandant. For his wartime services he was awarded the O.B.E. (London Gazette 1 January 1946’.

Lieutenant-Colonel Law retired in 1948. In 1954 he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Territorial) and Clasp, this listed in the London Gazette of 20 July 1954.

Sold with copied gazette extracts.