British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant Hallam Tennyson Randle Ford, Royal Air Force, late Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps and Royal Flying Corps, a great-nephew of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1914-15 Star (1391 Pte., Ceylon Plr. R.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut., R.A.F.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, star on ribbon, mounted as worn; Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal 1914-19 (H. T. R. Ford) very fine (lot) £300-400

Hallam Tennyson Randle Ford was born on 22 January 1885, the third son of Major Charles W. R. Ford and Emilia Ford nee Tennyson. Emilia was the daughter of Frederick Tennyson, who was the elder brother of Alfred (1809-92) who was Poet Laureate (1850-92) and who was created a Baron (of Aldworth and Freshwater) in 1884.

With the onset of the Great War, Hallam T. R. Ford was in Ceylon. As a Private in the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, he entered France in 1915. Commissioned in April 1916, he was posted to the 8th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in Salonika. In April 1917 he left the regiment for the Royal Flying Corps in Salonika, serving with No.17 Squadron as a Flying Officer (Observer). For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 30 January 1919) and awarded the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 7 November 1918). In September 1919 he was transferred to the Unemployed List of the R.A.F.

With identity disk; Ceylon Planter’s R.C. cap badge; D.C.L.I. cap badge; two R.F.C. badges; two R.F.C. buttons and with copied research.