Orders, Decorations and Medals

A ‘Political Service’ C.M.G. group of four to Captain W. F. Page, South Wales Borderers, twice wounded and taken Prisoner of War, later served as a Political Officer in Tanganyika

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., S.Wales.Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) the Great War medals issued in 1935 due to his overseas service as a Political Officer (with copy of M.I.C.), nearly extremely fine (4) £300-400

C.M.G. London Gazette 1946.

Captain William Frank Page, C.M.G. (1894-1980), educated at Clifton College. Served during the Great War with the second battalion, South Wales Borderers in both Gallipoli and France, wounded twice and taken prisoner of war 11 April 1918, repatriated 25 December 1918. Post-war, Page served with the Colonial Administration Service in Tanganyika in various administrative posts until retiring to Guernsey where he died in February 1980.