Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (Capt. C. L. Vaughan-Arbuckle, W. York. Rgt.) nearly extremely fine £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers.

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Charles Lionel Vaughan-Arbuckle was born in 1869, the only son of Major-General C. Vaughan-Arbuckle of the Royal Bengal Artillery. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Essex Regiment on 9 March 1889, which battalion had its headquarters in Warley. On the 17 January 1891 he was promoted Lieutenant and on the 18 November 1893 to Captain. On 6 April 1898 he was granted a Captaincy in the 3rd Battalion Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regiment, whose headquarters were in York and he served in this unit until his retirement.

During the Boer War 1899-1902, his battalion was embodied and he served with his unit in Strensall, Yorkshire, and in Malta, for which services he was awarded the Queen’s Mediterranean Medal. In the beginning of 1902, his unit returned to England and he was stationed for some months at Chatham. In the autumn of 1902 his unit was disembodied and returned to York. Captain Vaughan-Arbuckle had in the meantime been granted the honorary rank of Major from 23 April 1902. He was granted the honorary rank of Captain in the Army from 2 October 1902. He continued to serve in the Militia for some 6 more years and in the Army List of January 1908 (on the formation of the Territorial Army) he is recorded as Retired. With a photograph of the recipient and some copied research.