Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Edwards, Army Veterinary Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.); 1914 Star, (Major, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) good very fine and better (4) £360-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps.

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Wilfred Bowes Edwards was born in Hounslow on 11 November 1870. He qualified at The Royal Veterinary College on 9 May 1893. He was gazetted a Veterinary Lieutenant on 12 June 1895 and promoted to Veterinary Captain in December 1902 and Veterinary Major in June 1910. With the A.V.D./A.V.C. he saw service in India before and after the Boer War; serving in South Africa, May 1902-March 1903. During the Great War he served in France/Flanders, August 1914-January 1915 and February-July 1916. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 16 February 1915 and 29 May 1917). Edwards retired from the service in July 1920 and died on 11 November 1946, aged 72 years. With copied research.