Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Major H. C. Welch, Army Veterinary Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Civ. Vet. Surg., A.V.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Lt., A.V.D.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (Captain, A.V.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt., A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) mounted for display, generally good very fine (6) £800-900

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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Howard Cecil Welch qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (Edinburgh) on 28 May 1894. He served in South Africa, firstly as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon, then as a Veterinary Lieutenant. He served in operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including the action at Karee Siding; operations in the Orange River Colony, May-November 1900, and in the Transvaal, November 1900-May 1902. As a Captain in the A.V.C. he served in Nigeria during 1906 and as ‘Transport Officer and Veterinary Officer’ was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 July 1907). As a Captain in the A.V.C. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914. He served there, August-December 1914 and November 1915-June 1917. Major Welch died in Bath in 1930. With copied m.i.c. (entitled to clasp), gazette extracts and other research.