Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The miniature dress medal group of thirteen attributed to Major-General Sir W. G. B. Western, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal West Kent Regiment
Order of St. Michael & St George, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension; Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, ring suspension: Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free Stae, Transvaal, Cape Colony, mounted in that order; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with rosette; Italy, Order of the Crown, 4th Class, gold and enamel, with rosette; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze palm; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, later court mounting, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine or better (13) £280-320

William George Balfour Western was born on 2 May 1861 and educated at Victoria College, Jersey and at Sandhurst. He entered the 50th Regiment in 1879. He served with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment in the Nile Expedition, 1884-85; Malakand and Buner campaigns, 1897-98, where he was wounded by a gun shot near Inayat Kili on 30 September 1897 and was mentioned in Sir Bindon Blood’s despatch. In the South African War he commanded the 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment until April, 1901, when he assumed command of a mobile column which he held until the end of hostilities. He was twice mentioned in despatches and created C.B. During the Great War he served in Gallipoli from July 1915 to January 1916; Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea from January to March 1916; Italy from November 1917 to April 1918; Egyptian Expeditionary Force from April to October 1918. He was wounded, mentioned in despatches six times, promoted Major-General and created K.C.M.G. Major-General Western died on 10 January 1936. With some copied research.