Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain R. M. Robinson, West Riding Regiment, late Gun Section, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (12254 Pte., Gun Sec. 3rd Imp. Yeo.) last clasp loose; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (4) £260-300

Ralph Moseley Robinson was born in Skipton, Yorkshire on 29 November 1876. A ‘Gentleman’, formerly in the Volunteers, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Doncaster on 9 February 1900. He served in the Boer War as a Private in the Gun Section of the 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. His service completed, he was discharged from the 9th Company 3rd Battalion at York on 15 June 1901. During the Great War he entered the conflict as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1/6th Battalion West Riding Regiment. He served in France and Belgium, 14 April-1 September 1915 and 14 February 1916-11 November 1918. Robinson was Assistant Instructor at the Lewis Gun School, G.H.Q., 3 September 1916-27 May 1918. Attaining the rank of Captain in October 1916, he was demobilised on 22 June 1919. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 May 1917). With copied attestation papers, m.i.c. and other research.