Orders, Decorations and Medals

An M.V.O. 4th Class group of four attributed to Canon Clement Leslie Smith, Rector of Whippingham

The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel, unnumbered; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, nearly very fine and better (8) £340-380

Clement Leslie Smith graduated with an M.A. from Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained a Deacon in 1869 and Priest in 1871. Appointed Chaplain of Guildford Grammar School, 1869-75; was Curate of Michelmersh, Hampshire, 1875-78; Vicar of Awbridge, Hampshire, 1878-86; Vicar of Hedge End, Hampshire, 1886-90; Vicar of St. Nicholas-in-the-Castle, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight from 1893 and Rector of Whippingham, Cowes, Isle of Wight, from 1895. Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, 1893-96 and Chaplain in Ordinary from 1896. As Rector of Whippingham he was awarded the Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. 4th Class on 19 March 1901. The Rev. Canon Smith died in 1923. His son Lieutenant (later Brigadier) Clement Leslie Smith, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, won the Victoria Cross for his service at Jidballi (London Gazette 7 June 1904). With some copied research.