Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel H. A. Chisholm, Canadian Army Medical Corps

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Major H. A. Chisholm, C.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col. H. A. Chisholm); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt, unmarked, the reverse of the suspension crown officially inscribed, ‘Lt. Col. & Bvt. Col. H. A. Chisholm, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.A.M.C.’, together with a set of related miniature dress medals (including C.M.G. but excluding post Great War awards), rank officially corrected on the British War and Victory Medals, generally very fine and better (13) £1600-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918.

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C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

D.S.O. London Gazette 23 June 1915.

Hugh Alexander Chisholm, who was born in the U.S.A. in February 1883, joined in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1914 as a Major in the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

Embarked for France with the 1st Canadian Division in February 1915, he quickly distinguished himself in the Field, winning the D.S.O. and a mention in despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915 refers) prior to returning to the U.K. in May of the same year.

Next actively employed as a Lieutenant-Colonel and A.D.M.S. in 4th Canadian Division from April 1916, he served on the Somme and at Vimy, adding another “mention” to his accolades (London Gazette 1 June 1917 refers) before returning to an appointment in London in May 1917.

Subsequently brought to the favourable notice of the Secretary of State for War in March 1918, Chisholm was awarded the C.M.G. and returned to Canada in April 1920; sold with copied service record and confirmation of the recipient’s entitlement to the Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 Medals.