Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Brigadier-General J. H. Balguy, Royal Garrison Artillery, later County Director for Dorset V.A.D. and B.R.C.S.

Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Maj., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut-Col., R.G.A.); British Red Cross Society War Service Medal 1914-18, unnamed, with top bar, slight contact marks, very fine (4) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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John Henry Balguy was born on 7 February 1859, the eldest son of J. Balguy, Esq., J.P., of Duffield Park, Derbyshire. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the R.F.A. on 6 April 1879. He was promoted to Captain in September 1887 and Major in June 1897. On 19 July 1899 he married the Hon. Evelina Haverfield, nee Scarlet, 3rd daughter of the 3rd Baron Abinger. He served in the South Africa War as a Staff Officer, 1899-1902. Balguy was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1905 and received the brevet of Colonel in April 1908. He retired to the R.G.A. Reserve of Officers on 13 April 1910. Mobilised in 1914, he was Officer Commanding 62nd Division Royal Artillery until 1916. Advanced to Hon. Brigadier-General in 1917. Appointed County Director of the Voluntary Aid Detachments/British Red Cross Society in Dorset in 1918. Brigadier-General Balguy died on 27 December 1933. With copied research on Balguy and Haverfield.