Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War C.B.E., D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General R. C. Jellicoe, Army Service Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. R. C. Jellicoe, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak palm (Brig. Gen R. C. Jellicoe); Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class breast badge, with swords, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 3rd Class neck badge, by Lattes, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn where applicable, generally very fine or better (7) £2200-2500

C.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1919.

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

Richard Carey Jellicoe was born in 1875 and completed his education at Trinity College, Dublin University. Commissioned in the Army Service Corps in May 1900, he quickly witnessed active service out in South Africa, where he was advanced to Lieutenant in June 1901 and served in operations in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony (Queen’s Medal & 4 clasps).

Advanced to Captain in April 1904 and to Major soon after the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, he served as a Deputy Assistant Director at the War Office in 1915 and as A.Q.M.G. in 1916, prior to taking up an appointment with G.H.Q., Mediterranean and Egyptian Expeditionary Forces. His final wartime appointment, in the temporary rank of Brigadier-General was as Director of Labour. Awarded the C.B.E. and D.S.O., Jellicoe was also four times mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 1 December 1916, 6 July 1917, 14 June 1918 and 5 June 1919 refer), in addition to gaining appointment to the Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class, and Egyptian Order of the Nile, 3rd Class.

Remaining a regular soldier after the War, he served as Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport back out in Egypt 1926-30 and was placed on the Retired List in the latter year. The General, who settled in Hampshire, died in March 1962.