Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel W. Campbell, Indian Army, late Scottish Horse, severely wounded at Brakenlaagte in October 1901

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Ltt., 2nd Scottish Horse) naming officially engraved in Indian style running script, lacking suspension rod, clasps re-riveted and last clasp loose on ribbon; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Ltt., 59th Scinde Rifles); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., S. & T. Corps); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj.); Jubilee 1935, nearly very fine or better (7) £1200-1500

D.S.O. London Gazette 23 November 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June and 23 November 1916.

William Campbell was born on 19 January 1879, son of Captain A. Campbell, C.I.E., D.S.O., Royal Indian Marine. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and King’s College, London. He joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1897, and served as a Lieutenant with the 2nd Scottish Horse in South Africa 1899-1901, being severely wounded in the disastrous action at Brakenlaagte on 30 October 1901. He transferred to the Indian Army in October 1902 and served with the 59th Scinde Rifles in Tibet, 1903-04. During the Great War, he served with the Indian Expeditionary Force “A” in France 1914-15 (despatches), and subsequently with the Indian Expeditionary Force “D” in Mesopotamia (despatches, D.S.O.). Promoted to Colonel in 1932, he was officer in charge of R.I.A.S.C. Records, from 1932 until he retired in 1935.