Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

A fine C.B. and Victorian campaign group of eight awarded to Colonel W. F. H. S. Kincaid, Royal Engineers

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge officially converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Lieut., 26th Co. R.E.); Queen’s Sudan 1896 (Capt., R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (Col., R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Col., R.E.); Order of Osmanieh, 4th class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Khedive’s Star 1884-6; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 6 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Abu Hamed, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, the second with some pitting, therefore nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine, the last rare (8) £2000-2500

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William Francis Henry Style Kincaid was born on 3 January 1861. He was educated at Harrow and in France, and joined the Royal Engineers in July 1880. He served on the Nile Expedition with the 26th Field Company and was present at the action of Kirbekan (Medal with 2 clasps, bronze star). He was employed with the Egyptian Army from November 1893 and, as Assistant Adjutant General, Infantry Division, on the staff of General Sir Archibald Hunter, he took part in the expedition to Dongola in 1896, including the operations of 7 June at Firket and 19-26 September at Hafir (Despatches London Gazette 3 November 1896, brevet of Major, Egyptian medal with 2 clasps). He served in the same capacity on the Nile Expedition of 1897 and was present at the action of Abu Hamed, the occupation of Berber, and subsequent pursuit and capture of the Dervish boats. He was subsequently one of only two Royal Engineers to share in the remarkable feat of endurance achieved by Hunter’s flying column in their march to the Atbara River. The flying column covered no less than 118 miles in seven and a half days at the hottest time of the year (Despatches London Gazette 25 January 1898, 2 clasps to Egyptian medal).

Kincaid next took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898, including the cavalry reconnaissance of 5 April, and the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum (Despatches London Gazette 30 September 1898, brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th Class Osmanieh, 2 clasps to Egyptian medal, Queen’s medal). He was subsequently appointed Agent and General Manager of the Egyptian Delta Light Railways, but early in 1899 he was selected by Sir Percy Girouard to be Traffic Manager of the Egyptian State Railways. It is interesting to note that the 6 clasps that Kincaid earned to his Egyptian medal are the same as those earned by the great Kitchener of Khartoum.

Later in 1899 Kincaid went to South Africa as Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff and took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the battles of Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February), and the actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; operations in Orange River Colony, May 1900 to February 1901 and March 1901 to May 1902, including actions at Wittebergen, 23-29 July; and the operations in Cape Colony, February to March 1901 (Despatches London Gazette 8 February 1901, brevet of Colonel, Queen’s medal with 5 clasps, King’s medal with 2 clasps). Colonel Kincaid was made a C.B. in 1906 and retired from the Army in 1911. He died on 19 December 1945.