Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 142

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£1,700

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Whitehead, 8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Major, 8/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.) the Victory Medal erased; Coronation 1902, bronze; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Captain, 24/Middx. V.R.C.) nearly extremely fine £700-900

D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred James Whitehead, London Regiment.’

Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead was mentioned in despatches three times and wounded during the Great War.