Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Eight: Quarter Master and Major W. H. Plumtree, Lincolnshire Regiment
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2168. Sgt. W. Plumtree. 1/Lin. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (2168 Serjt: W. Plumtree. Lincoln: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. W. H. Plumtree. Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Q.M. & Capt. W. H. Plumtree.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2168 C. Sjt: W. Plumtree. Linc. Regt.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, lacking integral top riband bar, this due to mounting purposes; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2168 Sergt. W. Plumtree 1st Linc. R.), mounted court-style as originally worn, generally very fine or better

Three: Staff Sergeant E. C. Plumtree, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
British War and Victory Medals (A-2381 S. Sjt. E. C. Plumtree A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7578797 S. Sjt. E. C. Plumtree. R.A.O.C.) minor edge bruising, very fine (11) £500-600

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917.

William H. Plumtree served in the ranks of the Lincolnshire Regiment in Sudan, and during the Second Boer War. He advanced to Sergeant Major, and served with the 5th Battalion from 1911 (L.S. & G.C. July 1907). He was commissioned Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant, 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, in April 1912. He served with the Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, 27 February 1915 - 12 January 1916 and 4 February 1916 - 11 November 1918, and in the Egyptian theatre of war, 13 January 1916 - 3 February 1916. He advanced to Quarter Master and Honorary Captain, in October 1917, and continued to serve with the 5th Battalion after the war. He retired with the rank of Quarter Master and Honorary Major in 1928 (T.D. London Gazette 4 February 1927).

Ernest Clifford Plumtree was the son of the above.

Sold with copied research and several photographic images of recipient in uniform.