Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

A Q.P.M., C.P.M. group of six awarded to Commissioner C. G. B. Gidley [O.B.E.], Nigeria Police
Queen’s Police Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Dep. Commsr. Courtenay G. B. Gidley, Nigeria Police.) edge prepared prior to naming; War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, for Meritorious Service (Sen. Supt. Courtenay G. B. Gidley, Nigeria Police.); Coronation 1953; Nigeria Independence Medal 1960; Nigeria Police Force Meritorious Service Medal, unnamed, mounted as originally worn, with the exception of last which is secured to riband by pin, with a Royal Visit to Nigeria 1956 medal and a medal commemorating the Self Government of the Northern Region of Nigeria 1959, generally very fine

Three: Lieutenant J. B. Gidley, North Staffordshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. B. Gidley, N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. B. Gidley.) with cap badge for the South Staffordshire Regiment, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (9) £500-£700

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1964.

Q.P.M. London Gazette 2 June 1962.

C.P.M. London Gazette 10 June 1954.

Courtenay Giles Bartholomew Gidley served as Commissioner of Police in Nigeria.

J. B. Gidley served during the Great War with the 8th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment in the French theatre of war, and was wounded in action during the 1st week of the Battle of the Somme, July 1916.