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16 April 2020

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№ 357

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£650

Five: Colonel A. J. Luther, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the C.B. and three times Mentioned in Despatches for his service during the Great War

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Captain A. J. Luther R.A.M.C.) unit officially corrected; 1914 Star (Lt: Col: A. J. Luther R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. A. J. Luther.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Capt. A. J. Luther R.A.M.C.) good very fine (5) £700-£900

C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘For valuable services rendered in connection with Military operations in the Field.’

M.I.D.
London Gazette 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, and 24 December 1917

Anthony John Luther was born in Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland on 17 May 1864. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine LRCSI in 1884 and LRCPI in 1885 and entered the Army Medical Service as Surgeon Captain on 27 July 1887. Serving in Malta, Crete, India, Ceylon, Egypt and the Sudan, he took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898, being present at the battle of Omdurman. Promoted Major on 27 July 1899 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 February 1912, he served during the Great War with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 13 October 1914 as Deputy Director Medical Services XVI Corps. Promoted Brevet Colonel on 18 February 1915 and Colonel on 1 March 1915, he held his position at XVI Corps until 2 November 1915. He continued to serve in France but in March 1918 he was an in-patient at the Royal Military Hospital, Millbank, London suffering from headaches and migraines. For his services during the War, he was three times Mentioned in Despatches, promoted Brevet Colonel, and was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1918. Retiring to North Wales in 1919, he ceased to be a member of the Reserve of Officers on reaching the age limit on 22 October 1921. Later residing in Farnham, Surrey, he died there on 11 December 1937.

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