The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Five: Private A. H. Windsor, 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lieutenant-Colonel, 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, who was appointed a C.M.G. and twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, top clasp a tailor’s copy and unofficial rivets between clasps (709 Pte. A. H. Windsor, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (Capt: A. H. Windsor. 11/Lond:R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. A. H. Windsor.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, with integral top riband bar, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.

Arthur Herbert Windsor was born in Ealing, Middlesex on 18 July 1880 and was a Clerk by occupation. He joined the 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers in 1898 and served with No. 1 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. Commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), The London Regiment, Territorial Force, on 24 November 1908, he was advanced Captain on 13 August 1913 and served during the Great War, initially in the Gallipoli Campaign, where the Battalion landed at Suvla Bay on 11 August 1915. Evacuated in December due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather, the battalion moved to Egypt. For his services during the campaign in the Dardanelles Windsor was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13 July 1916) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

Remaining in the Middle East, the 11th Battalion saw action throughout the Palestine Campaign, and Windsor was again Mentioned in Despatches a second time for services in this theatre (London Gazette 12 January 1920). He died in Westminster in 1972.