The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Ingle, Middlesex Regiment, the only officer in the regiment to serve on the Nile Expedition of 1898, when he acted as galloper to General Gatacre

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. W. D. Ingle, 2/Bn Midx. R:; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. D. Ingle, Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. D. Ingle.); Turkey, Order of the Medjidieh, 4th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, chips to centre and crescent suspension; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 3 clasps, Khartoum, Sudan 1899, Gedid (Lieut. W. D. Ingle, 2nd Middlesex Regt.) generally good very fine and better (6) £1,000-£1,200

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

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William Daly Ingle was born at Karachi, India, on 9 August 1871, and was first commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 17 December 1892. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 4 August 1896; Captain, 14 March 1900; Major, 27 May 1909; Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 19 August 1914; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 June 1916. He retired on 31 March 1920.

Lieutenant-Colonel Ingle served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, as Orderly Officer and galloper to General Gatacre, G.O.C. British Division, and was present at the battle of Khartoum (Despatches London Gazette 30 September 1898; Queen’s Sudan Medal; Khedive’s Sudan Medal with Khartoum clasp). He was employed with the Egyptian Army from 1 March 1899 to 5 March 1903, and served on the Nile Expedition of 1899, including operations resulting in the final defeat of the Khalifa, during which his horse was shot under him (Despatches London Gazette 30 January 1900; Medjidieh, 4th Class; 2 clasps to Khedive’s Sudan Medal).

From 2 May 1904 to 1 May 1907, he served as Adjutant, and from 27-31 March, 1908, as Adjutant, Volunteers. From 5-18 August, 1914, he was Brigade Major, General Reserve, Dover Defences, and on 19 August 1914, he took command of the 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, as temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. He served in France from 31 May 1915, and was present at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in October 1915 (Despatches London Gazette 1 January 1916 and 15 June 1916). Lieutenant-Colonel Ingle died at Bognor Regis on 10 June 1933.