The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A C.M.G. group of three awarded to Major-General E. Bell, Worcestershire Regiment and Worcestershire Yeomanry, later Remount Service, who served as Adjutant Captain of the City of London Imperial Volunteers Mounted Infantry

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, top suspension loop somewhat bent to facilitate mounting; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (Capt. E. Bell. Worcester Rgt.); Coronation 1902, silver, mounted court-style for display, minor edge nicks, good very fine (3) £800-£1,200

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 1 January 1918.

Edward Bell was born on 5 April 1866, the son of Major-General Edward Bell, V.C., C.B. A career soldier like his father, he was commissioned, from the Royal Warwickshire Militia, as Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment on 28 April 1886 and promoted Captain on 13 June 1892. He served in South Africa during the Boer War as Adjutant Captain of the City Imperial Volunteers Mounted Infantry, being present at the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February), and the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Karee Siding; at the operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); and the operations in Orange River Colony, including the actions at Wittebergen. For his meritorious services during the Boer War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 16 April 1901).

Promoted Major in the Worcestershire Regiment on 16 October 1901, Bell was awarded the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1904 and was promoted Colonel in 1907, retiring on 10 October 1908 in the rank of Colonel. He served during the Great War in the Remount Service, 1914-21, was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1918, and was promoted Major-General on 1 January 1919.