Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain C. T. Gardner, Royal Engineers, who served post-War as Deputy Director of Works, Imperial War Graves Commission in Palestine and Syria

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. T. Gardner.) good very fine (2) £60-£80

Charles Turville Gardner, the son of Surgeon Colonel Thomas Gardner, was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, before continuing his scientific training at the Central Technical College. From 1903 to 1905 he was Assistant Engineer on the Rhodesian Railways, and in 1906 was appointed Assistant Engineer on the Sudan Government Railways, assisting on the construction of the Nile Red Sea Railway. Between 1906 and 1914 he was Surveyor of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, involved in the construction phase through the Rocky Mountains), and then Assistant Engineer of the Nigerian Railways.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Gardner was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 25 September 1916, and served on the the Western Front from October 1916. He was advanced Captain, Regular Army Reserve of Officers, on 5 January 1921. Post-War, he became Engineer to the Holland Light Railways Committee and later Deputy Director of Works, Imperial War Graves Commission, in Palestine and Syria, an appointment he held for five years. His final appointment was as Engineer to the London Passenger Transport Board, a position he held until he retired in 1947 He died at Arundel, Sussex, on 28 June 1962.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.