Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ashanti Star 1896, reverse inscribed in the usual Regimental style ‘Major A. W. St. George. 2. W. Yorks. R.’, good very fine £500-£700

Acheson Whitmore St. George was born on 9 August 1856, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 23 January 1878, having previously served in the Mid Ulster Artillery Militia. He was promoted Lieutenant on 28 June of that year, and was advanced Captain on 28 February 1883, and Major on 1 November 1892. He served as Second in Command of the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, during the Ashanti Campaign 1895-96, and transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1898.