Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Captain (Quartermaster) J. Heatly, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Great War

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4176. Serjt. Heatley [sic]. 79/Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4176 Clr:-Serjt: J. Heatley [sic]. A. & S. Highrs:); 1914-15 Star (Q.M, & Lieut. J. Heatly. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Heatly.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4176 S.Mjr: J. Heatly. A. & S. Hdrs.) mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine (6) £400-£500

James Heatly was appointed Quartermaster (with the honorary rank of Lieutenant) in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 14 October 1911, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 December 1914. He was present throughout the Second Battle of Ypres, marching with the Battalion out of Ypres on 12 April 1915. For his services on the Western Front he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916).

Heatly embarked with the 1st Battalion at Marseilles for service in Salonika on 27 November 1915, and served in that theatre for the remainder of the War, being again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919). He relinquished his appointment as Quartermaster on 15 June 1919, and returned to the U.K. on 18 August 1919.