Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain Sir Christopher R. A. Warner, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., Royal Fusiliers, later H.M. Ambassador to Belgium

1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. F .A. Warner. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. F .A. Warner.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-£240

G.B.E. London Gazette 2 January 1956: Sir Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner, K.C.M.G., lately Her Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Brussels.

K.C.M.G. London Gazette 7 June 1951: Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner, Esq., C.M.G. His Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) to Belgium.

C.M.G. London Gazette 2 June 1943: Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner, Esq., a Counsellor in the Foreign Office.

Sir Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner was born on 17 January 1895 and was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 6 October 1914, he served with then during the Great War on the Western Front, and was advanced Captain on 22 July 1916.

Post-War, Warner entered the Foreign Office on 1 January 1920, and served overseas at H.M. Embassy, Constantinople, 1923-25; and at H.M. Legation, Tehran, 1925-28. Appointed a Counsellor of Embassy in the Diplomatic Service on 1 September 1942, he served as H.M. Ambassador to Belgium, 1951-55, his appointment marked with the award of the K.C.M.G., and his retirement marked with the award of the G.B.E. He died on 13 January 1957.

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