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A Great War Mentioned in Despatches Certificate.
Named ‘Maj. (actg. Lt.-Cl.) C. E. Inglis, Royal Garrison Artillery’, dated 7 November 1917, housed in a glazed display frame, good condition £50-£70

D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 14 December 1917.

Charles Elliot Inglis was born on 20 May 1878 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 23 December 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 December 1900, and Captain on 2 April 1902, he served in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902 (Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Transvaal and South Africa 1902), and subsequently during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 September 1916. Appointed to the Command of 45 Brigade, R.G.A., on 9 July 1917, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the D.S.O., and promoted Brevet Major. He relinquished his commission with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 8 July 1921.