Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Hudson, Indian Medical Service

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn: C. T. Hudson. I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. T. Hudson.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (5) £800-£1,000

Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994.

C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Charles Tilson Hudson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., entered the Bombay Medical Service in March 1889. He served on the North West Frontier 1897-98, including operations on the Samana range and in the Kurram valley; and in Tirah 1897-98. He was appointed Deputy Assay Master, Bombay Mint, September 1900 to April 1902; and was on Military duty from May 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 31 October 1917), and was latterly a Member of the Medical Board, India Office, February 1919 to August 1923.