Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General E. M. Colston, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O., Grenadier Guards, 2nd Baron Roundway, Order of St, Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, enamel damage; Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. 5th Class, silver, gold and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th Class, silver and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class with swords, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon, mounted Court style as worn, nearly very fine and better (11) £200-250

Edward Murray Colston was born on 31 December 1880, the eldest son of 1st Baron Roundway. Educated at Eton, he entered the Grenadier Guards in 1900. As a Lieutenant in the 2nd battalion, serving in the Boer War, he was slightly wounded near Bethlehem, 9 February 1902. He was awarded the M.V.O. 5th Class in 1908. He entered the Great War as a Major and was present throughout the retreat from Mons, also at the battles of the Marne and Aisne. He was wounded and invalided home but was subsequently sent to Egypt with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel to form a School of Technical Instruction for the Army in Egypt, termed the Imperial School of Instruction. He was Temporary Brigadier-General commanding 233 Infantry Brigade E.E.F., 1917-19. For his services in the war he was awarded the C.M.G. (1918), D.S.O. (London Gazette 26 June 1916), Order of the Nile, Order of the White Eagle and was six times mentioned in despatches. He was Lieutenant-Colonel, Grenadier Guards, 1920-24, Colonel, 1924 and commanded the 131st Surrey (Territorial Infantry Brigade, 1927-31. He retired with the Honorary rank of Brigadier-General in 1932 and died on 29 March 1944.