Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. Martin-Leake, Cheshire Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Lieut. W. M. Leake, 1st Bn. Ches. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., Ches. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., Ches, R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), mounted as worn, slight contact marks, very fine (5) £450-500

William Martin-Leake was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment on 4 May 1887 and was promoted Lieutenant on 11 November 1890. He served with the regiment in the Burmese Expedition of 1886-89 and the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90, being awarded the I.G.S. Medal with two clasps. Promoted Captain on 17 August 1899, he served in the Boer War, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal, March 1901-31 May 1902 and in Cape Colony in August 1901. In the Great War he served in France/Flanders from 1 December 1914 to 5 February 1915. During the course of the war he gained the brevets of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel.