Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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№ 1254

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£1,300

A good Great War D.S.O., civil O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Brigadier J. Scott, Royal Artillery

Distinguished Service Order
, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Major, R.A.); War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937, the first slightly chipped in places and with slack centre-pieces, otherwise generally very fine or better (8) £1000-1200

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

O.B.E.
London Gazette 1 January 1958.

John Scott, who was born in June 1887 and completed his education at St. Andrews University, was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant in July 1908.

Advanced to Captain in October 1914, while stationed out in India, he participated in operations against the Mohmands and Swatis, near Hafiz Kor, in April of the following year and first went out to France as an Acting Major in 256th (Highland) Brigade, R.F.A. in December 1917. He remained similarly employed until the Armistice and was twice mentioned in despatches (
London Gazette 23 December 1918 and 7 July 1919 refer), in addition to winning the D.S.O.

In between the Wars he witnessed further active service out on the North West Frontier, not least in the 1930-31 operations when he was Commandant of the 19/20th Mountain Brigade, R.A. and served in the district of Razmak, Waziristan. Back home, too, he added another riband to his uniform, when in his capacity as C.O. of 85th Field Battery, R.A., he was awarded the Coronation 1937 Medal (official records refer).

Scott’s final appointments, in the rank of Brigadier, comprised command of the R.A. 15th (Scottish) Division 1939-40; G.S.O. 1, Home Guard, 12th Corps, 1940-41; command of Gravesend Sub Area 1941-42, and finally Training Officer Inverness-shire Home Guard 1942-44.

Retiring to Malvern after the War, he served variously as an Alderman and Chairman of the South Worcestershire Conservative Association, and was awarded his O.B.E. ‘For political and public services’ to the county (
London Gazette 1 January 1958 refers). A keen golfer, the Brigadier died in December 1971.