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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 441

The Great War C.M.G., 1916 ´Western Front´ D.S.O. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel H.A. Boyd, Who Commanded the 94th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery From July 1917 a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion´s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, centre loose c) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: H.A. Boyd, 53/B. R.F.A.) d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Capt: H.A. Boyd. R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. H.A. Boyd) f) France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier´s breast Badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 40mm, silver, gold, and enamel, minor contact marks, generally good very fine, mounted as worn and housed in a red leather case, with the following related items: - The recipient´s group of seven related miniature awards - British Expeditionary Force Recreational Training silver prize medal, 32mm, the reverse engraved within a wreath ´1919 94th. Bde. R.F.A. 125 Yds. Officers´ Race Won by Lt. Col. H.A. Boyd C.M.G. D.S.O. R.F.A.´ - The recipient´s riband bars, and various Royal Artillery badges and buttons (7) Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) Henry Alexander Boyd, D.S.O., R.A. ´For services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.´ D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Maj. Henry Alexander Boyd, R.A. ´For Distinguished Service in the Field.´ France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 22.11.1918 Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry Alexander Boyd, D.S.O., Royal Field Artillery ´For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.´ Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Alexander Boyd, C.M.G., D.S.O., was born in Dublin in July 1877, the third son of Sir Walter Boyd, Bt., and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he represented the University at Rugby football. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 28.3.1900, he was promoted Lieutenant the following year and served in the Boer War, where he was present at operations in the Transvaal from December 1901 to May 1902, and in the Orange River Colony in May 1902. Advanced Captain, 26.2.1909, and Major, 30.10.1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 8.9.1914 to 11.11.1918, first as Adjutant to 24th Brigade, R.F.A. until December 1914, and then afterwards on the Staff and subsequently in command of 94th Brigade, R.F.A. from July 1917 (Four times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 22.6.1915, 15.6.1916, 15.5.1917, and 23.12.1918). He retired from the Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 8.8.1928, and died in November 1943. A keen golfer all his life, he had won the Irish Open Golf Championship in 1905.

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