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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 9

The Extremely Rare Great War ´Western Front´ ´1918´ D.S.O. and ´1916´ M.C., and Boer War D.C.M. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel S.G.L. Bradley, 16th Battalion London Regiment, Late Colour-Sergeant, City of London Imperial Volunteers a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with very minor white enamel chip to reverse arm of cross, with integral top riband bar b) Military Cross, G.V.R. c) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (328 Serjt: S.G.L. Bradley. C.I.V.) d) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (328 C. Sgt. S.G.L. Bradley. C.I.V.) e) 1914 Star, with Bar (2.Lieut. S.G.L. Bradley. D.C.M. 16-Lond.R.) f) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. S.G.L. Bradley), light contact marks to Q.S.A., otherwise generally good very fine (7) Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 D.S.O. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Capt. (T./Lt. Col.) Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, M.C., Lond. R. M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt. (temp. Maj.) Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, 16th Bn., Lond. R., T.F. D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Sergeant S.G.L. Bradley, City of London Imperial Volunteers Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M., born 1869, served with the City of London Imperial Volunteers in South Africa (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 10.9.1901; and promoted Colour Sergeant); Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 13th Middlesex (Queen´s Westminster) Rifles, Volunteer Corps, 13.11.1901, and held a Commission in the mounted infantry company of the Regiment until it was disbanded on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908; on the outbreak of the Great War he was re-Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion (Queen´s Westminster Rifles) London Regiment, and served with the Regiment on the Western Front from 1.11.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 2.4.1915; wounded 27.10.1915; served as Staff Captain, 18th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, October 1915 - May 1916; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General, 6th Division, May 1916 - March 1917; and Assistant Director and Deputy Controller of Labour, General Head Quarters, France, March 1917 - February 1919 (Five times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 1.1.1916, 15.6.1916, 15.5.1917, 11.12.1917, and 20.12.1918; and promoted Brevet Major); transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 7.2.1919, and was appointed Commanding Officer, 16th (Territorial) Battalion, London Regiment; retired, 20.9.1921.

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