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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 50

A Fine Great War Divisional Commander's 1917 C.B., 'Boer War' D.S.O. Group of Twelve to Major-General C.G. 'Old Black' Blackader, Leicestershire Regiment, Who Commanded the 2nd Battalion On the Western Front, October-December 1914; He Commanded the Garhwal Brigade With Distinction, January-November 1915, Including at Festubert, 15.5.1915, The First British Night Attack of The Great War; He Commanded the 177th Brigade During the Easter Rising, And Presided Over the Court-Martials of Five of the Seven Signatories To The Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Returning To The Western Front, He Served as GOC 38th (Welsh) Division, July 1916-June 1918
a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion's (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel
b) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, centres depressed, large enamel damage to reverse of one arm, lacking top riband bar
c) East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1897-98, 1898 (Capt. C.G. Blackader. 1/Leicester Regt.)
d) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, Belfast (Capt. C.G. Blackader. D.S.O., Leic: R.), partially officially corrected
e) King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Capt. & Adjt. C.G. Blackader. D.S.O. Leic. R.), minor official correction to '&'
f) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lt: Col: C.G. Blackader. D.S.O. Leic: R.)
g) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Maj. Gen. C.G. Blackader)
h) Coronation 1911
i) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Commander's neck Badge, 103mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 59mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual motto, with neck riband
j) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze
k) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated, with photographic image of recipient (12)

C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1917 Col. (temp. Maj-Gen.) Charles Guinand Blackader, D.S.O., A.D.C., 'For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.'

D.S.O. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Captain Charles Guinand Blackader, Leicestershire Regiment, 'In recognition of their services during the operations in South Africa.'

Belgium, Order of Leopold, Commander London Gazette 11.3.1918 Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, C.B., D.S.O.

Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 11.3.1918 Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, C.B., D.S.O.

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 10.10.1918 Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, C.B., D.S.O.

Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, C.B., D.S.O. (1869-1921), born Richmond, Surrey, son of Charles George Blackader, M.A. and Charlotte (nee Guinand); educated in France and at Aldin House School, Slough, by the Reverend Hastings; after passing out from R.M.C. Sandhurst, Blackader was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Regiment, 22.8.1888; served with the 1st Battalion in Bermuda, India, Nova Scotia, and Jamaica; Lieutenant 22.7.1890; served as Captain, attached 1st Battalion, West African Frontier Force, 27.11.1897-24.6.1899; served with the battalion in operations on the Niger, including the expedition to Lapia (M.I.D. London Gazette 23.5.1899); served with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment in South Africa, 1899-1902, including operations in Natal (1899), actions at Talana and Lombard's Kop, the Defence of Ladysmith, operations in Natal (March-June 1900), action at Laing's Nek (6th-9th June), operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including actions at Belfast (26th-27th August) and Lydenberg (5th-8th September); he also served as Commandant at Witbank and afterwards was Station Staff Officer (D.S.O.; M.I.D. London Gazette 8.2.1901 and 10.9.1901); Adjutant of 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 1902-04; Major 10.9.1904; served with the 1st Battalion in India, Shorncliffe, and in Fermoy, Ireland; he won an Army Tennis cup with Captain Challenor, 1908; appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion in India, September 1912; led the battalion to France in October 1914, and commanded them in action until December; promoted Brigadier-General, and commanded the Garhwal Brigade of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Corps, 8th January-30th November 1915; the Brigade comprised of 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 3rd Battalion London Regiment (T.F.), 2/3rd Battalion Gurkhas, 1/39th and 2/39th Garhwalis; led the Brigade with distinction at the battles of Neuve Chapelle, March 1915 (for which he was Commended by his Corps Commander, General Willcocks, and two of his men were awarded the Victoria Cross), the night assault on Festubert (the first British night attack of the War), 15.5.1915, and at Loos, September 1915; served as A.D.C. to the King, 1.1.1916-31.12.1917; on the withdrawal of the Indian Corps from Europe, in 1916, he took command of 177th Brigade, Home Forces; and was serving in this capacity during the Easter Rising; following the Rising, many of those believed by the British authorities to be responsible were tried by military courts; ninety were sentenced to death, of whom fifteen were eventually executed; Blackader, as a senior officer, chaired a number of courts-martial, including those of Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Patrick Pearse, and Joseph Plunkett, five of the seven signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic; he served as GOC 38th (Welsh) Division in France & Flanders, 12.7.1916-8.6.1918 (M.I.D. London Gazette 17.2.1915, 7.8.1915, 1.1.1916, 4.1.1917 and 25.1.1917); advanced Major-General, 1.1.1918; he resigned his commission, June 1918, having been bitten by a rabid dog for which he received Pasteur's treatment; he returned to Ireland as Commander of Southern District, but his health deteriorated and he died at Millbank, London, 1921, aged 51. There is a memorial to him in Leicester Cathedral.

Blackader's East and West Africa Medal is unique to the Leicestershire Regiment.

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