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Auction: 25003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 189

A Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Rowan-Robinson, Indian Army, late Leicestershire Regiment, who was commissioned from the ranks during the Anglo-Boer War, he was also thrice 'mentioned' during the Great War

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Lt. J. R. Rowan-Robinson, Leic. Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1901 (Lt. J. R. Robinson, Leic. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Captain J. R. Rowan-Robinson, D.S.O., S. & T. Corps); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. J. R. Rowan-Robinson); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (Major & Bt. Col. J. R. Robinson, S. & T. Corps); Delhi Durbar 1911, mounted court-style as worn, official correction to surname on the I.G.S., very fine or better (11)

D.S.O. London Gazette 23 November 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916, 27 August 1918, 5 June 1919.

John Rowan Rowan-Robinson was born at Manor Hamilton, Leitrim, Ireland on 25 January 1876, the son of Surgeon General William Christie Rowan-Robinson, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Sarah Isabella of Canterbury.

Educated at the King's School Canterbury, he enlisted in the 2nd Dragoons in order to see action in the Boer War. Nor was he to be disappointed, for, as a Corporal, he was present at the relief of Kimberley and in the actions at Paardeberg and Driefontein. Then, in May 1900, he obtained a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment, in which he saw further service in the Transvaal and was advanced to Lieutenant in December 1901.

In December 1906, Rowan-Robinson was seconded for service with the Indian Supply and Transport Corps, and he was still serving in that capacity at the time of being awarded his D.S.O. as a Captain / Temporary Major in Mesopotamia in November 1916. And further active service ensued in the Third Afghan War and Waziristan operations of 1919-21, in which he was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Rowan-Robinson, who appears to have been employed by the Air Ministry on the eve of the Second World War, died in Maidenhead, Berkshire in November 1956.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,400

Starting price
£800