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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 2

x The Great War C.B., C.M.G. Group of Ten to Brigadier C.R. Ballard, Norfolk Regiment, Who Commanded Variously Three Infantry Brigades on the Western Front 1914-17; a Veteran of the Burma Campaign 1891-92, the North West Frontier, South Africa, and Somaliland; Mentioned in Despatches on Seven Occasions a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt b) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion´s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel c) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (Lieut. C.R. Ballard 1st. Norfolk Regt.) d) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, last two clasps loose on riband, as issued (Lieutt. C.B. Ballard 1st. Bn. Norf: Regt.) e) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt: C.R. Ballard. Roberts´ Horse) f) King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Maj. C.R. Ballard. Norfolk. Rgt.) g) Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Capt: & Bt: Maj: C.R. Ballard. Norfolk Regt.) h) 1914 Star (Lt: Col: C.R. Ballard. Norf: R.) i) British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen. C.R. Ballard.), contact marks, generally very fine or better, together with a complete set of copies of letters from the recipient to his family from South Africa 1900, and France and Flanders 1914-18 (10) Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) Colin Robert Ballard, Norf. R. ´´For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.´´ C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) Colin Robert Ballard, C.B. ´´For services rendered in connection with the War.´´ Brigadier Colin Robert Ballard, C.B., C.M.G., born Lasswade, Scotland, July 1868, the second son of General J.A. Ballard, C.B., Royal Engineers; educated at United Service College, Westward Ho!; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Norfolk Regiment, February 1888; Lieutenant, April 1890; served in Burma as part of the Baungshe Column as Intelligence Officer under Major R.H. Gunning, 25.12.1891-29.2.1892; served during Operations in Chitral with the Relief Force, March to August 1895, and subsequent Operations on the North West Frontier of India in the action against the Khel Waziris, and with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Transportation Officer under the command of General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 7.6.1898); Captain, May 1898; Appointed Station Staff Officer, South Africa, October 1899, and served during the Boer War as Adjutant, Roberts´´ Light Horse, and on the Staff, taking part in the Relief of Kimberley, operations in the Orange Free State (including operations at Paardeberg and the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek, Vet River, and Zand River), operations in the Transvaal (including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill), and operations in the Orange River Colony, including actions at Bethlehem and Wittebergen (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 10.9.1901, and Brevet of Major, 29.11.1900); Accompanied the Expedition to Somaliland, serving as Chief Transport Officer, Lines of Communication, for the Somaliland Frontier Force, 16.7.1903 (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 2.9.1904). Appointed Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Ceylon, 22.3.1905; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General, 1.11.1905; Major, 22.1.1908; Lieutenant-Colonel, 12.1.1913; served during the Great War as temporary Brigadier, Commanding 7th Infantry Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, 23.11.1914-22.7.1915; Brigadier Commanding, 95th Infantry Brigade, New Armies, British Expeditionary Force, 17.8.1915-19.7.1916; Brigadier Commanding, 57th Infantry Brigade, British Armies in France, 31.12.1916-6.4.1917 (Four times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 19.10.1914, 17.2.1915, 15.6.1916, 6.7.1918; Brevet of Colonel, 18.2.1915); Colonel, 12.1.1917; Served as Military Attaché, Romania, 6.5.1917-16.9.1919 (Appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Star of Romania, Military Division; and Commander, Order of Carol I); General Officer Commanding, Lowland Area, Scottish Command, 10.10.1919-10.2.1920; President, Allied Police Commission, Constantinople, 11.2.1920; retired, 1.9.1923. Brigadier Ballard died 20.6.1941.

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