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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 3

x The Great War C.B. Group of Nine to Brigadier A.B. Hamilton, King´s Own Scottish Borderers, a Veteran of the Chin-Lushai Expedition, and was Mentioned in Despatches During the Sudanese Campaign 1896-98 as One of Only Two K.O.S.B. Officers Present a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle b) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Capt. A.B. Hamilton 1st. Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord) c) Queen´s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt A.B. Hamilton. 2/K.O.S.Bds.) d) 1914-15 Star (Brig: Gen: A.B. Hamilton. C.B.) e) British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen. A.B. Hamilton.) f) Hong Kong Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued g) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander´s neck Badge, 72mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel h) Khedive´s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum, this clasp a contemporary tailor´s copy, unnamed as issued, lacquered, generally nearly extremely fine, with recipient´s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque ´Alexander Beamish Hamilton´ (9) Estimate £ 2,800-3,200 C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1915 Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Alexander Beamish Hamilton. Belgium, Order of the Crown, Commander London Gazette 24.9.1917 Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Alexander Beamish Hamilton, C.B., late Embarkation Commandant ´´For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.´´ Brigadier Alexander Beamish Hamilton, C.B., born December 1860, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Beamish Hamilton, King´´s Own Scottish Borderers; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, King´´s Own Scottish Borderers, January 1881; Lieutenant, July 1881; served in the Chin-Lushai Expedition as part of the Burma Column under Brigadier W.P. Symons, November 1889 - April 1890; Captain, December 1889; Appointed Adjutant, March 1890-December 1893; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Egypt, December 1893 - December 1898, with the Garrison at Alexandria; Served in the Nile Expedition 1898 (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 30.9.1898); Brevet Major, November 1898; Major, 12.6.1901; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, China and Hong Kong, 24.6.1901-23.8.1904; Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, South Africa, 12.10.1905-14.1.1908, based in the Orange River Colony; Lieutenant-Colonel, 15.1.1908; Embarkation Staff Officer (D.A.Q.M.G.), 21.3.1911-9.10.1913; Colonel, 4.10.1911; Embarkation Commandant (A.Q.M.G.), Southampton, in the Dardanelles and at Salonica, 10.10.1913-5.9.1915; temporary Brigadier, 5.8.1914; Base Commandant, 29.9.1915-24.11.1915; Special Appointment, Mediterranean, at home, and in Canada, 11.5.1916; died in a nursing home in Weymouth, whilst still on Active Service during the Great War, 30.12.1918, and is buried in Affpuddle (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Wiltshire.

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