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VC;
Order of the Bath;
Order of St Michael and St George;
DSO GV [sic];
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901;
AGS 1902 (2) Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi;
1914-15 Star;
British War and Victory Medals;
GSM (1) N. W. Persia;
Coronation 1937;
Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, Badge with rosette upon riband, silver-gilt and enamel;
Red Cross Society Decoration 1876;
Commemorative Medal for the 1912 War; 1913 Commemorative Cross;
France, Republic, Croix de Guerre with Palme;
British Red Cross Society Medal for the Balkan Wars 1912-13, 1 clasp, Servia

VC London Gazette 29 March 1901: 'On the 11th Dec. 1899, during the action at Magersfontein, Lieutenant Douglas showed great gallantry and devotion, under a very severe fire, in advancing in the open and attending to Capt. Gordon, Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded, and also attending to Major Robinson and other wounded men under a fearful fire. Many similar acts of devotion and gallantry were performed by Lieut. Douglas on the same day.'

CB London Gazette June 1932.

CMG London Gazette 1 January 1916.

DSO London Gazette 19 April 1901.

Henry Edward Manning Douglas was born on 11 July 1875 at Gillingham, Kent and took the Scottish Triple Qualification (LRCP(Edin), LRCS(Edin), LRCPS(Glas) in 1898. Commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 28 July 1899, he went out to the Boer War a few months later. In the act of winning his Victoria Cross, Douglas was himself wounded by a bullet in the face and was invalided back home. He returned to South Africa only two months later, however, leaving Southampton in the Ottoman in late February 1900; he continued to serve until he returned to the United Kingdom in early 1901. He received his V.C. from the hands of King Edward VII during an investiture at Marlborough House on 25 July 1901.

He was promoted Captain on 27 July 1903 and on his return to England served at St George's Barracks, London. In October 1903, he again saw active service in Africa, with General Egerton's command in Somaliland, 1903-4, and was present at the Battle of Jidballi (Medal & 2 clasps). Advanced Major in 1911, he served in Serbia and in the Great War and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 1915 and was also in receipt of the Order of St Sava, Serbia.

Douglas served as commandant of the Royal Army Medical College from 1926-29, then Deputy Director Medical Services, Southern Command, India, until 1933. Major-General Douglas died at Droitwich, Worcestershire, on 14 February 1939.

His full-size awards are held and displayed by the Army Medical Services Museum in Aldershot.

Sold for £4,200 excluding buyer's premium 15 months ago. www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...-ramc?start=30#80129

The miniature VC group to Douglas sold yesterday for a hammer price of GBP 8,500. Totals: GBP 10,540. R 227,870. AUD 18,910. NZD 20,080. CAD 17,130. USD 12,740. EUR 11,630.

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QSA (3) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lt. & Qr. Mr. R. O. Roberts. R.A.M.C.);
[ KSA (2) ].

R. O. Roberts served with the 2nd Brigade Bearer Company and later the 8th Field Hospital 5th Division during the Anglo-Boer War. Operating in Natal between March-June 1900 he then served in the Transvaal for the rest of the war.

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MM GV (1251 Pte. W. E. Currie. 4/F.A. Can: A.M.C.);
QSA (3) Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (14643 Pte W. E. Currie R.A.M.C.), renamed;
KSA (2) (14643 Pte W. E. Currie R.A.M.C.), renamed;
1914-15 Star (1251 Pte. W. E. Currie Can: A.M.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (1251 A. Sjt. W. E. Currie. C.A.M.C.)

Together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘336052 William E. Currie.’, with eight bronze date bars for 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941.

MM London Gazette 9 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the evacuation of wounded under shell fire during the operations of April 9th 1917.’

William Edwin Currie was born in Aston, Birmingham in October 1880. He was a Goldsmith by trade, and served with 1st Volunteer Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment from 1898 and the Medical Militia from 1899. Currie attested at Aldershot, 23 October 1900, for regular service with Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in South Africa with No. 12 Stationary Hospital. In 1904, he transferred at his own request to the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, serving as 8092. Currie transferred to the Army Reserve in 1908 and was discharged on completion of his engagement, 22 October 1912.

Currie emigrated to Canada and was living at Wadena, Saskatchewan when he attested at Winnipeg becoming an original member of the 4th Field Ambulance, CAMC. He disembarked in England on 29 April 1915 and served in France from 13 September 1915 (and distinguished himself at Vimy Ridge). Currie had applied for a Commission, 10 March 1917, and proceeded to Officer Cadet training at Prior Park, Bath on 8 August 1918. While undergoing officer training, he was promoted Acting Sergeant, CAMC, with effect 7 September 1918. While Currie was to be commissioned in the infantry, the war ended before that occurred and he was returned to the C.E.F. on 4 March 1919 and discharged at St. John, New Brunswick 16 days later as Cadet (Acting Sergeant).

Currie resided in Ottawa joining the 23rd Field Ambulance, RCAMC in the Non-Permanent Active Militia. He was discharged from the Army in 1940, aged 60. Currie was employed in the Ottawa area and served in the St. John Ambulance.

He died at Ottawa Civic Hospital 11 March 1955.

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major G. T. Lavie. R.A.M.C.) officially engraved naming;
KSA (2) (Maj. T. G. Lavie. R.A.M.C.) officially engraved naming

MID London Gazette 3 December 1901: ‘Major G. T. Lavie [together with Civil Surgeon W. S. Kidd] - Wounded early in attack on Colonel Kekewich’s camp at Moedwil on 30th September, but continued at their duties many hours.’

MID London Gazette 29 July 1902. In a document dated 2 August 1902, Lieutenant-Colonel Babtie (Asst. D-G, Army Medical Services) submitted a list of Officers and Civil Surgeons in an ‘Order of Merit’ with suggested ‘Appropriate Rewards’, wherein Major Lavie was recommended for the award of a DSO.or promotion to Brevet Lt. Col. He evidently received neither.

Tudor Germain Lavie was born on 18 October 1861 and educated at Cheltenham College and Edinburgh University. Appointed Surgeon in the Army Medical Service in 1886, he saw service during the Boer War with the 15th Brigade Field Hospital up to 20 April 1901, when he transferred to 12th Brigade Field Hospital. Slightly wounded. Operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including action at Karee Siding. Operations in the Transvaal, 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902.

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[ CMG ]
QSA (6) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Major T. W. O'H. Hamilton. M.B, C.M.G, R.A.M.C.); KSA (2) (Maj. T. W. O'H. Hamilton. M.B. C.M.G. R.A.M.C.);
Coronation 1911 (Lt. Col. T. W. O'H. Hamilton. C.M.G., M.B., R.A.M.C.) with privately engraved naming

CMG London Gazette 27 September 1901.

Thomas William O'Hora Hamilton was born on 24 May 1860 at Aldershot, Hampshire. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury and then went over to Trinity College, Dublin where he gained a Bachelor of Arts followed by a Bachelor of Medicine. He qualified as a Surgeon and was appointed Surgeon Captain with the Army Medical Service on 3 February 1883. Hamilton married in 1891, Hannah, the daughter of Charles de Gallye Lamotte, MD, of the Cloisters, Sunderland. He was promoted Surgeon Major on 3 February 1895, on which date he transferred as a Major into the Royal Army Medical Corps.

With the outbrak of the Second Boer War, Hamilton saw service in South Africa from 1899, and was present during the Relief of Kimberely and operations in the Orange Free State from February to May 1900, including the action at Paardeberg on 17-26 February 1900, the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Zand River. Then present during the operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill between 11-12 June 1900. He was then present on further operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, between July and 29 November 1900, including the actions at Belfast on 26-27 August 1900. Hamilton was also present on operations in the Cape Colony, south of Orange River during 1899 to 1900, including the actions at Colesberg from 14 February to 3 February 1900. Hamilton was 'mentioned' (London Gazette 16 April 1901, refers) and appointed a CMG for his services in the Boer War.

On his return from South Africa Hamilton was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 February 1903. He received the Coronation Medal for 1911 and was placed on Retired Pay on 4 November 1911, but was then re-employed on Home Service during the Great War from 5 August 1914. Hamilton died on 22 April 1918.