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Four: Major C. S. C. Wyatt-Edgell, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals...
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Four: Major C. S. C. Wyatt-Edgell, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Major. C. S. C. Wyatt-Edgell); Defence Medal; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- T.D. London Gazette 5 May 1925 Cecil Stafford Charles Wyatt-Edgell was born at the family country home Cowley House, near Exeter in 1881, the younger brother of M. R. A. Wyatt-Edgell (see the previous lot), and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. Appointed Second Lieutenant Unattached List T.F. (O.T.C. King’s School, Warwick) on 31 July 1908 and re-appointed Lieutenant, Wolverhampton Grammar School O.T.C. in February 1911, he was embodied and transferred to the 6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 8 March 1915. Posted to the 9th Battalion in France he joined them in the field in the Beaumont Hamel sector 12 October 1916, and was appointed Draft Conducting Officer at Etaples on 2 April 1917. Due to his deafness he was downgraded medically and transferred to the Labour Corps and promoted Major 11 April 1918. Demobilised, Wyatt-Edgell was seconded from the Devonshire Regiment for service with and to Command the Wolverhampton Grammar School Contingent on 1 July 1920. Awarded the Territorial Decoration in May 1925 he was retired having reached the age limit on 6 January 1932; his Second World War involvement is not recorded. He died at the family home Cowley Place on 24 May 1967, aged 84. Sold with copied service record and other research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, see the previous lot, Lot 158.
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Four: Major C. S. C. Wyatt-Edgell, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Major. C. S. C. Wyatt-Edgell); Defence Medal; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- T.D. London Gazette 5 May 1925 Cecil Stafford Charles Wyatt-Edgell was born at the family country home Cowley House, near Exeter in 1881, the younger brother of M. R. A. Wyatt-Edgell (see the previous lot), and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. Appointed Second Lieutenant Unattached List T.F. (O.T.C. King’s School, Warwick) on 31 July 1908 and re-appointed Lieutenant, Wolverhampton Grammar School O.T.C. in February 1911, he was embodied and transferred to the 6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 8 March 1915. Posted to the 9th Battalion in France he joined them in the field in the Beaumont Hamel sector 12 October 1916, and was appointed Draft Conducting Officer at Etaples on 2 April 1917. Due to his deafness he was downgraded medically and transferred to the Labour Corps and promoted Major 11 April 1918. Demobilised, Wyatt-Edgell was seconded from the Devonshire Regiment for service with and to Command the Wolverhampton Grammar School Contingent on 1 July 1920. Awarded the Territorial Decoration in May 1925 he was retired having reached the age limit on 6 January 1932; his Second World War involvement is not recorded. He died at the family home Cowley Place on 24 May 1967, aged 84. Sold with copied service record and other research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, see the previous lot, Lot 158.
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