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An Inter-War 'Civil Division' M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain C. W. Mayer, 7th...

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An Inter-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain C. W. Mayer, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and Army Cyclist Corps, later Secretary and Superintendent of the Royal Western Counties Institution, Starcross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. W. Mayer.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. C. W. Mayer. Devon. R.); together with 9 Shooting Medals awarded by the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club 1906-1913 (1 gold (9ct., 12.07g), 5 silver and 3 bronze), 8 engraved to C. W. Mayer, nearly extremely fine (13) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1931: Charles William Mayer, Esq., Secretary and Superintendent (non-medical), Mental Deficiency Institution, Starcross. Charles William Mayer was born in Walthamstow, Essex in 1886, before moving to Littleham, Exmouth. Educated at Hele’s School, Exeter, he was later employed as a clerk with the Western Counties Asylum at Starcross, Devon. A member of the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club, affiliated to the National Rifle Association, he won numerous shooting prizes with them between 1906 and 1913. He served five years with the 1st Volunteer (Rifle) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and following the outbreak of the Great War enlisted as a Lance Corporal in the 7th (Cyclist) Territorial Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 7 August 1914. Embodied for Great War service the battalion was employed patrolling the North East Coast between Scarborough and Seaton Delaval and assisted in rescuing survivors from the Hospital Ship Rohilla which was wrecked off Whitby on 30 October 1914. The following December they were involved during the German Naval bombardment of the East Coast towns. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 25 November 1914, Mayer was appointed temporary Captain on 1 January 1916, and embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force on 7 March 1917, serving in the Arras Sector with the 19th Corps Cyclist Battalion until being medically evacuated 10 June 1917 due to synovitis of the knee. On recovery he joined the Army Cyclist Training Centre at Chiselden on 26 October 1917 and was promoted Captain on 17 June 1918. Disembodied on 18 November 1919 he was restored to the establishment of the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Returning to his civilian appointment at the Western Counties Institution, Starcross, he was appointed Secretary and Superintendent on 4 June 1924, and in recognition of his services to the Institution he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1931 New Year’s Honours’ List. He died at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay on 17 January 1960, aged 73. Sold with copied service record and other research.
An Inter-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain C. W. Mayer, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and Army Cyclist Corps, later Secretary and Superintendent of the Royal Western Counties Institution, Starcross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. W. Mayer.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. C. W. Mayer. Devon. R.); together with 9 Shooting Medals awarded by the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club 1906-1913 (1 gold (9ct., 12.07g), 5 silver and 3 bronze), 8 engraved to C. W. Mayer, nearly extremely fine (13) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1931: Charles William Mayer, Esq., Secretary and Superintendent (non-medical), Mental Deficiency Institution, Starcross. Charles William Mayer was born in Walthamstow, Essex in 1886, before moving to Littleham, Exmouth. Educated at Hele’s School, Exeter, he was later employed as a clerk with the Western Counties Asylum at Starcross, Devon. A member of the Western Counties Asylum Rifle Club, affiliated to the National Rifle Association, he won numerous shooting prizes with them between 1906 and 1913. He served five years with the 1st Volunteer (Rifle) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and following the outbreak of the Great War enlisted as a Lance Corporal in the 7th (Cyclist) Territorial Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 7 August 1914. Embodied for Great War service the battalion was employed patrolling the North East Coast between Scarborough and Seaton Delaval and assisted in rescuing survivors from the Hospital Ship Rohilla which was wrecked off Whitby on 30 October 1914. The following December they were involved during the German Naval bombardment of the East Coast towns. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 25 November 1914, Mayer was appointed temporary Captain on 1 January 1916, and embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force on 7 March 1917, serving in the Arras Sector with the 19th Corps Cyclist Battalion until being medically evacuated 10 June 1917 due to synovitis of the knee. On recovery he joined the Army Cyclist Training Centre at Chiselden on 26 October 1917 and was promoted Captain on 17 June 1918. Disembodied on 18 November 1919 he was restored to the establishment of the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Returning to his civilian appointment at the Western Counties Institution, Starcross, he was appointed Secretary and Superintendent on 4 June 1924, and in recognition of his services to the Institution he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1931 New Year’s Honours’ List. He died at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay on 17 January 1960, aged 73. Sold with copied service record and other research.

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