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Pair: Captain R. T. Vivian, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as the medical officer...
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Pair: Captain R. T. Vivian, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as the medical officer attached to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who gave his life to attend to the injured at Dujailah Redoubt on 8 March 1916, being posthumously Mentioned in Despatches – then the highest award, save for the Victoria Cross, available to an officer killed in action British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R.T. Vivian.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Trevor Vivian) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916. Richard Trevor Vivian was born in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1889. Educated at Epsom College he qualified at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London in May 1911. Appointed Lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 28 July 1911, he embarked for India in 1913 and was promoted Captain on 28 January 1915. Attached as Medical Officer to the 6th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment, then undergoing intensive training in India, he disembarked with 6th Battalion at Basra, Mesopotamia on 6 January 1916 and commenced a 230 miles march on foot up the banks of the River Tigris to El Orah, where the battalion took part in the attempted relief of Kut during the action at Es Sinn Dujailah Redoubt on 8 March 1916. Reported as missing following this action, enquiry to Basra was made on behalf of Lord Lucan from London and the reply dated 23 March 1919 stated ‘We have had many reports telling us of Captain Vivian’s gallantry and the way in which he cared for the wounded under fire on that day ... Turkish officers told that a British Doctor had been killed on 8th March at the Dujailah Redoubt and buried by them. One Officer in particular was very positive about it as he had seen the Doctor attending to the wounded under fire previous to his death. The Turks went on to state the grave was piled with stones and hard earth.’ Sold with copied service record and other research including a summary detailing the action at Dujailah Redoubt
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Pair: Captain R. T. Vivian, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as the medical officer attached to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who gave his life to attend to the injured at Dujailah Redoubt on 8 March 1916, being posthumously Mentioned in Despatches – then the highest award, save for the Victoria Cross, available to an officer killed in action British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R.T. Vivian.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Trevor Vivian) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916. Richard Trevor Vivian was born in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1889. Educated at Epsom College he qualified at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London in May 1911. Appointed Lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 28 July 1911, he embarked for India in 1913 and was promoted Captain on 28 January 1915. Attached as Medical Officer to the 6th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment, then undergoing intensive training in India, he disembarked with 6th Battalion at Basra, Mesopotamia on 6 January 1916 and commenced a 230 miles march on foot up the banks of the River Tigris to El Orah, where the battalion took part in the attempted relief of Kut during the action at Es Sinn Dujailah Redoubt on 8 March 1916. Reported as missing following this action, enquiry to Basra was made on behalf of Lord Lucan from London and the reply dated 23 March 1919 stated ‘We have had many reports telling us of Captain Vivian’s gallantry and the way in which he cared for the wounded under fire on that day ... Turkish officers told that a British Doctor had been killed on 8th March at the Dujailah Redoubt and buried by them. One Officer in particular was very positive about it as he had seen the Doctor attending to the wounded under fire previous to his death. The Turks went on to state the grave was piled with stones and hard earth.’ Sold with copied service record and other research including a summary detailing the action at Dujailah Redoubt
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