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Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11303 W.O. Cl.1. P. [sic] Ashton. R.A.M.C.) nearly...
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Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11303 W.O. Cl.1. P. [sic] Ashton. R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80
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M.B.E. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Robert Ashton initially served during the Boer War as a Corporal at No. 15 Stationary Hospital at Heidelberg. Equipped with 150 beds, it operated from 13 July 1900 to 31 May 1902, one of 42 Stationary Hospitals which proved instrumental in saving the lives of wounded men and those suffering from disease. Advanced Sergeant Major on 10 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was appointed to a commission as Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the R.A.M.C. on 5 June 1915. Advanced Captain and Quartermaster, for his valuable service as part of the British Salonica Force he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.
Note: The recipient’s other honours and awards, comprising M.B.E.; Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps; King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps; 1914 Star; and British War and Victory Medals, were sold in these rooms in March 2025.
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M.B.E. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Robert Ashton initially served during the Boer War as a Corporal at No. 15 Stationary Hospital at Heidelberg. Equipped with 150 beds, it operated from 13 July 1900 to 31 May 1902, one of 42 Stationary Hospitals which proved instrumental in saving the lives of wounded men and those suffering from disease. Advanced Sergeant Major on 10 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was appointed to a commission as Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the R.A.M.C. on 5 June 1915. Advanced Captain and Quartermaster, for his valuable service as part of the British Salonica Force he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.
Note: The recipient’s other honours and awards, comprising M.B.E.; Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps; King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps; 1914 Star; and British War and Victory Medals, were sold in these rooms in March 2025.
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Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11303 W.O. Cl.1. P. [sic] Ashton. R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80
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M.B.E. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Robert Ashton initially served during the Boer War as a Corporal at No. 15 Stationary Hospital at Heidelberg. Equipped with 150 beds, it operated from 13 July 1900 to 31 May 1902, one of 42 Stationary Hospitals which proved instrumental in saving the lives of wounded men and those suffering from disease. Advanced Sergeant Major on 10 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was appointed to a commission as Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the R.A.M.C. on 5 June 1915. Advanced Captain and Quartermaster, for his valuable service as part of the British Salonica Force he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.
Note: The recipient’s other honours and awards, comprising M.B.E.; Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps; King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps; 1914 Star; and British War and Victory Medals, were sold in these rooms in March 2025.
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M.B.E. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Robert Ashton initially served during the Boer War as a Corporal at No. 15 Stationary Hospital at Heidelberg. Equipped with 150 beds, it operated from 13 July 1900 to 31 May 1902, one of 42 Stationary Hospitals which proved instrumental in saving the lives of wounded men and those suffering from disease. Advanced Sergeant Major on 10 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was appointed to a commission as Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the R.A.M.C. on 5 June 1915. Advanced Captain and Quartermaster, for his valuable service as part of the British Salonica Force he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.
Note: The recipient’s other honours and awards, comprising M.B.E.; Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps; King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps; 1914 Star; and British War and Victory Medals, were sold in these rooms in March 2025.
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