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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. H. D. Creagh,...
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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. H. D. Creagh, Commandant, 128th Pioneers, Indian Army
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel, missing obverse central medallion; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Fourth Class badge, with crossed swords, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £200-£240
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Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.
M.V.O., 4th Class London Gazette 12 December 1911.
M.I.D. London Gazettes 21 June 1916 and 19 October 1916.
Arthur Henry Dopping Creagh was born on 29 April 1866, the son of Major-General William Creagh, Indian Army, and grandson of Major-General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H., 86th and 11th Foot. He was educated at Newton Abbot College and R.M.C. Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in 1887. He joined the Indian Army the following year and was attached to the 21st Bombay Infantry 1890-1907. He joined the 107th Pioneers as Second in Command in 1907, and the 128th Pioneers, in the same capacity, in 1909, and was Commandant of the regiment from 1911 to 1920. He served in the operations in Mekran, 1898; during the Great War in Egypt and the Canal Zone 1914-15, and in Mesopotamia 1915-16 (wounded three times, twice Mentioned in Despatches, C.M.G., and Serbian White Eagle with swords). He was promoted Colonel in 1917, and retired in 1920. He died on 27 November 1941.
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel, missing obverse central medallion; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Fourth Class badge, with crossed swords, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £200-£240
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Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.
M.V.O., 4th Class London Gazette 12 December 1911.
M.I.D. London Gazettes 21 June 1916 and 19 October 1916.
Arthur Henry Dopping Creagh was born on 29 April 1866, the son of Major-General William Creagh, Indian Army, and grandson of Major-General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H., 86th and 11th Foot. He was educated at Newton Abbot College and R.M.C. Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in 1887. He joined the Indian Army the following year and was attached to the 21st Bombay Infantry 1890-1907. He joined the 107th Pioneers as Second in Command in 1907, and the 128th Pioneers, in the same capacity, in 1909, and was Commandant of the regiment from 1911 to 1920. He served in the operations in Mekran, 1898; during the Great War in Egypt and the Canal Zone 1914-15, and in Mesopotamia 1915-16 (wounded three times, twice Mentioned in Despatches, C.M.G., and Serbian White Eagle with swords). He was promoted Colonel in 1917, and retired in 1920. He died on 27 November 1941.
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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. H. D. Creagh, Commandant, 128th Pioneers, Indian Army
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel, missing obverse central medallion; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Fourth Class badge, with crossed swords, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £200-£240
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Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.
M.V.O., 4th Class London Gazette 12 December 1911.
M.I.D. London Gazettes 21 June 1916 and 19 October 1916.
Arthur Henry Dopping Creagh was born on 29 April 1866, the son of Major-General William Creagh, Indian Army, and grandson of Major-General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H., 86th and 11th Foot. He was educated at Newton Abbot College and R.M.C. Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in 1887. He joined the Indian Army the following year and was attached to the 21st Bombay Infantry 1890-1907. He joined the 107th Pioneers as Second in Command in 1907, and the 128th Pioneers, in the same capacity, in 1909, and was Commandant of the regiment from 1911 to 1920. He served in the operations in Mekran, 1898; during the Great War in Egypt and the Canal Zone 1914-15, and in Mesopotamia 1915-16 (wounded three times, twice Mentioned in Despatches, C.M.G., and Serbian White Eagle with swords). He was promoted Colonel in 1917, and retired in 1920. He died on 27 November 1941.
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel, missing obverse central medallion; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Fourth Class badge, with crossed swords, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £200-£240
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Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.
M.V.O., 4th Class London Gazette 12 December 1911.
M.I.D. London Gazettes 21 June 1916 and 19 October 1916.
Arthur Henry Dopping Creagh was born on 29 April 1866, the son of Major-General William Creagh, Indian Army, and grandson of Major-General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H., 86th and 11th Foot. He was educated at Newton Abbot College and R.M.C. Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in 1887. He joined the Indian Army the following year and was attached to the 21st Bombay Infantry 1890-1907. He joined the 107th Pioneers as Second in Command in 1907, and the 128th Pioneers, in the same capacity, in 1909, and was Commandant of the regiment from 1911 to 1920. He served in the operations in Mekran, 1898; during the Great War in Egypt and the Canal Zone 1914-15, and in Mesopotamia 1915-16 (wounded three times, twice Mentioned in Despatches, C.M.G., and Serbian White Eagle with swords). He was promoted Colonel in 1917, and retired in 1920. He died on 27 November 1941.
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