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Auction archive: Lot number 19

A post-war Civil Division O.B.E. group

Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$521 - US$651
Price realised:
£800
ca. US$1,043
Auction archive: Lot number 19

A post-war Civil Division O.B.E. group

Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$521 - US$651
Price realised:
£800
ca. US$1,043
Beschreibung:

A post-war Civil Division O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major H. E. Whaley, Coldstream Guards, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. H. E. Whaley, Coldstream Gds:); King’s South Africa 1902-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1902, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. H. E. Whaley. Coldstream. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. E. Whaley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. E. Whaley.); Defence Medal, mounted as originally worn, with medal ribands, the latter with M.I.D. Oak Leaves, light contact marks overall, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (7) £400-£500 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1955 ‘For public services in Rutland’. Herbert Egerton Whaley was the son of Major C. H. Whaley, and was born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, in July 1881. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in January 1900. He initially served with the Regiment in South Africa, before transferring to the Coldstream Guards as a Lieutenant in May 1901. Whaley was appointed a Sheriff of Rutland in November 1914. He initially served during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery in the French theatre of war from March 1915. Whaley subsequently advanced to Major and returned for service with the Coldstream Guards (M.I.D.). He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland in 1944, Vice Lieutenant in 1949, and High Sheriff in 1951. Whaley’s son Peter also served with the Coldstream Guards, and was killed in action during the Second War whilst serving in Italy, April 1945. Whaley died in February 1962, and is buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Ashwell.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2019 - 9 May 2019
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

A post-war Civil Division O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major H. E. Whaley, Coldstream Guards, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. H. E. Whaley, Coldstream Gds:); King’s South Africa 1902-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1902, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. H. E. Whaley. Coldstream. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. E. Whaley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. E. Whaley.); Defence Medal, mounted as originally worn, with medal ribands, the latter with M.I.D. Oak Leaves, light contact marks overall, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (7) £400-£500 Footnote O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1955 ‘For public services in Rutland’. Herbert Egerton Whaley was the son of Major C. H. Whaley, and was born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, in July 1881. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in January 1900. He initially served with the Regiment in South Africa, before transferring to the Coldstream Guards as a Lieutenant in May 1901. Whaley was appointed a Sheriff of Rutland in November 1914. He initially served during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery in the French theatre of war from March 1915. Whaley subsequently advanced to Major and returned for service with the Coldstream Guards (M.I.D.). He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland in 1944, Vice Lieutenant in 1949, and High Sheriff in 1951. Whaley’s son Peter also served with the Coldstream Guards, and was killed in action during the Second War whilst serving in Italy, April 1945. Whaley died in February 1962, and is buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Ashwell.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2019 - 9 May 2019
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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