The John Chidzey Collection A rare Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to the Rev. R. Armitage, Army Chaplains’ Department Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Revd. R. Armitage, C. to F.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. R. Armitage, M.A., D.S.O., Chapln. to Forc.), mounted as worn, in Lambert of Coventry Street, London, red leather case, the first with loose centre-pieces and chipped enamel wreaths, otherwise generally very fine (3) £2500-3000 Footnote D.S.O. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Robert Armitage was born in Ross, Herefordshire, in March 1857, the son of a barrister, and was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ordained in 1880, he served variously as Curate of Llandingat, Chaplain of Oxford Military College and Curate of St. John’s Baptist, Leamington, until being appointed a Chaplain to the Forces in October 1886, and by the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, he was serving as a Chaplain 3rd Class. Armitage was subsequently employed in operations in the Orange Free State in February to May 1900, including the actions at Vet River and Zand River; in the Transvaal in May to June, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill, and again in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, in July to November, including the actions at Belfast; thence in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, and finally back in the Transvaal until May 1902. Mentioned in despatches on two occasions (London Gazettes 16 April 1901 and 29 July 1902 refer), he was recommended for his D.S.O. by Lord Kitchener and was advanced to Chaplain 2nd Class in October 1902. Returning to an appointment at Woolwich, Armitage was advanced to Chaplain 1st Class (ranking as a Colonel) in October 1907, and latterly served in Cairo before being placed on the Retired List. Thereafter his appointments included many years as Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Rural Dean of Ludlow 1931-35 and Prebendary of Hereford 1932-39, and latterly Prebendary Emeritus of Hereford, where he died in May 1954, aged 97 years.
The John Chidzey Collection A rare Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to the Rev. R. Armitage, Army Chaplains’ Department Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Revd. R. Armitage, C. to F.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. R. Armitage, M.A., D.S.O., Chapln. to Forc.), mounted as worn, in Lambert of Coventry Street, London, red leather case, the first with loose centre-pieces and chipped enamel wreaths, otherwise generally very fine (3) £2500-3000 Footnote D.S.O. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Robert Armitage was born in Ross, Herefordshire, in March 1857, the son of a barrister, and was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ordained in 1880, he served variously as Curate of Llandingat, Chaplain of Oxford Military College and Curate of St. John’s Baptist, Leamington, until being appointed a Chaplain to the Forces in October 1886, and by the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, he was serving as a Chaplain 3rd Class. Armitage was subsequently employed in operations in the Orange Free State in February to May 1900, including the actions at Vet River and Zand River; in the Transvaal in May to June, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill, and again in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, in July to November, including the actions at Belfast; thence in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, and finally back in the Transvaal until May 1902. Mentioned in despatches on two occasions (London Gazettes 16 April 1901 and 29 July 1902 refer), he was recommended for his D.S.O. by Lord Kitchener and was advanced to Chaplain 2nd Class in October 1902. Returning to an appointment at Woolwich, Armitage was advanced to Chaplain 1st Class (ranking as a Colonel) in October 1907, and latterly served in Cairo before being placed on the Retired List. Thereafter his appointments included many years as Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Rural Dean of Ludlow 1931-35 and Prebendary of Hereford 1932-39, and latterly Prebendary Emeritus of Hereford, where he died in May 1954, aged 97 years.
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