A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Hon. Brigadier J. L. H. Bogart, Canadian Engineers

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Major J. L. H. Bogart, 2/Can. D.S. Coy.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. J. L. H. Bogart); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (12) £1200-1400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 5 July 1919.

John Lawrence Haslett Bogart, who was born in Whitby, Ontario, in February 1877, entered the Royal Military College of Canada in September 1893 and was commissioned in the 14th Regiment on his graduation.

Having then in the interim transferred to the Royal Canadian Engineers, and been advanced to Major, he was embarked for France with the 2nd Divisional Signalling Company in September 1915, in which capacity he remained actively employed until being admitted to hospital in Boulogne in September 1916, suffering from nervous debility. He was subsequently invalided to the U.K., having won his first mention in despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916 refers).

Returning to France in September 1917, he remained employed there until after the War’s end, latterly as a Lieutenant-Colonel and C.O. of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, and added two further “mentions” to his accolades (London Gazettes 31 December 1918 and 11 July 1919 refer), in addition to his D.S.O.

Remaining a member of the Permanent Force after the War, Bogart was appointed Director of Engineering Services in January 1930 and received both the Jubilee Medal 1935 and Coronation Medal 1937 prior to his retirement (the official rolls refer). He died in March 1944; sold with an extensive file of research.