School of Military Engineering Haynes Medal 1898, by F. Bowcher, obverse: bust of the officer facing right, ‘Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., 1861-96’; a bridged chasm in high relief, ‘Field Fortification S.M.E.’ (Lieut. R. Hamilton, R.E., 1907), attempted erasure of name, 56mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue, good very fine except as stated £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Training Ship and Prize Medals.

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Roland Hamilton was born on 23 November 1886. commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in December 1905, he won the Haynes Medal in 1907. Promoted to Lieutenant in August 1908 and Captain in October 1914; he held the rank of Acting Major, November 1918-July 1919 and Acting major in the Indian Army, August-December 1919. During the Great War he served with the Egypt Expeditionary Force, March-October 1916 and in Mesopotamia, December 1917-October 1918. Post-war, he served in Waziristan 1921-24, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 30 May 1924), and in Kurdistan, 1923. He was later awarded the O.B.E. Sold with some copied research.