An unusual Great War civil C.B.E. pair awarded to Colonel W. W. Grierson, Chief Engineer, Great Western Railway, late Engineer and Railway Staff Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major W. W. Grierson), together with a Great Western Railway Pass, 1st Class(All Stations), gilt and enamel, named to ‘Mr. W. W. Grierson’, and the reverse officially numbered ‘S. 111’, the last with minor enamel chip, generally good very fine (3) £350-400

C.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918:

‘For services in connection with the War.’

William Wylie Grierson, who was educated at Rugby, served as Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1904-23 and, in his capacity as a Major in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, was embarked for France in May 1917 - as confirmed by his MIC entry, he subsequently qualified for a single British War Medal 1914-20. Having attained the rank of Colonel, and been awarded his C.B.E. for his wartime services as Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway Company, he served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1929-30.

Great Eastern Railway not Great Western