Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. L. Wilson, Welsh Regiment, who raised and commanded the 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion

Coronation 1911; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Lt. Col. C. L. Wilson, 2/V.B. Welsh Regt.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R. silver, silver-gilt, unmarked, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (3) £220-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Cecil Locke Wilson was born in Cardiff in April 1869, the fifth son of John H. Wilson, a ship owner and one of the pioneers of the Volunteer Force movement in Cardiff. Enlisting as a private soldier in the 1st Cyclist Company of the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Welsh Regiment, in 1890, young Cecil was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in April 1893.

Advanced to Captain in May 1900, he transferred to the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion in June 1905 and was advanced to the honorary rank of Major in October 1907. In the following year, however, he was appointed to the command of the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. It was in this capacity that he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911 and his T.D. in January 1914, shortly before his retirement.

Recalled in September 1914, he raised and commanded the 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion and remained employed on the Home Establishment for the duration of hostilities. He was granted the brevet rank of Colonel in June 1918.

Wilson, an architect by profession, died in May 1924 and was buried at St. Andrew’s Church, Dinas Powis; sold with copied research.