Four: Gunner A. R. Mayo, Royal Horse Artillery, later Lieutenant, Indian Army Ordnance Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (20917 Gnr: A. R. Mayo. J, B, R.H.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Condr. A. R. Mayo, I.O.D.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Staff Serjt. A. R. Mayo I.O.D.) officially engraved naming; Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze (Bombardier A. R. Mayo) engraved naming, mounted for wear, toned, last polished, otherwise generally very fine (4) £300-£400

Provenance: J. Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.

Archie Robert Mayo was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk in November 1876. He attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at London on 5 July 1897, aged 20 years, 8 months. With them he served in India, December 1898 - January 1900 and South Africa, January-June 1900. Returning to England, Mayo was stationed at Osborne where he continued to serve with the R.H.A. He was a member of the team at Osborne on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Funeral, following her death on 2 January 1901. For his services in connection with the funeral he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Bronze. In November 1906 Mayo was transferred to the Indian Unattached List and was promoted to Staff Sergeant in November 1907, Sub-Conductor in August 1914 and Conductor in February 1922. He was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. by I.A.O. 164 of March 1916. In August 1927 Mayo was promoted to an Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. He died at Cawnpore, where he was serving as Personal Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Stores and Clothes, 12 June 1929.

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