Pair: Lieutenant Colonel G. Downing, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1902 (Capt. & Adjt., R. Dub. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911, the edge inscribed ‘Lt. Col. G. Downing, Commd’g. 1st Battn. R. Dub. Fus’rs.’; together with a good quality contemporary tailor’s copy Delhi Durbar 1911, the edge inscribed ‘Mrs Geoffrey Downing, Delhi 1912’; and a large silver table medal, the obverse depicting General Gordon astride a camel, reverse ‘Agricultural & Industrial Show, Khartoum, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Prize, Potatoes, 1908’, generally very fine or better (4) £250-300

See colour plate.

Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Downing was born in May 1865, commissioned into the 2nd Brigade, South Irish Division Garrison Artillery, September 1882; Lieutenant, 4th battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, May 1885; Captain, June 1894; Major, March 1904; Adjutant, March 1897 to March 1903; placed on the retired list on completion of his period of service, 7 June 1914; recalled as Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the 7th battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 19 August 1914; Brigade Commander and Temporary Brigadier General, 18 March 1916; Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 28 January 1916; entitled to 1914-15 trio.