A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. G. W. Newman, 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Major, 17/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Captain, 15/Middx. V.R.C.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1913 and inscribed ‘The King confers upon Major T. G. W. Newman, 24 July 1914’, good very fine (7) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Rifle Brigade and Affiliated Regiments from the collection formed by Michael Haines.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 July 1916.

Thomas G. W. Newman was commissioned into the 15th (The Customs & The Docks) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps on 3 November 1896, was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1899 and Captain in February 1901. The 15th Middlesex V.R.C. merged with 2nd Tower Hamlets V.R.C. in 1908 to form the 17th Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles). Newman was promoted to Major on 16 August 1913 and awarded the T.D. on 24 August 1914. He went to France with the 1/17th London Regiment in 1915, and on 6 September 1915 was appointed to command the 23rd London Regiment. On 10 April 1916 he reverted to the rank of Major and was posted to the 4th (reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, in Oswestry, then Ripon and finally Scarborough.