Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Acting Regimental Quarter-Master Corporal Major W. C. Lord, Royal Horse Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (387 Corl. W. Lord, R.H. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (387 Cpl. of H. W. Lord, Rl. Horse Guards); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (387 Sq. Cpl. Mjr. W. C. Lord, R. Horse Gds.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, with M.I.D. oakleaf (1726 Sq. Cpl. Mjr. - A.R.Q.M.C. Mjr. W. C. Lord, R.H. Gds.), top clasp loose on riband of the second, the Boer War awards with contact marks, occasional edge bruising and polished, thus good fine or better, the last two very fine or better (4) £550-650

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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William Charles Lord was born in Farnham, Surrey in December 1873 and enlisted in the Household Cavalry in May 1893, aged 19 years. Advanced to Corporal in January 1898, he was attached to the 2nd Scottish Horse during his subsequent tour of duty in the Boer War, the relevant rolls confirming his entitlement to the above described Medals and clasps.

Returning to the Royal Horse Guards in September 1902, as a recently promoted Corporal of Horse, Lord was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in AO 280 of October 1911, and was serving as a Squadron Corporal Major at the time of being discharged in May 1914. With the outbreak of hostilities that August, however, he re-enlisted in his old regiment, served in the U.K. for the remainder of the War, and was awarded the M.S.M. (London Gazette 3 June 1919 refers); his name, too, was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services (The Times 28 August 1919, refers), which distinction resulted in a suitable endorsement on his service record.

Lord, who was demobilised in July 1919, died in Farnham in March 1939; sold with a file of research.