Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Clery, 5th Signal Company, Royal Engineers, who later commanded the Royal Engineers in India

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lt., Col., M.C., R.E.); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, lacquered, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (9)
£1000-1400

M.C. London Gazette 3 July 1915. ‘Lieutenant Vyvian Augustine Cairns Clery, 4th Signal Company, Royal Engineers’ ‘For great gallantry in personally superintending the laying of the telephone lines every night over a large area of the country which was continually shelled. It was due to his personal exertions and example during the period of 27th April to 3rd May, 1915, that the communications with the Brigade were kept up so well.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915; 3 July 1915.

Vyvian Augustine Cairns Clery was born in 1891 and was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 20 July 1911. Promoted to Lieutenant in July 1913, he served in the Great War on the Western Front, 24 August 1914-1 September 1915 and February 1916-1 August 1917. Clery was at some time wounded. Advanced to Captain in June 1917, he was specially employed at the War Office, 14 November 1918-12 May 1919. Appointed a Staff Captain in the Rhine Army, May 1919-July 1922; promoted to Major, September 1826 and Lieutenant-Colonel, September 1934. He was appointed Commander, Royal Engineers, India on 15 October 1934. In 1938 he was placed on the Reserve of Officers Royal Engineers, Construction and General Engineering Branch.

With copied gazette extracts