Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major C. E. King, 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, late 2nd Canadian Mounted Infantry, who was wounded on the Somme

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (382 Pte. C. E. King, Canadian M.R.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. E. King, 29/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. E. King); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Capt. C. E. King, D.S.O., 6th Regiment), contained in an old Spink & Son leather case, generally very fine (6) £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Charles Ernest King, who was born in Wiltshire, England, in February 1876, arrived in Ontario aged 13 years and moved to British Columbia in 1892, where he found employment in the construction department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Enlisting in the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in December 1901, he was actively engaged in the Boer War and gained the Queen’s Medal & 3 clasps, and then returned to Vancouver, where he established a Real Estate business.

Joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force in August 1914, he was embarked for France as a Lieutenant in the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, September 1915. Wounded on the Somme on 27 September 1916, he returned to active duty at the end of the following month, on attachment to 6th Canadian Brigade H.Q., in which capacity he served until the end of 1917 and was awarded the D.S.O. and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 27 February 1918 refers).

Latterly employed in the Canadian Forestry Corps, King discharged back in Vancouver in July 1919. He died in October 1926 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Vancouver; sold with copied service record.