Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Q.S.A. awarded to Sergeant-Major E. C. P. Boyle, Imperial Yeomanry, who as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Honourable Artillery Company during the Great War, was awarded the D.S.O., and was killed in action, 7 February 1917

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (13476 S. Major E. C. P. Boyle, 73rd Coy. 19th Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £250-300

Ernest Charles Patrick Boyle was born on 21 November 1860, the son of Charles John Boyle and Zacyntha Moore. During the Boer War he served as a Sergeant-Major in the 73rd Company (Paget’s Horse) 19th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-01, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps. As a Captain in the Honourable Artillery Company, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 January 1915. As a Lieutenant-Colonel in the H.A.C. he was awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 1 January 1917). He was killed in action on 7 February 1917, aged 56 years. Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle was buried in the Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio. With copied research.