Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. St. C. Daniell, Royal Air Force, late Artists Rifles and Royal Flying Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1868 Pte. T. E. St. C. Daniell, 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major T. E. St. C. Daniell, R.F.C.), generally very fine or better (5) £1600-1800

O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918.

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Thomas Edward St. Clare Daniell was born in August 1886 and was educated at Felsted School and Exeter College, Oxford. Enlisting in the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (The Artists Rifles) on the outbreak of hostilities, he went out to France at the end of December 1914, where he saw action and was advanced to Sergeant prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps as a recently commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in September 1915.

An Equipment Officer from the outset, he was advanced to Temporary Captain in January 1916 and to Major that June, both appointments while actively employed out in France, services that resulted in the award of his M.C., and, having returned to the Home Establishment at the end of the same year, was appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Aircraft Equipment. Advanced to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Deputy Director of Aircraft Equipment in April 1918, on the formation of the Royal Air Force, he ended the War at the Air Ministry as a Staff Officer 1st Class and was placed on the Unemployment List in October 1919, meanwhile having added the O.B.E. to his accolades.

Sold with copied research, including extracts from school registers that credit him with having been mentioned in despatches on three occasions.