The Upfill-Brown Collection

Ten: Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. A. Collum, Army Service Corps

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamel; QUEEN'S SOUTHAFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., A. S. C.), renamed; KING'S SOUTH AFRICA, 2 clasps (Lieut., A. S. C.), renamed; 1914 MONS STAR (Major, A. S. C.); BRITISH WAR and VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. (Lt. Col.); DEFENCEMEDAL; Turkey, ORDER OF OSMANIEH, 4th class breast badge, in silver and enamel; KHEDIVE'S SUDAN 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed; KHEDIVE'S SUDAN 1910-21, 1 clasp, Atwot, unnamed, some contact wear, generally very fine (10)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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D.S.O., London Gazette, 1 January, 1917.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. A. Collum entered the Army Service Corps in 1900 and saw service in the Boer War prior to participation in operations in the Blue Nile Province (medal) and in the region of Atwot (medal and clasp). He was four times mentioned in despatches during the Great War and was appointed Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1919.