Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Major R. W. Fuller, 7th Mn. By. R.G.A.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £600-800

Major R. W. Fuller commanded No. 7 British Mountain Battery R.G.A. in Tibet during the assault on Gyantse, and it was his guns that made the important final breach that allowed the Gurkhas and Fusiliers to successfully storm the fortress: ‘In the meanwhile Fuller was directed to make the breach. So magnificent was the shooting made by his guns that a dozen rounds of common shell, planted one below the other, had made a hole large enough for active men to clamber through. The enemy quickly saw the purport of the breach. Dozens of men could be distinctly seen hurrying to the wall above it.’

Richard Woodfield Fuller joined the Royal Artillery in July 1880. He served during the operations in Chitral 1895, with the Relief Force. Served in Tibet 1903-04, took part in the action at Niani, was present at the operations at and around Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa (Despatches London Gazette 13 December 1904). Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1904. Served on North West Frontier of India 1908, took part in the operations in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Kargha (Despatches and awarded the D.S.O. London Gazette 14 August 1908). He served in the Great War in the Dardanelles in 1915 (Despatches) and in France in 1916, as Temporary Brigadier-General. He retired in 1916 and became Honorary Brigadier-General in June 1918.