Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel M. F. M. S. Kittoe, 10th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Hackney)

The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., 10/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., complete with top bar brooch, lacking reverse pin, hallmarks for London 1917, Victory Medal a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (5) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Rifle Brigade and Affiliated Regiments from the collection formed by Michael Haines.

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O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

Montague Francis Markham Sloane Kittoe was born on 14 September 1873, joining the Middlesex Yeomanry on 30 November 1896 at the age of 23. Commissioned into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, 3 April 1897; promoted Lieutenant, August 1898; and Captain, February 1902. He joined the 1/10th London Regiment with the rank of Major in 1912, later commanding the battalion when it was posted for active service in Gallipoli, arriving there on 10 August 1915. The battalion was in action on 15 August, and sometime afterwards Kittoe was invalided home. During the period from 1916 until the end of the war he held an administration post with the Ministry of Munitions. He retired from the Territorial Army on 25 September 1928.