Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chaplain O. W. C. de Blogue, né Blogg, Royal Navy, later Royal Air Force, who whilst Chaplain to the Danubian Ports rescued a sailor from drowning in the Danube and subsequently took part in the Jubilee Celebrations of King Carol I of Romania

British War and Victory Medals (Chapn. O. W. C. Blogg. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Romania, Kingdom, King Carol I Jubilee Medal 1906, bronze, mounted court-style, good very fine (5) £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Oswald William Charles de Blogue, né Blogg was born in Islington, London, in 1874 and was educated at King’s College London, being ordained Deacon in 1900 and Priest in 1901. He served as Chaplain to the Danubian Ports from 1905-07, and ‘was in Rumania for three years during the riots during which I managed to prevent a sailor from being drowned in the Danube; I also took part at the Jubilee and have received a Brevet and the Jubilee Medal from Carol I King of Rumania’ (letter from the recipient to the Foreign office requesting permission to wear the Jubilee Medal refers; Blogg was given unrestricted permission to wear the medal on 2 May 1912).

Commissioned as a Chaplain in the Royal Navy in 1907, he served in H.M.S. Acheron from 1907-09; H.M.S. Temeraire, 1909-10; H.M.S. Invincible 1910; H.M.S. Triumph 1911; and H.M.S. Actaeon 1912. Appointed Warden of the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, in 1912, he served as Chaplain of Rio de Janeiro and Archdeacon in Brazil 1914-15, before serving during the Great War as a Chaplain in the Royal Naval Division 1916-17, and then as royal Navy Chaplain at Queenstown, 1917-18. Appointed Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire, in 1929, he served during the Second World War as a Chaplain of the Fleet Air Arm, 1940-41, and as Chaplain, Royal Air Force, 1944-45.

Sold together with copies of the correspondence between Blogg and the Foreign Office regarding the award and permission to wear authorisation for the Romanian Medal.