Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 4 clasps, Aro 1901-1902, S. Nigeria 1902, S. Nigeria 1904, S. Nigeria 1905-06 (Dis: Comr. H. M. Douglas, Aro F.F.) extremely fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for Campaigns in Africa.

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Harold Mordey Douglas was born in 1874 and joined the Colonial Service in 1894 as consular agent, Puerto de la Luz, Canary Islands; assistant district commissioner, Niger Coast Protectorate, 1897; organised transport for cross river expedition, 1900; political officer, No. 2 column, Aro Field Force (medal and clasp 1901-1902); district commissioner, S. Nigeria, 1902; received thanks of Secretary of State for prompt action taken in suppressing Ngor rising, June 1902 (clasp 1902); political officer to Imo river expedition (clasp 1904); political officer to Onitsha Hinterland expedition (mentioned in despatches); political officer to Bende-Onitsha Hinterland expedition (mentioned in despatches, clasp 1905-1906); senior district commissioner, 1906; acting provincial secretary, Central Province, 1908-09; acting assistant provincial commissioner and provincial secretary, Central Province, 1910-13; resident, Warri Province 1914. He died on 24 May 1926 at the Kapara Estate, Fort Jameson, North-East Rhodesia. Sold with copied extracts from medal rolls, London Gazette entries, and other research.