Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Second Lieutenant A. E. Sincock, Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (14106 Pte. A. E. Sincock, A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (14106 Corpl: A. E. Sincock. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. A. E. Sincock.) surname partially officially corrected on BWM and VM; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, in Lemaitre, Paris case of issue, white and blue enamel damage, with a ‘Birth Marriages and Death’ Registry Centenary Medal, 1837-1937, silver, in Royal Mint case, campaign awards mounted as originally worn, generally nearly extremely fine, unless otherwise stated (6) £500-£600

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2011.

Greece, Order of the Redeemer, Chevalier London Gazette 24 October 1919. ‘Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps.’

Alfred Ernest Sincock was born in Aden in September 1879, and was educated at Taunton’s Trade School, Southampton. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Army Service Corps at Guildford, 12 August 1898. After nearly 19 years service in the A.S.C. and Army Reserve, Sincock was discharged as a 2nd Corporal, having completed his first period of service, 11 August 1910. With the onset of war he re-enlisted at Southampton, 16 September 1915. As a Temporary Staff Sergeant-Major Sincock entered the Salonika theatre of war, 12 September 1916. He was appointed Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 in September 1915 and was commissioned Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in February 1918. As an officer he was awarded the Order of the Redeemer by the King of the Hellenes for his service in Salonika with the 16th British Corps who were for a time attached to the 2nd Greek Division. During the period July-October 1918 he held the local rank of Captain. Sincock relinquished his commission, whilst retaining the rank of Lieutenant in 1921.

With a quantity of original papers including: school and college certificates (5); letter of recommendation for civilian employment, 1902; Savings Bank Account Book c.1898; Account Book, 1898; Parchment Discharge Certificate, 1910; Warrant Document, appointing him W.O. I in October 1915; Commission Document, appointing him 2nd Lieutenant in May 1918; Discharge Certificate on appointment to a commission, 1918; Protection Certificate, 1919; Order of the Redeemer bestowal document, with associated papers, awarded for service with the 16th British Corps, 1918; War Office letter relinquishing his commission; Certificate bearing his photograph, 1937; National Savings Movement Certificate of Recognition, 1940-45 - together with sundry envelopes; and copied research.