Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A ‘Waziristan 1922-23’ C.B.E., Great War D.S.O. and M.C. group of seven awarded to Colonel E. C. Kensington, commanding 3-8th Punjab Regiment

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, complete with full neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. E. C. Kensington. 1916); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. C. Kensington D.S.O. M.C. 1/91/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. E. C. Kensington.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Col. E. C. Kensington, 3-8 Pjbis.) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £2,000-£2,600

C.B.E. London Gazette 30 May 1924: ‘For valuable services rendered in the field in connection with Military Operations in Waziristan, January 1922 to April 1923.

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Egypt).

M.C. London Gazette 22 December 1916 (Mesopotamia).

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France), 19 October 1916 (Mesopotamia), 15 August 1917 (Mesopotamia), 5 June 1919 (Egypt), 30 May 1924 (Waziristan), and 13 March 1925 (Waziristan).

Edgar Claude Kensington was born on 2 June 1879, son of the late Colonel E. Kensington, Royal Artillery. Educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was first commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, Indian Army, on 27 July 1898, and joined the 130th King George’s Own Baluchis later in the same year. He served in the operations in the Aden Hinterland 1902-04, was promoted to Lieutenant on 27 October 1906, to Captain on 27 July 1907, and to Major on 1 September 1915. He served during the war first in France and later Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Palestine. Promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 June 1918, he commanded the 130th Baluchis from 5 February 1917, and later the 91st Punjab Regiment (later renumbered 3-8th Punjabis), remaining in command until 24 January 1923, when he was promoted to command a Brigade. He commanded the 10th (Indian) Infantry Brigade in 1923 in Waziristan and later the 9th (Indian) Infantry Brigade in 1924. He retired as Honorary Brigadier in 1927 and resided in the U.K. at Farnham, Surrey, where he died on 19 July 1967.

Sold with some research and a copied group photograph of the recipient with the 130th Baluchis in 1905.