Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Cleaver, Royal Garrison Artillery

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. W. Cleaver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major D. W. Cleaver.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s related miniature medals, the Victory Medal with M.I.D. oak leaves, very fine (6) £800-£1,200

D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917: ‘Douglas Whyte Cleaver, Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Major) Royal Garrison Artillery.

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.

Douglas Whyte Cleaver was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 29 October 1914, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915. He was afterwards resident at Park Palace, Monaco, and died there on 21 January 1969.