Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel The Rev. W. V. J. Naish, Hampshire Regiment
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. W. Naish. Hamps. R.); Coronation 1911 (Major W. Naish. 4th Hampshire Regt) contemporarily engraved naming, edge bruising to last, otherwise very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. W. V. J. Naish.) some residue stuck to lower reverse, otherwise very fine (3) £300-£400

The Reverend Walter Naish was appointed Acting Chaplain of the 1st Volunteer Battalion (subsequently re-numbered as the 4th Battalion), Hampshire Regiment, on 30 May 1891, and was appointed Captain on 23 June 1894. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1911 (London Gazette 10 January 1911), and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 December 1913. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Territorial Force War Medal.

Walter Vivian John Naish was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 18 October 1912, and served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 28 March 1915.