Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colonel G. Vawdrey [C.M.G.], Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt. G. Vawdrey, A.S.C.) top lugs filled with a retaining rod; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major. G. Vawdrey. A.S.C.) tops lugs neatly removed, light scratches, otherwise generally very fine or better (2) £260-£300

C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916 and 24 December 1917.

George Vawdrey was born in July 1872, and initially commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment. He transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Army Service Corps in April 1893. Vawdrey served with the Army Service Corps during the Second Boer War (Brevet Major). He advanced to Major in April 1905, and served during the Great War in the French theatre of war from 22 August 1914. Vawdrey served as Assistant Director of Transport, Headquarters of Administrative Services and Departments, and retired as Colonel in January 1919.