Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An unusual C.B.E. group of six awarded to Major C. S. Northcote, Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly Cape Mounted Rifles, later Governor of the Nuba Mountains Province of the Sudan

The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) 1st type neck badge, in case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3209 Pte., Cape Mtd. Rif.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt., Bed. Rgt.) suspension claw tightened on this; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) these four mounted as worn; Order of the Nile, 3rd class neck badge, silver, gilt and enamels, in its Lattes case of issue, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (6) £1000-1200

C.B.E. (Civil) 1928.

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919: ‘For services in connection with military operations in the Sudan.’

Cecil Stephen Northcote was born on 4 June 1878. He served with the Cape Mounted Rifles during the Boer War, and took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including the defence of Wepener; in the Transvaal, West of Pretoria, July to October 1900, including actions at Zilikats Nek and Elands River (4 to 6 August); in Orange River Colony, May to July, including actions at Wittebergen; and in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony from July 1900 to May 1902. He was commissioned as Lieutenant in the Bedfordshire Regiment on 8 February 1902.

As a Major, Northcote was seconded for service with the Egyptian Army in 1910, and to the Sudan Government in 1912. He served in Egypt from 15 June 1916, and was appointed Governor of the Mongalla Province, Sudan, 1918-19, and of the Nuba Mountains Province, Sudan, 1919-27, with the rank of Miralai. He retired from the Sudan in 1928 and in the same year was made a Commander of the British Empire.