Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Veterinary Colonel T. W. Rudd, Royal Army Veterinary Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Vety: Lt. T. W. Rudd. A.V. Deptt.) minor official correction to ‘Lt.’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. T. W. Rudd.) mounted with C.B.E. for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £360-£440

C.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919.

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 July 1919.

Thomas William Rudd was appointed Veterinary Lieutenant in 1895; Major, 28 August 1910; Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 December 1915; Acting Colonel, 24 March 1918; Deputy Director Veterinary Services. Served on the N.W. Frontier of India 1897-98, Malakand, Veterinary Officer to 1st Brigade from 5 August 1897 (Medal with Clasp). His Great War Medal Index Card shows service in Theatre 5 (G) IV in 1915 which is specifically on the Landakai Malakand border of India from August to October 1915 and did not qualify for the 1914-15 Star (duly ‘deleted from roll’ on his M.I.C.). He went to France in 1918.