Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Special Constabulary Long Service Medal awarded to E. R. Hallifax, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., East Sussex Special Constabulary, late Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong, and the Colony’s Deputy Superintendent of Police

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edwin R. Hallifax) in named ‘East Sussex’ card box of issue, extremely fine £70-£90

C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1925.

C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1922.

O.B.E. London Gazette 4 October 1918.

Edwin Richard Hallifax was born in Darjeeling, India, on 17 February 1874, the son of a tea planter, and was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was appointed a cadet in Hong Kong in 1897, and served as a senior official in Hong Kong throughout the early 20th Century, being appointed deputy superintendent of police and of the fire brigade in 1911, and secretary for Chinese Affairs in 1913. Appointed a Member of the Colony’s Legislative and Executive Councils in 1913, he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1918, and was advanced Commander in 1922. He was additionally created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1925, and from 1926 to 1932 served as acting Colonial Secretary on various occasions. He retired to Mayfield, East Sussex, in 1933, and died on 4 May 1950.

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