Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O., M.C. group of twelve awarded to General Sir Roger C. Wilson, K.C.B., 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, later Union Defence Force of South Africa

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. C. Wilson, 114/Mahrattas.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. R. C. Wilson.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Col. R. C. Wilson.); War Medal 1939-45 (558765 R. C. Wilson); Africa Service Medal (558765 R. C. Wilson); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, with bronze palme, mounted in incorrect order as worn, generally good very fine (12) £1,800-£2,200

K.C.B. (Military) London Gazette 11 May 1937.

C.B. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1930.

D.S.O. London Gazette 26 August 1918:
‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Mesopotamia.’

M.C. London Gazette 22 December 1916:
‘For distinguished service in the Field in Mesopotamia.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October and 14 November, 1916 (Mesopotamia); 14 June 1918 (Egypt); 27 August 1918 (Mesopotamia); 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia); 7 February 1921 (Mesopotamia 1920).

Croix de Guerre London Gazette 31 August 1917.

Roger Cochrane Wilson was born on 26 December 1882, and educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was first gazetted to the Cheshire Regiment in 1901, and joined the 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, in 1904. He attended Staff College in 1914, and served in Mesopotamia, 1914-18 (D.S.O., M.C., Despatches, Croix de Guerre). Promoted to Major in 1916 and to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917; Colonel, 1920; served on General Staff, India, 1922-25. Promoted to Brigadier to Command the Manzai Brigade in Waziristan, 1926-30; Major-General, 1929; Commandant, Indian Staff College, 1931-34; Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry; General Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District, 1934-36; Secretary, Military Department, India Office, 1936-37; Lieutenant-General 1937 and served as Adjutant General, India, 1937-41; Promoted to General in 1940 and appointed Aide de Camp General to the King, 1940-41; retired from the Army in 1941, and subsequently served in the South African Army on the Staff of the Union Defence Force of South Africa, 1942-47. General Sir Roger Cochrane died on 5 February 1966.

Sold with original Warrants for K.C.B., C.B., D.S.O., and six M.I.D. certificates.