Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ C.M.G., D.S.O. group of five awarded to Brigadier-General J. D. Sherer, Royal Field Artillery

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; 1914-15 Star (Major J. D. Sherer. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. J. D. Sherer.) good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600

C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917, 18 May 1917, 14 December 1917, 23 December 1918, and 5 July 1919.

James Donnelly Sherer was born on 18 January 1870, son of Colonel L. C. Sherer, Leicestershire Regiment. He joined the Royal Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant on 15 February 1889; Lieutenant, 15 February 1892; Captain, 14 August 1899; Major, 8 September 1909; Lieutenant-Colonel, 9 May 1916; Temporary Brigadier-General, 20 September 1918 to 13 April 1919 (local Colonel 13 April to 8 May 1920); Colonel, 9 May 1920. Served in the Great War 1914-19, in command of 5 Brigade R.F.A. from 10 February 1916 to 17 March 1917; and of 60 Brigade R.F.A. from 18 March 1917 to 19 September 1918; afterwards on the Staff; France and Belgium 14 July 1915 to 11 November 1918. (Wounded. Despatches 5 times. C.M.G., D.S.O.). Brigadier-General J. D. Sherer died on 27 July 1959.