Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Delville Wood’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major R. G. Kinsey, Highland Light Infantry, later Machine Gun Corps

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘R. G. Kinsey, Lieut. H.L.I. Delville Wood, Somme. July, 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. R. G. Kinsey. High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Major R. G. Kinsey.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £900-£1,200

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘Lt. Reginald George Kinsey, High. L.I., attd. M. Gun. Coy.’

Reginald George Kinsey was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, on 30 December 1914, and served in France from 30 September 1915, and later as Lieutenant from 1 January 1916; Lieutenant, H.L.I. Special Reserve, from 12 February 1917; Captain from 16 March 1917; Temporary Major, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) from 16 February 1917; and eventually Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, M.G.C. (Infantry) while commanding a Battalion from 26 February to 24 March 1919.

Sold with copied gazette notices and Medal Index Card.