Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. R. Chichester, 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, a descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin to Sir Francis Chichester, he became a U.S. citizen in December 1900 and, although he briefly held a commission in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry prior to the Great War and was gazetted a temporary 2nd Lieutenant in February 1915, chose to serve in the ranks

1914-15 Star (STK-931 L.Cpl. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-49980 Pte. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.) very fine (3) £140-£180

Arthur Raleigh Chichester was born on 30 May 1879, a grandson of Sir Arthur Raleigh Chichester, Baronet Raleigh of Devon. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (Hussars) on 4 October 1899, but resigned his commission in February 1900 in order to emigrate to America, where he arrived at San Francisco on 1 October 1900 and was declared a naturalised citizen on 11 December 1900. At a prominent society wedding at Southsea on 16 December 1903, he married Isabel Edith Thomasine Thomas, daughter of Sir George Thomas, 6th Bt., but the couple had no children. He was gazetted a temporary Second Lieutenant on 23 February 1915, but chose instead to serve in the ranks of the 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, whom he accompanied to France on 31 July 1915. He was wounded whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 13 August 1917, returning to France on 19 December 1917, serving successively with the 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Royal Fusiliers until 7 November 1919. He died on 18 June 1949, aged 70.

Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card, family history and two newspaper accounts of his society wedding.