Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Jolliffe, Royal Field Artillery, late Isle of Wight Volunteers, Royal Garrison Artillery

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. A. E. Jolliffe.); Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1904, with integral top riband bar, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Albert Edward Jolliffe was born on the Isle of Wight around 1863 and was appointed Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Hampshire (Southern Division, Royal Artillery) Volunteer Corps on 3 May 1898. Nominated for the Ventnor seat (Bonchurch Division) of the Isle of Wight Council, he took a deep appreciation of local civic affairs and is recorded in The Isle of Wight County Press on 23 June 1904 as Captain of No. 10 Company (Ventnor Detachment), 2nd Hampshire R.G.A. Volunteers. Raised Lieutenant-Colonel and C.O. of the 2nd Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in 1910, Jolliffe crossed to France in 1917 and was reverted to the Territorial Force Reserve as Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel the following year. He died at Bonchurch on 13 January 1942.