Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Three: Lieutenant A. MacNiven, Cameron Highlanders, who died of wounds received at the Battle of Arras on 1 May 1917
1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. MacNiven. Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. MacNiven.) good very fine

Three: Captain D. MacNiven, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Active Citizen Force, Union Defence Force, who Commanded No. 56 (M.E.B.) Armoured Brigade Field Company, S.A.E.C.
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. MacNiven); Africa Service Medal (ACF D. MacNiven) good very fine (6) £100-£140

Alistair MacNiven was born in 1890, the elder son of William and Annie MacNiven of Moseley, Birmingham. Posted to France with the 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, he died of wounds received at the Battle of Arras at a casualty clearing station on 1 May 1917, and is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, France.

Duncan MacNiven, the younger brother of the above, was born in 1894 and served during the Great War as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment from 7 January 1916. Raised Captain and transferred to the Special List, he emigrated to South Africa and later served during the Second World War with the South African Engineer Corps.

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