Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (Major C. A. Wilding. R. Innis: Fus.) good very fine £120-£160

C.M.G. London Gazette 15 February 1915.

M.I.D. London Gazette 20 October 1914 and 9 December 1914.

C. A. Wilding commanded the 10th Brigade (1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment; 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders; and 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers), on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date they were tasked with attacking the Redan Ridge between Serre and Beaumont-Hamel.