Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine Baronet’s Badge group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert A. Sanders, Bt., later Baron Bayford of Stoke Trister, who served as Commanding Officer of the Royal North Devon Yeomanry, and was later a distinguished Member of Parliament

Baronet’s Badge of the United Kingdom, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1930, the reverse engraved ‘Sanders of Bayford 1920’, with full neck riband; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. R.A. Sanders. R.N. Devon Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R.A. Sanders.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1914, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; together with the recipient’s Association of Conservative Clubs ‘Distinguished Service’ Medal, with ‘Five Years’ Additional Award Bar, the reverse engraved ‘The Right Hon. Lord Bayford Chairman A.C.C. 1932’, the group mounted court-style for wear, generally good very fine (9) £1,800-£2,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 1 December 1916 (Gallipoli).

T.D. London Gazette 24 July 1914

Sir Robert Arthur Sanders, Bt., 1st Baron Bayford was born in Paddington, Middlesex in 1867. Educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford,he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1891. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry in 1894, he was promoted Captain in 1897 and Major in 1901. Elected a Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in 1910, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal North Devon (Hussars) Yeomanry in 1911. Mobilised as Commanding Officer on 4 August 1914 he embarked on 24 September 1915 in HMT Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli and landed with his regiment at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915.

Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal North Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine. Appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916, he embarked for England on 22 April 1917 and transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve. Returning to Parliament in 1917 as Member for Bridgwater he was served as Treasurer of H.M. Household 1918-19, Junior Lord of the Treasury 1919-21, Under-Secretary of State for War 1921-22, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1922-24. Created a Baronet March 1920, and appointed to the Privy Council in 1922, he was created Baron Bayford of Stoke Trister for political and public services June 1929, and was introduced to the House of Lords the following month. Amongst many other civil appointments, he held the Chairmanship of The Association of Conservative Clubs from 1932 to 1940. Lord Bayford died at Bayford Lodge, Stoke Trister, Somerset on 24 February 1940, aged 73 .

Sold with photographic images of the recipient, and extensive copied research