A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press

Pair: Colonel G. T. Lavie, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was mentioned in despatches and wounded at Moedwil in September 1901

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major G. T. Lavie. R.A.M.C.) officially engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. T. G. Lavie. R.A.M.C.) officially engraved naming, very fine and better (2) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 3 December 1901: ‘Major G. T. Lavie [together with Civil Surgeon W. S. Kidd] - Wounded early in attack on Colonel Kekewich’s camp at Moedwil on 30th September, but continued at their duties many hours.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902. In a document dated 2 August 1902, Lieutenant-Colonel Babtie (Asst. D-G, Army Medical Services) submitted a list of Officers and Civil Surgeons in an ‘Order of Merit’ with suggested ‘Appropriate Rewards’, wherein Major Lavie was recommended for the award of a D.S.O. or promotion to Brevet Lt. Col. He evidently received neither.

Tudor Germain Lavie was born on 18 October 1861 and educated at Cheltenham College and Edinburgh University. Appointed Surgeon in the Army Medical Service in 1886, he saw service during the Boer War with the 15th Brigade Field Hospital up to 20 April 1901, when he transferred to 12th Brigade Field Hospital. Slightly wounded. Operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including action at Karee Siding. Operations in the Transvaal, 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902. Despatches twice, Queen’s medal with 3 clasps, King’s medal with 2 clasps.

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