The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant C. B. Ainslie, 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, attached Machine Gun Squadron, late 1st Life Guards, who was wounded in April 1918

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (3069 Tpr. C. Ainslie. 1/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. C. B. Ainslie.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards.

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M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916.

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 10 October 1918.

Charles Bernard Ainslie served with the 1st Life Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 October, and was commissioned into the 4th (Queens Own) Hussars as a Second Lieutenant on 19 January 1915; following his commission he served in the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Machine Gun Squadron. He was wounded in the left foot in April 1918, and for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. He relinquished his commission on 18 January 1919, on account of ill health brought on by wounds.

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