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Sold on 24 October 2014

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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Frederick W Rockwood

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№ 461

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£500

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt-Col. J. A. C. Mowbray 7th Regt. C.A.’, complete with brooch bar, good very fine £120-160

John Arthur Clark Mowbray was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 February 1870. A Stationer by occupation. As an officer in the Halifax Brigade of the Garrison Artillery, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1906 and was transferred to the Reserve of Officers in May 1914. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and served in England and France/Flanders, 10 February-18 September 1915, as Chief Paymaster. Awarded the O.B.E. for his wartime services. Additionally entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio. With a folder containing copied research.