The Donald G. Mellen Collection

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. Dennistoun, Royal Field Artillery

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with brooch bar, enamel damage to wreaths; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Capt., Imp. Yeo.); 1914 Star (Major, R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Jubilee 1897, silver, contact marks, edge bruising; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, nearly very fine and better (7) £1400-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Donald G. Mellen Collection.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. ‘Lt.-Col. James George Dennistoun, R.F.A.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917 (Haig).

James George Dennistoun was born on 24 May 1871, the only son of James Wallis Dennistoun, of Dennistoun, Renfrewshire. Educated at Eton. Received his first commission on 27 July 1891. Served in the Second Boer war as a Captain in the Imperial Yeomanry. In 1910 he married Clara, the youngest daughter of Major-General Rhodes Morgan, Indian Army. As a Major serving in ‘U’ Battery, R.H.A., he entered France/Flanders on 7 November 1914. As Lieutenant-Colonel of 7th Brigade R.F.A. he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Placed on the Retired List on 18 December 1919. Master of Ootacamund Hounds 1920 onwards. With copied research.