The AA Upfill-Brown Collection

Eleven: Brigadier-General C.G.W.. Hunter, C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Engineers

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., neck badge in silver-gilt and enamel; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamel; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut.); CHINA 1900, no clasp (Captn.); AFRICA GENERAl. SERVICE1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (Capt.); 1914 MONS STAR (Major); BRITISH WAR and VICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. (Brig. Gen.); France, LEGION OF HONOUR, Officer's breast badge, in gold and enamel; Serbia, ORDER OF THE WHITE EAGLE, with swords, 4th class breast badge; U. S. A., MILITARY ORDER OF THE DRAGON, reverseofficially named (Capt., No. 784), mounted court style for display excepting the first, generally good very fine and a rare combination(11)

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D.S.O., London Gazette, 8 May, 1915: 'For conspicuous ability and gallantry on many occasions, especially on the 10th to 14th March 1915. He was in command of two companies and succeeded in establishing a strong breastwork line under very difficult circumstances, whilst exposed to heavy shell fire and rifle fire.'

Brigadier-General Charles George Woodburn Hunter entered the Royal Engineers in 1890 and, after active service on the Punjab Frontier, was 'attached on special service' in China (despatches) and Africa, latterly with the Somaliland Field Force. In addition to his D.S.O., granted in respect of services at Neuve Chapelle, Hunter was three times mentioned in despatches for the Great War. Between late 1917 and early 1919 he was Chief Engineer of 12th Army Corps in Salonika, having been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in the former year. Hunter retired in 1923 and died at Hythe on 27 February 1932.