Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A good Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major George Trivett, Devon Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (951 Clr:-Serjt: G. Trivett. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (951 C.Sgt. G. Trivett, Devon: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Clr:-Serjt: G. Trivett. Devon: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (951 Clr:-Serjt: G. Trivett. Devon: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3/7390 S.Mjr. G. Trivett. Devon: R.) mounted for display, light contact marks to the earlier medals, otherwise very fine or better (5) £1,600-£2,000

Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1994

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901 and 10 September 1901.

M.S.M. (Immediate) London Gazette 22 February 1919.

George Trivett was born in 1866 at Axminster, Devon, and enlisted into the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Militia on 26 July 1884, and, on 9 September following, joined the 2nd Battalion. He was promoted to Lance-Corporal on 27 February 1888; Corporal, 14 November 1889; Lance-Sergeant, 30 October 1891; Sergeant, 1 March 1894; Colour-Sergeant, 16 April 1895. Following outstanding service in the Boer War, gaining two mentions and the D.C.M., Trivett was posted to the Permanent Staff of the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, as Colour-Sergeant Instructor on 1 March 1902. He received the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1903, and was discharged in the rank of Colour-Sergeant on 28 March 1910. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he re-joined the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, for the period of the war, and served as Regimental Sergeant-Major to that battalion, on Home Service only. He received a ‘Class B’ mention in February 1917 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in February 1919. On leaving the Army, he worked for Devon County Council as a School Attendance Officer, and died in Pembroke, Wales, in September 1932.