Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Civil C.B. group of four awarded to the Hon. E. W. K. Gully, Secretary to the Speaker, House of Commons, who served as an Admiralty Despatch Bearer with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Great War

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1901), with neck riband, in Garrard, London case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. the Hon. E .W. K. Gully. R.N.V.R.); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the C.B. badge in 18 carat gold, these similarly mounted and all housed in a Spink, London, case, extremely fine (4) £500-£700

C.B. London Gazette 10 July 1903.

The Hon. Edward Walford Karslake Gully was born in Liverpool on 21 October 1870, the second son of William Gully M.P., who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1895 and 1905, and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Selby upon his retirement. Edward Gully served as Secretary to the Speaker from his father’s appointment in 1895, being appointed a C.B. for his services in 1903, and continued as Secretary to the Speaker during the subsequent Speakership of James Lowther. He latterly served as Examiner of Private Bills and Taxing Office, House of Commons, from 1911 to 1927.

Gully was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 12 May 1915, and served during the Great War one special service as an Admiralty Despatch Bearer from this date before resigning his commission on medical grounds on 22 October 1917. The British War Medal was his sole medallic entitlement for the Great War. He died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 8 November 1931.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient as part of the Speaker’s Procession.