Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Royal Military College Sandhurst King’s Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Kingsale, D.S.O., Indian Army, late Connaught Rangers, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches

King’s Medal, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1902, 48mm, gold (56.69g) (Senior Corporal The Hon: Michael William Robert De Courcy), in Morocco leather fitted case of issue, edge nick, about extremely fine £2,000-£2,400

Michael William Robert De Courcy, 27th Baron Kingsale, was born on 26 September 1882, the son of the 26th Baron Kingsale, and was educated at Dulwich College and Kelly College, Tavistock, before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1901, where he was awarded the King’s Medal, as the Officer Cadet with the highest scores in military, practical and academic studies. Commissioned into the Connaught Rangers, he served during the Tibet campaign of 1903 to 1904 before transferring to the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army. He saw further service during the Abor Expedition of 1911 to 1912 (Mentioned in Despatches) and served during the Great War in Mesopotamia, (D.S.O., three times Mentioned in Despatches, and Order of the White Eagle of Serbia 5th class, with Swords). He later served during the Afghanistan Campaign 1919 to 1920 (Mentioned in Despatches), and afterwards during the 1922 Waziristan Campaign. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, he served with the 2nd Sikh Pioneers from 1927. He succeeded his father as the 27th Lord Kingsale, and the Premier Baron in the Peerage of Ireland, on 24 January 1931. He died, aged 87, on 7 November 1969.