Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Smith, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who was wounded at Gallipoli whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and was later Mentioned in Despatches

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4128 Pte. H. Smith. 1/D.C.L.I.) engraved in the usual style associated with the Regiment; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. E. Smith. Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. E. Smith.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4128 C.Sjt: H. E. Smith. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (6) £300-£400

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917

Herbert Edward Smith was born in 1874 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, serving with the 1st Battalion during operations on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and subsequently at Diyatalawa, Ceylon, guarding Prisoners of War captured during the Boer War. Advanced Colour Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1912, before being commissioned as a temporary Lieutenant in the 7th (Reserve) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, on 3 February 1915. He served with them during the Great War, attached to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, in the Gallipoli theatre of War, and was wounded on 29 June 1915. Subsequently serving on the Western Front as an acting Lieutenant-Colonel, whilst commanding the 12th (Labour) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he was Mentioned in Despatches, before serving as acting Lieutenant-Colonel in command of 84th Labour Group Headquarters in 1918. He relinquished his commission on 9 September 1919, and was granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in 1950.