Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant C.C. Danby, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Lt. Col. C. C. Danby. O.B.E. R. Sigs.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (8) £300-£400

O.B.E. London Gazette 28 June 1945.
M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942.
M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945.

Cecil Charles Danby was born in Kensington, London, on 27 July 1904. He was commissioned into the Royal Signals on 3 September 1925 and served during the Second War and advanced Temporary Lieutenant Colonel on 23 November 1940 before service in the North Africa and Italian theatres. Appointed O.B.E. and mentioned in despatches for services in Italy, he continued to serve post war and was advanced Lieutenant Colonel on 25 March 1946. He served in Palestine with the Army Signal School from 28 December 1946 to 31 October 1947 and retired on 15 August 1953 the same day that he was appointed Honorary Colonel. He died, aged 93, in Newbury, Berkshire, on 11 March 1989.

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