GROUP OF FOUR TO BREVET COLONEL LIONEL GRANT OLIVER C.M.G. M.I.D.MIDDLESEX REGIMENT

Queens South Africa Medal, clasps: CAPE COLONY/ORANGE FREE STATE/JOHANNESBURG
Named to: MAJOR L.G.OLIVER MIDDX RGT
British War and Victory(M.I.D. emblem) Medals, named to:
BT.COL.L.G.OLIVER
Medals very fine to extremely fine, e/nicks and bruising on Q.S.A. mounted as worn, on ribbon bar, entitled to 1914/15 star, but perhaps he never received it? Arrived in France on 01/09/1915
War services: S. African War 1899-1902-Adjt.Mtd.Inf. Operations in the Orange Free State, Feb to May 00
including actions at Houtnek, Vet River (5th and 6th May) and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29th Nov.1900.Operatons in the Transvaal,30th November,1900 to 31st May,1902.
Queens Medal with 3 clasps, Kings Medal with 2 clasps.The War of 1914-1919-Despatches L/G 15/01/1916.CMG.
Who Was Who:
OLIVER, Col .Lionel Grant, C.M.G.1916:
Born 16th August 1858 married 1920 Stella, daughter of W.E.W..Collins ,The Grange, North Runcton.Educated at Trinity Hall,Cambridge: Sandhurst.1st commission 77th Foot, 1879: Adjutant Coorg and Mysore Rifles 1886-92; Captain 1887;1st Middllesex 1892;served with the 7th M.I. in S.A. War;1900-02(Queen's Medal, King's Medal, clasps)
commanded 1st Batt. Middlesex 1908,Commanded 13th Middlesex Regt1914;served European War in France with this Btn.,1 Aug1915-30th March,1916, including battle of Loos(despatches, C.M.G) Commanded 2/5th Northumberland Fusiliers 1916. Address: Summer Hill, Heacham, Norfolk,club: Army and Navy. Died 27th March, 1936.
C.M.G. London Gazette 3rd June 1916: Lt.Col and Brevet Colonel Lionel Grant Oliver, Ret.Pay,late comdg.Serv.Bn.,Middlesex Regt.
Mentioned in despatches13th June 1916; Oliver Bt.Col. L.G.(ret pay)
Comes with copied London Gazettes, etc.

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