MILITARY M.B.E FOR GALLANTRY, QSA & KSA PAIR (DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH) & WW1 PAIR WITH M.I.D, R.F.A OFFICER, M.I.D IN BOTH CONFLICTS

WW1 1st type O.B.E with a military ribbon, QSA 1899-1902 with bars for Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State, K.S.A 1901-1902 with clasps for South Africa 1901 & South AFRICA 1902, WW1 Pair with M.I.D Oakleaves To-
86201.CPL/SERJT.H.GRAY.R.F.A (QSA/KSA)
& LIEUT.H.GRAY (WW1 Pair)
Hebert Chester Gray from Daventry, Northamptonshire enlisted in to the Royal Field Artillery in 1892 & served in South Africa during the Boer was with the 42nd Battery.R.F.A. He was M.I.D for his services in South Africa by Sir George White in the London gazette 8-2-1901 & was commissioned in to his own unit as a temporary QM & Hon Lieutenant 14-8-1914. He was wounded on the Somme in 1916 when his horse was shot from under him & M.I.D for services in France in the London gazette 18-5-1917. He awarded the Military M.B.E for gallantry not in the face of the enemy. in the London Gazette 18-11-1918 for services in France & Flanders & left the army at the wars end. He sadly passed away in Yorkshire in 1935 age 60.
A scarce combination of awards with a rare Gallantry M.B.E & a M.I.D for each conflict he served in.
NEF/GVF & Complete with other rank service papers, medal roll details, London gazette details, copy MIC details, Small original photograph of the recipient in uniform along with an original newspaper cutting from the recipients local newspaper that was published when he was awarded the M.B.E and includes an image of the recipient in uniform.

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