WW1 C.B.E & BRITISH WAR MEDAL (SOLE ENTITLEMENT) COLONEL COMMANDANT 2nd SCOTTISH DIVISION & FORMERLY COLONEL COMMANDING 2nd A&S.HIGHRS

1st type military C.B.E & WW1 British War Medal
To- COL.S.PATERSON
Colonel Stanley Patterson was born in Edinburgh 1860 & was commissioned in to the H.L.I Militia in 1877. He transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1879 & by 1903 he was Colonel commanding the 2nd battalion. He retired on half pay in 1907 but was recalled for service in WW1 & was commandant of the 2nd Scottish district for the duration of WW1. He was issued a class B mention & the British war medal to go with his C.B.E which was published in the London gazette 3-6-1919. He owned estates in Kenya, Gloucestershire & Scotland & was a well known medal collector & amassed a good quality collection that he sold via Sotheby's in 1934. He died in 1950 & was recorded as a well known elephant hunter. He commanded the guard when Queen Victoria inspected the Scottish Militia in Greenock 1892 & saved her majesty from injury when a volunteers horse became spooked & tried to mount the queens carriage. Colonel Patterson pulled the horse from the carriage & was invited to dinner by the queen for his efforts.
EF & The British War Medal & C.B.E are the recipients only medal entitlement. Other than a silver war badge for WW1 & he is not entitled to the Victory medal or any other awards. Complete with research details.

Code: 56585