Baldwin & Sons
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A Boer War, Great War, Royal Irish Regiment, Royal Flying Corps, RAF, Officers Group of 4 awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Willian Edward Scarth Burch, C.B.E, MiD, comprising, C.B.E. (Mily), 1st type, neck badge, unnamed as issued, Queen's South Africa Medal, 3rd type, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, (Capt. W.E.S. Burch. R. Irish Rgt:), engraved naming, 1914‑1920 British War Medal, (Major W.E.S. Burch. R.F.C.), 1914‑1919 Victory Medal, (D.M. Burch. V.A.D.), contemporarily mounted for wear, toned very fine (4).
C.B.E. Military London Gazette 10th of October 1918.
Class B Mention in Despatches London Gazette 13th of March 1918.
William Edward Scarth Burch was born in Sheffield in 1863, educated at Poulton House School, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1880 received his Commission to the Middlesex Regiment on the 7th of July 1886, Promoted Captain on transfer to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment on the 31st of July 1895. Served Transvaal June 1901 to the 31st of May 1902 (QSA 3 Bars) served as Adjutant to the 5th Battalion the Leinster Regiment from the 9th of May 1903 to the 19th of April 1905, appointed Major, Royal Irish Regiment, 19th of February 1905, Retired 13th of August 1910. Appointed Assistant to Officer In Charge Records, Royal Flying Corps, on the 24th of June 1912 making him one of the original officers of the Royal Flying Corps, served in Flanders as a Major RFC from the 22nd of September 1916 to the 28th of September 1916, 6 Days overseas service!, Rewarded with a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 23rd of January 1917, "Class B" Mention in Despatches, the London Gazette 13th of March 1918, (also mentioned in Flight Magazine of the 21st of March 1918) C.B.E. (Mily) London Gazette 10th of October 1919, as Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Regiment, Secretary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Association, 1919‑1934. Residence – 41, Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, London.
The Victory Medal belongs to his Daughter, Miss Dorothy M. Burch who served in France & Flanders with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, perhaps her mounted group contained her father's Victory Medal.
Sold with original cardboard box for the Great War Medals (Major W.E.S. Burch R.F.C.), copy Medal Index Cards for William and Dorothy, copy London Gazette for the award of the C.B.E., and type written precis of service career.
C.B.E. Military London Gazette 10th of October 1918.
Class B Mention in Despatches London Gazette 13th of March 1918.
William Edward Scarth Burch was born in Sheffield in 1863, educated at Poulton House School, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1880 received his Commission to the Middlesex Regiment on the 7th of July 1886, Promoted Captain on transfer to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment on the 31st of July 1895. Served Transvaal June 1901 to the 31st of May 1902 (QSA 3 Bars) served as Adjutant to the 5th Battalion the Leinster Regiment from the 9th of May 1903 to the 19th of April 1905, appointed Major, Royal Irish Regiment, 19th of February 1905, Retired 13th of August 1910. Appointed Assistant to Officer In Charge Records, Royal Flying Corps, on the 24th of June 1912 making him one of the original officers of the Royal Flying Corps, served in Flanders as a Major RFC from the 22nd of September 1916 to the 28th of September 1916, 6 Days overseas service!, Rewarded with a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 23rd of January 1917, "Class B" Mention in Despatches, the London Gazette 13th of March 1918, (also mentioned in Flight Magazine of the 21st of March 1918) C.B.E. (Mily) London Gazette 10th of October 1919, as Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Regiment, Secretary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Association, 1919‑1934. Residence – 41, Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, London.
The Victory Medal belongs to his Daughter, Miss Dorothy M. Burch who served in France & Flanders with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, perhaps her mounted group contained her father's Victory Medal.
Sold with original cardboard box for the Great War Medals (Major W.E.S. Burch R.F.C.), copy Medal Index Cards for William and Dorothy, copy London Gazette for the award of the C.B.E., and type written precis of service career.