A Good India General Service, Boer War & Great War group of 6 awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alfred Daubeny, 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, late 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, who was present at the action at Karee in the Boer War, and who later played a crucial role in raising the 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during the Great War, comprising: India General Service, 1895-1902, single clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Capt. E. A. Daubeny. 1st Bn. E. Lanc: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 3rd type reverse, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Major A. E. Daubeny, E. Lanc: Regt); King’s South Africa, 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major E. A. Daubeny. E. Lanc: Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Major E. A. Daubeny. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (Lt. Col. E. A. Daubeny.); Group loose, with old medal bar and original ribbons, matching miniature group of 6, enamelled ‘flag’ bar, various buttons, lapel badge, two original parchment warrants, dark old tone, some marks and edge bruises in places, Q.S.A. with heavy edge mark/scuff at rim, otherwise very fine (lot) Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Daubeny was born on 13 June 1863 at Clifton, Bristol, the tenth and youngest son of Edmund Joseph and Margaret Daubeny. He received his first commission as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment (Militia) on 7 April 1883, then taking up a Lieutenancy with the East Lancashire Regiment on 4 November 1884. He served with the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during the Relief of Chitral in 1895, and continued into the Boer War of 1900-02, leading ‘A’ Company in action during the engagement at Karee, amongst others (‘Red Roses on the Veldt’ by Downham, refers). He was promoted to Captain on 4 June 1900 and received his Brevet Majority on 27 September 1901 as part of various honours awarded to the East Lancashire Regiment after the Boer War.He retired at the rank of Major on 11 April 1906, but returned to army service some years later in order to assist his old regiment during the Great War in September 1914. He played a crucial role in the formation of the 7th Battalion, serving initially as Second-in-Command in France in 1915, later taking command of the Battalion himself upon the death of Colonel Hilton (as recorded in ‘The History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918’ by Nicholson). On his return to England he was appointed to the Reserve Battalion, South African Infantry, and in 1917 he took command of the Regimental Depot in Preston. He retired for a second time on 6 May 1919, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and died on 23 June 1941 – his ashes scattered in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol.

Estimate: GBP 800 - 1200