dante Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Hiding away on ebay.... broken with no discription Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) And to trump it all it was found in Texas...... Correctly named to Lt Colonel G. D. Carleton.....who was appointed to command the 7th (service) battalion the Leicestershire Regiment from the 6th September 1914 to 1915. Lieutenant-Colonel G D Carleton also commanded the 1st battalion the Leicester Regiment in Ladysmith during the South African war. He also appears to have been an accomplished artist. Carleton. George. Dudley. (Lt.-Col. ret. pay)— South African War, 1899-1902.— Operations in Natal, 99, including actions at Talana and Lombard's Kop. Defence of Ladysmith, including sortie of 7 Dec. 99. Operations in Natal Mar. to Jun. 00, including action at Laings Nek (6 to 9 Jun.). Operations in Transvaal, east of Pretoria July to 29 Nov. 00, including actions at Belfast (26 and 27 Aug.), and Lydenberg (5 to 8 Sept.). Despatches, Lond. Gaz., 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 01. Queen's medal with 4 clasps. King's medal with 2 clasps. for his service in WW1 he earned a 1914/15 star, British War & Victory Medal. Commissioned 1876, born 1858 in India,Secunderabad, Madras, India, he died in 1941 He also appears to have been an accomplished amateur painter Edited June 21, 2016 by dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 What a great story; what a great medal. Congratulations! I'd try my best to find one of his paintings. Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka f Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Hendey Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 What an amazing find! Since he had such a distinguished career, his medals should have ended up either in a museum, or with a collector who would have treasured them. I once owned the QSA medal of a bandsman in Carleton's regiment in South Africa and I thought it to be pretty special. Those of his Colonel would have been in a different league! Regards Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Well done, one has to pick through tons of dross on E-bay but it's occasions like this that make it all worth while. I wonder where the rest of medals ended up? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Fantastic find! I wonder if the medals were split to melt down the silver ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thank you Gentleman, even sadder is the state of the medal!!, I am going to get it repaired and cleaned up and try to find out more about him... I cannot imagine how or why a commanding officers medals would have ended broken and thousands of miles from home... I hope to show an even stranger sad single victory in the next few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 20 hours ago, paul wood said: Well done, one has to pick through tons of dross on E-bay but it's occasions like this that make it all worth while. I wonder where the rest of medals ended up? Paul That's so true. Another great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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