Five: Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 A. Jamieson, Royal Army Service Corps

1914 Star, with clasp (S-18514 Cpl., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (S-18514 T.W.O. Cl. 1, A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-18514Sjt., A.S.C.); France, Medal of Honour, 1st Class with swords, silver-gilt, unnamed, good very fine (5) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Army Service Corps.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915 (French’s despatch of 20 November 1914); 25 May 1918 (Haig).

France, Medal of Honour, 1st Class with swords London Gazette 29 January 1919; correction London Gazette 21 August 1919.

Arthur Jamieson was born in Berwick. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the A.S.C. at Woolwich in September 1901, aged 21 years. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1907 and discharged in September 1912. With the onset of war he returned to the Colours, and as a Corporal in the 19th Infantry Brigade Supply Column, A.S.C., entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 August 1914. Serving throughout the war, his services brought him two mentions in despatches and the award of an M.S.M. and French Medal of Honour.

With original M.I.D. certificates (2) and Medal of Honour bestowal document; together with copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts and (indistinct) service papers.