Eight: Warrant Officer Class 1 A. Collie, Royal Engineers, who was awarded the M.S.M. and French Medaille Militaire prior to his death through wounds in June 1918 while serving on the Railway Transportation Establishment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State (1644 L./Corpl: A. Collie, R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1644 Serjt: A. Collie, R.E.); 1914 Star (1644 Q.M. Sjt. A. Collie. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1644 W.O. Cl. 1 A. Collie. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1644 Supt: Cl: A. Collie, G.H.Q. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1644 E.C.Q.M. Sjt: A. Collie, R.E.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted for display, the first two with contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (8) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Alexander Collie, who was born in Portsmouth and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Aldershot, served in 7th Field Company, R.E. during the Boer War, and was present in operations in the Orange Free State and at Belmont and Modder River. Next actively engaged in the Great War, he went out to France in August 1914 as a Quarter-Master Sergeant on the R.E’s Railway Transportation Establishment, in which capacity he served up until his death through wounds on 3 June 1918, aged 42 years. He had been awarded the French Medaille Militaire in the rank of Engineer Clerk Quarter-Master Sergeant (London Gazette 24 February 191), and the M.S.M. as a Superintending Clerk at G.H.Q., R.E. (London Gazette 1 January 1917), in the interim. He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, France.