The 1914 Star to Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. E. Egerton, (Officer Commanding) 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, killed in action at Loos, 29 September 1915

1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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Arthur George Edward Egerton was born in London on 22 August 1879, and educated at Evelyn’s; Eton and Sandhurst. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 11 February 1899, and promoted Lieutenant, 31 March 1900; Captain, 23 March 1907; Major, 21 March 1915; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 12 September 1915. He served in the South African War 1901-02 with the 2nd battalion, receiving the Q.S.A. with three clasps; made Adjutant to the 2nd battalion, from 14 July 1903 to 5 June 1904; and subsequently Adjutant to the School of Instruction at Chelsea Barracks. He was appointed Staff Officer of the O.T.C., London University, on the inauguration of that corps, 16 February 1909, which post he held until 15 February 1913, when he joined the 1st battalion of his regiment.

He went to France with the Expeditionary Force on 11 September 1914, being severely wounded at the Battle of the Aisne on 19 September. He rejoined the 1st battalion as Second in Command on 19 December 1914; and was appointed to command this battalion in September 1915. Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton took part in the advance at Loos on 27-28 September, and was killed in action there on the 29th (M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916). He is buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.