Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A 1940 M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain A. E. Bonham, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Medaille des Epidemies for his service during the Great War

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. E. Bonham); France, Third Republic, Medaille des Epidemies, embossed naming (M. A. E. Bonham 1920), last three mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-£240

M.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1940.

M.I.D. London Gazettes 12 May 1918, 27 August 1918, and 5 June 1918.

French Medaille des Epidemies (en Vermeil) London Gazette 15 December 1919.

Arthur Ernest Bonham was born in Exeter on 15 April 1879. He served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army) during the Great War, entering the Mesopotamian Theatre in October 1916. During his service he was three times Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Medaille des Epidemies (en Vermeil) in December 1919. In later life he continued to work in the health industry and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division), for his service as Chief Sanitary Inspector in Exeter. He died in 1971.