Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Orme, Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force, late South Staffordshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. H. A. Orme.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1919 (Lt. Col. H. A. Orme. R.A.); Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral top riband bar, minor contact marks to fourth, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £300-£400

Herbert Alfred Orme was born at Wolverhampton on 27 May 1877. Educated at Cheadle Hulme School, he was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment, on 24 April 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 17 November 1897, and Captain on 11 July 1903, he was transferred to the 3rd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force, on 1 April 1908. Later advanced Major on 1 April 1909, he served for the majority of the Great War on home service including postings at Leighton Buzzard and Ripon in command of a Battery of No. 1 Reserve Brigade. He also served with an Anti-Aircraft Reserve Brigade stationed at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight.

Having been promoted Lieutenant Colonel on 19 July 1918, Orme witnessed the closing stages of the war in France from 2 October 1918 to 10 March 1919, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 19 August 1919.

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