A Collection of Awards to the Army Service Corps

A Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. B. Fraser, Army Service Corps

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, obverse centre depressed; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star with copy slip-on clasp (Capt, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt. Col.); Romania, Order of the Crown, 1st type, Officer’s breast badge with swords, gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; together with another Order of the Crown, 1st type breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel - this lacking centres, first five mounted on brooch bar, generally good very fine (7) £1400-1600

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

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D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. ‘Maj., A.S.C.’

O.B.E. (Mil.) London Gazette 12 December 1919. ‘.... in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders.’ ‘Maj. (T./Lt.-Col.), D.S.O., R.A.S.C.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 28 January 1916; 4 January 1917; 20 May 1918; 11 June 1920.

Romania, Order of the Crown, Officer, London Gazette 20 September 1919. ‘Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, D.S.O., Royal Army Service Corps.’



Pierce Butler Fraser was born on 14 November 1881 and educated at Portsmouth and Sandhurst. He received his first commission in the Hampshire Regiment in August 1900 but transferred to the A.S.C. in January 1902. He was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1903 and to Captain in May 1907. As such he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war with the 6th Division on 22 August 1914 (awarded Star and clasp), remaining with them until December 1914, being advanced to Major in October 1914. Fraser was in the landing at Sulva Bay with the 11th Division on 6 August 1915, and joined the 29th Division on the Peninsula on 1 October 1915 as D.A.Q.M.G. He remained with the 29th Division, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France, until the end of the war. For his many services Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser was four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O., O.B.E. and Romanian Order of the Crown.

With original photograph of the recipient and copied gazette extracts, m.i.c. and other research.