Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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A fine Great War O.B.E., scarce Warrant Officer’s ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain J. J. Bulman, Royal Engineers, later Royal Signals, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (... J. J. Bulman. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (... 2nd. Corpl: J. Bulman. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. J. Bulman.) all mounted for display in an illustrated and informative octagonal glazed display frame, together with a Royal Engineers cap badge, light contact marks, very fine and better

Three: Lieutenant J. R. Bulman, 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and died of wounds in Normandy on 12 August 1944
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, wth M.I.D. oak leaf, with named condolence slip, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. R. A. F. Bulman, Roylands, Croyde Bay, Braunton, N. Devon’, extremely fine (10) £1,400-£1,800

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Note: The medals awarded to Captain John James Bulman have not been removed from the display frame for inspection, and not all the naming details are visible. Consequently, this lot is sold as viewed.

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919:
‘For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’

M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1915:
‘For services rendered in connection with Operations in the Field.’

John James Bulman attested for the Royal Engineers and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Telegraph Battalion. He was later selected for appointment to the Sudan Government Telegraphs in Khartoum under Colonel E. V. Turner, and rapidly gained promotion to the rank of Inspector, returning home in 1910.

Advanced Company Sergeant Major, Bulman served with the 3rd Light Railway Signal Company, Royal Engineers, during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 August 1914, and was Mentioned in Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915). Awarded a scarce Warrant Officer’s Military Cross, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 18 April 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 June 1915, and Captain on 11 June 1916. Twice further Mentioned by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in his Despatches of 7 November 1917 and 8 November 1918 (London Gazettes 14 December 1917 and 23 December 1918), for his services during the Great War he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year’s Honours’ List. Post-War he served as Captain and Adjutant of the 54th East Anglian Divisional Signals (Territorial Army), and died in Devon on 16 June 1925.

Sold with the recipient’s 1895 pattern Sword, by Wilkinson, London, numbered 50457 and etched ‘Royal Engineers’ on blade, with G.V.R. cypher to hilt, with leather scabbard ands sword knot.

John Reginald Bulman, the son of Captain John James Bulman and his wife Rose Agatha Ford Bulman, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, on 12 March 1944. He served during the Second World War in North West Europe post-D-Day, and died of wounds in Normandy on 12 August 1944, aged 21, being posthumously Mentioned in Despatches ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe’ (London Gazette 10 May 1945). He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery; his headstone reads: ‘John - So greatly loved and honoured. A very true, lovable and gallant scout.’

Sold with a Boy Scouts lapel badge

This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.