£2,200
Colonel George Hamilton Gordon, C.M.G., D.S.O., a group of six medals, comprising Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Distinguished Service Order, 1914-15 Star, named to Major G.H. Gordon, British War Medal, Victory Medal, named to Lt. Col. G.H. Gordon, and Order of the White Eagle, Serbia, together with miniatures and a black and white studio photograph of Col. G.H. Gordon in uniform and a hand-written personal letter, with envelope, from Lord Kitchener, dated 19th July 1892, to Arabella Gordon, mother of Col. G H Gordon, and five facsimile letters from Winston Churchill one facsimile letter from Clementine Churchill, and one letter from Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting (a lot)
Col. George Hamilton Gordon, Royal Field Artillery, Born March 1875, Hon Brigadier General (Retired) son of James Henry Gordon, DSO (birthday honours) CMG 1919 (Balkans) Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), served France & Salonika (Col. Gordon's diaries are archived in the Liddle Collection (SAL 028). George Hamilton Gordon served at Ballincollig, Ireland 1910-12 and during W.W.1 saw service in Salonika 1915-18.
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