6th Mar, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 2002
 

2002

Captain Donald Francis Neilson, D.S.O. M.C., Lincolnshire Regiment - a Distinguished Service...

Captain Donald Francis Neilson, D.S.O. M.C., Lincolnshire Regiment - a Distinguished Service Order in case of issue, a Military Cross, the reverse engraved CAPT.D.F.NEILSON 1 BTN LINC REGT., in case of issue and a Memorial Plaque in cardboard envelope with scroll and Buckingham Palace issue slip, two portrait photographs and related ephemera including his Field Message Book, twelve trench maps and two aerial photographs, letters of condolence to his mother, newspaper cuttings, his typed obituary, the original citation for the DSO, a letter from the War Office stating that he was mentioned in a despatch from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig dated 8th November 1918 for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and records of his time at Keble College, Oxford etc.
Footnote:- Captain Neilson was killed in action on 15th April 1918 in the battle for Kemmel Hill, aged 25 years.

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Mar, 2020

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