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A Fine DSO OBE Group to Lieutenant-Colonel Sidney Stallard, King's Royal Rifle Regiment

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A Fine DSO OBE Group to Lieutenant-Colonel Sidney Stallard, King's Royal Rifle Regiment

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A Fine DSO OBE Group to Lieutenant-Colonel Sidney Stallard, King's Royal Rifle Regiment

Distinguished Service Order, George V (silver gilt); Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer's Breast Badge (silver gilt, maker marked "SG" (Sebastian Garrard), hallmarked with the British lion, a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked "d" (1919) on the reverse); Queen's South Africa Medal, 5 Clasps - CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUT: S. STALLARD. K.R.R.C.); British War Medal (LT. COL S. STALLARD.); Victory Medal with MID Oak Leaf (LT. COL S. STALLARD.); Territorial Decoration, George V (silver gilt); and France: Order of the Legion of Honour, Knight Breast Badge, Third Republic (silver gilt and enamels). Court-mounted, most with original ribbons, intact enamels, dark patinas on the two silver medals, spotting on the VM, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: Lieutenant Sidney Stallard was with King's Royal Rifle Regiment during the South African War and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. In the rank of Captain (Honourary Lieutenant in the Army), he was to be Supernumerary, the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 28180 of Friday, September 25, 1908, page 6954. As a Supernumerary Captain (Honourary Lieutenant in the Army), from the 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), he was to be Captain effective September 15, 1913, the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 28761 of Friday, October 3, 1913, page 6897. In the rank of Captain with the 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), he was to be Major (Temporary), effective December 5, 1914, the announcement appearing in the Third Supplement to the London Gazette 29006, of Friday, December 11, 1914, on Monday, December 14, 1914, page 10684. In the rank of Captain (Temporary)(Temporary Major), Stallard was to be Captain (Temporary Major) with precedence from August 22, 1914 and to remain seconded, effective April 20, 1917, the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30027 of Tuesday, April 17, 1917, on Thursday, April 19, 1917, page 3747. Captain (Temporary/Lieutenant-Colonel) Sidney Stallard, London Regiment was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 230450 of Friday, December 28, 1917, on Tuesday, January 1, 1918, page 26. For his First World War service, Stallard was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. In the rank of Captain (Honourary Lieutenant in the Army), from the 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), Stallard, D.S.O., O.B.E. resigned his commission on July 1, 1920 and was granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform, the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 31959 of Tuesday, June 29, 1920, on Wednesday, June 30, 1930, page 7085. SidneyStallard, Esquire, D.S.O., O.B.E. was a Divisional Road Engineer with the Ministry of Transport when he was named a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a New Years' Award, the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 33566 of Tuesday, December 31, 1929, on Wednesday, January 1, 1930, page 7.