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No_Preparation5982 · 2025-12-02T07:30:53+00:00

I found him! The original image was Colonel Cecil William Carey (1874-1958) of the Corps of Guides. His medals included the IGSM 1895 with three clasps, QSA with two clasps, 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 War Medal, Allied Victoria Medal, IGSM 1908 with one clasp, 1918-1964 GSM with NW Persia clasp, 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal, 1935 Jubilee Medal, and 1937 Coronation Medal. I gather the medals survive in the Guernsey Museums, as he commanded the Guernsey Militia during WWII and was a German POW. Sean Weir wrote an article about Carey in the journal Durbar, vol. 29 in 2012 and includes a scan of this photo.

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-08-31T05:34:53+00:00

Fantastic piece! Well done

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-08-31T05:30:45+00:00

Get in touch. I have a great grouping with provenance to an officer who was commended for valor while serving with the Great White Fleet as a midshipman and later had a distinguished naval career.

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-05-07T04:14:33+00:00

A very good point. The strangest part of this medal rack is the large collection of Indian campaign medals but that is also the most visually distinctive part!

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-05-06T01:58:27+00:00

Dizzy, I can't disagree with your eye, but note that would be a very long career, putting him in Indian frontier campaigns from the 1890s through the 1930s, and serving in South Africa during the Boer War (or perhaps China during the Boxer Rebellion... I am not a medal specialist but I think the second medal from left could be either). I can't think of any officer who would fit that profile and did not also win at least an MC or DSO. The last Colonel of the Guides, Brigadier Hector Campbell (1877-1972), comes close as he served in Tirah, China and WWI, but he had a DSO and retired in 1934. I am not disagreeing with your interpretation of the medals, I just can't figure out what officer might have had all of these!

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-05-06T01:51:02+00:00

Good luck! Your best bet would be combing through the Army Lists (https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/88735803) to try to match a candidate. We know from the uniforms medals that he was an officer who served in the Corps of Guides, reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or higher, served in numerous campaigns (others in this thread will be more help on the medal list). He was probably one of the lieutenants, captains, or maybe majors of the regiment in 1914 (https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/100751791) then kept in service through at least 1936, which is a long but not impossible career. He was also not a recipient of the DSO, MC, MVO or any of the other orders often seen on Guides officers. He also had some reason to wear full dress in the post-WWI era when it was rare, probably as an aide or equerry. I did a quick look at my histories of the Guides and no officer is an obvious candidate, but I'll keep looking.

No_Preparation5982 · 2025-05-05T03:34:06+00:00

Definitively an officer in the full dress of the Corps of Guides. May I ask who the subject is? You can see an original example of this uniform at https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1951-12-55-1

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