Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27th November 2024
Lot 51
The Great War M.C. group to Major Stanley Cornell Deed, 10th Hussars: Military Cross, George V;
Estimate £700 - £1,000 | Hammer £1071
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Description
The Great War M.C. group to Major Stanley Cornell Deed, 10th Hussars: Military Cross, George V; 1914-15 Star (LIEUT. S. C. DEED. 10/HRS.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (MAJOR S. C. DEED.); 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Egypt: the Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge; later mounted for display, Nile badge with light enamel damage and loose (rotating) central device, others good very fine. [9]
(36mm diameter of round medals)
M.C. London Gazette 30/03/1916
Stanley Cornell Deed was born in London on the 2nd of April 1881, and was educated at Horton Hall, Eastbourne College, and Merton College Oxford. He saw home service with the Berkshire Yeomanry 1899-1902, and subsequently devoted himself to farming in South Africa and Argentina, acquiring a profound knowledge of horses. He returned to England in 1914 and was commissioned in the 2nd King Edward's Horse, before transferring via the 11th Reserve Cavalry to the 10th Hussars in France in May 1915. The action for which he received the M.C. was carried out at the Hog's Back, Vermelles, on the 2nd and 3rd February 1916, and is described in the citation as follows:
"For conspicuous gallantry as Bombing Officer in the trenches. When the enemy suddenly and unexpectedly exploded a mine, he forstalled them and occupied the crater, and drove off their bombers. Later, when the enemy had occupied their lip of the crater he led out his bombers again and turned them out."
Deed went on to serve as Staff Captain with the 7th and then the 6th Cavalry Brigades. He was in Egypt and Palestine from October 1917, and was Liason Officer to the New Zealand Cavalry Brigade. He was made D.A.A.G. 5th Cavalry Division in Syria and Palestine in May 1918. He was twice mentioned in despatches, including that of General Allenby on the 5th of March 1919. He was honoured with the Order of the Nile (London Gazette 26/11/19) for services to the Egyptian government in connection with horse husbandry.