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The Julian Johnson Collection A fine Great War C.M.G., C.B.E., ‘1917’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier C. C. Norman, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Sierra Leone Battalion, West African Frontier Force, who was wounded during the Boer War at Tugela Heights, 24 February 1900, served during the Kissi expedition of 1905, and was severely wounded leading his detachment on the Liberian Frontier, 29 December 1906. Twice wounded during the Great War, he commanded the 15th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, September 1916 - January 1918, and the 17th Battalion from July 1918 until the Armistice. After the war Norman served as Inspector-General of the Royal West African Frontier Force, and of the King’s African Rifles The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lieut. C. C. Norman. R. Welsh Fus.) with unofficial rivets between 2nd and 3rd, and 3rd and 4th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. C. C. Norman. Rl. Welsh. Fus.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kissi 1905 (Captain C. C. Norman. S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. C. Norman, R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. C. C. Norman.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed issued; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Fifth Class, silver and enamel, enamel damage to last, light contact marks overall, generally very fine, unless otherwise stated, scarce (11) £3400-3800 Footnote C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1919. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 February 1937. D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917, 18 December 1917, 27 December 1918 and 8 July 1919. France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 20 January 1919. Compton Cardew Norman was born in December 1877, and was the son of Colonel C. Norman, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Taunton. He served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry prior to being commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in January 1899. He advanced to Lieutenant in May 1900, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Second Boer War. Norman was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including at Colenso, and during operations at Tugela Heights where he was wounded in action, 24 February 1900. Further detail of the latter date is recorded in Regimental Records Of The Royal Welch Fusiliers Cary and McCance: ‘All that day the battalion lay exposed to a fire so severe, and delivered at such range, that the diaries kept by some of the officers of the regiment record that it was impossible to raise a finger above the skyline without instantly drawing fire. The whole of the Royal Welch companies were engaged - half a company being in the firing line, half in support in rear of the crest. The Boers had the range to a nicety, and Lieutenant Harris relates in his diary that by 10am about 11 men in his half-company (”D”) had been hit, some in three or four places. Those who were unable to crawl down the hill had to remain where they were, as it was impossible to move them, or to bring up rations or water until darkness set in. The casualties of this day were Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. H. Thorold, Lieutenant Stebbing, Corporal J. Evans Privates G. Cox, S. Pike, R. Birkett, E. Evans, and R. Joyce killed, and Lieutenant C. C. Norman and 29 rank and file wounded.’ After the Boer War Norman was posted on attachment to Sierra Leone for service with the West African Frontier Force. He arrived in Sierra Leone in October 1903, and advanced to Captain (local rank), Sierra Leone Battalion, in May the following year. Norman served under Captain C. E. Palmer, R.A. as part of the Kis