WW1 Lt-Col D.A.Davidson O.B.E.D.L Royal Irish Fusiliers Uniform

For sale is a rare grouping all issued to WW1 Lieutenant Colonel D.A. Davidson O.B.E.D.L Royal Irish Fusiliers. Everything comes boxed from “Keenan, Phillips & Co Ltd, Civil and military tailors, 11 Maddox Street, Regent Street, London W.1” and this was issued to “Lt. Colonel D.A. Davidson O.B.E D.L, Thorngrove, Grimley, Worcester.” 

  This grouping includes:   A ww1 small brown leather Sam brown belt maker marked inside “H.Huntsman & Sons Ltd 11 Savile Row, London W.1”.    A Lieutenant Colonel Irish fusiliers officers ceremonial silver braided sash.   A Lieutenant colonel white and silver braided pommel.   A Lieutenant colonel Irish fusiliers oak leaf decorated and guided buckle belt and shoulder strap lined with red leather.    A pair of Lieutenant colonial Officers Irish fusiliers silver and gold braided epaulettes.    Some scans of his service record and research.        Some of the research is as follows;     Duncan Athol Davidson signed up with the British army in 1914, entering rank of captain. He served in France from the 18th December 1914 onwards where he was Awarded a victory medal, war medal and 14-15 star.   Lt Col D A Davison (Capt. during the war) who served with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers    31 Dec 1919 (Officers' Services): Capt D A Davison Royal Irish Fusiliers was wounded during the war and made an OBE   Duncan Athol Davison was born Sedgefield Co Durham - registered 4th qtr 1887 (can give you refs if you want to order certs)   His father was also Duncan - in the 1881 census he was a student at the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester - then in 1891 (at 2 Balmoral Terrace Saltburn) and 1901 (6 St Michael's Road Bedford) he was"living on own means"   Duncan Athol's grandfather Thomas was shown in the 1861 census as a retired Army Captain Duncan Athol was appointed 2nd Lt from the RMC on 9/10/1907 and promoted to Lt 22/12/09 His Mic shows he went to France 18/12/1914 - by 20/12/1915 he was being appointed as an Assistant Instructor at the School of Musketry - and from memory from the LG entries spent the rest of the war there.    After the war he was appointed to command of a detention barracks   He married in 1921 Ursula Dorothea Elizabeth Bright (daughter of Heywood Bright a merchant and shipowner from Liverpool) and appears to have had 3 children - Dorothea Antoinette (married Ralph Christopher March 2/2/1952)   Margaret Ethel (married Ronald Enverdale Livingstone-Bussell in Nairobi 9/1/1948)   Richard de Lautour He died on 30th May 1966 and for some years lived at Thorngrove, Grimley, Worcs   18.12.14 served in France onwards    Awarded a victory medal, war medal and 14-15 star   Captain D A Davison is only mentioned once in the 1st Battalion History, the extract is from April 1915 when he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. This extract states:    “The losses on this day were severe and increased by the fact that a number of men, who would otherwise have been in rear, knowing that a battle was imminent, joined the companies on their own initiative.   The casualties were:-Officers killed: Captain E. J. McN. Penrose, Lieutenant A. J. Millar, and Lieutenant D. P. Lynden-Bell. Officers wounded: Captains D. A. Davison and J. C. P. O'Brien, Lieutenants H. E. Herrick (machine-gun officer), J. F. R. Massy-Westropp, H. Turner and H. S. Shine, and Second-Lieutenant W. P. Oulton. Other ranks: Killed, 45: wounded, 160; missing, 150 (most of whom were dead).   The fate of Captain Penrose, a most gallant officer who had distinguished himself in every action he had taken part in, and had been recommended for reward, was for a long time a mystery. It was not till December, 1919, that his father, the Rev. John T. Penrose, received from a German professor at Aachen some papers belonging to his son, and which he, the professor, said he had found in a dug-out on the Hanebeek on April 25th, 1915.   The conduct of all ranks of the Royal Irish Fusiliers on this day was in accordance with the best traditions of the Regiment. The services of the following were brought to special notice-   Captain G. Bull, Captain G. V. W. Hill, Lieutenant C. E. Cooke,   Lieutenant A. Low, Second-Lieutenant G. Wadden, Second-Lieutenant J. C.   Henry, Lieutenant G. Gough, Lieutenant W. Liesching, Captain C. J. Elkan,   Second-Lieutenant H. P. Shine, Lance-Corporal R. Keenan, Private T.   Steenson, Private E. Cheeny, Private S. McDowell, Company Sergeant-Major   J. Cathcart, Sergeant P. Radmilovic (killed), Private A. Branagan, Lance-   Corporal P. Gilbert, Lance-Corporal J. King, Corporal R. Fraser, Private J.   Copeland, Sergeant F. Hodd, Private W. Douglas, Lance-Corporal M.   Kirkland, Private E. Pearson, Drummer T. Woods, Private H. Lunn, Corporal   A. Harden, Sergeant C. Nicholson, and Private B. McParland. No. 6484 Private John Copeland, killed in this action, has been mentioned above as saving Captain Wright's life at Houplines. He met his death when performing the same service for Captain Davison, to whom he was acting as orderly. Captain Davison had been wounded in the foot, and Private Copeland was helping him to a place of comparative safety, when a bullet passed through both of them. Captain Davison was rendered unconscious, but he believed this bullet killed Private Copeland, a fine soldier, and one who was much respected by his officers and comrades.   In his official report, Lieutenant-General B. X. H. Alderson, commanding 1st Canadian Division, wrote as follows:-   "It is difficult to write too highly of the gallantry of the 10th Brigade and the work done by it. It arrived on the night of the 24th April, when the situa tion was critical. The necessity for a counter-attack without delay war imperative. Therefore the Brigade had to go forward early the next morning over, to them, unknown and unreconnoitred ground. I advanced, in spite of heavy losses, with the utmost gallantry, and though it did not reach its objec tive, its attacks undoubtedly checked the German advance and relieved the situation in this part of the field. Subsequently the Brigade held its ground, and repulsed all of the numerous German counter-attacks."”   His OBITUARIES states:    “Lt.-Col. D. A. Davison, O.B.E.   It is with much regret that we have to record the death of Lt.-Col. Duncan Athol Davison.   Born in 1887, he was commissioned into the Regiment from Sandhurst in October 1907 and joined the 1st Battalion. He was promoted to Lieutenant in October 1909. Having attended a series of courses at the School of Musketry, Hythe, he was posted there as an Instructor in January 1914. This was the start of his long connection with the School and its counterpart in France during the Great War, 1914-1918.   He returned to the 1st Battalion in December 1914 and saw service with that Battalion until he was seriously wounded at the Second Battle of Ypres on April 25, 1915. After a spell in hospital. he returned to France as an Instructor at the School of Infantry in October 1916, becoming Commandant, with the rank of Major, in June 1917. In July 1918 he was posted as Chief Instructor of the School of Musketry in Ireland finally relinquishing this appointment in July 1919. For his war-time services he was awarded. the O.B.E.   He then became Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and held this post until October 1922 when he was posted as Assistant Commandant of the Military Prison and Detention Barracks at Aldershot. He held this appointment until he retired in October 1925.”     Duncan Athol Davison was born in 1887 and commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers Regiment. Joined 1st Battalion in December 1914 embarking to France and saw service with that Battalion until 1915.    Captain Davison was wounded in the attack on St Julien, at the Second Battle of Ypres on April 25.   After a spell in hospital he returned to France as an Instructor at the School of Infantry in October 1916, becoming Commandant, with the rank of Major, in June 1917.   In July 1918 he was posted as Chief Instructor of the School of Musketry in Ireland finally relinquishing this appointment in July 1919. For his wartime services he was awarded the O.B.E.    In 1958 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Worcestershire. He lived at Froxmere Court, Crowle and latterly at Thorngrove, Grimley. He was a national vice chairman of the British Legion.   Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Athol Davison died on 30th May 1966.     This is an incredible collection of his ceremonial uniform pieces, with some good research behind them. These will be sent via special delivery and dispatched within two working days.