Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Douglas Rumbold

[auchonvillerssomme]

Now what on earth did Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Douglas Rumbold, 8th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment do to deserve this?

5th March, 1920.

The King has been pleased to direct

that temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney

Douglas Rumbold, 8th Battalion, The York

and Lancaster Regiment, shalll oease to be a

member of the -Most Distinguished Order of

Saint Michael and Saint George, of which

Order h« was appointed Companion on 1st

January, 1919, and that Ms name shall be

erased from the Register of the Order.

War Office,

5th March, 1920.

His Majesty the KING has directed that the

Distinguished Service Order and the Bar to the

Distinguished Service Order ' which were

awarded to temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Sydney Douglas Rumbold, 8th Battalion, The

York and Lancaster Regiment, and were

gazetted on the 27th October, 1917, and the. 1st

February, 1919, respectively, shall be cancelled,

and that his name shall-be erased from

the Register of the Order, in consequence of his

having been cashiered by sentence of a General

Court-Martial.

5th March, 1920.

His Majesty the KING has directed that.the

award of the Military Cross to temporary Lieutenant-

Colonel Sydney Douglas Rumbold, 8tih

Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment,.

Which was gazetted on the 1st January, .1917,.

shall be cancelled, and his name erased from,

the Register, in consequence of his having;

been cashiered by sentence of a General Court-

Martial.

Mick

[auchonvillerssomme]

Its ok found a previous post - Acts of indecency.

Mick