A fine O.B.E. group of 6 to Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Averill Elton, Royal Engineers, mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener, served South Africa and France, Fellow of the Surveyors Institute
Herbert Averill Elton
Born: 29th Oct. 1857
Ranks:
Assistant Surveyor (ranking as Lieut.) - 16th Jul. 1883
Surveyor 2nd Cl. (“” = Capt.) - 1st Oct. 1892
Surveyor 1st Cl. (“” = “”) - 1st Nov. 1901
Superintending Inspector of Works (with rank of Hon. Major) - 1st Apr. 1907
Supt. Inspector of Works (Hon. Lieut. Col.) - 27th Aug. 1915
Retired - 1st Sep. 1921
Died - circa 1927
War service:
South Africa 1899-1902; operations in Cape Colony south of the Orange River, 1899-1900; operations in Cape Colony, 30th Nov. 1900-31st May 1902.
Mentioned in Despatches by Lord Kitchener on 23rd June 1902 (London Gazette of 29th July 1902).
Q.S.A. & cl., K.S.A. & 2 cl.
World War I, 1914-1918; in France & Flanders from 1914 to mid-1915, & then in Great Britain. (O.B.E., 1914 Star, B.W.M. & V.M.)
Other services:
At Plymouth: 1891-1896.
At War Office in 1897.
In South Africa: 1898-1902.
In London: 1908-1914.
Eastern Command: 1918-1921.
Awards:
Queen’s South Africa Medal & clasp “Cape Colony”
King’s South Africa Medal & clasps “South Africa 1901” and “South Africa 1902”
(Both named to Surveyor 1st Cl., F.S.I., R.E.)
1914 Star (Hon. Major, R.E.)
British War & Victory Medals (Major)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)
L.G. 3rd June 1919: Lt. Col. H.A. Elton, R.E.
Lt. Col. Elton was a Fellow of the Surveyors Institute (c. 1895).
Address (1921):
37 Kidbrook Park Road, Blackheath, Kent.
The Staff for Royal Engineer Services was formerly (prior to 1895) known as R.E. Establishment Civil Staff.
Uniform:
Blue. Facings: Bright Blue. Edging: Scarlet.
Only 2 members of the Staff for Engineer Services were granted the Q.S.A. Medal, and H.A. Elton was the only recipient of the K.S.A. Medal & M.I.D.