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An impressive group of eleven awarded to Major A. G. Denoon, Seaforth Highlanders, who was twice decorated and twice wounded in the Great War 1914 Star, with clasp (9256 L. Sjt. A. Denoon, 2/Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. A. G. Denoon); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sub. Inspr. Alexander G. Denoon); Belgium, Order of the Crown, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, with bronze palm, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, and Great War Aisne, Somme, King Albert and Flemish Cross of the Three Cities commemoratives, the latter with clasps for Nieuwpoort, Diksmuide and Ieper, and Dunkirk 1940 Commemorative Medal, reverse enamel damaged on the Belgian Crown, re-gilded and polished overall, generally very fine (Lot) Alexander Gilchrist Denoon was born in September 1887 and served for 10 years in the ranks, latterly as a Warrant Officer 2nd Class. He landed in France as a Lance-Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders on 21 August 1914 and remained on active service until the war's end. The Battalion was heavily engaged in the retreat to Mons in 1914, suffering heavy casualties, among them Lieutenant-Colonel Sir E. R. Bradford, Bt., the unit's C.O., who was killed at the crossing of the Aisne in mid-September. In the following month, the Battalion was engaged in the attack on Meteren, when it carried enemy positions at the point of the bayonet, in addition to heavy fighting at Frelinghen; the unit's war diary records 'no firing' on Christmas Day 1914, when the Seaforths were free to 'walk about in the open'. On 1 July 1916, the Battalion went into action with the 1st East Lancashires and 1st Hampshires at Redan Ridge on the Somme. In the ensuing fighting - which cost the Seaforths nearly 400 casualties - one of Denoon's comrades, Drummer Ritchie, won a memorable V.C.: amidst a galling fire, he stood on the parapet of a trench and rallied his comrades by sounding the 'Charge'. Denoon was twice wounded in the Great War, one of those occasions likely taking place on the Somme. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in November 1916; he received his other wound in April 1917, when he was evacuated to the American Women's Hospital for Officers at Lancaster Gate, London. His gallant service was recognised by the awards of the 5th Class of the Belgian Order of the Crown ( London Gazette 24 September 1917, refers) and Croix de Guerre ( London Gazette 11 March 1918, refers). He remained in the Regular Army after the war, gaining numerous prizes for his marksmanship and sporting prowess, prior to being placed on the Retired List in the mid-1930s. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities, he served as a Major in his old regiment and latterly in the R.A.O.C. He was Chairman of the London Branch of Seaforth Highlanders Association from 1930-51. Sold with an extensive collection of related militaria and shooting or other awards, together with a quantity of original documentation and photographs, including: (i) An officer's basket-hilted sword, with polished steel scabbard, by John Jones & Co. of 6 Regent Street, London SW , the blade etched and engraved 'Ne Obliviscaris' and appertaining to the 1st Battalion of Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, original fish skin grip, in canvas case, scabbard with minor corrosion and indentation at tip (ii) The recipient's skean dhu, together with his swagger stick, the latter with silver fitments, with hallmarks for London, 1909. (iii) Presentation cup, All Ireland Army Rifle Meeting, 1922, unmarked, won by 'Lieut A. G. Denoon, Seaforth Highlanders'; and another, The Officer's Cup, Northern Ireland District Rifle Meeting, 1924, silver hallmarks for Sheffield, 1919, won by 'Lieut. A. G. Denoon, The Seaforth Highlanders', on black wooden plinth. (iv) Presentation regimental or shooting spoons (6), fiv