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A GREAT WAR MILITARY CROSS AND BAR GROUP OF FIVE TO CAPTAIN A.J. PIKE, QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT
(A) MILTARY CROSS, G.V.R. AND SECOND AWARD BAR, ENGRAVED ON THE REVERSE LT A.J. PIKE, OCT. 13TH 1915, IN CASE OF ISSUE
(B) 1914 - 15 STAR (2. LIEUT. A. J. PIKE, THE QUEEN'S S.R.)
(C) BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (CAPT. A. J. PIKE M.C.)
(D) SILVER PRIZE MEDALLION ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE 4TH ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL BOXING THE REVERSE, FEATHERWEIGHT WON BY CAPT. A. J. PIKE. M. C., HALLMARKS FOR BIRMINGHAM 1916, IN CASE OF ISSUE; WITH RELATED EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
M.C.LONDON GAZETTE 14 JANUARY 1916 (TEMP. LIEUT)
M.C SECOND AWARD BAR LONDON GAZETTE 20 NOVEMBER 1917 (TEMP. CAPTAIN, M.C. R. W. SURR. REG.)
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(A) MILTARY CROSS, G.V.R. AND SECOND AWARD BAR, ENGRAVED ON THE REVERSE LT A.J. PIKE, OCT. 13TH 1915, IN CASE OF ISSUE
(B) 1914 - 15 STAR (2. LIEUT. A. J. PIKE, THE QUEEN'S S.R.)
(C) BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (CAPT. A. J. PIKE M.C.)
(D) SILVER PRIZE MEDALLION ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE 4TH ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL BOXING THE REVERSE, FEATHERWEIGHT WON BY CAPT. A. J. PIKE. M. C., HALLMARKS FOR BIRMINGHAM 1916, IN CASE OF ISSUE; WITH RELATED EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
M.C.LONDON GAZETTE 14 JANUARY 1916 (TEMP. LIEUT)
M.C SECOND AWARD BAR LONDON GAZETTE 20 NOVEMBER 1917 (TEMP. CAPTAIN, M.C. R. W. SURR. REG.)
SEE PLATE 10
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CAPTAIN ARTHUR JAMES PIKE B.A. M.C. AND BAR., WAS BORN AT SEA ON 29 NOVEMBER 1885. HE WAS COMMISSIONED SEPTEMBER 1914, WON HIS M.C. ON THE 13TH OCTOBER, 1915, PROMOTED CAPTAIN JULY, 1916, WAS WOUNDED APRIL, 1917 AND AWARDED A SECOND AWARD BAR ON OCTOBER 14, 1917. HE WAS APPOINTED INSTRUCTOR AT 12TH O.C.B. NEWMARKET, 1918, AND SERVED THROUGH OUT WITH THE QUEENS R.W.S REGIMENT, 6TH SERVICE BATTALION. AFTER THE WAR HE SPENT SOME TIME IN AFRICA PROSPECTING IN TANGANYIKA. IN 1925 HE WAS ALSO SECRETARY OF THE RIFT VALLEY SPORTS CLUB, NAKURU, KENYA COLONY. HE RETURNED TO LONDON IN 1931 WERE HE COMPLETED A COURSE IN BUSINESS STUDIES. HE WAS EDUCATED AT BLACKHEATH AND UNIVERSTITY COLLEGE, LONDON.