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Lot Essay
Sold with an interesting series of Great War maps, several annotated by the recipient, including 'Neuve Chapelle, May-June 1915', 'High Wood, Sept.-Oct. 1916', 'Hooge, Aug.-Sept. 1915', 'Bourlon Wood, Nov.-Dec. 1917'; together with one or two portrait photographs and original Territorial Force Record Office letters regarding the recipient's wounds (both dated June 1915).
C.B.E. London Gazette 11.6.1960 'For political and public services to St. Albans'.
D.S.O. London Gazette 24.5.1915 'For conspicuous gallantry and skill in establishing himself on the crest of Givenchy bluff on 28 May 1915, under very heavy fire, and from there directing bomb-throwers with great success for an hour. His prompt action not only repelled a hostile attack, but secured fresh ground, which was consolidated'.
Captain William Malcolm Lingard Escombe, C.B.E., D.S.O., was born in Bromley, Kent in December 1891, educated at Bradfield College and commissioned into the 20th London Regiment (Territorial Force) in March 1911. Proceeding to France in March 1915, he won his D.S.O. for bravery as a Company Commander that May. Seriously wounded by a gunshot wound in the right arm at Loos in late September, he was evacuated to England via No. 9 Stationary Hospital at Le Havre a few days later. For the remainder of hostilities, Escombe served as an Instructor to the 2nd Army and transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1919.
In later life, in addition to being Managing Director of the family firm Escombe McGraph Co. Ltd., he rose to the rank of Superintendent in the Hertfordshire Special Constabulary and commanded over 200 men in a 40 square mile area in the 1939-45 War. Escombe was additionally a Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company and Chairman - and latterly President - of the St. Albans Parliamentary Division, Conservative Unionist Association. He died in November 1973, having described his principal pursuit as 'making both ends meet', and his sporting achievements as 'getting married on his Army pay'.
C.B.E. London Gazette 11.6.1960 'For political and public services to St. Albans'.
D.S.O. London Gazette 24.5.1915 'For conspicuous gallantry and skill in establishing himself on the crest of Givenchy bluff on 28 May 1915, under very heavy fire, and from there directing bomb-throwers with great success for an hour. His prompt action not only repelled a hostile attack, but secured fresh ground, which was consolidated'.
Captain William Malcolm Lingard Escombe, C.B.E., D.S.O., was born in Bromley, Kent in December 1891, educated at Bradfield College and commissioned into the 20th London Regiment (Territorial Force) in March 1911. Proceeding to France in March 1915, he won his D.S.O. for bravery as a Company Commander that May. Seriously wounded by a gunshot wound in the right arm at Loos in late September, he was evacuated to England via No. 9 Stationary Hospital at Le Havre a few days later. For the remainder of hostilities, Escombe served as an Instructor to the 2nd Army and transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1919.
In later life, in addition to being Managing Director of the family firm Escombe McGraph Co. Ltd., he rose to the rank of Superintendent in the Hertfordshire Special Constabulary and commanded over 200 men in a 40 square mile area in the 1939-45 War. Escombe was additionally a Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company and Chairman - and latterly President - of the St. Albans Parliamentary Division, Conservative Unionist Association. He died in November 1973, having described his principal pursuit as 'making both ends meet', and his sporting achievements as 'getting married on his Army pay'.