The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick
David Riddick
David George Bushman Riddick, born on 23 November 1921, began collecting medals as long ago as 1944. His inspiration for this came from visits at an early age to an uncle who had been awarded the K.C.B. and other Indian medals. At first David collected medals of all types, but in 1960 he decided henceforward to concentrate his energies towards the awards to officers and other ranks in the medical profession.
Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, David joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1948 and became a specialist anaesthetist, rising to the rank of Colonel. During his 28 years of service in the R.A.M.C. he travelled to many countries, either on normal postings or on short time duty, including Egypt, Kenya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, British Guiana, Australia and Germany. David finished his army career as Director of Medical Services in Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (S.H.A.P.E.), the central command of N.A.T.O. military forces, at Casteau, near Mons, Belgium, retiring in 1976.
The Riddick collection of medals to the medical services is one of the foremost of its kind, as will be seen by perusing the following pages. This first part, of 118 lots, spans the period from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second Afghan War. The second part of the collection will be offered by DNW on 6 December.
Collection Information
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- Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.
- A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C. and R.A.F. formed by Wing Commander Bill Traynor
- The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals
- Exceptional Naval and Polar Awards from the Collection of RC Witte
- The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick
- The Union Bank of Scotland Collection
- The Collection of Short Cross Coins formed by the late Professor Jeffrey P. Mass
- Irish Medals in Gold and Silver from the Collection of James Spencer
- World Art Medals from the Collection of Dr Stephen Martin
- The Godfrey Burr Collection
- British Coins from the Collection of Ernest Danson
- Meritorious Service Medal Groups from the Collection of Ian McInnes
- Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson
- The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F.
- A Group of Long Cross Pennies of the Mint of Bury St Edmunds
- A Collection of Nursing and Hospital Badges
- Naval Medals from the collection formed by Captain W. A. Tinlin, M.C., late 14th London Regiment (1880-1965)
- Medals for the Egypt and Sudan Campaigns from the collection of Colin Narbeth
- British Historical Medals from the Collection of Dennis Fig
- A Collection of Sovereigns and Half-Sovereigns, the Property of a West Sussex Collector
- A Collection of British Milled Sixpences
- The Collection of British Bronze Pennies formed by Christopher Spencer
- The Professor B.K. Gills Collection of Ancient and Medieval World Coins and Money
- A Provincial Bank of Ireland Ledger and Banknotes
- A Good Series of Italian Medieval Coins
- A Collection of Coins of Burma (Myanmar)
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