British War Medal (D-1907 SJT. E.W. DELAMERE. 7 - D. GDS.); British War Medal (SGT. E.W. DELAMERE, I.U.L.); Victory Medal with M.I.D. Oakleaf (D-1907 SJT. E.W. DELAMERE. 7 - D. GDS.); General Service Medal clasp Kurdistan (389460 A - S.SJT. E.W. DELAMERE. C.M.S.C.); Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Delhi Durbar 1911; Jubilee Medal 1935; Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal GVR (S-SJT. E.W. DELAMERE, IND. CPS. OF CLERKS.); Meritorious Service Medal GVR (1907 SJT. E.W. DELAMERE. 7/D. GDS.)
Ernest Walter Delamere aka Rocke was born in Croydon, London on 24 March 1885. He enlisted for service with the 7th Hussars on 9 April 1902 using the surname Rocke. Assigned no. 6154 he saw service with them in South Africa from 7 October 1902 until 10 February 1905. Having returned to England he was discharged to the Reserve on 9 April 1905 - having earned no medal in the process.
At some point he decided to further his military career and, moving abroad to India he was employed as a Conductor with Southern Command, earning with them the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal - by this time he was going under the surname of Delamere. That same year, according to the 1911 census, he had joined the ranks of the 7th Dragoon Guards as a Private with no. 1907.
With the outbreak of WWI he was deployed. both as a Sergeant with the 7th Dragoons and as an Acting Staff Sergeant, no. 389460, with the Corps of Military Clerks. He has two Medal Index Cards confirming the above. He was Mentioned in Dispatches with the C.M.S.C. (Staff & Headquarters) in the London Gazette of 15 August 1917 for services in Mesopotamia. This was followed by the award of the Meritorious Service Medal (Dragoon Guards) which was Gazetted on 3 March 1919 - also iro Mesopotamia. He also earned the GSM for the operations in Kurdistan.
By the time of the 1921 census he was back in India as a Military Staff Clerk on the India Unattached List.
He was commissioned a Lieutenant (Asst. Commy.) in the LG of 1 January 1937 and confirmed a Lieutenant, late Indian Army, with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in the LG of 23 October 1939 - this notification was cancelled in the LG of 13 February 1940. According to the 1939 Register he was an officer with the R.A.O.C. based at Woolwich in England and was living at 360 Southborough Lane, Bromley.
Delamere passed away while living at the above address on 26 September 1964. A glance at his family tree clearly shows the link between the Rocke and Delamere surnames.
Medals are in good condition unless indicated otherwise. Sold with an archive of research and a (broken) pair of eye glasses purportedly belonging to Delamere.
