Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) O.B.E.; British War Medal (33186 PTE. A.H. BLAKE. NORTH'D. FUS.); Victory Medal (33186 PTE. A.H. BLAKE. NORTH'D. FUS.)
Arthur Humphreys Blake was born in Bengal, India on 18 March 1886. He served with the 8th Northumberland Fusiliers in WWI and was Wounded in action in 1916 after being sent to France on 20.9.1916. Commissioned an officer in 1917 he was attached to Inland Waterways in 1918.
He was made an OBE in 1921 when a Temporary Assistant in the Ministry of Shipping (LG 17 June 1921). In the 1935 Civil List he was a Technical Assistant in the Quantity Surveyor's Division (HM Office of Works)
According to the 1939 Register he was an Accountant and Quantity Surveyor living in 38 Elmbourne Road, Wandsworth. He was also a Captain (Retired). Blake died at a Nursing Home in Bromley, Kent on 29 May 1959 at the age of 85.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with some research.
