NORTHUMBERLAND ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GROUP to Colonel J V W Rutherford

NORTHUMBERLAND ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GROUP to Colonel J V W Rutherford with scarce EVII TD John Victor Walton Rutherford was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1858, educated at Bedford School He gained his medical degree at Edinburgh University in 1887, starting his career at the Royal Hospital in Edinburgh. He married Annie Mary Scott, the daughter of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt. By 1892 the couple were living in the Newcastle area with Rutherford serving in the Northumberland Volunteer Garrison Artillery. The 1892 Army List shows he held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant, promoted to Major in 1902 and was serving as Colonel at the outbreak of the Great War. Awarded a Territorial decoration EVII, one of only 585 issued. He served in France with the RAMC as an Honorary Colonel before transferring and serving as a Staff Officer. He was Mentioned in Despatches on 1st January 1916. In the early post-war years, he served as D.M.S. at Catterick camp from 1918 until 1922, while retaining his position as Honorary Colonel of the Northumberland Division. Rutherford passed away in 1938. He didn't apply for his trio until 1933, and thus the naming is in the smaller letter style. The group is swing mounted as worn. With miniatures, the box of issue with for1914/15 Star and high-quality gold gilt RAMC collar tabs 1914/15 Star correctly impressed = Col J V W Rutherford British War Medal = Col J V W Rutherford Victory Medal = Col J V W Rutherford EVII Territorial Decoration unnamed as issued 1911 Coronation medal unnamed as issued. Condition = EF