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QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (792 Corpl: P. F. Morling. A.P.D.);
British War Medal 1914-20 (792 W.O. Cl. 2. P. F. Morling. A.P.C.);
Army LS&GC GV, 1st issue (792 S.Q.M. Sjt: P. F. Morling. A.P.C.)

Percival Francis Morling was born in Cahir, County Tipperary, in 1877 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment on 5 August 1897. He transferred to the Army Pay Corps on 7 September 1899, and was promoted Corporal on 7 September 1900. He served with the Army Pay Corps in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 May 1901 to 11 September 1902, and was promoted Sergeant on 7 September 1905; Staff Sergeant on 26 January 1909; and Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant on 26 January 1912. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 121 of 1916, and was discharged on 5 August 1919, after 22 years and 62 days’ service.

He died in Dartford, Kent, on 1 March 1937.

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CB Military n/b;
CMG b/b;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. G. W. Fitton A.P.D.) engraved naming;
KSA (2) (Maj. G. W. Fitton A.P.D.) engraved naming;
British War and Victory Medals, with MID (Col. G. W. Fitton.);
Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Knight’s [sic] breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, blue enamel damage to reverse pendelina

CB London Gazette 4 June 1921.
CMG London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services in connection with the War.’

MID London Gazettes 10 September 1901 and 31 October 1902 (both South Africa); and 12 February and 14 June 1918 (both Egypt)

Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Third Class, with Swords London Gazette 15 February 1917.

Guy William Fitton was born in Kensington, London, on 24 January 1862 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 9 September 1882. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in India, he was promoted Captain on 18 March 1890 and was seconded for service with the Army Pay Department on 1 June 1895. Permanently transferred to the Army Pay Department on 28 March 1899, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches, first in Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 4 September 1901, and then in Lord Kitchener’s final despatch of 23 June 1902. For his services he was appointed Staff Paymaster on 22 August 1902, and was promoted Major on 9 September 1902.

Fitton was promote Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 August 1908, and then Colonel on 5 July 1911, being appointed Chief Paymaster that same date. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was posted as Command Paymaster to Malta, and served as Chief Paymaster to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 2 June 1917. For his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Subsequently appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1921 Birthday Honours’ Kist, he retired on 24 June 1922, and died on 9 September 1939.

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OBE (Military), 1st type, HM 1919;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, top lugs removed from CC clasp, with the date clasp block loose on riband (Capt. A. Morland, A.P.D.) engraved naming;
British War and Victory Medals with MID (Lt. Col. A. Morland.)

OBE London Gazette 3 June 1919.
MID London Gazettes 21 July 1917 (Salonika) and 5 June 1919 (Egypt).

Algernon Morland was born in Dinder, Somerset, on 24 November 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 19 July 1893. He was promoted Lieutenant on 24 March 1897, before transferring to the Army Pay Department as a Captain and Paymaster on 28 January 1899. He served with the Army Pay Department in South Africa during the Boer War, and was promoted Major on 23 January 1910. He saw active service during the Great War as Chief Paymaster, Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the islands of the Aegean Sea from 20 June 1916 to 1 September 1917, and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Salonika. Proceeding to Egypt for service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force on 28 August 1918, he was again Mentioned in Despatches and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Placed on Retired Pay with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 May 1922, he died in Kew, London, on 2 November 1947.

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MC GV;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (746 Corpl: S. Martin. A.P.C.);
1914-15 Star (746 S-Q.M. Sjt. S. Martin. A.P.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (746 W.O. Cl. 1. S. Martin. A.P.C.);
Army LS&GC GV, 1st issue (746 S.Q.M. Sjt: S. Martin. A.P.C.)

MC London Gazette 3 June 1916.
MID London Gazette 13 July 1916.

Samuel Martin was born in Plymouth on 22 November 1879 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Burnley on 14 January 1897, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He transferred to the Army Pay Corps on 3 December 1898, was promoted Corporal on 3 December 1899, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 May 1901.

Promoted Sergeant on 3 December 1904, Staff Sergeant on 1 March 1908, and Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 March 1911, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 412 on 1 July 1914.

He served with them during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 20 March 1915, before proceeding to Cairo. Promoted Staff Sergeant Major, he was both Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a scarce ‘Warrant Officer’s’ Military Cross. Returning to the U.K. in June 1918, he was discharged, no longer physically fit for War service’ on 4 September 1919, ands died the following month on 15 October 1919.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Major E. C. Eicke. A.P.D.) engraved naming;
KSA (2) (Maj. E. C. Eicke. A.P.D.) engraved naming

Ernest Campbell Eicke was born in Paddington, London, on 27 December 1859 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Essex Rifles Militia on 24 November 1877. He transferred to the Regular Army as Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on 23 April 1881, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and Captain on 11 June 1890. He transferred to the Army Pay Department as Paymaster and Honorary Captain on 5 January 1893, and was promoted Major on 29 November 1900.

He served in South Africa throughout the Boer War, and was Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 16 April 1901).

Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 November 1905, he retired on 1 February 1917, and died in Greenwich on 29 March 1918.

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QSA (1) Natal (244 S:Q:M:S: H. Balls. A.P.C.);
KSA (2) (244 S. Qr:- Mr:- Serjt: H. Balls. A.P.C.);
Army LS&GV Ed VII (244 S. Serjt: Maj: H. Balls. A.P.C.)

Harry Balls was born in Earsham, Norfolk, on 5 December 1863 and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich on 20 April 1885. Promoted Corporal on 6 October 1886, and Paymaster Sergeant on 1 November 1887, he transferred to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks on 15 January 1891, and then to the Army Pay Corps on its formation on 1 April 1893. Promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 13 April 1894.

He served with the Army Pay Corps in South Africa during the Boer War from 20 October 1899, and for his services in South Africa was twice Mentioned in Despatches, first by Lord Roberts (London Gazette 10 September 1901), and then by Lord Kitchener (London Gazette 29 July 1902).

Promoted Staff Sergeant Major on 1 April 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 75 of 1904.

Balls served at home throughout the Great War (and consequently was not entitled to any Great War medals), and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a founder member on 1 April 1918. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant and temporary Lieutenant on 1 June 1918, and was employed at the RAF Central Pay Office. Promoted Flying Officer (Administration Branch) on 1 December 1919, he relinquished his commission on 19 September 1922.