Great War Beaumont Hamel Military Cross Medal Group of Six to an Officer in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Who Despite Being Wounded Stayed at his Post for Two Days, Military Cross, GV, reverse of cross neatly engraved ‘BEAUMONT HAMEL, CHARLES LOWNDES, 52ND LIGHT INFANTRY, NOVR. 13.14.15 1916’, British War and Victory medals, ‘LIEUT. F.C.L.A. LOWNDES’, 1939-45 Star medal, Italy Star medal, War medal 1939-45, last 3 unnamed as issued. Group mounted as worn on faded ribbons and contained in a period glazed display case.Military Cross, London Gazette 14th February 1917, page 1542 – 2nd Lt. Frederic Charles Louis Arthur Lowndes, Oxf. and Bucks. L.I. – For conspicuous gallantry in action. He showed marked courage and initiative in organising a bombing party at a critical time. Later, although wounded, he continued to carry out his duties and remained out for two days.Born on 2nd January 1898, the only sone of F.S.A. Lowdnes, who was on the staff of the Times newspaper and the author Marie Belloc Lowndes. He was educated at Winchester and Westminster Colleges before attending the Royal Military College Sandhust. Gazetted to the Regiment on 7th April 1916, he joined the 2nd Battalion in France on 9th September 1916. Wounded on 13th November 1916where the Battalion suffered 13 Officer and 235 Other Rank casualties he was invalided back to England.He rejoined the Regiment on 9th June 1917 and was again wounded in April 1918 and was once again retuned to England. He returned to the Regiment on 11th October taking part in the final actions of the war and entered Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. In April 1919 he left for service in North Russia returning to the UK on 4th October 1919. He resigned his commission on 15th September 1924.In 1925 he changed his name by deed poll to Belloc-LowndesOn the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined being appointed Lieutenant in the Pioneer Corps joining the BEF in France being evacuated via Brittany. He then served in various units through out the UK before being retired as unfit for further service. In 1944 he was deemed fit for overseas service and worked as a Hostel Warden for TOC H and in January 1945 he transferred to Italy returning in the autumn.He died suddenly on in London on 8th July 1948 leaving a widow and 2 children.