- British War Medal (2. Lieut H. D. C. Rice.)- Interallied Victory Medal (2. Lieut H. D. C. Rice.)- Defence MedalGreat War Casualty: 2nd-Lt. Hugh D.C. Rice is confirmed having been a casualty of the Great War, during which he suffered 'Shell-Shock' which so severe that he was repatriated from the Western Front to England for treatment. The newspaper issue of refers:Quote,Unquote.Photograph: A portrait photograph of 2nd Lieutenant Rice, wearing an officers tunic with sam-brown belt and regimental collar insignia of the Devonshire Regiment together with biographical details can be seen / accessed at The Ancestry genealogical websiteMedals Verification: The recipients entitlement to the Great War BWM & Interallied Victory Medal is confirmed per the below referenced campaign medal roll of the Devonhire Regiment. Defence Medal rolls are not in the public, and as Dr. Rice was resident in Ringmer, Sussex, during the war years 1939-1945 - where he was Preident of the Royal British Legion Branch - it is likely that the award was made for service in a Home Guard, or Civil Defence capacity.- British War Medal: WO 329/2195- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/2195- Defence Medal: 1939-45 Dr Rice was practising in Ringmer, Sussex, where he was also President of the local Royal British Legion BranchLieutenant Reid's extant Medal Index Card for his Great War British War & Interallied Victory medals show that he first entered theatre of war 'France' serving with the Devonshire Regiment (9th Battalion) on 22 July 1916. He applied for his medals on, 26 November 1921, and that the medals were issued to him in early 1922. His forwarding address was:Tywardreath VicaragePar StationCornwallCuriously, Hugh's Medal Index Card is marked to show that eligibility to a Silver War Badge was pending - however, it appears never to have been approvedFollowing his services in the Great War, during which he is confirmed having suffered form the dreadful effects of 'Shell-Shock', Hugh qualified as a Medical Doctor and became a Medical Missionary, with the Bibe Churchmen's Missionary Society (1922-1935), and is recorded working extensively overseas, in China, India and Persia. His subsequent life as a Medical Missionary was not however without danger as evinced by his run-in with 'Communist Reds' in China - at time when European Missionary's had been murdered - was published in The Western Morning News And Mercury issue of 4 March 1930MISSIONARIES ORDEALSEIZED BY COMMUNISTS IN CHINA(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)Hong Kong, Monday.A thrilling story of the experiences of five foreigners in the hands of Chinese Communists was told by Dr. Hugh Rice, medical missionary attached to the Bible Churchmen's Mission at Nanning, South China, who has now arrived at Hong-Kong.In company with Rev. Wilfred Stott, who is attached to the same mission, Dr. Rice endeavoured to reach Nanning by way of the Tonking frontier. At arriving at Lungchow, however they found the city, in the hands of Communists.Everything was peaceful until the arrival of a party of agitators from Shanghai. Gathering a crowd of adherents, the agitators persuaded them to destroy the Catholic Mission buildings. The mob then marched on the French Consulate, where they seized the Consul, M. Cadet. They next proceeded to the Bible Churchmen's Mission, where they began an orgy of looting.They seized the two travellers, together with the two women mission workers, Miss Lucas and Miss Loudwell, whose fate was discussed by a workmen's Council. Eventually the Council decide to send the all four, with the French Counsul to the frontier under armed escort. The party reached the frontier two days later in a state of collapse.Meanwhile nothing is known of the fate of Father Barriere, a Roman Catholic priest, and Customs Commissioner O'Kelly both Frenchmen who were captured by the brigands.Unquote.Postscript: The two Frenchmen referred to were held for ransom by Chinese Bandit's, were subsequently released. They were lucky, as China in 1930 was in great turmoil, and Christian Missionaries in particular were targets for extreme act of violence, as evinced by the murders of no less then five Salesian missionaries, including Bishop Versiglia and Father Caravario, together with three Chinese Sisters of the Mission, who were murdered by Chinese Bandits (reported to be Communist) while travelling on the North River in Guangdong Province - and which was widely reported in the British Press on 1 March 1930, the murders occurring at the same time that Dr. Hugh Rice had been enduring his own ordeal!The British newspapers from the inter-war years contain articles relating to Hugh's Medical Missionary workHugh Davis Cracroft Rice, son of Arthur Rice (Clerk in Holy Orders - a Reverend) and Ida Hester Rice (nee Chambers) was a native of, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent, England, where he was born on, 7 January 1896. In the years prior to the Great War, Hugh, and his younger brothers, Cuthbert (b.) & Raymond were brought up in, Tywardreath, where their father was in a Clerk in Holy Orders, resident as the 'Reverend' at Tywardreath Vicarage. In later life Hugh Davis Cracroft Rice, was a long term medical practitioner at, Ringmer, Sussex, England. Dr Hugh Davis Cracroft Rice, M.R.C.S., L.C.R.P., died at Ringmer, on 31 December 1968The below following obituary - with photograph - of Dr. Hugh Davis Cracroft Rice, was published in the Sussex Express & County Herlad newspaper issue, 3 January 1969Quote,DEATH OF DR. H.D.C. RICE, of RINGMERRingmer has lost a respected resident by the death of Dr. Hugh Davis Cracroft Rice, of Gote Lane, on Tuesday, at the age of 72.Born at Bridge near Canterbury, Dr, Rice was a son of the late Rev. A.C. Rice, who was curate at Bridge. Subsequently from 1905 to 1924, Dr. Rice lived at Tywardreath, Cornwall, where his father was vicar.His early education took place at Tonbridge and Weymouth College and then he went on to Cambridge University. Subsequently he went on to Kings Hospital College for medical training, following which he became a medical missionary in Persia, China, Inda and Egypt.It was in 1935 that Dr. Rice started his medical practise at Ringmer, making a great many friends. In 1965 he retired, after 30 years' devoted service.When he retired, his practise was taken over by his son, Dr. Michael Rice, who is also a partner in the Lewes practise of Drs. J.A. Smart, P.C.J. Nicholl and B.T. Warner.Dr. Rice also leaves a widow, two other sons and one daughter.Although Dr. Rice was naturally a busy man, he took great interest in Ringmer Parish Church, where he was at one time a churchwarden and sidesman, and a member of the Parochial Church Council. He was a member of Ringer branch of the British Legion.The funeral takes place at Ringmer Church today (Friday) at 2.0.Unquote.The medals fitted with their original silk ribands and suspended from a white metal mounting bar that retains its long hinged pin and clasp fittingsA most desirable group of medals to a fascinating medal recipient, who had served God and his country as an Infantry Officer, Missionary and Doctor, with much scope for research potential beyond the recipients military serviceCondition: VF