Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Groups

Lot 3954    Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Groups

Estimate $2,300
Bid at live.noble.com.au

GROUP OF FIVE: Military Cross (GVIR); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War medal 1939-45. '1943' engraved on Military Cross, other medals unnamed. Very fine.

Captain John Cecil Hargrave 17th Dogra Regiment. Enl.11Apr1939 No.696821 - 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade; Commissioned to 1st Batt 17th Dogra Regt (Prince of Wales Own) 20Nov1941; Acting Capt 09May1942; Temp Captain 09Aug1943; Liaison Officer 123 Indian Infantry Brigade 09Jan1944 then as Intelligence Officer 06Apr1944; Liaison Officer HQ 5th Indian Div 31May1944; General Staff Officer Grade 3 10Mar1945; Brigade Major 9th Indian Infantry Brigade 11May1945; General Staff Officer Grade 3 HQ 5th Indian Div 02Jun1945; Dogra Regt Centre, India 06Jan1946; demobilised 11May1946. Together with two MID certificates (LG: 10Jan1946, 19Sep1946); Major's rank and regimental badges; Army Soldier's Service and Pay Book; Officer's Record of Service Book; six photographs of recipient and other Officers; congratulatory letters on being awarded the MC (10) including from King George VI and W.J.Slim General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fourteenth Army; London Rifle Brigade, Standing Orders and Rules Book; silk RAF escape route map of Thailand and Malaya.