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A Great War ‘Mesopotamia Operations’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. E. Lines, Indian Army, late
London Regiment
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for
London 1919, on ‘2nd type military’ ribbon; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-18
(1070 Pte., 25-Lond. R.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35,1 clasp, Waziristan
1921-24 (Capt., 4 H. Prs.); WAR AND INDIA SERVICE MEDALS, these unnamed, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very
fine and better (8) £500-600
M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia’. ‘Lt., I.
A.R.O.’
R. E. Lines served in the ranks of the 25th Battalion London Regiment, 16 April 1914-5 May 1917. He was granted a commission in the
I.A.R.O. in May 1917 and was advanced to Lieutenant in May 1918 and Captain in February 1923. Serving in Mesopotamia, April
1918-August 1921, he was awarded the M.B.E. for war service in that area in June 1919. During September-December 1923 he served
in Waziristan with the Hazara Pioneers. Served in the Second World War with the R.I.A.S.C.
With a copy of the ‘Farewell Address’ (3) to Colonel Lines from the ‘Staff and all ranks of No. 9 M.T. Trg. Battalion’, dated 20 April
1942; another from the V.C.O’s. of the SPCR, dated 5 March 1947; another from the Officers and Staff of the SPCR, dated 8 March
1947. Together with copied gazette extracts and service details.
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A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel M. Goodall (formerly Ostrehan), Indian Army
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for
London 1919; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Capt.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908
-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24 (A/Maj., 1/9/Gurkhas) mounted as worn,
last with minor edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £350-400
M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919; The Times 10 January 1919. ‘Ostrehan, Captain Malcolm, Assam Military Police’. ‘For services
in connection with the war’.
M.I.D. London Gazette 23 July 1920. ‘Ostrehan, Capt. M., M.B.E., 1/9th Gurkha Rif., I.A.’ ‘For valuable and distinguished services
rendered .... during the period 1st June 1918 to 30th April 1919’.
Malcolm Ostrehan was born on 18 May 1886. He was first commissioned and arrived in India in January 1905 and was posted to the
1/9th Gurkhas in March 1906, being promoted to Lieutenant in April 1907, Captain in January 1914 and Major in January 1920.
Ostrehan served in the Great War as Assistant Commandant of the Assam Military Police, 1914-19 and served at Kukri, 1 October 1918
-31 March 1919, for which he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.B.E. Major Ostrehan changed his name to Goodwin
c.1920. He was seconded to the 39th Royal Garwhal Rifles and then the 82nd Punjabis in 1921 and was Commandant of the 4th
Assam Rifles from 1922. Goodall attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1931 and retired from the service in the following
month. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodall died in 1974. With copied research.
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