SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (5111 Drummer A. E. Winter, 1st Bn. Ryl. W. Surr.
Regt.) very fine £100-120
112
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3682 Pte. W. Sparks, 1st Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.)
slight edge bruise, good very fine £100-140
113
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4523 Pte. A. McNab, 2d Bn. Arg. & Suthd. Highrs.)
mounted as worn, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £100-120
Alexander McNab was born in Lambert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. A Moulder by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion (Militia)
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, he enlisted for service with the regiment at Stirling on 17 June 1892, aged 19 years. With the 2nd
Battalion he served in India, November 1894-November 1900, for which he was awarded the I.G.S. Medal with clasp. McNab was
transferred to the Army Reserve in 1902 and was finally discharged in September 1908. With copied service papers and medal roll
extracts.
114
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (Captn. D.
A. D. McVean, 45th Bl. Infy.) good very fine
£550-650
D.S.O. London Gazette 2 September 1902. ‘Captain Donald Archibald Dugald
McVean, Indian Staff Corps’ ‘For services during the Mahsud Waziri Operations.’
Bar to D.S.O. London Gazette 27 June 1919. ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Donald
Archibald Dugald McVean, D.S.O., 45th Sikhs, I.A. (Mesopotamia). ‘For
conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and ability as a battalion commander
during operations at Sherqat, 24/30th Oct. 1918. He led his regiment into action
after a series of most trying and arduous marches over difficult country, covering
over 60 miles in 70 hours, and in the end through a heavy artillery and M.G.
barrage. He displayed courage, determination and leadership of a high order.’
M.I.D. London Gazette 8 August 1902; 21 February 1919; 5 June 1919.
Donald Archibald Dugald McVean was born in Yokohama, Japan, on 22 July 1870, a son of Colin Alexander McVean, a Civil
Engineer. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Liverpool Regiment in 1891 and transferred to the Manchester Regiment in
1893. He then transferred to the Indian Army, serving with the Indian Staff Corps in 1896. He served on the North West Frontier of
India, 1897-98, and in the Malakand and Utman Khel Operations. Promoted to Captain in 1901, he served in Waziristan, 1901-02, and
was severely wounded at Umar Raghza, 5 December 1901. For his services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O.
Recovering, he then participated in the operations against the Zakka-Khels, 1908, and in the Mohmand Country as Orderly Officer, 2nd
Brigade. Appointed Major in 1909, he was a General Staff Officer 2nd Grade, Derajat Brigade, 1913, and held that position throughout
the Great War. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917. In recognition of his services in the Great War, he was twice mentioned in
despatches and awarded the bar to his D.S.O. After the war he served in the Iraq campaign and was awarded the G.S.M. with clasp. In
1921 he was promoted to Colonel and was awarded the C.S.I. Colonel McVear retired from the Indian Army in 1929 and died at
Cullnasithe, Kilchrenan, Argyll, on 1 September 1937.
Sold with copied research.
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3761 Corpl. F. Baker, 1st Bn. Dorset.
Regt.) scratch marks to carriage, nearly extremely fine £400-450
Frederick Baker was born in Radipole, Dorset, c.1865. Before joining the Army he was employed as an apprentice at a printing office.
Joining the Army, he served with the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment on the N.W. Frontier of India. With the battalion in the Tirah
campaign, he was killed in action at the battle of Dargai, 20 October 1897. His name is commemorated on a Dorset Regiment
Memorial to those who died on the N.W. Frontier, at Borough Gardens, Dorchester, and at Sherborne Abbey Church, Dorset. In the
their efforts to seize the Dargai Heights, the Dorsetshire Regiment suffered 10 men killed and 39 wounded. With modern photograph of
the memorial and copied research.
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The Tirah campaign medal to Colonel J. W. Ottley, Commanding Royal Engineer, Tirah Expeditionary Force
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Coll. J. W. Ottley, C.I.E. Ryl. Engrs.)
minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £400-500
Colonel Sir John Ottley, K.C.I.E., Royal Engineers, was born in Bombay in July 1841, and joined the R.E. in 1864. After many years
public work in India he was made a C.I.E. in 1892. In 1897-98 he was Commanding Royal Engineer to the Tirah Expedition, mentioned
in despatches, medal with 2 clasps. He was created K.C.I.E. in 1904. In March 1915 he raised and commanded the 5th Battalion
Sussex Volunteers to a strength of over 1,000 men and sent 700 trained men to the Colours. Colonel Ottley died at Eastbourne on 25
January 1931.
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