GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 1207
A Kaisar-i-Hind group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. T. Dawson, Rangoon Volunteer Rifles
KAISAR-I-HIND, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, complete with top bar; BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut.); DELHIDURBAR 1911 (A. T. Dawson, Vice Presdt. Maubin Municipality); VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies) G.V.R. (2nd Lieutt., Rangoon Vol. Rfls.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising, good very fine (4)
£280-320
Alexander Thomas Dawson was born on 13 June 1872, the son of Thomas Dawson, a merchant of Rangoon, Burma. He was educated at Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow. On 17 November 1894 he was admitted to the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar on 30 June 1897. He was appointed Public Prosecutor in Maubin in 1898. In 1914 he helped establish Dawson’s Bank and was the manager of the branch in Maubin. Awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal by I.A.O. No. 292 of 1915. Awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in January 1919. With copied research and a copied photograph.
1208
A Kaisar-i-Hind pair awarded to Corporal W. R. Pearce, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles
KAISAR-I-HIND, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, complete with top bar, in case of issue; VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies) G.V.R. (Corpl., 1st Pjb. Voltr. Rfls.) good very fine (2)
£180-220
William Robert Pearce was born on 18 October 1879. He joined the Indian Civil Service (Income Tax Dept.) on 7 February 1898. Awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal by I.A.O. No. 290 of 1 June 1914. Listed as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in 1916 and as a Commissioner of Income Tax in 1921. Awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind on 2 June 1923. By 1932 he was Commissioner of Income Tax, North West Frontier Province. He retired in 1934. With copied research.
1209
A Crimean War D.C.M. pair posthumously awarded to Corporal John Spurling, 63rd Foot
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R. (1127 Corp: J. Spurling. 63rd Foot) naming officially engraved in sloping serif capitals; CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (1127 Corp: J. Spurling. 63rd Foot) naming officially engraved in sloping serif capitals as the first; together with related Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Osborne Spurling) extremely fine (3)
£2000-2500 D.C.M. recommendation dated 10 January 1855.
John Spurling was born at Swardeston, Norfolk, and was a Grocer by trade when he enlisted on 4 October 1837. He served with the 63rd throughout the war in the Crimea, was admitted to Scutari on 16 January 1855, and died there on the 19th of the same month.
Spurling’s D.C.M. and Crimea Medal are both official later issues from the period 1875-80, perhaps never issued at the time because of his death in the Crimea. Sold with copied medal roll and muster extracts.
Osborne Spurling served at the Greystones station, Kingstown division, Ireland, and was presented with his Rocket Apparatus long service medal by Lord Justice Cherry on 11 May 1911. Sold with copied medal roll entry.
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