Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw 571
A rare 1920 ‘Army of the Black Sea’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major E. U. Grimshaw, Royal Engineers
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 STAR (Capt. E. U. Grimshaw. R.E.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. U. Grimshaw), mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£1600-1800
M.C. London Gazette 20 October 1920. ‘... in recognition of distinguished services in connection with military operations with the Army of the Black Sea’.
‘On the night of 25/26 March, 1920, when operating near Lefke (Anatolia), this officer was ordered to destroy Lefka Bridge. Although subjected to enemy rifle and machine-gun fire at close range, he gallantly carried out the task allotted to him. Throughout the operation Major Grimshaw set a fine example to his men’.
M.I.D. London Gazette 14 January 1921.
Edmund Usher Grimshaw was born on 3 March 1878 and was educated at St. Edward’s School, Summertown. He was first commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Miliford Haven Division of the Royal Engineers (Militia) in January 1904. In the Great War he entered the Egyptian Theatre of war as a Captain on 3 July 1915. He served in Gallipoli where he was wounded, and in April 1918 was appointed an Acting Major. In July 1918 he commanded 72 Field Company R.E. which accompanied the 39th Brigade to Persia in support of the Dunsterville Mission. The unit was lent to the ‘Persian Lines of Communications’, working in the Hamadan region. In December 1918 the unit was ordered to Baku, after the re-occupation of the Caspian Sea port. Leaving Baku in September 1919, the unit proceeded to Batoum on the Black Sea and thence to Constantinople for demobilization. Major Grimshaw won his M.C. for destroying the bridge at Lefke (Osmaneli), in Anatolia, on 25/26 March 1920, whilst under fire. This was at a time of the allied intervention in Anatolia and prior to the resumption of hostilities in the struggle for Western Anatolia during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-22. In June 1921 Major Grimshaw was appointed commanding officer of 55 Field Company R.E. Major Grimshaw later lived at Friars Hill, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow - a property he bequeathed to his batman upon his death. The M.C., one of 80 for 1920, is one of only 4 for the ‘Army of the Black Sea’.
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A ‘Mahsud’ campaign I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Subadar Sohawa Singh 3/34th Sikh Pioneers
INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICEMEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subdr. Sohawa Singh 3/34 Sikh Pnrs.) minor correction to unit; TIBET 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (3040 Lce. Nk. Sohawa Singh, 32d Sikh Pioneers); BRITISHWARMEDAL (Jemdr. Sohawa Singh, 32 Sikh Pnrs.) nearly very fine (3)
£1200-1500
I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1589 of 1920 (Waziristan). Awarded for gallantry during the Mahsud attack on Black Hill on 21 December 1919, when the 3/34th Sikhs distinguished themselves with great bravery. The feature was afterwards called Pioneer Piquet in memory of their gallantry.
M.I.D. London Gazette 10 June 1921 (Waziristan).
Subadar Sohawa Singh is also entitled to medals and clasps for Waziristan 1901-02, Abor 1911-12, Waziristan 1919-21, and Mahsud 1919-20, in addition to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal.
573 A Waziristan I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Labhu Ram, 2/30th Punjabis
INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICEMEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Labhu Ram, 2/30/Pjbs.) lacking top suspension brooch, good very fine
£800-1000 I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1035 of 1921 (Waziristan). One of five awards to the regiment for this theatre of war.
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