GALLANTRY MEDALS, ORDERS & DECORATIONS
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Melrose Fairley, O.B.E.
7th Rajputs
British War Medal 2.LIEUT. W.M. FAIRLEY.
Victory Medal 2.LIEUT. W.M. FAIRLEY.
India General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919 LT. W.M. FAIRLEY. 1/12/PIONRS.
General Service Medal Iraq LIEUT. W.M. FAIRLEY.
1939-45 Star
Africa Star
Italy Star
War Medal MiD
William Melrose Fairley was born 11 May 1892. Commissioned from Cadet 1 August 1917 Northumberland Fusiliers. Lieutenant with the Cameron Highlanders, to Indian Army, 2/2nd Bombay Pioneers, 12th Pioneers. Married 14 December 1927 in St. George's Church, Agra to Kathleen Hight. By 1940 was serving with the 7th Rajputs. 22 February 1941 posted for service with GHQ 2nd Indian Echelon. Awarded M.I.D. Gazette 15 December 1942 (Major, Temp. Lt-Col. 7th Rajputs) "gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East." Awarded the O.B.E. Gazette 14 October 1943. "Lt-Col. Fairley has been officer in charge of Indian 2nd Echelon for over two years, during which time that organisation has continued at a high pace of efficiency serving troops and branches of GHQ and other HQs admirably. The efficiency of O2E Indian is to a great extent due to the organising ability and hard work of Lt-Col. Fairley, who possesses great knowledge of the duties and appointments and has been able to add considerably to the efficiency of the Indian Army units and formations in the Middle East by his administration of O2E Indian, and this is reflected in their preparedness for operations." He died in 1971 and was buried at Currie Kirk, Midlothian.
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Defence Medal
1953 Coronation Medal
Small hallmarked gold fob engraved: PRESENTED TO E.SIR KNIGHT C. ROSS E.P. OF LATHARNA PRECEPTORY 1938
ARP badge. Emboised case lid: E.SIR KNIGHT C. ROSS E.P. LATHARNA PRECEPTORY LARNE
Charles Ross was born in Ballyclare in 1887 and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and King William's College, Isle of Man. Became managing director of the family business, Sun Laundry Ltd in Larne. Appointed Chief ARP Warden of Larne Borough, the Controller of Larne area. Awarded the M.B.E. (Civil) 3 January 1945, "Charles Ross, Esq. Air Raid Precautions Group Controller, Larne, Northern Ireland. Elected to the Borough Council in 1946 and was elected Mayor of Larne 1952-1960. On 31 January 1953 the passenger ferry The Princess Victoria, which ran from Stranraer to Northern Ireland, sank in a storm with the loss of 135 lives, 27 of them from Larne. Ross took part in memorials and assistance to the families that lost loved ones. A member of Antrim County Council and Northern Ireland Fire Authority. He died 16 September 1960.
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O.B.E.
(Military)
Military
Cross
British
War Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
Victory
Medal CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
India
General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919 CAPT. W.H.H. LINDQUIST.
1-1 G.R.
Defence
Medal
War
Medal
William
Herbert Horatio Lindquist was born in Calcutta 10 June 1897, son of
John Horatio Lindquist of the Bengal Pilot Service.
2nd Lieutenant, Indian Army 29 June 1918, from Cadet College, Quetta.
Lieutenant
1 Jan. 1918, 10th Gurkha Rifles but attached to 1st
Gurkha Rifles.
Military
Cross Gazette 8 March 1919 “For great gallantry on the 19
Sept. 1918 at Sabieh. Finding that he had lost touch with the
battalion on his right and that the enemy were about to
counter-attack, he collected the nearest men and charged the enemy
thus breaking up the counter-attack.”
Staff
College Jan. 1927. Staff Captain, Jullundur Brigade 1928. Act.
Lt-Colonel 13 Dec. 1941.
O.B.E.
(Military) Gazette 1 Jan. 1944. Temp. Brigadier 1 May 1944 and Director
of Civil and Services Censorship, Army HQ India.
Deputy
Asst. Adjutant-General 11 Dec. 1945. Retired 1947. Appointed
Cadet Commandant of Dundee and Angus A.C.F. April 1948. Died
at Carnoustie 6 Sept. 1976.
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O.B.E.
(Military) hallmarked
1914
Star CAPT. D.C. PART. REMOUNT SERV.
Victory
Medal MAJ. D.C. PART (MiD)
British
War Medal MAJ. D.C. PART
Defence
Medal
1953
Coronation Medal
Group mounted in wring order. With matching miniatures.
Dealtry
Charles Part was born 28 Feb. 1882. Educated at Harrow.
Commissioned
21st Lancers 1902. Adjutant, Hertfordshire Yeomanry
Oct. 1911. Captain, General Reserve of Officers 18 Feb. 1914. Arrived
in France 29 September 1914 with the Remounts Service. Temp.
Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, Indian Cavalry Corps 1915-16. Major
March 1916. Superintendent, Remount Services 11 July 1916. MiD
15 June 1916. O.B.E. Gazette 3 June 1919 for “services in
connection with the war.” Lieutenant-Colonel 16 August 1919.
Became
a well-known horse race owner, his horse Morse Code winning the
Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1938, ending Golden Miller's five year winning streak. Appointed
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire March 1926. Appointed Lieutenant for
the County of Bedford Oct. 1931. Appointed Commanding Officer of 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Home Guard. Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Bedford
1943.Knighted 1957. Died
9 February 1961.
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