MEDALS
TO THE INDIAN VOLUNTEERS
Copy MIC shows entitlement to 1914/15 Star (date of entry 23 November 1914. which seems unusual for an Indian volunteer) and Victory Medal.
Frederick Lancaster Holdron worked in the Stores Department of the Grand Indian Peninsular Railway. He was born in 1884 in Portsea. In 1920 he is a Chief Clerk and married with 3 children. The MIC shows him as Holdrons, the s added in error.
Squadron Quartermaster Sergt Ralph Hamilton Hossack
Surma Valley Light Horse
1939-45 Star Unnamed
1939-45 War Medal Unnamed
1939-45 India Service Medal Unnamed
Volunteer Long Service Medal (GV) SQDN.S.M. R.H. HOSSACK, SURMA V.L.H. A.F.I.
Efficiency Medal (GVI) India SQMS. R.H. HOSSACK, SURMA V.L.H. A.F.I.
Ralph Hamilton Hossack was born in Kensington, London in 1875 and became a tea planter. MIC confirms BWM. He died in Chichester in 1966.
Group of Six: £575
Pte J.D. Doran
Bangalore, Coorg & Mysore Battalion
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Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (GV) PTE. J.D. DORAN 6 BANGALORE, COORG AND MYSORE. BN. .I.D.F.
Pair mounted as worn.
Pair: SOLD
Sergeant J.R. Howgego
Surma Valley Light Horse
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George VI Coronation Medal 1937 Unnamed
Mounted as worn.
Pair: £275
Surma Valley Light Horse Dismounted Service Challenge Shield £75
Surma Valley Light Horse Silver Shooting Menu Holder
Engraved on the back S.V.L.H. WON BY 'B' TROOP 1903 £185
Surma Valley Light Horse Silver shield on plaque. Hallmarks for London 1903 £125
