MEDALS
TO THE INDIAN VOLUNTEERS
Corporal Arthur John Ablitt
Great Indian Peninsular Railway Volunteers
& Mesopotamian Railway
Victory Medal 15253 A.J. ABLITT. MESO RYS.
1911 Delhi Durbar Medal Unnamed
Volunteer Long Service Medal (GV) PTE A.J. ABLITT 1/13/G.I.P.RLY.BN., I.D.F.
White metal shield: 1ST BN G.I.P.RY.VOLS. COY. CHALLENGE CUP 1916 "A" COY CORPL. A.J. ABLITT
Three St. John's Ambulance Association shields:
MR. A.J. ABLITT RLY SHIELD JABALPUR 1907
MR. A.J. ABLITT RLY SHIELD 2ND JUBBULPUR 1909
A.J. ABLITT RLY SHIELD 2ND PRIZE ALLAHABAD 1907
Copy research. Arthur John Ablitt. Confirmed on 1911 Durbar medal roll serving with 1st Battalion, Great Indian Peninsular Railway Volunteers. Served on the Mesopotamian Railway at some time during World War One. Returned to England at end of war and married Mary Johnstone in South Shields in late 1918. He moved with his wife and new-born son, back to India in 1920. Shown shipping lists between India and England several times in the 1930's and 40's and shown as working on Indian Railways.
His son, John Frederick Ablitt, served as an officer in the Royal Artillery in World War Two and later worked in the nuclear industry. His obituary (2004) states: "John Ablitt was born in Romford, Essex, the descendent of an 18th Century Suffolk clockmaker of the same name and the son of an engineer on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway."
Group of Four: SOLD
Lance-Corporal D. Nelson
B.B.& C.I.R.
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India.
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: £375
Sergeant J.R. Howgego
Surma Valley Light Horse
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George VI Coronation Medal 1937 Unnamed
Mounted as worn.
Pair: £250
