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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 5

x A Great War ´1917´ C.I.E. Group of Five to Colonel R.E. Carr-Hall, Military Accounts Department, Late Bombay Infantry a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion´s (C.I.E.) neck Badge, gold and enamel b) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. R.E.C. Hall. 8th. Bo: Infy.) c) 1914 Star (Maj. R.E. Carr-Hall, Mily Accts Dept) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Maj. R.E. Carr-Hall.), nearly extremely fine (5) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 C.I.E. London Gazette 4.6.1917 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Ralph Ellis Carr-Hall, Indian Army, Military Accounts Department, Field Controller, Poona ´In recognition of meritorious services in connection with the War.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 28.7.1919 Carr-Hall, Colonel R. E., C.I.E., Field Controller of Military Accounts. Colonel Ralph Ellis Carr-Hall, C.I.E., born October 1873; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry, 1894; transferred 8th Bombay Infantry, Indian Army; served during the Tirah Campaign, 1897-98; Captain, 1903; Major, 1912; served during the Great War on the Western Front with the Military Accounts Department, later posted to the Military Accountant General, Simla; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1920; Colonel, 1922; retired 1923.

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