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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 6

A Great War 1917 ´Mesopotamia´ D.S.O. Group of Seven to Brigadier H.N. North, Royal Engineers, A.D.C. to the King and Mentioned in Despatches for Iraq 1919-20 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, gilt slightly worn, with integral top riband bar b) 1914-15 Star (Capt. H.N. North, R.E.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Bt. Lt. Col. H.N. North.) d) General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (Lt. Col. H.N. North.) e) Jubilee 1935 f) Coronation 1937, toned, generally good very fine, mounted as originally worn (7) Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 D.S.O. London Gazette 25.8.1917 North, Harold Napier, Major, Royal Engineers ´For distinguished service in Mesopotamia, dated 3.6.1917´ Brigadier Harold Napier North, D.S.O., born 1883; commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 21.12.1900; advanced Captain 21.12.1910; served with the Malakand Movable Column when it advanced from the Chakdara Camp against the Swatis, 27.10.1915-12.1915; served in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, January 1916-October 1918 (M.I.D. London Gazette 19.10.1916 and 15.8.1917) ; Brigade Major, India, 1.1.1916-18.4.1917; Major 2.11.1916; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 3.6.1918; served in the Iraq Operations 1919-1920 (M.I.D. London Gazette 9.9.1921); Colonel 3.6.1921; later appointments included Staff Officer 1st Grade, India, 1.4.1925-12.5.1927; Chief Engineer Northern Command, 1.5.1931-8.10.1933 and Chief Engineer Eastern Command, 9.10.1933-25.2.1937; he was appointed A.D.C. to the King, 22.2.1935; Temporary Brigadier 1.1.1938.

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