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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 2

The Great War 1916 ´Western Front´ D.S.O. Group of Six to Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Grinlinton, Royal Artillery and Royal Air Force a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar b) China 1900, no clasp (2d. Lieut. J.L. Grinlinton R.A.), minor official correction to surname c) India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1901-02 (Lt. J.L. Grinlinton. R.A.) d) 1914-15 Star (Capt: J.L. Grinlinton. R.G.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Major J.L. Grinlinton.), generally good very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with the following photographs &c.: - Five photographs of 31 Wing Headquarters and Mess, Baghdad, 1917 - Group Photograph of the Officers of 31 Wing HQ - Pencil drawing of the recipient (6) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 D.S.O. London Gazette 26.9.1916 Maj. John Liesching Grinlinton, R.G.A. ´For conspicuous gallantry during several days of operations. As Forward Observation Officer he sent back invaluable information. He was twice knocked over by shell-bursts, and his pluck and cheerfulness exercised great influence on his battery.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 15.6.1916 Grinlinton, Maj. J. L., Royal Garrison Artillery M.I.D. London Gazette 4.1.1917 Grinlinton, Maj. J. L., D.S.O., Royal Garrison Artillery M.I.D. London Gazette 27.8.1918 Grinlinton, Maj. J. L., D.S.O., Royal Air Force (frmly. R.G.A.) Lieutenant-Colonel John Liesching Grinlinton, D.S.O., born January 1880 Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, December 1898; transferred Royal Garrison Artillery, 10.1.1900; served with the Native Mountain Artillery, India, from 15.1.1901, and present during the operations in Waziristan, 1901-02; promoted Lieutenant, 3.4.1901; Appointed Assistant Instructor in Gunnery, Aden, 17.1.1910; Captain, 28.1.1911; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23.4.1915 to 11.12.1916 (Twice Mentioned in Despatches and Awarded the D.S.O.); Major, 16.10.1915; served with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 1.2.1917 (Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving with the Royal Air Force); Lieutenant-Colonel, 31.1.1927; retired, 3.7.1931. Throughout the 1920s Lieutenant-Colonel Grinlinton spent many years working for the Geological Survey of India, and in 1928 had published The former glaciation of the East Lidar Valley, Kashmir.

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