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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 38

The 4-clasp India General Service Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Iles, D.S.O., Royal Artillery

India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps, Hazara 1888, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92, N. E. Frontier 1891 (Lt. H. W. Iles No. 2 By. 1st Bde Sc. Dn. R.A.), unofficial rivets between clasps, very fine

[D.S.O.] London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Henry Wilson Iles was born on 30 May 1865 at Watford and was educated at Charterhouse. Having been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1885, he saw varied active service in India and Burma, including on the Black Mountain Expedition, 1888, being part of the Ponkhan Column, 1889, the Manipur Expedition, 1891, also earning a 'mention' during this last campaign (London Gazett 14 August 1891, refers), earning the Medal & 4 clasps.

Returned home, Iles was made Adjutant of the 1st Devon Volunteer Artillery from 1892-97, being made Captain in 1895. A Lieutenant-Colonel from 13 March 1913, he served in France during the Great War from 5 September 1916, earning a D.S.O. and a second 'mention' (London Gazette 14 December 1917, refers). He died suddenly on 28 April 1920, with his Great War Pair being sent to Hazara, All Saint's Road, Sidmouth, South Devon; sold together with copied MIC and research.

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£650

Starting price
£320