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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 153

A 1945 I.P.M. group of six awarded to Superintendent of Police J. F. B. Kaye, Indian Police, late Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, who would have shared in the South Russia campaign

Indian Police Medal, for Distinguished Conduct, G.VI.R. (J. F. B. Kaye, I.P., Dist. Supdt. of Police, Madras.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. F. B. Kaye. Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. F. B. Kaye.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, very fine (6)

Provenance:
Purchased Dixon, July 1987.

I.P.M. Gazette of India 14 June 1945.

John Frederic Barker Kaye was born on 29 August 1895. He was commissioned from the ranks of the 3rd Canadian Infantry (No. 9574) into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and served in France from 5 September 1915. He served with the 8th Battalion and shared in their exploits in France & Flanders before transferring to Salonika, where they suffered heavy losses in taking Hill 380 at the Battle of Doiran in April 1917 - in which he was wounded. Kaye himself served with 'B' Company and was struck down with malaria in September 1916. Landed in Bulgaria in October 1918, they marched to Marhamli in November 1918 before amalgamating with the 2nd Battalion on 4 December 1918. The unit thence shared in the South Russia campaign against the Bolshevik Forces from 23 December 1918.

Following the conclusion of the Great War, Kaye joined the Indian Police and landed at Bombay in April 1919. By May 1931, he was Personal Assistant to the Inspector-General of Railways and was in the Criminal Investigations Department. Principal of the Police Training School from June 1943, he retired in August 1947.

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480