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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 197

A K.P.M. for Gallantry awarded to Sergeant F. O'Hara, Calcutta Police, late Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)

King's Police Medal, with Gallantry riband, G.V.R. crowned head issue (Felix O'Hara, Sergt. Calcutta Police); 1914 Star, copy clasp (9949 Pte. F. O'Hara. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9949 Pte. F. O'Hara. York. R.); Jubilee 1935; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India, with Additional Service Bar (Sjt. F. O'Hara, Cal. & Presy. Bn. A.F.I.), mounted as worn, very fine (6)

K.P.M. for Gallantry London Gazette 1 January 1931.

Felix O'Hara was born in 1894 and served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Green Howards from 5 October 1914. Having injured his right ankle on 13 March 1915, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment in February 1916.

O'Hara thence joined the Calcutta Police, to whom a replacement set of Great War awards were sent after his originals were lost. He forged a long and successful career out in India and was for a long time a member of the Auxiliary Forces.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600