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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 148

(x) Four: Lieutenant A. L. Godden, Lumsden's Horse

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (67 Tpr. A. L. Godden, Lumsden's Horse); Delhi Durbar 1911; Volunteer Force L.S & G.C., G.V.R. (2nd Lieut. A. L. Godden E.B. Vol. Rfs.); Indian Volunteer Forces Officers' Decoration, G.V.R. (Lt. A. L. Godden, E.B. Coy., A.F.I.), maker's cartouche and hallmarks to Birmingham 1927 to reverse, with top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine (4)

V.D. I.A.O. 14 May 1918.

A. L. Godden is confirmed on the medal roll for having served with Lumsden's Horse as a Trooper in the Boer War. The corps was raised out of various existing units of Volunteer Corps in India, this particular one being formed in Calcutta in 1899 by Lieutenant Colonel D. M. Lumsden of the Assam Valley Light Horse. The corps, made up of only 250 men, left Calcutta in February 1900, under the command of Field Marshal Lord Roberts saw significant action, including taking part in the march to Bloemfontein and the occupation of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Having survived the war, Godden returned to India and continued his military service, this time with the Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles (E.B.V.R.) The unit was present at the infamous Delhi Durbar of 1911 and he continued to serve with them throughout the decade. He is recorded as a 2nd Lieutenant with the E.B.V.R. in September 1915 and was awarded his V.D. in 1918. Godden again continued to serve throughout the 1920s and was awarded his Indian Volunteer Forces Officer's Decoration towards the end of the decade.

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Estimate
£260 to £300

Starting price
£210