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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 354

India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st ´Kaisar-i-Hind´ type, Calcutta Mint issue, two clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt. B.J.M. Sanders, R.A.), minor edge bruising, good very fine Estimate £ 180-220 M.C. London Gazette3.6.1919 Capt. Benjamin John Meadows Sanders, 449th Sge. Bty., R.G.A. Captain Benjamin John Meadows Sanders, born April 1892; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, 23.12.1911; Promoted Lieutenant, 23.12.1914; Served during the Great War on the Western Front, 11.7-31.10.1915; 15.7.1916-20.5.1917; and 15.10.1917-11.11.1918 (Wounded); Captain, 8.8.1916; Acting Major, 8-11.5.1917; Employed Indian Ordnance Department, 21.10.1922-19.8.1924; Transferred Indian Army, 20.8.1924; Deputy Chief Ordnance Officer, 1.4.1930.

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