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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 47

Four: Captain C.J. Morris, Queen Alexandra´s Own Gurkha Rifles, Late Leicestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2nd. Lieut C.J. Morris Leic. Regt.), renamed in large serif capitals; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C.J. Morris.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st ´Kaisar-i-Hind´ type, Calcutta Mint issue, three clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. C.J. Morris. 2-3 Q.A.O. Grks.), nearly very fine or better, in Spink and Son, London case (4) Estimate £ 240-280 Captain Charles John Morris, born August 1895; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 22.10.1915; served on the Western Front, 31.12.1915-31.5.1917 (wounded); Promoted Lieutenant, 22.7.1917; Arrived in India, 29.8.1917; Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Queen Alexandra´s Own Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 29.7.1918; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1.9-31.10.1918; present in operations in Central Kurdistan, 1919; Captain, 20.7.1920; Interpreter of Hindi, 1st Class, April 1925; Company Commander, Q.A.O.G.R., 6.9.1929; transferred, Special Unemployed List, 1.11.1935.

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