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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 64

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel E. de L. Young, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Bt. Lt. Col. E. De L. Young.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st ´Kaisar-i-Hind´ type, Calcutta Mint issue, one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. E. De L. Young, M.W.S.); Defence Medal; Delhi Durbar 1911, very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 200-230 M.I.D. London Gazette 19.10.1916 Young, Capt. E. de L., Royal Engineers M.I.D. London Gazette 15.8.1917 Young, Maj. E. de L., Royal Engineers M.I.D. London Gazette 3.8.1920 Young, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel E. de L., R.E., Works Directorate. ´For distinguished service during the operations against Afghanistan.´ Lieutenant-Colonel Edward de Lorentz Young, born February 1881; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 18.8.1900; served on the North West Frontier during operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris, 1902; Promoted Lieutenant, 18.8.1903; Captain, 18.8.1910; served during the Great War in Mesopotamia, 2.1.1916-2.8.1918, and in Persia with the North Persia Force, 3.8-11.11.1918; Major, 2.11.1916; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3.6.1917; saw action during the Third Afghan War as Assistant Director of Works, India.

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