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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 6

The Great War '1917' Western Front D.S.O., '1919' O.B.E. Group of Six to Colonel J.D. Richmond, Royal Army Medical Corps
a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse central medallion slightly loose, with integral top riband bar
b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919)
c) 1914-15 Star (Major J.D. Richmond. R.A.M.C.)
d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. J.D. Richmond.)
e) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, second clasp loose on riband as issued (Maj. T.D. Richmond. R.A.M.C.), good very fine or better, mounted as worn and housed in a damaged fitted leather case, together with a post card photograph of the recipient (6)

D.S.O. London Gazette 4.6.1917 Maj. John Duncan Richmond M.B., R.A.M.C.
'For distinguished service in the field.'

O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Richmond, Maj. John Duncan, D.S.O., M.D., R.A.M.C.
'For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916 Richmond, Major J.D., M.D., R.A.M.C., General Headquarters Staff, Army Medical Service
'For gallant and distinguished service in the field.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 29.5.1917 Richmond, Maj. J.D., M.B., Headquarters Staff, Army Medical Service
'For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 10.7.1919 Richmond, Maj. J.D., D.S.O., M.B., R.A.M.C., Army Medical Service
'For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 16th September, 1918, to 15th March, 1919.'

Colonel John Duncan Richmond, D.S.O., O.B.E., born Govan, Lanarkshire, October 1877; educated at Glasgow University (M.B. 1900); Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, 31.8.1903; served in India, 1904-07 (invalided) and 1907-09; promoted Captain, 28.2.1907; Major, 28.2.1915; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29.5.1915 (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1.6-12.8.1916); served with the Medical Corps in Afghanistan and Waziristan, 1919-21; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 23.2.1926; served in Malaya, 1926-29; promoted Colonel, 23.3.1930; Appointed Deputy Director of Medical Services, 10.11.1931; retired 14.10.1934. Colonel Richmond died 6.5.1962.

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