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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 17

A Post-War M.B.E., Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fox, Simla Volunteer Rifles, Late Cheshire Regiment
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver, (Hallmarks for London 1919)
b) British War Medal (Lieut. J. Fox)
c) Victory Medal (Lieut. James Fox)
d) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver
e) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (Sub-Condtr. James Fox. India Misc List)
f) Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (Serjt. J. Fox. Simla Vol. Rfls.)
g) Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (Condr. J. Fox. I.M.L.), generally good very fine, mounted court style for wear, together with a photographic image of the recipient (7)

M.B.E. London Gazette 2.6.1923 Deputy Commissary and Captain James Fox, Indian Miscellaneous List

M.S.M. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Condr., Fox, J., Misc. List
'In recognition of valuable service rendered in connection with the War.'

Lieutenant-Colonel James Fox, M.B.E., (1878-1949), born Chester; enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, as a Band Boy, August 1893; transferred to the 2nd Battalion, February 1894, and served with the Battalion in India as a Bandsman; advanced Sergeant, June 1901; Sub-Conductor, August 1905; awarded L.S. & G.C., March 1912; promoted Conductor, April 1913; served during the Great War with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; awarded Volunteer Force L.S. & G.C. as a Sergeant in the Simla Volunteer Rifles, January 1917; promoted Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant, June 1918; served as Personal Assistant to the Quartermaster General, August 1921 to March 1924; promoted Deputy Commissary and Captain, March 1923; appointed Officer Supervisor to the Quarter Master General, March 1924; promoted Commissary and Major, June 1924; Commissary and Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1927; retired 1931; and subsequently served as President of the India Army Headquarters Association.

Provenance: J.M.A. Tamplin Collection, May 2011.

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