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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 403

Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Seed, 17th Dogra Regiment, late Private, Liverpool Regiment, later Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 73rd Carnatic Infantry, 3rd Madras Regiment and 12th (Norfolk) Home Guard Battalion

1914-15 Star (3579 Pte. R. B. Seed. L'Pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. B. Seed.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, Burma 1930-32 (Capt. R. B. Seed, 1-13 Madras R.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major R. B. Seed. 1-17 Dogra R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, second clasp sewn onto first on fifth, light adhesive patches to reverse, otherwise very fine and better and an impressive combination (8)

Richard Burton Seed was born on 19 April 1896 at Preston and was a clerk in a surveyor's office in 1911, living at 42 Hornby Street, Walton. He served in France with the 10th (Scottish) Battaion, Liverpool Regiment from 23 January 1915 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Seed was wounded by a gun shot wound to the ankle on 8 October 1917 whilst with the 4th Battalion, attached to 153 Field Company, Royal Engineers and was evacuated to England on 11 October.

Seconded for service with the Indian Army on 25 May 1918, he was appointed to the 73rd Carnatic Infantry on 1 July 1918. By January 1920 the 73rd Carnatic Infantry were in Burma, the depot being at Bhamo, Seed being Station Staff Officer Bhamo at the same time. Moved to Secunderbad by April 1920, the following year they were serving in Waziristan and in 1922 became the 1st Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment. Disbanded on 10 February 1928, he transferred to the 1st Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment and served as a Major during the North West Frontier operations in the late 1930s, earning a 'mention' for the period 17 January-15 September 1937 (London Gazette 18 February 1938, refers).

Posted to the 12th Battalion, 17th Dogras (Indian Territorial Force), Seed assumed command of that unit in July 1940 before they were converted to the 7th Battalion in September 1941, still under his command. Remaining in post until 1943, he then took command of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment until 1944 (Attached 116th Indian Infantry Brigade March 1944 - September 1944).

After the end of the Second World War he was appointed Administration Commandant at Allahabad and retired on 12 January 1948. Upon returning to England, he was made Adjutant (Quartermaster) of the 12th (Norfolk) Home Guard Battalion (The Brittania November 1952, refers) and died at Sand Dunes Nursing Home, Hunstanton on 28 June 1964, leaving a widow and a daughter; sold together with original transmittal document for the second clasp to India General Service 1936-39, 7th Dogra Truck Timings, 22/11/42 at Bakhora, Secretary of State Commonwealth Relations slip for Second War Campaign Awards, with three awards denoted, besides full copied service record and research.

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£700

Starting price
£600