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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 369

x India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. J.W. Milne, C.I.E. 82 Pjbis.), good very fine Estimate £ 140-180 C.I.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Lieutenant-Colonel James William Milne, 82nd Punjabis, Indian Army ´´For services in connection with the Military Operations in Mesopotamia.´´ Lieutenant-Colonel James William Milne, C.I.E., born March 1870; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Scottish Rifles, March 1891; Lieutenant, Indian Staff Corps, July 1892; served as Adjutant, 22nd Madras Infantry, 1894-99; Captain, 10.7.1901; posted to 82nd Punjabis, 1906; Major, 4.3.1909; served during the Great War in the Mesopotamian Theatre of War (Twice Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 12.3.1918 and 5.6.1919); Lieutenant-Colonel, 4.3.1917; Appointed Commanding Officer, 82nd Punjabis, 4.9.1918; retired, 1919.

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