Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Pair: Major J. M. E. B. Coates, Indian Army

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31(Lt., 5-2 Punjab R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Capt., Tochi Scouts), mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-160

Major John Martin Edward Buller Coates was born in 1904 and was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment in 1925. Transferring to the Indian Army in 1926, he became a Lieutenant in the 2nd Punjab Regiment in 1928 and promoted Captain in 1934. Between 1934-37 he was employed as a Wing Officer with the Tochi Scouts. He retired in 1938 but was reactivated the following year and appointed to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps in June 1940.