Five: Lieutenant J. R. Inskipp, Rhodesian Forces

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Civil), 2nd type; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; RHODESIAN GENERAL SERVICE 1970-1980 (S./R.); ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENCE 1980, officially numbered; ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, bronze medal for lifesaving (6th March 1925), mounted court style for display, good very fine and better (5)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Lieutenant James Russell Inskipp was a nephew of Percy Sidney Inskipp, a Rhodesian pioneer. While citational details are not currently available for his R. H. S. medal, it is known he was again cited for bravery in lifesaving during 1943, when he was serving with the Rhodesian African Rifles. Despite being in full kit, he dived into the Hunyani River and rescued an African soldier who was in difficulties in at least 15 feet of water. James Inskipp latterly became an employee of the Southern Rhodesian Government and was awarded the M. B. E. in the Birthday Honours List of 1956.