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Lot

№ 727

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£450

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. D. Stuart, Army Pay Department, late Northamptonshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieutt. ,1st Bn. North’n Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major, A.P.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) good very fine (4) £250-300

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Seymour David Stuart served with the Northamptonshire Regiment in the operations on the North West Frontier of India, 1897-98, including opeartions on the Samana; also with the Tirah Expeditionary Force (Medal with 3 clasps). He served as a Major in the Army Pay Department with the B.E.F. in France and Belgium from 10 August 1914 (Ref. War Services - MIC says from 12th August) until 3 March 1916. He was appointed Staff Paymaster with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1919.