Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant O. S. Melhado, 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, who died of wounds in Malta on 7 December 1915

1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., York. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut.) last with edge bruise, good very fine (2) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Militaria and Medals relating to Jamaica and the West Indies.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916.

Owen Stirling Melhado was the son of Reginald and Irene Melhado, of Devon House, Half Way Tree, Jamaica. Commissioned in the field, 2nd Lieutenant Melhado died of wounds on 7 December 1915, aged 23 years. He was buried in the Marsa Jewish Cemetery, Malta.