Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Kaisar-i-Hind group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. T. Dawson, Rangoon Volunteer Rifles

Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, complete with top bar; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (A. T. Dawson, Vice Presdt. Maubin Municipality); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies) G.V.R. (2nd Lieutt., Rangoon Vol. Rfls.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £280-320

Alexander Thomas Dawson was born on 13 June 1872, the son of Thomas Dawson, a merchant of Rangoon, Burma. He was educated at Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow. On 17 November 1894 he was admitted to the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar on 30 June 1897. He was appointed Public Prosecutor in Maubin in 1898. In 1914 he helped establish Dawson’s Bank and was the manager of the branch in Maubin. Awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal by I.A.O. No. 292 of 1915. Awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in January 1919. With copied research and a copied photograph.