Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Major F. A. Blyth. 10th. Bl. Lcrs.) with later silver Oak Leaf with M.I.D. inscribed, very fine £260-300

Frederick Augustus Blyth was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, in 1857. He was the son of Major-General F. S. Blyth, C.B., who commanded the 40th Foot when stationed in Australia. F.A. Blyth was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 40th Foot, in February 1875. He transferred to the 73rd Foot in December of the same year, before being posted as a Lieutenant to the Indian Staff Corps in January 1881.

Blyth was appointed a Squadron Officer of the 10th Bengal Lancers in January 1882, and served with the Regiment during the Zhob Valley Expedition of 1884. He served as Adjutant, January 1885 - February 1886, advancing to Captain in the latter year. He served as Major, and officiating Commandant of the Regiment for the campaign on the North West Frontier under Sir William Lockhart, with the Buner Field Force in 1898 (M.I.D. London Gazette 22 April 1898). He commanded the Regiment, October 1901 - May 1907, having been appointed Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1904. Blyth died in February 1919.