Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel D. J. P. Weld, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, late 1/1 Punjab Regiment and Cheshire Regiment

India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Capt. D. J. P. Weld.) unit possibly erased from edge; 1939-45 Star, unnamed, nearly very fine or better (2) £80-£100

Dennis John Patrick Weld was born on 1 April 1907. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment on 29 January 1927 and was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1930. Serving in India, he was attached to the 1/1 Punjab Regiment in November 1935 and was promoted to Captain in January 1936. In August 1938 he was transferred to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, being promoted to Acting Major in February 1943, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1943, and war substantive Major and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1944. He retired with the rank of Major c.1946/47.