Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, North West Frontier 1935, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (2-Lt. G. L. Bullock, U.L.) nearly extremely fine £120-£160

Gerald Lendon Bullock was born on 21 August 1909 and was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, on 29 August 1929, and arrived in India on 13 October of that year. Attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, he served with them during operations on the North West Frontier of India later that year, before joining the 18th Cavalry, Indian Army, on 27 October 1930 as Squadron Officer. Appointed Quartermaster on 1 February 1935, he saw further service with the 18th Cavalry on the North West Frontier in the operations against the Mohmands in 1935, and, having been promoted Captain on 1 August 1938, served during the Second World War in Persia, Iraq, and Egypt. Promoted Major on 29 August 1946, he retired from the Indian Army in 1947.