Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Director of Telegraphs R. Meredith, C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Telegraph Department

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (Asstt. Supdt. R. Meredith. Telegraph Dept.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Asstt. Supdt. R. Meredith. Tel. Dept.); British War Medal 1914-20 (R. Meredith, P & T. Dept.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine (4) £600-£800

C.S.I. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

C.I.E. London Gazette 22 June 1914.

Richard Meredith was born on 21 May 1867, the son of Sir James Creed Meredith, and was appointed to the Indian Army on 1 October 1889, arriving in India on 5 November 1889. He served with the Upper Burma Division on field telegraph construction from November 1881 to June 1892, and was later employed on special duty with the Chitral Relief Force Field Telegraphs, 29 March to 30 June 1895.

Meredith was advanced superintendent, 1st Grade, on 4 February 19906, and was employed on special duty with the working of the East Indian Railway Company’s Telegraph system from January to March 1908. He served in India throughout the Great War, latterly as Chief Engineer, Telegraphs, and is named as brought to the notice of the Government of India ‘for valuable services rendered in India in connection with the War’ (Gazette of India 29 July 1919).

Meredith was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1914, and a Companion of the Star of India in 1919. He retired in 1932, and died on 4 January 1957.

Sold with copied record of service.