Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. Powell, Indian Army, late Bedfordshire Regiment, who was twice mentioned in Despatches

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. Powell. Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. Powell.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court style for wear, traces of lacquer, very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400

Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011.

M.C. London Gazette 17 January 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916; 27 August 1918.

Frank Powell was commissioned from Bedford Grammar School O.T.C. into the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 8 August 1914. Attached to the Bedfordshire Regiment as a Temporary Lieutenant in October 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914 until 25 June 1915, and was wounded. Promoted to Lieutenant in the Indian Army in September 1915, he then served in Iraq with the Garhwal Rifles, March 1917 to September 1918 and in Greek Macedonia, September to October 1918. Attaining the rank of Captain in August 1918, he finally served with the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles. He retired from the Indian Army due to ill health in 1932, ands subsequently served with the Home Guard in 1941 as a Captain, Adjutant and Quartermaster.

Sold with copied research.