Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Colonel R. C. Onslow, Indian Army, late Hodson’s Horse and Governor-General’s Body Guard

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. R. C. Onslow, 10th Ben. Lancs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. R. C. Onslow); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, complete with ribbon buckle, good very fine (3) £300-350

Richard Cranley Onslow served during the first campaign in Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion 12th Foot. Attached as Officiating Squadron Officer from July 1879, he served subsequently with the 10th Bengal Lancers, being present at the fighting at Jagdalak. From August until October 1880, he was Assistant Road Commandant in the Kuram Valley (Medal).

He became a permanent squadron officer in the 10th Bengal Lancers (later Hodson’s Horse) in July 1882 and was shortly afterwards appointed as Adjutant to the Viceroy’s Body Guard, which he held until 1888 when he became Commandant of the Governor-General’s Body Guard. He served subsequently with the Judge Advocate-General’s Department, with whom he served as Deputy Judge Advocate-General in India during the Great War.