Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Cap. F. R. Ditmas, 15th Ben. Cav.) good very fine £300-£400

Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011.

Frederick Robertson Ditmas, who was first commissioned into the Royal Artillery in July 1867, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps on in June 1871 and was appointed on the same date as a Lieutenant in the 15th (Cureton’s Multani) Bengal Lancers. Appointed a Squadron Officer in December 1877 and promoted to Captain in July 1879, he served with the Vitakri Field Force in Afghanistan. Ditmas was subsequently advanced to Major in July 1887, appointed Commandant, 15th Bengal Lancers in June 1893, and advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1893.

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