Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘North West Frontier’ operations C.I.E. group of four awarded to Colonel E. de V. Willoughby-Osborne, South Lancashire Regiment

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. A. De V. Willoughby-Osborne); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. A. De V. Willoughby-Osborne, S. Lan. R.) the last three mounted as worn, extremely fine (4) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe.

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C.I.E. London Gazette 14 May 1920.

Arthur DeVere Willoughby-Osborne was born on 29 March 1869, son of Colonel John W. Willoughby Osborne, a hero of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58. He was educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military Academy, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment in April 1889. Promoted Lieutenant in December 1891 and Captain in January 1899, Willoughby-Osborne saw service during those years at Gibraltar, in Egypt, and at Kamptee, Bombay. During 1900-03 he served at Jubbulpore, Bengal, and was then Adjutant of the Militia Battalion at Warrington until 1908. He was promoted to Major in February 1908 and returned to India with the 1st Battalion, serving at Ranikhet, Lahore (1910), Subathu (1911), Ambala (1912) and at Quetta (1914). Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1916, he commanded the battalion in the operations on the North West Frontier of India 1917-18 (despatches, C.I.E.), and was again mentioned in despatches for dstinguished services during the 3rd Afghan war in 1919. He was promoted to Colonel and placed on half-pay in 1920, and retired in February 1921. Colonel Willoughby-Osborne died at Sidmouth, Devon, on 31 December 1933.