Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (5609040 Pte. G. F. Lane. Devon R.) light contact marks, very fine £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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31 Waziristan 1919-21 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment

George Francis Lane was born in Torquay in 1900. A Laundry Stoker by occupation he attested (for the duration of the War) in March 1918, serving in various training units before embarking for France to join the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 18 August 1918. After 300 days’ service he was discharged and re-enlisted at Abbeville into the Devonshire Regiment on 14 January 1919. Posted to the 2nd Battalion he embarked with the battalion for India on 16 August 1919 and proceeded to Quetta. Attached to the 52nd Field Ambulance he served in Waziristan 1919-21. In the 1921 Census he is recorded at Fort Sandeman, Baluchistan attached Sanitary Section, 52nd Combined Field Ambulance. Discharged to pension ‘Physically Unfit’ on 25 February 1925, he returned to Torquay and was employed as a Laundry Engineer. He died at Torquay on 1 September 1975.

Note: Although shown as entitled to the British War and Victory medals it is unclear if these were issued as no Medal Index Card confirmation has been traced.

Sold with copied service record and other research.