The John Chidzey Collection

Four: Captain G. H. Tipper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers

1914-15 Star (2/Lt., I.A.R.O.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (G. H. Tipper) silver, mounted as worn, in case; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (8) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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George Howlett Tipper was born in Kendal in 1881 and was educated at Kendal School and Clare College, Cambridge. Employed as an Assistant Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India. He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 30 April 1915 having trained with the North Staffordshire Regiment. He attained the rank of Captain on 30 April 1916.