Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw

Pair: Lieutenant W. St. G. Ashe, Imperial Yeomany and Assam Valley Light Horse

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. W. St. G. Ashe, Imp. Yeo.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (1124 Corpl. W. St. Geo. Ashe, Assam Valley Lt. Horse) good very fine and better (2) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw.

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Wellesley St. George Ashe was born in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland on 24 February 1881. He was a Lieutenant in the Dublin City Royal Garrison Militia before sailing to South Africa and serving as a Lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry. After the war he moved to India, becoming a Planter in Assam. As a Corporal in the Assam Valley Light Horse he took part in Abor Expedition, 1911-12. Ashe was commissioned in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 4 December 1914. He was transferred to the Indian Cavalry Corps France in 1915 and resigned in 22 November 1917. With some copied research.