Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain T. B. G. Welch, Nigeria Regiment, who played First Class cricket for Northamptonshire

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Nigeria, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. Thomas B. G. Welch, Supp. Res. Nigeria Regt.’, mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (3) £200-£240

E.D. London Gazette 9 September 1954.

Thomas Bacon Gascoigne Welch was born in Reigate, Surrey, on 31 July 1906 and played 33 First Class matches for Northamptonshire from 1922 to 1931. He subsequently held a Government appointment in Nigeria, and died in London on 16 March 1972.

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