Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain J. R. P. Finlay, 3rd Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides, sometime attached Malay States Guides

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. P. Finlay.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Lt. J. R. P. Finlay, 3 Bn. Q.V.O. Cps. of Guides); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Kurdistan (Lieut. J. R. P. Finlay.) mounted court-style as worn, nearly very fine (4) £400-£500

James Robert Paul Finlay was born on 27 July 1899; joined 10 December 1917; date of first commission, 31 January 1918; appointed to Indian Army, 7 February 1918 (Unattached List); served in Aden, attached to the Malay States Guides, 10 May 1918 to 11 November 1918; Waziristan and Mahsud 1919-21; Iraq (Staff Officer special appointment), cipher officer attached to main intelligence department; Kurdistan 1923; on sick leave 1924; Waziristan District, Staff Officer H.Q., 3 months, 1930; Burma 1932; probably entitled to additional clasps for North West Frontier 1930-31 and Burma 1930-32 but retired from the army before he could be issued with them.

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