Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Colonel C. J. Toyne, Indian Army, attached 1-2 Gurkha Rifles

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. J. Toyne.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. C. J. Toyne.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. C. J. Toyne. 1-2 G.R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally very fine (5) £400-£500

Cuthbert John Toyne was born in Bucklow, Cheshire in May 1899 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Unattached List, on September 1918. He was posted to 2nd Gurkha Rifles in April 1919, as Record Officer and was promoted Lieutenant on 31 August 1919. He was appointed as Instructor to the Small Arms School, 1 December 1930, from 1-2 Gurkha Rifles, before being transferred to the Special Unemployed List on 1 November 1935. Re-appointed as Major, Indian Army, on 3 September 1939, he retired on 5 September 1948, and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel.