Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel The Reverend A. F. Inglis, Gurkha Rifles, Kashmiri Infantry and Gilgit Scouts, late South Lancashire Regiment, who having taken Holy Orders served as Chaplain to the North West Railway Battalion, Auxiliary Forces India

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major A. F. Inglis. 1 Kashmir I.S. Infy.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Indian States, Jummoo and Kashmir, War Medal 1914-18, 42mm, silver, the obverse with the heraldic crest of Jummoo and Kashmir with supporters, the reverse inscribed ‘1919 A.D. Awarded for services rendered during the Great War 1914 - 1918,’ unnamed as issued, the last scarce in silver, generally very fine and better, the last scarce in silver (8) £600-£800

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1919.

The Reverend Alexander Francis Inglis was born at Murree, India, in 1881, the son of Colonel David William Inglis, 35th Sikhs, and was educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment in September 1901, he proceed to India and served attached to the 82nd Regiment. He transferred to the Indian Staff Corps the following year, and thence to the 17th Bengal Infantry, attached King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles at Dharmansala, Punjab, in 1904. He was present at the Coronation in 1911 with the Indian Contingent and accompanied the Battalion at the Delhi Durbar, 1911. During the Grear War he served in Chitral and Gilgit as Military Assistant and Commandant Scouts 1914-17., before proceeding to Egypt as Senior Special Service Officer, 1st Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and commanded the battalion in the line in Palestine. He participated in the final attack on Nablus with the 30th Brigade, and for his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919) and created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Following the war Inglis took up a staff appointment as Commanding Officer at Dharamsala, in the Jullundur Brigade Area of Lahore, and retired on ill health grounds in 1922, being granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He trained for the clergy and attended the Bishop’s College, Cheshunt and was ordained, becoming deacon in 1932, and priest in 1933. He was Chaplain to St. Andrew and St. Oswald, Lahore, and Military Chaplain of St. Martin, Delhi Encampments, and was Chaplain, North West Railway Battalion, A.F.I. in 1937, until 1944. He was confirmed as Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 1946.