Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Coleridge, 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry and 80th Carnatic Infantry, Indian Army, who was four time Mentioned in Despatches

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. P. L. Coleridge. 63 P.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with unofficial M.I.D. oak leaves emblem (Maj. P. L. Coleridge.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Major P. L. Coleridge.) generally very fine (5) £400-£500

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

Percy Lovel Coleridge was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army on 20 June 1900, and was promoted Lieutenant on 20 April 1902. He served during the Great War as a Captain in the 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry before transferring to the 80th Carnatic Infantry as a temporary Major on 21 January 1916. He served in the operations in East Africa from 16 October 1914 to 5 August 1917; in Iraq from 1 December 1917 to November 1918; and then during the Arab Rebellion 1920-21. For his services he was four times Mentioned in Despatches, on the latter occasion for Iraq (London Gazettes 8 February 1917; 7 March 1918; 5 June 1919; and 9 September 1921) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, he subsequently served in the Devon Home Guard during the Second World War.