Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Major D. H. Lee, Royal Artillery

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. D. H. Lee.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. D. H. Lee. R.A.); Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Denis Harold Lee was born on 8 November 1894, the son of Hon. Major Lennie Henry Lee, O.B.E., I.A.R.O. He was educated at the R.M.A., Woolwich, where he was a Gentleman Cadet, and was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 3 January 1919, becoming Lieutenant on 1 September 1919. He served in Iraq from 1919 to 1920 and was A.D.C. to the Brigade Commander, R.A., from 19 September to 10 November 1919, when he relinquished that appointment. He was promoted to Captain in May 1921 and appointed Adjutant in January 1925, and held that appointment until December 1927. In 1929 he was shown as serving in 25 Field Brigade at Nowshera and Peshawar. He later took part in the operations on the North West Frontier of 1930-31 and continued to serve with 25 Field Brigade until 1934, when he transferred to 14 Field Brigade at Bangalore. Promoted to Major in February 1934, he later came home with 14 Field Brigade and served with it at Colchester. Major Lee died suddenly at Reed Hall, Colchester, on 6 May 1938, aged 43.