Lot 4162

Description

Group of Five: Military Cross (GVIR); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War medal 1939-45. '1943' engraved on Military Cross, other medals unnamed. Very fine.

Captain John Cecil Hargrave 17th Dogra Regiment. Enl.11Apr1939 No.696821 - 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, Commissioned to 1st Batt 17th Dogra Regt (Prince of Wales Own) 20Nov1941, Acting Capt 09May1942, Temp Captain 09Aug1943, Liaison Officer 123 Indian Infantry Brigade 09Jan1944 then as Intelligence Officer 06Apr1944, Liaison Officer HQ 5th Indian Div 31May1944, General Staff Officer Grade 3 10Mar1945, Brigade Major 9th Indian Infantry Brigade 11May1945, General Staff Officer Grade 3 HQ 5th Indian Div 02Jun1945, Dogra Regt Centre, India 06Jan1946, demobilised 11May1946. Together with two M.I.D. certificates (LG 10Jan1946, 19Sep1946); Major's rank and regimental badges; Army Soldier's Service and Pay book; Officer's Record of Service book; six photographs of recipient and other Officers; congratulatory letters on being awarded the M.C. (10) including from King George and W.J.Slim General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fourteenth Army; London Rifle Brigade, Standing Orders and Rules book; silk RAF escape route map of Thailand and Malaya.