British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. C. H. Dawson) nearly extremely fine £20-30

Charles Hutton Dawson was born on 9 November 1859. A 2nd Lieutenant in the Militia, he transferred to the 25th Foot in October 1880 and thence to the 29th Foot in December the same year. Promoted to Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in July 1881, he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in February 1885. In the Indian Army he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1905 and received the brevet of Colonel in March 1908. He retired from the Indian Army on 23 October 1912. During the Great War he was temporarily re-employed as a Captain in the Army Service Corps.