Six: Temporary Major Norman William Imrie, Indian Army, late Calcutta Light Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) erasure of ‘2’ before ‘Lieut.’; Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Cpl., Cal. L.H., A.F.I.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, bronze palm on ribbon, mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, very fine (7) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Norman William Imrie was born in Moss Side, Manchester, on 15 August 1892. He served in the ranks of Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial), November 1908-August 1911. During the Great War he served in the ranks of the Royal Field Artillery, December 1915-January 1918. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve on 21 January 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 July 1919. During the war he served in France, February-August 1918, being gassed during the ‘August Advance’, and in Turkey, June-October 1919. According to his ‘Record of Services Officers, Indian Services’ he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre in June 1918 (not found in the London Gazette). He was released from military service in March 1920. Between the war, Imrie went to India and there joined the Army in India Reserve of Officers, being appointed Captain in October 1926. He served with the Artillery, firstly with the Pack Artillery Training Centre at Lucknow and was later at Meerut. Serving in the Auxiliary Forces India, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (India) as a Corporal in the Calcutta Light Horse, this announced in I.A.O. 536 of June 1938. During the Second World War Imrie returned to active service. He was granted an emergency commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army on 30 November 1940. He was subsequently promoted to War Substantive Captain in December 1941 and became a Temporary Major, December 1941-January 1943. Imrie served as an officer with a prisoner-of-war camp at Ramgarh, November 1940-September 1941, and was then with the Corps of Indian Engineers at Jullundur, September-November 1941, after which he served as D.A.D. Tn. (Stores) in Persia, January 1942-January 1943. Until November 1944 he was then on regimental duty at Jullundur and Baroda. He was S.S.O. Baroda from December 1946.

Sold with recipient’s identity disk and copied research.