Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Barry, Indian Army

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., I.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., I.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col.) minor contact marks, good very fine and better (3) £280-320

William Thornburn Barry was born on 10 May 1874. He received his first commission in the East Surrey Regiment in June 1894. and was advanced to Lieutenant in December 1896. Appointed to the Indian Army and the 2nd (Queen’s Own) Rajput Light Infantry in December 1898. Serving in the Boer War with the I.S.C., he was present in operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899-1900, including the action at Kheis, 29 May; operations in the Orange River Colony, May-November 1900, including actions at Lindley, 1 June, Rhenoster River, 11 June, and Lindley, 26 June. Served also in operations in Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Ventes Kroon, 7 & 9 August, and operations in Transvaal, November 1900-May 1902. Barry was promoted to Captain in June 1903 and Major in June 1912. Appointed a Magistrate in the Lahore Cantonment in January 1904, he was transferred to the Supernumary List in January 1914. In January 1918 he was ranked as a 2nd Class Magistrate. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1920, he retired on 3 June 1924. Sold with copied roll extract, m.i.c. and other research.