Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Major C. H. D. La Touche, Indian Army

British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major C. H. Digges-la-Touche); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Maj. C. H. D. La Touche, 16 Cavy.) nearly extremely fine (3) £220-260

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 August 1917.

Cecil Huntingdon Digges La Touche was born on 4 April 1883 and educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1902 and was appointed a Lieutenant in the Indian Army in 1905 - serving as a Squadron Officer in the 16th Cavalry. He was appointed Assistant Commandant of the Military Police at Lashio, Burma in October 1908. Promoted to Captain in 1911, he returned to the 16th Cavalry in 1912 as Squadron Officer. In 1915 he was appointed Squadron Commander and in 1917 was promoted to Major. For his wartime services in Mesopotamia he was mentioned in despatches. On 22 December 1918 he was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. on the Staff in India and in April 1920 was appointed D.A.Q.M.G., Wazirforce, on the N.W. Frontier. He died at Lahore on 3 May 1922. Sold with copied summary of service and some ‘La Touche’ family history.