Orders, Decorations and Medals

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. F. G. Delamain, 70th Foot) good very fine £250-300

Frank Gun Delamain was born on 6 April 1858 and was appointed a Lieutenant in the 70th (East Surrey) Regiment on 12 February 1876. With them he served with the Kandahar and Khyber Field Forces (Medal). He was posted then to the Bengal Staff Corps in 1879 and thence in 1882 as a Captain with the 11th (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers, where he was employed as a Squadron Commander. In 1891 he served on the N.W. Frontier with the Hazara Field Force (Medal and clasp) and in 1895 served with the Chitral Relief Force (Medal and clasp). Promoted to Major in 1896; during 1897-98 he served at the defence of Malakand, relief of Chakdara, the action at Landakai, the operations in Bajaur and in Mamund Country and at Mohmand (Two clasps). Delamain was awarded the brevet of Colonel in 1905 and continued to serve until 1910. With some copied research.