Orders, Decorations and Medals

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2-Lt. L. T. Widdicombe, R. Garh. Rfls.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100

John Line Temple Widdicombe (note additional initial to that on medal) was born on 20 January 1899 and was first commissioned on 27 October 1916. On 1 May 1917 he was attached to the 9th Gurkha Rifles as Quartermaster. He served in the operations in Mesopotamia, February 1918-March 1919 and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 21 February 1919) and awarded the Order of the Star of Romania. With the Garhwal Rifles he served in Afghanistan and the N.W. Frontier, June-September 1919 and Waziristan, January-July 1920. Posted to the 7th Gurkha Rifles 1928; he attained the rank of Major 1934. With some copied research.