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Five: Lieutenant-Colonel D. J. P. Weld, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, late 1/1 Punjab Regiment and Cheshire Regiment
India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Capt. D. J. P. Weld); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good very fine and better (5) £250-300
Dennis John Patrick Weld was born on 1 April 1907. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment on 29 January 1927 and was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1930. Serving in India, he was attached to the 1/1 Punjab Regiment in November 1935 and was promoted to Captain in January 1936. In August 1938 he was transferred to the R.I.A.S.C., being promoted to Acting Major in February 1943, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1943, and war substantive Major and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1944. He retired with the rank of Major c.1946/47. With copied annual report for 1946 and copied service notes.
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