Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (Captn. C. B. Byers, S. & T. Corps) good very fine £300-350

Ex D.N.W. 13 December 2007.

Cyril Bertram Byers was born in Dum Dum, India, on 1 November 1869. After attending the Royal Military College he entered the Army in May 1889 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant in March 1892, he was transferred to the Indian Army at his own request in May 1892, serving with the Bengal Staff Corps in the Supply and Transport section. Promoted to Captain in May 1900, he was present in the Waziristan Expedition 1901-02. Byers was promoted to Major in May 1907 and Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1915.

He retired from the service on 19 December 1921.