Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Colonel F. P. Wernicke/Warwick, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service

1914-15 Star (Capt. F. P. Warwick, I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. F. P. Warwick); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Lt. Col. F. P. Wernicke, I.M.S.) mounted as worn, note variation in name, good very fine (4) £500-700

D.S.O. London Gazette 26 August 1918. ‘... for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 27 August 1918.

Frank Phillips Wernicke was born on 19 April 1881. Qualifying as M.B. Ch.B. Ed. 1905, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 1 February 1906. Promoted to Captain in February 1909 and Major in August 1917. During the Great War he served in Mesopotamia and was mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He changed his name to Warwick in 1920. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in August 1925. With copied research.