Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Major D. H. St. J. O’Connor, Tank Corps, late 5th Lancers

1914 Star (Lieut. D. H. St. J. O’Connor, 5-Lrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. O’Connor); Victory Medals (Capt. D. H. St. J. O’Connor) note variation in initials, good very fine (3) £160-200

Daniel Henry St. John O’Connor was born on 24 June 1894. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Lancers on 15 August 1914 and entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 13 November 1914. Ranked as a Temporary Lieutenant, November 1914-February 1915, he was promoted to that rank on 2 February 1915 and to Captain on 27 March 1918. Ranked as a Captain in the 5th Dragoon Guards in April 1922; he served in the Tank Corps, July 1922-September 1923, serving as a Temporary Major, January-April 1923. Latterly, Captain O’Connor was employed as an Assistant Librarian at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Sold with copied m.i.c. and other research.