Orders, Decorations and Medals

An outstanding C.B., C.M.G., C.I.E., C.B.E., ‘Mekran’ D.S.O. group of fourteen awarded to Major-General Arthur Jacob, Indian Army, later commanding Razmak Field Force in Waziristan 1920-22

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, minor chips to green enamel wreath; The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, minor chips to points of two arms; The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type neck badge, enamel flaked on lower arm; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, top bar loose but present, small enamel flake to one arm; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp Waziristan 1901-2 (Captn., D.S.O., S. Waz. Militia); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., I.A., Attd. 106 Pionrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Col.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Brig. Gen.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Maj. Gen., I.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, the last ten court mounted as worn, unless otherwise described, nearly extremely fine (14) £3000-3500

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D.S.O. London Gazette 4 October 1898: ‘In recognition of services during the recent operations in Mekran.’ One of only two D.S.O.’s awarded for the Mekran operations on the south-west coast of what is now Pakistan.

Arthur Le Grand Jacob was born at Bhuj, India, on 19 February 1867, son of Major-General W. Jacob, Indian Army. He was educated at Sherborne School, and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Gazetted into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in January 1886, he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in June 1887, and served in the Zhob Valley Expedition in 1890. He was promoted to Captain in January 1897, and in the following year served in the operations in Mekran, including the action of Gok Parosh (mentioned in despatches and created Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). The Insignia were presented to him by the Queen at Windsor on 17 November 1898.

In 1901 and 1902 he again saw active service on the North West Frontier, in Waziristan (Medal with clasp). He was promoted to Major in January 1904, created a C.I.E. in 1907, and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1911. Jacob served in the Great War from 1914, as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master General, Indian Expeditionary Force “D”; Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, March 1917 to March 1919; and as Base Commandant, M.E.F., from March 1919. During 1918 he was appointed A.D.C. to the King, created a C.M.G., and given the Brevet of Colonel. He served in the Iraq Rebellion in 1920 (mentioned in despatches), and commanded Razmak Field Force in Waziristan 1920-22 (mentioned in despatches, C.B.E.). He subsequently commanded the Kohat District from 1922 to 1924, and the Waziristan District from 1924 until his retirement in 1926. Major-General Jacob died on 10 August 1942. He was the younger brother of Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., who died in June 1948.