Orders, Decorations and Medals

A magnificent Waziristan D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., and Afghanistan M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant Colonel F. S. Poynder, 9th Gurkha Rifles
Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1938’; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., 4th class, the reverse officially numbered ‘595’; The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) 1st type; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with Mons bar (Lt., 1/9 Gurkha Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Captn., 1/9 Gurkha Rfls.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lt.Col., 1-9 G.R.); Coronation 1937; Sweden, Order of the Sword, Knight 1st class, breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, enamel chipped on reverse centre and completely lacking on one reverse arm, together with companion miniature dress medals of the first ten, unless otherwise described, good very fine or better (21)

D.S.O. London Gazette 16 August 1938, Lt. Col. 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles, ‘operations in Waziristan, 16 Sept.-15 Dec. 1937’.
M.V.O. London Gazette 25 March 1921, Capt., M.C., I.A., ‘On the occasion of the visit to India of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught.’
O.B.E. London Gazette 23 June 1922, Capt., 9th Gurkha Rifles, I.A., ‘On the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to India.’
M.C. London Gazette 3 August 1920, ‘for distinguished service in the field in the Afghan War 1919.’
M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916, 11 July 1919 and 16 August 1938.

Frederick Sinclair Poynder was born in 1893 and educated at Wellington and Royal Military College. He joined the 9th Gurkha Rifles in 1913 and served in the Great War, being wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. In the Afghan War of 1919 he won the Military Cross, and subsequently served in the operations in Waziristan 1921-24 and on the North West Frontier in 1930-31. He commanded his regiment in the operations in Waziristan 1936-37 and was awarded the D.S.O. He was A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught in India 1921, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in India 1921-22. From 1926-27 he was Military Secretary to H.R.H. Crown Prince of Sweden in India and received the Royal Order of the Sword for these services. Poynder was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1935 but retired due to ill health in 1938 and thereafter devoted himself to Red Cross work. He was the author of the history of his Regiment ‘The 9th Gurkha Rifles’, published in 1937. Colonel Poynder died on 31 March 1943.

The group is sold with original bestowal documents for the D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Coronation 1937 and Swedish Order of the Sword, various other documents, two photographs and the recipient’s first commission dated 12 January 1912.