Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant R. W. Symes, Hampshire Regiment, late 25th Cyclist Battalion, London Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. W. Symes); Defence Medal, together with a 25 (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, London Regiment cap badge, traces of verdigris to obverse of Defence Medal, therefore nearly very fine, the Great War awards extremely fine (3) £60-80

Robert Warren Symes was born in Dublin in 1896 and was educated at Christ’s Hospital School, Sussex. He attested for the 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, London Regiment, on 10 September 1914 and served with them during the Great War in India from 16 January 1916, taking part in the operations against the Mahsuds as part of the Waziristan Field Force, 26 May until 15 August 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Hampshire Regiment, on 16 March 1918.

Sold together with a run of 16 reproduced photographs taken by the recipient in Mahsud, North West Frontier of India, between March and August 1917, all annotated on the reverse.