Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Piper J. Dunbar, Seaforth Highlanders

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (9458 Pte. J. Dunbar 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); 1914 Star (9458 Pte. J. Dunbar. 1/Sea. Highrs.); with Regimental Piping Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1912), good very fine (3) £140-180

John Dunbar was a native of Caithness, Scotland, and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders in 1901. He ‘served as a Piper with the 1st Battalion. Took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1908, serving in ‘F’ Company with the Bazar Valley and Mohmand Field Forces. Also served with the Battalion in the 7th (Meerut) Division during the Great War and was wounded at the battle of Sheik Saad, Mesopotamia, on the 7th January 1916.’ (Pipers of the Highland Regiments 1854-1902, by R. H. Crawford refers)