Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant Colonel T. K. Gaskell, 91st Punjabis, Indian Army

1914-15 Star (Major T. K. Gaskell. 91st Punjabis.) later engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major T. K. Gaskell.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Major. T. K. Gaskell. 91st. Punjabis) re-engraved naming; Delhi Durbar 1911 (Major T. J. Gaskell, 91st Punjabis) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, good very fine (4) £60-80

Thomas Kershaw Gaskell was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 1 October 1870, the son of Captain Thomas Gaskell, Royal Artillery. He served as Lieutenant in the Suffolk Artillery Militia from 1890, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 19 October 1892. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps on 12 January 1896, whilst serving with the 29th Burma Infantry; Captain, Indian Army, on 19 October 1901, to serve with the 89th Punjabis;, and Major, 89th Punjabis, Indian Army, on 19 October 1910. He served during the Great War on the Western Front in 1915 and 1916, before transferring to half-pay on 1 April 1916, but was restored to the active list on 11 October 1916 and served then in India. He retired on 24 June 1920 and was granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Gaskell died on 20 November 1934 and is buried in Largo Cemetery, Fife, along with his wife Jean Helen Gaskell (nee Rintoul). A three-panelled stained-glass window was given by Jean Helen Gaskell in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Gaskell and is situated in the south transept of Largo Church, and the inscription reads “Now is come salvation and strength- King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To the Glory of God. In ever grateful remembrance of Lt Col Thomas Kershaw Gaskell 20th November 1934”.