Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Lieut. O. E. Todd. 2nd Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles.) very fine £160-200

Oswald Erik Todd was born in Kildwick, Yorkshire, in July 1879, and was the son of the Reverend Herbert Todd. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), in December 1899. Todd served with the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘Orange Free State’ clasps).

Todd transferred to the Indian Army in August 1904, and initially served with the 90th Punjabis, before transferring as Lieutenant to the 2/5th Gurkha Rifles. He served with the Regiment on the North West Frontier, advanced to Captain in 1909, and continued to serve with them and during the Great War (entitled to British War and Victory Medals).

Having advanced to Temporary Major in March 1916, Todd was killed by an accidental gunshot wound whilst serving at Abbotobad, India, 10 July 1916. Major Todd is commemorated on the Karachi War Memorial.