Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Major P. N. Craigie, 6th King Edward’s Own Cavalry, Indian Army

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2nd. Lieut. P. N. Craigie, Unattached 2 High. L.I.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt. P. N. Craigie, 6/Cavy); British War and Victory Medals (Major P. N. Craigie.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge, by J. Lattes, Cairo, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker's name on reverse, with rosette on riband; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1916, with bronze palm on riband, good very fine (6) £400-£500

Order of the Nile, 4th Class London Gazette 16 January 1920.

Patrick Neil Craigie was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List, with a view to being appointed to the Indian Staff Corps, on 4 August 1897. He served on the Punjab Frontier attached to the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, where he was present at the action at Buner, and the attack and the capture of the Tanga Pass, before taking up his appointment with the Indian Staff Corps on 20 October 1898. He was promoted Lieutenant on 4 November 1899, and Captain on 4 August 1906, and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 6th King Edward’s Own Cavalry, Indian Army, being promoted Major on 4 August 1915.

Note: Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.