Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. Dickinson, Madras Pioneers

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. F. R. Dickinson.) rank officially corrected; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. F. R. Dickinson, 2-1 M. Prs.) edge bruise to IGS, light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200

Frederick Richard Dickinson was born in Agra, India, on 4 June 1898, the son of Frederick John Dickinson, Esq., who worked for the Revenue Department in India,and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 12 September 1917. He was appointed to the 81 Pioneers on 22 December 1917, before transferring to the 20th Horse in March 1918; the 155th Pioneers in November 1918; the 61 Pioneers in June 1919; and the 12th Pioneers in August 1920, with whom he served in Iraq.

Dickinson transferred to the 1st Sapper and Miners in March 1921; to the 10th Pioneers in June 1923; and then to the 2-1st Pioneers on 18 October 1923, with whom he served in Waziristan as a Company Commanding Officer. He was posted to the 2nd Madras Pioneers on 11 May 1929, and then to the 3-7th Rajput Regiment. He latterly served as Adjutant, before transferring to the Supplementary Unemployed List on 1 November 1935, and was promoted Major on 1 August 1938.

Dickinson was commissioned Flight Lieutenant in the General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force Reserve, on 21 September 1938, and served briefly in the Second World War with the 7th Rajputs, before reverting back to the S.U.L., with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 17 November 1942. He retired on 4 June 1948, and died on 10 May 1957.

Sold with copied research including his Great War Medal Index Card, which states that he was issued with a British War Medal by the Government of India (although not entitled to a Victory Medal).