Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Lieut. D. B. Thomas, 1st Bn. Ches. R.) good very fine £400-£500

David Brodie Thomas was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, on 19 February 1862, and was educated at Epsom College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment on 28 February 1885, having previously served in the Militia, and served with the 1st Battalion in India and Burma. For his services in the Chin-Lushai expedition he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 12 September 1890). During the Great War he was employed as Governor of Military Prisons in the Field, and served on the Western Front from 2 August 1915 to 17 April 1916, and again from 27 July 1916 to the cessation of hostilities. For his services during the Great War he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel; was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 27 December 1918); and was awarded the O.B.E.