Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant H. E. Mallandaine, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 97th Deccan Infantry, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia, 8 March 1916

1914-15 Star (2/Lt. H. E. Mallandaine, 1/97/Infy.) traces of verdigris; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. E. Mallandaine.) generally very fine or better (3) £200-£300

Herbert Ernest Mallandaine was born in Bengal, India in October 1887. He was the son of Alfred Mallandaine of ‘Coloba’, 3 Kingsland Road, Worthing. Mallandaine was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in July 1915, and was attached for service during the Great War with the 97th Deccan Infantry. He served with the latter in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, and was killed in action 8 March 1916, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.