Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain A. V. Crothers, 30th Punjabis, Indian Army, late Royal Irish Fusiliers

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. V. Crothers.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Captn. A. V. Crothers. 2/30/Punjabis.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-£140

Albert Victor Crothers was born on 22 February 1891 and attested for the 6th Battalion, Black Watch, at Belfast on 16 November 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers on 16 November 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from August 1916, before transferring to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in October 1917. Advanced Captain, he saw further service with the 2nd Battalion, 30th Punjabis during the Third Afghan War.

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