Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant A. G. J. O’Sullivan, Mesopotamian Railways, later Military Works Services

British War and Victory Medals (A. G. J. O’Sullivan, Meso. Rlys.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Engineer A. G. J. O’Sullivan. M.W.S.) mounted as worn, good very fine, scarce (3) £200-£240

Anthony George J. O’Sullivan served as a civilian worker with the Mesopotamian Railways, based at Basrah, during the Great War from 1916 to 1918, and was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. He saw further service with the Military Works Service during the Third Afghan War as Chief Engineer of the Waziristan Force.

Sold together with a photographic image of an armoured train in Mesopotamia, and Indian troops involved in the railway’s construction.