Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel F. B. L. Woodwright, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Major F. B. L. Woodwright 4th Dragoon Gds:); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,200

Francis Blayney Lucas Woodwright was born on 7 August 1860, and was first commissioned, from the Militia, as a Lieutenant in the 4th Dragoon Guards on 2 August 1882; Captain, 8 May 1888; Major, 12 September 1894; Lieutenant-Colonel, 11 March 1905. He served on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897 in the Tirah Expeditionary Force with the 4th Dragoon Guards (Medal with two Clasps). He was appointed second-in-command of the regiment in March 1901, and was present, as Major, in command of the regiment at the Delhi Durbar celebrations in 1903 (Durbar Medal - one of 6 to the 4th Dragoon Guards and one of only 18 to British Cavalry).

During his service career Woodwright served at various posts and stations, including Brighton (1883-84), Dublin (1887), Newbridge (1888-89), Rawul Pindee (1895 and 1899-1902; Middleburg, Cape Colony (1906). Lieutenant-Colonel Woodwright died on 3 August 1907.