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23 March 2022

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Lot

№ 41

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£800

Pair: Major D. A. E. Will, Military Accounts Department, Indian Army, late 4th Bombay Rifles

East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, 1898 (Lt. D. A. E. Will. 4/Bom: Rif:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Maj. D. A. E. Will) toned, good very fine (2) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter.

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Duncan Alured Elmsly Will was born on 23 August 1872, and was first commissioned into the Royal Irish Regiment on 7 March 1894. He transferred to the 4th Bombay Rifles in April 1897; served in British East Africa in 1898 in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis (Medal with Clasp). Joined the Military Accounts Department in India on 4 February 1901; Major, 7 March 1819; Military Accountant 2nd Class, 30 November 1914; Controller of Military Accounts and Deputy Military Accountant General, 1 May 1919 to 6 March 1920.