Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major T. C. Manders, 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, later British Honduras Defence Force, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 27 May 1918

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. C. Manders.) good very fine (2) £60-£80

Thomas Cyril Manders was born in Farnham, Surrey, and was educated at Marlborough College, before embarking on a career as a merchant in India. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 17 May 1915, and was promoted Captain in July 1916. He was captured and taken a prisoner of war on 27 May 1918 and, after repatriation on 6 December 1918, he relinquished his commission in February 1920. After the war he was appointed a District Commissioner in British Honduras and held an appointment in the territory’s Defence Force. The Times of 1 June 1938 reported his death as a result of a gun shot wound.

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