A GREAT WAR M. C. GROUP OF FOUR TO MAJOR R. M. BRIND, INDIAN ARMY,
Military Cross, G. V. R.; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. M. Brind. 37/Dogras.); British War Medal (Major R. M. Brind.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver issue; together with corresponding miniatures (8)
M. C. London Gazette 14 January 1916
M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916
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£1,500 - £2,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Ralph Montacute Brind was born on 2 December 1881 and was a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was
commissioned into the Indian Army as a Second Lieutenant on 28 July 1900. He
joined the 37th Dogras on 9 October 1901, promoted to Captain on 28th July 1909
and to Major on 1 September 1915. The regiment was stationed at Jhelum and was
sent to Mesopotamia landing at Basra on 8 December 1915. Brind was killed in action on 2 February 1916 and he is buried in the Arara War Cemetery, Iraq.
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