Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Temporary Major-General John Arthur Mallock Bond, Royal Field Artillery and Ceylon Mounted Rifles

British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. Col. John A. M. Bond, Ceylon M. Rif.’, with top bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lt. Col., Ceylon M. Rif.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, mounted for wear; together with a Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal (J. A. M. Bond) bronze, last with slight edge bruising, very fine and better (9) £450-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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John Arthur Mallock Bond was born in Greenwich, London, on 31 May 1891. He was educated privately and at Aldenham School. Prior to the Great War Bond was in Ceylon and had joined the Ceylon Mounted Rifles in 1912. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace and Unofficial Police Magistrate for the Judicial District of Matale from June 1915 and again from February 1916. Bond was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve, Royal Field Artillery, on 25 March 1917. He was appointed Adjutant and Acting Captain on 6 April 1918 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 25 September 1918. He served in France and Flanders and was mentioned in Haig’s despatch of 8 November 1918 (London Gazette 23 December 1918

After the Great War he returned to Ceylon and became a Planter at the Warriapola Estate, Matale South District - subsequently becoming a Director. Before and after the Second World war he held a number of other Directorships., including that of the London Press Exchange. Returning to service with the Ceylon Mounted Rifles, he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in January 1921, having formerly been the Regimental Sergeant-Major. Further promotions followed, becoming Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 May 1928. As such he was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S. Medal, notified in the Ceylon Gazette of December 1929, and the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, notified in the Ceylon Gazette of 13 June 1930. Lieutenant-Colonel completed his tenure of appointment on 21 May 1933, when he transferred to the Reserve of the Ceylon Mounted Rifles with the honorary rank of Colonel. He ceased to be in the Reserve in 1936 on leaving Ceylon

In 1934 Bond was appointed a Major in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, General List, Cavalry. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was appointed a G.S.O. 2 on 4 September 1939 under the Director of Staff Duties. After service as G.S.O. 2 under the Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, he was appointed G.S.O. 1 in December 1940. Promoted Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 March 1941, he was appointed Deputy Director of Armoured Vehicles on 20 September 1941, being promoted Acting Brigadier on the same day. He became Temporary Brigadier on 20 March 1942. Bond was promoted a War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel on 20 March 1943. On 11 June 1943 he was appointed Director of Liaison and Munitions, and Acting Major-General on the same date. On 11 June 1944 he was promoted to War Substantive Colonel and Temporary Major-General. For his wartime services he was awarded the C.B.E. (Military) (London Gazette 1 January 1943) and C.B. (Military) (London Gazette 1 January 1946). In addition he was awarded the U.S.A., Legion of Merit, Commander (London Gazette 23 May 1947) and Netherlands, Order of the Orange Nassau, Grand Officer (London Gazette 14 May 1948). He retired from the Army in May 1946. Sold with copied research.