Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Kenya, reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. F. H. Bourdillon’, good very fine, scarce £300-400

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

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Francis Henry Bourdillon was born on 22 May 1896. As a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, he was granted a commission on 14 July 1915 on the Unattached List for the Indian Army. On 28 October 1915 he was attached to the 36th Sikhs. He retired with the rank of Captain on 20 November 1922. Bourdillon then took up farming in Kenya, serving in the Territorial Reserve there. For his services he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Kenya), this being notified in the Kenya Official Gazette of 10 June 1947. He died in 1981

The Efficiency Decoration, by J. M. A. Tamplin, lists 29 Efficiency Decorations (Kenya) awarded between the years, 1935-63.

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