Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Capt. B. R. K. Tarte, 1st Bn. East Kent Regt.) unofficial connection between clasps, slight edge bruising, good very fine £300-400

Captain Bernard Richard Kinnear Tarte, The Buffs, served in the relief of Chitral operations under Sir Robert Low in 1895, including the engagement at Mangui. Served in the campaign on the N.W. Frontier, 1897-98 under Sir William Lockhart, with the 1st Malakand Field Force, including operations in Bajour and Mohmand country, and with the Utman Khel Column, and with the Buner Field Force. Was present at the attack and capture of the Tanga Pass.