Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘German East Africa’ D.C.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal John, King’s African Rifles

King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (656 L. Cpl. John. 1/K.A.R.) extremely fine £600-800

D.C.M. Nyasaland Government Gazette 30 December 1916:
‘For conspicuous bravery at Hyamanga, 22 miles north of New Utengule, German East Africa, by carrying messages from his Company to Column Headquarters, a distance of 300 yards over flat open ground, under close fire of the enemy at 200 yards range. Previously Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry in action.’

John served with the 1st battalion, King’s African Rifles during the Great War with the Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force, and was Mentioned in Brigadier-General Edward Northey’s Despatch of March 1917 (London Gazette 25 September 1917).