The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain H. J Sanders, Middlesex Regiment, later Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. J Sanders.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. H. J. Sanders); Defence Medal, minor edge nicks, good very fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Henry Joseph Sanders was born in Lowestoft on 12 December 1874, and joined the 2nd (South) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in January 1894. He left the Volunteers the following year, and on the outbreak of the Great War was a schoolmaster living in Harlesden, Middlesex. He attested for the 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment as a Private on 11 November 1915, and served at home until being commissioned Second Lieutenant on 25 July 1916, and was seconded for duty with the 63rd Provisional Battalion. He later transferred to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and served with them as a temporary Captain in Mesopotamia. He relinquished his commission in 1922.