Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Captn. H. D. Marshall. Surma Valley Lt. Horse.) nearly extremely fine £160-£200

Hannath Douglas Marshall was an old Rugbeian who went out to India at the age of 17 and later became a tea planter in Assam. He was an officer in the Surma Valley Light Horse and served with the 2nd S.V.L.H. on the punitive expedition in Assam and Burma against the Kuki tribes in 1918-19 (Despatches, O.B.E. Military). He was appointed Commandant of the S.V.L.H. in 1924 and was created C.I.E. upon his retirement as Commandant in 1927. Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Marshall, C.I.E., O.B.E., V.D. retired to Church Stretton, Shropshire, where he died on 23 October 1944.