A Collection of India General Service Medals 1854-95

Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Dallas, Indian Army, who was mentioned for services during the Miranzai Expeditions of 1891, and was later Commissioner in the Punjab and created C.S.I. for services as a Member of the Coronation Durbar Committee 1911

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Ltt. C. M. Dallas, S.C.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, toned, extremely fine (2) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of India General Service Medals 1854-95.

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Charles Mowbray Dallas was born on 30 August 1861, and entered the Army in January 1881 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment. He transferred to the Indian Army in September 1882, becoming Captain in 1892, Major in 1901, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1907. He served in the 1st and 2nd Miranzai Expeditions in 1891 (despatches GGO 632 of 1891; medal and clasp). He was appointed Assistant Commissioner in 1887; Deputy Commissioner, 1897; Political Agent Phulkiang States and Bahawalpur, 1905; Commissioner, Delhi, 1910; Member Coronation Durbar Committee, 1911; Commissioner Punjab, 1911-16; Commissioner Ambala Division, 1913-16; retired from the service in 1916. Lieutenant-Colonel Dallas, who was created a C.S.I. for services at the Delhi Durbar in 1911, died on 6 January 1936.