Orders, Decorations and Medals

Major-General Frederick Whitmore Burch, C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Army, late East Yorkshire Regiment
Riband bar, pin-backed (2) each bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of the Indian Empire; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; India Independence Medal 1947; together with two gilt ‘roses’ and two cloth epaulettes from a Deputy Lieutenant’s uniform, ribbons a little worn but good condition (6) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Frederick Whitmore Burch was born on 1 November 1893 and was educated at Framlington College. In the Great War he served in the East Yorkshire Regiment in Egypt, France and Belgium, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and was awarded the M.C. in 1916. He later served in India, ranked as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1938 and Major-General in 1942. In 1946 he helped organise India’s Victory Celebrations in New Delhi. Awarded the C.I.E. in 1944 and the C.S.I. in 1946. He retired in 1949 and returning to England was involved in the Home Guard and Civil Defence in N.E. Essex; and was Deputy Lieutenant for Essex in 1956. Major-General Burch died in 1977.

Sold with a letter from the recipient’s son, Nigel Burch, dated 7 March 1979, which accompanied the above insignia.