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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Harper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late 104th...
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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Harper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, who went on to serve during the Second World War as Second in Command of the Dunmow Sector, Essex Home Guard British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. Harper.); Defence Medal, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better Pair: Major J. D. Reece, 88th Infantry, Indian Army British War and Victory Medals (Major J. D. Reece.) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Cuthbert Sutcliffe Harper was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, on 17 April 1888, and graduated B.A. (Hons.) from the University of Oxford around 1910. He is listed in the Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) of 4 September 1914 as additional master at Daly College, Indore, and was later appointed to the Infantry Branch of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in the London Gazette of 16 January 1917. Recorded in 1939 living with his wife and daughter at ‘Maggots’ Cottage, Dunmow, he served throughout the Second World War as a local A.R.P Warden and with the market town home guard. John Deane Reece was born in Bath in 1871 and applied for his Great War medals in January 1924 whilst living at 14 Highland Mansions, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex. He later moved to Bognor Regis and died on 1 May 1949.
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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Harper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, who went on to serve during the Second World War as Second in Command of the Dunmow Sector, Essex Home Guard British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. Harper.); Defence Medal, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better Pair: Major J. D. Reece, 88th Infantry, Indian Army British War and Victory Medals (Major J. D. Reece.) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Cuthbert Sutcliffe Harper was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, on 17 April 1888, and graduated B.A. (Hons.) from the University of Oxford around 1910. He is listed in the Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) of 4 September 1914 as additional master at Daly College, Indore, and was later appointed to the Infantry Branch of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in the London Gazette of 16 January 1917. Recorded in 1939 living with his wife and daughter at ‘Maggots’ Cottage, Dunmow, he served throughout the Second World War as a local A.R.P Warden and with the market town home guard. John Deane Reece was born in Bath in 1871 and applied for his Great War medals in January 1924 whilst living at 14 Highland Mansions, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex. He later moved to Bognor Regis and died on 1 May 1949.
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