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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 414

Pair: Captain A. T. Dominy, Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles

Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Capt. A. T. Dominy. N.B. Mtd. Rfls.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Captn: A. T. Dominy. N. Bl. Mtd. Rifles.), officially engraved naming, good very fine (2)

Provenance:
Buckland, Dix & Wood, December 1994.

Arthur Tothill Dominy - or 'Chub' to his friends and comrades - was born in Lambeth in May 1871. He went to India circa 1890 to become a tea planter in the areas surrounding Darjeeling, first gaining work as an assistant with the Lebong Company, Badamtam Division (his father at that time with the Tukvar Division). He also joined the Indian Volunteers at this time and was noted as a Lieutenant by May 1906, being a Captain in 'A' Squadron by March 1907. He was awarded his Medal as per Indian Army Order 257 of May 1911 and his Decoration as per Indian Army Order of March 1917.

He retired home with his wife and family in 1929 and settled in Westfield Road, Thames Ditton. Dominy died on 14 July 1952.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320