A group of medals awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Richard St. John Shannon, Indian Army India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lieut. D.R. St. J. Shannon, 2/33 Punjabis), 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, War Medal with MID oak leaf, Indian War Service Medal, Indian Independence Medal, good very fine, swing mounted as worn, together with corresponding dress miniature awards and card box of issue addressed to 'Col. D.R. St. J. Shannon, 19 Wellington Park, Belfast, N. Ireland' Various personal belongings, including a pair of WWII brown leather officers boots with wooden boot trees Blue cloth uniform of the Royal Army Service Corps, the tunic with E.II.R. staybrite buttons and Royal Army Service Corps collar badges, officers pips to the epaulettes and medal riband bar to the left breast with corresponding trousers and hat No.1 uniform of the Royal Army Service Corps, with E.II.R. staybrite buttons, collar badges and medal riband bar to the left breast with corresponding trousers and hat and related regalia, breeches, shirts, brown leather Sam Browne belt and related clothing A collection of "war souvenirs" with a note inscribed 'Items picked up after the Battle of Burma by Grandfather ...', including a watercolour titled 'A Garden-Changi Prison', 1942-1944, sheet size 13 x 18 cm Japanese Arisaka bayonet, the 40cm blade with arsenal mark near the tang, hooked quillon and flat wooden grip, overall length 51cm, in its steel scabbard Japanese quill cutter in the form of a fountain pen, inscribed with rows of Japanese characters (lid split) Pocket thermometer (case damaged) Japanese identity tags engraved with recipients details, various documents including a soldiers identity card and military training manuals Japanese water canister (lacking cover) Glass or rock crystal snuff bottle beautifully decorated with flowers and insects, signed, red and green stopper, 7cm high Brown leather flying helmet, interwar period with integral earpieces and tubes, chamois leather lining with tailors label for 'D Lewis Ltd Motoring & Aviation Equipment' a handwritten note accompanies the helmet inscribed 'Pappi's flying 'helmet' 1930's? - he ditched his plane (India) and landed in a tree once - he flew it himself' Masses of original documents and training manual all relating to the recipient's military service including photographs, some of the recipient in military uniform, personal photographs etc, service records, a document issued by the Officer of the Director of Civil Aviation in India relating to the recipient crashing his aircraft near the village of Kheri, Gurgaon District, India on 6 October 1935 with Pilot's Log Book kept by the recipient from 14 February 1935 to 2 January 1937, pilot's license, Royal Indian Army Service Corps Standing Orders, various administration, a Proclamation of the Indian National Army 1944 poster (very poor condition), pocket diary circa 1945 onwards, maps of Burma, two bags containing hundreds of military buttons, cloth badges, kukri and other itemsQty: (3 cartons )Footnote: Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Richard St John Shannon was born in the Jersey, Channel Islands in 1900, he was educated at Kent College, Canterbury and Sandhurst where he passed out on 12 December 1918 before joining the Indian Army in 1919, he served with 45 Rattrays Sikhs from March 1919 and was attested to the 2/33 Punjabis, stationed at the Khyber Pass in 1920. In 1924 he transferred to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, he became a Major in Crasi 9th Highand Division in April 1940 advancing to Lieutenant Colonel in October 1941, he held various posts throughout 1940/50s before taking a position in Northern Ireland in 1961.
