Five: Major G. W. Gilbertson, Supply and Transport Corps, late 3rd

Five: Major G. W. Gilbertson, Supply and Transport Corps, late 3rd Dragoon Guards, who over the course of a 34 year career was Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving with the 7th Mule Corps as part of Colonel Younghusband’s Tibet Expedition 1903-04; and received further ‘Mentions’ for service in Mesopotamia and Iraq during the Great War; and post-Armistice with the Bushire Force in South Persia in 1919 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Waziristan 1901-2, second clasp loose on riband as issued (Sergr. G. Gilbertson Comst. Transpt. Deptt.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Condtr. G. W. Gilbertson. 7th. Mule Corps); British War Medal 1914-20 (Major G. W. Gilbertson.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia, with Great War M.I.D. oak leaves (Major G. W. Gilbertson.) officially re-impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sub Condtr. G. Gilbertson S. & T. Corps.) minor official correction to rank on last, about extremely fine (5) £600-£800.

Estimate:£600

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