Pair: Major A. T. S. Dickinson, 1st Sikh Infantry, late Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 22 November 1915 India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut., 1st Som. Lt. Infy.) minor correction to naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Lieut., 1st Sikh Infy.) very fine (2) £600-700 Footnote Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson was the son of Commander T. S. Dickinson, of Petersfield, Hampshire. He entered the Army in February 1895 as 2nd Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in 1897 with the Mohmand Field Force with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (Medal with clasp). He was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1898 and transferred to the Indian Army, 1st Sikh Infantry, with whom he served in China at the relief of Pekin (Medal with clasp), and on the North West Frontier of India in 1902, in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris. During the Great War he served as a Major in the 51st Sikhs (F.F.), was three times mentioned in despatches, and killed in action in Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915, aged 40 years. He is commemorated by name on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Pair: Major A. T. S. Dickinson, 1st Sikh Infantry, late Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 22 November 1915 India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut., 1st Som. Lt. Infy.) minor correction to naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Lieut., 1st Sikh Infy.) very fine (2) £600-700 Footnote Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson was the son of Commander T. S. Dickinson, of Petersfield, Hampshire. He entered the Army in February 1895 as 2nd Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in 1897 with the Mohmand Field Force with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (Medal with clasp). He was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1898 and transferred to the Indian Army, 1st Sikh Infantry, with whom he served in China at the relief of Pekin (Medal with clasp), and on the North West Frontier of India in 1902, in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris. During the Great War he served as a Major in the 51st Sikhs (F.F.), was three times mentioned in despatches, and killed in action in Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915, aged 40 years. He is commemorated by name on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
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