Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major J. B. Howard, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)

Jubilee 1897, silver (J. B. Howard, Lieut, 1st. V.B. Duke of Wellingto-- Regt.) privately engraved; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major J. B. Howard. 1/V.B. W. Riding Regt.) officially impressed, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, the first with contact wear and edge bruising obscuring part of naming, otherwise very fine (2) £200-£240

John B. Howard was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on 6 March 1895 (Regimental District No. 33, Halifax). He was advanced Captain on 25 July 1899 and Major some time thereafter.