A Collection of Memorabilia appertaining to Major General D.Ew Warren CBE, DSO, Commander of the 5th Indian Division September 1944 until February


A Collection of Memorabilia appertaining to Major General D.Ew Warren CBE, DSO, Commander of the 5th Indian Division September 1944 until February 1945 Items include Commander's Pennant for the 5th Indian Division, Commander's Pennant for the 94th Brigade (GC with some service wear), brass Sikh Pioneer's shoulder title, 3 x 8th Punjab shoulder titles, 9 brass buttons for the 8th Punjab Regiment (4 large) 2 large buttons for the 34th Sikh Pioneers KC, General Officer's bullion field service cap badge (unworn condition), medal ribbons of CBE, DSO, BWM, Victory Medal, IGS, 39/45 Star. Slip-on rank insignia, pair of Brigadier Kd wear, pair Major General Kd wear, single Major General Jungle issue, with quantity of metal and cloth rank insignia, 5th Indian Division formation sign, single General's gorget patch, and pair of Staff Officer's gorget patches, booklets 'The Fighting 5th The Campaign in Burma', Public Relations publication 'Into Burma', double-sided silk escape-type map of Burma and Siam, unissued condition, silk escape-type map, double-sided, coloured, of North Burma and India, unissued condition, and large cloth-bound book being the record and biographical details of the 33rd Indian Corps commanded by Lieutenant General Sir M.G.N. Stockford (many photographs). Lot has a full biography of Major General D.Ew Warren, CBE, DSO. E100-150 Major General D. E W Warren CBE, DSO. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers 1915 Transferred to the Indian Army 8/3/18 Attended Staff College, Camberley 1933- 1944 8th Punjab Regiment 1934 Commanded 6th and 8th Punjab Regiment 1940-1941 Commanded the 161st Indian Infantry Brigade 1943 Awarded the Dso 1944 Commanded the 5th Indian Infantry Division. Killed in an air crash


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