Five: Lieutenant-Colonel B.E.M. Newland, Indian Medical Service, 1914-15 Star (Capt., I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Maj.); General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Iraq (Major); Delhi Durbar 1911, privately engraved, 'Captain B.E.M. Newland, I.M.S.', generally good very fine, mounted as worn (5)

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Five: Lieutenant-Colonel B.E.M. Newland, Indian Medical Service, 1914-15 Star (Capt., I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Maj.); General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Iraq (Major); Delhi Durbar 1911, privately engraved, 'Captain B.E.M. Newland, I.M.S.', generally good very fine, mounted as worn (5)

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Lieutenant-Colonel Broderick Edward Middleton Newland was born in August 1878 and entered the Indian Medical Service as a Lieutenant in September 1905. Advanced to Captain in September 1908 and to Major in November 1915, he served in Egypt between 1914-16 and in Iraq between 1916-18. Newland, who may have served in the Gallipoli operations, remained a Regular at the end of hostilities and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1925.