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Sterling silver presentation salver on four raised feet, presented to Lt Col W J Lambert DSO by the Officers, 29th Royal Lancers (Deccan Horse), on his marriage, 28 June 1921. Made by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, hallmarked London, 1919 (c) In the centre are two crossed flags under a crown with XXIX and DECCAN HORSE motif banner. Upon graduation from the Royal Military College, Lambert was seconded into the East Lancashire Regiment on 7 March 1894. Lambert spent twenty-one years commanding Cavalry troops, and during World War he commanded infantry. It was during the Battle of Romani on 4th August 1916 that he received the Distinguished Service Order for ‘outstanding gallantry and unswerving dedication to duty’. Lambert attained the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Indian Army 7th March 1920 while still serving as a Brigadier in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. He took part in more than fifty battles between 1915 and 1920. He returned to the 29th Deccan Horse in India and remained in command of the same regiment he had joined in 1897 until 1926. Lambert stood among three hundred men who had earned the Distinguished Service Order from 1850-1916 when he was made part of the Roll of Honour.
Romani, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Egypt and Palestine 1914-1918)