The recipient Fateh Mohd was by ethnicity and faith a Punjabi Mussalman soldier holding the rank of Naik (Corporal) while serving with the 14th Mule Corps of the Supply and Transport Corps of the British Indian ArmyMule Corps Establishment 1914: Reference 'On Two Fronts - Being the Aventures of an Indian Mule Corps in France and Gallipoli (Major H. M. Alexander, D.S.O.. London 1917); the author - an officer of the Supply & Transport Corps of the British Indian Army, wrote:Quote,The Corps, at service strength, consists of eight troops of 96 mules each, in charge of a kot duffadar or troop-sergeant-major, assisted by two naicks or corporals, and about fifty Indian drivers. The '' superior establishment ', as it is officially called, includes the Commandant (usually a Major or Captain), two British warrant-officers, each of whom commands a '* sub-division '' of four troops; two British staff-sergeants as Sergeant-Major and Quarter master- Sergeant; two Indian officers as Adjutant and Veterinary Officer, and two Indian clerks. In peace-time the Corps has 200 small carts, and four of the troops are then used in draught. The total strength is 768 mules and, roughly, 500 menUnquote.Condition: VF