The recipient was an Indian soldier of Marathi ethnicity and the Hindu Faith, who held the rank of Sub-Assistant-Surgeon (Ranked as Jemadar) while serving with the Bombay Division of the Indian Medical Department of the British Indian ArmyIndian Army Lists record that Shriang was born on 2 March 1877 and first entered the service of the Bombay Presidency Army of the generic British Indian Army on 3 September 1900. In the seniority service rolls of the I.S.M.D. he held the departmental number 253. He held the appointment of Sub-Assistant-Surgeon 2nd Class in the Indian Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay Division) from 16 April 1906. The April 1923 IA List records him as a Sub-Assistant-Surgeon, ranking as a Subadar with effect from 15 August 1923Shriang Ranchandra's career promotions and postings can be traced in the Indian Army Lists, of which we are below showing some of his recorded postings- IA List Jan 1911: Cantonment Hospital Mhow- IA List Jan 1913: Attached 106th Hazara Pioneers (ranked as Sub-Assitant-Surgeon 1st Class w.e.f. 16/04/1911- IA List Jan 1915: Cantonment Hospital Quetta (Baluchistan)- IA List Jan 1917: 4th Division- IA List Apr 1921: Poona Indian Station Hospital- IA List Jan 1922: Secunderabad Indian Station Hospital- IA List Apr 1922: Kirkee Indian Station Hospital- IA List Oct 1923: Jhansi Indian Station HospitalA scarce seen Indian Medical VCO's medal, in particular to a VCO from the Bombay Division of the Indian Subordinate Medical Department who would have served in Malabar on an attached basisCondition: GVF