





India General Service Medal 1908-1935. GV second type Calcutta Mint issue with clasp 'Burma 1930-32' (31169 Dvr. Fazal Husain. R.A.)
Ships from: United Kingdom
The recipient Fazal Husain, was by ethnicity and faith a Punjabi Mussalman, serving as a soldier and holding the rank of 'Driver' while serving with the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army in India (including Burma)In the early 20th century it was the practise that Mountain Batteries, as well as Field, Medium and Light Battery's, of the 'British Army in India' included Indian soldiers who had been locally enlisted in India for service with Royal Artillery units as 'Drivers'. Medals named to Indian 'Drivers' in the inter-war years that are marked simply R.A. (i.e. do not include Indian Mountain artillery batter titles), are all to locally enlisted Indians for service with the Royal ArtilleryAn extremely scarce seen medal named to the Royal Artillery for the Burma Campaign 1930-32. Reference 'British Battles & Medals' (Spink, Seventh Edition 2006), only 7th (Bengal) Mountain Battery - one of the Indian Army's Mountain Artillery Battery's, was stationed at Maymo, Burma 1930-32, and was the only artillery unit deployed in the field whose ranks (including those attached) qualified for the 'Burma 1930-32' claspCondition: About GVF
Conflict | PRE_WW2 | Nation | UNITED KINGDOM |
Item Type | MEDALS & AWARDS | Sub Item Type | None |
Source Site | ABERDEEN_MEDALS | Product ID | 468688 |
Currency | GBP |