





Efficiency Medal. GV issue with bar 'India' (Pte. D. C. O. Jansen, B. N. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.)
Ships from: United Kingdom
Medal Verification: Private Dunstan Colin Ogle Jansen of the Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion (Auxiliary Force India) is confirmed entitled per below referenced source:- EM 'India'. GV issue: Medal was awarded on 28 November 1936, per Indian Army Order No.100 of 1936Dunstan Colin Ogle Jansen, son of Earnest John Jansen (Inspector with the Bengal Nagpur Railway, located at Waltair Station in 1903) and Catherine Isabel Jansen, was born in Waltair (better known latterly as the Port City of Vizagapatam), India on, 8 May 1903. Like his father before him, Dunstan accepted a local appointment with the Bengal Nagpur Railway Company, and was employed in the Stores Department, being recorded as a Storekeeper in 1939, and as a Stores Inspector in 1948. Shortly after Indian independence, the Jansen family re-located to the United Kingdom in 1948. Dunstan Colin Ogle Jansen, is recored to have died at Hove, Sussex, England, sometime during the third quarter of 1973The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion: The origins & subsequent chronology of the unit was;- 1888: Raised as Bengal-Nagpur Volunteer Rifle Corps- 1897: Re-styled as Bengal-Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifles- 1900: Reverted to its former name Bengal-Nagpur Volunteer Rifle Corps, and expanded to 2 x Battalions- 1917: The respective battalions of the regiment were re-styled as 1-36th & 2-36th Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion (Indian Defence Force)- 1920: Re-styled as Bengal Nagpur Railway Regiment of the Auxiliary Force India- 1933: Re-styled as Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion- 1947: The unit was 'Stood Down' (on date the A.F.I. was disbanded), 14 August 1947Condition: VFCondition: About GVF
Conflict | PRE_WW2 | Nation | UNITED KINGDOM |
Item Type | MEDALS & AWARDS | Sub Item Type | None |
Source Site | ABERDEEN_MEDALS | Product ID | 468728 |
Currency | GBP |