Medal & Further Service Bar Verification: The medal was awarded to Private Bertram Malcolm Campbell Briggs, of the 1st Battalion East India Railway Regiment (Auxiliary Force India) on 8 October 1934, as published in Indian Army Order No. 531 of 1934. The recipient is also confirmed as being awarded a 'Further Service' bar to his Efficiency Medal, the further service bar awarded on 16 June 1939 per publication in Indian Army Order No.530 of 1939The East Indian Railway Regiment had its origins dating back to 1869, in which year it was raised as the East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, after. With the establishment of the Auxiliary Force India in 1920, the descendent unit was renamed The East Indian Railway Regiment. In 1932, the regiment comprised three battalions (reduced to two in 1933), as under:- 1st Battalion: Headquarters at Lillooah- 2nd Battalion: Headquarters at Jamalpur (including an 'Armoured Train')- 3rd Battalion: Headquarters at LucknowBertram Malcolm Campbell Briggs, son of Augustus George Campbell Briggs & Ada Beatrice Briggs (nee Carton) was a Eurasian of Scottish parental descent, who was born at Howrah, Bengal, British India on, 29 November 1902, and where he was baptized on 27 March 1903. Bertram's grandfather was Thomas Campbell Briggs, born Kilmarnock, Scotland 1826, died Edinburgh, Scotland, 1880, who had been a professional soldier, serving with the East India Company's Bengal Horse Artillery His grandfather had served in the Indian Mutiny at the 'Defence of Lucknow' (medal & clasp) and latterly was a Sergeant-Major with the Royal Regiment of Artillery), having volunteered to transfer his service following the demise of the East India Company's land forces. Bertram's father - born Umballa, Punjab, India - had also been a professional soldier, who had enlisted in the British Army as a boy-soldier and posted to the Cheshire Regiment, subsequently serving in Burma 1887-89 (medal & clasp), and who latterly transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. At the time of his birth, Bertram's father was holding the appointment of 'Guard' employed with the East India Railway. Bertram married Gladys Cecilia Govia at Calcutta, India on, 11 June 1927. The couple were subsequently blessed with four children, all of whom were born in British IndiaCondition: Dark toned about GVF