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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 587

A scarce inter-war Mesopotamia I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Dafadar B. Singh, 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse)

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st type (3056 Dfdr. Badan Singh, 10/Lcrs.), lacking top suspension brooch; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (3056 L. Dfdr. Badan Singh. 10-Lancers.), unit officially corrected, polished, thus fine or better (2)

Badam Singh was awarded the I.D.S.M. in 1921 for services in Mesopotamia, one of twenty I.D.S.M.s and 2 Bars awarded to the 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) between 1907 and 1922.

The Regiment moved to Mesopotamia in September and October 1916 and initially served as part of the Tigris defences, guarding the lines of communication between Amara and Sheikh Sa'ad. For the next four years it continued to serve in Mesopotamia and suffered 28 casualties on 3 September 1920 when an armoured train at Samawa was overwhelmed during the Iraqi Revolt. The Regiment left Mesopotamia on 30 October 1920 and returned to India; sold with copied research.

Source:
http://www.researchingww1.co.uk/10th-duke-of-cambridges-own-lancers-hodsons-horse


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£450