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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 856

Three: Naik Chiragh Shah, 1st Garrison Company, late 124th (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry

British War Medal 1914-20 (1191 Sepoy Chiragh Shah, 124 Bal. Infy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (1191 L-Nk. Charagh Shah, 1-124 Infy.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (G.C. Nk. Chiragh Shah, 1 Garr. Coy.), note spelling variations, good very fine (3)

The regiment 124th (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Baluchistan Infantry was embarked for Persia in 1916, where it raised a 2nd Battalion. The 2nd Battalion served in Mesopotamia, where it saw action at Khudaira Bend, Jebel Hamrin and Tikrit. In 1918, it proceeded to Palestine and took part in the Battle of Megiddo, which led to the defeat of the Turkish Army in Palestine. In the meantime, a 3rd Battalion was raised in 1917, which served in South Persia and later, in the Third Afghan War of 1919 and during the Arab uprising in Iraq in 1920. The 1st Battalion also served in the Third Afghan War. During the First World War, the three Battalions suffered a total of 1179 casualties including 459 killed or died of disease.

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