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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 508

Pair: Rifleman C. Bohra, 5th Gurkha Rifles

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (610 Rfmn Chandrabahadur Bohra 3/5/G. Rfls.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (610 Rfmn Chandrabahadur Bohra 3-5-R. Gurkha R), very fine (2)

The 3rd Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) was raised on 28 November 1916 at Ferozepore as the 2nd Reserve Battalion Gurkha Rifles. With the exception of one re-enlistment, there was no representative from either of the Regular Battalions of 5th Gurkha Rifles. It was redesignated The 3rd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) on 29th May 1917. On the outbreak of the Third Afghan War it was employed on the lines of communications between Kacha Garhi and Ali Masjid, furnishing picquets to escort convoys and patrol the Kajuri Plain. The 3rd Battalion was the only Battalion of 5th Gurkha Rifles to take part in the Third Afghan War. In September 1920, it was deployed to Basra, Mesopotamia to help put down the Arab revolt and where it served until February the following year, when it returned to India. The Regiment was granted the 'Royal' title at the same time and before its disbandment later the same year.

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£160

Starting price
£80