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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 564

Four: Water Carrier L. Ghirth, 1st (King George's Own) Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)

British War Medal 1914-20 (Bhisti Lakhu Ghirth, 2-1 Grks.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Bhisti Lakhu Ghirth, 2-1 Grks); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (103 W-Carr. Lakhu Ghirth, 2-1 G.R.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C. (103 W-Carr. Lakhu Girth, 1 G.R.C.), very fine (4)

Lakhu Ghirth served with the 2nd Battalion, 1st (King George's Own) Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) and formed part of the Chitral Garrison and from 1915-17 it was engaged on operations on India's North-West Frontier. During the Third Afghan War it served on the Khyber front. The 2nd Battalion's final tour of duty on the North West Frontier was from 1938-40. Following the outbreak of the Second World War the Regimental Centre was formed (1 GRC) to meet the expansion of the Regiment from two to five Battalions. Meanwhile 2-1GR had deployed to Malaya, where following the surrender of Singapore to Japanese forces in 1942, it went into captivity.

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£200

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£60