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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 46

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. F. B. Hartnoll, 3-7 Grks.), good very fine

Frederic Browne Hartnoll was born on 17 March 1882 and was commissioned on 20 March 1916. Advanced Lieutenant on 20 March 1917, he was made Acting Captain and Adjutant on 18 June 1917. He was released from military service in 1920.

The 3rd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles was raised in June 1917. On the outbreak of the Third Afghan War, it was mobilised at Quetta as part of the Baluchistan Field Force. One Company took part in the capture of the Afghan fort, Spin Baldak. The remainder of the Battalion followed this company to Chaman in June, where it remained as part of the garrison until December 1920. Thereafter, it moved to Quetta and on 31 March 1921 disbanded.




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