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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 51

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (0486 Rfmn. Rana Jit Kawar, 1R.; 611 Rfmn. Padam Bahadur Khatri, Shere.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (345 Rfmn. Dhana Bahadur Khatri, 2R), very fine (3)

The 1st Rifle Regiment served with the Nepalese Brigade stationed at Rawalpindi January 1916-April 1917; Derajat Frontier Brigade, April-May 1917; 43rd Brigade May-August 1917; and the Nepalese Brigade at Rawalpindi from August 1917.

The Shere Battalion, raised in 1807 and which fought in Nepal's Second Tibet War 1854-6 and alongside the British during the Indian Mutiny 1857-8, served with the Nepalese Brigade stationed at Rawalpindi January 1916 - April 1917; Bannu Brigade at Bannu followed by Miranshah June - August 1917; and from August 1917 with the Nepalese Brigade at Abbottabad and Rawalpindi.

During the Third Afghan War 1919, the 2nd Rifle Regiment is listed as forming part of the North West Frontier Force joining from Abbottabad on 23 July 1919 for service in Gilgit and Mardan. It was the only regiment/battalion of the Nepalese Contingent listed as serving in the Third Afghan War 1919 (The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account, Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch 1926, P172).

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