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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 126

Pair: Rifleman D. M. Khatri, 2nd Rifle Regiment, Nepalese Army Contingent

British War Medal 1914-20 (574 Rfmn. Dhana Man Khatri, 2R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (353 Rfmn. Dhana Man Khatri, 2R), note different numbers, very fine (2)

The 2nd Rifle Regiment served with the 2nd Nepalese Brigade at Bareilly from January 1916; Ambala October 1916 - April 1917; and then Dehra Dun. 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 unit 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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