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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 328

The India General Service Medal awarded to Sepoy Chandu Ram, 2nd Battalion, 12th (2nd Sikhs) Frontier Force Regiment, who died on 11 December 1943, after having been taken a Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (12399 Sep. Chandu Ram, 2-12 F.F.R.), very fine

Chandu Ram was the son of Pala Ram, of Thalakna Tapa Sapahal, Kangra and the husband of Shankaru. Having served on the North West Frontier with his unit, they then served as part of the Bannu Brigade, before being sent to Malaya in April 1941, where it became part of the 22nd Indian Infantry Brigade. They fought a successful, but doomed, defence of the eastern coast of Malaya, during the Battle of Malaya, before it was forced to surrender with the rest of the Allied forces in Singapore on 15 February 1942. His CO, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Cumming, received the Victoria Cross during this campaign.

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