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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 579

Seven: Captain Dilbahadur Gurung, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), late Lance-Naik, 3rd Gurkha Rifles

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7225 L-Nk. Dilbahadur Gurung, 2-3 G.R.), minor official correction to number; 1939-45 Star; War and India Service Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (Capt. Dilbahadur. Gurung. 2 G.R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., Regular Army (Lt (KGO) Dilbahadur Gurung. 2 G.R.); Indian Independence 1947 (46273 Jem. Dilbahadur Gurung. G.R.), mounted as worn, good very fine (7)

Dilbahadur Gurunghailed from Phedi, Kaski District, which has the mighty 8,091m Annapurna high above it. He served in the ranks of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles from 27 October 1931-31 October 1944, serving with them on the North-West Frontier during 1937-39 and given his Second War awards, must have stayed in that area. He went to the Frontier Warfare School, Kabul in the Summer of 1944, passing with Distinction and then was commissioned. He joined The Sirmoor Rifles and remained with them and was eventually retired Captain in July 1954; sold together with copied service record.

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£130