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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 91

The India General Service Medal to Inspector G. R. Glover, Calicut Railway Police

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Insp. G. R. Glover. Calicut R. P.), slight slack suspension, very fine

George Robert Glover enlisted into the Lincolnshire Regiment under the service number 4014 on 29 October 1894 before then serving with the 2nd Battalion from May 1895 onwards. From May 1897, Glover served out in Egypt for just under two years. He then transferred to India in October 1898 and was promoted Lance Corporal out there in October 1901. He then discharged from service in October 1903 in consequence of his holding the appointment of European Head Constable in the Madras Police Force. He left the Lincolnshires with a Queen's Sudan Medal, Egypt and Sudan Medal with two clasps and a Khedive's Star.

Given his service in the British Army, Inspector is a somewhat surprising lowly rank for an ex-N.C.O.. Information about those who served in the Madras Police Force is scarce, but Glover is recorded to having been admitted to British Military Hospital (Wellington) in May 1931 and is listed as a 1st Grade Sergeant Major and Head Drill Instructor, Police Training School, Vellore at the age of 53 years old. He later died on heart failure after 28 years service in the police; sold together with copied research, including a copy of an article by Robert L. Hardgrave concerning the Mappilla Rebellion, 1921.

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Estimate
£140 to £180

Starting price
£110