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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 92

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. F. Powell, 2-18 R. Garh. Rif.), minor official correction to unit, very fine

[M.C.] London Gazette 14 January 1916.

[M.I.D.] M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916; 27 August 1918.

Frank Powell was commissioned from Bedford Grammar School O.T.C. into the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 8 August 1914. He served attached to the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment during the Great War from 19 December 1914. Powell is noted as having commanded 'B' Company and in the action on 16 June 1915 at Givenchy, being wounded twice. Advanced Lieutenant in the 39th Garhwal Rifles in November 1916, he went to Iraq from March 1917-September 1918 and closed out the Great War in Greek Macedonia, September-October 1918. Retired in 1932, he returned to the fold and served with the Home Guard during the Second World War.

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Estimate
£70 to £90

Starting price
£60