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3148 Supplement to the London Gazette, 28Th April 1961
3148 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 28TH APRIL 1961 MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED POLICE MEDALS FOR VALUABLE SERVICES. CONDUCT. Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Union of South Africa Queen's Medal for Ceylon Police Medal for Merit. Bravery, in Gold. Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Distinguished Conduct Medal.) Service.* Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. [ Badge of Honour. George Medal. || Queen's Police Medal, for Gallantry. JUBILEE, CORONATION AND DURBAR MEDALS. Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Edward Medal|| Silver and Bronze). Royal West African Frontier Force Distin- Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1887. guished Conduct Medal. 11 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1897 (Gold, King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Silver and Bronze). Medal.|| Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1897. Indian Distinguished Service Medal. || Queen Victoria's Commemoration Medal, Union of South Africa Queen's Medal for 1900 (Ireland). Bravery, in Silver. King Edward VII's Coronation Medal, 1902. Distinguished Service Medal. || King Edward VII's Police Coronation Military Medal. || Medal, 1902. Distinguished Flying Medal. || King Edward VII's Durbar Medal, 1903 Air Force Medal. || (Gold, Silver and Bronze). Constabulary Medal (Ireland). King Edward VIFs Police Medal, 1903 Medal for Saving Life at Sea.*| (Scotland). Indian Order of Merit (Civil).f|. King's Visit Commemoration Medal, 1903 Indian Police Medal for Gallantry. (Ireland). Ceylon Police Medal for Gallantry. King George V's Coronation Medal, 1911. Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry. King George V's Police Coronation Medal, 1911. British Empire Medal.J|| King's Visit Police Commemoration Medal, Canada Medal. -
INDIAN VOICES of the GREAT WAR Also by David Omissi
INDIAN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR Also by David Omissi THE SEPOY AND THE RAJ: The Indian Army, 1860-1940 Indian Voices of the Great War Soldiers' Letters, 1914-18 Selected and Introduced by David Omissi Department of History alld Centre for Illdiall Studies Ulliversity of Hull First published in Great Britain 1999 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-75145-9 ISBN 978-1-349-27283-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-27283-9 First published in the United States of America 1999 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. IOOIO ISBN 978-0-312-22061-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Indian voices of the Great War: soldiers' letters, 1914-18/ selected and introduced by David Omissi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-22061-7 (cloth) I. World War, 1914-1918-Campaigns-France. 2. Soldiers-India -Correspondence. 3. World War, 1914-1918-Personal narratives, Indian. 4. India. Army-Biography. 5. India. Army-History -World War, 1914-1918. I. Omissi, David E., 1960- . D549.153153 1999 940.4'8 154-dc21 98-42208 CIP Selection and Introduction © David Omissi 1999 Letters © Crown copyright 1999 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. -
Indian Order of Merit
INDIAN ORDER OF MERIT HISTORICAL RECORDS 1837 - 1947 VOLUME ONE 1837 - 1860 CLIFF PARRETT AND RANA CHHINA TOM DONOVAN EDITIONS The definitive historical record of the Indian Order of Merit and its recipients, many with full details of the gallant deeds for which their decorations were awarded. More than a book about a medal – a detailed history of the campaigns fought by Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army, deeply researched, much from original primary sources and records in Delhi and London. The I.O.M. is the oldest decoration granted exclusively for bravery in the British Empire and it was perceived, at least until 1912, as the Indian soldier’s equivalent of the Victoria Cross. This work will encompass the original conception of the Order, its establishment in 1837, and the manner in which it was awarded throughout the 110 years of its existence. Details of all known awards are provided within a narrative that places them in their historical context. Hitherto it has been difficult to get a reasonable perspective on the services of Indian regiments during a period when despatches and narratives were biased towards extolling the services of British troops. A different and enlightening approach has been taken over previously well trodden ground, resulting in a contextual narrative of particular interest for students of Indian Army campaigning. In cases where there was a surfeit of reports on the gallant deeds of a particular soldier, perhaps for a relatively obscure action, as much as possible of this has been retained. Rewards for gallantry in the most important actions, such as those at Delhi and Lucknow, were often granted on the basis of ‘general citations.’ In order to address the consequent absence of personal information, services of the decorated soldiers’ regiments have been recounted in detail. -
Last Post Indian War Memorials Around the World
Last Post Indian War Memorials Around the World Introduction • 1 Rana Chhina Last Post Indian War Memorials Around the World i Capt Suresh Sharma Last Post Indian War Memorials Around the World Rana T.S. Chhina Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research United Service Institution of India 2014 First published 2014 © United Service Institution of India All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the author / publisher. ISBN 978-81-902097-9-3 Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research United Service Institution of India Rao Tula Ram Marg, Post Bag No. 8, Vasant Vihar PO New Delhi 110057, India. email: [email protected] www.usiofindia.org Printed by Aegean Offset Printers, Gr. Noida, India. Capt Suresh Sharma Contents Foreword ix Introduction 1 Section I The Two World Wars 15 Memorials around the World 47 Section II The Wars since Independence 129 Memorials in India 161 Acknowledgements 206 Appendix A Indian War Dead WW-I & II: Details by CWGC Memorial 208 Appendix B CWGC Commitment Summary by Country 230 The Gift of India Is there ought you need that my hands hold? Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold? Lo! I have flung to the East and the West Priceless treasures torn from my breast, and yielded the sons of my stricken womb to the drum-beats of duty, the sabers of doom. Gathered like pearls in their alien graves Silent they sleep by the Persian waves, scattered like shells on Egyptian sands, they lie with pale brows and brave, broken hands, strewn like blossoms mowed down by chance on the blood-brown meadows of Flanders and France. -
IMPERIAL Decorations and GALLANTRY AWARDS
THE ORDER OF WEARING AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS as of SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 IMPERIAL decorations and GALLANTRY AWARDS 1. Honours and Awards listed in the schedule and annexes in BOLD CAPITALS are within the Australian System of Honours and Awards, conferred by the sovereign as a gift, within the order of St John, or foreign awards authorised by the Governor-General. 2. Honours and Awards listed in unbolded lower case font are Imperial Awards as issued prior to the introduction of the Australian framework in 1975 and retained in the last schedule in 2007. 3. Honours and Awards listed in bold uppercase RED are Imperial Awards not recorded in the 2007 schedule, but identified as historically awarded to Australians and consequently positioned according to past orders of precedence. 4. Honours and Awards listed in bold uppercase BLUE are new Australian awards (as of Oct 2015) not yet updated in a new schedule. 5. Clasps have only been listed for medals within the Australian Honours and Awards framework as determined since 1975. THE SCHEDULE RIBBON AWARD TITLE CLASPS POST NOMINAL NOTES 1. VICTORIA CROSS FOR AUSTRALIA No clasps, but a bar VC Prior to Jan 15, 1991 it was called can be awarded for Victoria Cross any subsequent award/s 2. George Cross No clasps, but a bar GC can be awarded for any subsequent award/s 3. CROSS OF VALOUR No clasps, but a bar CV can be awarded for any subsequent award/s 4. KNIGHT/LADY OF THE GARTER - KG/LG 5. KNIGHT/LADY OF THE THISTLE - KT/LT 6. -
Medals for Gallantry and Distinguished Conduct
4034 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 27 JULY, 1951 MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED JUBILEE, CORONATION AND DURBAR MEDALS. CONDUCT. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Union of South Africa King's Medal for Silver and Bronze). Bravery, in Gold. Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1887. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1897 (Gold, Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. Silver and Bronze). George Medal. Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1897. King's Police and Fire Services Medal, for Queen Victoria's Commemoration Medal, Gallantry. 1900 (Ireland). Edward Medal. King Edward VII's Coronation Medal, 1902. Royal West African Frontier Force Distin- King Edward VII's Police Coronation Medal, guished Conduct Medal. 1902. King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct King Edward VII's Durbar Medal, 1903 Medal. -(Gold, Silver and Bronze). Indian Distinguished Service Medal. King Edward VII's Police Medal, 1903 Union of South Africa King's Medal for (Scotland). Bravery, in Silver. King's Visit Commemoration Medal, 1903 Distinguished Service Medal. (Ireland). Military Medal, King George V's Coronation Medal, .1911. Distinguished Flying Medal. King George V's Police Coronation Medal, Air Force Medal. 1911. Constabulary Medal (Ireland); King's Visit Police Commemoration Medal, Medal for Saving Life at Sea.*. 1911 (Ireland). Indian Order of Merit (Civil), t King George V's Durbar Medal, 1911 Indian Police Medal for Gallantry. (Gold.f Silver and Bronze). Ceylon Police Medal for Gallantry. King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935. Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry. King George VTs Coronation Medal, 1937. British Empire Medal.J King George V's Long and Faithful Service Canada Medal. -
HE NEW Zeatand GAZETTE [No. 56
1:':HE NEW ZEAtAND GAZETTE [No. 56 Or~ers,Decoration8, and Medals POLIOE MEDALS FOR VALUABLE SERVICES- King's Police and Fire Servi?e.s Medal f?r Distinguished Service. Department of Internal Affairs. Indian Pollce Medal for MerltlOus SerVIce. Wellington, 13th September, 1949. Oolonial Police Medal for Meritious Service. HE following, issued in a supplement to the London Gazette JUBILEE, OORONATION AND DURBAR MEDALS- T of the 4th July, 1949, is published for general information. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Silver and Bronze). W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affair•. Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1887. Queen Victoria's Jubilee JlIIedal, 1897 (Gold, Silver and Bronze). CENTRAL CHANOERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1897. Queen Victoria's Oommemoration Medal, 1900 (Ireland). St. Jame8's Palace, S.W.1. Kin" Edward VII's Ooronation Medal, 1902. 12th July, 1949. King Edward VII's Police Ooronation Medal, 1902 .. THE following list shows the order in which Orders, Decorations and King Edward VII's Durbar JlIIcdal, 1903 (Gold, S,iver and Medals should be worn, and is to be substituted for the list dated Bronze). ' 11 th February, 1947. It in no way affects the precedence conferred King Edward VII's Police ~Iedal, 1903 (Scotland). by the Statutes of certain Orders upon the Members thereof. King's Visit Oommemoration l'vIedal, 1903 (Ireland). VICTORIA OROSS. King 'George V's Ooronation Medal, 1911. GEORGE OROSS. King George V's Police Ooronation Medal, 1911. BRI1'ISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, ETO. King's Visit Police Commemoration Medal, 1911 (Ireland). -
16 Lieutenant J D Grant Vc
LIEUTENANT J D GRANT VC 8th Gurkha Rifles Date of Action Campaign 6th July 1904 Tibet John Duncan Grant was born at Roorkee in the United Provinces, India on 28th December 1877, the eldest son of Colonel Suene Grant RE. He was educated at Cheltenham College and attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1898. He then joined the 30th Punjab Regiment of Bengal Infantry before transferring to the 44th Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry, which later became the 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles. In the late 1890's, the Indian Government had become increasingly concerned about the behaviour of their neighbour Tibet. The Lhasa Government had been flirting with Russia and there were signs that a secret treaty with Moscow was being negotiated. This would have contravened Tibet's treaty with India. In 1903, Russian arms began to appear in the country, Indian territory was encroached upon, and it became clear that some protective measures had to be taken. A political officer was therefore sent to the frontier to treat with the Tibetans; the 8th Gurkha Rifles escorted him. After waiting in vain for four months for the Tibetans to come to negotiate, the Indian Government reluctantly ordered an advance on Gyantse. At first the march was peaceful, but soon serious fighting took place, one action involving the 8th Gurkha Rifles being fought at 18,000 feet, probably a record height for an infantry battle at that time. One of the key positions in the Gyantse valley was Gyantse Jong, a fort built on a rock rising about 600 feet above the valley. -
THE NEW ZEALAND · GAZETTE No. 27
568 THE NEW ZEALAND · GAZETTE No. 27 Orders, Decorations, and_ Medals British Empire Medal HJ!. Canada Medal!!. Queen's Police Medal, for Distinguished Service. THE following issued in a supplement to the London Gazette Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguisheq. Service. of 14 January' 1958, is published for general information. Queen's Medal for Chiefs. · Dated at Wellington this 28th day of A~ril 1958. WAR MEDALS (in order of date of campaign for which awarded)§§. POLAR MEDALS (in .order of date). W. T. ANDERTON, Minister of Internal Affairs. Royal Victorian Medal (Gold, Silver and Bronze). Imperial Service Medal. CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD POLICE MEDALS FOR VALUABLE SERVICES Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service. St. James's Palace, S. W. 1. Ceylon Police Medal for Merit. 14th January, 1958. Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service. THE following list shows the order in which Order1>, Decorations and Medals should be worn, and is to be substituted for the list dated 19 April 1955. It in no way affects the precedence conferred Badge of Honour. by the Statutes of certain Orders upon the Members thereof. JUBILEE, CORONATION AND DURBAR MEDALS- VICTORIA CROSSI!. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Silver and Bronze). GEORGE CROSSI\. Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1887. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal, 1897 (Gold, Silver and Bronze).· BRITISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, ETC. Queen Victoria's Police Jubilee Medal, 1897. Order of the Garter*II. Queen Victoria's Commemoration Medal, 1900 (Ireland). Order of the Thistle*II. King Edward VII's Coronation Medal, 1902. Order of St. -
Edition 62529
LONDON GAZETTE 11 JANUARY 2019 | NUMBER 62529 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY | ESTABLISHED 1665 WWW.THEGAZETTE.CO.UK Supplement No. 1 of Thursday 10 January 2019 ORDER OF WEAR ORDER OF WEAR DECORATIONS, MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY AND CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT OF KNIGHTHOOD Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC)* Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)* St James’s Palace, London SW1 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM)* Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) (CGM)* 11th January 2019 George Medal (GM)* Royal West African Field Force Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)* The following list shows the order in which Orders, Decorations and Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry (QPM)* Medals should be worn in the United Kingdom, certain countries Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry (QFSM)* of the Commonwealth and in Overseas Territories. It incorporates Royal Red Cross Class I (RRC)* the Decorations and Medals instituted since 2003 and should be Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)* substituted for the list dated 14th March 2003. This list in no way Military Cross (MC)* affects the precedence conferred by the Statutes of certain Orders Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)* upon Members thereof. See the notes towards the end of the list for Air Force Cross (AFC)* guidance about letters after the name for those awards indicated with Royal Red Cross Class II (ARRC)* an asterisk. Order of British India (OBI)* Kaiser-i-Hind Medal VICTORIA CROSS* Order of St John Union of South Africa Queen’s Medal for Bravery (Gold) GEORGE CROSS* King’s African Rifles Distinguished -
Gurkha Museum, Winchester: Collections Level Description
Material Encounters Catalogue 2016 I. Collections Level Description Department: The Gurkha Museum, Winchester Collection Type: Tibetan Collection Reference: WINGM.COLLECTION No. of items: 18 Notes Date of research visit: 10-11th April 2014 Contacts: Gavin Edgerley-Harris, Curator and Eli Dawson, Collections Assistant Displays relating to the Younghusband Mission to Tibet in the 'Small Wars 1875-1904' section of the Gurkha Museum Category Loot Photographs Clothing Religion and ritual Description INTRODUCTION: The Gurkha museum opened in 1990 in Peninsular Barracks, Winchester, along with the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, the King’s Royal Hussars Regimental Museum, the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum and the 1 | P a g e Material Encounters Catalogue 2016 Guardroom Museum. The Gurkha museum differs slightly from other regimental museums in that it has an introductory section about the Gurkha’s homeland and a soldier’s civilian life in Nepal in order to contextualise the Gurkha soldier’s social and cultural background. The museum uses large scale fibre optic interactive maps, photographs (both historic and contemporary), soundscapes and audio descriptions, dioramas and tableaus in its display. There are a number of Tibetan objects in their collections, both on display and in storage. However, only two are specifically documented as relating to the Younghusband Mission to Tibet 1903-04, however it is possible that some of the other objects came from this campaign as well. OBJECTS: The majority of the Tibetan objects in the Gurkha Museum were collected by Major Tom Le M Spring Smyth (d. 2009) who served with the Queens Gurkha Engineers, and was a well-known botanist and life-long collector. -
Twelfth Session, Commencing at 11.30Am ORDERS
Hugh Piper was born at Ayrshire, Scotland on 28 May 1784. He entered the Army at the age of 14 years 10 months when he purchased a commission Twelfth Session, Commencing at 11.30am as an Ensign with the New South Wales Corps (102nd Foot) on 29 March 1799. In doing so he was following in the footsteps of his brother, Ensign John Piper of the New South Wales Corps, who arrived at Sydney in 1792 aboard the Pitt and at his own request was sent to Norfolk Island in 1793, promoted to Lieutenant in 1795 and returned to the mainland and was then on leave 1797-1799. In 1800 he was given the local rank of Captain and ORDERS, DECORATIONS & MEDALS became commandant of Norfolk Island in September 1804 being promoted to Captain in 1806. He returned to Sydney in 1810 but while on leave in England in 1811 he resigned his commission. In 1813 he was given the appointment of Naval Offi cer in Sydney and returned to take up his role in February 1814. A close family friend of John MacArthur, he was appointed BRITISH SINGLES a magistrate in 1819, became Chairman of Directors of the Bank of New South Wales in 1825 and was President of Scots Church Committee. He acquired land by grant or purchase at Eliza Point (renamed after John Piper and now Point Piper), Vaucluse, Woollahra, Rose Bay, Petersham, Neutral Ensign in New South Wales Corps, Bay, Bathurst, Van Diemen's Land and in George Street, Sydney. He also member of party that explored Port Dalrymple area owned Vaucluse House.