A 'Railwayman's' Delhi Durbar & Long Service Medal Pair: Volunteer George Herbert Kennedy, 1st Battalion Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles

A 'Railwayman's' Delhi Durbar & Long Service Medal Pair: Volunteer George Herbert Kennedy, 1st Battalion Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles

- Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Silver issue
- Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Voltr. G. H. Kennedy 1st Bn B. B. & C.I. Ry. Voltr Rfls.)

Important: Both medals verified as under:

- Durbar Medal 1911: 1 of 43 x awarded to unit (Ref 'The Auxiliary Force India and its predecessors' (Alan Harfield, 2015)
- Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies): Awarded per Army Order 86 of March 1915

George Herbert Kennedy, son of John George Kennedy (1866-1939, late of 11 Cantonments, Neemuch in Central retired European retired railway railway employee European, ex B.B.& C.I.) was born circa 1887 at Bombay and entered the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles as a teenage cadet volunteer. He is confirmed upon the Roll for the Delhi Durbar 1911 from the Railway Board Civil Allotment and was a Clerk in the Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Engineer's Office (Construction) upon his marriage in 1912. Chief Clerk at Mahaluxmi, Bombay in 1914. George Kennedy was awarded his Long Service Medal was issued in March 1915 (Army Order 86, refers). George latterly served as Acting Secretary, in the Agents and General Managers Office, and in addition held the appointment of Justice of the Peace. George Kennedy, died of a bleeding ulcer on 30 September 1942 and was buried at the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Name, Bombay, India

Sold together with a quantity of hard-copy research

Condition: GVF

Code: 20710