India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.) India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.) India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.) India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.) India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.)

India General Service Medal 1895-1908. EDVII silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (945 3d Cl. Hospl. Asst. Nidham Singh 28th Pb. Infy.)

Important: Recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith serving as a 3rd Class Hospital Assistant (a Warrant Officer rank) on attachment to the 28th Punjab Infantry, a regiment of the British Indian Army

Note: The recipient's parent unit was the Indian Hospital Corps, the recipient being attached to the 28th Punjabis for the duration of the regiment's active service during the Waziristan campaign of 1901-02

From circa July 1902, Hospital Assistants of the Indian Subordinate Medical Department began to be included. Reference Indian Army List of July 1902, Nidham Singh, is recorded showing holding his 'Departmental Number' - '945' - and that he had been born on, 21 April 1876. Nidhan had first entered service with the Indian Army on, 14 April 1897, and that his date of rank as Hospital Assistant 3rd Class dated from, 7 April 1898. The Indian Army List issue for April 1905, records Nidhan Singh by then promoted and listed under the '2nd Class Hospital Assistants' having received his promotion effective on, 7 April 1903

Campaign medals seen named to Hospital Assistants attached to Indian infantry regiments are uncommon.

Condition: GVF

Code: 20933