A Scottish Railwayman's 'India Service' medal pair: Resident Engineer, Dugald McAlpine, M.B.E., Oudh & Tirhut Railway, Mansi, Bihar, India, late Private Bengal & North-Western Railway Battalion., Auxiliary Force India

- Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil). 2nd type breast badge (M.B.E.)
- Efficiency Medal. GV issue with 'India' bar (Pte. D. McAlpine. B. & N. W. Ry. Bn., A. F. I.)

Sold together with:

- Official Royal Mint plush leatherette hinged case of issue for M.B.E.. This with gilt tooled letters on case lid, & King's Crown logo on inside silk panel

Medals verification: Both medals published per below sources:

a). M.B.E. published in London Gazette issue of 1 January 1944, where recipient shows as:

- Dugald McAlpine Esq., Resident Engineer, Oudh and Tirhut Railway, Mansi

b). Efficiency Medal published in Indian Army Order No.838 of 7 September 1937

Dugald McAlpine son of Hugh McAlpine (Builder) & Margaret McAlpine (nee Fisher) was a native of Lochgilphead, Aryllshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 24 July 1902. Dugald secured an appointment with the Bengal & North Western Railway, in India, in the early 1920's. Various shipping passenger manifests from the inter-war period, show that he worked in India from the 1920's to 1950's, encompassing the period of India's freedom struggle, the Second World War, the creation of the independent sovereign states of India and Pakistan in August 1947, and the ensuing horrors of partition. As a Senior 'Railways Manager' his logistics skills would have been especially valuable to the British colonial war effort in India during the period 1941-1945, as evinced by the award of the well earned M.B.E.

Dugald McAlpine, is recorded as having died at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on, 11 September 1990

Both medals complete with their original silk ribands as issued. The M.B.E. with 'Silver' marked mounting brooch that retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings, and the EM fitted with its issue long length riband

Fathers Medal: For the recipients father's Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (5th Volunteer Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), see the separate listing at item code 21680

Condition: EF

Code: 21695