General Service 1918-62. GV first issue with clasp 'S. Persia' (11137 Sowar Lakh Shah. Burma M. Rif.)

Medal and clasp verification: The recipient's entitlement to the medal & both clasps is confirmed per the respective campaign medal roll of the War Raised' Burma Mounted Rifles (ref WO 100/G48/458) wherein it is shown under remarks that 'Decorations should be sent to the Adjutant, Mily. Police. Bn, Rangoon - the roll also shows that prior to the recipients attachment to the Burma Mounted Rifles, Sowar Lakh Shah held the regimental number 5573 in the Rangoon Military Police Battalion

The Burma Mounted Rifles were a composite force of volunteers raised at, Maymyo, Burma, on 16 May 1916, from amongst the 'mounted' sections of the Indian Ranks (Punjabi Mussalmans & Sikhs) of the various Burma Military Police battalions. When originally raised, the unit was styled Burma Military Police Mounted Infantry and was temporarily lent by the Government of Burma for overseas service with the British Indian Army 1916-1920, during which time this class company regiment (comprising 2 x Sikh squadrons & 1 x Punjabi Mussalaman squadron) was later re-styled the Burma Mounted Rifles on 26 May 1918, serving in South Persia (19 x I.D.S.M.'s for South Persia & Bushire) and on the North West Frontier of India (1 x I.D.S.M. awarded to 79 Lance Daffadar Nika Singh)

By the time of the Quarterly Indian Army List, April 1920, the unit was restyled as Burma Military Police Mounted Infantry. The regiment does not appear again in the Indian Army List after 1920, the unit having been disbanded and the men returned to their parent battalions of the Burma Military Police

A desirable and uncommon medal issue to a most colourful, and hard fighting mounted infantry unit of the British Indian Army

Condition: Dark toned VF

Code: 23791