Pakistan (Dominion): Pakistan Medal 1947

An un-named and un-marked medal

The Pakistan Medal - commonly referred to as the Pakistan Independence Medal - was instituted by Pakistan to commemorate the creation of the state of Pakistan on 14 August 1947

The medal was awarded to all British personnel who on 1 January 1948, were serving in the Armed Forces of Pakistan and or who had volunteered and were subsequently accepted for service with the Armed Forces of Pakistan

For those British personnel who later returned to the British Armed Forces after their service in Pakistan, unrestricted permission to wear this commonwealth medal in British Army uniform was granted per Army Council Instruction 741 of 1957

William Edward Holloway, son of William Holloway (a soldier) & Katherine Holloway, was a native of Camberwell, London, England, where he was born on 24 August 1900. William Holloway, like his father before him, subsequently enlisted in the British Army, serving overseas in British India during the early inter-war years

Evidently soldiering and living in India appealed to William, and in due course he transferred as an NCO from the British Army for service with the Indian Army. Appointed Sub-Conductor Indian Corps of Clerks on 8 July 1932; Conductor on 22 December 1939, and commissioned as an officer with rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Assistant Commissary) from 1 July 1941. Indian Army Lists in the period circa 1932-1942 show that William was stationed and served with 'Southern Command' in India, however from the October 1943 issue of the Indian he is recorded as serving 'Overseas'. The London Gazette issue of 7 January 1949 contains a notice advising that Lieutenant (Acting Captain) (War Substantive Major) W. E. Holloway (CC/58) retired on 1 January 1949, but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army) British Army while employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces. Lieutenant-Colonel William Edward Holloway is confirmed as having 'Died Suddenly' at Hastings, England, on, 19 May 1954. At the time of his death he was 53 years of age (an obituary notice was published in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer issue of 22 May 1954

A scarce seen named medal to a British Officer serving with the Staff of the Pakistan Army

Condition: About EF

Code: 24259