Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Corpl. K. R. Burrows. Upr. Burma Volr. Rifles)

Medal Verification: The award of the medal to Corporal Kenneth Robert Burrows, Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, is confirmed as entitled per Indian Army Order No. 367 of November 1903

Reference:Medals issued: Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) between 1902-1910 (inclusive) only an estimated total of only 48 x VLSM's were awarded named to the unit under its designation as Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles

Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles: The Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles were an auxiliary regiment based in Burma. The battalion had its origins dating back to 9 December 1886, when the Mandalay Mounted Volunteer Rifles was formed. Subsequent name changes, saw the unit become The Mandalay Mounted Volunteer Rifles (1887); Upper Burma Mounted Rifles (1887); and became the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles in 1888. As part of the Indian Defence Force Act of 1917, all the units of the Indian Volunteers became units of the Indian Defence Force and the battalion was retitled the 34th Upper Burma Battalion on 1st April 1917. With the formation of the Indian Auxiliary Force in 1920 the battalion was again retitled as the Upper Burma Battalion. It retained this title when transferred to the Burma Auxiliary Force in April 1937, following the transfer of units to the Burma Army with the separation of administration from India

Kenneth Robert Burrows was born in British India on 4 June 1866, son of Thomas Burrows (Second Schoolmaster) and Anne Burrows (nee Norman). In 1866, Kenneth's father was Second Master at the Boy's School, Lawrence Asylum, Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills. The school today is the Lawrence School, Lovedale. Kenneth was baptised at Ooty on 15 July 1866, by 1903 he was a Telegraph Manager for the Government Department at Kindat, Burma. By 1906 he was Telephone Manager at Fort White in the Chin Hills, Burma

Condition: VF

Code: 24700