India General Service Medal 1908-1935. GV first type silver issue with 4 x clasps 'Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919', 'Waziristan 1919-21', 'Waziristan 1921-24' & 'North West Frontier 1930-31' (4053 Sepoy Ujagar Singh, 1/76/Pjbis.)

The recipient Ujagar Singh was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith, who held the rank of Sepoy (Private) while serving with the 1st Battalion 76th Punjabis, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

Upper clasps attached by customary locally fitted rivets

Medal and clasps verification: The medal rolls for Indian recipients of the IGS 1908 medal and clasps are, as of 2024, not accessible in the public domain. However various editions of the Indian Army List for the period 1919-1931 confirm that the unit as 1/76 Pjbs & later as 3/1 Punjab was serving operationally on the North West Frontier for all the campaign periods, while the Indian Army List Supplement for January 1939 under 'War Services of Indian Officers' shows that no less than 8 Viceroy's Commissioned Officers of 3/1 Punjab are listed with the exact same 4 clasp medal entitlement

1st Battalion 76th Punjabis: The origins of the regiment date back to the raising of the 16th Carnatic Battalion of the Madras Presidency Army in 1776. In it's long and distinguished career the regiment underwent numerous name changes - as reflected in the below appended chronology of the regimental lineage. In 1914, in common with all other non-Gurkha infantry regiments of the British Indian Army, the 76th Punjabis were a single battalion regiment. Initially, in the period 1814-16, they served in the Great War as '76th Punjabis' , being deployed to Mesopotamia where the regiment fought in the Battle of Ctesiphon and then retired towards Kut al Amara, where it was besieged by the Turks with the rest of the 6th Division. The regiment resolutely resisted all Turkish attempts to overwhelm the defences of Kut al Amara, suffering 171 casualties during the 150 days long siege. But after the failure of the British to relieve them, the starving garrison of Kut was forced to surrender on 29 April 1916. The 76th Punjabis became prisoners of war and suffered terrible privations during their long captivity. Out of the 341 officers men present with the regiment at the commencement of the siege in December 1915, 72 died during the siege, while another 101 died during the captivity. The 76th Punjabis were re-formed on 1 January 1917 and moved to Chaman on the North West Frontier. On 16 October 1917, the regiment raised a second battalion at Nasirabad. In December 1918, 208 Kut prisoners returned to the battalion after their release from Turkish captivity. The 1st Battalion 76th Punjabis took part in the Third Afghan War of 1919, and was widely deployed on the North West Frontier of India during the subsequent inter-war frontier campaigns. In 1922, 1/76th Punjabis was restyled 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, and in 1947 was allocated to the Pakistan Army. The descendent unit continues in 2024, to serve in the Pakistan Army as, 3rd Battalion The Punjab Regiment

Regimental lineage:

- 1776 16th Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 16th Madras Battalion
- 1796 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 16th Regiment of Madras Infantry
- 1901 16th Madras Infantry
- 1903 76th Punjabis
- 1917 1st Battalion 76th Punjabis
- 1922 3rd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
- 1956 3rd Battalion The Punjab Regiment

Condition: Toned about GVF

Code: 24906