India General Service Medal 1908-1935. GV first type silver issue with clasp 'Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919' (1159 Nk Fateh Mohd, 14 Mule Cps.)

The recipient Fateh Mohd was by ethnicity and faith a Punjabi Mussalman soldier holding the rank of Naik (Corporal) while serving with the 14th Mule Corps of the Supply and Transport Corps of the British Indian Army

Mule Corps Establishment 1914: Reference 'On Two Fronts - Being the Aventures of an Indian Mule Corps in France and Gallipoli (Major H. M. Alexander, D.S.O.. London 1917); the author - an officer of the Supply & Transport Corps of the British Indian Army, wrote:

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The Corps, at service strength, consists of eight troops of 96 mules each, in charge of a kot duffadar or troop-sergeant-major, assisted by two naicks or corporals, and about fifty Indian drivers. The '' superior establishment ", as it is officially called, includes the Commandant (usually a Major or Captain), two British warrant-officers, each of whom commands a '* sub-division '' of four troops; two British staff-sergeants as Sergeant-Major and Quarter master- Sergeant; two Indian officers as Adjutant and Veterinary Officer, and two Indian clerks. In peace-time the Corps has 200 small carts, and four of the troops are then used in draught. The total strength is 768 mules and, roughly, 500 men

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Condition: VF

Code: 25226