General Service 1918. GVI first issue with clasp 'S. E. Asia 1945-46' (43334 Hav/Cl Pritam Singh Bengal Engr Gp., R.I.E.)

The recipient, was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith, the rank & appointment of Havildar/Clerk (Sergeant/Clerk) while serving with the Bengal Engineer Group of the Royal Indian Engineers, of the British Indian Army

The Bengal Engineer Group was - and still is - one of 3 x Combat Engineer Groups of the Indian Army. The regimental centre is located at Roorkee Cantonment, Uttarakhand, India

 During the period of the qualification criteria for the clasp 'S. E. Asia 1945-46'', the recipient would have served either in either French Indochina (now Vietnam) or in Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)

4 x Indian Infantry Divisions deployed to South East Asia in 1945, as under:

French Indochina (Vietnam):

- 20th Indian Div: 322nd Field Service Company of King George V's Bengal Sappers & Miners 

Netherlands East Indies:

- 5th Indian Div: 2nd & 74th Field Service Company's of King George V's Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 23rd Indian Div: 68th & 71st Field Service Company's King George V's Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 26th Indian Div: 72nd Field Service Company of King George V's Bengal Sappers & Miners

Condition: Toned about EF

Code: 25591