General Service Medal 1918-62. GV first type. With clasp 'S. Persia' (2342 Sepoy Phulla Singh. 16-Rajputs.)

The recipient Phulla Singh was a Rajputana Rajput of the Hindu faith, who was serving as a Sepoy (Private) with the 16th Rajputs, a single class infantry regiment of the British Indian Army, comprised entirely of Hindu Rajputs

Medal & Clasp Verification: The recipient is confirmed entitled to the medal and clasp per the respective medal roll as under:

- GSM 1918-62 & clasp 'S. Persia': WO 100/G30/440. Medal roll compiled, at Fatehgarh Cantonment, U.P., India, 19 March 1924 , by which time  recipient is recorded as 'Pensioned'

The regiment was issued 1055 medals, all with the single clasp 'S. Persia'. 69 x medals were subsequently returned to the War Office for scrapping on 16 June 1928, with the medal roll showing that the medal and clasp to No. 2342 Sepoy Phulla Singh was successfully re-issued and sent to the recipient on 1 September 1928 

In 1922 the 16th Rajputs were re-styled as 10th (Training)  Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment. All battalions of the Rajput Regiment being descended from former Bengal Army infantry regiments that had remained loyal during the Indian Mutiny, and unique amongst the annals of the descendent units of the erstwhile Bengal Army that served in the later Indian Army.

The 16th Rajputs were referred to as the famous 'Bailey Guard Paltan' which had been formed at Cawnpore in 1857 from amongst the loyal Brahmins and Rajputs of the 13th, and the Sikhs of the 48th and 71st Bengal Native Infantry, who had served so faithfully at the Lucknow Residency (with every living loyal Indian veteran of the battle subsequently being decorated with the Indian Order of Merit). The badge of the 16th was a turreted gateway surmounted by the number 16, representing the Bailey Gate - the most exposed and deadly bastion - of the Lucknow Residency, during the siege of Lucknow

Condition: About VF

Code: 25597