A scarce seen confirmed Sikh casualty for Burma Campaign 1944: Sepoy Bishan Singh 8th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army

- The 1939-45 Star (25779 Sep. Bishan Singh, F.F. Rif.)
- The Burma Star  (25779 Sep. Bishan Singh, F.F. Rif.)

Both medal are officially impressed Calcutta Mint struck issues as issued to Indian Army veterans and the India domiciled 'Next of Kin' families of Indian soldiers who had died in the Second World War

The recipient, Bishan Singh, was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith, who held the rank of Sepoy (Private), while serving with the 8th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

Casualty: No. 25779 Sepoy Bishan Singh, 8th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, is recorded to have 'Died' in on 8 January 1944. At the time of his death Bishan was 24 years of age, and was a native of, Raikot, Ludhiana, Punjab, British India. His next of kin were his father, Ram Singh, and his mother, Sant Kaur. The life and supreme sacrifice of  Bishan Singh is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves on a roll of honour  panel located at the CWGC Rangoon Memorial

8th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, was raided at Solon Cantonment in the Simla Hills of Punjab Province, 7 August 1940 (post independence Solon is now located in Himachal Pradesh). Punjab Province on, 7 August 1940.At the time of Bishan Singh's death, 8/13 FFR was deployed for service of the East Bengal / Burma border, where it had been serving in the Arakan Campaign with the 36th Indian Infantry Brigade under higher formation, 26 Indian Division, a.k.a. 'Tiger's Head Division' (26 Ind Div had a striking 'Bengal Tiger' formation badge)

Condition: GVF

Code: 25970