India General Service Medal 1908. GV second type with clasp 'North West Frontier 1930-31' (A.13 Syce Santoo. Guides Cavy)

Recipient was an attested non-combatant Indian follower soldier of the Hindu faith who performed the trade of 'Syce' (a groom, stable attendant employed to look after horses) while serving with the The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force)

At the time of the compilation of the Indian Army List, October 1930, issue, The Guides Cavalry were located at their regimental home a Mardan Cantonment located in the North West Frontier Province of India (now in Paksitan). The composition of the combatant ranks of the regiment at the time was:

- 1 x Squadron: Dogras
- 1 x Squadron: Sikhs
- 1 x Squadron: Punjabi Mussalmans

By 1930, The Guides Cavalry - the most distinguished Cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army - had earned the below impressive list of battle honours;

- Mooltan
- Goojerat
- Delhi 1857
- Ali Masjid
- Kabul 1879
- Afghanistan 1878-80
- Chitral
- Malakand
- Punjab Frontier
- Khan Baghdadi
- Sharqat
- Mesopotamia 1917-18
- N. W. Frontier, India, 1915

Condition: About GVF

Code: 26154