1914 Star. No clasp (No 1966 Dvr. Mohammad, 1/Mule Corps.)

The recipient Mohammad, was an Indian soldier of the Mussalman, who held the rank of Drier while serving with the 1st Mule Corps of the British Indian Army

A digital search of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records 6 x Indian 'Other-Ranks' of 1st Mule Corps who died in France (none commemorated in Belgium) between 1914-15

The role of 'Drivers' in the Indian Mule Corps during he Great War was to drive mule carts and lead packed mules to deliver critical supplies, ammunition, and water across difficult front-line terrains

Mule Corps Establishment 1914: Reference 'On Two Fronts - Being the Adventures 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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