United Kingdom: India General Service Medal 1854-1895

Ribbon: Red with 2 blue stripes.

Instituted: 1854.

Awarded: For service in India between these dates.

All troops, 1854-1885
Combat troops 1885-1895
Obverse Reverse
Native support personnel 1885-1895 Sorry - no picture of obverse Sorry - no picture of reverse
Clasps
PEGU PERSIA NORTHWEST FRONTIER
PEGU
28 March 1852 to 30 June 1853: The second campaign in Burma.
PERSIA
5 December 1856 to 8 February 1857: A combined naval and army expedition.
NORTH WEST FRONTIER
3 December 1849 to 22 October 1868: 15 different campaigns spread over 19 years.
BHOOTAN
UMBEYLA
20 October to 23 December 1863: An expeditionary force in Hindustan.
BHOOTAN
December 1864 to February 1866: A four-column punitive force.
LOOSHAI
9 December 1871 to 20 February 1872: An expedition to recover an abducted planter and his daughter.
PERAK JOWAKI 1877-8
PERAK
2 November 1875 to 20 March 1876: An expedition to Perak which included a naval brigade.
JOWAKI 1877-8
9 November 1877 to 19 January 1878. The Afridi tribesmen near the Kohat Pass objected to a new road running through their territory.
NAGA 1879-80
December 1879 to January 1880: A punitive expedition against the Nagas.
BURMA 1885-7 HAZARA 1888
BURMA 1885-7
14 November 1885 to 30 April 1887: The annexation of Burma.
SIKKIM 1888
15 March to 27 September 1888: A three-cornered fight with Sikkim which also involved the Tibetans.
HAZARA 1888
This is generally known as the Black Mountain Expedition.
BURMA 1887-89 CHIN-LUSHAI 1889-90
BURMA 1887-89
1 May 1887 to 31 March 1889: Suppression of bandit activity in Burma.
CHIN LUSHAI 1889-90
15 November 1889 to 30 April 1890: Earned by 2 columns, one fighting the Chins and the other the Lushais.
SAMANA 1891
5 April to 25 May 1891: Operations in the Miranzai Valley and Samana Heights.
N.E. FRONTIER 1891
HAZARA 1891
12 March to 16 May 1891: Hazara Field Force in the Black Mountains.
N.E. FRONTIER 1891
28 March to 7 May 1891: The Manipur Field Force dealing with the Rajah of Manipur.
HUNZA 1891
1-22 December 1891.
Burma 1889-92 LUSHAI 1889-92
BURMA 1889-92
Eleven punitive expeditions in these years.
LUSHAI 1889-92
11 January 1889 to 8 June 1892: Small expeditions into the Lushai hills.
CHIN HILLS 1892-93
19 October 1892 to 10 March 1893: A punitive expedition against the Chins.
KACHIN HILLS 1892-95
3 December 1892 to 3 March 1893: Punitive expeditions into the Kachin Hills.
WAZIRISTAN 1894-95
22 October 1894 to 13 March 1895: An expedition against the Wazirs.
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