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№ 387

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23 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£380

Pair: Major R. K. Garrow, Intelligence Department, Indian Army

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. R. K. Garrow.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Major R. K. Garrow, Intel. Dept.); together with India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31, second clasp loose on riband, representative of the recipient’s full entitlement, this latter officially named ‘1232 Havr. Ganga Singh, 1/55/Rfls.’, generally very fine (3) £300-£400

Robert Kenneth Garrow was born on 28 September 1899 and was educated at Wellington College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List on 1 October 1918, and was appointed to the Indian Army on 13 October 1918, being posted to the 58th Rifles, as well as serving as Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding Baluchistan District. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 October 1919, and saw active service during the Third Afghan War. Advanced Captain on 1 October 1924, he saw further service on the North West Frontier of India in 1930, and again in 1936-37, and was promoted Major on 1 October 1936. He was appointed Assistant Director of Intelligence in July 1937, and died in Murree in September 1938.