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Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel E. P. Rich, 12th Frontier Force Rifles
British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); India General Service 1908-351 clasp, Mohmand 1933 (Capt., 5-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence & War Medals; Coronation 1937; Iraq, Active Service Medal, mounted as worn, good very fine (9) £250-300
Served with the 12th Frontier Force Rifles during the Great War, in Bushire September 1916 to April 1917, Iraq April to December 1917, and in Egypt January to November 1918. He again saw active service in Iraq during the operations of 1925-27 (Iraq Medal), and on the North West Frontier of India, in Mohmand during 1933 (Medal with clasp). He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th Frontier Force Rifles in February 1938 and Temporary Colonel in December 1943.
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