Orders, Decorations and Medals

A scarce ‘Dargai’ Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Jemadar Waryam Singh, 15th Sikh Regiment
Indian Order of Merit, 3rd class ‘Reward of Valour’; India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Jemdr., 15th Bl. Infy.) the second with some pitting from I.O.M., otherwise nearly very fine (2)

I.O.M. G.G.O. 430 of 1898. Jemadar Waryam Singh, jointly with No. 2847 Sepoy Bhola Singh, and No. 3315 Sepoy Kishn Singh, 15th (Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at the Chagru Kotal, on the 18th October 1897, in having helped to carry wounded men to the rear under heavy fire and over difficult ground, in doing which they were wounded and had themselves to be carried.’

Jemadar Waryam Singh was severely wounded by a gunshot in the left thigh. He had joined the regiment on 12 March 1880, becoming a Jemadar on 1 November 1894, and Native Adjutant on 1 February 1895. He transferred to the Pension Establishment shortly after the Tirah Campaign.