Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Gahan, 2-1st Gurkha Rifles

India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935 (Lt. W. G. Gahan, 2-1 G.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. W. G. Gahan, 2-1 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, together with matching set of six mounted miniature dress medals, good very fine (6) £400-£500

M.I.D. London Gazette 25 October 1940: ‘Waziristan for the period 1st January 1939 to 31st December 1939.’

William Gerald Gahan was born in 20 April 1900 and was first commissioned on 16 July 1919, and transferred to the Indian Establishment, 1 Gurkha Rifles, on 30 November 1919. He was promoted to Major on 16 July 1937; acting Lieutenant-Colonel, to 4 May 1943; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 May 1943 to 15 February 1944, and 11 April to 21 September, 1944.