Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (5374429 Pte. G. Cummings. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine, rare to unit £300-£400

Only 2 Officers and 13 Other Ranks, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, were awarded the India General Service Medal, all with the clasp Waziristan 1921-24.

George Cummings was born in Oxford on 28 November 1900 and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 12 August 1919. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 29 March 1922 to 14 January 1925, and was present during the operations in Waziristan from 2 November 1922 to March 1923. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 15 February 1925 and was discharged on 11 August 1939, and 20 years’ service. He died in Oxford on 7 December 1983.

Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.