Re: Unit title on Indian General Service Medal -- British Empire

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Date Posted: 11:20:01 05/25/09 Mon
Author: Stephen Luscombe
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Subject: Re: Unit title on Indian General Service Medal
In reply to: Andrew Dace 's message, "Re: Unit title on Indian General Service Medal" on 07:11:04 05/24/09 Sun

>Thats very true, I thought maybe Animal Transport.
>Possible mules or something like that or possibly
>Amunition Train. I could not find a site that dealt in
>detail with the British Indian Army. They tend to
>concentrate more on infantry and cavalry.

In fact, the Indian Army had been banned from handling heavy artillery ever since the Mutiny. They were only supposed to handle pack artillery and mountain guns??? The British Army was left to handle the big stuff.

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>>Thats very true, I thought maybe Animal Transport. >>Possible mules or something like that or possibly >>Amunition Train. I could not find a site that dealt in >>detail with the British Indian Army. They tend to >>concentrate more on infantry and cavalry. > >In fact, the Indian Army had been banned from >handling heavy artillery ever since the Mutiny. They >were only supposed to handle pack artillery and >mountain guns??? The British Army was left to handle >the big stuff.
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