Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (13781 Sep. Kanshi Ram, 2-12 F.F.R.) extremely fine £60-£80

Kanshi Ram was the son of Gobin Ram and Tulsi Ram of Thahtwani, Kangra, India. He served on the North West Frontier with the 2nd Battalion (2nd Sikhs), Frontier Force Regiment, and then subsequently with them when ordered to Malaya in April 1941. Ram’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Cumming, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry near Kuantan, 3 January 1942, during this ultimately doomed campaign.

Sepoy Ram was killed in action or died whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese between 1 January - 31 December 1942. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.