A Collection of Medals to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. A. W. V. Hendy, 57/Rfls. F.F.) light contact marks, therefore very fine £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force).

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Arthur William Victor Hendy was born in January 1900, and was commissioned on the Unattached List for the India Army, 15 April 1919. He was posted to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force) six days later, and served with them on the North West Frontier for several years. Hendy advanced to Lieutenant in April 1920, and the regiment was re-designated as the 4th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922. He transferred to the South Waziristan Scouts in January 1923, and served with them until his retirement in November of the same year.

Sold with copied research.