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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 100

India General Service 1895-1908, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt. A. V. Hatch. 2d. Bn. 1st. Gurkha. Rifles.), good very fine

Arthur Vincent Hatch was born in 1860 at Simla and joined the 1st (King George's Own) Gurkha Rifles from the 24th Punjab Infantry in February 1883. Appointed Adjutant to the 2nd Battalion in 1886, he served with them on the campaign in Sikkim, 1888. Hatch saw further active service in the Mohmand and Tirah, 1897-8 and was in Command of the Battalion in the Bazar Valley for a period. Commandant of the 2nd Battalion from 9 August 1905-8 August 1910, he also survived the Dharamshala earthquake which ruined his house and slightly injured his wife. He died on 15 January 1922 at Teignmouth.

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