INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895 TO A SERGEANT OF THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO WAS PRESENT AT DURING DISASTEROUS ACTION AT THE SHIN KAMAR 29 JANUARY 1898

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895, 2 CLASPS, PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98, TIRAH 1897-98 ‘3481 SERGT. F. GINNS. 2D. BN. K.O. YORK. LT. INFY.’

Frank Ginns was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, in 1870 and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on 11 August 1891, having previously served in the Northamptonshire Volunteers. He served with the 2nd battalion in India from 3 September 1892 to 16 February 1899, and saw active service with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98, his service papers noting him being present at the disastrous action at Shin Kamar, 29 January 1898. During the action, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry lost 3 Officers and 26 men were killed, 3 officers and 32 NCO’s and men wounded.

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Ginns saw further service in Mauritius from 17 February to 9 June 1899, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 13 June 1899. He was discharged, medically unfit, on 16 March 1900, after 8 years and 218 days’ service.

Condition VF, official correction to first couple of letters of rank. Sold with copied service papers.