IGSM Medal Roll, 1895 - 1902

[cazack]

hello

 

I am trying to see if there is a medal roll for the 2nd Punjab regiment for the IGSM 1895 - 1902

 

If so would someone be able to point me the right direction

 

regards and thanks

 

C

 

Edited May 14, 2021 by cazack
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[paul wood]

No not on line  a casualty rollwas published some years ago by Farrington.

 

p

[cazack]

Hi Paul

 

Thanks for that

 

Regards

 

C

 

 

[peter monahan]

When I actually actively collected I.G.S. medals, back in the dawn of time [a.k.a. 1985ish] there was a spate of publications of medal rolls, starting with gallantry stuff and working outward to thiungs like individual campaign bars for some of the I.G.S. medals.  Sadly, most of these were privately published, with very small printing runs, by avid collectors and are now like the proverbial hen's teeth.  

 

Abebooks, whose stock I love to browse, has this on their U.K. site:

 

[Aberdeen Medals]

Extant IGS 1895 medal rolls for some (many, all, most?) Indian Army units are held at the National Archives of India, in New Delhi, India. Some of these rolls (including rolls for both silver and bronze medal issues) have been digitized, and are accessible at the respective Indian national archives website. The rolls are mostly typescript for this period and are excellent sources of information, the rolls for followers having some particularly useful annotations / remarks.

 

A search of the correspondence pertaining to medal in general, and specific claims, supplementary claims, and correspondence on replacements can be especially enlightening.

 

The process of digitization of the medal rolls is not a priority at that archival repository, and while the quantity grows over time, there is still much to be done! 

 

The real downside and caveat however, is in the beast of a search engine on the website, which is extremely user unfriendly, and which does not lend itself to quick casual searches - you have been warned!

 

You need to be extremely vigilant & imaginative with your search criteria - as said it is a beast of a search engine.

 

If you have the curiosity, and time, lots & lots of time (to persevere), then spend an afternoon or evening browsing to see what you can find = you might just get lucky.

 

 

[cazack]

hello all

 

thank you for the information and will see how I get on

 

kind regards

 

C