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Title:
Miniature medal group awarded to Brig Francis Victor Reginald Woodhouse (1897-1987), Indian Army.
Object name(s):
miniature medal, British War Medal 1914-20
Brief description:
Miniature medal group awarded to Brig Francis Victor Reginald Woodhouse (1897-1987), Indian Army. Woodhouse joined the Indian Army in 1915, and went on to serve in a number of regiments in his long career including the 88th Carnatic Infantry, 99th Deccan Infantry, 55th Coke’s Rifles, 51st Sikhs, 1/13th Rifles, 6/13th Frontier Force. He was commander of 1st Indian Infantry Brigade from 1941 to 1943. During World War One he served in Mesopotamia and Palestine; in Waziristan 1937 to 1939, and during World War Two in Malaya and Burma. He was mentioned in dispatches three times.
Collection:
National Army Museum
Associated concept:
Medals
Current location:
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object name:
miniature medal, British War Medal 1914-20
Object number:
NAM. 2017-11-10-1

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7a3911d6-b95b-376c-a84e-1845855c319b

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7a3911d6-b95b-376c-a84e-1845855c319b, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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