India General Service Medal 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919
4268 Sowar Chuni Lal, 33 Lt. Cavy.
Test mark to edge, otherwise very fine condition
The recipient was an Indian soldier serving as a Sowar (Trooper) with the 33rd Queen Victoria's Light Cavalry, a mounted cavalry regiment of the Indian Army.
Per the Indian Army List of April 1919, the authorised composition of the 33rd Light Cavalry was:
- 1 x Squadron: Jats
- 1 x Squadron: Sikhs
- 1 x Squadron: Khaimkanis
- 1 x Squadron: Musalman Rajputs
- 1 x Squadron: 'Additional'
The 33rd Light Cavalry had its origins in the old Bombay Army of the East India Company. It was raised in 1820. In 1922 the regiment was amalgamated with the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse, with the newly fused regiment subsequently being restyled as 17th (Queen Victoria's Own) Poona Horse The descendent regiment continues to serve in the Indian Army in 2022, as 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse), an armoured tank regiment.
