Excellent condition, Great War and later group of nine, awarded to GNR W. TURNER, Royal Artillery, 39161, 1914- 1918 Star Medal, War Medal, Victory Medal, Sgt. TURNER Indian Army Ordnance Corps Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with India bar, for further research. Great War WW1 & India GSM Waziristan & WW2 medal group Sgt W Turner RA RGA IAOC. WW1 Great War, 1920s India and WW2 campaign group of nine to Sergeant Turner RA / RGA & Indian Army Ordnance Corps Excellent condition, Great War and later group of nine, awarded to GNR W. TURNER Indian Army Ordnance Corps Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with India bar, for further research Royal Artillery British India 1920s. The British Forces eventually restored calm, however, in 1919 the Waziris took advantage of unrest in Afghanistan following the Third Anglo-Afghan War to launch more raids against British garrisons. It has been asserted that one of the reasons for these raids was that a rumour had been spread amongst the Wazirs and the Mahsuds, that Britain was going to give control of Waziristan to Afghanistan as part of the peace settlement following the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Buoyed by this prospect and sensing British weakness, the tribes were encouraged to launch a series of large scale raids in the administered areas. By November 1919, they had killed over 200 people and wounded a further 200. Minor raids by the Wazirs and forays by British forces continued into 1921, however, following the 19191920 campaign, the British decided upon a change of strategy in Waziristan. It was determined that a permanent garrison of regular troops would be maintained in the region to work much more closely with the militia units that were being reconstituted following the troubles that occurred during the 1919 war with Afghanistan. As part of this policy, it was decided that a garrison would be maintained at Razmak. An aerial strafing and bombardment campaign dubbed. Pink’s War was carried out by the Royal Air Force in 1925 (Germans copied this tactic in WW2, better known as “Blitzkrieg”). Conflict flared up again in Waziristan in 1936, resulting in another campaign that lasted until 1939. WW2 Royal Artillery North Africa. During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). 2nd battle of El Alamein late 1942 was the major turning point for the allies in WW2, resulting in driving German and italian troops out of North Africa and was the prelude to the Allied Invasion of Italy, later France. Units of the British Indian Army fought throughout the North African and European campaigns including their Artillery units. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Great War WW1 & India GSM Waziristan & WW2 medal group Sgt W Turner RA RGA IAOC” is in sale since Sunday, July 14, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Other World War I Militaria”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Conflict: World War I, India & WW2
- Service: Army
- Era: 1914-1945
