There was an Auxiliary Force India (AFI) GOOGLE > >

Thanks to those who replied to this message, it has been really helpful, and the following has since been found:- Thanks to the reference provided by Maureen I was able to get these details from the file at the BL:- Private in the Anglo-Indian Force, Infantry, No.II Company. His date of enlistment was 23 June 1916 and the place of enlistment Burma >From the Great War Forum, No.2 Company served in garrison on the Malabar Coast with the South Lancs (Regiment) So nothing very glamorous, but a mystery solved and an explanation for what he was doing in that part of the subcontinent. Thanks again to all, Mark

Dear Mark Your quote below, you should check out what the Regiment was doing in the Malabar, and you will be surprised at the action they were involved. I have just returned from North Kerala, and was tracking down some of the WW1 graves, and found an interesting history behind the soldiers deaths in 1921. This skirmish was known as the Mophala Rebellion. A good deal of information is on the net. The action was quite chivalrous more than glamorous, and their deaths horrifying. cheers ronnie " > >From the Great War Forum, No.2 Company served in garrison on the Malabar > Coast with the South Lancs (Regiment) > > So nothing very glamorous, but a mystery solved and an explanation for what > he was doing in that part of the subcontinent." > >

I checked the National Archives (English one) Documentsonline http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ for a WWI Medal Index Card (MiC) for Edward Steevens, without result. However, it may interest listers to know that MiC for eligible members of the Indian Defence Force are included. They don't include much information, but nevertheless nice to have - they rarely include a full first name, but just first and second initial. The following is quoted from TNA's information about WWI MiCs "Indian Army Medal Index Cards "DocumentsOnline holds the medal cards of over 20,000 soldiers who served in the Indian Army during WW1. The cards record the medal entitlement of soldiers who were entitled to, or made a claim for, campaign medals. * Indian Army medal cards can be found within catalogue references WO 372/25 to WO 372/29. The Army Medal Office created these cards after the war had ended, and generally they record the latest unit that the soldier served in and the last rank he held. Some of the medal cards record claims for medals that were made as late as the 1930s. The cards record a soldier's entitlement to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Many soldiers were also awarded one or more clasps to go with the British War Medal, and this is also recorded on the cards. The award of a clasp is indicated by a reference on the right hand side of the card, but unlike other medal cards the reference will not direct you to other records. Unlike the other medal index cards, which have been scanned 6 per page, you will only receive one medal card per download. " I was pleasantly surprised to discover a card for great-uncle Percy Soundy in this set - but indexed as P R Soundy. Although Ancestry has also digitised the MiC (and in colour, back and front of cards), they have NOT yet included the Indian Army personnel, or many other colonial forces; over all their dataset contains about half a million less cards than in the National Archives set. Cheers, Sylvia > -----Original Message----- > From: ron howe [mailto:howeron@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:26 PM > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA] FW: Anglo Indian Force > > There was an Auxiliary Force India (AFI) GOOGLE >