India General Service Medal 1908-1935 correctly impressed 200299 PTE. T. SIMPKINS, 2-4 BORD. R.

India General Service Medal 1908-1935 correctly impressed 200299 PTE. T. SIMPKINS, 2-4 BORD. R. complete with clasp AFGHANISTAN N.W.F. 1919 edge knocks above 'PTE' and 'T' and at end of naming, original ribbon.(1) Online sources confirm the award of this IGS with clasp for service with the 2/4th Battalion (Territorial Force), The Border Regiment, in Afghanistan during 1919 to Private Thomas SIMPKINS. He was additionally awarded the British War and Victory Medals (not present) and the Territorial Force War Medal (not present) for his services with the Regiment during WW1. When the 2nd/4th Battalion of the Border Regiment finally left Peshawar to return to England, it had been three years and eight months on the North-West Frontier of India and during that time, when things were more than usually unsettled, it had not lost a single rifle or a round of ammunition. By its services in the Afghan War of 1919 the Battalion added a Battle Honour to the Regiment's long roll.