Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Naik Nathu Thapa, 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 December 1914

British War and Victory Medals (2823 Rfmn. Nathu Thapa. 1-1 Grks.) very fine (2) £50-£70

Nathu Thapa served in the 1st Battalion, 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 December 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial, France.