Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant J. Whelan, 35th Pack Battery, Indian Army, late Royal Garrison Artillery

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. J. Whelan, 35 Pack. Bty.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (34177 B.S. Mjr: J. Whelan, R.G.A.) good very fine (2) £70-£90

Joseph Whelan attested for the Royal Artillery at Fort Westmorland on 6 March 1899, and served with them in India from 2 October 1910 to 17 September 1918, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity on 1 October 1918.
Discharged to a commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Infantry Branch) on 18 September 1918, he subsequently served in the operations on the North West Frontier during the Third Afghan War with the 35th Pack Battery.