A Collection of Medals to Gurkhas

Four: Lance-Corporal Damarbahadur Rai, Gurkha Signals, late Royal Signals (Gurkha), who served in Singapore as a Police Constable in the Gurkha Contingent in the 1960s and was present during the confrontation with Indonesia between 9 August 1964 and 9 August 1966

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21137382 Sigmn. Damarbahadur Rai R. Sigs. (Gur)); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21137382 L/Cpl. Dambahadur Rai. Gurkha Signals.); Singapore, Police Long Service Medal, silver (PC: 7020 Dhanbahadur Rai); Singapore Police Defence Medal 1964-66, unnamed, very fine and a scarce combination of awards (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Gurkhas.

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The Gurkha Contingent was formed as part of the Singapore Police Force on 9 April 1949, replacing a Sikh unit which has disbanded. Designed to provide a ‘strong arm’ within the Singapore Police capable of quelling civil disturbance and carrying out specialist security tasks, the majority of its officers and men comprised Gurkhas recruited from the British Army or direct from the foothills of Nepal; these Gurkhas were known to possess the qualities best suited to service in the Contingent, specifically physical and mental robustness, resourcefulness and an uncomplaining dependability. The unit continues to function today at the forefront of home security.