Seeking info about British WW2 medals
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My great grandfather served in the british indian army during WW2. He served in Africa, Italy and Middle East(Persia and Basra). Are there any medals awarded for service in the Middle East campaigns?
Also, he brought back a Japanese NCO sword (type 92 shin-gunto) which would be possible only if he was present in the burma campaign because the surrendered weapons were usually destroyed/ stored in unit armouries for a very long time, unless smuggled by the soldiers individually. Is there any way to verify this info.
I contacted his regiment and they gave a list of their deployments during his service period (1928-1960) and his regiment never once went to burma, is there any way to arrive at a definite conclusion to this hypothesis?
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