WWII grouping. Captain Walker. 14th Punjab Regiment. Instructor, Fighting Vehicles School, Ahmednagar.

India General Service medal correctly named Capt K Walker 14 Punjab Regt

War and India Service medals unnamed as issued

India General Service medal has the clasp North West Frontier 1936-37

A Captain with the British Indian Army with seniority since January 1936 he was to become an acting major in February 1941.

In 1940, we find he was an instructor with the Fighting Vehicles School attached to the 14th Punjab Regiment.

Fighting Vehicles School:

In 1938 when the mechanization of the Indian Cavalry began, a Fighting Vehicle School was established in the same year in Ahmednagar in the premises of the already existent Machine Gun School. This school was divided into two wings; British and Indian. The British Wing trained both, British and Indian officers, besides British soldiers. The Indian Wing, on the other hand imparted training to Indian Junior Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers.

Located in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, The Royal Tank Corps School was established at Ahmednagar to train the personnel of the Royal Tank Corps. This school was the forerunner of the Fighting Vehicle School, which began to impart driving & maintenance training. The Fighting Vehicle School along with the Machine Gun School, the training regiments, the recruit training centre, Armoured Corps Depot and Armoured Corps Records were amalgamated in 1948.

The medals are swing mounted as worn with original silk ribbons.