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Pouch belt, 1921 (c); belonging to the 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) said to have belonged to Group Captain Leslie Coore Mein. Mein was awarded a King’s Cadet Scholarship to RMC after which he spent a year with the King’s Own Royal Regiment before joining the 54th Sikhs in 1921. In 1921 the 54th Sikhs became the 4th Bn, 12th Frontier Force Regiment. Mein served on the NW Frontier until 1933 and then with the Burma Frontier Force until 1938. He was then placed on the Unattached List and transferred to the RAF as a Pilot Officer. He served with the RAF in Burma, 1944-1945 and with the RAF Regiment in 1945.

India, North West Frontier (1920-1937), World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)