NAM.2001-04-168-1

Presentation Afghan Khyber knife and brass scabbard, mounted and framed, 1994 (c). Presented to Lt Col (retired) Guy Lionel Walter Armstrong by the 6th Punjab Regiment (2/14), the Indian Army regiment he served with the at the beginning of World War Two, which he visited on 10 Dec 1994 at Landi Kotal, Pakistan. Armstrong served with the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment from Nov 1935 - Sept 1937; he was made a second lieutenant on 26 Jan 1939, lieutenant on 26 Jan 1942, captain on 26 Jan 1945 and major on 26 Jan 1952; seeing service with the 4th Bn 14 Punjab Regiment from 1939-1948, Armstrong took part in the Burma Campaign from 1942-1945, was A Company Company Commander, attended Indian Army Staff College and served with Mountbatten on the South East Asia Command; Armstrong was made a temporary lieutenant colonel from 1945-1948, served with the Royal Artillery from 1948-1960 and, before his retirement on 10 June 1960, was made an honorary lieutenant colonel.

World War Two, India (1939-1945), World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)