British War Medal 1914-20, Brigadier Francis Victor Reginald Woodhouse (1897-1987)
British War Medal 1914-20, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.2017-11-9-1
Description
British War Medal 1914-20. From a medal group awarded to Brig Francis Victor Reginald Woodhouse (1897-1987), Indian Army. Mounted on a bar, cased. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Woodhouse joined the Indian Army in 1915, and went on to serve in a number of regiments in his long career: 88th Carnatic Infantry, 99th Deccan Infantry, 55th Coke’s Rifles, 51st Sikhs, 1/13th Rifles, 6/13th Frontier Force. He was commander of 1st Indian Infantry Brigade from 1941 to 1943. During World War One he served in Mesopotamia and Palestine; in Waziristan 1937 to 1939, and during World War Two in Malaya and Burma. He was mentioned in dispatches three times.
Campaigns
World War One (1914-1918)
Units