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King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 From a medal group awarded to Brig Francis Victor Reginald Woodhouse (1897-1987), Indian Army. Mounted on a bar, cased. Associated with the Silver Jubilee of King George V (1935). 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.

Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935 (Ceremonial Events 1900-1999)