Scarce WW1 IGSM Pair to Ast Surgeon Hewson IMS.

A WW1 British war medal and George V India General Service medal with Afghanistan N.W.F.1919 clasp correctly named to Assistant Surgeon G. C. Hewson of the Indian Medical Department. Assistant Surgeon was a general surgeon at the rank of Lieutenant. The Afghanistan N.W.F.1919 was awarded for the Third Anglo-Afghan War which began on 6th May 1919 when the Emirate of Afghanistan invaded British India and ended with an armistice on 8th August 1919.
Although the fighting concluded in August 1919, its effects continued to be felt in the region for some time afterwards. The nationalism and disruption that it had sparked stirred up more unrest in the years to come, particularly in Waziristan. The tribesmen, always ready to exploit governmental weakness, whether real or perceived, banded together in the common cause of disorder and unrest. They had become well-armed because of the conflict, whence they benefitted greatly from the weapons and ammunition that the Afghans had left behind and from an influx of manpower in large numbers of deserters from the militia that had joined their ranks. With these additions they launched a campaign of resistance against British authority on the North-West Frontier that was to last until the end of the Raj.
Hewson’s service papers are held at the National Archives and are not available online. both medals are court mounted and come in very good original condition, with printed copies of service roll.

Code: 29871