Tibet Medal : Rifleman Jamansing Sen, 8th Gurkha Rifles

Tibet Medal with the bar 'GYANTSE'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved on the edge. Obverse: The bust of King Edward VII in uniform with the legend, 'EDWARDVS VII KAISAR-I-HIND'. Reverse: A view in shallow relief of the fortified hill city of Potala Lhassa with the words 'TIBET 1903-4' on the lower circumference. The medal is fitted with an ornamental scroll swivelling suspender and a single bar that has rosettes on the lower corners. A piece of 32 mm green ribbon with a white stripe either side of a central maroon band is attached to the suspender.

Awarded to Rifleman Jamansing Sen of the 8th Gurkha rifles who was part of the force under the command of General Macdonald that fought their way through to Gyantse in response to the hostile reception given to a trade mission sent to Tibet by the Indian Government. The medal was authorised on 1 February, 1905 and awarded to all who took part in the Tibet Mission and to all troops including native camp followers accompanying it who served at or beyond Silgari between 13 December 1903 and 23 September 1904. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916, and of his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.