Description
Egypt Medal, dated 1882, no bar, Sepoy Heera, 20th Punjab Infantry.
Officially engraved in running script: “Sepoy Heera, 20th Punjab Infy”
Upon returning back from the war, the 20th Punjab Infantry was inspected by the Viceroy G.F.S. Robinson, whilst under command of Colonel Rogers, on Friday 24th November 1882, at His Excellency’s Camp in Rupar and said:
“Colonel Rogers – It is very gratifying to me to have the opportunity of greeting you and your regiment on your return from foreign service, and of assuring you in person how thoroughly this regiment has fulfilled the expectations of the Government of India.
You, 20th, have shown yourselves worthy to fight alongside the choicest troops in the British Army, and you have maintained unsullied the honour of the Army of India.
Your bearing on the 13th of September was all that Government could desire, and your march from your camp before Tel-el-Kebir to Zagazig has called forth the admiration of all who witness it; and throughout the late campaign you and the other Indian Regiments associated with you have shown yourselves to be possessed of the 3 great qualities of a soldier – Courage, Endurance and Discipline.
It has been your good fortune, on this occasion, to serve under the eye of a son of our Gracious Sovereign the Queen Empress, and I am confident that the Duke of Connaught will tell her Majesty how well her Indian Soldiers did their duty.
I am sure that those who have gone to England to represent this regiment will receive from her Majesty the proof of her confidence and regard. I heartily welcome you home, and, in the name of Queen Empress, I thank you for your services.”
