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Click here to subscribeA FRAMED AND GLAZED WW1 BRONZE MEMORIAL DEATH PLAQUE or "Dead Man's Penny" 473103. Rifleman Henry Richard Brock, 2nd/ 12th Bn; London Regt. (The Rangers) 56th (1st London) Div. 175th Bde. K.I.A. 16 August 1917, Inverness Copse, Langemarck, Ypres, Age 19. Framed and glazed along with The Rangers Cap Badge and a photo of Pte. Brock's name on a memorial.
Rare and important image of His Royal Highness Maharajah Ranbir Singh of Jind with his Chief Sirdars C.1899i, approx 29 x 24 cms.On the Maharaja’s right, in uniform, sits Sardar Bahadur Shamsher Singh, KCIE, Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jind. He joined the 3rd Punjab Cavalry and participated in the Second Afghan War 1878-90. He received the campaign medal and bronze star for the famous march from Kabul to Kandahar. Because of his knowledge of English he was appointed interpreter. Maharaja Ranbir Singh appointed him to his Council of Ministers. He died in 1920. On the Maharaja’s extreme right is Sardar Prem Singh, Minister.On the Maharaja’s left is Munshi Brij Narain, Jusicial Minister and later created Rai Bahadur.On the Maharaja’s extreme left is Sayad Najaf Ali, MinisterRanbir Singh was born on 11 October 1879 as the only son of Tikka Sri Balbir Singh Sahib Bahadur (1857-1883), the only son of Raghubir Singh of Jind and the heir apparent to the throne of Jind. When Ranbir Singh was four, his father died, and he became the heir. In 1887, his grandfather Raghubir Singh died, and he succeeded him as the Raja of Jind. After ruling under a regency for a decade, Singh came of age and was formally installed in 1899. He contributed contingents of the state army to serve with the British in the Tirah Campaign of 1897, the East African campaign during the First World War and in the Third Afghan War of 1919 and the Malayan campaign against the forces of Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Ranbir Singh himself pursued a military career, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier in the British Army. A progressive ruler, Singh built schools and hospitals, established charities for widows and orphans and instituted free primary education in Jind. In the 1909 New Year Honours, he was knighted with the KCSI and two years later was granted the hereditary distinction of Maharaja of Jind. He was appointed a GCIE in the 1916 New Year Honours. In 1918, he received the additional title of Rajendra Bahadur; in 1926, he was granted an increased permanent gun salute of 13-guns with a 15-gun local salute. He was appointed a GCSI in 1937. He was known as the Bola Raja, or the 'Deaf King', not only about his inability to understand things mentioned to the right side of him, due to a congenital defect, but also due to his attitude of turning his head to ignore any viewpoints that were contrary to his own. In March 1947, Singh celebrated his Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years on the throne of Jind-the longest reign of any of the rulers of the Phulkian clan. He signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India five months later and died on 31 March 1948, aged 68 after a 61-year reign. He was succeeded by his son, Rajbir Singh. Singh married five times, first to Dhelma Kaur, then to Jaswant Kaur (née Olive Monalescu), the daughter of a Romanian barber, third to Deepkumar Kaur and fourth to Gurcharan Kaur. He had 12 children, five sons and seven daughters On the Maharaja’s right, in uniform, sits Sardar Bahadur Shamsher Singh, KCIE, Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Jind. He joined the 3rd Punjab Cavalry and participated in the Second Afghan War 1878-90. He received the campaign medal and bronze star for the famous march from Kabul to Kandahar. Because of his knowledge of English he was appointed interpreter. Maharaja Ranbir Singh appointed him to his Council of Ministers. He died in 1920. On the Maharaja’s extreme right is Sardar Prem Singh, Minister. On the Maharaja’s left is Munshi Brij Narain, Jusicial Minister and later created Rai Bahadur. On the Maharaja’s extreme left is Sayad Najaf Ali, Minister
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