Victory Medal awarded to Rifleman Mohd Khan, 123rd Outram’s Rifles who saw service during the Great War.

Victory Medal awarded to Rifleman Mohd Khan, 123rd Outram’s Rifles who saw service during the Great War.

Victory Medal; (1328 RFMN MOHD. KHAN, 123 OTRM RFLS.)

Condition: Very Fine

Awarded to Rifleman (No. 1328) Mohd Khan, 123rd Outram Rifles who saw service during the Great War.

The regiment raised extra battalions during the course of the First World War, seeing extensive service in the Middle East, with some soldiers attached to other units. Many of the regiment's soldiers also saw service on the Western Front while attached to other units.

After the Palestine campaign began in 1917, the regiment joined the 234th Brigade, 75th Division. Outram's Rifles were involved in, among others, the Third Battle of Gaza, begun on 31 October 1917, and the Megiddo Offensive in September 1918. War came to an end in the Middle East with the signing of an Armistice with the Ottomans on 30 October 1918.