Following the campaign , the India General Service Medal was awarded with the Waziristan 1925 bar , the rarest clasp for the India medal , to the 46 officers and 214 men of the Royal Air Force who took part in what became known as Pink 's War after the successful Wing Commander . Pink himself was mentioned in dispatches by Air Vice-Marshal Ellington during his report on the actions in the London Gazette , with the citation reading : Pink was soon after promoted to Group Captain in the 1926 New Year Honours list " in recognition of his services in the field of Waziristan " , and was assigned to HQ , Air Defence of Great Britain . He went on to command the School of Technical Training at RAF Manston from July 1929 to July 1931 , returning to ADGB as an Air Commodore in July 1931
India General Service Medal
India General Service Medal (1909)
Richard Pink